Mission accomplished for dutch brothers as they catch a variety of fish at Beara

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June 13, 2012

Paul Harris reports from Beara:

Over from Holland on their first visit to Ireland were brothers Andries and Bertijn van der Steenhoven with a shopping list of species they hoped to catch which were not available back home. Happily it was a case of mission accomplished for the pair as during their 4 days fishing they caught thornback ray, pollack, wrasse, conger, dogfish, mackerel and Bertijn had the best fish a Huss of 4.5 Kg and nearly a metre long. Plans were already being made for an extended visit next year.

Mike Kempster and Chris Blewett from the Uk were here to see if they could better the fine specimen plaice Chris caught last year. They did not quite manage it but did record a specimen dab of 1lb 9ozs along with pollack to 7lbs and some fine wrasse and flatties.

Also on a return visit were Stewart and Terry from Kent. Float fished rag they soon discovered was irresistable to our wrasse and they caught over 50 fish to nearly 3 pounds. They also caught huss and pollack to 5lbs.

Lower water temperatures have made the fishing start slower this year but things are now picking up well with the rays starting to show and some very good pollack and huss about.

Anyone looking for information on fishing on the Beara can contact me at dromagowlanehouse@eircom.net or ring me on 00 353 27 60330.

Web sites www.dromagowlanehouse.com and www.bearaseafishing.com

A Codling on one hook, a Whiting below and a huge Spurdog on the bottom!

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June 13, 2012

Oliver Farren reports to us on a recent fishing trip he and his friend Jimmy had in a sunny Culdaff Bay. He tells us :

– Great Day, Tide was a bit Low when Launching from Bunagee Pier in Culdaff, Co. Donegal. We tried for a few Mackerel at first with no joy.
We then headed past Dunmore and it was not long until the Pollack appeared. After a few Pollack and Coalies, we decided to head out a bit further and a few Mackerel appeared. We headed out a bit deeper and tried the Kilmore Killers Rig, on the first drop I had a Spurdog.”

I baited up the Kilmore Killers and dropped again, Once I hit the Bottom, My rod started some serious heavy jerking, I started to reel in again but this time it was a lot more difficult to take whatever it was to the top, the pulling seemed to slacken a bit for a few turns of the reel but once that thing saw the surface it started to run again.I kept at it and it was not long until I got a glimpse of this huge Spurdog now thrashing on the surface, I was ready to lift it onto the board when bang! the 4/0 snap swivel on my rod bent and sprang out. The Spurdog was off to the depths again with my trace!

I Attached the “Mickey Fish Rig” and baited up with Mackerel, Jimmy attached the “Orange Tronixpro Muppets” baited with Mackerel, It was not long before Jimmy was struggling to reel in a Bull Huss.

After a few good sized whiting and a few more spurdogs and codling I Struck Gold with the Mickey Fish Rig, a Beautiful Haddock!

This was followed by a lot more Spurdogs, Whiting, Codling, Red Gurnard,

I dropped the unbaited Yamashita Mini Sabiki Muppets size 4G to the Bottom on my second rod and just left it there for a few minutes while i reeled in another spurdog and whiting. The second rod fell forward with a huge bang, I grabbed it and started to reel in, whatever was on it was very heavy, it took a long time to get it to the surface, when I did I could not believe what I saw! a codling on one hook, a whiting below that and on the bottom, a huge Spurdog (these muppets are only suitable for fishing mackerel and have very light line) the Spurdog gave one thrash and snapped off one of the mini muppets then he was off. At least I managed to get the Codling and the Whiting.

After another few Spurdogs, Codling, Whiting, Gurnard we decided to call it a day and headed back to Bunagee Pier, The Mariah lifted through the water like she was going to take off! They are a Great Boat.

It was a great Days fishing. :

Oliver Farren,
Culdaff Bay.
Co. Donegal

From bagpipes to fish while angling with Valentia Fishing

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June 13, 2012

Skipper Siegy and his angling boat “Sioux” down in Valentia, put on a great welcome for their guests Thorsten, Uwe and Alfonso on June 2nd when piper Patrick played ‘Amazing Grace’ on the bagpipes!!

3rd – 7th June 2012
Three anglers from Lower Saxony began this week by catching 167 pollock, 33 ling, 24 coalfish, 2 cod, 16 pouting, 2 cuckoo wrasse, 1 haddock, many mackerels, sandeels and one sea cucumber 😉

Siegy & Billi Grabher
Ballyhearny West
Valentia Island
County Kerry
Phone/Fax: +353-(0)66-9476420
Mobile: +353-(0)87-6871267

e-Mail: info@valentiafishing.com

http://www.valentiafishing.com/VFenglish/index.htm

New records and the world according to Chris Yates – Independent Angler

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June 13, 2012

Carp Record Breaks The 100lb barrier

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….

http://blogs.independent-angler-new-records-and-the-world-according-to-chris-yates/

Learn how to handle worst alien invaders – Londonderry Sentinel

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June 13, 2012

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…

http://www.londonderrysentinel/learn-how-to-handle-worst-alien-invaders

Why are our fish shrinking? From ocean giants in the Fifties to tiddlers today – Daily Mail

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June 13, 2012

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’

Albino Sea Life Found Off West Coast

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June 13, 2012

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.

http://www.build.ie/national_news.asp?newsid=145647

Flounders galore !!

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June 12, 2012

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

My biggest evening round has measured 37 cms, but most interesting thing is , that I got 11 flounder on the Mepps at the evening 😉

Tight lines 😉 from

David

http://ecoastfishing.blogspot.com/

Salmon angling improves after the heavy rain at Delphi

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June 12, 2012

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.

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.

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.

D McEvoy
Delphi Fishery
Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Fax +353-95-42296
Web: www.delphi-salmon.com

Emy Anglers take to the Boats

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June 12, 2012

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.

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