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Poor opening day for fishing on Lough Derg

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IFI Staff
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The fishing was poor on the opening day of the trout fishing season on Lough Derg on March 15.  Some 34 trolling rods fishing out of Garrykennedy produced just 11 trout over the legal limit of 14 inches. The best was caught by Sean Lyons (2lbs 1 ½ ozs). There were some heartening signs regarding stocks of undersized fish: One boat returned five and another boat returned three.

We hope the forthcoming Mayfly season, the highlight of the angling year on Derg,  will be better than recent years, which have shown a steady decline in catches.

Water quality, invasive species, predation and changes in weather patterns are issues that have been attributed to the fall off in catches. The closure of the lake’s only trout hatchery at Mountshannon a number of years ago may also be a contributing factor – but in the absence of scientific data we don’t know for sure what the problem is.

Anglers are hoping that the publication of a scientific study on native fish stocks in the lake, due for publication by the year’s end, will provide some answers. Dr Fran Igoe   is collating the data for the study and it is called the Lough Derg Native Fish Bio-Diversity Study.

Peter Gleeson

Nenagh Guardian

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Lough Mask Still Fishing Well

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IFI Staff
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Ronan Cusack reports that Mask produced very good fishing again this week, with the majority of fish being caught in shallow water on wetfly patterns.
Duckfly hatches are still sparse and only small numbers of trout have been taken on buzzer so far. Ballinrobe angler Frank O’Hara had 2 fish on Thursday last (best fish 1.75lbs). Frank mentioned rising and returning numerous small fish throughout the day.  Adrian Armitage and Johnny O’Malley from Mullingar fished on Wednesday and they had 5 fish for their day (best fish 1.75lbs). Joe Fitzharris and friend, Ballyhaunis, also fished on Wednesday, and Joe reported boating 21 fish, including 7 good sized trout, which were also returned. Their best fish on the day was approximately 2lbs. Pat Winning, Cork, fished on Wednesday and Thursday this week and he had 6 fish over the two days (best fish 1.75lbs).  Sean O’Loughlin, Galway, fished on Wednesday with Tony O’Donnell and they had 2 fish for the day (best fish 1.75lbs). Ballinrobe anglers Conor O’Mahony and Mick Byrne had 8 fish on Saturday and Sunday of this weekend (best fish 1.75lbs). Sean Maloney, Ballinrobe, fished on Saturday with Noel Farrer from Dublin and they had 10 fish for the day (best fish 2.25lbs). Sean fished again on Sunday and he had a further 5 (best trout 1.75lbs).
Ronan also guides on Mask and can be contacted at [email protected] or on 087 2869487.
Kevin Crowley IFI Galway
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Another salmon off the Galway Weir

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IFI Staff
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Brian O’Rourke with a nice spring salmon of 8.5lbs
Brian O’Rourke with a nice spring salmon of 8.5lbs

Angling does not seem as important this week, when spring was overshadowed by news of the death of angler Michael Ruane from Salthill, Galway, on Lough Corrib on Monday. Inland Fisheries Ireland would like to offer its condolences to the family and friends of Michael. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Galway Weir

Water levels remained good all week, with just 4 sluice gates open on the weir, and a second fish of the season was landed on Tuesday by Brian O’Rourke from Tuam, a nice spring salmon of 8.5lbs. Settled weather this week and continuing nice water should see more fish coming into the river, and I hope to have more salmon to report from Galway soon.

Brian O’Rourke with a nice spring salmon of 8.5lbs
Brian O’Rourke with a nice spring salmon of 8.5lbs

 

Kevin Crowley IFI Galway

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Good hatches on Lough Corrib

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IFI Staff
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Lough Corrib

Duckfly hatches are going well on Corrib at the moment, and most anglers are reporting trout every day they are out. Frank Reilly reports good hatches in the Greenfields area, with some early olives and even some premature mayfly fluttering about too. 14 anglers reported 20 trout for low fishing effort, with retired fisheries inspector Pat Day landing 3 trout in one evening on fly. Sean Dixon took 2 fish on a Sooty Olive, while Pappy Cotter and a friend landed 6 trout for a day on wetfly patterns. Frank himself was out for 3 short sessions over the week and landed 7 trout on wetfly.

Kevin Crowley IFI Galway

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Great water conditions at Delphi but fish didn't co-operate!

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IFI Staff
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17/03/12 Finlough

Our last fish on Tuesday was when the river was at 20. Since then the water dropped until we had heavy rain on Thursday and Thursday night, 35.2mm to be exact. This gave the system a good flush of water and we had fresh fish in. Conditions on Friday were good and Gareth Byrne from Offaly had a cracking fish off Finlough of 15lbs on a Cascade. Surprisingly that was all we had yesterday.
Today we have a new Swedish group in for the week headed by Hasse Dehlin.  Conditions today are excellent and the tops of the hills are even white so it’s typical Spring fishing. Joakim Jonsson started the week in fine style landing a fish that weighed in about 9lbs on a Sunrae Shadow from the Holly Pool. He then proceeded to lose one in the Rock.The water is now running at 50 so there should be nice water for a few days.

20/03/12  – Fin 1 Whin 1

All the rain on Saturday made for great water conditions on Sunday but I’m afraid the fish did not co-operate. Some of our anglers even went to the Owenduff with nice conditions and they also blanked.
Yesterday, however we did manage to land 2 fish.
Thomas Dehlin had a fresh fish off Finlough of 7lbs on a Norwegian tube fly.
Local angler Peter Joyce landed a sea liced fish of 6lbs10.5 ozs in the Whin Pool on a Willie Gunn.
Conditions today are good with the river running at 30, but so far we have nothing landed.
D McEvoy
Delphi Fishery
Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Fax +353-95-42296
Web: www.delphi-salmon.com

Angling show a great catch for Ballybunion – The Kerryman

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IFI Staff
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BALLYBUNION is preparing for an influx of visitors this weekend as the seaside town hosts its first ever Angling and Marine Show from March 23 to 25.

Some of Europe’s top angling experts will be among the star guests at the event, among them angling photographer and TV presenter Harry Gibney, world fly-tying champion Pete Dunne, former long distance fly fishing champion Glenda Power and angling journalist Jim Clohessy. …..read full article….The Kerryman…..21/03/12

http://www.kerryman.ie/news/angling-show-a-great-catch-for-ballybunion-3056824.html

Killer whales spotted off Cork coast – The Cork News

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IFI Staff
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Killer Whale off Kinsale
Killer Whale off Kinsale

Two killer whales have been spotted in the same area off the Kinsale coast this month, an event which is being described as “interesting” by marine experts. Within an eight-day interval at Barry’s Head, Newfoundland Bay, the pair- who belong to the dolphin family- were first spotted by John Murphy and Richard Cussen on Monday, March 5th and again on Tuesday, March 13th by Stephan Lautram.

Killer Whale off Kinsale
Killer Whale off Kinsale

The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) sightings coordinator, Pádraig Whooley said that sightings are far and few between. “Just like sightings of tigers in India are rare,”…….read the full article….The Cork News…..16/03/12

http://thecorknews.ie/articles/killer-whales-spotted-cork-coast-4700

€15,000 allocated for flood refence on Glenfarne River – Leitrim Observer

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IFI Staff
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€15,000 is being allocated to Leitrim County Council to provide flood defences on the Glenfarne river.

The grant which will facilitate the removal of blockages in the river and will allow for the clearance of trees and debris has been approved by Minister of State Brian Hayes.

The news is being welcomed by Senator Michael Comiskey and Deputy Tony McLoughlin as well as local councillors.

Minister Hayes visited Leitrim in December last year…… read article…..The Leitrim Observer…22/03/12

http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/local/15-000-allocated-for-flood-refence-on-glenfarne-river-1-3649820

Ballina Salmon Anglers' water continues to produce catches

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Markus Muller
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Despite an increase in angling effort in the mid and upper Moy fisheries over the past week, it has been the Ballina Salmon Anglers’ water which has continued to produce salmon. Three in total were caught on their waters, with Andy Lynott landing one of 6.5lbs (pictured below), Mick Lackey landing one of 4lbs and the largest salmon of the season to date, a fine fish of 12lbs taken by Val Mitchell. All fish were caught on worm.

Carrowmore Lake yields more spring salmon

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Markus Muller
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The Lake produced a further 4 salmon over the past week. On Wednesday, 14th, boat partners Trevor Morrow and Stephen Brown both had success, with Trevor landing a fine fresh run fish of 8lbs, while Stephens’ weighed 7lbs. Both fish were taken on the Jaffa. Sunday 18th saw a further two fish caught on the lake, with Frank Dooley boating a fish of 8lbs, while Colin McClean, Scotland, had a nice fish of 10.5lbs. The fish caught last week were taken at the Black Banks, Paradise Bay, Glenturk and the mouth of the Glencullin River.

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