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Keeping it in the family in Galway as salmon fishing continues in fine form

By
Kevin Crowley
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Young Sean Murphy, aged 10, from Galway, with his first salmon, taken on the Galway Fishery on Sunday June 29th. Sean is from a fishing family, with dad Eugene, uncle Adrian and grandad Fintan all regular visitors to the fishery.
Young Sean Murphy, aged 10, from Galway, with his first salmon, taken on the Galway Fishery on Sunday June 29th. Sean is from a fishing family, with dad Eugene, uncle Adrian and grandad Fintan all regular visitors to the fishery.

Angling conditions in Galway are perfect at the moment, with low water levels favouring the fly, and plenty of grilse coming in, with numbers increasing by the day. There were 86 fish reported for the week, with many of these taken on fly. Ned Cusack showed he still has it at 95 years young, landing 2 nice grilse on the shrimp. Local angler Dave Lenihan also proved his skill, landing 5 grilse to 6lbs on fly, while long-time visitor from Kildare, Sean McManmon landed 3 to 5lbs on fly. German visitor Werner Meckle had 4 fish to 5lbs on fly, and Athenry man Declan Tuffy had 2 fish to 5.5lbs for his evening fishing the fly. Tom Harrington from Limerick also had 2 to 5.5lbs on fly, while father and daughter Jim and Sarah Doody, from Dublin, had a fine morning on Sunday, landing 2 grilse each on shrimp, all around 5lbs.

Father and daughter Jim and Sarah Doody from Dublin, with their catch of grilse from the Galway Fishery on 29 June 2014
Father and daughter Jim and Sarah Doody from Dublin, with their catch of grilse from the Galway Fishery on 29 June 2014

The Murphy family kept it in the family alright, with 10-year-old Sean landing his first ever salmon, and dad Eugene also taking a fish, while the following day uncle Adrian and granddad Fintan both had a grilse each!

Young Sean Murphy, aged 10, from Galway, with his first salmon, taken on the Galway Fishery on Sunday June 29th. Sean is from a fishing family, with dad Eugene, uncle Adrian and grandad Fintan all regular visitors to the fishery.
Young Sean Murphy, aged 10, from Galway, with his first salmon, taken on the Galway Fishery on Sunday June 29th. Sean is from a fishing family, with dad Eugene, uncle Adrian and grandad Fintan all regular visitors to the fishery.

Laois man Frank O’Hara landed 2 grilse to 5.5lbs on fly, while Seamus Dolan from Dublin had 2 fish to 6lbs on shrimp. Dublin angler Paul Wymes landed 2 grilse to 6.5lbs on fly, while fellow Dub Michael Brown had 2 fish to 6lbs on shrimp, and local angler Phil Donoghue had a nice session on the fly yesterday, catching and releasing 3 nice grilse. With grilse numbers increasing every day, and stable water levels and good weather, fishing prospects in Galway for the coming weeks are excellent. Once again low water levels have prevailed upstream, but fish are running even in low water, and again this week I have success to report for a young angler – Patrick McGrath from Mountbellew, who had never caught a salmon before, landed his first salmon on Monday off the Clare River. Not satisfied with that, he went on to land 2 more fish up to 7lbs, and was clearly delighted with getting off the mark. Well done Patrick!

Patrick McGrath, 12, from Mountbellew, who caught his first salmon on the Clare River on Monday June 30, quickly followed by two more! Patrick was clearly delighted with his catch!
Patrick McGrath, 12, from Mountbellew, who caught his first salmon on the Clare River on Monday June 30, quickly followed by two more! Patrick was clearly delighted with his catch!

 

Patrick McGrath, 12, from Mountbellew, with his dad Damian and his first three salmon, which he caught on the Clare River on Monday June 30.
Patrick McGrath, 12, from Mountbellew, with his dad Damian and his first three salmon, which he caught on the Clare River on Monday June 30.

Sea trout records tumbling in low water on the Erriff

By
Kevin Crowley
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Fishery manager Jim Stafford reports that apart from a few light showers, the rain the river needed never came over the week – there were some torrential downpours in places but no water fell in the Erriff valley. Water levels were at rock bottom for the entire week. However despite the low water, sea trout continued to run up the fish pass in very good numbers with over 800 recorded for the month. There were also a scattering of salmon moving up from Beat 9 into the lower beats. The few rods that braved the conditions had good sport. It was a time to dispense with the traditional salmon patterns and switch to the smaller lightly dressed sea trout flies.

Annie and Hugh Woodsend, UK, fishing the Erriff for the first time had 10 sea trout up to 2.5lbs taken on various small flies including Teal & Silver, Black Gnat and a Butcher. Knocht Roland, Switzerland caught a grilse on a Hare’s Ear in the Falls Pool on Beat 9 and also some beautifully spotted Brown Trout on Moher Lake. Ken Mills, UK, landed a sea-liced grilse in the Bridge Pool on a lightly dressed Hairy Mary.

It was a super sea trout fishing week for low water expert Raphael Amat from France – Raphael topped his record sea trout catch of 52 last season, and recorded a catch of 75 sea trout up to 2.5lbs! In addition Raphael also caught 2 sea-liced grilse – all 77 fish were sportingly released again. This is certainly a new record catch for the river in recent years and would compete favourably with that of Dr. Francis Briggs’ sea trout catches in the late 70s. The most successful patterns were Stoats Tail, Black Pennell, Black Shrimp, and tiny Cascades – all flies were tied by Raphael himself and all very lightly dressed.

At the time of writing the report anglers are booking flights and preparing to travel – and with the weather forecast for rain on Friday prospects for salmon fishing are looking much better.

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

The fish trap at Aasleagh Falls allows all upstream migrating salmon and sea trout on the Erriff to be counted, before being allowed on upstream. The blue probe contains a hydrophone to check for sea trout fitted with acoustic tags as part of a tracking programme.
The fish trap at Aasleagh Falls allows all upstream migrating salmon and sea trout on the Erriff to be counted, before being allowed on upstream. The blue probe contains a hydrophone to check for sea trout fitted with acoustic tags as part of a tracking programme.

Dry fly works for some on Corrib

By
Kevin Crowley
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Frank Reilly reports that again the fine calm fine weather prevented many anglers from taking to the water. Wednesday saw a break in the weather and Noel Kerins, Cloghans, Offaly and Paddy Currans, Clonfert landed 7 trout for 11lbs while dapping in the Oughterard area. John Burn and Peter Fahey, Limerick, fished the Greenfields area on Wednesday and Thursday and landed 6 trout for 10lbs, all sportingly returned, on dry fly. The Federation Cup catch-and-release competition was held on Sunday the 29th, with 63 anglers landing 12 trout in calm sunny conditions.   1st was Fergal Cormican with 3 trout for 133cm. 2nd was Peadar Gavin with 1 trout for 51cm, and 3rd was Carin Casey with 1 trout for 50cm. Anglers reported seeing mayflies, sedges and perch fry over the week.

In these high temperatures anglers and the general public are asked to notify their local IFI officer or the hot line on 0818 34 74 24 if they notice fish in distress due to drought or low oxygen in rivers.

A few nice salmon reported at Delphi despite the hot weather conditions.

By
Paul Bourke
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Fisheries Manager David McEvoy reports on last weeks salmon fishing on the Delphi Fishery in Co. Mayo.

30/06/2014

BENNI RULES

Fishing this past week at Delphi was challenging to say the least. Water has been extremely low, although we did get 13.2mms over two days in the middle of the week. Unfortunately with the ground being so dry the impact it made on water levels was negligible.

However credit where credit is due our anglers this week rose to the challenge and managed to land eight fish. People often ask the question as to what makes a good salmon angler. One of the most important attributes to be successful is persistence. When conditions are difficult people would often ask my advice, which is not easy.  The best advice I can normally give is “Keep the Flies in the Water”, because you are sure as hell not going to catch any fish otherwise. The other thing anglers should remember about low water is that it’s an ideal opportunity to study the river and see where the lies are.

One of the anglers that persisted was Benni Weltz and he was duly rewarded by landing four fish. His first was on the 22nd from the Bridge pool on a Beaded Nymph. The fish was actually sea liced and weighed in at 3lbs15ozs. He followed this with a fish of approx. 4.5lbs at the Sunk Rock on Doolough on the 24th. On the 25th he had a fine fish of 12lbs3ozs from the Turn pool on a Beaded Nymph. His fourth fish was also on a Beaded Nymph off the Turn pool on the 26th and weighed in at 9lbs7ozs.

Martin Nolde kept at it also and he was duly rewarded with two fish. His first was off Finlough on the 27th on a Collie Dog and weighed in at 8 lbs 9 ozs. His second was off the Turn pool on a Beaded Nymph on the 28th and weighed in at 7 lbs 6 ozs.

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Sean Dempsey with salmon of 6 lb. 13 oz. and 9 lb. 2 oz.

 Finally Sean Dempsey who has guided many people to fish in the last couple of weeks managed to hang on to a couple himself. Sean is an international trout angler and earlier in the week whilst playing a fish had decided to hand line during the battle. Bit like John Somerville’s story last year you wouldn’t win any prizes for guessing what happened next, ping and “oh sh—“. Having learnt his lesson as to why not to hand line spring salmon he duly landed two in hour on the 27th. The first was amazingly a sea liced fish of 6lbs13ozs from the Quarry pool on a Delphi Collie. The second was off the Turn pool on a Beaded Nymph and weighed in at 9lbs2ozs.

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This week promises to be another difficult fishing week with water levels now about minus 5. Hopefully we may get some rain later in the week. Other than that we’ll just have to enjoy the beautiful surroundings and “Keep them flies in the water from time to time”

D.McEvoy

Works At Belmont Weir To Improve Fish Passage Along Brosna River – Midland Tribune

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IFI Staff
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THE migration of fish, primarily salmon, through Belmont bridge to the base of the existing fish pass on the upstream side of the River Brosna, will hopefully be made easier with the completion of the improvement works at Belmont Weir.
The works are being executed by the Office of Public Works (OPW) and have been designed by Inland Fisheries Ireland under the Environmental River Enhancement Programme (EREP).
They can be separated into three sections – downstream works, works through the downstream apron and through the Belmont Bridge and upstream work….

Midland Tribune 26/06/2014 Read the article ‘Works At Belmont Weir To Improve Fish Passage Along Brosna River‘

A wealth of varieties for the Leah anglers

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IFI Staff
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Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports:

Donal Kennedy, skipper of the Leah, reported some excellent spurdog fishing and a wealth of varieties, for a group of Anglers from Athlone, in Killala Bay. The weather was fine with light northerly winds and a promise of fresh sea breezes towards late afternoon.

The first couple of drifts didn’t produce as many mackerel as anticipated and as caught in previous days. However, the skipper came well prepared with a good supply of fresh frozen mackerel which were needed as the first drift further out, over deeper water, produced the ever present pouting, along with some nice ling, best up to 7 lbs. There was a steady catch of fish with more ling, cod, pollack, coalfish and cuckoo wrasse.

As the day continued, one of the anglers thought he was caught in the bottom only to discover he had hooked a fine spurdog, well into double figures, which was brought right to the boat but unfortunately came off. However, many more good fighting spurdog were hooked, played, and landed and safely released.

To finish off the day the group fished over a sandy patch which produced another 4 different species including dab, red gurnard, grey gurnard and the odd dogfish. All in all an extremely successful and entertaining day out in Killala Bay

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

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina

Massachusetts boy lands the pike

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IFI Staff
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A proud Amand Patil, US, with his first ever pike
A proud Amand Patil, US, with his first ever pike

Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports:

Pike fishing at this time of year can be very difficult with warmer water temperatures and bright sunny conditions impacting on the pike’s feeding pattern and behavior. However, Foxford based angling guide, Kenny Sloan, reported some good sport for his clients during the week. Visiting anglers, Parimal Patil and his son Amand, from Boston Massachusetts, enjoyed a good day’s pike fishing with a total of 9 fish caught, biggest at 15 lbs. Fishing surface lures and poppers amongst weedy areas worked best as did trolling dead baits. In these “warm” water conditions it is particularly important to play the pike as quickly as possible and minimize handling.

A proud Amand Patil, US, with his first ever pike
A proud Amand Patil, US, with his first ever pike

To book a day’s guiding or boat hire contact Kenny Sloan on +353 (0)949256501 or +353 (0)87 9670310 or visit www.pikemania.co.uk

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina

Sunshine hampers fishing on Loughs Conn and Cullin

By
IFI Staff
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The hot and sunny weather impacted on angling on Loughs Conn and Cullin during the week. As a consequence, angler numbers out on the lakes were low and few catch reports were received. However, Fionn Feeney, Foxford Lodge, had a nice 2.5 lbs. trout on a Green Peter off Glass Island. Eamon Gleeson and John Greham, both Wicklow, enjoyed good sport fishing dry flies catching a total of 11 trout averaging 1 lbs. (all released), while UK angler, Thomas Jordan, boated 2 fish for 2 lbs. in the Bog Bay area.

Elsewhere, Brian Foley, Galway, caught 2 trout for 3 lbs. on a dry Wulff and Gary Barbour, UK, had 6 fish, all around 1.25 lbs. on dry Olives.

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina

Fine 4lb sea trout on worm at Ballisodare

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IFI Staff
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Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from Ballisodare Fishery:

Despite continuing low water conditions, the Ballisodare Fishery had another successful week with 148 salmon caught. The grilse are of a good average size (4.5 lbs.) and most anglers practice catch and release with approx. 50% of the fish being safely returned to the water. As a result of the low water levels all the fishing took place at the Falls with prawn, worm and fly being equally successful.

Amongst the successful anglers was Luke O’Connell, who managed to land 7 grilse during the week, all on prawn. Larry Mitchell had a nine pounder on fly, while Paul McGuire caught the best fish of the week, a fine salmon just short of 10 lbs. Paul’s fish fell to a prawn. Joan Bowen-Walsh had a nice sea trout of 2.5 lbs. on prawn but it was a visiting French angler who stole the show with a fantastic sea trout of 4 lbs. on worm, which is the best of the season so far.

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

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina

Best week of the season so far on the Moy

By
IFI Staff
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Allez les Bleus at Cloongee!
Allez les Bleus at Cloongee!

Fisheries Information Manager Markus Müller reports from the Moy – w/e 29th June 2014

Low water conditions and bright sunshine continued to impact on angling during the week. However, the Moy still produced over 250 salmon for local and visiting anglers alike.

The Moy Fishery saw its best week of the season so far with 21 salmon landed. On the Moy Fishery, Northern Ireland flyanlgers, David Gray, Ian McClatchey, Colin Farrel and Ivan Megaw all had salmon, best at 7 lbs. With 3 fish, best at 5 lbs., Terry Tobin, Meath, was also successful on the Ridge Pool.

On Coolcronan, father and son, Jack and Stephen Murphy, Northern Ireland, had an elven pounder each on prawn, while Jean Luc Muret together with two friends enjoyed a fantastic week’s fishing on the Foxford Fishery. The Three Frenchmen landed a total of 27 salmon, all on worm. Robert Bonet, France, was amongst the successful anglers on Rinanney where he had a nice 9 lbs. salmon on worm.

Allez les Bleus at Cloongee!
Allez les Bleus at Cloongee!

Further upriver, the luck of the French continued (not only in the World Cup) with a group of 3 anglers, led by Jean-Marc Bellegy, catching 15 salmon (7 released) on spinners and bubble & fly.

Low water levels impacted especially on angling on parts of the East Mayo water. Nevertheless, some anglers still managed to land fish including Bob Thomas, UK, who had a grilse on fly and Celia Fry, also UK, who got a salmon on worm.

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Moy Estuary

Another good week for sea trout anglers in the Moy Estuary! Judd Ruane, skipper of the Pegasus, reported a total of 101 sea trout (62 released) for his clients including some nice fish in the 2-3 lbs. range. Amongst the successful anglers was UK angler, Phil Minor, who enjoyed great sport over 3 days together with 3 friends onboard Pegasus.

Phil Minor, UK showing a better Moy Estuary sea trout
Phil Minor, UK showing a better Moy Estuary sea trout

To book a day’s sea trout fishing visit www.fishingireland.ie or contact Judd on +353 (0)87 6736969.

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager
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Iascach Intíre Éireann
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Ballina

 

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