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A real United Nations of anglers for Delphi

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IFI Staff
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Delphi Fishery Finlough
Delphi Fishery Finlough

Fishery Manager David McEvoy reports from Delphi:

07/05/2013: Week 18 was indeed a real United Nations of anglers with representatives from Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and England. We finished the week with eight fish all taken in the river. Finlough was proving to be fickle, with difficult winds and temperatures again struggling to achieve double figures.

Since my last update we finished with 4 more last week, all taken by a couple of regular German anglers. The fish were taken from the Schoolhouse, Rock, Horseshoe and Rock on a Collie Dog, Cascade, Willie Gunn and Delphi Collie. The fish all sea liced weighed in at 9lbs3ozs, 7lbs12ozs, 6lbs14ozs and 5lbs12ozs respectively.

So far this week fishing has been difficult with water heights varying quite a lot and temperatures still low. I have seen fish in the river but they are proving challenging to catch.

Jimmy Keogh has however managed to land a fish of approx. 5.5lbs from Doolough on a Willie Gunn yesterday.

There will be plenty of water for fish to run as there is more rain forecast tonight, so I’d say tomorrow morning the heavy rods, lines and flies will be out.

I must also advise you bloggers to check out our new You tube video “In Pursuit of Silver” which can be seen on our website.
In Pursuit of Silver – Delphi Fishery – Established 1830 – YouTube Video
Gladly our angling in April was a big improvement on the previous two months with 37 fish landed in total.

The month started as March had finished with extremely hard, dry and cold weather. There was beautiful sunshine during the day and then bitterly cold at night with grass minimums as low as -7.9 degrees C.

We did have a few anglers who kept plugging away in week 14 and were duly rewarded for their efforts. Peter Morrison managed to take a fish of 8lbs3ozs from the Holly pool with the water level at 5. Joe Burke and Doug Keating both managed fish off Finlough in difficult conditions.

Credit has to be given to all anglers in week 15 who tried hard, despite the river being below 0 and temperatures still bitterly cold. We failed to land any fish for the week but it wasn’t  for the want of trying. Towards the end of the week the weather finally broke and we ended up having plenty of water for the rest of the month.

The water made all the difference as fish started to run and we landed 14 for week 16. With the increase in temperatures Finlough proved successful with 8 landed, 4 from the river and 2 from Doolough. Successful anglers were Rob Fanshawe, Guy Hollis, David Dunne, Bob Hadden, David Parry, Michael Roden, Michael Wymes and Paul Wymes.

The good fishing continued into week 17 with 16 fish landed for the week. Again Finlough proved most successful with 11 landed, 4 off the river and 1 off Doolough. Successful anglers were Heribert who landed 5, including one of 14lbs5ozs, Heinz Hoefler, Heidi Hoefler, Bernd Bieber, Ken Williams (first ever), Jens Kober, Michael Pettigrew, Fredo Dietrich, Tim Chilcott (first ever) and Urs (who has become one of an elite group of anglers to follow a fish under the bridge at the bottom of the Meadow pool, and land it!!)

For the remaining few days in April we landed another 4 fish. As temperatures got colder again all 4 were taken off the river, with the lakes once again proving difficult.  Successful anglers were Urs, Geoff Lucas and Fredo Dietrich.

That brought total for the month to 37 which is one ahead of the 10 year average. Hopefully this trend will continue into the month of May.

Delphi Fishery Finlough
Delphi Fishery Finlough

Delphi Fishery
Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Fax +353-95-42296
Web: www.delphi-salmon.com

Spate on Owenmore in Kerry, should fish from Saturday

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myleskelly
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9th May 2013 : We have a big flood in the river at the moment. It will fish from Saturday on and with the showers forecast we should have nice water well into next week.

The fish that were in the estuary waiting for this water will certainly run into the system and with the temperature warming we should have some good sport. We have had some trout up to this averaging 3/4 lb to 1 1/2 lbs ( juniors) with two fish just under 3 lbs caught and released.
Frank Maunsell
Owenmore Fishery

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There are approximately five miles of fly fishing along the main part of the Owenmore River in Kerry, with 33 named pools and an additional 180 acres of lake fishing in this Kerry beauty spot. The salmon, grilse and sea trout begin to run in April. The runs continue through spring and summer into early October.

Telephone: 066 7139408 Mobile: 087 9476309

Email: enquiries@owenmorefishery.ie
Web: www.owenmorefishery.ie

 

 

Carp as big as a small girl from the Lough

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myleskelly
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Sidney with a carp almost as big as his daughter Amy
Sidney with a carp almost as big as his daughter Amy

Sydney Kennedy was fishing with his daughter Amy on the Lough at the weekend with some good results.  The pair caught a  lot of small carp to 6lb and a few large ones up to 18lb.

Sidney with a carp almost as big as his daughter Amy
Sidney with a Lough carp almost as big as his daughter Amy

The stocks of carp in the Lough are in great shape at the moment now that the illegal movement of fish has been stopped by the efforts of Fisheries Officers from IFI and  member of CCA who regularly patrol this great fishery.
Sidney Kennedy
Lee Reservoirs Angling Services

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Sydney Kennedy is a guide with Lee Reservoirs Angling Services a new angling guiding service for pike, ferox trout and any coarse fish of your choice on the Lee Reservoirs.
Boats will be available for rental on previously untouched water as no boat rental has been available to the public before now.
Be sure to visit their new website www.leeangling.com for a range of guided angling options in the Lee Sytem.
Ross 087 920 8742
Sidney 087 281 6778
leeanglingservices@gmail.com

Another stocky carp from The Lough
Another stocky carp from The Lough

Drogheda Coarse Anglers Look to Hook Anglers and Fish This Weekend

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David Byrne
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Kids Should Have Great Fun at this Event on Saturday

This weekend sees a hectic schedule for the Drogheda Coarse Angling Club, starting with their FAW event “An Introduction to Coarse Angling” on Saturday 11th May on the Boyne Canal at Oldbridge. Drogheda Coarse Angling Club invite you to join with them to learn all about the sport of Coarse Angling at this “FREE” event. Members of the club will be demonstrating the “how to” of getting started in this great hobby and pastime. Club experts will inform you about tackle choice and how to pick the right gear, set up your tackle, tie knots and rigs, choose your swim (fishing spot) and set up. They will also describe the types of bait available, how to choose the right bait and how to prepare it. In addition, they will be describing water craft and how to read the water, the different types of coarse fish, how to spot fish, baiting up and describing the fundamentals in getting started including tips and tricks of the trade. This introduction will be followed by a practical demonstration on pole, whip, waggler and feeder fishing techniques, targeting coarse fish species such as roach, perch, skimmers, bream and hybrids. During this demonstration the Drogheda Coarse Angling team will be showing you how to recognise bites, how to strike and play the fish and finishing up with unhooking and handling techniques. The practical demonstration will be followed by a “have a go session” during which those attending the event will be able to try their luck against the wily fish of the Boyne Canal. The event takes place from 10am to 1pm on the Boyne Canal at Oldbridge. The club will also be recruiting new members on the day, so don’t miss out on this great opportunity to get involved in angling, a hobby for life. This “FREE” event is open to all and beginners, novices and improvers are all welcome to join in. Parking is available at a number of car parks on the Slane Road side of the Bridge. Please be careful when crossing the main Drogheda to Slane road and approaching the canal from across the bridge.

To take part in this event please contact: Mark Carolan at 087 2801178 or by email at marktheangler@gmail.com  For further details and information on this and other Fisheries Awareness Week events please visit the Fisheries Awareness Week website at www.faw.ie

Kids Should Have Great Fun at this Event on Saturday

Sunday then sees the club off to Lisanisk in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan for the third match in the Spring/Summer League. Mark Heffernan has a two out of two 100% record and will be looking to make it three in a row. The results of the match will be published on Sunday evening so keep an eye out here for the news. The club are still recruiting new members but membership has grown considerably and now is the time to join up with this progressive club if you have been thinking about it.

The club continues to actively recruit new members so if you are interested in joining this progressive club why not drop Secretary Mark Carolan an email to marktheangler@gmail.com or give him a call on 087 2801178

Irish Angling Update, 09/05/13

By
myleskelly
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Keith Barry launches Fisheries Awareness Week with help from Siofra and Fionn
Keith Barry launches Fisheries Awareness Week with help from Siofra and Fionn

Keith Barry helped to launch Fisheries Awareness Week which starts this weekend and with almost 60 events across 18 counties it’s got to be the best way to get some new started in angling. There are events dedicated to sea angling, pike angling, trout angling and coarse angling and salmon angling as well as family fun days, school days and more. With so much going on there’s sure to be something happening near you, so why not find out more inside the FAW website…

Josh Higginson who caught his first specimen 1.35 kg Twaite Shad last weekend wins Catch of the Week

At this time of year trout anglers are firmly focused on Mayfly but the weather has set back hatches and everything seems to be running almost 3 weeks behind. At Lough Derg, which is normally Ireland’s earliest lake there have been very sparse hatches and no real fishing to the Mayfly yet. The hatches in general are poor on Corrib, but Mask has come alive and is really firing. Some great fishing was also reported on Lough Conn with anglers landing up to 7 fish over the 13 inch limit. Some big trout were reported from Lough Arrow and on Lough Sheelin the lack of hatching fly is frustrating anglers though some good fish have been caught.

There are reports of some great spring salmon starting to show on the Erriff, and the first salmon off Costello.  Ballisodare Fishery continues to produce good sport, as does Lough Beltra and on the River Moy where very good catches have been reported from the East Mayo Anglers’ water. The Drowes was quiet recently though there was an improvement over the Bank Holiday weekend when salmon to 15lb were landed. There are reports that the Lee has a few good salmon in it at present and the ESB fishery has seen a few fish landed.

The 2013 Waterways Ireland Classic Fishing Festival came to a close on Friday 4th May, after a week of extremes. The two hundred and sixteen anglers shivered in the cold on Monday, got sunburn on Tuesday and put the waterproofs on again for Friday.  Second day winner Peter Vasey, from Stoke Newington in London, won the competition with a total weight of 39kgs 510gms, netting him the top prize of £5,000, a Crystal Chalice and a Diawa rod and reel.  The NCFFI Senior Canals Championship took place on 4th and 5th May on the Royal Canal near Enfield. 29 anglers took part in the now annual event which proved to be a very tough match with results being lower than was expected. Sean Ward was the eventual winner with 7.23kg. Better fishing was reported from the River Erne near Belturbet where mixed bags up to 70lb were caught on Inishmuck.

There were more reports of bass from Kerry and Cork but what was more encouraging to see was the capture of a fine bass from the Louth coastline.

The weather outlook is not great for the time of year.  Temperatures will be below normal for the time of year. Saturday will be a cool, breezy and fairly cloudy day, with further rain or showers at times, some heavy. But there will be some bright or short sunny spells too – probably best in the late afternoon and evening. Top temperatures just 10 to 12 C, in fresh and gusty westerly winds. Some bright or sunny spells for a time on Sunday morning, but cloudy, damp weather will push in from the Atlantic as the day progresses. Top temperatures 12 to 15 C., in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds.

The early days of next week will also be unsettled and changeable.

Tight lines,
Myles Kelly
Catch, Photo, Release

If you have an angling story to share with the Irish Angling Update please send it to contact@fisheriesireland.ie.

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Keith Barry launches Fisheries Awareness Week with help from Siofra and Fionn
Keith Barry launches Fisheries Awareness Week with help from Siofra and Fionn.

13 year old Joshua Higginson lands a fine specimen twaite shad of 1.35 Kg. on the River Barrow at St. Mullins and is our Catch of the Week.

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Paul Bourke
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Josh Higginson who caught his first specimen 1.35 kg Twaite Shad last weekend wins Catch of the Week

Duncan Cole in a email to angling journalist Liam Kane sent in a report of some recent Shad fishing from the River Barrow at St. Mullins

Just to update you on how the fishing went after we met on Saturday morning at St Mullins.

We caught no Shad at all on Saturday and after chatting to everyone up and down the river we only heard of three Shad caught that day. I did have a consolation prize of a 4lb trout though.

On Sunday we were on the river for 8:00am with my keen apprentice trying to catch his first Shad.

The river bank was empty so I wasn’t too optimistic but we had only been fishing for a few minutes when Joshua hooked his first Shad which put up a superb fight and was weighed and witnessed at 1.35 kg – a very happy young angler.  I caught only 2 shad and another trout of 2 ½ lb.

Josh Higginson who caught his first specimen 1.35 kg Twaite Shad

In the afternoon we entered the Annual Shad completion which had 53 entrants this year. Only 3 fish were caught in the four hours but fortunately mine was heaviest at 1.15 kg

Although no fish were caught in the junior section, all at the prize giving were given a collection of coarse tackle donated by the late Jim Sloan who recently past away.

On Monday we were on the river for 8:00am again but the fishing was very slow and after 4 hours i had only three shad and Josh had one, which were all very small ( one was only 0.35 kg )

Duncan Cole with the trophy for the heaviest Shad in competition

Headed off at 1:30pm for the 4 ½ hour drive home.  So despite the lack of Shad we had an excellent weekend and will be back next year.

Hope you get back to get a few Shad if they eventually turn up this year.

I’ve attached a few pictures you might like for the magazine.

Cheers  –  Duncan

Superb pike fishing reported from the Banagher, Shannonbridge areas along with good roach fishing for a party of French anglers.

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Paul Bourke
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French anglers Julien and Robert Brice and Thiery Reynaud all from Grenoble

Pat McDonell IFI Birr reports on Coarse and Pike angling in the Banagher, Shannonbridge areas.

Banagher:

Four Italians fishing out of Banagher reported over 100 pike for 10 days fishing. All fish were caught on lures and 9 fish were over 1m, with the best fish at 1.19.

Shannonbridge:

Three French anglers from Grenoble fishing the hot-water section of Shannonbridge had 40 kg. of roach on maggots while Damien Arnold, Geeshill, Tullamore had two pike 12 kg and 10.4 kg. on dead bait.

French anglers Julien and Robert Brice and Thiery Reynaud all from Grenoble

Peter Vasey wins Waterways Ireland Classic Fishing Festival

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myleskelly
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The 2013 Waterways Ireland Classic Fishing Festival came to a close on Friday 4th May, after a week of extremes. The two hundred and sixteen anglers shivered in the cold on Monday, got sunburn on Tuesday and put the waterproofs on again for Friday.

Second day winner Peter Vasey, from Stoke Newington in London, won the competition with a total weight of 39kgs 510gms, netting him the top prize of £5,000, a Crystal Chalice and a Diawa rod and reel. His final day’s catch of 4kgs 660gms from the changeable Trory section was enough to capture the overall honours. Pete, who fishes with Team Sensas Oakwood Angling, has been coming to Fermanagh to enjoy the fishing and the hospitality for twelve years.

Second overall was Kevin Rowles from Devizes, whose total catch of 32kgs 250gms earned him £2,000, a Crystal Trophy, and a Diawa tackle prize.  In third place was another Classic regular, Stephen Priestly from Manchester £1,500 and a Crystal Trophy for his total catch of 28kgs 280gms.

In addition to the individual prizes, the very popular four-man team event was also held throughout the three days of the Waterways Ireland Classic.  The winning team, Dads & Lads, amassed a total catch of 74kgs 510gms, landing them cash prizes and trophies.

Local anglers fared better than they did last year.  Nick Seddon from Enniskillen was top of the local league in 5th place overall, with previous Classic winner, John Potters from Lisbellaw in 8th place.  Gareth Williams from Lisbellaw finished in 25th place.

In the weeks leading up to the Waterways Ireland Classic, the continuing cold weather gave the organisers something of a headache when considering the selection of sections.  Two sections at Crom on Upper Lough Erne were brought in to play, which produced consistently good weights throughout the week.

The Classic is sponsored for the tenth year by Waterways Ireland and is organised by Fermanagh District Council, in conjunction with Inland Fisheries Group, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure.

For information contact Katrina McGirr, Waterways Ireland on +353 (0) 71 96 50560 or Eddie McGovern, Fermanagh District Council on +44 (0) 28 6632 5050.

Sean Ward wins NCFFI Senior Canals Championship

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myleskelly
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The NCFFI Senior Canals Championship took place on 4th and 5th May on the Royal Canal near Enfield. 29 anglers took part in the now annual event which proved to be a very tough match with results being lower than was expected. Cold conditions in the lead up to the event probably responsible for the low weights.

The Saturday match resulted in a clear lead for Sean Ward who had nearly 5kgs from an end peg including a 7 minute fight with a nice tench just before the all-out. With the nearest weights just over 2kg, it would take a similar good catch to overhaul him on Sunday.

While the fishing was generally better on Sunday, biggest weights were around 2.5 kgs including a nice catch by Sean himself of around 2.3 kgs leaving him the overall winner.

The NCFFI wishes to thank Waterways Ireland for sponsorship of the event and for all the anglers who took part.

Results:

  • 1st Place      Sean Ward      7.23kgs
  • 2nd Place     Ron Durkin     4.03kgs
  • 3rd Place      Par Bartley      3.65Kgs

Tourist anglers enjoy good pike fishing in Cavan

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myleskelly
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Alice Murtagh from the Corelessmore office reports on pike fishing in the Cavan area…

On the river Erne at Belturbet  some French anglers reported good Pike fishing on Foxholes.

Eleven Belgium anglers fishing the Arvagh area caught 120 Pike on Monday last.

On the River Annalee pike fishing is reported to be excellent with some French anglers catching up to 17 pike a day.

Alice Murtagh
Inland Fisheries Ireland

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