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Better water on the Drowes sees salmon catches improve

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myleskelly
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salmon fishing
Casting for salmon on the River Drowes

Lindsey Clarke from the Ballyshannon office reports on the River Drowes for the week ending 25 May…

Water levels were better this week on the Drowes and the fishing reflected this with good numbers of salmon caught.

On Monday John McGill had a very good day recording 7 grilse caught weighing from 4 to 7lb with 4 of these released again. The fish were all caught spinning from Briney’s to the Crooked Hole.

On Tuesday, Chris McDaid recorded a 4½lb grilse caught on a Mepp’s from Spa Well.

salmon fishing
Casting for salmon on the River Drowes

On Wednesday, Daryl Kennedy caught and released 3 salmon on prawn from the meadow. P. McGrath also landed a salmon on prawn from The Meadow. Karl Hegarty, reported a 7½lb salmon caught on worm from Lennox’s Bridge.

On Saturday, Marty King logged 2 grilse caught on prawn from the Money Hole and Sean King accounted for a 5lb grilse caught on prawn from the Long Hole.

On Sunday, Marty O’Hara recorded a 5lb grilse caught on a spinner from the Crooked Hole. Marty King reported 3 grilse caught and released on prawn from the Crooked Hole. Walter logged a 10lb salmon caught on prawn from the Eel Weir. Tony Parker registered a 7lb salmon caught and released on a fly from The Cascades and Dermot McNiece accounted for a 4lb grilse caught on prawn from The Washstones.

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Not many salmon reported on the Lee but the odd good fish to be had

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myleskelly
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On the River Lee there were 15 salmon landed for week ending 25 May. The fish averaged 8lbs each, mostly landed by local anglers using all methods.

RIVER LEE ESB FISHERY


Paul Hanley had to use stealth to catch his salmon on the ESB fishery on Monday. The beats were seeing a lot of pressure from anglers and despite the number of coloured fish throwing he managed to spot a fine fresh fish. On his thrid cast the fish took his size 15 Ally’s Shrimp and led him a merry dance before he could hand and the then safely release the salmon. To get the full story see: salmonfishingireland2012.blogspot.ie
Courtesy of Paul Hanely

An early start pays off for Graham

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IFI Staff
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South East Angling Services Gerard Doran gets out early so his customer can enjoy all on offer.  Ger reports:

Graham booked in for a Guided day last Sunday with Sea Trout the chosen species.

Gerard Doran - Sea fishingThe early morning start ensured fishing took place over the preferred tidal situation for a local estuary. Conditions for the previous week were very mixed which made it a little more difficult but we remained confident of catching a few fish.

Gerard Doran - Graham 1Starting off using medium rated lure rods and metals retrieved fast It only took perhaps twenty minutes for Graham to land his first trout of the day, a small one but a welcome start.

Gerard Doran - Shore fishingDuring the day we covered a large volume of water to provide the best opportunity of catching fish. Graham a dedicated angler fished hard to land five fish for the day also dropping a few as often happens when sea trout fishing.

A very enjoyable day was had.

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Gerard Doran,

South East Angling Services

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E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 086-3769727

20.5lb salmon caught on the Laune, but river quiet otherwise

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myleskelly
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Billy Downes reports on the salmon fishing on the River Laune for the week ending 26 May…

Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association waters and Beat 3.

One great fish for John Hussey this week from the Laune.  A beauty of 20.5lbs caught on Sunday at Johnston’s High bank on a Black Flying ‘C’.

Unfortunately this was the only fish I heard of for the past week.  Water level and clarity is ideal at just under 2 feet on the gauge at Johnston’s.  The only factor that went against good fishing was the low temperature of air and water.  Apart from the John’s great fish, the fishing would have to be described at very poor.

Permits for Laune Anglers waters right now cost only €25 per day. 

Beat 3:

Perfect water on Beat 3 no fish reported for the week.

For Beat 3 Permit Costs click on: Beat 3 Permit Prices 2014

Prospects:

Not looking good even allowing for the draft nets being in operation,  the return to anglers for this past week was poor despite a reasonable angling effort.

Anglers please note: A ‘One Day’ salmon permit for Beat 3 only costs €25
Billy Downes  Secretary
Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association

For further up to date information look up:  www.launeanglersfishing.com

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KILLARNEY LAKES AND LOUGH LEANE

Fishing on the lake produced 3 fish weighing 6lbs -7lbs each, landed trolling by local and visiting anglers.

 KILLARNEY FLESK

No report.

Good tench and coarse fishing around Cavan, one angler bags 150lb of bream

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myleskelly
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bream
The bream in the Belturbet area are of a fine stamp

Alice Murtagh of the Corelesmore office reports excellent tench fishing around the Belltubet Miltown area. Alan  Murray from Liverpool had some fine quality bream in the area while staying at Church View Guest House in Belturbet – www.churchviewguesthouse.com.

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The bream in the Belturbet area are of a fine stamp

Fishing is also reported good on Drumanny Little near Miltown.  Good mixed bags of fish on Dereskit and Killykeen has been fishing good generally.

Haughtons Shore and Church Lake on Garadice are reported to giving good bags of fish while Lock 5 and 7 on the canal is showing good Roach and Bream.  Meanwhile pike fishing in reported to be good in the area generally with some pike anglers using belly boats.

FAW 2014 at Killeshandra

13 junior anglers took part in the coarse angling tuition and competition which was held on Saturday last in conjunction with Killeshandra Anglers Club and Fisheries Awareness Week on Town Lake.

Peg No
Name
Age
Weight Kg.
8
Natasha McGovern
13
0.280
9
Mark Nulty
13
0.110
10
Aaron Flynn
14
0.000
11
Dara Nulty
11
0.000
12
Ryan Brady
13
0.070
13
Ryan Watson
14
0.290
14
Killian Dolan
11
0.000
15
Padraig Tighe
14
1.120
16
Andrew McNally
13
0.990
17
Lewis Trenier
9
0.440
18
Deane Richardon
12
0.000
19
Jamie Eccleston
12
1.480
20
Kelvin McNally
12
0.100
pole fishing
Waiting for a bite
weigh-in
At the weigh-in
Everyone enjoyed the day
Everyone enjoyed the day

150lb of bream at Dromore

The Dromore system is reported to be giving good bags of fish especially Bream with one angler bagging 150lb of Bream during the course of one day.

 

Some good catches from Lough Arrow during mayfly flurries

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myleskelly
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Ryan had the best fish of the two days - 4lb 8oz

Fishing on Lough Arrow has been pretty good for the past week with most of the action taking place in the evenings. Anglers reported a good fall of spent and the buzzer fishing was also productive.

Bryan and Shane Kelly, both from Boyle, had a total of 24 trout for their week, most of which were returned.  The fish weighed up to 2 lbs. and were taken on dry green mayflies and spent mayfly patterns. Michael Kelly, Croghan, reported a very good evening’s fishing with 5 trout (3 released) up to 5 lbs. on a Lough Derg Spent.

Ryan Richardson and his father Stephen where down on Lough Arrow last week and had some great fishing. Between them the lucky anglers landed 15 trout for two days. The biggest  (shown in the picture) weighed in at a very respectable 4lb 8oz.

Ryan had the best fish of the two days - 4lb 8oz
Ryan had the best fish of the two days – 4lb 8oz

Ryan reports massive falls of spent all throughout the day with great fishing to be had while they were on the water.

A cloud of mayfly dancing...
A cloud of mayfly dancing…

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Arrow is one of the great Irish trout fishing loughs where the trout average 1½lb and fish to 6lb and 7lb are taken on fly annually. It is 4 miles north-west of Boyle, with Ballymote 6 miles and Ballyfarnan 3 miles away. It is a limestone lough, incredibly rich and, while it has some feeder streams, it is mainly spring-fed… Find out more, download a map

Offaly’s Loch an Dochais Host’s All Ireland Angling Competitions

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myleskelly
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Loch an Dochais
Some of the senior anglers at the prize giving

Loch an Dochais, Kilcormac, Co. Offaly was the venue for the 2014 All Ireland Angling Competition for anglers with special needs, organised by The Friends of Loch an Dochais on Sunday 25th May.

Despite the damp, wet and overcast weather conditions the event attracted 30 anglers made up of 6 ladies and 24 men from 7 different counties. The anglers were fishing for the Mary Robinson Perpetual Trophy.

Loch an Dochais is an accessible fishery
Loch an Dochais is an accessible fishery

At the presentation of prizes at St. Joseph’s Community Centre Kilcormac, Chairperson of The Friends of Loch an Dochais Seamus Barron, welcomed everyone and said all who took part in today’s event were winners and praised the high standard of angling seen. He thanked the main sponsors Bord na Mona, Kilcormac Development Association and Inland Fisheries Ireland. He thanked the lads who prepared the lake for today’s event, the helpers at lake, the bus drivers and carers, the Fisheries Board staff, the community centre staff and the ladies who provided lovely welcome refreshments.

Loch an Dochais
Some of the competitors in the Junior section at Loch an Dochais

Tom Feighery of the Kilcormac Development Association then presented prizes of beautiful carved Bog Oak to the winners. There were carved by local craftsman Don O’Boyle. He praised The Friends of Loch an Dochais for organising the event and stated that the K.D.A. are delighted to be associated with it.

On behalf of Council for the Blind, Alice Ahearn thanked the group for inviting them along today and stated they had a lovely day and look forward to coming again. John Ryan Tipperary branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association also paid tribute to the group and thanked them for the warm and friendly welcome they always get.

Loch an Dochais
Some of the senior anglers at the prize giving

In concluding Seamus Barron wished all the angler a safe journey home and looked forward to seeing them all again next year.

42 trout were caught and the following are the results of the 2014 All Ireland Competition;

1st Paddy O’Dwyer, Tipperary – 4 trout for 4lb 10ozs

2nd Paul Cope, Tipperary – 4 trout for 4lb 9ozs

3rd Rodge Molloy, Offaly – 4 trout for 4lb 6ozs

Ladies prize went to Audrey Thynan, Tipperary.

 

In the youth competition 14 anglers took part and caught 12 trout and the results were as follows;

1st Tyler Hannon, Kilcormac – 4 trout for 4lb 6ozs

2nd Kellie O’Driscoll, Clara – 2 trout for 3lb 14ozs

3rd Jordan Delaney, Kilcormac – 4 trout for 3lb 4ozs

Large browns on Suir tributary in superb condition

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IFI Staff
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Releasing John’s brute
Releasing John’s brute

Guide Jason O’Riordan of Game Fishing Ireland  reports:

While the larger rivers have been quite flooded of late, the smaller local streams have remained fishable. These are beautiful discreet little tributaries close to the towns of Dungarvan and Clonmel. While the wild trout tend to be small in size they provide very enjoyable and often challenging fishing.

Jason O'Riordan - Fishy looking waterOn these streams dry fly can be good on the slower water if trout are rising but typically one would fish with a dry dropper set up in the currents. In higher water a streamer can work really well.

Streamer Water
Streamer Water

Over the weekend I had a few short sessions with John, who is an experienced lure angler but relatively new to fly fishing. John wanted to learn new techniques and improve his casting ability. When the water drops space can be tight so a good roll cast and side cast is really useful.

Demonstrating the “side arm cast”
Demonstrating the “side arm cast”

On one Suir tributary we had several very large browns on the dry dropper in quick succession. These fish were in superb condition and one in particular was a real brute.

Releasing John’s brute
Releasing John’s brute

Unusually they did not seem very fussy and were willing to take either the dry with an untypical splashy rise, or the nymph. They were not as spooky as one would expect and we were able to sight fish them with beadhead pheasant tail nymphs with ease. Perhaps they were just ‘on the feed’ . . . . who knows for sure. In any event John had a great session and can’t wait to return for another go.

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Jason O’Riordan

Hardy/Greys approved guide and an IFFF Qualified Fly Casting Instructor

Notes: Jason has a lifetime of experience in fishing and guiding on the rivers, lakes and coastline in the area. Jason has given talks on fishing techniques at the leading angling shows in Ireland. Game Fishing Ireland offers guided packages for salmon, river trout, lake trout and saltwater game species. Fishing packages can vary in price depending on the target species and time of year. A typical package can include permits, travel, guiding, and packed lunch. Tackle hire is also available.

Address: Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 296 5712

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.gamefishingireland.ie

Short on Turbot but at least we found the mackeral

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IFI Staff
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Plaice

Michael McVeigh, skipper of the Rosguill out of Downings reports:

No problem with Mackeral – once we found them! Loads of Coalfish, Yuk. Good enough reef Pollack, Gurnards, Dabs, Plaice. All in all a reasonable start to the season. No Turbot on the usual spot – hope this is just a one of and not a repeat of last year?

Plaice
Plaice
Dab
Dab

 

Dogfish
Dogfish

 

 

Double Plaice
Double Plaice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Gurnard
Red Gurnard
Pollack
Pollack

Michael McVeigh
Rosguill

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Downings, Co Donegal

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Austrain anglers get a taste of what Valentia has to offer

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IFI Staff
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Siegy Grabher skipper of the Sioux had regular guests from Vorarlberg in Austria with him last week and they enjoyed some fine fishing.  They caught 187 pollock, 3 ling, 87 coalies, 8 cod, 5 pouting, 2 grey gurnard and a few mackerels.

Valentia Fishing - Austrian angler 1Valentia Fishing - Austrian angler 2

Valentia Fishing - Austrian angler 3Valentia Fishing - Austrian angler 4

Valentia Fishing - Austrian angler 5Valentia Fishing - Austrian angler 6

 

 

Siegy Grabher
Sioux

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Sioux
35′ Offshore 105. 300 HP Ford
Valentia Island, Co. Kerry.
Tel: +353 66 9476420 or +353 87 6871267
Email: [email protected] Website: www.valentiafishing.com

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