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The cold weather does not deter 27 hardy anglers from catching plenty of small fish at the Roslea Lakes for a winter league match.

By
Paul Bourke
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Jack Tisdall reports that 27 anglers turned out for the coldest Winter League match of the season so far on Sunday the 4th of December.

Again fished on the Roslea Lakes in good conditions and plenty of small fish were again caught.

Gavin’s Lake dominated the results this week with David Herron (Co Tyrone) winning the Match on peg 8 fishing

the slider for 6.400 Kgs. David also moves to the top of the league with this result.

Runner up Dave Slater (Enniskillen) also fished the slider at the next peg for 4.560 Kgs, while Phillip Walton (Co Antrim)

was third with 4.250 Kgs on Quigley’s Lake.

Other section winners were Nick Harrison (Co Cavan) 3.900Kgs on Inver High, Lyndon Read (Lisnaskea) 3.950Kgs on Drumacritten Lake

John Potters (Lisbellaw) 2.130 Kgs Lyons Lake. The next match in the league will be on Sun 18 Dec, book in as normal if you wish to fish

Book in at Fishing Tackle & Bait 0044 028 66322008 or by email at [email protected]

Best 9 match results out of 13 events to count

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irish Angling Update, 01/12/11

By
Paul Bourke
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Carrickfergus Angler, Andy Logan with a fine specimen 19 lb. bullhuss while fishing out from Red Bay wins our Catch of the Week
Carrickfergus Angler, Andy Logan with a fine specimen 19 lb. bullhuss while fishing out from Red Bay wins our Catch of the Week

Neither the cold weather nor the poor conditions of the past week put off anglers from fishing on inland waters or at sea.  Coarse anglers fishing the Dromore winter league match last Sunday on Annaghierin Lake near Shercock in Co. Cavan enjoyed some nice catches of roach and some skimmer bream.  The National Coarse Fish Federation announced a programme of float and feeder qualifiers for prospective anglers hoping to fish for Ireland in future World Coarse Angling Championships in 2012.

There was plenty of pike action in the Cavan Monaghan Lakelands in particular. Angling guide, Peadar O’Brien had a group of young anglers out in atrocious weather on a Monaghan lough but they had great sport taking some lovely pike up to double figures.  Look at the photos in the angling update to see young anglers enjoying themselves with some nice pike.  The Kells anglers association held a Christmas pike competition on Lough Ramor and a junior member Gerard McLoughlin aged 13 showed up the senior anglers taking 4 pike of 6 lb., 7 lb., 8.5 lb. and 15 lb. to take top spot.

There is a new angling boat based in Wicklow skippered by Kit Dunne and a  group of well known Cork anglers fished with Kit out on some of far out marks and enjoyed very good fishing.  Dan Lynch took a lovely specimen spurdog of 12.5 lb. and young Luke Hegarty had a lovely bullhuss.  Another well known angler Noel Lane took some excellent bullhuss and the group took many bullhuss and spurdog and several other species.  A group of shore anglers had some excellent shore angling at Tinnebearna in Co. Wexford recording flounder, codling and coalfish.  Up in Red Bay, the good deep sea fishing continues and a local group had some excellent fishing for bullhuss and conger fishing with skipper Hamish Currie.  Andy Logan from Carrickfergus took a fine specimen bullhuss of 19 lb. which wins our Catch of the Week. Charter skipper, Max Couque reported on some fine end of season fishing in the Galway Bay area taking some lovely pollack to near specimen size among a big range of species.

Down at the Curragh Springs rainbow trout fishery, a group of staff from Inland Fisheries Ireland in Swords enjoyed a very good day out recording over 30 trout up to 4.5 lb.  Up in the Cashel Trout fishery, the good rainbow trout fishing continued for groups of local anglers.  Finally many trout angling clubs do hold fly tying classes during the winter period.  You can usually get information on these courses from your local fishing tackle shop.

Tight lines especially in Ireland

Paul Bourke

Angling Information Officer

Good Rainbow Trout fishing enjoyed by a group of IFI staff at the Curragh Springs Fishery.

By
Paul Bourke
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Ten anglers from the Inland Fisheries Staff in Swords fished at the Curragh Springs Rainbow Fishery last Friday.   Owner, Shaun Hegarty the owner made the group very welcome on the day.   In nice weather, there was very good fishing throughout the day and by the end of the session, over 30 fish to 4.5 lb. were recorded.  Various flies worked on the day including czech nymphs, goldhead hairs ear, various dry fly patterns and some big lures including cats whiskers and Muddler Minnows etc.   Mark Corps with his long casting recorded the greatest numbers of fish.

 

Some of the staff of Inland Fisheries Ireland who fished at Curragh Springs.
Philip O'Brien with a nice Rainbow Trout at Curragh Springs Fishery.

Press Release from the NCFFI on the FLOAT AND FEEDER QUALIFIERS to be held in 2012

By
Paul Bourke
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There is a press release issued by the NCFFI Ireland Team Manager Mark Theedom below.

Today, regarding the Ireland Team Float and Feeder Qualifiers to be fished in 2012.

As you can see they will be fished on CIPS standard venues spread all over Ireland.

Dates have been selected early to avoid clashes with other matches, club secretaries

are asked to avoid selecting the attached dates for there matches.

The results of these Qualifiers will determine who will be selected for the Ireland Float and Feeder Teams in 2013.

Please pass this message on to all interested anglers.

Update on selection of Float Teams for 2012

The CIPS meeting to decide the World and European Championship venues for Float fishing has now been delayed

by CIPS until next weekend.

PRESS RELEASE

NCFFI FLOAT AND FEEDER QUALIFIERS 2012

The NCFFI Float and Feeder Team qualifiers to select teams for the 2013 World, European and Celtic Cup teams will be fished in an All Ireland Qualifier format, to CIPS rules, over Six weekends in 2012.

The manager Mark Theedom feels that the new format of running events in all areas of Ireland, will be more inclusive and encourage many more anglers to participate in the current Ireland Team Qualifier system.

The Series will be fished on the following dates and venues (subject to fishing/water conditions on the venues selected).

1.   Sat/Sun 21/22nd April – River Barrow, Co Carlow.

2.   Sat/Sun 19/20 May – Inniscarra, Co Cork.

3.   Sat/Sun 02/03 Jun – River Shannon O’ Brien’s Bridge, Co Clare

4.   Sat/Sun 11/12 Aug – Lough Muckno, Co Monaghan.

5.   Sat/Sun 22/23 Sept- Lough Oughter, Co Cavan.

6.   Sat/Sun 20/21 Oct – Lower River Bann, Co Antrim.

It is proposed that the Float Qualifier’s will be fished on the Saturday and will also include a Junior section, the Feeder Qualifier will be fished on the Sunday on the same venue.

The series will be open to all anglers who are members of NCFFI affiliated clubs. It is hoped to create six good fishing weekends that are open and inclusive to all anglers and that dates are fully supported by all NCFFI clubs and provinces.

All senior anglers will pay 60euro entry fee for the six match series which will help fund teams travelling to the 2013 championships. Individual anglers who are not intending to fish the series but wishing to fish individual qualifiers in their local area will be charged a 15euro fee which will also go to team funds.

Optional pools with a 100% payout may be organised by the participating anglers.

Juniors will not be expected to pay any entry fee or pools.

Mark will select his Teams from the top 20 anglers in the Float Qualifiers and the top 50% of anglers taking part in the Feeder  Qualifiers.

Mark commented “Anglers are not required to fish all matches, but by adopting this system we would hope to encourage more anglers to try for the national team, obviously the more qualifiers you fish the greater the chance of selection.”

Italian tackle giant Tubertini sponsors of Tubertini Team Ireland will also sponsor tackle prizes for both events.

Nice catches of Flounder, codling and coalies reported by beach anglers at Tinnebearna in Co. Wexford.

By
Paul Bourke
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East Coast Sea Fishing

David Byrne reports that Joe Byrne and Martin Howlin did a short session recently at the beach at Tinnebearna in Co. Wexford.  Joe reported that there was some fantastic fishing with triple hook ups of flounder, codling and coalies.  Crab and lug wraps produced the goods.

Roach and some skimmers feature in catches at the latest heat of the Dromore Winter League at Shercock.

By
Paul Bourke
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East Coast Coarse Fishing

David Byrne reports on a heat of the Dromore winter league which was fished on Annaghierin lake near Shercock on Sunday last, the 27th November. The water was high fresh, cold and clear. To add to this there was a bitterly cold wind. Eighteen anglers braved the elements to fish the event with feeder and pole.  Anglers fishing the feeder were fishing out to 40m.  Catches consisted of mainly roach and surprising many anglers in the event a number of small skimmers, an unusual catch for this venue. The winner of the event was Dave Wursnup from Ballybay who weighed in 13 lbs 10 ozs.  Second place went to Alan Larkin from Dublin BSI with 10lbs 12 ozs and third place went to Dean Watkins from Lurgan with 10 lbs 5 ozs.  Red maggot worked best over darkened ground bait.

 

Plenty of Pike action on many venues in the North East.

By
Paul Bourke
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13 year old Gerard McLoughlin with his winning 15 lb pike from Lough Ramor

East Coast Pike Fishing

David Byrne reports that two young and enthusiastic anglers Shane and friend Darren from Dublin took to the water for a days pike fishing recently with angling guide Peadar O Brien. Despite the fact that it was one of the worst days to be out on, with strong winds and driving rain the lads stuck to the task at hand.  In addition to the wind and rain the water level in the lake was very high and temp was right down.  Shane is pictured with a big pike of 12 lb others weighed 3 lb. to 8 lb.  We had them on lures with many hitting the lures and loosing them.

If you fancy a days pike angling with Peadar he can be contacted at [email protected]

Shane shows his 12 lb taken recently in difficult conditions
Fishing Buddies Shane and Darren with another Pike

Darren poses for a photo with a future 20 lb. before its release.

Shane with another nice fish taken on a lure

 

Angling guide Pat McLoughlin also reports the Kells Anglers Association held a pike competition on Lough Ramor in Co. Cavan on Sunday 20th November. Due to a lot of people suffering from flu only 8 anglers turned up. The competition was fished from 11.30am to 4pm and fishing was slow throughout the day. However, the competing anglers managed to land 8 pike with junior member Gerard Mc Loughlin aged 13 taking 4 pike of 6lb, 7lb, 8.5lb and 15lb to take top spot. The other 4 fish were small jacks around 2 to 3lb. This was Gerard’s second win of the year in an adult competition having won the Dan Conaty Cup for fly-fishing during the summer. Well done Gerard!

13 year old Gerard McLoughlin with his winning 15 lb pike from Lough Ramor

If you fancy a days pike fishing with Pat McLoughlin he can be contacted at [email protected] or by mobile at 086 1017415

A fine specimen 19 lb. bullhuss for Carrickfergus angler Andy Logan while fishing out from Red Bay in Co. Antrim is our Catch of the Week..

By
Paul Bourke
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Carrickfergus Angler, Andy Logan with a fine specimen 19 lb. bullhuss while fishing out from Red Bay wins our Catch of the Week

Charter skipper Hamish Currie reports on another trip out with a local group of anglers fishing out from Red Bay in Co. Antrim.  “This is andy logan Carrick Fergus specimen hunters with a cracking 19 lb bull Huss was taken using a whole mackerel in very very deep water.  It wins our Catch of the Week

Carrigfergus Angler, Andy Logan with a fine specimen 19 lb. bullhuss

It came along with a total haul of 35 conger eels on a deep water reef 27 km north of red bay herring and mackerel are still abundant in the channel where I think they will stay for most of the winter months spurdogs, ling also accounted for a cracking days fishing for this time of year. ” Hamish

 

Another nice Conger from Red Bay.
Andy Logan with a nice conger from Red Bay.

Predator

RedBay Stormforce 9.1 Rib

Skipper: Hamish Currie
Base: Red Bay                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Address: 9 Bellisk Drive, Cushendall, Co. Antrim BT44 0AX.
Telephone: 028 2177 1828 or Boat: +44 7720440117
Web: www.predatorireland.com Email: [email protected]

Nice end of the season for deep sea angling in Galway Bay

By
Paul Bourke
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Skipper Max Couque with a nice Pollack of 11.5 lb. taken in late September
Skipper Max Couque with a nice Pollack of 11.5 lb. taken in late September

Charter skipper Max Couque reports from the Galway Bay area on some recent deep sea fishing:  “This season is coming to an end. It has been a difficult one, the weather didn’t help us, but the fishing was very good.  Pollack still our main target, the biggest was around 11.5 lb. Cod is coming back in good numbers in Galway Bay, is it the weather or this quota system? Who knows! We caught more than 20 species this year, the unusual one was a crayfish.

A lot of Spurdogs were caught and released, all females as always. The weather didn’t give us many chances to target Tope in the middle of the bay or Blue Shark outside the Aran Islands. We got three nice Topes but no Blue Shark or no Porbeagle Shark.

Not only the weather let us down, the numbers of mackerel also. It has been the first year that I saw such a few numbers of mackerel in the summer. In October and November we had to catch the Joey mackerel for bait.

Galway Fishing still available during the winter subject to the weather. Do not hesitate to contact Max on 0863234638 or visit my website www.galwayfishing.ie.”

Max Couque

Leaca Rua

37′ Tyrell.
Skipper: Max Couque
Base: Spiddal Operational area: Galway Bay Notes: A regular Galway Bay Safari is from 9am to 6pm. The Leaca Rua will pick up your party from the pier at Spiddal, County Galway. The boat is yours for the day, though of course skipper Max will advise you where the best fishing is to be found. Tackle hire is free. Address: Galway Bay Fishing, An Cuan, 16 Cullane Road, Carraroe, Co Galway.
Telephone: +353 91 595 352 or +353 86 323 4638
Email: [email protected] Web: www.galwayfishing.ie

 

 

Skipper Max Couque with a nice Pollack of 11.5 lb. taken in late September
Skipper Max Couque with a nice Crayfish in September

Steady Rainbow Trout fishing at the Cashel Trout Fishery.

By
Paul Bourke
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Cashel Trout Fishery report by Marlene Mc Laughlin

Although the weather has been quite unpleasant over the weekend some anglers were not deterred from giving Cashel a throw.  Using different types of black lures anglers caught on average of four trout each.  Shane Irwin (Dungiven) released five trout while Martin Bradley also from Dungiven released four.  Claudy’s Kevin Burke had an amazing seven trout which took the black fritz while Barry Hasson (Feeny) only managed the one at the tail end of Sunday evening.

We are taking group bookings for any angling club or corporate groups interested in a fun day.  Catering facilities are available in the adjacent Cashel Fishing Lodge.

Info and enquiries to Marlene at 17 Birren Road, Dungiven, BT47 4SH, Tel: Dungiven 028777 42159, email: [email protected] Web: www.cashellakeview.co.uk

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