This is what can happen when two guides decide to have a race to see who can get their Kelly Kettle to boil first. Glenda won!!!!!!!
Thursday 21st June and we catch up with what the Powells have been up to on the Munster Blackwater. Glenda decides to put the kettle on !!!! …….Judging by the photo I think it might be safer to drink cold milk instead……… This is what can happen when two guides decide to have a race to see who can get their Kelly Kettle to boil first. Glenda won!!!!!!! GAME, SET AND MATCH……to GLENDA!!!
Now back to the fishy business: 21 st June: We had 19mm rain at Ballyduff overnight. The gauge was down to 0.98m @ 09.00 but up again to 1.08m @ 11.00 & still rising. Clarity is still good however. There is a flood on the river Funcheon this morning.
Fishing has been very good. We have had 18 fish to 13lb. for 16 rod days in the last 4 days. Fish are being taken mainly with spinner at the moment but being caught even in very high (& sometimes pretty coloured) water which indicates that there must be a very good head of fish in the river. There have even been 2 fish on fly in the last 2 days up at Ballyhooly notwithstanding the high level.
The heavy rain fell mainly in the middle to lower catchment & didn’t hit the upper catchment much, though there has been some rain there this morning. The upper river is up 5cm at Killavullen at 12.15. Friday 22nd June:15.15 The upper river has peaked at 1.78m – just 6cm of a rise. The lower river is rising slowly. It is now at 1.14m – up just 6cm since 11.00am. There is no dirty flood on the Araglen so the lower river should hold it’s clarity which is very good at 2-3 feet. There are no rods out on the river which is a shame as there would undoubtedly be fish caught today. David Walsh with a 12.3 pounder from Killavullen yesterday.
Dennis O’Donnell caught a 12.1lb fish from Ballyhooly on Sunday and David Walsh a 12.3 pounder from Killavullen yesterday. Both were taken on spinner.
We now have 46 fish to 13lb. for 64 rod days for June to the 20th.
Total for the Season is now 103 Ian & Glenda Powell Blackwater Lodge & Salmon Fishery
Upper Ballyduff, Co. Waterford. Tel: 00 353 58 60235 From UK: 0871 474 0135 (10p/min any time!) Mobile: 00 353 87 235 21 20 E-mail:[email protected]Website: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net
Sean McKenna 2011 Winner of the Eugene Memorial Cup
Emy and District Anglers PRO Enda Fields reports this week that this year’s Eugene Mulligan Memorial Cup Competition will take place at Emy Lake, Emyvale, Co. Monaghan on July 15th 2012. Fishing will be from the shore only and please note all anglers should check in at club jetty car park from 2pm. Plenty of prizes will be up for grabs.
Last years winner Sean Mc Kenna will be hoping to retain the cup. He is the early bookies favourite but there are a few locals ready to claim top prize!! The recent wet weather has seen only a couple of anglers venture out and fishing has been generally quiet, however, it is hoped that conditions will improve over the coming weekend. The club plan to stock more good sized brown trout into the lake in the next 2 weeks so all going to plan this should bring the trout back up to the surface to feed. It is hoped that this will result in further success for anglers and more fantastic fishing as was had many anglers since the start of March.
The club are asking all members to please practice CATCH & RELEASE . This is in the best interests for the lake and the club recommends all anglers If taking fish to please limit to 1 or maximum 2 PER WEEK.All anglers are advised if booking a boat do so early and not to leave it to the last minute as presently, due to high water levels, demand is out-stripping supply.
The last limited number of places are still available in the club for the 2012 season, so why not contact us today! Trout fishing only is available on Emy Lake for holders of day tickets or season permits. Day tickets may be obtained from Paul Gormley “ GORMLEYS SHOP” North Main Street Emyvale Telephone 047-87573 Mobile 087- 6128259 or Dick Kiernan at Venture Sports in Glaslough Street, Monaghan Town, Tel: 047- 81495 or mobile 086-8351378. Anglers become members of the club for insurance purposes on the issue of a day ticket or a season permit.In the interest to all and the resource, please take note Emy Lake water keepers are presently checking for membership etc and will be strictly applying lake rules re bag limit etc so your co operation is kindly requested.
Sean McKenna 2011 Winner of the Eugene Mulligan Memorial Cup
14/6/12 Straight to the famous Butler Pool and of www.watervillegolflinks.ie where German Angler, Mr. Goern Barteil of Hamburg Germany caught a fine 5 lb. salmon on the fly, while his good friend Mr. O’Donoghue watched the maestro, their ghillie Mr. Junior Scully, have one swipe of the net and the rest is history. Junior was also telling me that they also saw a good few fish in the Pool, now we head upstream to the mouth of the Commeragh River, a client, fly fishing with his ghillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a 2 or 3 sea trout up to 2 lbs. Wind SE strong and wild.
15/6/12 Straight to catch and release of the day and that Goes Mr. Mark Doorman fishing with his ghillie Mr. Bob Priestley, who sportingly put a 9 lb. sea trout back to fight another day, staying in the sea trout department renowned Cork Angler, Mr. Patsy Quilligan caught a fine 4.5 lb. sea trout on the fly, also in good form in the fly department, was Mr. Chris McQuinn, with 3 sea trout up to 3 lb., fishing with his ghillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and of www.fishingwithdom.com In the hired out boat department of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Mr. Brian O’Connell caught a fine 2 lb. sea trout on the drift. Wind all over the place and overcast with light and heavy rain at times.
16/6/12 Straight to the Sea Trout fly department, Mr. Niall O’Neill, fishing with his ghillie Mr. Neil O’Shea and of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a fine 2.5 lb. sea trout and staying with the sea trout there were a few caught on the drift but nothing that would hit the headlines and in the words of one sea trout angler please don’t put my name to my catch, but too be fair its very cold out there, wind NW then veered N this afternoon and overcast.
17/6/12 Local ghillie Mr. Bob Priestley, caught a fine 9 lb. salmon on the troll, now we cut across the lake to the south side and to the sea trout department, where there was a fine 2.5 lb. sea trout caught on the troll by an angler fishing on his own, in general my noble sea trout were very lethargic.
18/6/12 Straight to the sea trout department, Mr. Jonathan Fish of the UK, fishing with his ghillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan and of www.vincentsfishing.com caught a fine 5 lb. sea trout on the fly in the mouth of the Commeragh but alas their fishing came to a swift end, because there was a good flood this morning and in the words of Mr. Jonathan Smith, the Commeragh went brown, need he say more. In the hired out boat department of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Mr. Neil O’Neil caught 5 trout on the fly, all were in the 1 lb. class. Wind SE then veered S light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.
19/6/12 Frank Donnelly’s hired out boat and fly department, Mr. León Smith caught a fine 2 lb. sea trout and finished his day off with a sea trout in the 3 lb. class and staying in the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Phil Cronin and his good friend Donal, caught two fine sea trout, ranging from 2.5 lb. up to 3.5 lb. and last but not least Mr. Bill Bullock caught a 2 lb. sea trout. Mr. Jonathan Fish of the UK was in good form with the fly, he caught 2 sea trout, ranging from 1.5 lb. up to 2.5 lb. fishing with his ghillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and of www.fishingwithdom.com Now for catch of the day and that goes to Mr. Tom Dunn of Islay Scotland, fishing with his ghillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught 3 sea trout weighing in at 2.5 lb.,3.5 lb. and 4.5 lb. and finished his day off with a fine 4.5 lb. grilse and all caught on the fly.
Ghillie Frank Donnelly and Tom Dunn from Scotland with a nice catch from Lough Currane.
Now to the evening shift, The Prince fishing with his ghillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a fine Salmon on the fly, off the point of Grassy Island this evening.
20/6/12 There was some great action on Lough Currane, I will start with catch of day in the fly department, and that goes to Mr. Jonathan Fish of the UK who caught 4 salmon and four sea trout, fishing with his ghillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and of www.fishingwithdom.com and just for the record the put the sea trout back. Now to the trolling department and catch and release of the day and that goes to Mr. Jonathan O’Brien and his ghillie Mr. Neil O’Shea and of www.oshealoughcurrane.com they sportingly but back a 11 lb. salmon and Neil also telling me that Dr. Jim Comerford caught a salmon on the troll, now we cut across to the south side of the lake Dr. Tom O’Callaghan caught a fine 6 lb. salmon on the troll, now to the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Phil Cronin and his good friend Donal caught a 5 lb. grilse and a fine sea trout of 2 lb. on the fly. Wind South fresh and overcast.
That is your ration for this week, from your ghillie/guide and the Waterville fishery. No Spin No Fly’s just facts.
Eileen Carroll Murphy reports from the IFI Macroom office:
FOR WEEK ENDED SUNDAY 17TH OF JUNE 2012
KILLARNEY LAKES AND LOUGH LEANE
No report water very high
FLESK RIVER
16 salmon landed for the week, 9 of these were grilse averaging 3lbs. Also landed was a salmon of 5.5lbs and 2 salmon of 6lbs each, all caught on worm by mainly local anglers, there were 3 anglers from Cork City. Also 4 grilse, 3 weighing 4lbs each and 1 weighing 5lbs all landed on worms. Water very high.
RIVER LAUNE BEATS 1 AND 2
1 salmon landed on beat 1 weighing 8lbs on a black flying C by a Cork angler.
1 salmon landed weighing 8lbs at Johnston’s fishery by a local angler caught spinning.
LAUNE SALMON AND TROUT ANGLERS’ ASSOCIATION WATERS AND BEAT 3
Angling Report 18th June (Email to Laune Angling Report)
Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association waters and Beat 3.
Water very high, lot of fish running the river but not stopping to take a fly or a spinning bait.
Beat 3 has been recently strimmed and is now very accessible and fishable. Plenty of water, salmon have to show at some stage.
Tony Tait with a lovely specimen pollack of 13 lb. 10 oz taken in sea angling competition in east Cork
Well Known specimen hunter, Tony Tait reports on sea angling in the Aghada area in east Cork
Rosies sea angling club was formed in 2007 it is based in Rosies Pub Lower Aghada Cork it is on the eastern side of Cork Harbour.
We launch and retrieve our boats from the private slip at Lower Aghada Tennis & Sailing club, we have local members and some from further afield travelling from Dundalk, Kilkenny and Wales.
Our recent club competition was on Sunday 10th June 2012 it was a fall back date for 3rd June 2012 which was cancelled due to bad weather.
Only 3 boats and 6 anglers took part normally we would have 5 or 6 boats at least 10 anglers.
This was an individual competition 5 x Species Limit, this means only 5 x cod, 5 x lsd etc catch and release.
Each angler can catch 5 of every species in size witnessed by another crew member and released, and then mark his individual score card.
The only fish anglers have to bring back to the weigh in are their biggest flat and heaviest round (Conger & Ray do not count)
(All rays caught are to be identified & witnessed by another competing boat then released.)
The weather Forecast Easterly winds Force 2 in the morning veering southerly then south westerly 8 mph.
The forecasters got the weather right it was a real pleasure to be out at sea with the sun warming your body, fishing was patchy but everyone managed to catch and record a respectable score.
My wife Sue and I headed to our usual marks around the smiths but found the fishing very slow we then proceeded to the ling rocks area where we managed to pick up a few fish and a Specimen Pollack weighing 6.2kg (13lb 10oz) which is our Catch of the Week
Tony Tait with a lovely specimen pollack of 13 lb. 10 oz taken in sea angling competition in east Cork and is our Catch of the Week
1st Ray Donnelly 1075 points & 14 x species.
2nd Martyn Rayner 870 points & 14 x species.
Heaviest Flat Megrim 0.50 kg Martyn Rayner
Heaviest Round Pollack 6.20 kg Tony Tait
Winning Junior 340 points 8 species Abigail Donnelly, See Photo.
Abigail Donnelly with a lovely haddock.
Screaming Reels managed to add to his total species catch now on 21 species for 2012.
We hold The Martin O’Brien Memorial Festival on the August Bank Holiday weekend every year this is an open 2 day small boat Species fishing competition.
Check out Rosies Sea Angling Club by visiting their website click on the link below:
James Murphy proprietor of Murph's presenting Carlow C.A.C. Chairman Gerry mcstraw with new equipment for programmes.
Committee members of the Carlow Coarse Angling Club got a nice suprise when local fishing tackle supplier Murph’s on Tullow St. Carlow donated four new full sets of equipment. Chairman of the club Gerry mcstraw put out a call recently requesting help as the club are probally the most active coarse angling club in the country and needed more equipment due to the rising numbers attending their programmes. Upon hearing the request Mr Martin Ralph and Mr James Murphy immediatly rang the Carlow C.A.C. offering their help, Mr Ralph commented that it is always good to give something back especially to a needy cause.
The new sets of equipment were picked up on the Monday morning as the club were traveling to the Southern Counties Fishing Resort in Garryhill, Carlow with a group of visually impared and blind anglers from the Irish Wheelchair Association from Carlow and Wexford. One of the participants Lilly actually broke the lake record landing a fine specimen of a Rainbow Trout weighing in at 13 3/4 Lb.
James Murphy proprietor of Murph's presenting Carlow C.A.C. Chairman Gerry mcstraw with new equipment for programmes.
If you would like any information regarding the Carlow Coarse Angling Club or indeed fishing the river Barrow please do not hesitate to contact Chairman Gerry mcstraw on 085 2844566 or e-mail [email protected] alternatively you could visit the very popular carlow cac Facebook page.
Nice brown trout on the River Rye at the Carton House Fishery
Rob Love, Fishery Manager at Carton House Fishery near Maynooth reports on fishing on the Rye Water and in the “The Sheet Water fishery” on the estate.
Carton House Fishery report 21/06/12
Nice brown trout on the River Rye at the Carton House Fishery
While recent flood waters have made the Liffey (where Carton House has access to some of the more productive beats) largely unfishable there is hope that the latest forecast will come through and weather conditions will settle down in the early days of next week. If this comes to pass then I am hopeful water levels will return to a more manageable level and the superb conditions encountered (the fishing was excellent as the photo below will testify to) just over a week ago will return.
Fish were particularly responsive to a Hares ear nymph with rubber legs, this pattern was also weighted with lead on the hook shank.
The Rye Water meanwhile has been running at a wonderful level for the last week or two, less affected by floods than the Liffey it has seen superb hatches of Sedges and nymph fishing has also been very productive with small a flashback PTN working very well. To make the mouth water even further several fish in the 3lb + size range have been spotted on the river over the last few days.
Our stocked lake ‘The Sheet Water’ has been very lightly fished over the last week with both Rainbows and Brownies tricked by the usual Goldheads, Blobs and Boobies. The Rainbows in particular have been taking off like the clappers – screaming reels being the order of the day.
Derek Evans of Irish Times fame was a recent visitor to Carton enjoying some fishing on the Rye Water pictured below.
Derek Evans, angling correspondent with the Irish Times fishing the River Rye in the Carton House Estate
Ivan O'Connell with a lovely bream catch in east Clare
Dorothy Minogue Landers from Clondanagh Cottage reports on coarse fishing in the East Clare area:
Ivan O'Connell with a lovely bream catch in east Clare
Local renowned angler, Ivan O Connell fished an East Clare Lake at Tulla on Sunday morning last, June 10th. Ivan is a firm believer in prebaiting and his work paid off. He had a total catch of 29 bream and was unable to lift his net from the water. We weighed a handful for this pic, all over 5 lb., and all caught on red maggot. He was on the lake by 7 am and it was all over at midday! The big bream are out there, timing is everything!
Johan from Belgium with a big east Clare bream
Regular visitor to Clondanagh Cottage, Belgian angler, Johan Boquet with a nice bream caught on East Clare Lake. Johan had heavily prebaited his swim the night before, and all fish were caught on red worm and sweetcorn. This was his biggest on the day…weighing in at 5 lb. 8 oz. Well done Johan!
Dorothy Minogue-Landers
Clondanagh Cottage
Clondanagh
Tulla
Co Clare
Ireland
Telephone: 00353 86 8268862
Within Ireland: 086 8268862
On the pike fishing front, Tomi Kurman from the Corrib Predator Team reports that the start of June has seen some some great fishing for Tomi, fellow guide Jack Gorny, and their clients. Most fish are still in shallow water and are feeding well to recover after an unusually late spawning this year. They have been targeting pike on fly and jerkbaits to great success, with savage takes and hard-fighting fish. Guests landed several fish over the 1 meter mark, but their catch of the week goes to the father and son team of Wojtek and Filip Stypula, from Poland.
4-year-old Filip caught a jack pike on small jerkbait, but while he was playing the fish (with a little help from his dad) it was attacked by a real “crocodile”. Filip played the two fish for a few seconds, but he landed just the smaller one with some skin taken off and some huge teeth marks! Wojtek and Filip ended up catching 6 pike, with the 3 best fish at 98cm, 104cm and 105cm.
Colin Folan reports that Lough Inagh received plenty of rain last week, which brought levels well up and brought a run of salmon and sea trout into the fishery. Inagh ghillies Dara O Connor (aged 18) and Colin Folan ( aged 18 and a bit!) fished Lough Inagh on Saturday morning, and caught two 5lbs grilse on a Cascade and a Green Peter. The grilse seem to be running to the top of the lake and not stopping in the river beats. When it comes to salmon, they can be a bit like buses. Roundstone angler, Noel King has fished Connemara for 10 years without success. But Monday was Noel’s day. He landed his first salmon on the fly rod at 11a.m. and the fish was estimated at 12lbs, but was released as it was a coloured hen fish. Minutes later he landed a fresh grilse of 5.5lbs. Both fish took a Green Peter.
To book fishing or accommodation at Lough Inagh Lodge, call the lodge on 095 34706, or check www.loughinaghlodgehotel.ie
Lough Inagh ghillie Daragh O'Connor and fishery manager Colin Folan with two 5lbs grilse caught on Inagh on Saturday, June 16th, 2012
