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Just 109 salmon last week on Moy as water levels steadily drop

By
Jamie Hosty
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The River Moy in Foxford
Tough conditions on the Moy

Weather conditions were more settled this week particularly towards the weekend with elevated air temperatures and strong sun on Saturday. Accordingly, water levels in the Moy system reduced incrementally over the week with a recorded water level of 0.51 m at Ballylahan on Sunday evening 8th September. In total 109 fish were reported caught this week.

Ballina Salmon Anglers

Another good week of fishing is reported by Peter McHugh of Ballina Salmon Anglers. A total of 31 fish were caught for the period. 7 fish were caught on the worm, 4 on the spinner and 4 on the prawn. The remaining 16 fish were caught on the fly.

Mount Falcon Estate

This week a total of 12 fish were reported caught at Mount Falcon.  9 fish were caught on the prawn and were subsequently released. The remaining 3 fish were caught on the worm and were taken. Of the fish caught the heaviest weighed 7.2 lbs.

Knockmore Salmon Anglers

Knockmore Salmon Anglers reported 17 fish caught for the past week of which 7 were released. Most fish were caught on the prawn with the heaviest weighing 8 lbs.

Attymass Angling Club

Attymass Angling Club reported 2 salmon caught for the week. Both fish were caught on the spinner. Both fish were released and weighed 3 lbs and 6 lbs.

Byrnes Fishery

Byrnes Fishery reported 12 salmon caught for the week. All fish were caught using the prawn. 2 of the 12 fish were kept and the remaining were released. The fish ranged in weight from 3 lbs to 11 lbs.

Gannon’s Fishery

Pat Gannon reported that this week 5 fish were caught at Gannon’s Fishery ranging in weight from 5 lbs to 9 lbs. The worm and spinner were the most effective methods used.

The Foxford Fishery

Granville reported this week that 2 fish were caught, of which 1 was released. Both were caught on the spinner, and both weighed 4 lbs.

Foxford Salmon Anglers

Harry Feeney reported 25 salmon caught for the week commenting that it was a good enough week with the river dropping well and plenty of fish moving through. It was also reported that a good number of fish were returned. The Waterkeepers Trophy is being fished on Saturday 28th September.

East Mayo Anglers Association

Kathleen reports this week that 3 fish were caught on East Mayo Anglers waters. All 3 were caught on the fly with 1 of the fish taken weighing 5 lbs. Both of the other fish, which weighed 7 lbs and 9 lbs were released.

Some Nice Bream, Tench and Hybrids For UK Anglers At Melview Fishing Lodge

By
Myles Kelly
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A good Tench for Pete
A good Tench for Pete

UK anglers Andy and Pete were over once again for their annual fishing trip to Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford. The lads are familiar with the waters around the area and what’s required to make the most of their holiday.

Andy with a nice net of Bream
Andy with a nice net of Bream

Prebaiting and early morning starts and swapping the cooked breakfast for a pack lunch so to make the most of the day, they fished three venues during the eight days and even though the weights were a little different from last year there was some good fishing had with some quality Bream, Hybrids and Tench caught using feeder with various hook baits.

A good Tench for Pete
A good Tench for Pete

The weather and some Pike coming into the swim for a feed up did affect the catch rate a little but still a good week had. Kevin said that the lads are already talking about next year and they already have a plan in place – “Thanks for another good week lads and looking forward to seeing you next year!”

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

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Dutch Pike Anglers Have Good Week At Melview Fishing Lodge

By
Myles Kelly
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Thomas with a nice Pike
Thomas with a nice Pike

Dutch anglers Thomas and Pete were at Melview Fishing Lodge once again for another Pike fishing trip. It was Thomas’s second trip this year and Pete, who has missed a couple of the trips to Ireland, was glad to be back and could not wait to get back out on the water.

Pete smiles away with one of his Pike
Pete smiles away with one of his Pike

Fishing a few different venues they managed some good Pike to 98cm using lures. They did a little trolling but always prefer casting all day which proved to be the most productive for them. Kevin said he always has a lot of laughs and fun when these guys come over each year and he looks forward to seeing them next year. “Thanks guys for your company another week of laughs”.

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

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The Irish Fly Fair & International Angling Show 2024

By
Myles Kelly
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Irish Fly Fair Poster

Location: Killyhevlin Lakeland Hotel, Fermanagh
Dates: 16th and the 17th 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. A get together and 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, 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 instructors from APGAI- Ireland AAPGAI and GAIA will be there to give free workshops all day.

We have as always, theVeniard 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.

Thanks to IFF trade sponsors Fishpal, Cadence, Chevron , Partridge, Semperfli , Fulling Mill, Veniard, and Ragal USA.

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23rd World Boat Championships (U21) Donegal, Ireland, 2024 – Final Report

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the Irish Federation of Sea Anglers on the 23rd World Boat Championships (U21) which was held in Donegal, Ireland, from Aug 24th-31st 2024:

It was with Great pleasure and honour for us to host the WBCU21s this year in Donegal. Originally, we planned to fish Lough Swilly leaving from Rathmullan Pier, but with continued restoration work on Rathmullan Pier, we had to change our plan to Downings Pier instead. With the help and assistance of the local Coast Gaurd Unit we had use of their facilities for toilets and storage. We had 7 teams compete over 4 days competition, Monday 26th to Thursday 29th.

Unfortunately, the weather was not the best and we fished our reserve all weather zone for 3 of the 4 days in Mulroy Bay. We did manage to get the competitors out to fish in the deeper water on the Wednesday, which produced a lot more fish, but we just couldn’t fish anywhere other than Mulroy on the other days due to conditions.

One of the not-often-caught red band fish that the anglers landed

We had a reserve boat on standby from Torey Island just in case a boat had issues any morning. Thankfully, there were no issues and, with everything going good, the Team Managers and some reserve athletes used this boat for a days angling. The Irish managers wanted to show the rest of them all of what Ireland and the north west has to offer, and with that we had them catching 3 x Pollock or 3 x Coalfish at a time! The excitement on these older anglers faces was a sight to be seen with most never even having seen a Pollock before!

The event was great success, but without the support from the Lough Swilly Junior Anglers Club, lead by Chairman Charles Devlin and club secretary Hugh McLean, along with Paddy Donnaghy and Lisa John, this event would have struggled.

Accommodation in the Station House Hotel in Letterkenny was second to none, providing us with everything we needed, and the Irish team would all highly recommend this hotel.

The support and presence of Minister Charlie McConalogue was very much appreciated and the work of the Donegal and Letterkenny Council coming to support and financial aid should never be forgotten from the whole local community from Letterkenny to Downing and surrounding communities, whose economic return from the 11 days was in the region of €300,000.

The support of the Inland Fisheries Ireland, whose foresight and development program has helped our own young anglers to learn about angling and safety, has our under 21s Boat team now developed and established, with more young anglers seeing a fun competitive Natural Sport to take part in.

Congratulations to Italy for winning the under 21 world championships again this year and a extra special mention to the new under 21 World Champion Christian Del Greco from Italy, who fished the best to become world champion – but as you will see in the photos the Class of this young Man is not just with a fishing rod!

After receiving his medals he made his way to a local toy store to buy a small thank you present for the daughter of one of our stewards, now that is what a champion is!

Well done to all, thanks to our two Ireland teams for working so hard everyday, a medal is there for us and, with some more experience, it will happen. Thank you all so much and if we have left anyone out, that had any part of this championship, we want to say thank you not just for your help but for making some of these young anglers dreams a reality and they will never forget there Irish Experience.

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Girl power gets the tuna season rolling for Killybegs Fishing Trips

By
Myles Kelly
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Killybegs Fishing Trips got their bluefin tuna season off to a great start last Friday…

Finally got our 2024 Tuna season up and running, after cancelling our 5 planned trips in August because of weather. We had a very successful first day and managed 4 nice fish.

It was a case of girl power for the first half of the day, when Megan managed to bring along side a lovely 230lb fish, and then a couple of hours later it was the turn of Stella, and she brought a lovely 350lb fish to the boat. I have to say well done to these two ladies who did extremely well in fighting their fish of a lifetime so well.

bluefin tuna

Then it was the turn of the men. Megan’s dad Michael got to help Dave in 1 off his 2 fish, and done so well too, and thanks Michael for the lovely stories all day. And we finished off the day with a cracker, Dave done a great Job bringing this beast off a Tuna to the boat, and it came in at 630lb.

Now the standard is set. So hopefully the rest of our season goes as well as today

Back at the Tuna on Saturday. It was a much shorter day at them, but still managed a very big 400lb fish for the lads from Louth. Weather was class today and we had dolphins beside the boat all day and whales were a wee bit far away to get a good look at them, so hopefully more of the same for tomorrow.

bluefin tuna

Another fantastic result on Sunday at the Tuna. Two nice fish to the boat for Jamie, Stephen and David. Te first fish was a massive 540lb, and the 2nd was a respectful 250lb, both tagged and released to fight another day. Thanks to the lads today who had to endure tough conditions, but has they said themselves it was worth it.

bluefin tuna

Another day and another Tuna, not huge but it was very lively 220lb fish. It was a real struggle today in very testing conditions, so thanks to Stella, Dave and Alan for sticking it out.

woen

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Windy weather fails to deter anglers in Clare

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IFI Staff
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Luke Aston reports that the week started well with a decent day on the water. Not perfect fishing conditions with a north easterly breeze but a lot nicer day on the sea. And as the day went on and wind shifted north and got lighter the fishing came on. They had some nice pollack off the reefs along with coalfish, spurdog, gurnard, ling and whiting.

 

After that, Luke says, wind has been a problem again this week, with a stiff northerly breeze making for difficult conditions offshore, and restricting angling to sheltered marks for the most part. A weather window saw them get out west for a few hours, and even though conditions were freshening, sticking it out for a few hours produced some good fishing on the reefs.

A fine pollack from an offshore reef

Fishing sheltered marks in the estuary has been very productive on some days, with some great ray fishing, some great bull huss too and some nice tope action as well.

Tope

 

 

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Patience a key ingredient of Courtmac skate anglers

By
Myles Kelly
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skate

Last week a group out skate fishing with Courtmacherry angling Centre had a very quiet day with only two thornback rays to show for their efforts.  Then, just as they were about to wrap it up, they managed to hook 4 skate and board two of them. Well done lads patience is key!

skate
Skate 2
skate
Skate 1

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Killarney Salmon and Trout Anglers host brilliant youth event on Barfinnihy

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the Killarney Salmon and Trout Anglers Club on their recent youth fishing event:

A total of 23 juvenile anglers attended the ‘Try Fishing’ event on Barfinnihy Lough and they were accompanied by a mix of parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins for what was a really enjoyable evening’s fishing.

The fishing methods followed the angling code for the lough, with younger participants fishing with a bubble and worm, older children spinning and, fantastically, a few brought fly rods and displayed their skills on the night. A combination of advice and mentoring was available from senior club anglers on the night and IFI personnel who were present. The participants learned the tips on handling the rods, importance of safety when fishing with the spinners and hooks, and gained experience in judging the take and playing and handling the fish.

Fishing commenced at 6pm and at around 8.20pm the horn was sounded to summon the remaining anglers to the car park, as the fading light was noticeable. However, the atmosphere was brightened with the delightful smiling faces of the young participants as they arrived back with their tales of great sport.

IFI Assistant Inspector Tim Moore, who was ably assisted by his officers, Paul and Jose,  presented the youngest members of the outing with memorable “Go Fishing Bags” which were sponsored by IFI. These were lovely practical kits to help to encourage the youngsters in the sport.

Yaromyr Receiving his Go Fishing Bag From IFI Ast. Inspector Tim Moore

Killarney SATC Club Chairman DJ O’Riordan also presented all participants on the night with a KSTAC Medal as a memento of the occasion and to mark their participation. To replace the energy lost on the banks for the last few hours, refreshments were served out to a willing and deserving bunch of anglers.

The club would also like to acknowledge the support of Denis O’Neill, in O’Neill’s Tackle Shop of Plunkett Street, Killarney. This shop is another important asset in introducing young participants to the sport, where they can get good practical advice and handle the equipment while of course listening to tales of all the ones that got away and are still out there for the catching!

Denis sponsored equipment for the night that ensured no one had to stop fishing for a dreaded irretrievable tangle or lost bubble. The club ran the event as an outing, to get a good idea of the interest among the juveniles and to prepare a calendar of similar events into the future. Based on the uptake and interest, the club will be putting together a calendar of events and competitions in 2025 and looks forward to working with IFI in that.

 

The Club would like to acknowledge the assistance of Inland Fisheries Ireland in providing the sponsorship of the event through their Sponsorship Programme and the fantastic assistance from the South West IFI office. The local staff ensured that the lake was stocked in advance of the event and provided a fantastic team on the night who were on hand to assist and advise the juveniles, as well as kindle the rapport that will exist between these anglers and the fisheries teams for years to come.

Big September tides should bring on the bass

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Cormac Walsh of the Lure Fishing Podcast did well during the last set of big tides, and he expects to do even better as the tides build and the wind settles later next week:

Some of my favourite tides are the big springs in the month of September. The last one over the new moon just gone was no different, when some bigger fish decided to show.

This bass was the best of the bunch taken on a soft plastics bouncing in the current. The fishing peaked for me the day before the new moon and slowly tapered since. Lots of bait fish, mackerel and scad inshore providing plenty of feeding – no doubt the big fish are sure to be nearby.

Roll on the next big tides…

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