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PB pike to 115cm and perch on dropshot

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June 7, 2024

Senan Stanely was out on Lough Ree with Brian Connaughton of WildHunter over the Bank holiday and managed a new PB pike, our Catch of the Week, as well as some lovely dropshot perch…

An early start this on Saturday with a long drive with Brian. We found several nice fish through the day, but a 115cm whopper was the best for me! Amazing fish in amazing condition, the power these fish hit the lure with, wow, I love it!

We also had some perch fishing in the morning for a bit of fun, what a day!

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WildHunter

Address Garden Vale Athlone Westmeath N37 X8H2 Ireland Website: wildhunter.ie

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Blankety blank cheque book and pen for Currane Anglers

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June 7, 2024

Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane…

30/5/2024 My WhatsApple was all quiet be it fly lines or trolling lines this day. Wind NE light to fresh and variable, followed by reasonable cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 1.5mm, amount of sunshine 3.2, maximum air temperature 15.4°C.

31/5/2024 This June Bank holiday weekend starts with a blankety blank check book and pen and considering the sun blazing down on Lough Currane that’s not surpising, wind NE light. Now we head for yesterday’s weather, amount of rain fall 0.3mm, amount of sunshine 2.3, maximum air temperature 13.5°C.

1/6/2024 There were six Currane boats out manipulating their skills on this bright and sunny day, just for the record there wasn’t a cloud in sight, the same goes for the Salmon, need I say more. Wind light NNE, yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.0mm, amount of sunshine 13.7, maximum air temperature 16.1°C, rainfall for the month of May 59.0mm.

2/6/2024 Another bright and sunny day on this Bank Holiday, you can say that it was a perfect day for a Fogarty’s 99 as it is every day, as the Currane anglers have melt down while fishing in all departments.

Wind NNE light, followed by reasonable clear skies, yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.0mm, amount of sunshine 15.0, maximum air temperature 17.3°C.

3/6/2024 There were six boats out manipulating their skills but sadly all lines were all quiet going by my WhatsApple? Wind NNW followed by reasonable cloud cover at times. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.0mm, amount of sunshine 0.8, maximum air temperature 18.5°C.

4/6/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet this day except for their natural language for the lack of reel action, need I say more, I certainly will if I get breaking news. Wind fresh NNW, followed by reasonable cloud cover, just for record there were a few heavy showers this morning. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.1, amount of sunshine 0.9, maximum air temperature 15.4°C.

5/6/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments but to be fair the lake is on the low side and just for the record I’m not trying to make an excuse for the lack of catches. Wind NW fresh, followed by the odd shower and reasonable cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 3.3mm, amount of sunshine 5.5, maximum air temperature 14.6°C.

6/6/2024 The Currane anglers reports are getting like the American tv soap Peyton Place and is like a one repeating continuous old 45 record and that doesn’t say much for me either, need I say more. Wind light to fresh coming from the West, followed by the odd shower and reasonable cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall a trace, amount of sunshine 4.7, maximum air temperature 14.1°C.

Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:[email protected]
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

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Find out more about Lough Currane…

The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see:

Waterville lakes and river system

Guides and boat hire

Fishing with Dom

Address Spunkane Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2051515 Email: [email protected] 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 Email: [email protected] Website: flyfishingatloughcurrane.com

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Lakelands Farm

Address Lake Road Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 4160200 Email: [email protected] Website: lakelandshouse.com

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Neil O’Shea

Address Caherbarna Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 9942792 Phone: +353 66 9474527 Email: [email protected] 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 Email: [email protected] 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 Email: [email protected]

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Water still low on Laune but better fishing reported

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June 7, 2024

Water levels remained low in the Killarney area last week with the Flesk, lakes and Laune all at summer levels.

There were no reports of salmon caught on the Flesk but anglers did report 4 salmon averaging 5lb on the lake, all trolling.

Further down the system on the Laune there were 3 salmon reported from Johnsons Fishery and 1 from Beat 3. The fish were all between 7.5 and 9lb and were all caught spinning.

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Rivers Laune and Killarney Lakes system

Munster Blackwater steadily improving

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June 7, 2024

Alex arrived from the UK this morning and did not take her long to show the men at Blackwater Trout and Salmon Fishery how it's done — Alex arrived from the UK on Friday morning and did not take her long to show the men at Blackwater Trout and Salmon Fishery how it's done

Fishing reported to be steadily improving this past week on the Munster Blackwater with rewards of some smashing fresh fish landed.

With the rise in daytime temperatures, some enthusiasts were venturing out in the afternoon & evening and we have had report of sea trout also showing in the system which adds to the experience.

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River conditions are perfect and with no rain of any great amount predicted for the coming week, this should not change.

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Guided fishing, clubs, private fisheries etc

Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery

Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery control a number of beats of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyduff Bridge beat is almost a mile long offering a huge variety of water and is particularly suited to fly fishing. Upstream near the village of Ballyhooley (a few miles outside the town of Fermoy, Cork) we have two beats. The Ballincurrig Beat is one of the most beautiful locations along the river and has an excellent piece of fly water flowing into a deep pool. Just downstream on the opposite bank we have a short but productive beat, called Magners. This beat fishes also well in high water.

Contact Jason Corcoran:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.

Tel: +353 (0)586 0146
Mobile: +353 (0)87 720 5690
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie

Blackwater Valley Fishery

Salmon, Sea trout and Brown trout fishing on prime fishing beats River Blackwater Co. Cork and Co. Waterford Ireland.

Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +353 (0) 87 690 5467
Web: facebook.com/Corkwaterfordfishery

Blackwater Salmon Fishery

Blackwater Salmon Fishery has 3 beats downstream of the weir and 2 upstream of the weir. Blackwater Salmon Fishery offers fishing on approximately 5 miles of the river Blackwater. The fishing is spread throughout the middle section of the river to offer good sport throughout the fishing season. Due to the location of the beats, fishing can still usually be offered in low or high water.
Contact Glenda Powell: Lismore, Co Waterford,
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929
Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com

Fortwilliam Fishery & Self-Catering Cottages

Fortwilliam Fishery offers two miles of double bank salmon and trout fishing over five beats on the river Blackwater.
Our salmon include – Springers, May Salmon, Grilse, Back End Salmon, and in Summer sea trout.
Our beats provide a wide variety of water, suitable for both beginners and the more experienced fishermen.
Fortwilliam Fishery, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Web: www.fortwilliamfishing.ie Email: [email protected]
Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299

Careysville Fishery

Careysville Fishery offers some of the best salmon fly fishing in Ireland and includes 26 named pools. It is considered by many to be one of premier beats for salmon fishing in Ireland. Wading is excellent and among the numerous streams, pools and glides there is a great variety of fly fishing to suit both complete novice and challenge the most competent of fly casters.

Careysville, Clondulane, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
Email: [email protected] Mobile: +353 (0)86 2378788
Web: http://careysville.com/careysville-fishery/

Lismore Castle Fishery

At Lismore Castle & Golf Course Fishery, we offer nearly two miles of two inter-linked beats, the Castle Beat & the Golf Course Beat.

The legendary Castle Beat consistently ranks as one of the top Salmon beats on the River Blackwater, for the number of Atlantic Salmon caught per rod. The Golf Course Beat offers about 1.5 miles of fishable water through meandering majestic countryside. The Golf Course beat offers a number of bewildering pools suitable for unmatched spinning and bait fishing.

For bookings contact Joe Willoughby on Mobile no. 00353 87 8295449 or Email: [email protected]

Website: www.lismorecastlefishery.com

Blackwater Salmon Anglers, Mallow

We provide Day Tickets for some prime Salmon fishing in Mallow Co. Cork. We have excellent fly water, shrimping worming and spinning also. We also have very competitive Day rates and we have very recently upgraded our fishing.

Tickets available from “The Bridge House” and “Vincent Downes Menswear” Mallow.

Facebook: Blackwater Salmon Anglers

Upper Bridgetown Salmon Fishery

Located on the Munster Blackwater in the south of Ireland. Situated mid river between the towns of Fermoy and Mallow. A productive left bank beat in stunning surroundings.

For bookings contact Conor Arnold: +353 87 755 4682

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Loungueville House Salmon Fishery

For details on availability and conditions of fishing for salmon and trout on the Longueville House waters please contact them at
Contact : Longueville House Hotel, William O’Callaghan
Address : Mallow, Co. Cork.
Telephone : 00 353 22 47156
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.longuevillehouse.ie

2024 Salmon & Sea Trout Angling logbook returns

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June 7, 2024

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is encouraging salmon and sea trout anglers to return angling logbooks (setting out their fishing and catch record) and any unused gill tags from 2024 within 7 days of licence expiry or if they have ceased fishing for this year.

Under the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme, anglers can return these in one of three ways:

1. Using the postage pre-paid business return envelope that was supplied at the time of licence purchase (preferred option).

2. Posting the logbook and unused gill tags to the IFI office address that is displayed on their licence or logbook.

3. Scanning and emailing logbook and licence documents to [email protected] (please scan all sides of documents, including continuation pages, to ensure that the licence names and number can be correctly linked to the logbook).

These returns provide vital information regarding the status and management of our wild Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout stocks into the future.

Reminder

In accordance with the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme, anglers in Ireland are required by law to return their completed logbook (setting out their fishing and catch record) and all unused tags to the issuing office of Inland Fisheries Ireland within 7 days of licence expiry.

As part of the Scheme, an angler must attach a valid gill tag to a salmon (any size) or sea trout (over 40cm) harvested, immediately on landing. They must enter details of their catch and/or gill-tag used into their logbook.

Lurgan Van Den Eynde Coarse Angling Club in the medals again

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June 6, 2024

Last year, Lurgan Coarse Angling Club exceeded all expectations and won the World Feeder Club Championships on home ground at Lough Muckno. This year, they travelled to Portugal to defend their title. The odds were stacked against them, as they were fishing on foreign turf, for a fish species they rarely fish for (carp) with one of the smallest teams at the competition.

Their inexperience with the species showed on the practice days, as they took a while to get to grips with the setup. But they are not world champs for nothing, and they quickly figured out tactics to tackle the competition. They fished well on day one and were 12th place overall at the end of the day. Day two saw them set out with a bit of confidence and they fished hard all day, managing to finish ahead of everyone else for that session.

So, they thought they had put in a creditable performance in defence of their title, but as the count went on, it seemed that they had done a bit better than that, and when the results were released, they found that they had managed a fantastic 2nd place finish, with only local Portuguese team Folhadosa Fishing ahead of them.

Winning a gold medal last year was exceptional, but to follow it up with a silver this year is truly remarkable. Hats off to the team and everyone who helped them on their way. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Baggers bag £400 for trip to Slovenia

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June 6, 2024

The VDE Baggers held a fundraiser last weekend for their upcoming trip to Slovenia to fish the World Club Float Championships. Members were out in their droves to support the team, as 40 of them lined up on the River Blackwater, creating a great buzz on the day.

The fishing was a bit patchy, with some areas fishing very well, while other spots were pretty slow. If you were in one of the hot spots, you had a good chance of a decent bag, and so it proved for Raimondas, who put in a great performance to weigh in over 26kg in winning the match.

Second place went to Grzegorz Bojczewski with just under 19kg and third place went to Dawid with just over 16kg. Section winners were, Dominykas, Frank Smith, Jamie Murray, Bartek, Meeky and Michael Tesar. The Baggers will be back on the banks again for another fundraiser on 30th June.

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Whitewood Pike Anglers hold Bank Holiday Float Tube 2-Dayer

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June 6, 2024

Whitewood PAC used their free time over the bank holiday weekend to head for the Shannon system where they held a couple of legs of their float tube league. Anglers used a mix of different methods including wobbling deadbaits, lure and fly fishing. On day one, 18 anglers paddled out and bagged 149 fish, with the biggest a 10lb+ fish for Jody Kiernan.

Day 1 results:
1st day 1 Jody Kiernan 18 pike for 80-10.
2nd Alan Heasley 14 fish 51-8
3rd Sean Markey 15 fish 44-4.

Day 2 saw 15 anglers compete, and they managed 103 fish, with the largest fish of 9lb+ going to Tommy Coffee.

Day 2 Results:
1st Alan Heasley 10 fish for 42-1.
2nd Mark Kiernan 16 fish 39-2
3rd Tommy Coffey 9 fish 36-11.]

River Dodder hosts ITFFA Leinster River Qualifier

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