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Great fishing reported from Union Hall and Glandore for charter anglers

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myleskelly
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Richie and his 8lbs.Stone bass caught about 6 miles out in 60 meters of water on Sunday

Jim Nowotynski on the Rod n’ Reel &  Adrian Nowotynski on the Boy Scott in Union Hall report that that the general fishing has been very good with big numbers of good sized Pollock. There has been a huge influx of Codling this year and some are now beginning to reach a reasonable size. If they hang around we will be in for some great Cod fishing in the coming seasons. Its also been a fantastic sharking season, Numbers are up on previous years and the biggest we have ever landed bought it just at the end of July measuring 9 foot 2 inches (2.8meters) Unfortunately we don’t have the weight.

20/08 Just finished 3 days of mainly ground and wreck fishing, All catch and release so they are all still out there. Yesterday we were back on the Conger and Ling and had a good variety including a nice Bull Huss.

 

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A good pollack caught yesterday

 

Today I was hoping for some good pollack and this one didn’t disappoint, I am guessing around the 10lb mark, I have to guess as the needle dropped off my scales weighing a Ling yesterday, but he was definitely well above average.

Richie and his 8lbs.Stone bass caught about 6 miles out in 60 meters of water on Sunday
Richie and his 8lbs.Stone bass caught about 6 miles out in 60 meters of water on Sunday

18/08 Great day out today, Spent most of it ground fishing, About 15 conger landed, Some nice Ling up to 19lb and this whopper of a Cod.

 

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A great cod

 

Also an exceptional amount of Whale, Dolphin and basking shark sightings this year. Make the Ocean seem very healthy.

Jim and Adrian  Nowotynski
Rod n’ Reel 
Boy Scott

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The Boy Scott is 32ft purpose built Charter boat power by a 250hp Ford Mermaid. She offer sWreck, reef, shark and ground fishing on some of the most unspoilt waters in the country. We catch a huge range of species with 10 to 15 different species on the average day. With excellent fishing close to port, less of your day is wasted getting to and from the grounds. Rods & tackle are provided free of charge. http://glandoreharbourcharters.com/

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Bane Crackers for the Bane winners !

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IFI Staff
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Bane winners

Midland Angling’s Michael Flanagan reports:

I had a rare Friday night off last week, and was not Out & About on the town taking party pics. Instead I teamed up with Lough Bane Anglers in North Westmeath as they hosted the Lough Bane Cup. It was an evening competition and was fished from 6pm-10pm, and was a lovely night on Bane.

Bane winners
Bane winners

Some super trout came on board that night and you needed a fish well over 2lbs to get into the winning enclosure. Martin Augney had two super fish over 4lbs, the best 4.37lbs and took top rod on the night. Paddy Farrelly latched onto a lovely brown trout of 3.35lbs to take 2nd place, with Conor Murray 3rd with 2.92lbs, and 4th Pat McLoughlin.John Smyth presented all the winners with prizes, and thanked all who fished and supported the competition.

Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling

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Midlands Angling  provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.

Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
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Major improvement in charter fishing at Cork Harbour last weekend

By
myleskelly
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On Saturday Donie Geary of the John Boy was out with a mix of anglers from Loughcarrig House; Tom Maguire and his group of 3 from Cavan, 2 English anglers and Frank Clarke who was a well known charter skipper in Westport and now resident in Midleton…

As with previous groups we went straight for the old reliable whiting grounds and with the wind a bit fresh for drifting I decided to drop anchor on the edge of the rock and fish on to the sand, and what a couple of hours fishing we had!! We were landing whiting up to 2lbs. 3 at the time, along with some good ling to 10lb., codling, dogs and gurnard. Even though we were only retaining the best of the fish we had a full box of edibles by lunchtime.We then decided to take a break and fish on the Smiths for a few conger and pollack which hadn’t been very plentiful of late, but to our surprise we were again in the fish landing 25 conger to 30lbs. and a half dozen fine ling before returning to East Ferry. On Sunday again with the Maguire group and a couple of Dublin anglers we were happy to do a repeat performance, but even though the whiting were plentiful the conger had decided to take a day off. After several moves we managed to land 12 conger. But there will be plenty of fresh fish in Cavan this week.

Monday I had a trip from Crosshaven with 5 Dutch anglers and 2 Irish who are staying at Trabolgan. We went South to the Smiths and spent a good hour drifting different marks. We finished with again a box of very good whiting and 20+ conger, Ling (best 12lb.), pollack, cod, dogs and a beautiful sand crab which will I will enjoy eating myself.

Donie Geary
John Boy, Cobh. 

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Base: Cobh Operational area: 30 miles out of Cork Harbour

Address: Sycamore House, Ballynoe, Cobh, Co. Cork.

Telephone: +353 (0)21 4812167   Fax: +353 (0)21 4812167

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Challenging fishing on Mask, Carra a better bet

By
Kevin Crowley
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At the prizegiving ceremony for Partry Anglers Development Competition were: Vincent Horan (club chairman), Rosaleen Ward (sponsor and owner of the Lough Inn Bar and Restaurant Partry) with the winning team of Johnny Moroney and Peter Byrne

Regular contributor Ronan Cusack reports that angling on Mask proved challenging last week, yet Carra produced the goods over the weekend.  Recent weather conditions have been excellent for fishing, however, the much sought after daphnia-feeding trout from the deeps of Lough Mask have so far refused to play ball.

At the prizegiving ceremony for Partry Anglers Development Competition were: Vincent Horan (club chairman), Rosaleen Ward (sponsor and owner of the Lough Inn Bar and Restaurant Partry) with the winning team of Johnny Moroney and Peter Byrne
At the prizegiving ceremony for Partry Anglers Development Competition were: Vincent Horan (club chairman), Rosaleen Ward (sponsor and owner of the Lough Inn Bar and Restaurant Partry) with the winning team of Johnny Moroney and Peter Byrne

Partry Angling Club held their annual development competition over the weekend which was supported by a very impressive 168 anglers from all over the country. This event allows anglers to fish on either Lough Mask or Carra and the combined catch from each boat is then weighed in at the Lough Inn Bar and Restaurant in Partry that evening. This year’s winning team was well known Castlebar angler Peter Byrne and Johnny Moroney from Ennis. The lads had 5 trout for 10.00lbs. In 2nd position were Owen McGreal, Partry, and David Duffy, Westport, with 4 trout for 8.19lbs. Third position went to Seamus O’Loughlin and Brian McInerney from Clare, with 4 trout for  5.96lbs. The first three catches all came from Lough Carra. This year’s heaviest fish came from College bay on Lough Mask and was caught by Eamon Kennedy of Newport, weighing 3.74lbs. Fly life on both lakes is scarce at the moment but hopefully this will improve over the next few days.

Some of the stats from the competition included: 37 boats in total weighed in fish, including 21 boats from L. Carra, with 46 fish weighing 72.855lbs, and 16 boats from L. Mask, with 33 fish weighing 45.645lbs. The average weight of fish on Carra was 1.58lbs, while the average weight of fish on Mask was 1.38lbs.

The Freshwater Detective – UCD COURSE – Autumn 2014

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IFI Staff
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The Freshwater Detective
The Freshwater Detective
UCD COURSE – Autumn 2014

Ken’s ever popular Life Long Learning course will take place this autumn in UCD.

Book early if you are not to be disappointed!!

http://www.ucd.ie/t4cms/Programme%202014-2015%20PDF.pdf

Page 42 of the UCD Brochure
Code: AUTUMN AE-HN102
Ken Whelan
The island of Ireland possesses an aquatic heritage which is unique in Europe. Packed into a land area of just 84,000 km2 is a vast array of loughs, rivers and streams. Some of the bolder strewn, brassy river channels flash by for all to see; some are hidden from view. Our lakes are shallow, and amongst the most highly productive still-waters in the world. Easily damaged by over-enrichment, they demand careful and thoughtful stewardship. During our course we will examine this unique resource: its sources and origin, its contribution to biological diversity and its importance for the landscape and for humans. This course will teach the basics of becoming a Freshwater Detective and how, using the presence or absence of specific insects or fish, to read a river corridor or lake shore. This in turn will ensure that students can become guardians of this unique Irish resource. The course will comprise six talks and four field visits.

UCD, BELFIELD, Dublin 4
6 Mondays 7.30pm-9.30pm
Sept 29, Oct, 13, 20, Nov 3, 10, 17
4 Saturdays 11.00am-1.00pm
Oct 11, 18, Nov 8, 15,

Contact Details :
UCD Adult Education Centre, Library Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 716-7123
Email: adult.education@ucd.ie
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.30am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Kylemore Fishery doing well, best week of season reported

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Kevin Crowley
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Fishery manager Nigel Rush reports that last week was…”a cracking week but not many fresh fish. The week produced 21 salmon for just 17 rod days, the best week of the season so far, with Geoffrey Fitzjohn securing his best ever half day at 7 fish to 6lbs. Neil Spellacy, Moycullen landed 3 fish to approx. 9lbs for a half day, and the other regular fish irritator Seamus O’Neil landed a good few fish also.  We did have our second lady angler securing her first ever grilse at 4lbs from Dominiques on the Upper River – Nadine Dintilhac from France…well done.

Sea trout fishing has been mixed with the lake conditions and temperatures remaining high, but I’m convinced that they will ‘wake up’ the day after tomorrow!”

To book fishing at Kylemore Abbey, call Nigel at 095 41178, or mobile 087 9580702, and for latest news check the website at www.kylemorefishery.ie

Good week at Lough Inagh – sea trout to 4.5lb

By
Kevin Crowley
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Lindsay Teague (Northern Ireland) with a fine 4lbs sea trout from Lough Inagh

Colin Folan reports that Monday and Wednesday of last week produced a lot of rain and the resulting rise in water produced the best week of the season so far.  Lough Inagh rose by more than 2 feet and the river came up 10 inches.  However we are still waiting for the first really big flood since Easter.  45 sea trout were recorded this week, all from Lough Inagh.  The best fish landed was a cracker of nearly 4lbs caught by Lyndsey Teague from Northern Ireland on a small Willie Gunn.

Lindsay Teague (Northern Ireland) with a fine 4lbs sea trout from Lough Inagh
Lindsay Teague (Northern Ireland) with a fine 4lbs sea trout from Lough Inagh

Niall Greene (Dublin) and Dan O Donovan (Cork) boated 6 nice sea trout on Inagh and lost a salmon.  9 salmon were caught this week.  Michael Heery (Dublin) fished Inagh for 2 days and recorded 3 Ssalmon to 8lbs on a Green Dabbler, Green Peter and Octopus.  William Hamilton (Dublin) fished 3 days on Inagh and landed 2 salmon of 3 and 4lbs on an Octopus, and Billie Grange from Northern Ireland fished The Derryclare Butts for a morning and landed 2 fresh grilse of 4lbs on a Pearly Green Highlander. Charlie Smith (Dublin) landed his first Inagh salmon from the Derryclare Butts on a Minty Stoat, a fresh grilse of 5lbs. 2 char and 20 brown trout were recorded also. Green flies seem to be taking the majority of the fish.  There is plenty of availability in the coming weeks.

To book fishing or accommodation call Lough Inagh Lodge at 095 34706, or visit www.loughinaghlodgehotel.ie

Costello and Fermoyle Fishery update – rain expected to improve fishing

By
Kevin Crowley
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Fishery manager Terry Gallagher was in touch to report on how Costello and Fermoyle Fishery has been fishing over the summer so far. Despite mimimal rainfall since the beginning of June, fishing has been surprisingly good with the usual mix of productive and slow days. Interestingly, the average size of sea trout has improved with a lot more fish of 1.5 to 2lbs being caught this year.

Eamon O Brien put in a lot of effort during July and August on Glenicmurrin Lough and was rewarded with 109 sea trout, best 2lbs. Eamon also took a 3.5lbs  grilse from the Cabbage Pool on River Beat 1 (RB1). Pat Farrelly made his annual day trip to Costello and was delighted with the 2 grilse to 4lbs he landed on RB1. The Collins family were also back this year and were not disappointed to catch 10 sea trout on Glenicmurrin and 11 sea trout the next day on Fermoyle Lough. Sean Kelly, a regular visitor, also returned to fish RB1 and was rewarded with a 4lbs grilse from the Cabbage Pool taken on a Black Shrimp.

Geoffrey Fitzjohn fished on a number of occasions, landing 5 grilse during the month of July alone ranging from 2.5 to 5lbs. Alan Molloy had to contend with particularly dour conditions but did manage to catch a fine sea trout of 2lbs on Fermoyle. Martin Griffin fished RB1 on a number of occasions and like everyone else has had to deal with ever lower water conditions but still did well by landing 2 grilse to 6.5lbs. Peter O Callaghan also had to contend with tough conditions on Fermoyle and though they did not come across too many fish, they did land a superb 3lbs sea trout and a 4lbs grilse.

David Sandford also returned to fish Glenicmurrin Lough over 2 days and was very pleased with the 20 sea trout he caught, best 2lbs. Michael Dillon fished RB1 on a number of occasions and landed 3 grilse to 5.5lbs. Renee Lachemaer returned for a day to his preferred River Beat 3 and had great sport, catching 9 sea trout to 1.5lbs and lost at least the same number of fish. Sean Costello ventured out onto Glenicmurrin and was rewarded with 8 sea trout, as did Rob and Martin Byrne landing 9 sea trout, the best of which went 2lbs. But it was Peter Westwater who had the best day so far on Glenicmurrin, landing 19 sea trout, best 2lbs! Finally, Padraig McDonagh returned to RB1 in very low water conditions but still manage to tease out a 4.5lbs grilse and a 2lbs sea trout.

Water levels are still low at Costello but as there is substantial rain forecast this coming weekend we expect the fishing to really come alive.

To book fishing, contact Terry at 00353 (0)91 572 196, on mobile at 087 2399988, or by email at terrygal7@gmail.com

Low water at the Erriff but good sea trout in Tawnyard

By
Kevin Crowley
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Andrew Kyd (UK) with a nice grilse from the Erriff

Fishery manager Jim Stafford reports that water levels were low at the beginning of the week.  Overnight rain increased levels to 1.3m on the Aasleagh Gauge on the 12th – thereafter levels fell to 0.7m.

Fishing Tawnyard Lough on the 11th, Neil Spellacy from Moycullen reported excellent sea trout fishing, catching 17 sea trout to 1.5lbs and numerous brown trout – most fish were taken on a Black Pennell on the top dropper with a Green Peter on the tail fly.

Andrew Kyd (UK) with a nice grilse from the Erriff
Andrew Kyd (UK) with a nice grilse from the Erriff

Fishing the Erriff River Simon Hughes, Tourmakeady caught a grilse of 4.75lbs on a Cascade in the Bridge Pool on Beat 9. Ash Mathews, Moyard released a grilse caught on a Cascade in the Broken Bridge Pool on Beat 5 – the Party also reported catching 8 sea trout. Mick Burt, UK, reported catching 3 fresh-run sea trout evening fishing on the Quarry Pool on Beat 2.

Andrew Kyd’s party from theUK finished with 20 grilse and 9 sea trout for the week- which included 2 salmon and a sea trout for Mark Leaning; Ian Kyd caught 2 grilse, best 7.5lbs taken on an Alistair Cascade. Andrew Kyd caught 4 with two from Beat 9 and the others from Beat 6. Steve Hunter landed 8 salmon, Guy Thurlow had 2 and Toby Butler also finished with 2 – most of the fish were sportingly returned to the water again.

At the time of writing the report the water levels have dropped but with the forecast for more rain towards the end of the week angling conditions will improve.

To book fishing or accommodation, contact Jim at 095 42252, or check www.aasleaghlodge.ie

Porbeagles on the troll of northern shores

By
myleskelly
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porbeagle
Another soon followed

Hamish Currie is just back after a long day with a group from the Netherlands as this was the first trip for a while when we were able to venture to the porbeagle grounds…

When we got there things were very slow to start with nothing for the first 2 hours. After that I spotted one on the surface coming towards the boat but it was not a bit interested in taking any bait at all.

shark
Changing to trolling saw the porbeagles take the bait
porbeagle
Another soon followed
shark
and then a third, not big but very welcome

Then another one came from under the boat and again not interested so a change of tactics was required. After a couple of hours trolling we finished up boating 3 of them, not monsters by any standards, but porbeagles all the same. A quick snap, tagged and released. I’ll try my other grounds in the coming weeks and see if any bigger ones are about.

Hamish Currie
Predator II

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