Paddy Dunworth of Celtic Angling sends us a photo of Tom Long with one of the many fish Tom had from the River Feale over the past week. This particular fish weighed 13lbs and was taken on fly from the Tralee Club waters of the Feale.
Paddy Dunworth, Celtic Angling
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: www.celticangling.com
GLORE PIKE COMPETITION. Glore Anglers will hold a pike competition on Sunday July 1st. I was chatting to Glore Chairman Eddie O, Donnell and weather permitting they expect a good turn out for the competition. If you fancy your chances and like to have a day on Glore please contact Eddie on 087-7761970.
Michael Flanagan
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: [email protected] Web: www.midlandangling.com
THE KING BOYS ON LENE. Last Sunday Henry King and Ten years old Son Jake spent a few hours on Lough Lene.The Boys fancied their chances at catching some pike, and they had a super day. They travelled down from Shankill Co Dublin on Sunday Morning and by Mid day were battling it out with a good double figure pike on Lene. The tally for the days fishing was six pike, and Jake really enjoyed his day. Its going to be a long summer, and the King Boys will be back in Mullingar to check out more of our fantastic lakes and rivers.
Michael Flanagan
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: [email protected] Web: www.midlandangling.com
CALIFORNIA PAUL. Last week Paul Salceda was over from California with his wife. Paul had a few hours to kill, and fancied catching a few fish. It was a rough day on Ree, and we ventured out from Coosan Point on a very wet morning. Still we managed to catch a few small pike, and Paul had his first Irish pike. Paul takes in a lot of Countries on his travels but has a soft spot for Ireland and will be back.
Michael Flanagan
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: [email protected] Web: www.midlandangling.com
KEEGAN BOYS ON ENNELL. Lough Ennell is making waves on the Angling scene and is certainly worth a trip in the coming weeks. I was chatting to Peter Ganly of Lilliput Boat hire and he has a fantastic fleet of Boats and Engines for hire for the coming summer months. Now that the School holidays are on the way a day on is just the ticket to rewind after all the hard work. In recent weeks some nice trout, and pike have being caught on Ennell, and Rochfortbridge lads Shane and Brendan Keegan were photographed at Lilliput with a nice Ennell Trout. If you fancy your chances on Ennell Peter will sort out Boats Engines, and Permits for you days fishing. Give him a buzz on 087-6492866.
Michael Flanagan
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: [email protected] Web: www.midlandangling.com
Last Saturday Lough Bane Anglers hosted the Lough Bane Perpetual Cup. It was a super day to be out on the lake fly-fishing, and we had a mixture of heavy rain, and a nice steady breeze all day. Some beautiful fish were caught on the day and I even managed to catch a few colorful rainbows. Ollie O, Neill was in cracking form and produced a super fish of 4.89lbs to take Top Rod. Bane Chairman Martin Agnew hooked up with a reel cracker weighing 4.4lbs to take 2nd spot, and Derravaragh Secretary Joe Keena fishing with Mick Hayden landed a fish of 3.88lbs to take 3rd spot. Joe just piped me as my best fish was 3.87lbs. John Cooke and Liam Gilsenan also done well on the day and just missed out on the prizes.
Michael Flanagan
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: [email protected] Web: www.midlandangling.com
THE ASIAN CLAM (Corbicula fluminea) is a most unwelcome addition to the fauna of Irish rivers and lakes. This bivalve mollusc is one of the most notorious aquatic invasive species in the world and was first recorded in the River Barrow near St Mullins, Co Carlow, in April 2010.
Subsequent studies by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) under the EU Life+ funded Caisie project have revealed it is firmly established in the lower Barrow and the Nore downstream of Inistioge………Irish Times…..25/06/12……read full article…….
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper.html
Graeme Gannon tells us of his escapades around Lanesborough. A long night, but well worth it for the two friends. Here is Graeme’s report:
Well I headed off to Athlone from Dublin on Fri 22/06/2012 3:30pm to meet my cousin for a bit of fishing on a couple of small ponds which we thought held a few tench. It was 6:00pm when we got to there. The fields around the ponds were flooded very badly so after an hour or so we finally found a place we could fish from. We set up the feeder rods and we were fishing till 8:00pm. We only had two small roach each and bites were slow. So at 10:00pm, before dark we rapped up and headed to Lanesborough arriving there at midnight. We looked around and there was no one to be seen so we went ahead and set up our gear and our tent. Got some bait out and got a couple of hours sleep.
David was fishing till 3:30am and when his first tench came at 5:00 he woke me so I got up to start fishing. I was fishing the feeder with roach coming fast and baiting my hook when I noticed a big thick back come out of the water from the Lilly pads in front of me, about two rod lengths out. I thought it was a pike at first so I left it. Then a few minutes later I saw it again and I noticed the spikes of a massive perch. So I ran up to my van got my float rod, set it up as quick as possible with a 3inch dead roach and dropped it in the Lilly pads. Within two minutes the float slid away. Perch on ! Got him up through the Lilly’s and netted him. David went and got the scales. He weighed in at 3lbs 8oz . We weighed him on a Ruben heaton specimen scales. Great fight ! SUPER FISH !.
Graeme Gannon.
Ian Lindsey and Jay Buckley from Dublin visited Co Monaghan yesterday Sunday 24th June to do a spot of pike fishing. Conditions were very difficult due to the high water but undeterred Ian and Jay adopted commando type tactics wading in the reeds all around the lake. The margins were badly flooded and fishing was difficult. A fixed depth float rig with a dead bait produced 10 fish for the two lads. Ian recorded 8 and Jay landed two. The best fish for the lads weighed in at 7lbs 2ozs and they are looking forward to a return visit as soon as the water levels drop.
Dick Caplice reports that he had two teams from the Garda angling squad out on Lough Muckno recently for practice sessions for the upcoming European Police Championships. The practice sessions were held on the Concra Wood upper stretch and eleven anglers took part. The conditions were very testing and challenging and 10 of the 11 anglers fished the pole. Most anglers fished caster and maggot over darkened ground bait and all caught fish despite the less than favourable conditions. Eamonn Bracken, Richard Caplice and Ernie Henderson all scored nice double figured nets of roach, hybrids and skimmers. Best catch of the day however went to Rory O’Neill who netted a nice bag of 31lbs 12ozs on feeder.
