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Lots of rumours over new Act – Leitrim Observer

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IFI Staff
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Limerick Observer - William Turley, with a beautiful Hen Pike caught on Lough Rowan
Limerick Observer - William Turley, with a beautiful Hen Pike caught on Lough Rowan

You may remember an article I wrote last spring regarding the proposed formulation of new inland fisheries legislation. In that article I wrote on my attendance at the public consultation meeting held in the Landmark Hotel.

The Last Cast – Jarlaith Gallagher

Minister of State Fergus O’Dowd, Inland Fisheries Ireland and representatives from the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources hosted the meeting which invited members of the public and interested parties to send written submissions for consideration by the Department in preparing a new Inland Fisheries Act. The new Act proposes to consolidate, update and amend existing legislation, which governs the conservation, protection, management and development of the inland fisheries and sea angling resources…..

Leitrim Observer 03/04/2014 Read the article ‘Lots of rumours over new Act‘

Limerick Observer - William Turley, with a beautiful Hen Pike caught on Lough Rowan
Leitrim Observer – William Turley, with a beautiful Hen Pike caught on Lough Rowan

Massive floods for opening day on the Munster Blackwater

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myleskelly
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The river at Blackwater Lodge on Saturday morning

Well the Munster Blackwater opened at the weekend, but the heavens opened too and the result that a river already high became quite a bit higher. Some anglers visiting the area on the first were decidedly unsure of their location in the country having arrived at what seemed to be a lake rather than a salmon river.

The river at Blackwater Lodge on Saturday morning
The river at Blackwater Lodge on Saturday morning
By Saturday afternoon the water was falling back...
By Saturday afternoon the water was falling back…

At Blackwater Lodge they had feared the worst and despite their prayers, got it. On Saturday morning at 09.30the gauge hit 2.95m at Ballyduff.  A few people turned up for a chat and two even ventured upriver to see if it was worth a cast but went away without even taking the rods out. Even the spots that fish well in really high water were out of order.

...but by Sunday morning it was higher again
…but by Sunday morning it was higher again

During the afternoon the river dropped a good bit but more rain on Sturday night brought the levels right back up to 30.5m at 10am. The river continued to rise until 7pm when it was at its highest, 3.18m and then again began to drop. Unfortunately more rain last night will see the river remain in flood, and with more rain forecast that is how it is likely to stay for the next few days and over the weekend…

Find out more about the conditions on the river…

Blackwater Lodge & Salmon Fishery
Upper Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Tel: 00 353 58 60235     From UK: 0871 474 0135  (10p/min any time!)
Mobile: 00 353 87 235 21 20
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net

Paul Hanely has an interesting write up of his mroning on the Blackwater with plenty of photos at salmonfishingireland2012.blogspot.ie

Current water conditions on the Munster Blackwater at Fermoy. Courtesy of Farson Digital Watercams, click for more...
Current water conditions on the Munster Blackwater at Fermoy. Courtesy of Farson Digital Watercams, click for more…

A wild weekend for salmon anglers but the Drowes supplies the goods

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myleskelly
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Brian Mc Evoy with his 12.15lbs fish from the Mill Pool on yellow belly devon this afternoon

Over the weekend most salmon rives were raging torrents or had transformed into waterbodies that resembled lakes, complete with waves but with a little over 0.9 m on the gauage at the Drowes fishing was possible and catching was also on the cards…

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Brian Mc Evoy with his 12.15lbs fish from the Mill Pool on yellow belly Devon this afternoon

Shane Gallagher of the Drowes fishery tells us that Brian Mc Evoy had a tide fresh 12.15lbs fish from the Mill Pool on Saturday afternoon on a yellow belly Devon. Anyone braving Saturday’s conditions deserved their fish. The water had risen to over 0.9 metres on the gauge. There was heavy rain for most of the day and snow overnight which melted off the mountains and further rose levels.

Lindsey Clarke of IFI at Ballyshannon adds that at present the river is rising further and the gauge will be reading 1.0 metres by the end of the day due to very heavy rain on Sunday evening and Monday morning. The river will remain very high again this week. A spell of dry weather would let the river drop to more desirable levels for angling. The forecast however is for more unsettled weather with plenty of rainfall…

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For info/bookings etc on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/ or Tel: 071 9841055 (8am to 12 noon).

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The Yellow Belly Devon that made the difference

Get Some Great Lake and River Fishing With Eamonn Conway

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David Byrne
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Get Some Great Lake and River Fishing With Eamonn Conway

With the new game fishing season getting nearer in Ireland’s north east, Eamonn Conway is preparing for his clients for 2014. If you are preparing for a trip with your guide and need some additional information or assistance, then Eamonn recommends that you contact your local guide for assistance. Eamonn offers river fishing for wild brown trout, sea trout and salmon, lake fishing for wild brown trout and pike and coastal fishing for sea trout and bass.

ECLAKETROUT

If you fancy a day out fishing in Irelands North East with Eamonn then why not give him a call or drop him an email.

Eamonn Conway is one of the countries top angling guides for wild brown trout, pike, sea trout, bass and salmon. He is a qualified APGAI Ireland Instructor. If you fancy a days guided fishing with Eamonn why not drop him an email at [email protected] or give him a call at 086 1242966

Additional information can be found on Eamonn’s website at www.tainflyfishing.com

A Nice Pike Taken on the Fly on a Recent Outing With Eamonn
A Nice Pike Taken on the Fly on a Recent Outing With Eamonn

5.5lb cod for Cork angler before the storm

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IFI Staff
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Rockhunter took advantage of the calm before the storm last week and managed to catch some cracking cod.  He reports:

22/01/2014 : The conditions looked good for a cod session, no rain of any significance over the last few days, slack tides and a cold clear night. I had ordered 2 dozen crabs the day before so I was well prepared. I got to the mark at about 7 pm. No sooner had I cast out the first bait when I had a bite but the fish came off after a few turns of the reel. I recast and set up the second rod. Not long afterwards I had another bite, this time it stayed on but it was only a small codling of a pound and a half. As I was releasing it there was knock on the second rod, this was a better fish of 3.25 lbs.

Ten minutes later I had another 3 lb fish. I was getting plenty of gentle tugs as well, presumably small fish pulling on the bait. Then at about 8.15 pm there was a hefty tug on one of the rods. This was a very strong fish which did its best to try to dig in to the channel sides all the way in. It was a plump 5.5 lb cod – the best fish of the session.

Rockhunter - January codThis was rapidly followed by a succession of fish some of the order of a pound or so but several keepers as well including cod of 3.25, 4.5, 5 and 4 lbs.

It was my best session of the 2013/14 season with a total of 13 cod, including 7 keepers above 3 lbs.

23/01/2014: I had plenty of crab left so returned to the same mark the following evening. It was a mild dark  overcast night with a light southerly breeze. I was hoping for a repeat of the previous session. There were plenty of fish there, I was getting a series of bites in rapid succession but they were all small fish, between 0.5-1.5 lbs. I had ten of them over the space of two hours. They were too small to keep although three were deeply hooked and floated when I tried to release them so I retrieved those.

I had to wait until close high tide before I had the first decent bite. It felt a good fish and I almost had it in, the shockleader was winding on to the reel when it dug its head into the side of the channel and as I tried to pull it out the fish got off. However, it was a sign that some bigger fish were finally moving in. Shortly afterwards I had a 2 lb cod followed 20 minutes later by a 4 lb fish.
Rockhunter - 5.25 lb cod
Then I had another sharp tug on one of the rods. It was another strong fish which put up a good struggle all the way in. It was a 5.25 lb cod.

With that I decided to pack up. What had started as a slow session with just small fish and improved dramatically in the last half hour.

RockHunter
South Coast, Ireland
http://rockhunter-southcoastbass.blogspot.com/

 

First year students check out Waterville fisheries

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IFI Staff
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Ghillie/Guide Vincent Appleby updates us from  Lough Currane:

28/01/2014 : My Noble Anglers got out today after a 2 day rest bite but sadly still waiting for that allusive first Salmon, so on that note we head over to the Kelt department, Mr. Michael O’Sullivan of Waterville boats and at [email protected] caught 4 this afternoon and had 2 on at the same time and just for the record one of them was a fine 3 lbs spent Sea Trout and staying in the Kelt department Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 3 Kelts, all caught on the troll. Wind NE light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover with light showers at times.

Currane - School on the River 2014 2 Currane - School on the River 2014 329/01/2014 : It was a day for the Students of the First Year AONAD Class 1D at Coláiste na Sceilge, Caherciveen, because they were up at the Waterville Hatchery, and as you can see by the photos they learnt a lot about their fishery, guided by Mr. Rod Robinson of the W.F.D.G. and after their trip to the hatchery I believe the students had to write a 10 page essay on their trip to the hatchery all I can say is, their grammar would be better than mine, so I will stick to the camera. so well done to all who helped to release my Noble Salmon Fry. The students were from the First Year AONAD Class 1D at Coláiste na Sceilge, Caherciveen. They were accompanied by Miss Condon. (The aonad is the gaelic speaking/learning unit at the school) Now we head down stream to Lough Currane and straight to the Kelt department Local Gillie Mr. Michael Dwyer, caught 6 Salmon Kelts, 5 spent Sea Trout, and topped that with a fine 2 lbs Brown Trout, and Mike was telling that he had 4 more good strikes and that was his ration for day. Wind NNE light to fresh with heavy showers for most of the day.

Currane - School on the River 2014 4 Currane - School on the River 2014 530/01/2014 : All quiet on the SW front in all departments, so we head for my poaching department of www.loughcurrane.com and take note anglers and poachers alike and I quote,
Members attention is drawn to the new Fisheries Bye-Laws for 2014,which are published on the IFI
website. www.fisheriesireland.ie/Press-releases/87-rivers-open- for-salmon-angling-in-2014-minister-odowd-also- retains-lower-licence-fee.html These new Bye-Laws will affect angling on this fishery. In addition to the catch limits for the fishery of one fish per day (either a Salmon or a Sea Trout OVER 40cm) with a total limit of three fish for the period 1st January to 11th May 2014, three fish per day between 12th May and 31st August and one fish per day during September and subject to a total catch limit of ten fish for the season, once that daily catch limit has been reached any further angling shall be on a catch and release basis only, using a SINGLE BARBLESS HOOK. This Bye-Law will clearly affect the trolling on this fishery as, once the daily catch limit has been taken it will no longer be possible to continue fishing with multi – hooked lures. Similarly fly fishermen will need to revert to a single barbless fly once the catch limit is reached. On the Commeragh River, where worming is permitted, once the daily catch limit is reached, further worming is prohibited and anglers must revert to catch and release angling with a single barbless hook. There is also a catch limit of three sea trout of UNDER 40cm per day throughout the season and again fishermen must revert to catch and release angling with single barbless hooks. Also note that ALL salmon caught, INCLUDING kelts and baggots, must be recorded in the logbook.

Vincent Appleby

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Vincent Appleby

Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.

Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

Lough Lene Angling Association AGM on Friday February 7th

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IFI Staff
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Lough Lene Angling Association will hold their Annual General Meeting on Friday night February 7th.Its an 8-30 start and with over 500 members a large turn out is expected. Lene is one of Ireland top Fisheries and the club was founded way back in 1958.I was on the lake last Saturday and its in super condition, and crystal clear. Fishing with pal Marty Smith we had one small pike in the morning, but had to abandon ship at lunchtime, as it was brutal cold and the rain never let up. We took shelter in Kerrigan’s where Marty was staying, and a few “Fishy” stories were told. All I need for the coming season is longer arms, as the fish are getting bigger.

Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling

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Midlands Angling  provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.

Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: [email protected] Web: www.midlandangling.com

Perch on the line at a chilly Lough Ennell

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IFI Staff
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It’s was certainly chilly on the Lakes last week, and before the strong winds settled in I’d done a day on Ennell after perch. It was hard going and I found it hard to mark fish, but eventually came up trumps and got a few nice colorful Perch well out from Malackies Island in 70-80 ft of water,plus I put my cooking skills to the test. I was in great company and had Stan Ryan from Killiney and his pal Joe Hickey of Rathmichael on Board. Stan is a seasoned Angler and Joe is catching the fishing Bug as they say. It was their first trip on Ennell but have done quite a few days on Lene in 2013, and coming back to Mullingar in February for another last at the Ennell Perch. Stan is a huge sea angler and is a member of Borough Sea Angling club, lets hope we can encourage the club members to visit our fantastic Lakes and Rivers here in Westmeath.

Michael Flanagan - Perch

Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling

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Midlands Angling  provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.

Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: [email protected] Web: www.midlandangling.com

Read all about it – Sixty years of Angling

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IFI Staff
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Angling guide Michael Flanagan reports from the Midlands:

Recently I was contacted by Fergal Smyth of Enfield, who has featured in Angling Focus with some cracking salmon catches. Fergal works with the Asthma Society Of Ireland and has informed us a fantastic book on Angling is on sale now. Its called Trilogy and was written by the late Anthony O, Malley Daly who wrote the Angling columns for the Donegal Democrat, and Sun Newspaper before retiring in 2005.Trilogy covers the late Anthony O, Malley Daly lifetime battle with Asthma, and his Sixty Years of Angling. It costs 20 Euro plus postage or can be picked up at the Asthma Society offices in Dublin. More details check my Angling site or contact Fergal Smyth @

Fergal Smyth | Fundraising Manager | Asthma Society of Ireland 
42/43 Amiens Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0)1 817 8886

Mob: +353 (0)85 866 1984
 Direct line: +353 (0)1 554 9213
www.asthma.ie

Email: [email protected]

Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling

GUIDING ACROSS WESTMEATH…

If you are planning a fishing trip across the greater Westmeath waterways, and need some up to date reports, and information on Guiding services/Accommodation providers etc. Check out my Fish & Stay section on www.midlandangling.com .
I can be also contacted on 087-2797270.Or e- mail [email protected].
On Face/book we keep the fishing on line as it happens. www.facebook.com/midlandangling

Two fish records broken in 2013 – ISFC report published

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myleskelly
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The Irish Specimen Fish report for 2013 is available to download at irish-trophy-fish.com

Irish Specimen Fish Committee report 2013 issued today

A new record Roach/Bream Hybrid from Monalty Lake in Co. Monaghan and a new record Gilthead Bream from Dingle in Co. Kerry dominate the record fish list just published.

It was a very good year for anglers with large numbers of specimen-sized fish caught and two new records established. High water temperatures during the summer was very good news for many sea anglers with some of Ireland’s more exotic species like gilthead bream and golden grey mullet prominent in the overall specimen fish listings. Specimen smooth-hound and spurdog were also plentiful.

The Irish Specimen Fish report for 2013 is available to download at irish-trophy-fish.com
The Irish Specimen Fish report for 2013 is available to download at irish-trophy-fish.com

The two new Records are –

  • NEW RECORD Gilthead Bream
    3.505 kg, Dingle, Co. Kerry, 17th August 2013 –Jeremy Coleman (UK)
  • NEW RECORD Roach/BreamHybrid
    3.376 kg, Monalty Lake, Co. Monaghan, 3rd May2013 –Jason Dingle

A total of 595 specimens were ratified in 2013. The Lee Reservoirs in Cork feature heavily in the freshwater fish listings with Bream, Rudd and various hybrids taken there over the year. Species such as Thick-Lipped Mullet and Flounder from many different parts of the country were prominent in catches of specimen sea fish. Anglers both at home and abroad will be reading the report carefully to plan their angling trips to catch the big fish in Ireland in 2014.

Other important developments on the specimen fish front:

  • ISFC Awards Day is being held on 15th February in Dublin
  • Tope, Spurdog and Smooth-hound can be claimed as length-based specimens from 2014 onwards
  • Dutch anglers continue to dominate the specimen fish listings for overseas anglers

The report is available on the ISFC website www.irish-trophy-fish.com

Invitations to the ISFC Awards Day will be issued to anglers from Ireland next week. If any angler plans to attend please email [email protected] as soon as possible.  Overseas anglers are also very welcome to attend also. Certificates etc will be posted to anglers who cannot attend and it is hoped to present anglers in the Netherlands with their awards at the VISMA 2014 angling show in Rotterdam.

Hard copies of the report will be available free of charge from Inland Fisheries Ireland offices in Swords, Dublin next week. For further information contact William Roche, ISFC Sec at 01-8842600.

The report is available on the ISFC website www.irish-trophy-fish.com

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