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Irish Angling Update – 10/07/2014

By
Paul Bourke
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White Island on Muckno taken from the boat house – courtesy of Brian O’Neill

It was another very warm week for angling in Ireland although there were periods of heavy rain in some parts of the country.  Many rivers and loughs are very low indeed and we need some consistent rainfall to help liven up the inland fishing scene.  Sea anglers are enjoying a bonanza with many big species reported in this weather but there is a scarcity of mackerel in some parts of the coast at present.

Lady angler Michelle Gallagher lands a super tope and is our 'Catch of the Week' winner
Lady angler Michelle Gallagher lands a super tope and is our ‘Catch of the Week’

Some recent rain brought some better salmon fishing on the Cork Blackwater at Blackwater Lodge.  There was steady salmon and sea trout fishing reported from Lough Currane despite the hot humid conditions.  Most other smaller salmon rivers in the Cork Kerry area were very low last week and very few fish were reported. There were a few grilse and sea trout reported from the River Laune despite the low water conditions. It was another good week on the Galway Fishery for grilse and many young anglers enjoyed some fine sport during the week.  There was a great improvement in the grilse run at Ballynahinch last week and fishing improved for the many anglers fishing the river beats.  Heavy rain also improved the grilse fishing at the Kylemore Fishery in Connemara.  There were very low water conditions all week at Delphi but a few nice fish to over 12 lb. were recorded during the week. Sea trout and grilse were taken regularly by anglers fishing on the River Erriff all through the week. It was another good week on the River Moy despite the very low water conditions with fish recorded from all fisheries over the whole river.  The Ballisodare Fishery also recorded a great week for anglers catching grilse in good numbers. Over in west Mayo, there was some salmon and better sea trout fishing reported from Carrowmore Lake and the Owenmore River. There were very low water conditions on the River Drowes but despite this, there were some good catches of grilse recorded.

A group of French anglers enjoyed excellent fly fishing for trout on the River Boyne with angling guide Peter Cunningham. The same French group led by well-known angling writer David Gauduchon fished with angling guide Eamonn Conway on the River Fane in low water conditions.  Despite this the group managed to land some lovely trout.  In the National Disabled Angling Facility, they held their Festival Fishing Competition and great fun and many rainbow trout were caught on the day.  Andrew Ryan from Clonanav reports that anglers fishing the Suir and tributaries are enjoying very good sedge fishing for trout in the late evenings.  There were more hatches of different sedges in the evenings on Lough Sheelin and more trout are now rising to them and better sport was enjoyed by anglers. Broken weather, better hatches of sedges and mayfly improved the trout fishing on the Corrib last week.  The hot conditions did not deter anglers enjoying some good sport with the dry fly on Lough Conn last week.  On Lough Melvin, there was good fishing reported for Sonaghan trout by angler’s wetfly fishing.  The Loughanure Angling Club held a competition on the lough last Sunday catching some nice trout on the day.  Up in Cresslough the angling club reported some excellent rainbow trout fishing at Lough Na Tooey with fish up to 8 lb. recorded.

A group of anglers from the Carrigaline SAC fished with charter skipper Kit Dunne out from Wicklow and they caught some super fish including tope, smoothound, Bullhuss and Rays.  Angling guide Sid Jones also fished with his son Dan and the rest of the family on one day to celebrate his son’s birthday with skipper Kit Dunne.  They caught some fine tope and birthday boy Dan napped himself a fine tope on the day. Brothers William and angling guide Jim Hendrick had some lovely bass from rock marks with lures and on rocky outcrops on fly in the south east.  William also went afloat to catch some nice bass.  Angling guide Gerard Doran enjoyed some great action taking bass on a range of popping and surface lures in the south east.  A specimen garfish of 1.1 kg. was the highlight of some good deep sea fishing enjoyed by anglers fishing with charter skipper David Edwards out from Clonakilty in West Cork.  The Galway Buccaneers SAC had a deep sea outing with charter skipper Kevin MacGabhann and they had a great day’s fishing recording 14 species on the day.  New charter skipper John Fleming in Galway reports on several groups of anglers he had out fishing in Galway Bay last week and they caught a huge range of species.  In Killala Bay, skipper Donal Kennedy had several groups out deep sea fishing recording a great range of species.  Charter skipper Daryl Ewing reported some wonderful tope fishing for his clients. One of them, Michelle Gallagher caught a fine big tope which was quickly photographed and returned and this wins our Catch of the Week.  The Lough Swilly Sea Angling Club held their 2nd league trip from Rathmullan last Sunday and they were rewarded with 14 different species while sea fishing in the Lough.  At Downings, charter skipper Michael McVeigh reported some excellent deep sea fishing for his clients including a very colourful specimen cuckoo wrasse. Over in west Donegal, the Magheraroarty & Islands SAC went deep sea fishing with skipper Neil Gallagher and they fished west of Tory Island recording 9 different species including megrim and bluemouth.

A group of young anglers attended the summer camp of Carrickmacross Coarse Angling and Youth Development Club at Brothers Lake at Carrickmacross catching some fine fish and receiving expert advice and instruction.  Night fishing was the key to some lovely bream and tench recently caught on Lough Derry near Drumconrath.  An incredible 126 Kgs of mainly Carp won the two day festival at Oaklands Fishery in New Ross for Danny Murphy.

A party of Portadown anglers fished with angling guides Peadar O’Brien and Tom Cogan on Lough Muckno and had a super day taking many double figured fish topped off with a lovely 20 lb. pike.  Peadar and Tom were busy this week and took a group of French anglers out fly fishing for pike on several waters in Co. Monaghan taking many pike up to 20 lb. which were all released quickly.  The Fishmaniak Club had an outing to the River Shannon at Banagher at the weekend and 22 anglers enjoyed good pike fishing catching and releasing 72 pike.

Finally there are many notices particularly about competition in our other news and competitions sections of the Update and this weekend, the FIPS-ed World Feeder Championships are taking place on Inniscarra Lake near Macroom in Co. Cork. The following weekend,the National Coarse Fishing Federation’s All Ireland competition is taking place on the lakes in Killeshandra.

As always be safe while enjoying the best of Irish fishing and please wear a life jacket if going afloat, Tight lines especially in Ireland,
Paul Bourke
Catch, Photo, Release

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White Island on Muckno taken from the boat house – courtesy of Brian O’Neill
White Island on Muckno taken from the boat house – courtesy of Brian O’Neill

Grilse arrive at Ballynahinch and provide good sport

By
Kevin Crowley
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Brid O’Malley was in touch from Ballynahinch Castle to report that the summer grilse have arrived after the nice fresh rain last Friday. The river rose a little, with great results this past weekend. 13 salmon were landed, and a few more got away. Tom McManus had great success with a hat -trick on Friday and another 3 fish were landed on Saturday. The usual traditional flies are working best – Silver Rat and Ballynahinch Badger and a few on the Silver Stoat too. The lower water is actually better and preferred at Ballynahinch as the salmon can still come in without difficulty and will stay in the lower beats until a big flood arrives.

So with the grilse running well now, there are fish showing up and down the river. There are also a lot of smaller sea trout around, which provide sport even for the novice learning to fly fish. For the more experienced anglers, catches into the double figures are very possible, even in one afternoon. There are some places available on the river at the moment, but booking is definitely advised.

Contact the hotel reception on 095 31006 to arrange fishing or visit www.ballynahinch-castle.com .

Broken weather, sedges and mayfly improve trout fishing on Corrib

By
Kevin Crowley
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Frank Reilly reports that fishing has picked up significantly on the Corrib with the break in the weather over the last week. Jerry Dixon and Mathew Tierney, Oughterard, landed 16 trout (8 returned) to wet fly on one day; Jerry also reported on another outing landing and releasing a trout of 5lbs. Philip O Connell, Oughterard, landed 3 trout for 5.5lbs to mayfly. Enda Tierney, Oughterard, landed 1 trout for 3.5lbs dapping mayflies for a day.

On Friday the 4th July Galway Garda Angling Club Vs IFI Galway held their annual challenge competition with 20 anglers landing 19 trout. 1st was Kevin Molloy with 4 trout for 6.85lbs, 2nd was Peter Curran with 4 trout for 5.32lbs and 3rd was John Walsh, also with 4 trout for 4.99lbs. The best fish of the day went to Peter Mc Guinness with a trout for 2.95lbs; Peter also landed a second trout for a total of 4.35 lbs giving him the top rod for Galway Garda A.C.

6 anglers fished the Greenfields area over the weekend and landed 14 trout to wet fly and dry fly using mayfly and sedge patterns. Ronan Broderick, UK fished for one day and landed 5 trout up to 2.5lbs, all released. Peter Ryan and John Flynn, Dublin, fished for 2 days and landed 6 trout for 10.5lbs to wetfly.

Anglers are reporting plenty of Mayflies and Sedges hatching through the day.

Rain stirs the pot nicely on the Erriff as sea trout and grilse start to show

By
Kevin Crowley
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Fishery manager Jim Stafford reports that last week was a mixed week with bright sunshine and some very heavy thundery showers. Water levels were low for the first three days of the month – however the sea trout continued to run in very good numbers with almost 250 trout running through the counter during that period. Overall the amount of rain that fell was disappointing with water levels peaking at just over 1.1 meters on the 4th – however it was a welcome bonus for the salmon fry on the feeder streams which were running seriously low. The first good pulse of the grilse run with a scattering of Springers saw almost 100 fish move upstream – the run of sea trout was excellent with almost 700 fish recorded through the counter.

Michel Le Paire caught a sparkling fresh sea-liced grilse in the Bridge Pool on Beat 9 on a Sunray Shadow. Fishing lightly dressed Cascades Enda O’Connell , Newcastle upon Tyne, UK had a very successful few days on the river catching 3 fresh grilse in the Falls Pool and Garden Pools on Beat 9. Ken Mills, UK caught another grilse in the Garden Pool also on a Cascade. Simone Scaggio and Michel Malagugini, both from Italy and fishing the Erriff for the first time caught their first ever salmon in the Falls Pool on Beat 9. David Gaffney caught a nice sea trout on Beat 1. Hugh Maguire, Ireland, caught a grilse and 3 sea trout in the Upper Sally Pool on Beat 7. The last fish of the week was caught by Michel Winthrop from France on a Lady O’Hara in the School House Pool on Beat 3.

The catch for the week was 9 salmon and 15 sea trout.

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

A beautiful fresh 52cm sea trout caught and released after a photo by French angler Raphael Amat during his recent visit to the Erriff Fishery
A beautiful fresh 52cm sea trout caught and released after a photo by French angler Raphael Amat during his recent visit to the Erriff Fishery

Young anglers lead the way in Galway

By
Kevin Crowley
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It was yet another week of momentous firsts in Galway, as we celebrated first salmon for several more young anglers this week. Over many years staff at the Fishery get to know anglers from near and far on their annual, and more regular visits to Galway, and then these anglers grow up and have their own little anglers, and the little anglers start coming to Galway to catch salmon too!

Conor Liddell from the UK was one of our lucky young guests this week, fishing with his dad Ian he caught his first ever salmon, shortly followed by the second – one on fly and one on shrimp, and weighing 5 and 6lbs. Well done Conor!

Conor Liddell from the UK, on a fishing holiday to reland with dad Ian, caught his first 2 salmon ever at the Galway Fishery, including one taken on fly and one on shrimp. Well done Conor!
Conor Liddell from the UK, on a fishing holiday to reland with dad Ian, caught his first 2 salmon ever at the Galway Fishery, including one taken on fly and one on shrimp. Well done Conor!

 

Next to feature was the son of one our regular anglers – Tony Kavanagh from Salthill. Tony’s son Denis (7) landed his first salmon over the weekend, which I’m sure will be the first of many in Galway.

Denis Kavanagh (7) from Galway, who caught his first ever salmon at the Galway Fishery last week, with dad Tony, who is a regular angler on the fishery.
Denis Kavanagh (7) from Galway, who caught his first ever salmon at the Galway Fishery last week, with dad Tony, who is a regular angler on the fishery.

 

And last but by no means least, Alex Dinn, fishing with his granddad Dr. John Casey from Clifden, another Galway regular, managed to catch no less than 3 salmon on his first attempt, with 3 grilse to 4.5lbs taken on fly and shrimp. Definitely one to watch for the future!

Young Alex Dinn proudly displays his first salmon, caught at the Galway Fishery while fishing with granddad Dr. John Casey from Clifden
Young Alex Dinn proudly displays his first salmon, caught at the Galway Fishery while fishing with granddad Dr. John Casey from Clifden

 

Not to be outdone, the rest of the anglers on the Weir managed a fine tally this week, landing 122 salmon for the week in perfect conditions conducive to flyfishing. Barry Browne from Dublin had 3 grilse to 5lbs on fly, while Clare man John Liddy had 2 grilse on fly. Moycullen angler Neil Spellacy broke his recent duck with a nice catch of 3 grilse to 5.5lbs on fly for an evening, while Tuam man Louis Brennan took 2 grilse to 6lbs on fly.

Erriff fishery manager Jim Stafford had a rare break from duty at Aasleagh Lodge and managed 3 grilse to the fly for his morning on the weir, while Pat Gorman also had 2 fish for his outing. Laois man John Hetherington landed 2 grilse to 6.5lbs on fly and shrimp, and Galway man John McCarthy had 3 grilse to 6lbs, also on fly and shrimp. Annual German visitors Manfred Wilke (now 89 and coming to Galway for many years, and Wolfram Hoppe (not yet 89!) are enjoying their week-long visit to Galway, with over 10 salmon landed so far, including several fish sportingly relased.

With water conditions in perfect order, temepratures not too warm, and plenty of grilse running the river, prospects for fishing in Galway for the coming week are once again, excellent!

Good deep sea fishing reported from Killala Bay

By
Paul Bourke
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Markus Muller from the Inland Fisheries Ireland Office in Ballina reports on sea fishing in Killala Bay.

Sea Angling

A party of Dublin anglers enjoyed a great day’s fishing on Killala Bay from the charter boat “Leah”.   The first drift produced some ling, pollack and pouting.  On another drift some nice pollack were caught, the best up to 8 lb.  Later the party had some fine spurdog up to double figures, all of which were safely released.  Towards the end of the day the party drifted over a sandy patch which produced dabs and ray.

To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)0868174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.

Good dry fly fishing for trout despite the hot weather on Lough Conn

By
Paul Bourke
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Markus Muller from the Inland Fisheries Ireland Office in Ballina reports on the trout fishing on Lough Conn

Lough Conn

Bright, hot weather early in the week was not conducive to trout angling, although there was some decent dry fly fishing (sedges & buzzers) on offer in the Cloghans area for a small number of anglers who ventured out in the late evening.  Ian Wise, Crossmolina had two trout and one sea trout on dry sedges and his best fish, the sea trout weighed in at 2 lb. Bryan Costelloe, Tuam and Gerry Walsh, Galway, had four trout for 6 lb. on dry olives.  Later in the week, when the weather broke, daytime angling improved considerably. Hugh Maloney and Damian Lundy, Scariff, Co. Clare had six trout between them in south Conn, all on Dry Wulffs.   Anna Sullivan, Ciara Byrne and Jack Souza all of whom were visiting from Boston, USA had three trout for 4 lb. also in south Conn.  Vinny O’Boyle, Knockfree and Willie Anderson, Manchester fished out of Pontoon Bridge Hotel for a few days later in the week.  Vinny had 2 on Green Peter and Willie took three on dry Wulffs.  Sean Casserley, Mayo had three trout on various wetfly patterns fishing in the Cloonamoyne area with his best fish weighing in at 1.5 lb.

Sea trout and a few salmon reported from the Owenmore River and Carrowmore Lake

By
Paul Bourke
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Markus Muller from the Inland Fisheries Ireland Office in Ballina reports on the salmon fishing on the Owenmore River and Carrowmore Lake.

Owenmore River & Carrowmore Lake

Weather conditions in Bangor were not favourable for salmon angling but some anglers enjoyed success including Glenn Wood, Lisburn fishing Carrowmore Lake who had two  salmon, one of which he released.   Anglers also reported reasonable  sea trout fishing on Carrowmore over the week.   With low water and very little rain, the Owenmore River proved difficult. Oisin O’Sullivan, Tullamore had two salmon from the river, his best weighing in at 9 lb., both of which were returned.

 

Good salmon fishing reported from the Ballisodare Fishery

By
Paul Bourke
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Markus Muller from the Inland Fisheries Ireland Office in Ballina reports on the salmon fishing on the Ballisodare Fishery.

Ballisodare Fishery

Anglers enjoyed surprisingly good fishing at the falls in Ballisodare despite low water conditions with 159 salmon caught over the week, 80 of which were sportingly released.

Most were grilse which averaged 5lbs in weight and were taken predominantly on the prawn and worm with good numbers also coming to the fly. Among the anglers who enjoyed success on the Ballisodare were Jean Bernard Chenaux and Jean Loup, Switzerland.  Anthony McCann had a cracking fish of 11.5 lbs early in the week on the prawn.  On the same day, two visiting French anglers had a good day catching four fish on the prawn all around the 5 lbs mark several of which were released. A party of four French anglers who fished the Ballisodare for a few days last week had 27 salmon to the prawn, many of which were returned, including several in the 6 to 8 lbs range.

For Bookings please contact Dermot Glennon on +353 (0)086 2515064 or email [email protected]

Salmon fishing is still pretty good on the River Moy despite the low water conditions.

By
Paul Bourke
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French angler, Gerald Groult with a nice salmon taken last week on the Cloongee Fishery

Markus Muller reports from the Inland Fisheries Ireland office in Ballina on fishing on the River Moy.

River Moy

Bright sunshine and low water did not favour angling during the past week. Despite the poor conditions, 271 salmon were reported caught on the River Moy last week.  The Moy Fishery had its best week so far this year with 35 salmon landed. On the Ridge Pool, Rene Roche, France and Anthony Waldron, UK had one fish each to the fly. John Smith, Cavan and John Ryan, Tipperary also had one each on the Weir Pool, with Peter Taylor and John Wearing UK enjoying success on the Cathedral Beat.  Upstream on Armstrong’s Fishery, Gilles Bodenier, France had two salmon on the worm, while Dermot Drain, Northern Ireland fishing the Foxford Fishery released two fish of approx 4 lbs and 9 lbs, both taken on the fly. German angler, Gunther Barr had a fish of 7 lbs to the worm on the Foxford Salmon Anglers’ Rinanney waters, where 46 salmon were reported caught.

French angler, Gerald Groult with a nice salmon taken last week on the Cloongee Fishery
French angler, Gerald Groult with a nice salmon taken last week on the Cloongee Fishery

Further upstream at Cloongee, Gerald Groult (France) had two salmon, one of which he released, and father and son team, Patrick and Damien Rousseau, France had a fish each. On East Mayo waters low water levels had the greatest impact with only 12 salmon reported for the week.   Apologies to Jack and Stephen Murphy for the typo in last week’s report, which read “had an eleven pounder each on prawn” and should have read “had one salmon each on prawn”.

 

 

 

 

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