IFI set salmon quota – Irish Times

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June 12, 2012

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.

…….Irish Times…..11/06/12…..read full article…

http://Angling Notes IFI set salmon quota

Persistence pays off for Peter

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June 12, 2012

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.

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.

John Coles

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Some cracking salmon caught on the Drowes

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June 11, 2012

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.

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.

Drowes Salmon Fishery

T: +353 (0) 71 98 41055
M: +353 (0) 87 8050806

http://www.drowessalmonfishery.ie/reports/

Allez la France, first salmon for French visitor at Delphi

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June 11, 2012

Fishing has picked up a bit since my last update as we have landed another 7 fish.

Conditions have been difficult, with low water at the beginning of the week and then a deluge yesterday with 73.7mm or almost 3 inches. This finally put the river to 90 which is the first time since February it’s been that high.

Arthur Jardine from Scotland managed to land a fine fish of approx. 10.5 lbs on Monday afternoon from the Quarry pool. The fish was taken on a Willie Gunn and was an old timer.

On Wednesday Kurt Roth managed to land 2 fresh grilse, one of approx. 4.5lbs off the Turn pool on a Tummel Shrimp and the second off Finlough on a Laxa Blue of approx 2lbs. All this was done in the presence of his father who is now on his 20^th year coming to Delphi.

Father and Son, Kurt and Nick Roth make a great team !

Congratulations to Thierry Leverrier from France who managed to land his first ever salmon off Doolough. The fish weighed in at 5lbs4ozs and was fresh. His brother Pascal managed to land a brown trout of approx. 2.5lbs on Finlough.

Manfred Wolf managed to land a sea liced fish of approx. 4.5lbs on an Orange shrimp from the Deadman’s before the river started to rise yesterday morning.

So far today we have landed 2 fish. John Russell-Wells had one of approx. 7lbs off the Turn pool on a Thunder and Lightening and Kurt Roth had another fish off Finlough of 5lbs15ozs on a Collie Dog.

There were also quite a good number of fresh fish seen and lost this week which is very encouraging for the days to come.

This week was also a very humbling experience for David and Sarah Walmsley who blanked. This was in stark contrast to their haul of 11 fish this time last year.

Congratulations are also due to Deirdre Herbert who on a day trip to the Erriff managed to land her first ever last Monday.

The water is now running at 60 so we should have some nice water for a few days and hopefully plenty of fish also.

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

A 6lb salmon is the first fish after the flood on Munster Blackwater

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June 11, 2012

Friday June 8th: The lower river is still rising, but should peak in the night. It was at 2.90m at 20.30. It will probably be unfishable until the beginning of the week. With drier weather in the coming week & a preview of what may happen with the Best Day of the Season on the 6th., prospects are superb for next week.

Sat June 9th: The river has fallen extremely quickly both upstream (1.97m @ killavullen at 22.45) & down here at Ballyduff where it is down to 1.40m @ 22.45.

Amazingly, the clarity is remarkable good at ~ 1½feet both up & downriver. I was amazed when I looked at it at 7pm this evening here, & had a phone call just after to say it was the same upriver & would be fishable tomorrow above in higher water spots.

Prospects must be superb for the coming week & rods/accommodation are available.

Sunday June 10th: The heavy rain is over. Next week will see drier weather but still rather broken with some heavier rain possibly later in the week around Thursday.The river has dropped quickly above & below. It is still high – up 50cm at Killavullen from the level it was at before the flood. At Ballyduff, the gauge is on 1.15m this morning. The clarity above & down here is about 2 feet, which is excellent given the height of the water.

Prospects are superb for the coming week.

The first fish after the flood has already been reported from the upper river at 11.00! A very fresh fish ~6lb. on spinner for Garry O’Shea (Dungarvan) from Ballincurrig. The gauge at Ballyduff is at 1.00m at 12.15. Clarity about 2 feet. The clarity on the upper beats is ~3 feet already.

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: info@ireland-salmon-fishing.net Website: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net

Young anglers enjoy the fun of fishing on Killarney Lakes

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June 11, 2012

Smiles all arount at the NK10 Summer Angling Project

Johnny Joy reports on a the brilliant day had by a group of young anglers fishing on Killarney Lakes thanks to I.F.I.

Best day ever according to the lads(even without any fish caught!!!!).

Johnny assures us that they will be out again this week weather permitting.

Yellow tailed jellyworms lured the Pollack

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June 11, 2012

Welcome back to Rockhunter and here is his report from the Wexford region: Upon my return to Ireland after the holidays I was very keen to get out and catch something bigger than the small fish I got in the Aeolian Islands. So on Saturday afternoon I grabbed the lure fishing gear and headed to a bay which has a number of deep water marks where I had caught a few sizable pollock last year.

Although the bay was sheltered from the westerly wind the sea was still very choppy and the water rather coloured. I tried a couple of deep gulleys first without a bite. Then close to high tide I moved to the western end where there is a deeper embayment. I tried a range of soft plastics (Xlayers, Slug Gos, Wave worms, Senkos) and a few small metal lures but there was not a hint of a fish. I was almost going to pack up but had one last try with a yellow tailed jellyworm. I cast it out to sea, parallel to the side of the embayment. On the second cast I was hit by a strong fish which was pulling downwards – it had to be a pollock. It kept deep all the way in and fought strongly as I pulled it up. It was a 52 cm fish, weighing just over 3 lb.

I then tried the jellyworm in a deep gulley at my feet and a few casts later it was snatched by another strong fish. This stripped some line before I got it under control and fought well until I eased it on to the rocks. This was a larger chunkier pollock, 58 cm in length and weighed just over 4 lbs

A little later I had another pollock on the jellyworm from the same gulley. This was much the same size as the first at 52 cm.

Shortly afterwards a torrential rain shower started. I fished on a little longer but by 5.20 pm decided to pack up. So despite all the expensive SPs I got all the fish on the cheapest lure in my collection. A few years ago I got a packet of 12 of those yellow tailed jellyworms for about 3 euros!!!

RockHunter
South Coast, Ireland
http://rockhunter-southcoastbass.blogspot.com/

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FUND GRANT SCHEME

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June 11, 2012

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FUND

MARINE TOURISM AND ANGLING

Funding of up to £7,500 (or euro equivalent) at a level of 75% funding

BACKGROUND

The Loughs Agency is delighted to announce that it may (at its discretion and subject to availability of funds) provide funding to support appropriate angling development and/or marine tourism projects that benefit the Foyle or Carlingford areas.

Funding is by way of the Agency’s Sustainable Development Fund.

The budget for this call is limited – it may be the case that as few as 10 projects will be funded.

SDF THEMES FOR THIS CALL (JUNE 2012)

This call seeks applications under the following themes.

Development of access and other infrastructure for marine tourism and angling (including disabled access).

Development of marine tourism and angling product.

Accommodation development that focuses on providing facilities for those engaged in marine tourism and angling (drying rooms, prepare your catch facility etc).

Training that develops and enhances marine tourism and angling capacity .

DATES AND DEADLINES

Completed application forms must be received at Loughs Agency headquarters by 9:30am 17^th July 2012.

FINANCIAL DETAIL

Funding will not exceed £7,500 (or euro equivalent) per project.

Funding will be at a level of up to 75% of total eligible expenditure.

Public sector requirements apply for procurement (including quotes).

APPLICATIONS

No more than two applications per applicant/applicant group will be considered.

Application is solely by submission of the official application form by email or postal delivery or hand delivery to the Loughs Agency headquarters building – see details below.

Projects must not have commenced before issue of Letter of Offer (anticipated to be early August 2012).

Projects must be such that they will complete by early December 2012.

Application form is attached to this email (word and pdf). In the event of difficulty with the attachments, email andrew.sides@loughs-agency.org

The Loughs Agency financial assistance policy is also attached.

PROJECT CRITERIA

Project scoring criteria will include (but not be limited to) the following.

Projects must have a good potential to clearly benefit the Foyle and/or Carlingford areas.

Projects must have a definite focus on marine tourism and/or angling.

Sustainable development must be evident.

Potential economic impact.

ADMINISTRATION AND JUDGING

The Loughs Agency reserves the right to allocate funding at its absolute discretion to meet its priority of sustainable development of marine tourism and angling in the Foyle and Carlingford areas.

The Agency will assess project proposals, scoring them and then prioritising the proposals (based on scoring). Funding will be allocated on the basis of that prioritisation exercise.

QUERIES

Email laura.mccready@loughs-agency.org

Telephone enquiries: from Republic of Ireland 048 7134 2100; from Northern Ireland 028 7134 2100

Loughs Agency, 22 Victoria Road, Londonderry-Derry, Northern Ireland BT47 2AB

NOTE –the Agency accepts no responsibility for misdirected, delayed or lost mail (electronic or otherwise)

Financial Assistance Policy

Application Form.pdf

http://www.loughs-agency.org/about-us/grants/

Catching Tope at Courtown

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David Byrne

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June 9, 2012

A Happy Angler and his Tagged Tope Smile for the Camera

Joe Byrne from Courtown Angling Centre has reported some nice tope fishing recently. Anglers on board both the Puffin and Brazen Hussy have connected with fish and more are expected in the coming weeks. Eileen has kindly supplied a number of photos of happy anglers with their catches. Located so close to Dublin, Courtown is only a short journey for anyone wish to connect with their first tope. You can be assured that Joe, Billy, Dave and Eileen will look after you during your visit.

If you are interested in a day out with Joe or Billy why not give them a call at 087 6613145

Success for the Young Angler at Courtown

River Fane Produces Some Quality Wild Brown Trout

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David Byrne

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June 9, 2012

Eamonn Photographs Another Beautifully Marked Wild Brown Trout from the River Fane

Like most areas throughout the country, the recent rains have put water levels well up in most rivers and the north east is no exception. Eamonn Conway reports that he had some nice fishing on the Fane up until the recent rain arrived taking fish on dry fly and nymphs fished New Zealand style. According to Eamonn it will take a few days for the water levels to drop off but expects good fishing again as soon as the water drops and clears. He expects some nice olive and sedge fishing over the next few weeks. Eamonn has sent some pictures of fish taken recently to give a flavour of the quality of fly fishing for wild brown trout that can be expected on the River Fane.

If you fancy a days guided trout, pike or salmon fly-fishing Eamonn can be contacted at eamonnconwayflyfishing@hotmail.com

Eamonn is also an APGAI-Ire casting instructor, so if you want to learn to fly fish or improve your casting technique why not drop him an email at the above address.

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