Lovely Lilly breaks Garryhill record with 13.75 lb. rainbow at the Southern County Fishing Resort.

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June 19, 2012

Members of the Carlow Coarse Angling Club recently answered a call to help out a group of visually impared and blind anglers enjoy a day out at the Southern Counties Fishing Resort in Garryhill, Carlow. The local club have been very busy lately running eight week programmes in conjunction with the Carlow Sports Partnership, Inland Fisheries Ireland, Angling Council of Ireland, National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland. The programmes were engineered by A.C.I. trained coaches Gerry McStraw and Ian Warburton and have been a huge success with Rehab Carlow, the Carideas Centre Tullow and Cheshire Homes in Tullow. The Carlow Sports Partnership have now requested another programme be ran in September as the excitement in the different centres has spread.

The groups at the resort on Monday were from Carlow and Wexford and all thouroughly enjoyed the day especially visually impared novice angler Lilly who managed to land the new lake record weighing in at 13 3/4Lb smashing the previous record of 11 Lb. The new angling equipment was only picked up an hour before hand and was sponsored to the club by local shop Murph’s Fishing and shoe repairs on Tullow Street, Carlow. If you would like any information regarding the Carlow C.A.C. their programmes for people with disabilities or general angling on the river Barrow please do not hesitate to contact Chairman Gerry mcstraw on 085 2844566 or e-mail [email protected] or you could visit the very popular carlow cac Facebook page.

Lilly Sinnot, C/o NCBI for the partially sighted, Lochrann Centre, Wexford.
Breaking Southern Counties Record for the Largest Fish caught to date, her fish weighting in at 13.75 Ibs!!!

Angling Council of Ireland Coach Ian Warburton with Lilly and her record breaking catch.

Carlow C.A.C. Chairman Gerry mcstraw with Lillies prize fish

Breath taking view of Southern County Fishing Resort in Beautiful Carlow

Southern County Fishing Resort
Milltown, Garryhill, Bagenalstown, Co.Carlow.
Telephone: 059 91 57773 / 087 9655544

Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.southerncounty.ie/home

Good sea angling both from shore and boat for Ullcatch in Kerry

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June 19, 2012

You're on your own with this one Clive !

The team from Ullcatch in Tralee tell us about their fishing on Sunday June 17th and have wonderful photos to show us:

One of the rare undulate rays that comes to visit us each year. A fantastic looking fish…

Happy to give Clive Ivory a helping hand with this nice conger he landed at around 3am after a wet but eventful day…..

Clive Ivory with this cracking specimen Ballan Wrasse he landed on his recent trip to Co Kerry.
Well done lad always nice to get a specimen….

Andrew Boyce from Dublin with this cracking bass he landed yesterday on his recent visit to Co Kerry. Andrew got in-touch with Eugene here at Ullcatch, who put him on the right mark it shows local knowledge is best. Co Kerry must be one of the best spots for lure fishing for bass in Ireland…

John Sheehan With one of 8 bass landed during our two hour session.

Daniel Brosnan with two nice bass.

Ullcatch
Martin McGowan 087 3152516 or Eugene Farrelly 0864044671
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.facebook.com/www.ullcatch

County Waterford SAC Rinnashark SAC competition – Irish Examiner

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June 19, 2012

SEA ANGLING: County Waterford SAC Rinnashark SAC competition was at Dunmore. Anglers returned a catch of 59 fish, which included two ling, four cod, 27 lesser spotted dogfish, four pollack, 21 ballan wrasse and one cuckoo wrasse. Results: 1 Barry Murphy, 11 fish, 89pts; 2 Kevin Ryan, 14, 86pts; 3 Brian O’Neill, 13, 71pts; 4 Conor Purcell, 11, 68 pts.
Cork SAC fished their President’s Cup shore competition at Whiting Bay, Co. Waterford. Results: 1 Michael McGowan, 4, 288pts; 2 Martin Burke, 4, 326; 3 Kevin McGowan, 4, 286; 4 Mick Maher, 3, 201; Joint fifth, Alan O’Dowling, 2, 150; James Kiniry; 7 Con Cronin, 2, 134; 8 Eric Gosnell, 1 57…….Irish Examiner….12/06/12….read the full article and more results…

http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2012/results

Ssh…there's Bass in Fanore, well sometimes!

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June 19, 2012

Before the sun had risen and while the tide still was I headed out. Seven cars in the car park and maybe I had over publicised the area? A strange Marie Celeste moment came over me as I walked down to the beach, not a sole in sight and not a fresh footprint to be seen. As on most of my visits I was alone.
As dawn broke the water took on the colour of the tea I didn’t have time to drink before I left home. Thick filthy weed clung to the shore for the first fifty yards making every cast pick up action killing debris and I admitted defeat before I began. The odd unexplainable patch of clear water kept me busy for the next few hours. I cannot complain of being totally fish-less as hooked the first victim to the tackle house feed shallow.

After impaling the tiny sandeel I swapped over to a softie but the drop in tide was making the hard conditions even tougher.
After a drive of around a mile I set out again and was instantly invigorated by what at first sight appeared to be a boil on the surface. This was short-lived as a razorbill scooted out not far from the initial movement. While the windless conditions made working surface lures an absolute pleasure it left me at the mercy of the midges, a torture only suffer for the briefest of time.
No opening bass for me but then there is always tomorrow….
Read Neil’s full article on his blog page.
Neil, Baitdigger’s Blog
http://baitdigger.wordpress.com/

2012 ALL-IRELAND SENIOR RIVER INTER-PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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June 19, 2012

The Senior River Championship will be hosted by the Araglin Anglers and the Kanturk and District Trout Anglers on Sunday 1st July 2012

All entries to Tom Ankettell, Hon-Sec M.R.T.A.C, Gneeves, Boherbue, Mallow, Co Cork.

Entry Fee is €70 which includes a meal for the steward..

Closing date for entries are Friday 15th June .

(NO LATE OR PHONE ENTRIES ACCEPTED)

Entries accepted only from the Provincial Hon-Secs.

This is a catch and release competition with a size limit of 20cms from tip of the nose to the tip of the tail.

The meeting point will be in the car park at the rear of Twohigs, Super-Valu, Kanturk..

All competitors and stewards are to be at the meeting point by 7:45am.

All competitors must provide a steward on the day of the competition. The organising committee will not be providing stewards. All stewards must be over 18 years of age.

No steward, no fishing.

The competition will be fished over two sessions on two individual rivers. Each session will be of a three hour duration, with each angler having an individual pegged beat.

The 1st session will be from 10am – 1pm, the 2nd session will be from 3pm to 6pm.

All competitors going to the Araglin river for their session, will be transported to their beats and returned by bus.

Buses will leave Kanturk for the 1st session at 8:15am. Competitors are advised that the buses will leave on time and any angler not on the bus will have to make their own way to the beat.

Body waders are allowed and all hooks use by competitors will be barbless only.

Anglers are allowed to have two rods assembled but only one road may be in user at any one time.

Anglers are not allowed to handle fish that are been presented to the controller/steward at any time. All fish to be presented to the controller in the landing net and will be released by the controller/steward.

If a fish is handled by the angler, then that fish will not be recorded.

All score cards must be signed but the angler and controller before and after each session. Score cards will not be accepted without both signatures.

Both rivers will be closed to competitors one week before the competition. Any competitor found on competition waters during the closed period, will not be allowed to compete in the competition.

Saturday 23rd June will be the last day for fishing on both rivers.

Day tickets are available for anyone wishing to fish both rivers on a catch & release basis using only barbless hooks..

Day tickets for Kanturk, can be obtained from:

John O’ Sullivan’s tackle shop in Bettyville, Kanturk (086 4010792)
Tom Lofts of Ballyhass Lakes on 087 2248097
Bobs Bar, Percival Street, Kanturk
Daryl Hogan,Hooked on Sweets, Percival Street, Kanturk.

Permits for the Araglin River can be got from

Arthur Murphy at Murphy’s Foodstore, Kiskeam
John O’ Keffee, 087 6109565

F.I.P.S. MOUCHE SCORING SYSTEM WILL BE USED.

Meals will be provided at Bob’s Bar, Percival Street, Kanturk as soon as the competitors and controllers arrive after the final session.

Please hand in your meal tickets to the organising committee member at he door.

All cheques to be made payable to Kanturk and District Anglers.

If you require more details contact,

Tom Ankettell, Hon-sec m.r.t.a.c @ 086-0827484

http://www.tafileinster.com/

Greenland's good news – Irish Times

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June 19, 2012

ANGLING NOTES: GREENLAND’S decision to restrict its national salmon catch to subsistence levels, ie 20 tonnes annually for the next three years, came as good news to those attending last week’s meeting of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation in Edinburgh.
The decision stands in sharp contrast to the unwillingness of the UK and Scottish governments to end the practice of mixed stocks coastal netting, which indiscriminately kills large numbers of salmon returning from their ocean feeding grounds to breed, according to the Atlantic Salmon Trust (AST)…….Irish Times….18/06/12…..read full article…
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012

The silvery bass of the South East for the early riser

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June 19, 2012

Jay La Roche, an avid lure angler from the South East tells us of his encounters on Sunday morning with the silver of the sea:

– Got up at ridiculous’o’clock to catch first light coinciding with high tide so I arrived at the mark in total darkness and the tide was still rising. So I rigged up a weightless sluggo and fished this method until it began to brighten up. I could hear fish splashing and breaking the surface but couldnt hook up. I rigged up a nice paddle tail on a swimbait hook and began to retrieve it nice and slowly just enough to feel the tail working and it wasnt long maybe 4 or 5 casts and I was into my first fish I initially thought it was a pollack but the constant head shakes told me it was a bass and not a bad fish just touching 5lb in weight I fished on and wasnt long before I got hit by another smaller bass.

By now terns had started to work around me so I decided to swap lures to a try some topwater with my favourite lure the pugachev cobra by IMA. I worked the lure over some submerged reefs and narrow gullies in a real slow walk the dog pattern and with a nice swirl and then smash I had another fish on a lovely bass of about 2lb.

Back she went and I fished on in the same general are as I had picked up the first fish and it wasnt long before the water erupted behind the lure again so I stopped the lure gave it a slight twitch and bang another fish on!!
So I released this fish and went on again over another gully this time changing the retrieve to a sharp pull and stop this makes the lure dart under and bob nicely.

Bass off the top has to be the most exciting and by far my favourite way to fish for these our most exciting sport fish.
I really love it when things just come nicely together as they did this morning and it has really wet my appetite to get back out again later today hopefully for some more silver.
On another note the first Irish Bass Festival gets up and running in a month and I understand there is plenty of interest both at home and abroad in it.
Entry can be made through Absolute Fishings online shop and the full itinerary can be found on their blog here I.B.F itinerary
I really hope this can be a great success as it will show our relevant governing bodies just how much tourism is generated through sport fishing in Ireland.

I’ve also been out at pollock recently and got my new personal best weighing in at just over 4lb I thought it was a bigger fish but they can be quite deceptive I’ll finish up with another few bass I had on a zonk gataride a lure i totally neglected due to its bib being so fragile but seemingly to my own loss…..

I fished on for another hour or so hoping for a better stamp of fish but it seemed to have totally switched off this seems to happen when the sun is high in the sky and the water is extremely clear. Anyway by this time the hunger was setting in so I packed up and headed home. I hope you enjoyed reading .
Tight lines…

Jay La Roche
South East Lure Angling
http://wexfordbass.blogspot.ie/

Water levels dropping on the Cork Blackwater but more rain forecasted.

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June 18, 2012

Riccardo Giglio Tos caught his First Ever

A barbeque of fresh Blackwater salmon for Italian anglers

Saturday June 16th: The upper river was dropping overnight until 6.00am when it rose 24cm again, peaking once more @ 13.30 in the afternoon. At Ballyduff, the level was down to 2.14m at 14.00, but also rose again to 2.25m by 18.00 though the clarity is very good considering the height. There looks to be a bit more rain forecast for Monday & also Thursday next week and it should also get warmer in the latter part of the week.
Prospects look excellent for next week as long as there isn’t more heavy rain.

Sunday June 17th: 58mm rain fell in the 36 hours to yesterday morning. Yesterday was pretty much dry throughout the catchment. The upper river was dropping on Friday night until 6.00am yesterday when it rose 24cm again, peaking once more @ 13.30 in the afternoon. At Ballyduff, the level was down to 2.14m at 14.00, but also rose again to 2.25m by 18.00 yesterday evening. This morning it is down to 1.65m @ 07.00, though the clarity is very good considering the height.
It’s too high & heavy to fish today, being a good 50cm over the height when fish were being caught on the upper river last week.

12.00pm 1.45m on the Ballyduff gauge. Clarity 1-1½ feet. An Italian guest on a guided day with Glenda has his First Ever Salmon – a grilse of 3½lb taken on spinner on Kilmurry. One against the odds!!!!!!!!!

Two more fish reported today. Both very fresh and caught on spinner at Ballyhooly Bridge.
They were taken by Denis O’Donnell from Golden Co. Tipperary. He kept one of 6lb. & released another of ~10lb. The river has quite good clarity & was @ 1.36m at Ballyduff @ 16.00 & 1.97m @ Killavullen.

Monday June 18th: The river is dropping steadily albeit slowly. Down to 1.16m @ Ballyduff @ 9.00am. Dennis O’Donnell from Golden Tipperary had a great day at Ballyhooly yesterday (Sunday 17th.) notwithstanding the high water. He hooked 5 fish & landed 3 – this 12.1lb & a 6.7lb & also released a fish of ~13lb. He lost 2 double-figure fish – one at the net. All the fish were extremely fresh.

Riccardo Giglio Tos caught his First Ever – a grilse of 3.7 lb yesterday on spinner on Kilmurry, guided by Glenda. The gauge was at 1.45m at the time.

They said if they caught a fish they would like it BBQ’d so that’s exactly what we did for them at the Hut at Upper Kilmurry in the evening whilst trying out our new solar lighting system in the hut.

Italian group at the Blackwater river BBQ

His friend Roberto Gall also caught his First Ever this morning (Monday)in the same place. 7.5 lb. on spinner.

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

Fort William Fishery Report

June 15th : The Munster Blackwater is rising rapidly and will be out of order till early next week. Forecast is to break over the weekend but more rain is forecasted for Monday.

Paul Whelan
Fort William Fishery
Fort William Estate, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford.
Tel: +353 (0)87 8292077
Web: www.fortwilliamfishing.ie

Stockies in the Nire!??

Philip Maher of FishHunt tells us that there was some great fishing had today on their upper beats.

He continues: “As all local river were well high and coloured a few of us headed down the Nire for a few trout. It warms my heart that we have such a resource free to us all. The only problem is that I felt that a very large number of the fish we landed are not the true wild stock of this river. I can not figure out how farmed stock could find there way into this river? We removed a number of fish and will be getting them genetically tested to find their origin. In saying that if you would like to have a few hours fishing remember the the Nire has FREE sections. For more details please give me a call.”

Philip Maher, Fish Hunt,

Owenmore Fishery in Co. Kerry fishing well with 23 sea trout caught

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June 18, 2012

16th June 2012: The latest news from Ovenmore fishery in Dingle, Kerry: Between last Sunday and Friday we had 23 sea trout caught on the river and the lake ranging between 3/4 lb and 3 1/2 lbs. River is fishing well with continuous showers the river will remain fishable. We are expecting more rain on Monday.

Frank Maunsell
Owenmore Fishery

Telephone: 066 7139408
Email: [email protected]

http://www.owenmorefishery.ie/

A jaw-dropping sight, but in the best possible taste – Irish Times

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June 18, 2012

ANOTHER LIFE: ‘TINY WASPS ARE known whose larvae parasitize the larvae of still other kinds of wasps that live inside the bodies of the caterpillars of certain species of moths that feed on certain kinds of plants that live on other plants.”

Edward O Wilson offered this tangle in The Diversity of Life as an ultimate in customised dependence among the myriad parasites of nature.

They include, of course, the large community of organisms – skin mites, bacteria, fungi and sometimes worms and lice – adapted to live on or in the human body………Irish Times…..16/06/12…….Read full article…..

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend

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Ssh…there's Bass in Fanore, well sometimes!

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Greenland's good news – Irish Times

The silvery bass of the South East for the early riser

Water levels dropping on the Cork Blackwater but more rain forecasted.

A barbeque of fresh Blackwater salmon for Italian anglers

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Stockies in the Nire!??

Owenmore Fishery in Co. Kerry fishing well with 23 sea trout caught

A jaw-dropping sight, but in the best possible taste – Irish Times

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