Extremely low angling effort of late, and unfavorable water conditions has allowed only 15 salmon to be caught for the week at Ballisodare, 11 of which were released. Hubert Henry caught and released two, Michael Breslin and Tom Sharkey both released a grilse each, while Frank Adams retained one and released one.
The heavy rainfall received in the catchment over the past week, has allowed anglers to enjoy some excellent fishing in the dropping spates. Anglers from all over Ireland and abroad have enjoyed success during the recent run. Most fish have been in the 6lbs – 7lbs range, with the occasional larger fish also being caught. Due to the quota system in operation in the system, many fish are being returned. Early in the week, Alan Martin, N.Ireland, had one of 7lbs, as did Richard Burgrass, Co. Carlow. Four salmon were reported for Tuesday 6th, with John Long, Glencastle, Eamon Little, Co. Galway, Will Whitler, Co. Wicklow and Brian Fitzgerald, Co. Wicklow, all having success. Pedar Little, Ballycroy, and D. Potes, Germany both had fish on Wednesday. A further three were caught on Thursday, with Trevor Morrow, Ballina, landing one and the Co. Wicklow pair Will Whitler and Brian Fitzgerald once again landing fish. For information on permits for the Glenamoy, please see www.glenamoyangling.com or contact +353 (0)9787961.
Despite being unfishable for three days over the past week, the Owenmore has produced good sport recently. Eddie Murphy, Co. Dublin, had one grilse of 6lbs to a Cascade, while Mark Mason, Belfast, had two, releasing one. Joe Denny, Belfast, returned one grilse as did Rocky Moran, Castlebar, with Larry Mitchell returning two. Trevor Morrow also had success, with two salmon caught, one returned. Joe Hutton, Co. Tyrone, returned one of 5lbs and retained a fine fresh run salmon of 11lbs.
Reports indicate that there have been encouraging signs on Lough Furnace of late, with lots of fresh grilse observed. However, weather conditions have not been suitable for angling over the past week, with only one angler venturing out during the four day open period. Brian Lovering, U.K. was the only angler to fish, and was rewarded with one wild grilse which was returned.
Good sport was had over the past week on the Newport River, with 9 anglers reporting a catch of 13 salmon and one reasonable sea trout. Peter Varin, Co. Dublin, returned one grilse of 8lbs, while Walter Tarleton, U.K., had a smaller grilse. Fergus Rothwell and William Falter both banked grilse of over 6lbs, with John Onions landing one of 5lbs. Jimmy Lawlor had two grilse of 4.5lbs and 6lbs, Michael Graff landed a sea trout of 2.3lbs and also a grilse. Jimmy Laffey and Peter Alsworth also enjoyed double success, with each angler capturing two grilse each.
High water levels on the Moy, particularly below the Lake River, have hampered angling over the past week, particularly for fly anglers. However, the fisheries in the mid and upper stretches have continued to produce good numbers, resulting in a total catch of 334. Very low angling effort on the Moy Fishery beats, coupled with water levels, has meant that only three salmon were caught for the week, with two off the Ridge Pool to worm for Robert Irwin and Ian Carroll and one from the Freshwater Beat for John McKinley, Athlone.
The Ballina Salmon Anglers’ water, and Mount Falcon both enjoyed a productive week with good numbers reported, including 16 salmon for Ian Trayer, U.K. over 4 days, at Mount Falcon, all of which were released. The middle fisheries, up as far as Foxford all experienced a relatively good week. Those who had success included John Slater, U.K, who had one of 5lbs at Coolcronan, and two of 6lbs and 9lbs for Rory O’Toole, N.Ireland, at the Foxford Fishery.
At Cloongee, Maxi Schiedt, Germany, had one of 6lbs to spinner, with Donal Vaughan, Co. Cork, also landing a grilse to spinner. The East Mayo Anglers’ water also produced good fishing, including a fine fish of 14.5lbs taken on a spinner by Dave Pickhard, Isle of Man. Others to have success at East Mayo were Manfred Fauert, Germany, who had two on fly, and Leonard Thompson, Co. Dublin, who had one of 8lbs while spinning.
Angling effort throughout the week has been low, yet with many salmon continuing to migrate through the system, good sport can be had for the remainder of the season.
Charter skipper Hamish Currie reports on some recent fishing for his clients fishing out from Red Bay in Co. Antrim.
“Last week I had dutch anglers and some nice specimens were caught and of course the lads wanted to try their luck at the porbeagle sharks so we gave them a go and am pleased to report they haven’t left the building just yet, we returned to the deep water reef north of Rathlin Island and action wasn’t as good as it had been on previous trips ling, conger, coalfish, pollack featured in the catch but the goal was this lovely porbeagle shark captured by Pieter from Holland another 2 were hooked up one spat the hook and again the other went to ground on the reef resulting in another break off. I believe that there is a record fish on that particular piece of ground as I have seen sharks under the boat well over 3 meters. Time will tell I suppose.”
Hamish Currie
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Fishing remains steady around the Lough with mackerel shoals breaking the surface regularly. Some real nice cod and ling are being caught on the mackerel bait. Tope are fairly plentiful with 2 x 35 lb. fish being landed by Gary Whitmarsh and his crew while the bigger fish are holding around the hoskyn channel as Peter Davis and his young crew proved by boating a 47 lb. tope on the deck of pisces 2 during a trip on Wednesday. All tope caught were tagged and released.
Other species caught recently included wrasse /pollack /dogfish /whiting /octopus and bull huss…
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Results from Sunday Open Shore at Benone where 30 Anglers fished, 25 Seniosr and 5 Juniors
1st Liam O’Connor Culdaff SAC
2nd Barry Platt East Antrim SAC
3rd David Burnside Lough Foyle SAC
1st Ryan Blair
2nd Matthew Williamson
3rd Calvin Blair
Longest fish , Ryan Blair & Nicholas McNeill flounder 33 cm
Fish caught 189.
The final league of the Pat O’Hara Cup competition was held on Saturday 3rd September in Killala Bay, to determine the makeup of the Connaught team. This competition was run alongside the first ever John Kinheart Cup event, held in memory of the late John Kinheart, well know skipper in Killala Bay. The anglers participating enjoyed good sport throughout the day, with a total of 15 species boated including megrim, scad, three species of ray, three species of gurnard, pollack, ling, turbot, plaice, dabs, dogfish, coal fish and pouting. Winning on the day and in the overall league, to claim both cups was Josie Barrett, Killala Bay SAC, with 12 species. In second place was Shane Gilvarry, also with 12 species, third place went to Kevin Walsh, in fourth was Gearoid O’Scolai and fifth was John Munnelly.
Dutch angling journalists Rudy van Duijnhoven and Jos van der Wouw enjoyed great saltwater flyfishing during the week. The two keen fly anglers fished various shore marks on the Mullet Peninsula and around Portacloy catching Pollack up to 7 lbs. However, the highlight of their trip was flyfishing offshore out of Blacksod with Sean Lavelle, skipper of the Doloree. Rudy and Jos were using 9 – 11 weight rods with fast sinking lines. The most productive area was south of the Innishkea Islands where over 50 Pollack could not resist their Clouser patterns.
Bryan Ward
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If your interested in going fishing with Sean Lavelle, skipper of the Doloree, he can be contacted at www.fishwestireland.com.
