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Great fishing on Currane as salmon season closes

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A late season Currane salmon goes back

Vincent Appleby, assisted by the Inny Farmer, reports from Lough Currane and the river Inny…

 

26/9/2024.What a cracker of a day for the UK umbrella man, Mr. Gary Humphery and for good reason, while fishing with his gillie and renowned C&R Currane angler Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of  www.fishingwithdom.com caught 3 fine Salmon ranging from a Grilse in the 4 to 5 lbs class followed by two springers. The biggest was in the 11 to 12 lbs class, followed by 4 Sea Trout all caught on the troll. All I can say is congratulations to UK Currane angler Mr. Gary Humphery and his Gillie www.fishingwithdom.com.

Just for the record there were a few Trout caught on the drift. Wind North light followed by good cloud cover, followed by showers. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall12.1mm, amount of sunshine 0hrs.1mins, maximum air temperature 13.0°c. Just for the record all the fish were put back.

27/9/2024. We start with the UK umbrella man, Mr. Gary Humphery, while fly fishing with his Gillie www.fishingwithdom.com and fishing out of https://thecrescentwaterville.ie/, caught and released 5 Sea Trout. He had 3 on the Fly and two on the troll. Staying on the Lake the Currane angler also reports that there was a good few trout caught on the lake mostly on the fly, biggest was in the 2 ½ lbs class. Now we head up stream to the Commeragh where the Black Birds fancy was in action and as of yet no reports but watch this space. Now we head across the Valley to the Inny farmer,  “Hi Vince, just to let you know that there were 2 C&R Salmon caught”. Wind moderate to fresh NNE, followed by reasonable cloud cover, Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 6.2mm, amount of sunshine 0hrs.0mins, maximum air temperature 12.5°c.

28/9/2024. UK umbrella man, Mr. Gary Humphery, while fishing with his Gillie www.fishingwithdom.com and fishing out of https://thecrescentwaterville.ie/  caught and released 4 Sea Trout while trolling. Wind gentle to moderate SE veered SSE, SSW, SW, SSW, S, followed by reasonable cloud cover. Now we head for the complaining department and for good reason. The stage is yours Gerard. Hi Vince, I thought there was a ban on worming on the Commeragh river and on the Inny river, I thought we were supposed to be protecting our seatrout. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 4.2mm, amount of sunshine 6hrs.1mins,  maximum air temperature 12.7°c.

29/9/2024. My apologies for the lack of information on this day but as luck would have it, thanks to the amount of rainfall, plus it was wild out there by all accounts it was a day for the high stool or put your C&R Inny hat on and all I can say is the Inny farmer was all quiet so I will leave that to your imagination, did they or didn’t they precure my Noble gentleman the Salmon. Wind SE fresh to strong followed by strong gusts.

30/9/2024. Well as we all know today was the last day of the 2024 Salmon season and I can report that it was a cracker of a day on the Waterville fishery, so straight to the Lough Currane action,  the Currane angler reports the facts of the day. There were 5 Salmon caught on the troll followed by a good few Sea Trout and Brown Trout caught on the fly and troll, the best C&R basket of  Sea Trout goes to Currane angler Phil Staniforth, who caught 5 Sea trout on the fly, while fishing with www.fishingwithdom.com Now we head for the Inny Farmer who reports on the C&R Inny anglers, Hi, Vince, there were a few nice Salmon caught and released on this last day of the Salmon season. Now for the Currane angler of the 2024 Salmon season and that goes to Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy, and he nailed it while fishing with his client the UK Currane Umbrella man Mr. Gary Humphery and his video confirms the Currane Gillie of the year. Salmon of the year I will give that at the end of the Season on the 12th of October. Wind NNW fresh to moderate veered NW, NNW. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 28.0mm, amount of sunshine 2hrs.9mins, maximum air temperature 16.4°c.

1/10/2024. The Currane anglers were all quiet going by my WhatsApple. Wind gentle NE followed by reasonable cloud cover at times. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 1.4mm, amount of sunshine 6hrs.0mins, maximum air temperature 14.9°c.Now back  to Last night, now we head to the Lobster Bar, and I can tell you there was a cracker of an evening with the traditional Bacon and Cabbage. Now to the presentations for the cups to the wooden spoon and ended with a good sing song contest. So here are the facts of the 2024 Season.

  • Tom Duggan got the Vincent O’Sullivan memorial cup for the first salmon caught on the fly as well as the Paddy Carey cup for first salmon of the season.
  • Dominic McGillicuddy got the priest and a voucher for being the gillie for Tom Duggan,
  • Chef Tam got the wooden spoon.
The Priest and Wooden Spoon
The Priest and Wooden Spoon

Now the singer of the night goes to Eileen Murphy, who got singer of the year with her performance of her song the bike, Mrs. Nuala O’Sullivan came a close second. I will finish off by saying a big thank you to the Lobster Bar, Management and all their staff for a great evening had by all.

 2/10/2024. The Currane C&R Sea Trout anglers were all quiet this day going by my WhatsApple and to be fair there was a gentle East wind and veered ESE, SE, ESE, E, followed by reasonable cloud cover at times. Now the quote of the day comes from a Currane angler, enjoying his Waterville turf fire back home in the UK and his Mug of tea tells you what he’s thinking, as his neighbours were wondering what the hell is that nice smell.

Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall trace, amount of sunshine 3hrs.7mins, maximum air temperature 15.6°c.

Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:[email protected]
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

Sea Trout – Catch and release only

Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.

The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-

  • the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
  • the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
  • the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay

FLEKSI

A new online survey has been developed by IFI for the Currane catchment to gather anglers’ knowledge – the survey method called FLEKSI was developed by IFI to help give an insight into the status of the fishery. Currane Anglers are needed for Citizen Science survey to examine fish stocks


For more information on the daily conditions, all the craic and news be sure to check out Vincent Appleby’s Salmon and Sea Trout blog for regular reports with back dates, petitions, public consultation notices, readers letters and videos and more of what’s happening on Currane.

Go fishing….

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Fishing with Dom

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Fly Fishing on Lough Currane

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Salmon & Sea Trout Fishing

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Waterville Boats

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A good last week for salmon anglers on the Moy

Moy Ballina

Michael Murphy reports from the River Moy…

River Moy Angling Report 23rd – 30th September 2024

The season came to a close on Monday 30th September with good sport reported on some fisheries with 341 salmon reported caught for the final week.  A lot of fish were reported released in the final week which is encouraging. Water levels remained relatively low for the final week apart from a very small rise seen at Ballylahan which rose marginally midweek to 0.61 m before dropping off again to 0.36 m on Monday evening 30th. Weather wise the past seven days sees rainfall totals in the northwest below average with Claremorris, County Mayo recording just 9.3 mm.

Ballina Salmon Anglers

A total of twenty-six salmon were reported caught this week with spinning working best. The majority of fish weighed between 2 lbs and 5 lbs and the heaviest fish of the week weighed 6 lbs. The Last Cast Competition took place on 28th September and was won by Barry Keenan who had a nice fish weighing 5.5 lbs.

Barry Keenan, the winner of the Last Cast Competition with a 5.5 lbs salmon

Mount Falcon Estate

A total of thirty-three salmon were caught with five taken and twenty-eight released back to the water. 

Knockmore Salmon Anglers

Kenneth reported twenty-seven salmon caught spinning and on the worm with nine taken and eighteen released. Best fish of the week weighed 9 lbs.

Attymass Angling Club

Kevin reported thirty-six salmon caught with six taken and thirty released this week using mostly the prawn with the best of the week weighing 8 lbs. 

Coolcronan Fishery

Nick reported seventeen salmon caught, mostly on the prawn of which fourteen were released. Best weight of the week was 7.5 lbs. 

Byrnes Fishery

Roy reported twenty-six salmon caught this week, all on the prawn with twenty-two were released. 

Gannon’s Fishery

Pat reported thirty-four salmon caught for the week using all methods, of which twenty-six were released. 

The Foxford Fishery

Granville reported thirty-two salmon caught for the week of which twenty-seven were released. Best weight for the week was 11 lbs and was caught on the prawn.

Ivan Tucker about to release a coloured cock fish from The Poplins Pool on The Foxford Fishery

Foxford Salmon Anglers

Harry Feeney reported eighty salmon caught for the week with an estimated 50 returned. The Waterkeepers Trophy held on Saturday 28th was won by Patrick Morgan.

Mary Moylette and Harry Feeney presenting Patrick Morgan with the Water Keepers Trophy

A report was received of twelve salmon being caught in the Foxford town area this week. 

Cloongee Fishery

One salmon was reported caught in Cloongee Fishery which was released. 

East Mayo Anglers Association

Kathleen reported seventeen salmon caught for the week of which fourteen were released.  Best weight for the week was 12 lbs.

I would like to take this end of season opportunity to thank all contributors to this report for the 2024 season. 

Is mise le meas.

Mícheál O Murchú

 

Irish Fly Fair & International Angling Show 2024, Enniskillen, 16 & 17 November

The 12th Irish Fly Fair & International Angling Show will take place in the Killyhevlin Lakeland Hotel at Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th of November.

Step right up, anglers and fly-fishing enthusiasts alike! The 12th annual Irish Fly Fair and International angling show is back in Fermanagh.

This prestigious event will be held at the fabulous four-star Killyhevlin Hotel and grounds overlooking majestic Lough Erne. Dates are set for 16th and the 17th of November and doors open at 10am both days.

The event as always is the highlight of the year for many international fly fishers from across the world for a weekend to remember. Featuring the biggest group of the world-renowned fly dressers ever to be assembled on these shores. At present an amazing 80 plus representing an impressive 19 different countries demonstrators hailing from across the globe including tyers from the U.S.A, Canada, Aruba, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Italy, France, Scotland, Wales, England and of course some of the best from of the home-grown talent come to exhibit their art, pass on and show techniques. Plus, for you anglers that don’t dress your own flies you can learn from the best or order your flies for the coming season or add to your collection.

We also have World champion fly-casters on hand to demonstrate casting techniques and entertain including, English trout fly fishing guru Charles Jardine, Germanys Dominik Borrmann and Micheal Rebholz. Salmon Spey casters including Irelands own Glenda Powell and the great Scottish casters Ian Gordon, Scott Mackenzie, Tom Brown. Top casting instructors from GAIA, APGAI and AAPGAI and will be there to give free workshops all day.

Bring the family, we have as always, the Veniard Fly Tying Competition and a fun casting zone. Giving the youth a chance to show the professionals what they can do.

That is not all – expert anglers will be giving talks and seminars on various fascinating topics, and a vast selection of top-quality trade stands will be selling everything you need to pursue your passion for fly fishing and fly dressing.

The Irish Fly Fair has been hailed as one of the finest shows of its kind in Europe, a great weekend to meet up with old friends and make new ones! This show is a must for all Angling enthusiasts. So, mark your calendars and make your way to the undisputed best fly-fishing show in all of Ireland. Trust us; you will not want to miss it. A true Celebration of this wonderful sport and pastime. Which brings the fly-fishing world together.

Chairman of FODC Cllr McClaughry “The event has been supported by primary sponsor Enniskillen BID & Experience Enniskillen.  Fermanagh & Omagh District Council support the event also through their sponsorship package.

Noelle McAloon, Experience Enniskillen added “Fishing is an incredibly vital to the economy of Enniskillen with many local business sectors benefiting from anglers both within the county and outside.  Last year’s event exceed all my expectations.  I spoke with businesses from USA, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Scotland, Wales and Ireland – it was incredible the international element of the event.   We think Enniskillen is the perfect location for the Irish Fly Fair and delighted to be the main sponsor.”

David Morrisson, Killyhevlin Hotel & Lakeside Lodges “We are very pleased to welcome back this international event.  In 2023 we enjoyed the range of guests who had travelled from all over the world to stay in Enniskillen.  It was a very busy weekend last year and plans are well underway for this year”

“FishPal will have a stand and Will Draper looks forward to meeting fisheries and clubs and discussing ways in which they can help generate bookings and simplify admin for you at this amazing fly fishing international gathering ”

Stevie Munn “We love the stunning setting of Enniskillen, and the hotel is superb,  you can even fish from the grounds for Wild Pike at this time of year . We were encouraged to take our show to Enniskillen by Noelle in Experience Enniskillen and the business community.  The positive welcome we have received, and the support is so appreciated. The feedback from last year made all the hard work worth it.”

See www.Irishflyfair.com

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Connie Finnerty wins Maloney/Keady Cup on Lough O’Flynn

Joe Fitzharris reports on a tough Maloney/Keady Cup on Lough O’Flynn…

Lough O’Flynn was the venue for the last event of the year The Maloney/Keady Cup on Sunday in difficult angling conditions. This was a heaviest fish outing and while the returns were small on the day some anglers did fine.

Top rod on the day was frequent visitor Connie Finnerty who returned a winning trout of 2lb 07.8 oz. Well done Connie.

Results as follows,

  • 1st Connie Finnerty, 2lb 07.8oz.
  • 2nd Declan Donlon, 2lb 07.4oz.
  • 3rd Jimmy Gleeson, 2lb 04.6oz (Longest Fish rule)
  • 4th Michael Ferry, 2lb 04.6 oz.
  • 5th Anto Stephens, 2lb 04.0oz.

The club would like to thank Maloney/Keady Opticians Castlerea and the Kilmore Inn for sponsoring this event.

Go fishing…

Lough O’Flynn, Co. Roscommon

Howth SAC add some species to their cards with Wicklow Boat Charters

Kit Dunne of Wicklow Boat Charters had members of the Howth Sea Angling Club aboard on Saturday as a number of their members tried to put some extra marks on their species cards for the year. The weather had been lousy leading up to the weekend, and it was going to turn even lousier on the Sunday, but they were lucky enough to find a window of relative cam that let them get out on the water.

Both the Manannan and the Castle Maiden were busy on the day, and plenty of species, including tope, huss, spurs, scad, gurnard whiting and doggies, were boated.

Go Fishing

Angling Charters are offered on a full-day, half-day and evening trip basis and can be tailored to suit your needs. Two boats are available – Manannan Mac Lir and Castle Maiden. All levels of anglers are catered for. Anglers will benefit from your skipper’s angling experience and local knowledge with advice and guidance on-hand at all times.

SPECIALIST ANGLING CHARTERS

Specialist Angling Charters are offered for those who wish to target specific species, specimen fish or try new angling methods.

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Whether you’re a Club, Individual, School or Junior, you can have an angling coaching session or programme tailored to suit your needs.

Kit Dunne
Wicklow Boat Charters

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94 teams compete for the 👑 King of the Lake 👑 competition at Lanesborough

The 2024 King of the Lake event was held on Lough Ree over the weekend, and 94 boats from destinations far and wide descended on the lake for the two day event. The competition was fished on a three longest pike basis, and after some good fishing on day 1, it was tight at the top, with the first three teams separated by only 8cm, as Paddy O’Regan and Johhny Stapleton nudged ahead of the rest with a 303cm total, closely followed by Martyn Cusworth & Michael F McKeon on 301cm.

Day 2 saw the competition hampered by wind and finish earlier than expected, as a severe weather warning meant that safety took precedence over time on the water, and so all action stopped at 3pm. Some areas of the lake were also closed off as an added safety measure.

As a result, the fishing on day 2 was a little slower than on day one, as Martyn Cusworth & Michael F McKeon put up a tally of 265.4cm to finish with the high score on the day. But, critically, they managed to upgrade their 2-day combined total to 313.5cm, which was enough to see them claim the overall trophy for the event, and they were crowned 2024 King of the Lake champions.

Final results table
Kings of the Lake 2024 👑

For a full report on the competition, see the numerous posts on the Lough Ree Lanesborough Angling Hub Facebook page.

Pike fishing around Lanesboro Angling Centre

41st Daiwa Irish Pairs another great festival success

The 2024 Daiwa Irish Pairs match angling festival was held last week, with some great fish caught, and lots of memories made. The Daiwa Pairs is a sea angling festival held in Dingle every September, and is one of the largest sea angling festivals on the British and Irish calendar. Attracting many visitors from the UK and around Ireland, last week was the 41st running of the event. The festival is generously sponsored by Daiwa with additional support from Bassboots.

The festival consists of a number of pegged matches on venues around the peninsula, including Ventry, Cappa, Brandon and Inch. this year saw mostly settled weather, with venue changes not necessary and all matches went ahead as planned. Darren Smith reports:

Fantastic hot and settled weather for the first week on ‘Costa Del Dingle’ meant the specimen hunt and surf beaches were challenging this year but Ventry produced a record number of dogs (the venue having been left untouched for the week prior to the match) and the main event again went to the wire at on Day 3.

Specimen Fish

There were a good number of specimen fish caught during the week with a fantastic Sting Ray (81cms across the wings and estimated at around 70lb) caught by Tom Wells which earned him fish of the week. The mixed format of matches and specimen hunting gave opportunities for all until 4pm on Friday to get onto that very substantial prize table.
We remain committed to our ever-developing Fish Welfare policy and will be retaining our 2-hook-only rule for 2025 which takes a lot of bait pressure off the anglers, their pockets and protects resources.
Cracking 56cm Bass for Sam Collier at Brandon
This year, again we had over £9,000 of Daiwa tackle prizes to give to the various winners; as well as over £9,000 of cash and pool prizes; we also had on-board around £1,000 worth of Bass Boots prizes. A huge thank you to Daiwa Sports, who give us fantastic sponsorship and support; Bassboots, similarly, and SAMF who provide us insurance cover for the week’s festival.
A few thanks in addition to our main event sponsors:
Sarah, Nettie and the lovely and helpful staff at The Dingle Bay Hotel for once again providing us our match HQ.
Nick Haward for his great support in helping me in running the event in Dingle this year given my difficult personal circumstances and Nick, together with Mark Aldred for helping out with the 2024 Pairs draw. Thanks too to Dave Hutch and Amanda for transporting over the tackle prizes and again it was great to have Dalrymple’s back on peg and card collection duty.
Also and most importantly though, a massive, massive thanks to the all-important Match Committee of Jim and Ian who do give up a lot of their week to vet the week’s venues and help make those all-important venue choices (over a Guinness or two!) and to ensure the beaches are pegged and that the results are sorted and posted. It was a first-class performance from a first-class team – thanks lads (my best buddies!) for another blinding effort.
A special well done Dave Falk and Brett Cotter for winning and retaining the 2024 Daiwa Irish Pairs 👏 (the first pair to do so).
Dave Falk and Brett Cotter, the first team to retain the Daiwa Irish Pairs trophy

 

 

 

 

New member wins first Newbridge District Pike Anglers winter event

After a long summer where the pike rods were swapped for coarse and sea-angling rods, the Newbridge District Pike Anglers were out on the banks in force as 31 members, old and new, turned out for the first event of the winter calendar.

There was a good haul of 72 pike landed on the day, so plenty of anglers got bends in their rods. And the stamp of fish wasn’t bad either, as there were six doubles to 16lb+ and a good smattering of jacks in the 7-9lb zone.

And it was a case of ‘newcomers luck’ on the day, as Eoin Mahoney, who only joined the club on the day of the event and was on his first trip out with his new clubmates, made an immediate impression by landing the biggest fish of the day at 16.13lb. So Eoin has made his mark, and it’s up to the rest of the members to catch him!

Full results are as follows:


1st Eoin Mahoney 16.13hf 25.10bag
2nd Dave Murphy 12.08hf 42.04 bag
3rd Brendan Jervis 10.10hf 41.15bag
2nd heaviest fish Paul Douglas 15.02 / 24lb bag
3rd heaviest fish Ciaran Bolger 12.09 hf 29.06 bag

For a full report, log onto the Newbridge & District Pike Anglers Facebook page.

Big winds blast Baggers at their first Winter League outing

The VDE Baggers kicked off their winter league on the Newry Canal last weekend in weather more suited to windsurfing… The fierce winds made presentation quite difficult for the anglers, but at least the rain held off for them, although the canal had risen around 2ft due to rain over the previous week.

That rise in water, coupled with the difficulty handling rods n’ rigs in the stiff breeze, meant that catches were somewhat below what they hoped for. But when it’s the first outing of the winter season, it’s as much about getting out there and welcoming a few new members.

James Wellwood was the top rod on the day, as some quality roach helped him to a bag of almost 4kg, while Paul Hutchman came in second on 3.43kg, with regular contender Aaron Nabc Hutchman coming third on 2.68kg.

For a full report, log onto the VDE Baggers Facebook page.

John Bijvoet wins Open on 25.175kg ahead of Celtic Masters Feeder Festival

Pat Falvey reports on the Munster Feeder Anglers WinterFest fished at Inniscarra…

Twenty anglers attended Saturday’s open match fished over 3 sections; Walshestown (D), Pumphouse (C) and O’Neill’s (B).

We had the 3 deep water sections in to make it as fair as possible. The 3 sections produced great weights with 20+kg, in all three. Lots of better quality Hybrids and Bream starting to show which will hopefully get better as the week progresses!!

Top 10 Results were as follows:

  • 1st: John Bijvoet D7 25.175kg
  • 2nd: Neil Richards C3 22.750kg
  • 3rd: Steve Thorpe B2 21.100kg
  • 4th: Dave Mickleright B3 20.750kg
  • 5th: Dennis V D Berg C6 19.500kg
  • 6th: Chris Haigh C4 19.275kg
  • 7th: John Kooij D8 19.250kg
  • 8th: Peter Bos D4 18.300kg
  • 9th: Peter Koopman D10 16.850kg
  • 10th: Richard Mowat B7 16.150kg

Of the 17 anglers that weighed they had a total of 273.375kg giving an average of 16.080kg per angler. Great fishing for this time of year!!

The 2024 Celtic Masters Feeder Festival kicked off on Monday. There are 49 anglers taking part. We’ll have a full report for you when the final scores are in after the last session tomorrow.

Go fishing…

Should you require further information on any of Munster Feeder Anglers events, accommodation options, or general venue information please contact Pat Falvey on Messenger or on email: [email protected]

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