Shane Gallagher from the Drowes Salmon Fishery looks ahead to 2014 and reports that the mild weather in early December saw daytime temperatures rise to 15 degrees and there was great activity on the Redds . He tells us:
Fishing will commence as usual on opening day at 8.30am. Permits and licences will be available from the tackle shop at Lareen from 8.30am on Monday 30 December and Tuesday 31st December and from 6am on Opening Day, January 1st.
State salmon licences are also available online at Salmon Licences
Corner of The Blackwater This Morning.Fish On ReddThe Long Hole Below Lennox’s. A lot of Redds Were Visible Here During The Week
Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo
Warning update.
It will become stormy later today and for a time tonight, in coastal counties of Connacht and west Ulster, with severe southwest winds with mean speeds of 70 to 90km/h and damaging gusts of 120 to 150km/h, strongest in exposed coastal areas. Very high seas also.
Issued:
Wednesday 18 December 2013 09:00
Valid:
Wednesday 18 December 2013 15:00 to Thursday 19 December 2013 03:00
STATUS ORANGE
Wind Warning for Cavan and Clare
It will become stormy for a time later this afternoon and evening, with severe southwest winds, gusting 100 to 120 km/h, strongest in exposed areas.
Issued:
Wednesday 18 December 2013 10:00
Valid:
Wednesday 18 December 2013 15:00 to Wednesday 18 December 2013 23:59
STATUS YELLOW
Wind Warning for Remaining counties
Very windy later this afternoon and evening with very strong and blustery south veering southwest winds and gusts of 90 to 100km/h
Valid 1500 to 2400h
Issued:
Wednesday 18 December 2013 10:00
Valid:
Wednesday 18 December 2013 15:00 to Wednesday 18 December 2013 23:59
Weather Warnings are presented in three categories:
STATUS YELLOW – Weather Alert – Be Aware
The concept behind YELLOW level weather alerts is to notify those who are at risk because of their location and/or activity, and to allow them to take preventative action. It is implicit that YELLOW level weather alerts are for weather conditions that do not pose an immediate threat to the general population, but only to those exposed to risk by nature of their location and/or activity.
STATUS ORANGE – Weather Warning – Be Prepared
This category of ORANGE level weather warnings is for weather conditions which have the capacity to impact significantly on people in the affected areas. The issue of an Orange level weather warning implies that all recipients in the affected areas should prepare themselves in an appropriate way for the anticipated conditions.
STATUS RED – Severe Weather Warning – Take Action
The issue of RED level severe weather warnings should be a comparatively rare event and implies that recipients take action to protect themselves and/or their properties; this could be by moving their families out of the danger zone temporarily; by staying indoors; or by other specific actions aimed at mitigating the effects of the weather conditions.
Absolute Fishing in Tramore tell us of some recent catches. Mark Phelan was out fishing late at night on December 7th and caught this super fish on the SF- 125.
Morgan Walsh caught a fine fat fish ‘on the Zonk’ last Monday morning.
A man drowned off the Clare coast was just 100m away from a lifebuoy when he was swept into sea while fishing with a friend.
It’s unclear if the Lithuanian man got to the buoy before disappearing from sight off Blackhead lighthouse in North Clare.
His companion drove some 80m away to Tuam, in Co Galway but was unable to tell gardai where they had been fishing and could only indicate they were near a lighthouse…..
Cory Ryan (14) with a fine rainbow trout of 49cms, alongside his proud granddad, Mike, during the winter league final at Annamoe Trout Fisheries, Co Wicklow
ANGLING clubs, commercial fishermen, fishery owners, riparian landowners and landowners with an interest in a salmon fishery are invited to submit projects to the Salmon Conservation Contributors Scheme.
An initial fund of €200,000 is available in 2014 and approved applications may be fully or partly funded. It is envisaged the fund will be divided between a range of contributors, at approximately €15,000 per project.
Guidelines for funding include fish passage improvement, spawning enhancement; in-stream structures, riverbank protection, fencing, riparian zone improvement, removal and control of exotic invasive species and feasibility studies. A maximum of five studies will be allowed….
Cory Ryan (14) with a fine rainbow trout of 49cms, alongside his proud granddad, Mike, during the winter league final at Annamoe Trout Fisheries, Co Wicklow
Bushmills District and Angling Club present a cheque for funds raised to Portrush RNLI. Photo Judy Nelson
PortrushRNLI‘s volunteer lifeboat crew received a cheque for £1,052 (€1,249) from Bushmills District and Angling Club recently.
The club, which collects donations throughout the year or the lifesaving charity, made the presentation to Portrush lifeboat operations manager Robin Cardwell at the Co Antrim lifeboat house.
Club chair Vincent McLaughlin said: “Our members value the work of the volunteer crew members and when you are out on the sea, you never know when you are going to need the RNLI….
Councillor Eugene McCormack has welcomed the commitment by council management to implement the report in relation to the control of weed growth on Lough Lannagh and Billberry Lough. The commitment came following a motion tabled by Cllr McCormack at last Thursday’s Castlebar Town Council meeting requesting that the report be implemented.
The report “Aquatic plant management recommendations for Billberry and Lannagh Loughs”, was carried out by Dr Joe Caffrey of Inland Fisheries Ireland and details how the extensive weed growth on both lakes can be dealt with on a medium to long term basis….
Quality guiding and casting tuition from guide Jason O’Riordan at Ardaire Springs Angling Centre
This course will take place at the excellent facilities of Ardaire Springs Angling Centre on Sunday February 23rd 2014 at 9.30am. At a very affordable price of just €60 per person this course will cover:
Dry Fly
Wet Fly
Lures
Nymphs/Buzzers
All aspects of these techniques will be covered including tackle choice, leader set up, fly selection and presentation. The course tuition will last for approximately 4 hours and course participants can fish on at Ardaire for the rest of the day. We will be available to provide further advice if needed. Course participants will also be provided with a set of course notes.
If you want to learn about stillwater fly fishing or just improve upon your current knowledge book a place by contacting Ned at 086 812 8937 or myself at 087 2965712. Places are limited. A booking deposit of €30 applies.
A quality Ardaire Rainbow.
To make a booking contact..
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.
05/12/2013: In addition to the 13,500 salmon fry released into the upper catchment a further 2,500 have now been fin clipped and successfully released downstream of the hatchery today. We have another 5,000 well grown parr, which will now be released in the New Year! We will be occupied until then catching up salmon for next year’s program! This means that Tom O’Shea, on behalf of Waterville Fisheries Development Group has produced 21,000 fish from the hatchery this year, a massive increase from the same number of broodstock salmon caught up last year! A total of 15 hen fish and 9 cock fish, caught up on the Cummeragh River last December have produced this amazing result.A marvellous effort! Thanks to Tom and all the volunteers and especially to Frank, Jimmy, John and James on the RSS team
This year’s parr are graded….
….fin clipped….
Committee Chairman Tadhg O’Sullivan and our Secretary Kevin O’Sullivan attended the Galway Fly Fair encountered a good deal of interest in the work we do here, in particular our Court Action for Judicial revue against the Government’s granting of a new licence to extend the Salmon Farm at Deenish Island. A good number of donations were received this expensive court action and we would ask again here for all the financial help you can give to the Fund.
….and released back into the Cummeragh by Jimmy O’sullivan
Graham from Boat Angling Ireland crew took to the tide on a Kayaks in Co Donegal recently and reports:
While with the pressure on in the kayak wars as it nears the end I went for a short session out near Dunaff.
It was very breezy but I was only going for a short session. Out I went and the coalies were tricky to find so I put on the euro champ rig so I had a chance of herring to.
No herring but I eventually hit an odd coalie and then whollop I got a great take with power full runs and I my best coalie to date came to the kayak, he was a brute and on such a small rig I was lucky to get him in. They will be serious fun on the fly when the weather settles. Heres the brute no trophy pic as it was too windy for the deck camera. He weighted in at 4.5lb My best from the yak so far.
