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Good fishing on Erriff for August

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IFI Staff
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Donavin Brinklow reports from the Erriff on a good month of fishing in August. River levels were good for most of the month, with regular spates and plenty of rainfall keeping the river topped up. As Davud McEvoy reports from the nearby Delphi Fishery, it was the wettest August on record since 1985 in this area!

During the month there was a disastrous escape of thousands of farmed salmon from a nearby industrial salmon cage and a number of these fish entered the river, but were either removed at the trap or caught by anglers on Beat 9 below Aasleagh Falls.

 

Ian Ferris kicked off our August fishing when he landed a 7lbs salmon off the Falls Pool on a Cascade. Eamon Power landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9 on a Sunray. Brian Hennesey landed 5lbs and 4lbs salmon, also on Beat 9 – Falls Pool – on a Cascade.

2nd August: Peter Kavanagh landed a 4.5lbs salmon on Beat 9 on a Bann special. James O’Neill landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 9 Falls Pool on a silver stoat and Connor O’Leary landed a 4.5 lbs salmon on a Cascade on Beat 9 Falls Pool.

3rd August: James O’Neill landed 4 salmon on Beat 9 using a silver stoat, Paddy Gargan landed 3 ½ lbs salmon on a Cascade and Niall Lynch landed 2 salmon around 4 lbs on a Sunray on Beat 9.

4th August: Conor O’Leary landed a 7lbs and a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9 on a Cascade.

5th August: John Geary landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 5 bridge Pool using a silver shrimp pattern.

6th August: Kevin Mitchell landed a 15lbs salmon on a McCormick and a 8lbs salmon on a Munro killer on Beat 9. Paddy Gargan landed 2 salmon on a Cascade and Niall Lynch landed 2 salmon on a Cascade on Beat 9. Paul McCarthy landed 2 sea trout on Beat 3 and 2 sea trout on Beat 4.

Kevin Mitchell with his 15lbs fish (released after photo)

 

7th August: John Phelan landed 3 salmon on Beat 9 using a Cascade and Peader Robinson landed a 5.5 lbs salmon on Beat 9. David Taggart landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 8 Island rock.

8th August: Jake Delany landed an 8 lbs salmon on a Cascade, Peader Robinson landed a 4.5 lbs salmon on a Sunray and Peter Coyne landed a 9.25lbs salmon using an Allys shrimp and another 3 salmon using a Collie Dog on Beat 9.

9th August: Jake Delany landed a 6lbs salmon and a 1lbs sea trout on a purple shrimp fly, Paddy Gargan landed 2 salmon on a Sunray, Kevin Mitchell landed 2 salmon on a Cascade and Niall Lynch landed 1 salmon on a Cascade on Beat 9.

10th August: Ian Ferris landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 6 High banks and 4 sea trout and one 3lbs salmon on Beat 3 School House. Simon Cassidy landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 6 Black Banks on a Stoat’s Tail.

11th August:  Niall Lynch landed 2 sea trout and 2 salmon on Beat 9 Middle Garden Pool on a Munro and a 6lbs salmon in the Upper Garden Pool. Alastair Purdy landed a 5lbs salmon and a 1lbs sea trout in the Falls Pool.

12th August: Isaac Byrne landed 2 sea trout on Beat 9. Eugene McCarthy had a great day with 6 salmon landed on Beat 9 on a Cascade and Michael Wade also had 3 salmon on Beat 9 using a Collie Dog. Luke Tunney landed his first salmon on Beat 3 School House on a Sunray weighing 6lbs.

Eugene McCarthy with one of his fish

13th August: Ciaran Breedy landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 9 Upper Garden Pool on a black shrimp.

14th August: Billy Moylan landed a 7.5lbs salmon in the Gauge Pool on a black shrimp, Lairgnen McDermott landed a 5lbs salmon also on a black shrimp and Peter Coyne landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 9 Sea Pool.

15th August: Colin Lynam had 1 sea trout and 1 salmon and Declan Convery had 1 salmon on Beat 9 using a Delphi Collie. Stephen Ceilleir had 2 sea trout on Beat 3 Potholes on a Willie Gunn and Jeremy Jonis landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 3 Mikes Pool on a Cascade.

16th August: John Geary landed 3 sea trout and 2 salmon on Beat 5. Declan Convery landed 3 salmon on Beat 9 using a Collie Dog. John Curran landed 3 salmon and Pat Oldham landed 1 salmon on Beat 9, Martin Witort landed a 4lbs salmon on Colonels Run (Beat 6) on a Cascade.

17th August: Colin Lynam landed a 4.5lbs salmon in the Falls Pool on Beat 9. Unfortunately, after the escape of farmed salmon we started catching them on the Erriff with the first one recorded

18th August: Gerard Brickley landed a 2lbs salmon on Beat 5 on a Ferdinand shrimp. Mick Wade landed a 3 ½ lbs salmon on Beat 9 on a Sunray. Several farm escapes were recorded on Beat 9.

20th August: Eoin Warner landed  a 3.5lbs wild salmon from the Squares Pool on a McCormick’s shrimp and Billy Moylan landed two 5lbs salmon on Beat 9.

21st August: Billy Moylan landed a 5lbs wild salmon off the Lower Garden Pool.

22nd August: Conor Graham landed a 5.5 lbs salmon on Beat 4 Poleen on a Sunray. John Byrne landed two 5lbs wild salmon on Beat 9  on a Cascade and Conor Graham landed 3 salmon and 1 sea trout on Beat 9. Colin Lynam landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 3 School House.

23rd August: John Byrne landed a 2 wild salmon on Beat 9 Middle Garden Pool on an Allys shrimp and Conor Graham landed 3 salmon and a sea trout on Beat 9. John Geary landed a 10lbs salmon on Beat 5 on a yellow shrimp.

24th August: John Foley landed a  4lbs salmon on a yellow Cascade on Beat 9.

25th August: Conor O’Leary landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9 Squares Pool. Archie McCauley landed a 7lbs salmon on Beat 5 Broken Bridge on a Willie Gunn and William Maire landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 3 Gowlan Pool on a Cascade.

26th August: Brian White landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 6. David Flynn landed 3 salmon on Beat 5 one weighing 13lbs. Niall Lynch landed 2 salmon on Beat 9 Falls Pool on a Sunray, Kevin Mitchell landed 2 salmon in the Middle Garden Pool on a McCormack shrimp and Paddy Gargan landed a wild salmon on Beat 9. Angus Maguire landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 5 on a Munro killer. Sean McManmon landed a 5lbs salmon and Pat Errity landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 9 on a Munro Killer.

28th August: John Phelan landed 4 salmon on Beat 9. Martin Davidson landed a 6.5 lbs salmon on Beat 4, Hugo Baring landed a 9lbs salmon on Beat 5 on a Cascade and Vaughn Lewis landed 3 salmon on Beat 3 School House.

29th August: Steven Mann landed a wild salmon on Beat 9, Gerard Coey landed a 3lbs salmon on Sunray, Lewis Matthews landed a 5.5lbs salmon on Beat 9. Marty Henry landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 6 on a Spectrum shrimp and a 10 lbs salmon on Beat 5. Archie McCauley landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 3 Potholes. Ian Ferris landed a wild salmon  on Beat 9.

30th/31st: A few farmed escapes recorded.

The catch for the month was 132 salmon (not including farm escapes), and 23 sea trout.

September can be a very good month on the Erriff is onditions are right, so keep an eye on the forecast and if any rain is coming it may well be worth a cast. Remember the micro-climate here is much wetter with the mountains and the Erriff can get heavy rain when the rest of the country is only seeing a few showers!

 

Go Fishing

The Erriff System is comprised of the Erriff River and the two small loughs of Tawnyard and Derrintin. The River Erriff is one of the premier salmon fishing rivers in Ireland. A spate river, it is characterised by lively streams and deep fish-holding pools. It has 8 miles of prime angling water, divided into 9 beats. Beats are un-crowded with only two rods on most and a maximum of 3 sometimes. Angling is rotated on a daily basis.

Telephone: (095) 42382

Email: [email protected]

River Erriff

 

Wet wet wet – Rain brings great salmon fishing at Delphi

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IFI Staff
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Doo Lough, Delphi Fishery, Co. Mayo

David McEvoy reports on good salmon fishing from Delphi.

August turned out to be an excellent month for salmon with 79 landed not including escapees. Sea trout fishing was quieter but has really picked up in the last week. It was extremely wet here with 392mms which was the wettest August in our records back to 1986, but I had a suspicion about 1985 as I remembered that August. Records from Met Eireann indicate that 1985 was the wettest with 433.8mms dating back probably to when Paddy Heneghan started recording rainfall in 1941!

No shortage of water!

A highlight of early August was 10 year old Lea Fehlmann’s first ever salmon, a fish of approx. 3lbs, taken on a Red Shrimp, which she insisted be returned. Her family had taken the Lodge for the week so needless to say, there was great excitement. Week 32 turned out to be quite exceptional for the time of year with 37 fish landed. This was mainly due to the biggest flood of the year on the Sunday/Monday. From 10am on Sunday the 4th to 10am on Monday the 5th our rain gauge on the lawn recorded 70.6mms(2.78”), while the automatic station at Doolough recorded 80.01mms(3.15”). There were 2 fish landed on Finlough on Sunday morning before the rise and then the river hit 100 later that evening and was quite dirty but by Monday morning it was 95, but running clear, thanks to the filtering effect of the lakes. Colin Lynam had a great morning, landing 4 and losing a couple. Steve Jones landed 2 and lost too many to mention and Rocky Moran had 1, all off the Turn pool, while there were another 3 off Finlough. There were another 25 landed for the remainder of the week, with the Beattie party having 7, Luke Drea 3, Oliver Ross 3, Hamish McAuley and William Maire had 2, while Dorrie Gibbons, Fergal Costello, George Westropp, Peter Moran, Liam Glynn and Michael VanMourik all had 1 each. Special mention must go to Sophia Gaisford and Benoit Hebert, who both landed their first ever salmon on Finlough on the 8th of 4lbs10ozs and 4lbs8ozs respectively.

A fresh grilse for Rich Taylor (catch photo release)

Sa trout fishing has also picked up significantly. 6 visiting trout anglers from Corrib and Mask fished Doolough and Glencullin for a day and boated 37 sea trout between them, most between 0.5-1lbs, but a few fish up to 1.5lbs.

The Stone family

Plenty fishing available in the next while.

David

Go fishing…

At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.

Delphi Fishery
Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Email: [email protected]
Web: www.delphilodge.ie

Delphi

Glorious sunshine, fantastic fishing in Clare

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IFI Staff
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Fine spurdog

Some great weather at the tail end of last week saw skipper Sean Maguire and his crews enjoying some fine fishing off the coast of west Clare. Although they tried a shark drift and had sharks around the boat, these smat sharks proved adept at robbing baits and taking hooked fish without getting hooked themselves. There was plenty of good fishing to make up for the lack of shark action though, with some great pollack action in particular. Spurdogs, bull huss and whiting also made an appearance, while mackerel was in plentiful supply.

Fine spurdog

 

 

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Isle of Aran

Fishing Adventures on Séan Maguire’s Isle of Aran, a Lochin 33   charterboat which operates 15 miles from Kilbaha, Carrigaholt, and Kilrush.

Whether you want to go to the Atlantic Ocean for a large selection of species, including different types of shark, or fish the estuary for ray conger tope etc, Fishing Adventures will cater for whatever fishing you desire.
Telephone: +353 (0) 877508758 or +353 (0) 894431182
Email: [email protected] Web: www.fishingadventures.ie

Long-awaited settled weather produces fine fishing in Galway Bay

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IFI Staff
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After a horrendous few weeks of windy weather, small craft warnings and big swells, John Fleming finally got out to some decent deep water over the last week.

Back out!
Trips out to the deeper reefs produced some fine fishing, with plenty of nice pollack, a few fine ling, nice red gurnards, a couple of grey gurnards, a surprise dab and a handy few mackerel as well.
Nice ling
Decent pollack

The first quid also showed, which will keep deck boss Sandy happy! Sandy also celebrated his birthday aboard with a cake from the skipper. Happy birthday Sandy!

Nice squid
Birthday boy

Ground fishing also produced a few nice hiss, while a short family trip for Frederick and his family produced plenty of mackerel, and happy faces.

Bull huss

Go fishing…

 

To book fishing with John aboard the Brazen Hussy II, give him a call on 087 7571320

A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either Rossaveal, Spiddal or Galway depending on species being sought after. Fishing on the inshore reefs for pollock, cod, ling, wrasse, conger eel and mackerel can be reached in 10 minutes from departure, while our offshore reef marks are within 45 minutes of departure. Our ground fishing for tope, spurdog, ray, bullhuss, turbot, plaice and the giant common skate can all be reached within the hour which ensures the most amount of time is spent fishing.
The shark season usually starts at the end of June and runs into late October, this is the ultimate angling adrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and released safely.
Package deals available

Address: Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7571320
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlueSharkAngling

Blue Shark Angling Galway,
Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320

Galway Bay and North Clare

 

Fantastic mixed fishing for Saoire Mara Charters in Donegal

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IFI staff
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Near specimen size tub gurnard

Saoire Mara Charters report…

A pleasure having anglers from Kingfishers Béal Feirste on board at the weekend for some great species fishing.

The fish of the day, a near specimen Tub Gurnard weighing 4lb and measuring 58cm.

Overall plenty varieties of fish including Mackerel, Sand Eel, Pollock, Coalie, Ling, Whiting, Haddock, Cuckoo Wrasse, Bluemouth, Red, Grey and Tub Gurnards, Megrim, Spurdog and Poor Cod.

Thanks lads for a great trip!

Go fishing…

Saoire Mara

Kincasslagh is ideally located for deep sea angling with various types of fishing grounds with many species only a short distance from the harbour.
Caitlin Marie is a fast modern charter boat licensed to carry up to 12 passengers. Facilities include sheltered seating with table for 4 in heated cabin, complimentary tea and coffee, microwave oven, spacious deck with filleting table, rod holders and toilet access.

Address: Gortnasade, Kincasslagh, Co. Donegal.
Telephone: +353 87 9870266
Email: [email protected] Web: www.saoiremara.com

 

High water ends season early in Galway

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IFI Staff
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August started off with nice conditions in Galway, with just one sluice gate open. Fishing was reasonably good too. Martin Kiely had a 4.5lbs grilse on the 1st to start the month. There were 4 fish landed on the 2nd, all nice grilse including a 6lbs fish for Martin Weinzerl. Eddie Corry, John McCarthy and Gernot Lipp also had a grilse each. 3 of the fish were taken on fly.

Bill Flavin landed a 4.8lbs fish on the 3rd, while on the 4th there were another 4 fish landed, all on fly. The best fish was a fine 7.5lbs salmon for visiting angler Machinal Antoinc, one of two fish for him. Micvhael Griffin had a grilse of 3lbs and Keith Faller had a nice 6.8lbs fish too.

Sheila Lynch landd a 4.5lbs grilse on fly on the 5th, but inclement weather after that saw iust one more fish,  a4lbs grilse on spinner on the 9th. Water levels quickly increased to 3 gates,. then 6 and 8 by the end of the month, and with Loughs Mask and Corrib still quite high after a wet month, it is difficult to see any more fishing taking place in Galway before the end of the season.

 

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Ireland on the Fly – September lough fishing with Dominic Kerrigan

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IFI staff
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It’s hard to believe but we’re into the final few weeks of the salmon and brown trout season and while you’re trying to fit in as much fishing as you can, for this week’s Ireland on the Fly we wanted to find out how some of the loughs are fishing for brown trout in September and we’re joined by Dominic Kerrigan, a fanatical fly angler who regularly fishes Melvin, Erne and Sheelin and he gives us his tips for this month.

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Lough Arrow Anglers back on the water

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IFI staff
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Lough Arrow

Lough Arrow Anglers report…

We held our rescheduled August competition on Sunday 1st September.  There were 40 anglers taking part, in conditions that were near perfect.  Fishing was tough, with the trout proving difficult to catch.  There were stories of people losing fish and rising fish but not connecting.  Nevertheless, it was great to get back out after the closure and everyone had a very enjoyable day on the lake.  With the mild weather that evening, it was lovely to sit outside The Mayfly having a chat after the prize-giving. Thanks to Philip and Ellie for hosting the event.

1st prize winner Brian Conneely receiving the Murray Cup from Club Chairman Paul Colreavy and Cub Secretary Colin Dodd
Lovely Lough Arrow trout caught by local angler Josh Smith (age 11)

Results

1st:  Brian Conneely (also longest fish)

2nd: Francis McSharry

3rd:  Fred O’Hagan

4th:  Declan Kelly

5th:  Paul Hannon

Thanks to everyone who supported the competition.  Our last competition will be held on Sunday 29th September next.

Some trout reported from Loughs Conn & Cullin

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IFI staff
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Jamie Hosty reports from Loughs Conn & Cullin…

We haven’t heard from Loughs Conn and Cullin for a while. However, towards the end of the season trout angling should pick up again.

Lough Conn and Cullin Anglers hosted the Josie Moffatt memorial angling competition which took place on Sunday 1st September. Nineteen anglers participated and 4 trout were caught over 13 inches.

The results were as follows:

  • 4th place – Brian Gallagher with 1 fish weighing 0.480 kg.
  • 3rd place – Joe Quinn with 1 fish weighing 0.495 kg.
  • 2nd place – Tom Timoney with 1 fish weighing 0.675 kg.
  • 1st place – Joe Ferguson with 1 fish weighing 0.690 kg.

Tougher conditions on the Moy due to heavy rain and rising water levels

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IFI staff
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Jamie Hosty reports from the River Moy…

River Moy Angling Report week ending 1st Sept 2024

River Moy

Water levels remained high and angling effort was lower as a result. Heavy rain leading up to Tuesday 27th August saw water levels at Ballylahan bridge rise quickly to almost 2.2 m gradually receding to 0.76 m by Sunday evening 1st September, following on from dry and sunny conditions on Friday and the weekend. Overall, the total reported catch for the week was 61 salmon.

Moy Fishery

Water levels remained high in Moy Fishery waters for the week and as a result very little angling took place. No salmon were caught but fish were seen moving through the Ridge Pool.

Ballina Salmon Anglers.

Peter McHugh of Ballina Salmon Anglers reported a total catch of 25 fish for this week. Weights averaged 2-5 lbs with the heaviest weighing 10.5 lbs which was caught on the worm on Sunday. Three of the 25 fish were caught on the worm with the rest being caught using spinners.

Mount Falcon Estate

Mount Falcon reported 5 salmon caught for the week. All fish were caught on the worm and the average weight was 4.5 lbs.

Knockmore Salmon Anglers

Four fish were reported caught this week for Knockmore Salmon Anglers waters. All were caught on the worm and weights ranged from 4 to 6.5 lbs.

Attymass Angling Club

No fish were reported caught this week in Attymass waters.

Coolcronan Fishery

Coolcronan Fishery reported 2 fish caught for the week, both caught using the spinner. One fish weighed 3 lbs with the other weighing 4.75 lbs.

Byrnes Fishery

Byrnes Fishery reported that no angling took place this week.

Gannon’s Fishery

This week Pat reported that 4 salmon were caught on Gannon’s fishery. Three fish were caught on the worm and were kept with one being caught using a spinner which was released safely back to the river. Average weights were reported to be 5.5 lbs.

The Foxford Fishery

Granville reported a catch of 1 salmon this week. The 3 lbs fish was caught on the spinner and was subsequently released back to the Moy.

Foxford Salmon Anglers

Harry Feeney reported 12 salmon caught this week and most fish were caught at the weekend as water levels finally started to slowly drop. Worm and prawn were the methods that were working best.

Cloongee Fishery

No fish were reported caught on Cloongee Fishery this week.

East Mayo Anglers Association

East Mayo Anglers reported a catch of 8 salmon for the week. Four of these fish were taken with the same number being released. Of the 8 fish caught 5 were caught using a spinner and the remainder were caught on the fly. The average weight was 4.5 lbs with the heaviest weighing in at 7 lbs.

Moy Estuary

Judd Ruane reports that it has been another difficult week on the Moy Estuary with adverse weather conditions causing many bookings to be cancelled or postponed.

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