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Erne Anglers Winter League – Round 4

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Forty eight anglers turned out for the third round of the Erne Anglers Winter League in excellent conditions on a low River Erne.

The match fished extremely well again lots of small fish showing throughout the river. Innishmore was the best section this week with all the top four coming from there.

Winner of match 4 was Wayne Fuller on peg 7 on Innishmore, winning the £244 first prize with 14.575Kgs.

Runner Up was Gary Drew peg 6 with 11.700Kgs with Rap O Prey third on peg 9 with 9.775Kgs.

Other Section winners were Mick Mahoney on the Ring, Mike Tesar on Cornagrade, Jim McAllister and Simon Huthwaite won the two sections on Bellanaleck, Lyndon Read on Derrychara, Jordan Hall on Cleenish Bridge and Nick Howell on Schools.

Next match will be in two weeks time on the 01 Dec.

Kevin Leahy wins third round of Munster CAC winter league at Portumna

By
Myles Kelly
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Portumna

Munster Coarse Anglers fished the third match of their winter series in Portumna at the weekend. Kevin Leahy reports…

The swap back to Portumna for the 3rd match proved to be a good one. Twelve anglers fished in 2 sections; Section1. Salmon Run, Section2.Shebeen.

It was a of case of choose your method and stick to it for this round of the league. The whip proved to be the winning method in both sections. The bigger fish on the feeder line came with bigger disadvantage of attracting the attentions of Pike, and many curses and new swear words peppering the tranquillity of the Galway shore lines.

Thank you to Portumna Coarse Angling Club for letting us on to the venue.

Top 4 anglers

1st Kevin 30lb 15oz (Salmon Run)
2nd Paddy 28 lb 03oz (Shebeen)
3rd Richard 20lb 09oz (Shebeen)
4th Morgan 20lb 02oz (Salmon Run)

results

Go fishing…

Next Match two week venue is not decided we’ll see what the weather is going to do first.

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Munster Coarse Angling Club are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting. www.ncffi.ie

Salmon regulations 2025 – Public Consultation

By
Myles Kelly
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Spring Salmon fishing at its best - Catch, Photo, Release!

Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and Conservation Measures for the 2025 Season.

Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, gives statutory notice of his intention to make the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024, to provide for the management of the wild salmon and sea trout fishery by Inland Fisheries Ireland from 1 January 2025.

A copy of the draft regulations is open for public inspection at the offices of the Department in Cavan. The draft regulations are also available to download at https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/ace24-wild-salmon-and-sea-trout-tagging-scheme-amendment-regulations-2024-and-conservation-measures-for-the-2025-season/

Anyone wishing to submit observations on or objections to the draft regulations can do so by email or post. The closing date for submissions is 18th December 2024.

IFDPublicConsultations@decc.gov.ie

Environment Protection Division,
Department of the Environment,
Climate and Communications,
Elm House, Earlsvale Road,
Cavan Town, H12 A8H7,
Ireland.

Late submissions will not be considered. All valid submissions received will be published on the Gov.ie website.

Moyvalley once again the ‘hot spot’ for Leinster Coarse Anglers

By
Shane O'Reilly
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In a repeat of their last match, the Leinster Coarse Anglers held the latest round of their league over two separate venues at Moyvalley and Blackshade. Unfortunately (for those drawn at Blackshade…), the fishing followed the same pattern: tons of fish at Moyvalley and very little action at Blackshade.

All smiles at Moyvalley…

So, while Pat Bartley was flying with over 11kg at Moyvalley, Dara Finnegan could only muster up 3kg to win the Blackshade section. In fact, the combined weights of the top three at Blackshade wouldn’t have made the placings at Moyvalley…

Pat’s winning bag

Results as follows:

Blackshade.
A…..Dara Finnegan…………3.04.
B…..Jack Langan……………1.03.
C…..Jeff Morrison…………..0.10.
Moyvalley.
D……Michael O’Connor……7.10.
E……Pat Bartley……………….11.02.
Overall Winners.
1st……Pat Bartley…………….11.02.
2nd…..Aidan Devoy………….8.06.

IASCaire autumn league wraps up for 2024

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the IASCaire Feeder Fishing Club on the final round of their autumn league:

And that’s a wrap on another amazing Autumn League! This year was one for the books – with the competition so close, it all came down to the final day. Incredibly, our top three anglers finished with the same points, making this one of our tightest leagues yet!

It’s fantastic to see our club growing with talented anglers stepping up every season, and new faces making it to the podium!

Now, let’s celebrate our top anglers of the 2024 Autumn League:

TOP 3

  • Sarunas Zenkovas – 15pts | 26.310kg
  • Roman Kwasniewski – 15pts | 25.820kg
  • Vaidas Jagela – 15pts | 21.610kg

Congratulations to Sarunas Zenkovas for claiming the top spot this year and to all our framers! A special shout-out to Roman Kwasniewski for taking home the trophy!

A huge thank you to our main sponsors, Fishing Tackle and Bait, for their generous and ongoing support! For top-quality fishing gear and bait, check out David & the team – they’ve got everything you need to elevate your angling game!

Massive Thank You to Donatas & Aurus Construction.Ltd for their sponsorship this year. Be sure to visit them at https://www.aurusconstruction.ie/

Here’s to another great season – see you on the water!

ARVAGH

 

Cold snap switches pike on for Fish Tales clients

By
Shane O'Reilly
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In recent posts, Chris Scally of Fish Tales has been lamenting the unseasonably warm November, as the pike seemed to be put off the take, and so fish were hard to come by. He predicted that a cold snap would shake things up a bit and was looking forward to a break in the weather. Well, he got his wish this past week as temperatures plummeted, and sure enough, his prediction came through as the pike became far more active, resulting in a great day out for a couple of his clients.

Vlad and Valentyn were the lucky two to be out with Chris, and they had numerous fish in the 90cm zone but topped it off by catching a super 106cm pike. They also caught a good few chunky-looking perch, making it an action-packed day, and they have promised a return visit in 2025.

 

 

Go Fishing…

Fish Tales

Contact: Chris Scally

Address: Lanesboro, Longford, Ireland

Mobile Phone: +353 87 182 3805

Email: fishtalesguideing@gmail.com

Notes

I am a pike guide in the Hidden Heartlands of Ireland and also provide trips for perch and trout in some of Ireland’s biggest loughs and the smaller lakes in the surrounding areas…

All gear provided, including a packed lunch, rods, reels, baits, lifejackets etc.

Just turn up and go fishing.

I have over 25 years of experience with angling and welcome anybody of any level to join me.

Accommodation can be provided on request

CM Lakelands Feeder Club hold match on Garadice

By
Paul O'Reilly
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The CM Lakelands Feeder Club held an Open Club Feeder match on Haughton’s shore of Lough Garadice on Sunday from 10.30am to 3.30pm. It was a cool, calm day with an overcast sky and barely a ripple to tarnish glass-like lake surface.

At lines out it was Rimantas Kondrakas in overall first place, with a weight of just over 4.5kgs. Rimantas caught 2 bream and 28 smaller fish to win the day from peg 64. In 2nd overall was Graham Worley with another 4 kg plus weight made up of hybrids and roach. In 3rd was Nick Richards with a mixed bag of skimmers, hybrids and roach for a 3kg plus weight.

A pleasant enough day on the water for all involved.

RESULTS

  • 1ST Rimantas Kondrakas 4.550kg
  • 2ND Graham Worley 4.200kg
  • 3RD Nick Richards 3.325kg

SECTIONS

  • Charlie Richards 3.175kg
  • Brenton Sweeney 2.950kg.

Ballinamore coarse angling centre

Fine 20lb+ pike landed at Leinster Pike Anglers Competition

By
Shane O'Reilly
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It's a cracker!

The Leinster Pike Anglers held their third winter league competition at a midlands river venue last weekend. It was a fine dry day, and the favourable weather may have helped encourage anglers as there was a decent turnout on the day.

For most shore-based pike competitions, particularly on rivers, a good double is normally enough to win the heavies fish award, but this time out, the magic 20lb mark was broken, as Jay Cooke landed a super fish that tipped the scales at 20lb 6oz.

It’s a cracker!

Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to see him in the placings, though, as Rodney Gaynor took that accolade with ten fish for 41lb 10oz.

Full results as follows:

Best Bags:
1st: Rodney Gaynor – 10 fish, totalling 41lb 10oz
2nd: Anthony Lennon – 11 fish, totalling 35lb 13oz
3rd: Jan Rutkowski – 14 fish, totaling 35lb
Pool Pairs:
Rodney Gaynor & Jan Rutkowski – 24 fish, totalling 76lb 10oz
Anthony Byrne & Donagh O Connell – 15 fish, totaling 54lb 13oz
Heaviest Fish:
Jay Cooke – 20lb 06oz

Bass smashing lures morning, noon and night in south east

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report in from Cormac Walsh of the Lure Fishing Podcast:

If you were lucky enough to have been bass fishing on the South East Coast of Ireland recently you would have experienced some of the best fishing in a long, long time!

The last few weeks we have seen numbers of bass feeding with the shoals often hitting the shore devouring sprats, sandeel and herring.

Average fish was approximately 4lb with numerous 60cm + and a few 70s for good measure.

The fishing has been relentless morning, noon and night on numerous locations.

The prime catch times for me have been dawn and dusk, and I’ve been matching my tactics to the daily habits of the sprat who instinctively swim to the surface in the evening and return closer to the bottom at first light. Therefore, topwater was very effective in the evening with shallow divers deadly in the morning. Actually, it’s been hard lures only – shallow divers, surface lures and metals, not a soft plastic in sight!

The masses of baitfish offshore, along with herring and sandeels, have provided an abundance of food for the bass which appear to be in prime condition possibly preparing for spawning.

There is so much we still don’t know about bass, a fish that continues to give us so much action so late in the year!

Eight year old Euan lands nine pike on Erne

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Until last Saturday, eight-year-old Euan McKee from Carnlough in Antrim had never caught a pike despite many attempts. However, his luck changed completely recently when he and his father Ryan fished Lough Erne with Peter Neeson. On a day when conditions came good and the pike were hungry, Euan landed a total of nine altogether! The fish weighed in at between two and fourteen pounds, the biggest and best being taken on a trolled soft plastic.

Well done Euan – a day that he’ll never forget!

Euan and his best fish of 14lbs

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