Belmont Fishing Club hold their Coarse Fishing Competition
on
Sunday 7th September
Time: 2pm until 6pm
Venue: Canal Shannon Harbour at Canal Bridge
Cash prizes on the day
Read more about the club ‘Belmont Fishing Club’
Hamish Currie skipper of Predator II reports:
Inshore fishing around Red Bay is quite good at the moment with bait fish everywhere you go. Highlight of the week was a fine specimen Pollack for John Love from the Banker’s specimen club.
Blonde rays and cod were also present. The porbeagles will be all that’s on my mind in the coming weeks with a good few shark trips planned. Give us the weather and I’m quite sure we will produce.
Hamish Currie
Predator II
Red Bay Stormforce 9.1 Rib
Web: www.predatorireland.com Email: info@predatorireland.com
Telephone: 028 2177 1828 Boat: 07720440117
Sean Carty of Carty’s Land and Sea Sports in Bundoran, Co. Donegal updates us on the fishing in the north of the country:
This weekend the annual Bundoran Sea Angling club open boat competition in conjunction with the final day of the Carty’s Ulster closed gold medal boat league was held in Bundoran on Sunday .Conditions on the day were first class and there was a good turnout of 30 anglers filling 3 boats to capacity . The 3 boats on the day were the Bundoran Star , the Dunai Mara and the Prospector . Fishing was made tough by the sheer number of Mackerel in the bay being so dense that anglers were unable to get there bait through them to reach other target species .
The clear winner on the day was Killybegs angler Gavin Dorrian who won the Willy Daly cup and an Artico rod that was part sponsored by Carty’s Land and Sea Sports. 2nd place on the day went to Liam O Connor and 3rd place went to David McCormack . The winner of the junior section was Dylan Doherty with Conal Slatter in 2nd place . The best overall lady angler on the day was Yvonne Carey . The prize for the most species on the day went to Gavin Dorrian and the best Bundoran club angler on the day was Michael Patton . The longest fish prize went to Boris Siegel and the wooden spoon prize went to Brendan McErlaine. The best boat on the day and winner of the highly sought after Tom Duffy cup was Peter Power and the Prospector .Bundoran Boat and Sea Angling club would like to thank all the sponsors of this years event who were Carty’s Land and Sea Sports , The Bundoran Star , The Bike stop , The Marine bar , Barretts tackle , Tom Martin , Guy Morgan , Peter Power and the Pheonix tavern .Also the club would like to thank all the anglers who join in the competition every year and make it such a success .
Compliments of:
Carty’s Land and Sea Sports,
Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
Tel: +353 (0) 86 3903655
Web: www.landandseasports.ie
E-mail: info@landandseasports.ie
On the Erne estuary this week fishing was steady with most anglers venturing out being rewarded with some good Sea trout fishing . There are plenty of Trout in the system along with a serious amount of feed which leaves it more challenging for the angler . There was reports this week of quite a few exceptional fish caught along the bog and randy shore areas a lot of which were around the 2 – 3lb mark
Reports compliments of:
Carty’s Land and Sea Sports,
Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
Tel: +353 (0) 86 3903655
E-mail: info@landandseasports.ie
The big news on the Donegal bay angling front this week has to be the blue Shark fishing . On Thursday the Kiwi Girl smashed all records in the bay managing to land no less than 20 sharks . The following day just to prove it wasn’t just a one off ,skipper Declan Kilgannon took the Kiwi Girl back out to the shark grounds and landed 11 more . Of the 31 Shark that were landed over the 2 days 19 were specimens of over 100lb with the biggest coming in at 165lb . This is sports fishing at its best on our doorstep .
If anyone would like to get out there and give it a go now is the time . Both the Bundoran Star and the Kiwi Girl are planning several Shark trips over the next few weeks . The skipper on the Bundoran Star is Patrick O Doherty and can be contacted on 00353 87 4198323 and the skipper on the Kiwi Girl is Declan Kilgannon and his contact number is 087 6100111
Reports compliments of:
Carty’s Land and Sea Sports,
Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
Tel: +353 (0) 86 3903655
E-mail: info@landandseasports.ie
Clonanav 1 Day Beginners Course – NEW Date
Our 1 day course is ideally suited to those who have never fly fished before and would like an introduction to the sport. On the course you will learn – casting, tackle setup, how to choose correct tackle, safety, fishing techniques, and knots. Maybe even catch your first fish!
1 day courses commence at 10 am and finish at 5 pm.
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Date:20th Sept 2014 Price:€160
Includes – Course from 10 am to 5 pm, equipment, fishing permit and lunch.
Salmon fishing is often perceived to be very difficult, but join one of our new courses for 2014 and learn to Spey cast the easy way. These one day intensive courses are the ideal way of getting into salmon fishing and you will learn single and double spey, switch casts, how to spot salmon lies, and much more!
Spey Casting Course – Beginners to intermediate *NEW
Date:6th Sept 2014 Price: €160 per person
Includes – Course from 10 am to 5 pm, equipment, fishing permit and lunch. Course Notebook/CD – NB – does not include state licence
Andrew Ryan
Clonanav
Clonanav Fly Fishing is one of Irelands leading destinations for river fishing. We specialise in fly fishing for both brown trout and salmon in the River Suir and tributaries. Crystal clear rivers teeming with native brown trout await you on you visit to Clonanav. Experience some of the best river trout fishing Ireland has to offer coupled with excellent guiding and tuition.
Clonanav Fly Fishing
Ballymacarbry, Clonmel, Co Waterford.
Tel: + 353 (0)52 6136765
Web: www.flyfishingireland.com
Max Couque, the skipper of the Leaca Rua in Galway had a brilliant weekend’s fishing. He reports: 14 species, 15 cod, biggest 5 lbs caught by Neville, two ling, biggest 5 lbs caught by Willie. The highest number of species per person were: Willie was the highest with 11, a lot of spurdog, everyone got one, biggest spurdog caught by Philip around 17 lbs. Also plenty of nice Pollocks during the two days and 5 tope, two were measuring 1.3 meter, the biggest being caught by Colleen our winner of the week end!
Max Couque,
Leaca Rua
Telephone: +353 91 595 352 or +353 86 323 4638
Email: max@galwayfishing.ie Web: www.galwayfishing.ie
Clonakilty bay has been turning up some good bass fishing of late. Soft plastics are catching fish as the channels are relatively weed free but the live sand eels are by far the best method. Isaac Bradley had this super fish over the weekend of eight pounds assisted by local bass guide Peter Aspinwall.
To go fishing with Peter call him on +353 (0)86 849 2993
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clonakilty-Bass-Angling-Guide/226025274212008
Damien Cosgrave enjoyed a little evening fishing trip one evening 2 weeks ago in the Carrick on Shannon area. It was a nice mild evening with little or no wind. Damien landed 40+ perch in a 2 half hour period on maggot & float, with the biggest being this lad pictured below. Unfortunately he had no scales to weigh the fish. It was a very thick fish and a new personal best for him by a long shot. Well done!
Lindsey Clarke reports from OWENEA FISHERY – Monday 18th to Sunday 24th August 2014.
There was little rain this week once again save for a few showers at the start of the week. There was fair water on Monday (0.21m) and Tuesday (0.22m) but the river then fell and gave low water conditions for the rest of the week. The gauge average for the week read a disappointing 0.15 metres. The fishery was reasonably attended given the overall conditions with 39 visiting rods fishing for the week. There were a number of salmon caught during the better water at the start of the week. On Monday, Brian Smith recorded a 2½ lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 9. Ron Towner reported 2 grilse weighing 4 & 7lb caught on worm from beat 9. Andrew Gallagher registered 5lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 3 and Dessie Coyle accounted for 2 salmon weighing 6 & 7lb caught on a fly from beat 7. I await confirmation of other catches.
Lindsey Clarke
IFI-Ballyshannon.
email: lindsey.clarke@fisheriesireland.ie
For info/bookings etc on the Owenea Fishery –
Tel: 074 9551141. (9am to 1pm April to May & 7am to 1pm June to Sept).
For beat maps and more visit https://www.fishinginireland.info/salmon/north/owenea.htm
