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Leo Lynch dominates Oaklands summer league with another win

By
Myles Kelly
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John Browne reports on the sixth match of Oakland’s summer league which was fished on Sunday…

Beautiful day today at Oakland’s for the 6th Round of the Sensas/Dennett Summer league. Leo Lynch kept up his winning streak coming out on top again with 75.880 kg. A close second was Kirean Reeves bagging 70.420kg and not far behind him in 3rd was Ronan Minogue netting 66.380kg.

Results

  • 1st Loe Lynch 75.880 kg
  • 2nd Kirean Reeves 70.420 kg
  • 3rd Ronan Minogue 66.380 kg
Section A
  • John Browne 35.380 kg
Section B
  • Adrian Browne 41.040 kg
Section C
  • Ivylo Benov 55.620 kg

Big thanks to all the lads that fished. Hope to see you all at the next round on the 11th of August.

Go fishing…

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Irish Angling Update 🎣 26 July 2024

By
IFI Staff
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It has been a wet week for much of the country, with most areas experiencing between 100% and 245% of average rainfall, but those on the eastern side of the country seem to have escaped the worst of it. Temperatures have remained around normal for the time of year, but it has been quite overcast, with the sun only fleetingly peeping through the cloudline. So, a bit of rain, warmth and a lack of bright sun… sounds like good weather for fishing!

Salmon anglers in particular like a bit of rain to freshen things up in our rivers, and we have some surprisingly positive reports in this week, where the glooom of a difficult early season seems to have been lifted by a good run of grilse (and bigger fish too) on many of our fisheries. In the west of the country, the grilse have arrived in good numbers at Delphi Lodge, and anglers have been enjoying some fine fishing with some notable catches including one angler landing his 500th Delphi salmon! Urs Leibundgut caught his first Delphi salmon in 1993 and has been returning year after year. On the 18th of July this year he notched up his 500th Delphi fish, an impressive feat which wins him this week’s Catch of the Week.

Urs with his 500th Delphi salmon

The Galway Fishery has also seen a good influx of grilse over the month of July, and water levels have been conducive to good angling, with 180 fish landed so far this month, mostly on the fly. And it’s also good news down on the River Suir, where after a poor 2023, there has been a marked improvement in the fishing this year, including quite a few 20lb+ fish. Unfortunately, there was little good news to report from Waterville this week as all rods drew a blank in what was an unproductive week for the fishery. The Moy saw a bounce in catches last week as the rain spurred on some activity, leading to over 600 fish being recorded throughout the system. In this week’s podcast, the Ireland on the Fly team focuses on the River Moy and speaks to Garrett Ruigrok about the fishing and how the grilse run on the Moy is shaping up. Anglers who applied for brown tags to fish the Lower Lee can check here to see if they were successful following the fourth draw for tags, which was held on Wednesday. A similar draw for brown tags for the River Roughty in Kerry will be held on August 7th, and interested anglers can apply to enter the draw via the link on this webpage.

A fine stamp of salmon being returned on the River Suir

To sea angling now, and as usual, the Killybegs Mariners were out and about on Donegal’s beaches last week, claiming some quality flounder and a few plump bass amongst their catches. Staying in Donegal, the Saoire Marie fishing out of Kincasslagh saw the mackerel make a welcome return, and this helped anglers aboard to enjoy an impressive 18 different species over the weekend. On the south coast, another nighttime session for West Cork Charters failed to produce the stupendous catches of a few of weeks ago but still threw up a couple of fine specimen-sized skate. It was a similar story on the east coast, where the fishing didn’t hit the highs of the previous week for anglers fishing with Wicklow Boat Charters, but they still managed to tag a few tope for a joint IFI/UCC programme to monitor the movement of tope off Ireland’s east coast. In the Waterford area, Rinnashark SAC held a juvenile competition to help the next cohort of sea anglers brush up their skills, and it was a well-attended event with plenty of fish caught.

Blue Shark time off the Clare coast

To the west coast now, where charter skipper Luke Aston reports that blue shark have turned up in good numbers off the Clare coast, and he’s seeing a bit of action with porbeagle as well. A little further north along the Clare coast, interested anglers should note that the Lidsoonvarna Fanore Sea Angling Club will be hosting their annual International Angling Week from August 4th-10th this year. To wrap up the sea angling news for the week, in the 31st episode of the Lure Fishing Podcast, Cormac Walsh speaks with Keith Barker about the tactics he uses to target bass on the south coast.

In coarse angling news, a bunch of dedicated young anglers were on the water in Enniskillen last week, upping their coarse angling skills with the NCFFI, aiming towards securing a place on the Team Ireland Youth team sometime in the future. And for all aspiring young coarse anglers, Anthony O’Neill, an accomplished young angler himself, has provided a few tips on how he sets up to target roach. Back to NCFFI news now, as they have announced a new club competition to be held on L. Muckno on Sat 27th August, with a seniors & women’s competition to be held the following day.

A young coarse angler learning the ropes with the NCFFI

It’s tight at the top in the ongoing Lough Muckno July Festival, where 22 anglers are competing for the trophy. The final day of fishing is today, so good luck to all the anglers and we’ll be bringing you the results next week. Wrapping up the coarse angling news,  last Sunday saw 16 anglers take part in the 5th leg of the Perch Master Ireland 2024 league. There were plenty of perch feeding on the day, and catches were plentiful, but failed to yield any specimen sized fish.

There’s not a whole lot of trout fishing news this week, but Dan O’Neil’s latest River Whispers blog covers a lot of different topics and helps to make up for the lack of other news.

Fatehr and son team on the Nore
A father and son team tackle the River Nore

Dan will be running an introduction to fishing and social day on Laois Angling Centre on the 28th of July for anyone looking for some first-hand guidance on how to get into the sport.

And now the weather

For once, the outlook for the coming days is not too bad…, with a reasonable amount of dry, warm, sunny weather promised. There will be some showers today, which will die out as the day progresses, but a fresh band of showers will cross the country from west to east later in the evening. Saturday should be largely dry albeit with a few heavy showers lurking, with temperatures between 17 and 21°C. It will remain clear on Saturday night, and Sunday will be mostly dry and bright, if a bit hazy, with similar temperatures to Saturday. The start of next week should see warm, humid weather with temperatures in the low to mid 20s with a lot of dry weather. Summer might be here at last…

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

IFI Staff
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      Moy Catchment Angling Report – W/E 21st July 2024

      By
      Michael Murphy
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      People fishing a river

      Water levels in the Moy remained low for most of the week with a reading of 0.19 m on Monday 15th at Ballylahan which rose suddenly to just over 1 m on Saturday evening after much awaited rain finally arrived in the locality. Some fisheries reported good catches for the week particularly at the weekend with the changes in water levels. Over the past week rainfall amounts were above average in Connacht with the Belmullet station recording 50.8 mm of rain. The weather is expected to be mixed over the next seven days with West Connacht forecast to receive 20-25mm of rainfall.

      Ian Buckowksi about to release a grilse weighing 3lbs at the Ridge Pool on 20th July

      Moy Fishery

      A combined total of 76 salmon caught on The Moy Fishery this week with 45 being taken and 31 being released back safely to the water.

      Ballina Salmon Anglers.

      A total of 51 salmon were reported caught this fortnight with 29 caught on the worm, 12 on the fly and 10 spinning. The majority were grilse from 2.5 lbs and 5 lbs.

      Mount Falcon Estate

      A total of 22 salmon reported caught with 14 being taken and 8 released with weights ranging from 4 lbs to 6 lbs and the best for the week weighing in at 8lbs.

      Knockmore Salmon Anglers

      Kenneth reported 21 salmon caught on the prawn and worm showing weights from 3lbs-6lbs.

      Attymass Angling Club

      Kevin reported 7 salmon caught showing weights from 4-5 lbs and all being taken on the prawn and worm.

      Byrnes Fishery

      Roy reported 37 salmon caught this week with weights ranging from 3 lbs up to 7 lbs. Most fish were taken on the prawn and the worm with best coming in at 8 lbs.

      Armstrong Fishery

      George reported 35 salmon caught for the week with weights up to 8 lbs all taken on the shrimp and worm with 1 salmon released back to the water.

      Gannon’s Fishery

      Pat reported 80 salmon caught mostly on the prawn with weights up to 8 lbs with 12 of them released back to the water.

      The Foxford Fishery

      Granville reported 51 salmon caught for the week using all methods with the best on the worm and 9 of them returned to the water. Best weights for the week were in the region of 8 lbs.

      Reports were received of 6 salmon caught this week in the Foxford town area.  The bubble and fly and the worm appeared to be most successful method with most fish ranging between 3 lbs and 5 lbs with the best weighing 6 lbs.

      Foxford Salmon Anglers                                                                                            180 salmon were reported caught and taken in Foxford Salmon Anglers waters for the week with all methods showing good returns.

      Cloongee Fishery

      A total of 3 salmon were reported caught this week with all of these reported as being released.  Weights ranged from 4 lbs to 5.5 lbs, and all were caught on the fly.

      East Mayo Anglers Association

      A total of 35 salmon were reported caught for the week of which 10 were released. Sunday 21st being by far the best day accounting for 21 salmon as a result in the recent spike in water levels.

      Moy Estuary

      Judd Ruane reports of continuous good catch returns on the estuary with the highlight of the week being the sea trout caught by visiting UK angler Michael Whitherspoon.

      River Moy

       

      Ireland on the Fly Podcast – Grilse Update from the Moy

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      Paul O'Reilly
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      The latest episode of the prolific Ireland on the Fly podcast is available now, episode description courtesy of the Ireland on the Fly team below:

      We’re nearly at the end of July and how has Ireland’s most prolific salmon river, the Moy, been doing in what’s been another difficult season?

      We wanted to find out if the grilse run had given any positivity to anglers this summer and so we decided to catch up with East Mayo Angler Garrett Ruigrok to find out more.

      Rate, review and follow the show to keep up to date with all the latest Ireland on the Fly episodes on Apple or Spotify, plus you can sign up for our newsletter on www.IrelandontheFly.com and get regular updates on Instagram.com/IrelandontheFly.

       

      Good salmon fishing continues in Galway

      By
      IFI Staff
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      Daithí Ryan reports from Galway, that a very dry month of July made water conditions perfect for the first half of the month, with 1 sluice gate open. Water levels dropped on the 15th of July to half a gate. There was very little water coming over the gates due to the decrease in the northerly winds which made for ideal fishing conditions. The catch total up to the 24th was 180 salmon, including 167 were caught on the fly and 13 on shrimp. The biggest fish weighed in at 9.5lbs and was caught by Brendan O’Connell on the fly half way down the catwalk. The most successful flies were the Garry Dog and Munro Killer, in size 12 or 14.

      Junior Success

      Among the lucky anglers were Sean Minnock, who landed his first salmon that was a 5lbs bar of silver on the fly on Monday the 8th of July.

      Adam Moran – coached by his father Rocky – landed 4 fish the biggest weighing 5lbs. All were caught on the fly over 2 sessions on the 13th and 19th of July.

      The fishery has had a special offer for young rods this year with discounted evening fishing to encourage young anglers into the sport, and it is great to see the future salmon anglers honing their skills.

      The 11th of July was the best day with 13 fish landed, all but 1 to the fly. Galway Weir veteran Louis Brennan had a nice fish on the shrimp. Noel Power had 2 great fish, one weighing in at 9.4lbs and the other at 9lbs. On the 12th Eoin Cosgrove had 2 fish in no time at all, while Gary Rogers also had 2 landed very shortly after. On the 20th regular Austrian visitor Tobias Stern had a stunning fresh fish of 9.4 lbs caught on a Silver Rat. Elena Hamill had a beautiful fish of 7lbs on the 17th caught on a Red Francis. On The 21st top lady angler Margaret Downes had a stunning bar of silver weighing in at 5lbs caught on the fly while fishing off the Hill.

      RIP Tosh

      Everyone At the Galway Fishery would like to remember Tosh Kellett a regular angler who sadly passed away last week. We think of his family and friends in these tough times.

       

      Go Fishing

      To enquire about availability, contact the fishery at 091 562388 or email [email protected] 

      River Suir salmon angling update – the season so far…

      By
      Paul O'Reilly
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      After last year’s very poor season for salmon fishing, anglers on the River Suir have reported a marked improvement this year, particularly in early July.

      High water levels had an adverse effect on wading conditions early in the season, restricting access for fly anglers, but there were still some very good salmon running, with reported catches of well-conditioned fish in the 12lb to 16lb size range.

      There was a good build-up of salmon in Upper Suir estuary in early June and a mini flood tempted those fish in from the tide to the freshwater sections; however, due to an inundation of moss lifting from the riverbed – known locally as Daubiins – angling was practically impossible. When the moss ‘floss’ cleared in mid-June, fishing improved considerably, and this improvement continued into mid-July when another build-up of salmon in the upper estuary occurred. Fish entering the estuary were monitored by IFI throughout the season, with regular boat patrols in the tidal waters until the fish moved upstream.

      When they did move through, good numbers of salmon between 10lb to 16lb and grilse of 3lb to 5lb were caught and released, with plenty of others met briefly by anglers but evading the landing net! Some impressive fish have been landed already this season though, including twelve specimens recorded in the 20lb to 25lb range.

       

      Mid July onwards saw a drop in numbers of larger fish in the estuary with just small numbers of grilse running. The fish that entered the river during June and July are now spread out over entire catchment waiting for what anglers hope will be an excellent spawning season.

      For what remains of the angling season, the months of August and September have been very poor months for anglers in the last number of years, with the traditional backend salmon – known locally as ‘Blackberry’ salmon – not appearing in almost a decade. Suir anglers are crossing their fingers and toes in the hope that those fish will make a reappearance this year.

      The Suir, which is 184km in length with a fluvial salmonid habitat of just under 9 million square metres, is Ireland’s largest salmon river with a conservation limit of over 14,000 salmon.  The river has been catch and release since 2013 and these regulations are strictly enforced by IFI. It is estimated by clubs on the Suir that over 90% of Suir salmon anglers prefer to fly fish, with smaller hook sizes and in-river wading helping to keep fish wet during the unhooking process and further improving salmon conservation on the river.

      While fishing in some areas of Clonmel Town and Carrick on Suir Town is considered to be free fishing, fishing is strictly permit only on club waters where Gardai and court appointed waterkeepers strictly enforce public order issues and trespass along the Suir catchment.

      Salmon fishing on the River Suir

      Blue shark turn up in west Clare

      By
      IFI Staff
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      Blue Shark time off the Clare coast

      Mackerel have been plentiful enough this week, according to skipper Luke Aston, who reckons it is the best bait for predators, large and small.

      Megrim, caught on fresh mackerel

      Something a bit buigger than megrim was on the agenda earlier this week, when despite lively fresh conditions, a drift with the chum out produced 6 good blue shark to the boat, as well as 2 porbeagles.

      A nice blue showing its fantastic colours

      Yesterday was a fresher day again,, making for a shorter trip as the weather sent them packing back inshore. But there was a grest sign of sharks, with takes from blues shortly after putting out the rubby dubby. Indeed it wasn’t long before there were sharks biting the bucket! There were also plenty of smaller fish feeding on the bottom and up.

      Another blue
      Pollack were feeding hard

      Go fishing…

      Clare Dragoon

      Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine, skippered by Luke Aston and operating out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare…

      I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke.
      Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544
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      Young anglers do well in Waterford

      By
      IFI Staff
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      Rinnashark SAC held a juvenile competition on the 21st in Waterford Estuary, with a great turnout of young anglers and plenty of fish caught. Well done to all the young anglers, and parents who supported them. It’s great to see so many young anglers getting involved in the sport.

      The results were:
      Unassisted
      1st Charlie Murphy
      2nd Rhia Keating
      3rd Conor Curtin
      Assisted
      1st Edward Garvey
      2nd Warren Brown
      3rd Benny Power

       

      Go Fishing

      To find more about Rinnashark Sea Angling Club see their website and forum at www.rinnasharksac.net

      Grilse arrive at Delphi in numbers with a special surprise

      By
      IFI Staff
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      Like many rivers around the country, Delphi experienced slow fishing for much of the spring, compounded by low water for much of May and June. The grilse run may have been late, but it finally arrived and in good numbers too. Fishery manager David McEvoy says the fishing has been excellent since then. Read on for David’s update…

      My last update was on the 12th of June, at which stage we had 1 Grilse landed. Water levels at the time were low, with the gauge at 10 and any rain we did get ran off very quickly; because the system was so low. We were like a pure spate system, until we got our first serious flood since April. We had over 50mms of rain on the 21st and 22nd of June, which basically filled up the reservoirs again and this has kept us going ton date. Total rainfall for the June was 157.7mms (6.2”). So, from the 12th to the end of June we landed another 49 fish.

      3 of these were landed on the 14th, Seamus O’Neill having 2 Grilse off Finlough and Crionna Creagh having a fish of 4lbs9ozs from the Rock Pool. There were 15 landed in week 25, with Seamus O’Neill and Philip McGarrity landing 2 each and Kevin Finegan, Paul Smyth and the Byrne brothers all having 1 each. Ken O’Farrell’s Week 25 record of never blanking is still intact and there were 3 First Ever Salmon, with Paul Lakin (England), Ken Ferris (Oughterard) and Kevin Asplund from the US had his first and second.

      Our Week 26 regular team once again had lovely conditions and they also managed to land 24 fish. Good numbers of fish were being seen throughout the system. Urs had 8, Benni 5, Werner and Yvonne 3 each, Ralph 2, Julie, Mattias and Peter all had 1 each.

      Week 27 saw further improvement, both in numbers caught and the amount entering the system. Water levels were dropping off, but there was still more than enough for fish to easily run the system. 35 were landed, 15 off the River and 20 off Finlough. Kevin Finegan had 4, Seamus O’Neill, Daithi Ryan, Giovanni Mazzoleni and Terry Bradley and myself, all had 2 each and Eoin Warner, Stefano Giovanardi, Orazio Gatti, David Tucker, Enda O’Connell, Kamal Scarpello, John Connolly, Wayne Byrne and Jim O’Brien all had 1each. Highlight of the week was Danny Irvine and Will Parkes landing 12 fish off Finlough in two sessions. Most popular fly was without doubt the Delphi Collie, which accounted for 19. The 30th of June was the first day of week 27 and our catches that day brought the monthly total to 50 split evenly between River and Finlough. Total for the year to the end of June was 75, the River producing 33 and Finlough 42.

       

      Water levels had dropped to 22 by the start of Week 28 but there were plenty of fish running. Owen Kirk, Denis Quill and Tomas Ryan managed to land 13 between them on the 7th and 8th, all off the River bar one. The Drea party returned again, and they have landed 8 so far, including John Totenham’s first ever salmon, a fish of 2lbs15ozs from the Whin Pool on a VamBeck. Natalie Browne from Australia also managed to land her first ever, a fish of 4lbs4ozs off Finlough on a Delphi Collie.

      500 Not Out

      Since this update, David reports a further 46 salmon to bring the season total to 180. There were a couple of notable catches too. Urs Leibundgut caught his first Delphi salmon on the 1st of August, 1993. Urs has landed many salmon since then, with the latest milestone his 500th Delphi salmon on the 18th of July! Well done Urs!

      Monster Sea Trout

      And Hughie Clarke had the fish of a lifetime on the 16th. Fishing the Whin Pool with a Conehead Francis/Snaelda variant, he hooked and landed what he thought at first to be a 10-11lbs salmon, but was quickly confirmed to be a sea trout! Even in the days before fish farming when sea trout were abundant, such a fish was almost unheard of. An incredible capture, and after a quick photo the fish was released unharmed.

      Hughie Clarke’s Delphi sea trout, estimated at 10-11lbs. The fish was released after a quick photo

      Go fishing…

      At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.

      Delphi Fishery
      Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
      Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Email: [email protected]
      Web: www.delphilodge.ie

      Delphi

      Great mix of species for shore anglers on Donegal Bay

      By
      Myles Kelly
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      Killybegs Mariners report from the beaches of Donegal Bay…

      19 July: Fantastic fishing on Donegal Bay for John Cunningham with some super hauls of small eyed (painted) ray, doubles of flounders and Bass along with doubles of large flounders plus weaver for the species hunt.

      22 July: A fine session last night on the beach for Cormac with some lovely plump summer bass and trout hopping the rods along with turbot and whiting also making for a great night’s fishing.

      Go fishing…

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      mariners logoMariners sea angling club, Killybegs Co Donegal. The club runs a shore league and boat competitions and angling trips around Ireland doing the sport we love. Get in touch at www.facebook.com/mariner.sac

      New anglers always welcome to join.

       

      Sea angling in Donegal

       

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