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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

By
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.

 

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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

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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

 

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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: info@delphilodge.ie
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

 

No rod benders reported from Currane

By
Myles Kelly
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Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane…

17/7/2024. I didn’t hear of any catches, be it C&R, fly or troll, so on that note I will head straight to the Currane anglers weather. Wind strong followed by good cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.0mm, amount of sunshine 7hrs.8mins, maximum air temperature 17.8°C.

18/7/24. I didn’t hear of any reports of any Salmon caught or released or any C&R Sea Trout. Wind North light, followed by some cloud cover, amount of rainfall 6.8mm, amount of sunshine 7hrs.2mins, maximum air temperature 18.2°C.

19/7/2024. So far, I didn’t hear of any catches or releases. Wind South light followed by good cloud cover, followed by rain.

20/7/2024. Just for the record all my lines were all quiet but as I say that the Currane anglers could have seen some good action? but time will tell. Wind fresh, North veered NNW and bright sunshine for most of the day.

21/7/24. The Waterville fishery did get a bit of rain but not a lot, in total 9.4mm, yesterday admittedly not a lot but saying that a walk up the Inny wouldn’t have done any harm. Wind fresh SW veered SSW, SW.

22/7/2024. No reports from the Currane anglers as of yet, so on that note we head for the Currane anglers weather department. Wind fresh SSW veered SW, W, WNW, followed by misty rain throughout the day. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 4.1mm, amount of sunshine 0hrs.1mins, maximum air temperature 16.6mm.

23/7/2024. No reports as of yet from the Currane anglers this day, you could say the reporting is getting as difficult as netting one’s fish but as the fly fisherman said to his gillie patience is a virtue and everything comes to those who wait. Wind North veered W, NW, W, WSW, followed by good cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 1.6mm, amount of sunshine 0hrs.7mins, maximum air temperature 16.5°C.

24/7/2024. There was a small flood coming down the River Inny this morning so we will take it for granted that the Currane anglers had their C&R River Inny hats on? That’s all the news I have this day, now for the Currane anglers weather report, wind fresh South veered SW, WSW, SW, WSW. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.6mm, amount of sunshine 0hrs.1mins, maximum air temperature 17.0°C.

Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:salmonandseatrout@gmail.com
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

Sea Trout – Catch and release only

Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.

The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-

  • the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
  • the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
  • the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay

FLEKSI

A new online survey has been developed by IFI for the Currane catchment to gather anglers’ knowledge – the survey method called FLEKSI was developed by IFI to help give an insight into the status of the fishery. Currane Anglers are needed for Citizen Science survey to examine fish stocks

For more information on the daily conditions, all the craic and news be sure to check out Vincent Appleby’s Salmon and Sea Trout blog for regular reports with back dates, petitions, public consultation notices, readers letters and videos and more of what’s happening on Currane.


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Fishing with Dom

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Fly Fishing on Lough Currane

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Lakelands Farm

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Old Daly’s Supermarket & Filling Station

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Salmon & Sea Trout Fishing

Address Eureka Lodge Caherdaniel West Waterville Kerry V23 XD63 Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2074882 Website: salmonandseatrout.com
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Waterville Boats

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Good range of species for anglers on Kincasslagh’s Saoire Marie

By
Myles Kelly
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Saoire Marie

Charter boat Saoire Mara out of Kincasslagh in Co. Donegal had some good fishing over the weekend with mackerel making a welcome return. Both weekend Day Charters produced 15 varieties of fish each day with 5 anglers catching 10 or more varieties.

Pollock, Coalie, Whiting and Mackerel were plentiful. Other varieties included Sand Eel, Scad, Cod, Dogfish, Red, Grey and Tub Gurnards, Haddock, Ling, Pouting, Poor Cod, Thornback Ray, Ballan and Cuckoo Wrasse.

There are a few days of settled weather approaching and individual bookings as well as private charters are welcomed.

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