David Warrington of the website Ireland’s Coarse Fishing contacted us to let us know about a huge fish caught earlier this week.
Ireland’s first 40 lb carp was banked on the 27th of February. The huge fish weighed in at an portly 40 lb and 2 ozs. Angler Andy Doyle successfully tempted the 40 lb fish known locally as “Big Hole” at the very late hour of 4 am. Andy was fishing at Private syndicate water near Maynooth in Co. Kildare which was formerly known as Maynooth Fisheries. This huge fish wins our Catch of the Week "Big Hole" - Ireland's first 40lb carp http://www.irelandscoarsefishing.com/
For the second time in three years, Ballina native Martin Conroy has hooked and landed the first fresh run salmon of the season on the Moy system. This is the earliest date the ‘first fish’ has been reported for a long number of years. The fish was caught today at approximately 9.30am just upstream of the newly refurbished Salmon Weirs, in the Ballina Salmon Anglers water. The salmon is surprisingly small for the time of year; at approximately 3lbs. Inland Fisheries Ireland staff have collected scale samples to ascertain the age of the fish, as it does not appear to be a multi-sea winter/spring salmon. Salmon anglers are reminded to be vigilant over the coming weeks when angling, as there are large numbers of kelts present in many systems.
The 2012 Leinster Youths Fly Tying Competition took place in the Tullaghan Centre at Lough Owel on Saturday 25th February 2012. The competition ran from 11AM until 3.30PM with a thirty minute break for lunch at 1PM. Members of the 2012 ITFFA (Irish Trout Fly Fishing Association) Youths International Fly Fishing Team are also competing in this league, which is organised by TAFI (Trout Angling Federation of Ireland).
Each competitor had to tie four fly patterns, and they had to tie two of each pattern. The flies were: Pheasant Tail Nymph, Peter Ross, Connemara Black and a Dry Green Peter. Competitor’s fly patterns were judged upon: – correct proportions, correct use of materials, consistency between the two same fly patterns, overall presentation and finish.
The results were:
1st Sean Dempsey, Coosan Anglers
2nd Fergal McKiernan, Coosan Anglers
3rd Dylan Byrne, Dublin
4th Dylan Ennis, Coosan Anglers
5th Ciaran McDonnell, Dundalk Brown Trout Anglers
6th Michael Conroy, Dundalk Brown Trout Anglers
7th John Corbally, Coosan Anglers (joint 7th)
7th Francis Rafferty, Dundalk Brown Trout Anglers (joint 7th)
Leinsters youth iner-provincial fly fishing
These eight competitors will represent Leinster at the 2012 Inter-Provincial Youth Fly-Tying Championship, which will be held on Saturday the 10th March 2012 at the The Dropping Well Pub, Classon’s Bridge, Milltown, Dublin 6. Registration will take place between 10 and 10.30AM. The competition will commence at 11AM and finish at 3.30PM; with presentation of prizes taking place at 4.30PM. The ITFFA extend their gratitude to all those who organised this event and they wish all of these competitors every success.
If you would like more information about this topic, or you would like to arrange an interview, please contact Joseph Keena at 086 8722449 or e-mail [email protected]
This is the inaugural year for the Irish Bass Festival. It is open to all lure anglers and will take place along the South Coast of Ireland. Anglers are free to roam around and fish wherever they please in search of bass. This is the first of its kind. The event is running over 3 days from the 20th to the 22nd of July with some great prizes up for grabs.
It will be running a fully catch and release concept and all the rules you need to know are in the Festival Rules tab http://irishbassfestival.com/festival-rules.
Full details on how you can join in are in the How you enter tab http://irishbassfestival.com/how-to-enter
Tickets for the festival will be available from Absolute Fishing in Tramore. All anglers are welcome, whether you are a beginner or hardened lure angler. There will be people on hand to help and give tips and advice on any questions you may have. Bass
On signing in you will receive maps of the area supplied by Inland Fisheries Ireland which have fishing hotspots around Southern coastline clearly outlined. Fishing on sea rocks
For full details: http://irishbassfestival.com/
28/02 I went out for a cast today expecting to see some nice bass at this time of year, but I only managed a few small bass and flounder. We need the surf getting bigger to have a chance at the larger bass. Or for it to calm right down to get out on the fly or lures. I can’t wait to get out on the Kayaks again.
Get hooked at city west show is on the 10th & 11th of march so looking forward to seeing some of you lads there.
22/02 With a bit of a surf up I went out for a cast with Ivor today. We went to one of my local marks with lug worm and razor fish. After the first hour I started to get a bit bored with no bites coming to either rod. And then it was like someone ringing the dinner bell! We caught 6 bass in less then 1 hour – a quick shoal of bass came through and we made the most of it. The fish were not big but good fun, all around 2lb to 3lb.
Bradford Sea Angling Club members had a 3 day trip to Courtmacsherry on the 17th,18th and 19th February. They fished inshore due to the weather conditions on the Friday and Saturday but on the Sunday with good conditions they ventured offshore to the wrecks where they caught Ling to near Specimen weight at 23lbs, Specimen Pollack to 12.5lbs and medium Coalfish, Cod, Haddock and whiting.
Roger Smith's Specimen Pollack 2012
They will have boats going out every Sat or Sunday from now on and there will be spaces available, if weather conditions allow wrecking will be an option. On the shore fishing side, good flounder from Courtmacsherry with the occasional Bass being caught mostly on crab. Mark Gannon
Bandon Angling Association will be having a presentation on water safety and basic First Aid for the youth (8yrs- teens). This will be hosted by one of Bandon Angling Association club members, Paramedic and Safety Instructor John O’Brien. There is no charge for this and you are welcome to come along.
Date: Sat 24th March. Time: 11:00am to 1:00pm. Venue: Town Hall Bandon.
ANGLING NOTES: BY ALL accounts, the trout-angling season got off to a good start on Loughs Corrib and Mask in the west. And those who ventured out had some rewarding catches, says fisheries inspector Kevin Crowley. In the Greenfields area, a number of anglers reported trout on the fly, including Frank Reilly, who had two on wetfly patterns. Peter Byrne, from Castlebar, also had two for about 1.1kg (2.5lb), both returned. Paul Dignam from Ennis reported a good trout of 0.9kg (2lbs) on fly… Irish Times, 27/02/12. Read the article ‘Angling news from Lough Corrib and Lough Mask‘.
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A great day’s pike fishing was had by all on Oakport lake for the Donnellan cup on 25th February.
Oakport lake fishing
There were more than 30 pike landed and as always the winner from this venue is a high double. The results are as follows:
BANTRY Harbour Commissioners will formally object to the proposed new salmon farm for Bantry Bay. After a meeting with representatives of the Save Bantry Bay committee, the members of the Board voted to object to the proposed construction of a 300-acre salmon farm at Shot Head. ‘With the information we have to hand, the Bantry Harbour Commissioners will be objecting… The Southern Star, 25/02/12. Read the article ‘Bantry Harbour Commissioners to object to proposed new salmon farm‘.
