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Murrough patterns working on Lough Arrow, while dry Wulffs work best on Conn and Cullin.

By
IFI Staff
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Loughs Conn & Cullin

At Pontoon Bridge Hotel, Mary F, Newman, USA, had 5 trout, best at 1.5 lbs., while Harry Rechtfeld, Switzerland boated 11 fish, best at 2 lbs.  From Murphy’s Boat Hire, Cloghans, Barry Graham and Ned Tyrell, Offally had four trout each, best at 2 lb.

Fishing out of Cloghans, Roy Jones, Wales caught 2 trout on dry Wulffs, best at 1.5 lbs. Cloonamoyne Fishery also reported some good results: Chris and Amy Kenny-Riches, USA had 28 trout over 3 days, best at 1.75 lbs. all on dry Grey and Yellow Wullfs. Reverend John Flynn & family, Knockmore boated 44 fish over 5 days, best at 1.25 lbs. all on dry Olives, while John McAleese and Michael Gill, Dublin caught 32 trout over 3 days, best at 2 lbs. on wet flies and the dap.

During the week the Annual Garda Competition was fished with 40 anglers taking part in the event. Results were as follows:

1st Declan Conlon, Kildare, 3 trout, 3.21 lbs.

2nd Stephen Neylon, Dublin, 3 trout, 3.12 lbs.

3rd Jim Caden, Ballina, 3 trout, 3.01 lbs.

Best retired angler: Tom McMahon, Dublin, 3 trout 3.12 lbs.

Heaviest fish: Declan Conlon, Kildare, 2.3 lbs.

Lough Conn & Cullin Anglers Association held their two day Whit Weekend Competition. Eighty-five anglers caught 62 trout totalling 32.46 kg. Results were as follows:

1st Martin Ferrick, Ballinrobe, 6 trout, 3.030 kg

2nd John Purtill, Tipperary, 3 trout, 1.710 kg

3rd Martin Cooper, Dundalk, 3 trout, 1.460 kg

4th Willie Burke, Tipperary, 3 trout, 1.440 kg

5th John Walsh, Cloghans, 2 trout, 1.360 kg

Heaviest fish: Gary Dawson, NI, 1.045 kg

Lough Arrow

Anglers who ventured out on Lough Arrow during the week were rewarded with some fine catches.  Most of the action took place late in the evenings. Maurice Whiteman, Northern Ireland, had four trout, heaviest at 4.5 lbs., while local angler Brian Kelly reported a fine 3.5 lbs. fish. All fish were caught on Murrough patterns.

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager

Coarse anglers find Cavan venues produing good catches

By
myleskelly
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6 tench and a single bream
6 tench and a single bream

David Warrington of  IrelandsCoarseFishing.com reports on a recent trip (before the rain!) to Cavan

The mixed weather over the last few weeks has undoubtedly effected coarse angling up and down the country, however some water’s in Cavan have been producing quite well.

One of 16 Bream
One of 16 Bream

Over the last weekend in 26th and 27th May I picked up 16 bream, during two night sessions, which saw the fish come on to feed between the hours of 1 am and 4 am, the stamp was around 3 – 4 lb. However, due to the shallow water in front of us, and the horrific heat during the day, we didn’t use keep net’s as fish safety should be paramount no matter what you catch.

While I was chasing Bream however John Rigney was out further west searching for tench. Fishing on the lift method he secured 20 tench for 74lb , and missed one.

Johns 20 tench
John's catch of 20 tench weighed 74lb

Of course not wanting to be out done by John, I set off my self to another location in Cavan for the bank holiday weekend. I  raked and pre-baited on Saturday and was ready for Sunday evening. 5:30pm saw me ready for the off. It was still quite bright out and the going was slow to start with the first tench coming to the net at 7 pm. From then on it was non stop however, with a total or 15 tench in the net, and 5 misses I weighted up to 42 lb, and safely saw each and every fish back to the water.

My 15 tench
My 15 tench

Not content with 15 I headed back out again for an early start, 4:30am, knowing the sun would be up soon, unfortunately the morning session wasn’t quite as successful, however I did anticipate this due to the brightness, and finished up with 6 tench and a Bream for 15 lb.

Not a bad session after all.

Our Next outing is over on Lough Ree, it’s an open event so all  are welcome to join us, it’s a great way to meet other anglers and swap stories, for the full details check out the Forum on Ireland’s Coarse Fishing .
http://www.irelandscoarsefishing.com/phpbb3/icf-meet-and-greet/icf-meet-n-greet-l-ree-2012-t3941.html

6 tench and a single bream
6 tench and a single bream

Ballisodare fishing well with 7 lb salmon for 3 local anglers

By
IFI Staff
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Ballisodare River

Despite extremely low water levels anglers still enjoyed good sport on the Ballisodare Fishery, with a total of 67 salmon caught and 35 of these being released. Most of the fish averaged 5 lbs. Amongst the successful anglers were local angler, Dermot Glennon (7 lbs. on prawn, released), Tom Mulholland, Northern Ireland (7 lbs. on an Ally’s Shrimp), and John Corcoran, Roscommon (7 lbs. on a Willie Gunn).

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager

Salmon slow to take on Lough Beltra & Newport River this week

By
IFI Staff
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Lough Beltra & Newport River
Fishing was somewhat slow for the week with only two salmon caught on the Newport House side of Lough Beltra.  David Eddis had an 8 lbs. salmon, while Cameron Brant caught one at 7.5 lbs. David Eddis was also successful on the Newport River, where he landed a 6.5 lbs. fish. Also on the river, Ian Conn had a five pounder. Most successful flies were Green Peter and Cascade Shrimp.
Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager

Ocean Wealth Showcase Event – Volvo Ocean Race

By
myleskelly
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Lots to see! Lots to do! Lots to learn!
Please visit us at the Marine Pavilion any day for what promises to be fun and inspiring. Lots to see! Lots to do! Lots to learn!

Visit the Ocean Wealth Showcase Event in the Global Village at the Volvo Ocean Race, Galway from 30th June – 8th July 2012.

Ocean Wealth Showcase Schedule

Sat 30th June & Sun 1st July – Kids/Family fun days – Fishy Cartoon Workshops, Learn about Lobsters, Follow the Fleet-World Premier of Animated Children’s Film, Captain your own Ship and lots more for kids of all ages.

Monday 2nd / Tue 3rd July – Smart Ocean Conference & Innovation Exchange – Marine Innovation Exchange – 20 Marine Tech SME’s will pitch new prototype technologies for managing and monitoring our oceans to an international panel of judges – 3 winners will receive business and market support to develop their ideas.

Wed 4th July– Smart Ocean Continues – SmartBay Ireland Ltd. – Technology Innovators Exhibit continues…

Thur 5th & Fri 6th July– Marine, Careers, Education and Training Event -If you are interested in working in the marine sector come and see us! Recruitment fair – lots of diverse jobs available now in the marine sector.

Fri 6th July – Marine Environment, Ecosystems & Coral Reef Mini Public Event Mapping Ireland’s Seabed- Why & How? Keon Verbruggen, Geological Survey Of Ireland.

  • Dr Ken Whelan How Climate Change is bringing about amazing changes in our marine life!
  • Dr Anthony Grehan Deep water coral reefs : Ireland’s Hidden Treasures!
  • Micheal O Cinneide “The Challenges of Managing & Protecting our Water”

Sat 7th/ Sun 8th– Stay Safe at Sea-Safety is a key consideration for anyone involved in sailing or working at Sea.The Ocean Wealth Showcase Exhibitors will give safety talks and advice including “ lifejacket health checks” and Stay Safe at Sea practical workshops.

Lots to see! Lots to do! Lots to learn!
Please visit us at the Marine Pavilion any day for what promises to be fun and inspiring. Lots to see! Lots to do! Lots to learn!

Red “letter week” for anglers on Carrowmore Lake!

By
IFI Staff
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Carrowmore Lake

Carrowmore Lake had its best week of the season so far! Fishing was excellent and many anglers enjoyed “red letter” days during the week. Several boats had bags of 4 salmon and more.

Davy Elliot & Andy Latimer, both Northern Ireland, had the best bag of the week with a total of 8 salmon (6 released) for a day’s fishing. Most fish averaged five to six lbs. However, there were also some nice double figure fish caught including a 10.5 lbs. salmon for Gary Lloyd, Westport and a cracking thirteen pounder (released) for Mark Corps, Enniskillen. Other successful anglers included Vincent Rigney, Westport with a nine pounder and Ronny Mayock, Monaghan who had fish of 8 and 10 lbs.

Most successful flies included Black Dabbler, Clan Chief, Golden Olive Bumble, Green Peter and various Shrimp patterns. Fishing on Carrowmore Lake can be booked on www.bangorerrisangling.com

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager

Best week of the season so far on the Moy!

By
IFI Staff
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Stewert Rogers NI
Stewert Rogers NI

River Moy

Despite some rain towards the weekend water levels remained low during most part of the week. However, the Moy had its best week of the season, so far, with a reported catch of 242 salmon.

Angling on the Moy Fishery continued to improve somewhat with a total of 17 salmon caught by anglers. On the Ridge Pool, fly anglers Jean Christophe Chanteloube, France and Sean Maye, Sligo had salmon of 8 lbs. and 8.5 lbs. respectively, while Rene Gehringer, Germany was successful on the Cathedral Beat with a fine nine pounder also on fly.

Upriver, on Armstrong’s, Anthony Murphy, Dublin, had two fine salmon on worm, while Gannon’s produced a ten pounder for Swiss angler Erwin Kunz on prawn. On the Foxford Fishery, Paul O’Malley, Navan enjoyed good fishing with a 10 lbs. salmon on worm.

Further up the system, the Cloongee Fishery produced four salmon (three released) for Thiery Colum, France. Thiery fished the bubble & fly and his best fish weighed in at 8.5 lbs. Anglers also enjoyed good sport on the East Mayo Association water where John McGuinn, Northern Ireland, caught a cracking fish of 13 lbs. on the fly. Other successful anglers included Marcel Jacquemin, Belgium who had fish of 4.5, 5 and 10 lbs. and Claude Grosjean, also Belgium who landed a 10 lbs. salmon (all on worm).

Moy Estuary

There was still a good show of sea trout in the lower estuary with some nice fish around the two pound mark. Judd Ruane reported excellent fishing including 19 sea trout for NI angler, Stewert Rogers and 8 fish for Steve & Sandy Chandler, USA, best at 1.9 lbs. Baits were mackerel strips and sand eels. Further information on fishing for sea trout with Judd Ruane is available at www.fishingireland.ie.

Stewert Rogers NI
Stewert Rogers NI

 

Markus Müller
Fisheries Information Manager

Small fish dominate the latest Waterways Ireland NCFFI qualifier at Lough Bridget in Co. Clare

By
Paul Bourke
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Winner Colin Martin from Belfast at Lough Bridget

WATERWAY’S IRELAND NCFFI QUALIFIER 3 – RESULT

Jack Tisdall –  jacktisdall@btinternet.com reports on the third round of the Waterway’s Ireland NCFFI Irish Team Qualifiers took place on Lough Bridget in Co. Clare at the weekend.

The third round of the Waterway’s Ireland NCFFI Irish Team Qualifiers took place over the weekend 2/3 June.

The event was due to be fished on the River Shannon at O’Briensbridge Co Clare, however due to very poor fishing in the build up to the event it was switched to the nearby 30 peg Brigid’s Lake.

Despite poor catches, the venue produced small fish for all and no dry nets were recorded.

The event was supported by 26 anglers, meaning 41 different anglers have now fished at least one round in the Float series and 34 in the Feeder series.

Winner of the third round of the Float series was again Nick Howell (Erne Anglers) from Kilskeery in Co Tyrone, Nick fished the pole at 13m to catch 4.250kgs,

60 small Roach on loose feed pinkies.

Runner up was Mark Leonard (Royal Enfield AC) who also won his section with 2.220Kgs, in third place was Brian Bohan (Sheemore AC) with 2.080Kgs.

The Feeder Qualifier which will be used to select the Feeder team for the World Championships in South Africa in 2013, was fished on the same stretch of the lake on Sunday.

Winner Colin Martin from Belfast at Lough Bridget

Winner of the event was Colin Martin (East Belfast AC) with a catch of 29 fish including some Skimmer Bream for 3.700Kgs, runner up and winner of the second section was Brenton Sweeney (Kingfisher AC)

Brenton caught 21 small fish mainly Roach for 1.380kgs. Tied in third place were Vincent Walsh (Erne Anglers) 16 fish 0.880kgs, and Peter Turner (Fermoy and District AC) 10 fish and the same weight.

The Ireland team manager thanked the Shannon Region IFI staff who worked extremely had on the preparation of the venue; he also thanked the sponsors Waterway’s Ireland for their continued support.

The Fourth round of the Qualifiers is due to be fished on the Lough Muckno in Castleblaney, Co Monaghan on the weekend 11/12 Aug, please book in if you would like to fish.

 

 

Simon catches a nice salmon on the River Bandon.

By
Paul Bourke
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In an email, one angler sent this report from the River Bandon in Co. Cork.

I caught one salmon yesterday the 5-06-2012 on the Bandon River weighing 11.5 pounds.  Two more fish were caught by club members the day before, one weighing 11 pound and the other weighing 8 pounds, still awaiting their pics.

Fly Fishing Cork

 

Good wrasse fishing reported in West Clare shore report.

By
Paul Bourke
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Nice wrasse taken on plastic lure.

West Clare Shore Angling Report

Nice wrasse taken on plastic lure.

Wednesday, 06 June 2012

My angling buddy Anthony Page and I have been trying out a relatively new method of Rock Fishing which has hit the scene. It’s called LRF or Light Rock Fishing.  It’s a very sporting method of catching species like Wrasse, Pollock, Bass and other species using light tackle and lures known as Soft Plastics.  So far we have had success with Wrasse and Pollack at The Bridges of Ross, Baltard and at Bealeice near Doonbeg.  We are hoping to connect with Bass when the season reopens on 16th June.

For tips and advice and to follow our progress find us on Facebook at West Clare LRF.

Bill Ryan

E-mail: myplaice@googlemail.com

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ragworm rig
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