Cashel Trout Fishery report by Marlene Mc Laughlin
With the nice crisp autumnal air anglers are quite enjoying themselves trying out different flies. Limavady’s Liam Mullan and George Ness used minkies and suspender buzzers to bank ten and seven trout respectively. Dungiven’s Shane Irwin used a small green lure to bank six beauties while young lads Conor Bradley and Joe Convery (Draperstown) bagged one trout and missed a few which were tempted by the egg fly. Limavady’s Keith and Jonathan Nicholl accompanied by Stephen Gurney (Limavady) did very well using multi coloured gold head buzzers and gold head olive cat’s whiskers to bank a total of seven trout with Jonathan taking one home which weighed 2lb.
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.
The third match in the Float Only league was again fished on the Roslea lakes in beautiful weather conditions.
29 anglers fished the event and plenty of small Roach were again caught.
Winner of the match was league leader Neil Mazurek, (Cootehill) who was drawn on Lyons Peg 10 and caught 7.750Kgs to win the £140 first prize. Runner up David Herron (Co Armagh) was pegged on Drumacritten Lake peg 1 and had 142 Roach for 6.850Kgs. Nick Harrison (Co Cavan) was third with 6.100Kgs on Lyons Lake peg 6.
Other section winners were;
Inver Low – Tommy Dowd (Co Cavan) 2.860Kgs
Inver High – Nick Howell (Co Tyrone) 5.400Kgs
Killyfole – James O’Doherty (Enniskillen) 3.45Kgs
Well done to James who was fishing among the seniors for the first time, a great result for a 14 year old.
The next match will be in 2 weeks time on Sun 20 Nov, venue to be confirmed, please book in as normal.
Paul Harris reports that as Autumn starts to slip slowly into winter the fishing carries on apace on the Beara with winter visitors starting to make more of an impact.
Our two regular visitors from Belgium, Bart & Davy, found all their usual species including thornback rays, huss, conger, pollack etc but this year added coalfish and cod to their shore caught list. To view a video of their exploits check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMW6VpR7kE&feature=youtu.be
Colin Erscott and his group from Dorset and Somerset were on a later than usual visit to the Beara and the challenge this year was a species hunt. A total of 20 species were caught for the week including bass, pollack, coalies, huss, conger and even an out of season sea trout. Winner was Mark with 12 species.
Over from Wexford came Ashley Hayden who with fishing partner Dave took specimen size dabs as well as big flounders, bass, pollack and huss. For a report on his trip check out http://bit.ly/ujMpy2
Plenty of bass and cod about at the moment and the best of this fishing is yet to come so good prospects for the next few weeks.
Anyone looking for information on fishing on the Beara can contact me at [email protected] or ring me on 00 353 27 60330.
We had the first of a series of 8 of our winter league matches today, on the Boyle Canal.
The draw took place in a chilly but bright car park with evidence of the first proper frost this year. The skies and water were clear and the sun actually made an appearance.
Fishing was anticipated to be tough….. we were right !
The 20 angler were split into 4 sections of 5, A,B,C,D
Section Winners.
(A) – Patrick Smullen – 0.260g ( 10 fish)
(B) – Leigh Maitland – 1.280kg (56 fish)
(C) – Shane Dunne – 0.780kg (57 fish)
(D) – Rory Dunne – 1.600kg (74 fish)
From the catch weights you can see it was hard fishing, but it was nice to see so many match anglers fishing a league match and also keeping dry 🙂
Cashel Trout Fishery Annual Competition report by Marlene Mc Laughlin
On Saturday the 29th October we held our Annual Competition here at Cashel. Mr Michael Mc Closkey (Vickey) kindly donated the three trophies. There were many prizes up for grabs as well as trophies and the ultimate prize the Perpetual Cup. We were very pleased with the excellent turnout of anglers all wanting to take home ‘The Cup’. Each angler was allowed to kill five trout in the time given i.e. 10 am to 4 pm. If and when the maximum bag limit was caught the angler had to retire and wait on the final decision. The results were as follows:
1st prize – Heaviest single fish – Pat Nicell Snr (Derry)
2nd prize – Heaviest bag of fish – Michael McKee (Limavady)
3rd prize – Second heaviest bag of fish – James Mc Feeley (Derry)
There were a total of 40 trout caught by the thirteen competitors with six of them getting the full bag limit.
It was also wonderful to see some of the tagged trout coming to the surface during this spell of warm autumnal weather. Each tagged trout is worth £50 to the angler when caught and killed. Two anglers, namely Martin Bradley (Dungiven) and Pat Nicell Jnr (Derry) did exceptionally well to bag a tagged trout each which fell to small nymphs and buzzers.
Also this weekend Shane Irwin and Shea Irwin (Dungiven) released one trout each which took wee brown klinkhammers while Derry’s Paul Ford released three which fell to the suspender buzzer. Thomas Farren (Maghera) used a bloodworm to make his catch while Sergei (Latvia) bagged three weighing 4lb 9ozs.
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] Website: www.cashellakeview.co.uk
Jack Tisdall reports that the weekend saw the conclusion of the NCFFI Irish Float Team Qualifiers on the Boyle Canal (due to very high water levels on the Lower River Bann).
The weekend was very successful, with good numbers of small fish being caught on the pole by the anglers in fine, mild weather conditions. Day one saw Dublin angler Bob Hume win the overall with 2.240 Kgs (98 fish) on the pole at 8 and 11m on peg 17. Runner up was David Herron (Co Tyrone) with 2.120 Kgs (95 fish) on peg 5, while Francis McGoldrick (Co Cavan) was third on peg 20 with 1.780 Kgs (82 fish). The other section was won by Rory Dunne (Co Rosscommon) 1.620 Kgs (57fish) peg 14. A calm second day saw an improvement in the fishing with the individual winner being Rory Dunne 2.570 Kgs (121 fish) on peg 9. Runner up was Finton Brennan (Co Kildare) 2.530 Kgs (89fish) on peg 18, with Francis McGoldrick 2.400 Kgs (126 fish) third peg 10. Garry Radcliffe (Co Antrim) .880 Kgs (44fish) won the third section.
The overall qualifier League winner was Tommy Dowd (Co Cavan) with a best 4 match total of 6 points. A total of 28 anglers fished the Qualifiers this year with an average turnout of 20 anglers per match. Mark Theedom the Ireland Team manager will now select his 2012 Float Teams from the top 19 anglers in the overall standings. Teams will be announced following the CIPS November committee meeting, when the 2012 Float venues are confirmed.
Cobh SAC hosted the IFSA Boat Fish-Offs over the October bank holiday weekend. The best anglers in the country were pitting their wits against each other in an attempt to make the national team for the World Championships in South Africa in 2012.
This year, the competing 32 anglers sure had their work cut out for them. The weather on Saturday, the first day, was appalling with gale force winds, driving rain, and heavy seas making for very difficult conditions. The fishing as you would expect was very slow. This was further compounded by the storm of the previous Sunday which not only dumped a lot of rain on the South coast, but also kicked up a considerable swell, which hadn’t abated by the time the competition started. As a result the water was extremely coloured and there was a lot of ‘fresh’ coming down the river. This was reflected in the fishing on Saturday which was slow. Despite this anglers averaged approx 40 fish per man over the two sessions. That’s the beauty of Cork Harbour…despite nearly storm conditions it is still fishable, and fish will be caught!!!
On Sunday conditions were much improved and with it the fishing improved dramatically also. Most anglers averaged 60 – 80 fish, with the top rods recording over 100 fish. The four charter boats from the Cork Harbour Angling Hub fleet this time stayed put on the western edges of the channel dropping into ‘deep hole.’ The day before most had started here but opted to anchor on the eastern side for the flood to target the hordes of whiting, which didn’t materialise. Nobody was going to take the chance on the Sunday. Despite this whiting did feature in the catches and some fine sized fish amongst them. Dabs were also plentiful with many touching specimen size. Other fish to feature included lsd’s, codling, pouting, poor cod, and plaice. By competition’s end over 2000 fish had been recorded.
Congratulations to the top five finishers; Kit Dunne, Mick Barry, Gordon Darker, Dave Jolly, and Tony Santry who join Captain Myles Howell, who had qualified from the Masters, on the Irish Team. For the full results have a look here.
Many thanks to the skippers Donie Geary (John Boy), Gerry Keohane (Naomh Cartha), John Geary (Lee Star), and Alan Kennedy (Lagosta II) who, despite the conditions, kept the lads on the fish!
Well known top Pike angler Jouke Jansma from Holland decided to check out the Pike fishing in Ireland and stayed with Kevin and Jane Lyons at Melview Lodge in Longford, various methods were use however Jerk baits produced the most fish. Kevin said the weather was extremely bad on a few of the days and the rain and very high winds forced us to fish from the banks of different venues, however we still manage to catch some nice Pike on the Jerk baits.
All smiles for Jeff Anderson from the UK midlands.
Father and son Jeff & Stewart Anderson form the UK midlands were over for their annual Pike fishing trip to Ireland and once again decided to stay at Melview Lodge in Longford and be guided by Kevin. Fishing mainly dead baits they managed Pike to 19lb with smaller Pike falling to lures. Jeff and Stewart are no strangers to Ireland and it’s weather and a few of the days were very bad with high winds and rain making it very difficult to fish some places, however they stuck it out and managed to produce some good fish.
They are already looking forward to spring next year to return and catch the one’s that got away.
Jack Tisdall reports on the latest ERNE ANGLERS FLOAT ONLY Match
27 anglers fished the second match in the Erne Anglers Float only league today on the Roslea Lakes. Despite the threat of gales and driving rain the weather for the day held up until the match was complete. Individual winner of the second match was Paul Leese (Cootehill) 8.000 kgs. on Inver peg 18. Runner up was Neil Mazurek (Cootehill) 7.680 Kgs. on Lyons peg 10, while Tony Kersley (Ballycassidy) 6.450 kgs. on Inver peg 16. Catches were made up mainly of small fish on the Pole.
Other section winner were;
Nick Howell (Kilskeery) 3.350kgs – Inver Low
Paul Eyers (Enniskillen) 5.520kgs – Drumacritten.
Dave Ensor (Carrybridge) 2.240kgs – Killyfole
Neil and Paul now top the league on 12 points.
The next match will take place on Nov 6th at a venue to be confirmed.
Book in with david at the shop by Thursday 3rd Nov, if you wish to fish.
I am unable to fish the next match so John, Nick and David will look after it.
Recent heavy rain has put the water levels up in many of the lakes in the north east over the last few weeks but despite this, pike anglers have been diligently working away and making the best of the adverse weather and water conditions. Many have been rewarded with some fine catches recently. On Lough Bracken, Paul Martin of Ardee Pike Angling Club landed a beautiful 21 lb. 12 oz fish on Monday last 31st October. The fish was in excellent condition as can be seen in the photograph below. Good numbers of jacks are also been taken at this venue.
Paul Martin of Ardee Pike Anglers proudly displays his fine 21 lb 12 oz pike from Lough Bracken
Angling guide Peadar O’Brien also reports that many venues are flooded and pike fishing can be difficult at some locations. Peadar fished with David Byrne over the bank holiday weekend and despite the changeable conditions they had 5 pike to the boat. Nothing too big but the fish still provided excellent sport. All fish were taken on lures and the best period of activity was in the late afternoon.
If you fancy a days pike angling with Peadar he can be contacted at [email protected]
David Byrne shows one of the smaller but more cooperative pike taken over the weekend
Also over the bank holiday weekend Ronan O’Brien IFI reports that one angler had three nice pike at Black Island. The fish weighed 6 kg., 7 kg. and 9 kg. An excellent result taking the high water conditions into account. Numbers of smaller pike to 4 kgs. are also being taken at Whitewood Lake, Ballyhoe and Quiglough.
