The first ever 100lb-plus carp has been caught by an Austrian angler fishing in Hungary.
Roman Hanke tempted the massive 10lb 4oz mirror carp from Euro-Aqua Fishery – a venue that had been tipped up as a potential record breaker. The fish, caught on June 5th, measured 113cm long and fell for a bridfood boiled and the commercially run venue, which is a former gravel pit near to the massive Lake Balaton. A week’s fishing there costs 700 Euros……..Independent Angler…..12/06/12….read full article….
ECO-WARRIORS will get tips on how to combat some of the worst alien invaders to ever reach these shores at a special event in Londonderry on Monday (June 11).
Guest speakers from Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Scottish Rivers and Fisheries Trust will be able to answer queries on how to identify and control Japanese knotweed, Giant hogweed and Himalayan balsam.
The pests are classified as amongst the 100 worst non-native invasive species in the world……. Londonderry Sentinel…..13/06/12…..read full article…
Human life is bound to the sea. The sea feeds us, provides us with highways for our commerce, and gives us recreational pleasure. It even provides 50 per cent of the air we breathe. Without it, we would die.
But now, in the 21st century, its future is under catastrophic threat.
From its great whales to its tiny plankton, the very vitality of the sea is in serious danger. And if we don’t act now, it may be too late to do anything about it.
That’s the solemn message of probably the scariest book I’ve read in recent years. For anyone who loves the sea, Professor Callum Roberts’ Ocean Of Life is a strident wake-up call; an urgent alert.
In the past 30 years alone, three-quarters of the world’s marine megafaunae — large animals such as whales, dolphins and sharks — have been lost and one-quarter of the coral reefs have died.
.…..Daily Mail – 13/06/12….. Why are our fish shrinking? From ocean giants in the Fifties to tiddlers today, these pictures show the astonishing change in one fishing port’s typical catch. The reason? We’re turning our seas into ‘dead zones’
An albino monkfish and a box crab were caught in separate locations off the west coast in recent days and taken for identification to Rossaveal, Co Galway.
The albino monkfish was located by skipper Colin Reynolds of the Co Louth vessel Fragrant Cloud while fishing for prawns on the Aran Islands grounds. The box crab was discovered by Inishturk fisherman Michael O’Toole while potting for crabs and lobsters off the stags of Inishbofin.
David fromArklow reports: I’m not an early bird, but this morning I was on the mission to bring my girlfriend to the airport. I left Arklow at stupid o’clock and came back shortly before 6 am. I was thinking how not to waste this huge sacrifice being an early bird today. While I was driving along the Avoca River I spotted the cormorant-he was on the hunt. During just 3 min this sneaky predator has swallowed two little flounder. This could mean only one thing- there is a fish in the river.
For the last few days we have had very heavy downpours here in Arklow. Water level rose up and the river was coloured- which mean unfishable. But this morning everything was perfect-the tide even 🙂
I had a fish in the very first cast. I thought is was a flounder , but after a short fight I landed a nice brownie.
A nice brownie
I put him back and swap my curly tale grub lure for the Mepps Black Fury 0 spinner. I got another brownie in the third cast 🙂
The next fish which fell on the Mepps was a small flounder.
Flounder
My friend used to say ” now we’re talking” in the moment like this 😉 I know , when the flatties are around, the most efficient method to get them is- the soft plastics. To shorten my boring story 🙂 during all 2,5 hrs morning session , I managed to land 15 flounders and 2 brown trout on lures.
The biggest round this morning was about 34 cms.
Flounder on measuring mat
The flounders were very agressive, some of them were deep hooked. But when you fish with the lures , there is no problem to unhook and safely return the fish.
I finished my morning session at 8.30 am. Before I went to the bed I sent a short text about my catch to my friend Dave from the lurefish-ireland.com .
A good looking chap!
We met up about 6pm , shortly before the high evening tide. The fishing was even better. I caught 21 flounder, which brought me a whopping 36 flounders score in total in one day 😉 I think this kind of result is hard to achieve using the different method than LRF.
Peek a boo !
My biggest evening round has measured 37 cms, but most interesting thing is , that I got 11 flounder on the Mepps at the evening 😉
Fishing has certainly improved since the heavy rain last Thursday with 13 fish landed since my last update on Friday.
Manfred Wolf from Germany had a beautiful sea liced fish of 8lbs 7ozs with his last cast of the week. The fish was taken on a Willie Gunn in the Deadmans with the river running at 70.
Saturday morning was quiet with no fish but then we had 7 in the afternoon, 1 off the river and 6 off Finlough.
David Hudson had a sea liced grilse of approx. 2.5lbs from the Waterfall on a Willie Gunn.
David Hudson on 9th June
Ciaran Boland had the first off Finlough for the afternoon of 6lbs1oz on a Gaula Temple Dog which is well chewed at this stage.
Chris Flanagan from Boston had one of 6lbs4ozs from the Boat Point on a Collie Dog.
For Paul Wymes it was definitely normal service resumed when he managed to land 4 off Fin in the afternoon. They weighed in at 3lbs9ozs, 7lbs10ozs and approx. 3 and 7lbs. Three were taken on a Silver Stoat and one on a Red Francis.
Yesterday we had 4, all taken in the morning. Sean Moogan got off the mark for 2012 with a superb fish of 11lbs1oz from Salmon City in Finlough. The fish was taken on a Willie Gunn.
Not to be outdone by her husband Mary Flanagan landed 2 fish on Doolough including her first ever. Both fish were taken on a Willie Gunn and weighed in at approx. 4 and 6lbs.
Sean Moogan 11lb 1oz on 10th June
Thomas Ahlers from Germany also managed to land his first ever salmon. It was 5lbs14ozs and was taken on a Silver Stoat.
Finally this morning David Hewetson-Brown landed a fish of 7lbs 9ozs off Doolough.
Water is still holding at 25 but it is extremely bright, not ideal but at least there is a good breeze. Hopefully the water will hold up for another few days and our catches will continue as per the last few.
Emy and District Anglers PRO Enda Fields reports this week that following the very wet weather, anglers have taken to boat fishing as the level of the water has risen very quickly in recent days. The up and down water level conditions have played havoc with bank fishing over the last few days and boat fishing has presented best angling opportunities. This situation is not usual for any lake including Emy in Co Monaghan as after the hot weather spell trout have moved down to cooler waters to feed. Hopefully over the next week or so the cool water will bring trout back up to the surface to feed and provide the fantastic fishing that was had by 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.
ANGLING NOTES: INLAND Fisheries Ireland has announced that a quota of 17,000 wild salmon may be caught commercially until August 12th of this year. However, strict conservation measures dictate that only authorised dealers or commercial licensed salmon fishermen may sell them provided the fish have a green, white or orange tag attached before processing. As part of the regulations, all legally caught wild salmon must have a tag attached – those with blue tags or no tag cannot be sold.
Here we have the articulate John Cole telling us about the fishing conditions on the Inny and the persistence of his buddy Peter. And as the saying goes Persistence pays off !! John has a keen eye for nature and not only describes the river life but also the wonderful surroundings.
Flaming June has no resemblance to the weather we’ve had over the past years, the start of this month has been horrendous what with Cold, Wet, and Windy conditions and a complete Lack of Fish.
Anglers are as rare as the Fish apart from the efforts of Peter Wood who has braved all conditions to bring a glimmer of hope to this web site. Peter has had very good success in his travels to various locations from Tarnmonbarry and as far down to the Shannon, not forgetting the Canal at the N55 turn off. With great catches of specimen Tench, Roach and the odd Bream, the best brace of Tench being of the 6 lbs class with others from 5.5 lbs down to 4 lbs.
6lb Tench
6lb+ Tench
Along with these great fish he has produced fine catches of mixed bags of Roach, Hybrids and small Bream.
Big Roach
Bag from the Shannon
On my travels to our stretch of the Inny, from Newcastle Wood to the entrance at Tommy Fox’s turned out to be very Sad with no sign of fish in the whole section, very little wildlife (no Kingfishers, Otters, Herons or anything else that relies on their feedings from the river).
Turning to my travels along the Canal from Branigan’s Harbour to Abbeyshrule was a different story, plenty of Life both in the water and surrounding habitat. Not too many anglers apart from Branigan’s where there were 4 anglers at the cottage and a further few up at the Bend.
As I write there’s been tremendous Rain around 4 inches or so, this has now emptied into the river and canal thus bringing the levels well up and refreshing what was Very Stale conditions.
I have been checking on our family of Peregrine Falcons to which our last report there were 2 chicks but in fact there are 3 to which they are now three times the size and continuously feeding on food from their busy parents which shows in their rapid growth.
Peter “Josh” Djorak With Two Of His Three Fish On Friday.
What a difference a day makes! Or in this case 2 days of non stop rain. The water level rose from 0.4 metres on Thursday morning when the rain started to 0.8 metres by yesterday. The water rose quickly and moved fish all over the river. Friday proved to be a bumper day with over thirty fish confirmed and others seen caught, making it the most prolific day at the fishery for quite a while.
The majority of the fish were taken on spinner while fly accounted for most of the rest. Black flying c accounting for most, but there were also fish on toby, rapala and Mepps. Yesterday, Saturday also saw good numbers of fish moving with 13 more confirmed, taken on all methods including worm and prawn. By lunchtime today 5 fish had been reported from the Blackwater, Mill Pool, Corry and Island. Some of today’s fish had long tailed sea lice and the fish entering the system are running hard to the lough.
George “Geordie” Matier proves he still has it.
The forecast is for fairly dry conditions until next weekend so the water should drop a little during the week and start to come into good fly order. Its good to get a summer flood like this just as the grilse start arriving in numbers. With a current high summer water level of 0.8 metres on the gauge there should be no need to call on the rain gods until well into next month.
Peter “Josh” Djorak With Two Of His Three Fish On Friday.
Conor Healy With Two Of His Fish On Friday.
William Rainey With His 13lbs Fish On Spinner From The Mill Pool Yesterday.
Noel Mc Intyre With His Fish From The Upper Mill Yesterday.
The Swiss Team Urs And Norbert With Their Fish.
Swiss Team Member Dario Had His First Salmon, A Cracking 8 Pounder On A Muddler Minnow From The Eel Weir On Sunday.
