Richie Ryan reports good bass angling in Cork Harbour the last few days. A great days fishing was had by two anglers from Dublin , Noel Foley and Keith Ryder.
One of Noel’s better bass
Seven large bass were landed aboard “Sea Hawk ” and 4 other fish lost by happy clients who sportingly returned all fish.
Double hook up for Keith and Noel
The action included a double hook up for the Dubs as can be seen from the photo below. Richie Tells us that ine of the large bass regurgitated a whole herring on being landed!
French novice angler, Bernie Veillard, with her first ever fish!
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports – w/e 17th August 2014.
Foxford based angling guide, Kenny Sloan, reported that although water temperatures are getting gradually cooler bigger pike are still difficult to catch.
However, a group of French visitors to the Foxford area decided to give pike fishing a try. The majority of the group, mostly ladies, never had fished before . . . so it was a matter of starting from scratch, but it didn’t take the beginners too long to get the grips of it and to enjoy their day out with Kenny. It was Solene Buisson who landed the first pike of the day fishing a floating lure, while Bernie Veillard caught one soon after on a Crazy Crawler lure. French novice angler, Bernie Veillard, with her first ever fish! Not a giant but definitely unforgettable – first ever fish for Selen Buisson, France
The French beginners caught and released a total of seven fish with many more pike attacking their surface lures and jerk baits. The group had a very enjoyable day, with some now hooked on fishing and keen to have a cast again soon.
To book a day’s guiding or boat hire contact Kenny Sloan on +353 (0)949256501 or +353 (0)87 9670310. Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager ——————————————–
Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
A phenomenal bag of 170 lbs. won the competition for Ronan Ryan, Galway
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports – w/e 17th August 2014.
Templehouse Lake, famous for its quality bream and one of the few places in Ireland where anglers can catch over one hundred pounds of bream, was the venue for this year’s IFI Open. The competition, which is in its third year, was organised by Ballymote & District Angling Club in conjunction with the Irish Angling Development Alliance (www.irishangling.ie).
Templehouse Lake, Co. Sligo, – a great venue for this year’s IFI Open
Seventeen match anglers from around the country fished the event on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August. Weather conditions at the weekend did not make life easy for the anglers. Particularly, conditions on Saturday weren’t favourable but all anglers stuck it out in the hope of catching that winning bag of bream.
However, a phenomenal 170 lbs. of bream won the competition for Galway angler, Ronan Ryan, who created another match record. Local angler, Keith Coleman, finished as runner-up and Michael Fitzpatrick from Boyle came third.
Runner-up, Keith Colman, with a fine Templehouse bream
Roderick Perceval, proprietor of Temple House (www.templehouse.ie) presented the prizes to the winning anglers in Haydon’s Bar, Ballymote, where light refreshments were served afterwards.
A phenomenal bag of 170 lbs. won the competition for Ronan Ryan, Galway
Ballymote & District Angling Club would like to thank Roderick Perceval for his continued support in running this festival. Special thanks also to Inland Fisheries Ireland, Toomans Tackle Carrick on Shannon & Terry Mann of Shannon Tackle Jamestown for sponsoring the event.
It is envisaged to run this completion over three consecutive days in 2015. To find out more about coarse and pike fishing in the Ballymote/Templehouse area please visit www.ballymoteangling.com or contact Keith Coleman on +353 (0)86 8612225.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager ——————————————–
Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from Lough Conn – w/e 17th August 2014.
Trout fishing on Lough Conn continued to be quite slow with very few anglers venturing out.
Fishing out of Pontoon Bridge Hotel (www.pontoonbridge.com), Sean Murphy, Cork, had 3 trout on Daddy Longlegs for 4 lbs., while Italian visitor, Leich Pedoro, caught a total of 4 trout (best at 1.5 lbs.) and a salmon; all on wet fly patterns. German anglers, Ludwig & Armin Phole, caught and released 3 fine trout each; best at 1.5 lbs.
Gerry Murphy Boat Hire (gmurphyboats@gmail.com), reported 21 trout over 4 days for Tom & Malcom Bell, Northern Ireland. Their best trout weighed 2.5 lbs. and all fish were caught dapping Daddy Longlegs. Graham Kennedy, Dublin, was also successful boating 3 trout for his day’s fishing.
On North Conn, Richard Burke & Thomas Dolan, Co. Tipperary, had 5 trout between them, while Michael O’Connor & Gerard Scanlon, Co. Cork, caught 2 each on wet fly patterns; best at 1.5 lbs. Elsewhere, Sinead Burke & John Graham, also Co. Tipperary, had 2 trout trolling a Silver Toby.
To book a day’s guiding or boat hire contact Kenny Sloan on +353 (0)949256501 or +353 (0)87 9670310.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager ——————————————–
Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from Ballisodare Fishery – w/e 17th August 2014.
After two very good weeks with over 200 salmon reported, the Ballisodare Fishery saw a relatively slow week with just 27 fish caught. Angling effort was low but most anglers who went out were rewarded with good catches.
At this time of year the average weight of the grilse is around 4 lbs. and most fish were caught on fly or on prawn with some taken on worm. The heaviest fish of the week, a nice 7 pounder, was landed by Jean Bernard Chenaux on worm, while Yvelise Chenaux caught two grilse on fly; both fish were sportingly released. Other successful anglers included Stephen Moore (5 lbs. on fly & released), Colm Walsh (3 lbs. & 5 lbs. on fly) and Paul McLoughlin (6 lbs. on worm).
As of late, water levels seem to have risen again on the Ballisodare River and therefore good fishing conditions are expected for the coming week.
For Bookings please contact Dermot Glennon on +353 (0)086 2515064 or email ballisodarefc@eircom.net
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager ——————————————–
Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Burrishoole Fishery - Success after many years! Edward van der Heul, Holland, with his first ever fly caught salmon
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from Burrishoole Fishery – w/e 17th August 2014.
Despite difficult fishing conditions with northerly winds prevailing for most of the week, the Burrishoole Fishery produced a few salmon during the week.
The Dutch group who already had fished the Owenmore River earlier in the week visited Lough Furnace for a day and was successful again. Miro Pobuda took a nice grilse on a fluorescent green micro tube, but it was Edward van der Heul who will never forget his visit to Burrishoole.
Burrishoole Fishery – Success after many years! Edward van der Heul, Holland, with his first ever fly caught salmon
The very experienced Dutch angler finally caught his first ever Atlantic salmon on the fly. Edward, who has fished many times for the Dutch national team and has worked in the angling industry for many years, had visited all the top salmon destinations including Iceland and Norway in order to catch Salmo salar on the fly but, unfortunately, never succeeded until his friends convinced him to try his luck on the Emerald Isle.
Edward’s grilse took an Octopus tied by himself and with just over 5 lbs. it was also the heaviest fish for the week on Lough Furnace!
To book fishing on the Burrishoole Fishery contact Pat Hughes at +353 (0)87 2377078.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager ——————————————–
Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from Owenmore River – w/e 17th August 2014.
The Owenmore River saw a good spate during the week with heavy showers in the Nephin Beg Mountains keeping water levels up for most of the week allowing for good fishing conditions.
A happy Rudy v. Duijnhoven on the Owenmore River
Fishing on the Bangor Angling Club stretch of the Owenmore was good with quite a number of salmon caught and released. A group of five anglers from The Netherlands, led by well-known angling journalist and photographer, Rudy van Duijnhoven, enjoyed great sport. It was Rudy himself who led off with a fine fresh grilse of approx. 7 lbs. followed by Miro Pobuda who also had a nice grilse.
Miro Pobuda proudly displaying his first Irish salmon
Miro was particularly happy as he had lost a good fish the previous day. Hans Bel made contact with a total of 3 fish including a big salmon estimated around 12 lbs. but unfortunately practised “long line release” with all three. However, the group had many more pulls and takes and is eager to return to the Bangor area to fish this great spate river again.
Please note that the Owenmore River is “Catch & Release” this season! For fishing on the Owenmore River contact Seamus Henry on +353 (0)97 83487 or visit www.bangorerrisangling.com
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager ——————————————–
Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Frank O’Hara, Co. Laois, with his fine 11.4 lbs. Ridge Pool salmon
Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from the Moy – w/e 17th August 2014.
Water levels on the River Moy dropped again to summer level and, as a consequence, angling effort was very low this past week. However, the Moy system yielded a reported catch of 164 salmon bringing the yearly total to 4,067 so far.
The Ridge Pool produced a grilse for Mark Bowie, UK and a fine 11.5 lbs. salmon for Frank O’Hara, Co. Laois; both fish were caught on fly. On the Cathedral Beat, UK angler Trevor Shreeve, also had a grilse on fly.
Frank O’Hara, Co. Laois, with his fine 11.4 lbs. Ridge Pool salmon
On Saturday 16th August, Ballina Salmon Anglers held a juvenile angling competition in which 36 youngsters under the age of 16 took part. Amongst the successful local young anglers were Cian O’Neil and Owen Deavaney who both caught a fine grilse.
Further upriver, East Mayo Anglers’ reported a nice 9 pounder for visiting US flyangler, Larry Woods.
Hopefully, the cooler weather and promised rain will improve angling conditions for the coming weeks on Ireland’s most productive salmon river.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager ——————————————–
Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina
Lindsey Clarke reports from OWENEA FISHERY – Monday 11th to Sunday 17th August 2014.
We received no major floods this week but there were a number of freshes which meant that the river had fair water levels on Tuesday (0.20m), Wednesday (0.22m), Thursday (0.20m) and Sunday (0.20m). The gauge average for the week was reasonable reading 0.18 metres. 34 visiting rods fished over the week. There was fair numbers of salmon caught this week and given here are some of the catches taken from the catch register. On Wednesday, Alan Watson recorded a 6lb grilse caught and released on a fly from beat 8. Michael McCrory reported 2 salmon caught on a fly from beat 7. These weighed 4 & 10lb. Anthony Carty logged a 5lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 7. Gary McHugh registered a 6lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 7. Fabrice Craipeau recorded a 6½lb grilse caught from beat 8 and Frankie Byrne accounted for 2 salmon caught from beat 4. These were caught on a fly and weighed 7lb each with one of these being released. On Friday, Richard Caselli recorded a 5lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 8 and Paul Brennan accounted for a 5lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 9.
The forecast for the coming week is for unsettled weather and hopefully this will result in rainfall and some decent water levels. Lindsey Clarke
IFI-Ballyshannon. email:lindsey.clarke@fisheriesireland.ie
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Lindsey Clarke reports from the RIVER DROWES –Monday 11th to Sunday 17th August 2014.
We received very little rainfall and the Drowes remained very low all week once again. The fishery was fairly quiet although those that did fish recorded a number of grilse and there was around 15 grilse caught from the week ranging in size from 2½ to 5lb caught mainly from between the Four Masters Bridge and Lennox’s Bridge.
For info/bookings etc on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see the website: http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/ or Tel: +353 (0)71 9841055 (8 am to 12 noon).
