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Record-breaking shark fishing in Galway Bay

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IFI Staff
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Some nice settled weather and calm seas allowed the Brazen Hussy to get offshore for some shark fishing this week, and what a week it was. Thomas Markey’s crew were out on Saturday and had 12 fine porbeagles to the boat. A couple of the sharks were tail wrapped and had to be boated to untangle them, but most were unhooked safely alongside.

If Saturday was good, then Sunday was unbelievable, with another crew bringing 14 sharks to the boat to beat the boat record of 13! I was lucky enough to be aboard to witness it, and it truly was a great day of fishing, with constant action right from the start and sharks regularly circling the boat at close range. It is great to see a resurgence in porbeagle shark numbers, and the size is growing too, with quite a few fish over 200lbs.

On Monday the crew felt like something smaller might give aching muscles a rest, but sharks were still on the agenda, with tope the quarry. As soon as the anchor was down and baits went over the side, they were straight into fish, with 10 tope to about 40lbs landed in 2 hours, and quite a few more dropped runs.

Rik with a nice tope

After a couple of hours we moved to fish for other species on the drift, but even there a couple of tope were caught, as well as pollack, ling, whiting, pouting and more.

 

Go fishing…

 

To book fishing with John aboard the Brazen Hussy II, give him a call on 087 7571320

A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either Rossaveal, Spiddal or Galway depending on species being sought after. Fishing on the inshore reefs for pollock, cod, ling, wrasse, conger eel and mackerel can be reached in 10 minutes from departure, while our offshore reef marks are within 45 minutes of departure. Our ground fishing for tope, spurdog, ray, bullhuss, turbot, plaice and the giant common skate can all be reached within the hour which ensures the most amount of time is spent fishing.
The shark season usually starts at the end of June and runs into late October, this is the ultimate angling adrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and released safely.
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Address: Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
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Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320

Fantastic seabass and pollack flyfishing in Cork Harbour for Eire Bass

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IFI staff
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Alessia with a chunky fly-caught pollack

Eire Bass guide, Richie Ryan, hasn’t written a report in a while, fortunately he’s penned a recent diary entry. Check out his report below…

My bass fishing on the fly kicked off in May this year when I had the usual suspects on board Sea Hawk, namely Kevin Mc Loughlin and Dr. Jacques Bronkhorst. I had an inkling there was a bass shoal forming outside Cork Harbour waiting to head our direction. What luck to find a massive shoal clearly visible on the sonar but also swimming nonchalantly under the boat. Jacques looked at me astonished as we were both amazed at what was a most remarkable and rare event. Double figure fish mixed in with bass of all sizes. A quick change from pollack flies to bass flies started what was to be a frenetic hour of pure magical synchronised fly fishing. Jacques was to send a text later that evening to say it was one of the best days fly fishing of his lifetime, a serious compliment I can assure you. Almost 30 bass were caught and released on that red letter day!

A few clients managed to eke out a few more bass on the fly at that mark before they moved on, the last being my great friend Dr. Shane Flood, his first ever on the fly.

Jaques with one of many Cork Harbour sea bass that took the fly that day
Big pollack on fly for Richie

May was my best start to pollack on the fly season ever. A nice settled spell of weather encouraged the bigger fish to move in to shallower water where we could target them on the fly. An Irish woman bought a birthday voucher for her Italian husband to go fishing with me. An extra request was could I bring her daughter Alessia along also. To say she aced the fly fishing is a…As can be seen from the photograph Alessia is a natural. She had a competition to see who would catch the most fish, we lost count, always a great sign!

Go Fishing

Eire Bass – Richie Ryan

Saltwater fly fishing Guide.
Web: www.corkbass.com E-mail: info@corkbass.com
Tel: +353 (0)86 1940744

Ireland on the Fly – Mick O’Farrell and what he learned fly fishing in Ireland and the UK

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Mick O’Farrell is an Irish fly angler and is that rare breed who moved to the UK and subsequently established a high reputation for himself on the stillwaters in England in addition to his prowess in Ireland.

He became well known for his book, ‘A Passion for Trout’ and could often be read in UK fly fishing publications discussing stillwater tactics and flies.

With best intentions to retire to Ireland, he has a new book out called, ‘Trout and Grayling Flies: An International Masterclass’ and he joins Daire & Tom on this week’s Ireland on the Fly to discuss his fly fishing life in Ireland and England and how anglers from both countries have helped to develop and improve fly fishing techniques on the two sides of the Irish Sea.

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If you’re interested in purchasing a copy of Mick’s new book, you can email him directly at mpofarrell1@hotmail.co.uk.

Prime Tope time for anglers fishing with Wicklow Boat Charters

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Kit Dunne of Wicklow Boat Charters reports that tope are showing in good numbers off the coast of Wicklow at the moment. With a bit of settled weather and some luck getting fresh mackerel for bait, one group had a cracking 30 tope to the boat for the day.

Kit is working with some scientists this week, helping out with a tagging programme, hoping to learn a bit more about the movements of these important species in our coastal waters.

Go fishing…

Wicklow Boat Charters

Address No.1 South Quay Wicklow Wicklow Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 6832179 Mobile Phone: +353 404 67031 Website: wicklowboatcharters.ie
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Dean Markey wins night match at Enfield

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Shane O'Reilly
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The Leinster Coarse Fishing Federation held their yearly night match at Enfield last weekend. 13 anglers lined the banks for the event, and there were plenty of fish caught, including some sizeable bream by the looks of the pictures.

Once again, Dean Markey proved to be the top angler on the night with an impressive 26lb+, with Niall Sutton coming in second on 22lb.

Dean Markey won with 26lb+

Matija Ivkov wins second All Ireland Method Feeder Championship at Oaklands

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Myles Kelly
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Saturday, 13 July, saw 23 anglers turn out to fish the second qualifier at Oaklands lake for the 18 remaining places at the All Ireland Method Feeder Championship this September.

Winner of the match was Matija Ivkov with 57.90, followed by Roman Legeic 52.58 and in third Stephen Whyte with 47.92.

Section Winners, A Marius Vrubliauskas 17.86, B Donatas Zemaitis 40.04, C Ivaylo Benov 47.30, D Grazvydas Karalius 44.34

Congratulations to the top 18, excluding those already qualified, who now make up the final 30 to fish the championship on 15th of September.

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Oaklands Fishery

Address Marsh Meadow New Ross Wexford Ireland Phone: +353 51 445348 Mobile Phone: +353 87 6988979 Mobile Phone: +353 87 781 1042 Website: oaklandslake.com
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Good fishing on wrecks and reefs for Irish Deep Sea Charters

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Myles Kelly
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Jim Nowotynskie of Irish Deep Sea Charters made the most of the nice conditions and small tides on Sunday to get to an offshore wreck in search of ling.

The water temperature had come up nicely in the past week and over the morning was they had their first real hit of mackerel. So with plenty fresh bait they had a good day over the wreck and the ling weren’t long coming aboard.

Irish Deep Sea Charters have also been getting some good results on the reefs. they had a great day recently with Ardmore angling club where the catch included some fine fish including a specimen wrasse and some tired arms in the evening.

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Irish Deep Sea Charter

Address Union Hall Cork Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 7613171 Mobile Phone: +353 86 3314224 Website: https://sea-angling.ie/
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Low water in Killarney, a few salmon caught on river and lakes

By
Myles Kelly
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Killarney Lake
Purple Mountain over Muckross Lake,Muckross, Killarney Co. Kerry.

Water levels remained low on the Laune, lakes and Flesk for the weekending 14 July.

There were 3 salmon reported averaging 4.5lbs and 1 salmon of 6lbs all caught trolling on the Killarney Lakes .

On the Laune 1 salmon was caught on Beat 3. the fish weighed 5lbs and was caught spinning.

Go fishing…

Rivers Laune and Killarney Lakes system

A few grilse and some sea trout reported from Lough Currane

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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For the week ending 14 July there were 7 grilse and some sea trout caught on Lough Currane. The lake is very low and a good flood is needed.

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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Guides and boat hire

Fishing with Dom

Address Spunkane Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2051515 Website: https://fishingwithdom.com/
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Fly Fishing on Lough Currane

Address Termons Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353(0) 87 922 8659 Phone: +353(0) 66 9474146 Website: flyfishingatloughcurrane.com
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Lakelands Farm

Address Lake Road Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 4160200 Website: lakelandshouse.com
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Neil O’Shea

Address Caherbarna Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 9942792 Phone: +353 66 9474527 Website: oshealoughcurrane.com
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Old Daly’s Supermarket & Filling Station

Address Murreigh Waterville V23 X459 Ireland Mobile Phone: +353669474842 Website: dalysfoodstore.ie
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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

Address Spunkane Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 (0)87 2202355 Phone: +353 (0)66 9474800
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Successful Catch & Release competition for Loughanure Anglers Club

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IFI staff
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Last Sunday, Loughanure Anglers held their McBride Memorial competition. Read their report…

Yesterday saw us host The McBride Memorial event. We had a great turn out and despite the bright conditions some lovely trout were caught…all safely returned as part of our catch and release program.

Lots of happy faces at the Catch & Release event

A special thank you to the McBride family for supporting the event, as always, thanks to everyone who entered and for all the help with the boats.

The top 7 anglers were:

1st – Eugene Boyle

2nd – Pat McElkerney

3rd – Tim Harron

4th – Paul Forbes

5th – Ronnie Childs

6th – Derek Boyd

7th – Michael Ferry

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