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First grilse of the season landed on Lough Currane

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Currane salmon
Mr. Frank Donnelly and Master Hamilton

Fishing on Lough Currane was a difficult affair over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend with no fish caught on Holy Thursday or Good Friday and only one salmon on Saturday. Easter Sunday was a day of blazing sunshine with a light north easterly breeze and no fish were caught despite efforts, and it was Tuesday before things improved for salmon and sea trout anglers. Vincent Appleby reports..

22/4/14 There was some good action in the trolling department on Lough Currane today and first in the striking zone was local angler Mr. Brod O’Sullivan, who caught a Salmon in the 8 lbs class. Now for catch of the day and that goes Mr. J. Hamilton and his son, and for good reason, while fishing with their Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught a fine 12 lbs Salmon and finished their day off with the first Grilse this season, weighing in at 6 lbs.

Currane salmon
Mr. Frank Donnelly and Master Hamilton

Now to the C & R department Local Gillie Mr. Bob Priestley caught a fine 6 lbs salmon on the troll and after a good battle Bob sportingly put my noble Salmon back to fight another day. Wind E then veered SE light and overcast.

23/4/14 Straight to the Salmon department, Mr Gerry O’Sullivan of Cork takes the headlines with a fine 10 lbs. Salmon caught on the troll on a Rapala. In the specimen Sea trout C & R department, UK Angler Mr. John Bojter, fishing out of www.lakelandshouse.com and fishing with his Gillie Mr. Mike O’Dwyer, caught a cracker of a Seatrout in the 7 lbs. class and sportingly released my Noble Sea Trout to continue his journey. Staying in the C & R Sea Trout department there were a couple of Sea trout caught and released by another boat but nothing that would hit the RTE news headlines. Wind SSW and variable with reasonable cloud cover.

That is your ration for the week on Lough Currane, from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts.
Vincent Appleby

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Vincent Appleby

Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.

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Lower beats of the Slaney produce a few salmon as levels drop

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Eamon Power with a Slaney salmon

Brian Stevens, Slaney River Trust, reports on the last week’s fishing on the Slaney…

As the river level dropped very slowly through out the week the lower beats continued to pick up a few fish mostly still on fast sink tips and / or small brass tubes. I have only had reports from 3 beats with 16 fish landed in the week.  On angler had 3 in an evening as he hit a pod moving through.

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Eamon Power with a Slaney salmon

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Slaney River Trust
Web: www.slaneyrivertrust.ie

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Anglers interested in obtaining fishing can enquire from the following:

  • Clohamon Fishery
    Contact David Dobbs tel 0879673111
  • Enniscorthy Anglers
    Salmon €25 per day, Trout €10 for 2 consectuctive days.
    Contact Danny’s Angling and Outdoors, St Senans Rd, Enniscorthy.  Tel: 087 9005991.
  • Solsboro Fishing Association
    Contact Bernard Cash (daytime only) Tel 087 9225536 .
  • Tullow Salmon and Trout Anglers Association
    Contact Tom Dawson 087-9940877
  • Moyadie, Monfin, Glass Door and upper Ballycarney beats
    Contact David French of Fanning French and Associates on 087 9221833.

More details on the Slaney River and its fishing available at www.slaneyrivertrust.ie

Some excellent trout on fly at Lough O'Flynn

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myleskelly
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John Devaney and Joe Fitzharris have all the returns  from Lough O’Flynn last week:
John Ditch & Tommy Gallagher had 6 good fish for an evening best 2-lb.
Junor fly anglers Tommy McGee Dunmore & Gary Madden Castlerea Had 17-fish for an afternoon best 2-1/2 lb all fish returned bar one best patterns claret dabblers and octupas.
Gerry Madden Balliasloe & partner had an excellent outing with 9-fish averaging 1-1/2 lb
Colm Malone & Mark Malone report having a number of good outings with lots of good fighting fish with their best fish 2-1/2 lb Mark using his own secret pattern developed over the winter months.
Derek Madden Tulsk, also a good outing catching and releasing several good fish and surprisingly landing a good rainbow between 2-1/2 to 3-lb.

Father and son team make most of pike fishing holiday in Mayo

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Happy father and son, John & James McNella, UK, with a nice Mayo pike

On a short visit to Ireland John McNella from Watford, UK, along with his son James tried their hands at some pike fishing. Father and son met up with local angling guide, Kenny Sloan, Foxford, to fish some of the lakes nearby. The weather was mild and a moderate southwest wind made for good fishing conditions. James, who had never fished before, landed a total of six pike trolling, while his father had four ,biggest around 14lbs.

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Happy father and son, John & James McNella, UK, with a nice Mayo pike

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

 

Trout anglers enjoying the fishing on Loughs Conn and Cullin

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Orla Walsh with a fine Lough Conn brown trout

On Lough Conn, trout anglers enjoyed some nice fishing during the week. Ian Wise, Cloonamoyne Fishery, reported good results for his guests with David McConville together with his fishing partner, Ciaran, both Northern Ireland, catching 6 trout between them. Local angler, John Warren had 2 fish, best at 1.5 lbs., while Ian himself boated 3 trout, all around the one pound mark. Thomas McWilliams, Northern Ireland was also successful in the northern part of the lough where he had 4 trout averaging one pound.

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Orla Walsh with a fine Lough Conn brown trout

Fishing out of Murphy’s Boat Hire, Mick Sweeny, Galway, reported 4 trout, best at 2 lbs. Liam McHugh, Offaly, had three, best at 1.5 lbs. and Malcolm and Tom Bell, Tipperary got four between 1.5 lbs. and 2 lbs.

Cloghans Bay produced 8 trout (averaging 1.25 lbs & all released) for Jim O’Brien, Dublin and Jarlath O’Hora, Kildare. Local angler Orla Walsh was also successful in Cloghans with 3 trout, two of which were released.

Best flies for the week included: Golden Olive Bumble, Fiery Brown, Green Peter, Bibio and International Dabbler.

 

Lough Gill reports its first salmon of the season

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myleskelly
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During the week, Sligo angler, Ollie Conlon, landed a nice spring salmon of 11.5 lbs. on a Flying-C on the Garavogue River, while the first fish of the season from Lough Gill was caught in the previous week. Keith Trotter from Sligo was the lucky angler who caught the 9.5 lbs. salmon while trolling.

 

Salmon fishing at Ballisodare improves – 23 fish caught

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Salmon fishing on the Ballisodare Fishery improved further with a total of 23 fish caught (6 released). Almost half of the salmon were caught on fly. John Scanlon had the best fish of the week with a fine 12 lbs. salmon on fly, while UK angler, John Connoly had 3 salmon ranging from 7 lbs. to 11.5 lbs. Other successful anglers included Heather Chambers with an eight pounder on worm, Paddy Loughlin and Clive O’Neill who both had a 9 lbs. fish on worm and flyangler, Paul Colreavy, who also had nine pounder. Most successful flies were Willie Gunn, Ally’s Cascade and various tube fly patterns

Lough Beltra continues to fish well, more spring salmon reported

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myleskelly
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Lough Beltra continued to fish well with more fine spring salmon reported. Visiting angler, Fred Turkington, landed and returned the best fish of the week, a fabulous 15 lbs. salmon at the mouth of the Glenisland River, while Vincent Rigney, Westport, returned a 9 lbs. salmon at The Red Shed. Other successful anglers included Conor Deffley with an 8 lbs. fish, Eamon Kennedy who had a 10 lbs. salmon and Martin Hughes with another eight pounder. Successful flies included Yellow Badger, Hairy Mary and Beltra Badger.

To fish Lough Beltra East please visit www.loughbeltra.com.

19 salmon caught on Carrowmore despite calm, bright conditions

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myleskelly
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Carrowmore slamon
Christin Breuker, Germany, with her first Irish salmon caught on Carrowmore Lake

Despite calmer and brighter conditions, Carrowmore Lake saw another good week with a total of 19 salmon caught, 7 of which were released. Amongst the successful anglers were Brian Butler, UK, Jack Gillespie, Northern Ireland and Mary Harkin, Dublin. However, it was Christin Breuker from Germany who had a very memorable day on Carrowmore Lake catching her first Irish salmon. Christin is a regular visitor to the West of Ireland but hadn’t fished for salmon in loughs before. Her 8 lbs. salmon took a Jaffa fished on the point. Christin hopes to return during the summer to try her hands at some river salmon fishing.

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Christin Breuker, Germany, with her first Irish salmon caught on Carrowmore Lake

Please note that Carrowmore Lake is a Brown Tag Fishery this year! For fishing on Carrowmore Lake contact Seamus Henry on +353 (0)97 83487 or visit www.bangorerrisangling.com

A few springers from the Moy last week

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myleskelly
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Will Butters, Australia, with one of many Moy Estuary sea trout

Despite moderate angling effort, the River Moy produced a number of spring salmon during the week. On the Ballina Salmon Anglers’ water, local angler, Jimmy Cawley, had an eight pounder, while Shane Maloney caught the first fish of the season on the Mt. Falcon Fishery. Shane’s fish was just short of 10 lbs. and took a prawn. On Rinanney, Alan Rushe, Athlone, had a 10.5 lbs. salmon also on prawn.

Steven McCabe, Northern Ireland, landed the first of the season on the Clongee Fishery, while 15 year old Bailey Lowe from Galway stole the show with a nice 8.5 lbs. salmon on his first ever fishing trip.

15-year old Bailey Lowe with his first ever salmon (8.5 lbs.) from the Cloongee Fishery
15-year old Bailey Lowe with his first ever salmon (8.5 lbs.) from the Cloongee Fishery

Further up river, flyfishing worked best. On the East Mayo Anglers’ water, flyanglers from Switzerland and Denmark enjoyed good sport with salmon of 10 lbs. and 7.5 lbs. respectively. Also on East Mayo, local angler, Paul McGrath, had a 9.5 lbs. salmon on fly.

Moy Estuary

Judd Ruane reported an excellent start to the sea trout season for his clients. Will Butters, Australia, and Andy Gillivan, US, enjoyed a great opening day in the Moy Estuary catching numerous sea trout up to 1.5 lbs. As water conditions are perfect at present with a great sign of fish, prospects for the coming weeks are very good.

Will Butters, Australia, with one of many Moy Estuary sea trout
Will Butters, Australia, with one of many Moy Estuary sea trout

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

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