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Latest Pike championship qualifier takes place on the River Finn near Clones in Co. Monaghan

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myleskelly
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Sundays Kingspan National Pike Championships Qualifier was held on a mile stretch of the Finn River near Clones. 58 anglers turned up to fish the September Qualifying Competition of the 2011/12 Kingspan National Pike Championships. Club secretaries will be getting full results shortly. Most of the fish caught today were very small – less than a pound.

Best fish on the day was Jimmy Thompsons 14.5 pounder.
Check in and results were done in the Leggakelly Inn. They laid on a huge number and variety of excellent sandwiches and sausages. Many thanks to them. If you are fishing in the area do drop in for a drink or meal. They really do deserve our support.

The top 5 anglers who go through to the Final are

1st Jody Kiernan (Kingscourt)
2nd  Willie Heasley (Duleek)
3rd  Marty Lawlor (Belfast)
4th  Godfrey Donohue (Dublin)
5th  Jimmy Thompson (Dublin)

John Chambers from the www.angling-in-ireland.com website

Two pike save the day on Lene

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myleskelly
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Photo: Noel caught this 13lb lLough Lene pike on a Bass Harasser

After a few cold hours trolling some lost fish and ripped up lures, the heavens opened it lashed down and a mist covered the lake we were really tested by the conditions but we persevered and produce a few nice fish. At about four pm Noel decided it was time for the magical bass harasser to come out and within minutes he was on to a 13lb pike that put up a super fight before we finally got the net in the water and boated it. After a few quick snaps we released it and started back on the troll.

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Photo: Anthony saved a blank for himself with this jack

Five minutes went by and Noel had just said to get the tea out when I felt something take the lure and with a few thumps on the rod I and knew I was on and this one wasn’t going to get away. After an energetic few jumps we boated the small pike and it turned out to be 6 lb another few snaps and it was released and sent home. These fish saved the day for us, Thanks for recommending Lene, needless to say we’ll going back for more and hopefully next time we’ll get the one that got away.
Anthony Greene
Scouting Ireland

Good pike fishing reported from the Portumna area

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myleskelly
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Few anglers have ventured out during the last few weeks. Those that did have experienced excellent Pike fishing all along the Shannon from Portumna Bridge to Meelick.  Pike readily taking a variety of lures and dead bait.  20+ pike per session have been achieved by some anglers.

Mike Murray
MURRAY’S B&B
Derryhiney, Portumna
Tel +353 909759596
Web www.bedandbreakfastportumna.com

Derg pike to 15lb on spinner and fly

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myleskelly
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Photo: Cathy got the best fish of the two days estimated at around 15lbs

Brian Coughlan and wife Cathy were out fishing on Lough Derg last week. We rented a Boat from Fisherman’s Paradise and had Richard Mc Dermot as a guide for one of the two days we fished.

Cathy got the best fish of the two days estimated at around 15lbs, this is her first pike. She caught it on a cast 30g Abu Toby. It put up a great fight and as you can see she was delighted.

Overall, For the two days we managed 14 fish, 8 to cast spinners and 6 to the fly rod. The best fish to the fly rod was just less than 8lbs. The killer fly’s were EP fibre white and green deceivers tied on size 4 Ad Swier hooks.

Some much larger Pike were moved, hooked and lost on the fly rod around Lushag Rocks. Two of the White Tailed Sea Eagles were also seen on the second morning.
Brian Coghlan
By email

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Boats for hire with or without 4hp engine, includes landing nets and life jackets. Guides also available.
Address: Fishermans Paradise, Scarrif, Co. Clare.
Tel: +353 (0)67 921851Mob: +353 (0)87 2580329
Email: [email protected] Web: www.fishermens-paradise.com

The European Pike Challenge is on Lough Derg from the 19th September

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myleskelly
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The European Pike Challenge begins on Monday the 19th Sept and continues on the 20th and 22nd on Lough Derg.

Main sponsors are Inland Fisheries Ireland, Condor and Seiwa Electronics and Total fishing. Results will be displayed each evening in Reddans pub Killaloe.

Entry fee is €100 without a boat and €50 with a boat.

If you require any further Info please do not hesitate to contact the organiser, Jim Robinson e-mail: [email protected] or ring Jim at 087 2339999

Good sonaghan fishing on Melvin last Sunday

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myleskelly
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The trout fishing was fairly quiet over the week with mixed results reported. On Sunday however, the trout fishing picked up with decent bags of up to 6 good Sonaghan per rod reported from most of the usual Sonaghan drifts.

Lindsey Clarke
IFI-Ballyshannon.
email: [email protected]

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For info/bookings etc on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see the website: http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/ or Tel: +353 (0)71 9841055 (8 am to 12 noon).

Lough Melvin, Rossinver Fishery: For info/bookings etc, contact Ruth Mettler. Tel: 071 9841451

Ballin Lough rainbow trout report

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myleskelly
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A total of 25 rods fished the lough for the week, accounting for 28 rainbow trout (13 of which were released). Pat Murphy, Co. Galway, boated four trout, his best weighing 3.5 lbs. John Freestone, Crossmolina, had 5 to the boat while Emmet Stagg, Co. Dublin, had three.

Bryan Ward
IFI-Ballina .
email: [email protected]

Good trout fishing reported from Loughs Conn and Cullin

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myleskelly
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Despite the unfavourable conditions of late with rain and gusty winds, there have been good hatches of olives in the sheltered bays, particularly in northern Lough Conn. Angling out of Pontoon Bridge Hotel, Co. Cork pair Sean Murphy and John Finn had four trout for their day, their best weighed 1.5 lbs. and was caught on a Golden Olive Bumble. David Conaghan, Co. Derry, had three trout (heaviest 2 lb.) and a 7 lb. salmon while fishing the Claret Dabbler over two days. David Duggan and Harry Byrne, Belfast, also had trout to 2 lb. while fishing the Connemara Black.

Angling from Murphy’s of Massbrooke, Patrick Mangan, Co. Offaly had one trout of 1.5 lb. while regular visitors Mick Sweeney and Liam McHugh, Loughrea had three small trout. Anthony Gallagher, London and nephew John enjoyed good sport in the Coleman’s Shallows area, with Anthony boating a 4 lb. trout to a Teal, Blue & Silver, and John capturing a 3 lb. grilse on the Connemara Black.

In the Crossmolina area of L. Conn, Gary Crossley and Ian Wise had 4 trout to the boat for an evening’s fishing.  Bobby Cording, Dublin, had a 2 lb. trout near Massbrooke Point, Peter Roach had two trout for 2 lb. while Sean Creane had one of 2 lb. to a dry Wulff.

On Lough Cullin, Jim O’Sullivan and son Declan, Co. Dublin, had three trout on sedge patterns, their best weighing 1 lb.

The Foxford Anglers recently held the annual Chris Downey Memorial Cup competition on Lough Conn, with 22 anglers participating. First place was won by Joe Ferguson, Knockmore, second went to Joe Quinn, Cloghans, and in third was Michael Monaghan, Knockmore.

Murphy’s Bar and Boat Hire are hosting a competition on Conn on Saturday 24th September. Registration is at Browns Bay from 9.30 am with angling commencing from 11.00am.  First prize for this competition is €500.
Bryan Ward
IFI-Ballina .
email: [email protected]

Trout fishing improving on Lough Corrib

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myleskelly
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Fishing is reasonably good on Lough Corrib at the moment, and John Walsh reports from Cornamona-Greenfields that 19 anglers reported 35 trout in 41 rod-days, mostly taken on wetfly, predominantly dabblers and Green Peter patterns. A party of 3 rods staying at Larry McCarthy’s Corrib View Lodge, John Cash, Vaughan Rutley and Richard Haskins from the UK, landed 8 good fish over 3 days fishing, including a nice trout of 3 lb. Frank Guilfoyle Sr. and son Frank Jr., from Ennis, landed 3 fish for their day out, while Sean Dixon from Ennis had 2 trout for his day on the lake. Mike Lambert and Jack Coyle from Antrim landed 5 trout for 8.25 lb. over 2 days, and Michael Jones and Christopher Dodd from Wales landed 7 trout over 2 days, all sportingly released again.  September is usually a good month on Corrib and Mask, with water temperatures cooling down slightly and fish becoming more active, so fishing prospects here are pretty good over the next few weeks.

Kevin Crowley
IFI-Galway .
email: [email protected]

Some nice trout fishing reported from Lough Owel and Lough Ennell

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myleskelly
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Some nice trout fishing reported from Lough Owel and a few fish including a trout of 6 lb. from nearby Lough Ennell in Mullingar.

The last two weeks on Owel saw a decline in numbers of anglers fishing.

Dodder Angling Club held a competition with thirty anglers returning twenty fish:-

  • 1st Karl O’Toole had three fish 4 lb. 14 ozs
  • 2nd Casey O’Donnell had two fish 4 lb.
  • 3rd Sean Goulding had three fish 3 lb. 12 oz.

Other catches included:
Billy Darby, Mullingar had six fish over three days best 2.25 lb.
Johnny Plunkett, Mullingar had two fish best 1.25 lb.
Gerry O’Reilly, Dublin had two fish 1 x 2 lb. and 1 x 1.25 lbs.
Michael McCormack, Mullingar had three fish 1 x 1.75 lb.
Christy Martin from Tullamore had four fish averaging 1.5 lb.
Michael Traynor from Dublin had three fish x 1.5 lb.

On Sunday 4th September 2011 the Clonhugh Cup was fished on Owel.  Twenty eight anglers took part and caught twenty fish.

  • 1st Joe Davis with one fish 2 lb.
    2nd Eugene Fagan – one fish 2 lb.

More catches:
Michael McCormack 1 x 1.75 lb.
Christy Martin 1 x 1.25 lb.
Johnny O’Malley had five fish heaviest 3 lb.

Lough Ennell

Fishing is poor at the moment with weather conditions turning very showery and cold.

Philip Smith had four fish over five days fishing heaviest 3 lb.
Michael Devaney had one fish for four days weighing 6 lbs.
Johnny O’Malley had one fish 1.5 lbs.
Teresa Heery
Inland Fisheries Ireland – Limerick
Tudenham Lodge, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
E-mail: [email protected]

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