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13 Species for Anglers on Pleasure Trip to Killala Bay

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Kilalla Bay Homelyn ray

Being confined to Killala Bay due to challenging weather further out to sea did not limit five anglers last Monday on board ‘Leah’ skippered by Donal Kennedy. On a species hunt, fishing out of Killala, a nice variety of species was encountered, including some of the old reliables. Pollack up to 65 cm, coalies, and both ballan and cuckoo wrasse were prominent in catches, as well as pouting to 33 cm. Wind and tide combined to keep the boat moving along but not too fast as dogfish and some homelyn ray (to 55 cm) were picked up on a long drift. Some cracking dab (up to 35 cm) fell to fish baits on the same drift. Mackerel were still relatively scarce, although some were picked up at different times during the day. Various drifts on named marks in the bay produced additional species over the day, including poor cod, grey and tub Gurnard, and some small ling.

One of the groups took some time out the following day to fish some shore marks in that area and reported some excellent action with ballan and corkwing wrasse.

Shore caught wrasse

 

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36′ Ocean Tramp. 180 HP Turbo Ford
Skipper: Donal Kennedy
Licence: 1006
Base: Enniscrone Operational area: P5.
From Enniscrone and Killala within a 30 mile radius.

Notes: Reef, shark wreck and general deep sea fishing.

Trips on the MV Leah offer a fantastic fishing experience, from a full day’s shark fishing to a short mackerel fishing trip.

As well as catering for the serious angler we offer a range of other services including family trips, pleasure trips and dolphin watching… there is something for everyone.

Contact: Donal Kennedy
AddressEnniscrone SligoIrelandMobile Phone: +353 86 8174509Phone: +353 96 36644Website: dkennedyangling.net

Sea angling in the Sligo / Mayo area

Eamon Kelly wins President’s Cup fished on Loughs Conn & Cullin

By
IFI staff
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Michael Murphy reports from Loughs Conn & Cullin…

Foxford Angling Club held their annual President’s Cup competition across both lakes on Sunday 26th with twenty anglers out sharing ten boats.

A nice return of nine trout over the competition limit of thirteen inches were weighed in with Eamon Kelly coming out the winner with the biggest trout weighing 1.94 lbs. Eamon took home the Presidents Cup plus a nice trophy kindly sponsored by Murphys Boat Hire. Billy Mc Gee came second with a weight of 1.75 lbs and in third place Martin Kenny.

Henk Roskam wins the Ottewill Trophy on Inniscarra

By
Myles Kelly
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Ottewill winners 2024

Twenty-eight anglers checked in to the second of Inniscarra’s May ‘any method’ festivals last Wednesday to fish the Greenway and Garden Centre for 3 days. The water levels had risen dramatically making access to the swims a little difficult, so there was a little tension in the air.

Despite the levels going up, catches were not bad at all and Day 1 was won by Ian Shepard fishing section C, Turtle Bay on the Greenway with 17.170kg. Section C was also the venue of the third on the day Niall Mc Kitterick with 15.690kg. Second was Ray O’Sullivan with 16.370kg at the Garden Centre.

john Fletcher

Section C was also the scene of Day 2’s win. John Van Gaskel took the honours with 17.080kg. Ray O’Sullivan’s weight of 16.560kg from Cable Buoys elevates him to pole position with one day left to fish.

Day 3 saw Henk Roskam catch 19.920kg which pushed Day 2 leader Ray O’Sullivan into 2nd place, trailing by less than a 1kg. In 3rd place was Trevor Platt and 4th spot was taken by Dave Carter.

Ottewill winners 2024

The festival completes the May series of ‘any method’ angling in Coachford Co. Cork. Inniscarra once again proves what a reliable venue it is, even with rising water levels some superb skimmer catches were weighed in and the festival saw an average daily match weight of almost 9kg.

Go fishing…

With Daily flights from the UK and Holland to Cork, and regular flights from many other countries it no hardship to find your way to Inniscarra.

Inniscarra Lake TDL

Inniscarra Lake TDL are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting. www.ncffi.ie

For details of the all the events, venues and more, a downloadable copy of the events calendar, 2020 festival results and a directory of angler friendly accommodation in the local area please visit www.ncffi.ie/inniscarra-angling.

River Moy Angling Report Week ending 26-05-2024

By
IFI staff
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The River Moy in Foxford
Tough conditions on the Moy

Michael Murphy reports from the River Moy…

Water levels at Ballylahan continued to fluctuate with waters rising from 0.35 m on Monday to 0.79 m on Wednesday and back down to 0.49 m by Sunday at noon. Weather was also unpredictable with temperatures ranging from 8  ̊Celsius to 15 ̊ Celsius with above average rainfall and light to moderate west to northwest winds. Rainfall for the month of May is expected to exceed 75 mm.

A total catch of eighty-four salmon were reported caught this week in the catchment with sixty-nine being taken and fifteen being released back to the water with the breakdown of these numbers in the following report.

Ballina Salmon Anglers.

One salmon was reported caught and taken on the worm under the footbridge weighing 10.5 lbs.

Knockmore Salmon Anglers

Kenneth reported two salmon caught and taken on the worm this week weighing 7 lbs and 9 lbs respectively.

Byrnes Fishery

One salmon weighing 8 lbs was reported caught and taken on the worm.

Gannon’s Fishery

Pat reported six salmon caught and taken with weights ranging from 6 lbs to 11 lbs. All salmon were caught using shrimp and prawn.

The Foxford Fishery

Granville reported five salmon all caught and taken on the worm with weights ranging from 4.5 lbs to 9 lbs.

A report was received of three salmon caught and taken this week in the Foxford town area all on the spinner with the best weighing in at 9 lbs.

Gerhard with sealiced salmon from the Nibb on the Foxford Fishery

Foxford Salmon Anglers

Harry reported of a total catch of twenty salmon this week. Sixteen being taken and four released with the weights ranging from 6 lbs to 11 lbs. All were caught using a mixture of spinning, worm and prawn.

Cloongee Fishery

A total of ten salmon were reported this week with good weights ranging from 4.5 lbs to 11 lbs all caught on the fly. Seven of the fish were released back safely to the water and the remaining three were taken.

East Mayo Anglers Association

Kathleen reported of an improved week with a total catch return of thirty-six salmon caught using fly, spinning and worm with a wide variety of weights from 7 lbs to 15 lbs. Thirty-two of these were taken and four released. The best of these at 15 lbs was caught and taken on the worm by a visiting Roscommon angler.

Garadice paradise for Iascaire Spring League finale

By
Paul O'Reilly
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IASCaire Feeder Fishing Club held the last round of their very competitive Spring League 2024 which went right down to the wire with five anglers vying for the top spots. 

Garadice Paradise, as always, kept the competitors on their toes with its unpredictable fishing conditions. While weights weren’t massive, some anglers managed to land the odd hybrid amidst a bag mainly consisting of roach.

Here are the Spring League results:

  • 1st Place: Roman aka Hiszpan Feeder – 10 pts
  • 2nd Place: Darius Sakalys – 14 pts
  • 3rd Place: Eimantas Gostautas – 15 pts

The organisers offer congratulations to all the framers, especially Hiszpan Feeder, who made an incredible debut in his first-ever league and absolutely smashed it! Special thanks to Fishing Tackle and Bait for being their main sponsor and providing the trophies.

Ballinamore coarse angling centre

 

Carrickmacross comes good for Wigan pikers

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Peadar O’Brien of Irish Fishing Guides enjoyed three good days on the water in the Carrickmacross area of Monaghan this week, as he was joined by guests from Wigan. As well as great craic and plenty of laughter, Derrick, William and the two Stevens managed to land 57 pike during their stay, with plenty more hook ups and fish lost at the net. There are great stocks of pike in the Monaghan lakes and the fish that were landed, which were a range of different sizes, were caught on a variety of lures in varying conditions throughout the trip.

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Pike fishing around Carrickmacross and Kingscourt

 

Nymphs working well for trout on the Nore

By
IFI Staff
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Fishing guide Dan O’Neill reports on his latest excursion on the Nore with some guests from a more mountainous region.

 

I was lucky enough to fish this week with three anglers from the Pyrenees mountains. Upon hearing this I couldn’t help but get excited as I’m sure they had some super techniques for wary trout. We met at the Fishing room and exchanged some fly patterns before heading down river to the broken weir.

Walking down the river Thierry acted as translator which was great fun. We learned some new words, all good of course. A very funny phrase came to my mind when I was trying to speak some French, it was of course Rodney from only fools and horses when he said to Del “most of your French phrases come straight from a Citroen manual” brilliant!

However, we were here to fish and not recite. Starting out I split the anglers up over the 300-meter stretch. The middle section of the beat it’s tough to overhead cast so we generally use a circle-c cast. The gentleman I had on the middle beat didn’t speak English which made it very interesting as I had to go through the motions, words were of no use when explaining the cast. It certainly helped me as an instructor to open a new door, it was very rewarding when the cast worked out. I really had to show the movements and explain the cast by motion. It made for an excellent learning exercise for me as well as my guest.

Once all anglers were fishing I sat on a rock just beside the broken weir and took my 10mins to realise how lucky I was. Watching flies dance around, trout on the seams of the opposite bank splashing at flies. A blue flash as a kingfisher shot past. I think once you learn that you have this time on the bank and opportunity to take 10mins it can make day to day issues a little easier.

It wasn’t long before one of the anglers at the bottom of the beat hit a trout, a nice fish of 30/32cm.The fish took a pheasant tail nymph with green glo-Brite hotspot. The trout did seem to be hard on the bottom, the river was rising slightly still. We switched to wet fly during the morning and had some great trout. Super sport and the trout really fought hard in the current.

Always a good idea to turn over a stone and see what nymphs are about

As lunchtime approached, we headed to the fishing room where we had our lunch. We shared stories some translated of course and at times google translate came in very useful. We had a lovely lunch and chat before heading to the Manor pool to try for some more trout. Splitting up again along the pool we fished dry dropper at the tail end, the larger trout fell to an olive nymph with a flashback along the slower calmer water. As the anglers struck most of the fish leapt from the water causing smiles all round.

A hatch of olives can bring trout to the surface too

It was a pleasure to meet the lads and share stories and patterns. The universal language of fishing strikes another international friendship.

 

Go Fishing…

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Did you apply for a River Lee brown tag? Round 3 Draw results here

By
Myles Kelly
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kingsley weir

On Thursday 29 May 2024, a draw took place to allocate the third allocation of 55 Brown Tags for the taking of salmon on the Lower Lee. The requirement to hold a brown tag is set out in Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations.

Anglers may only receive one Brown Tag per season for use on the River Lee catchment.

A total of 130 valid entries were received from salmon rod licence holders. Each was assigned a number in advance of the draw.

65 numbers were randomly generated. The first 55 successful entrants will be issued a brown tag no later than Friday. The final 10 numbers are reserved in case an angler declines or returns the tag allocated to them.

The draw was observed by Sean Long (RBD Director), Chris Scanlan (Fisheries Officer) and Myles Kelly (Angling Advisor and Website Manager).

The numbers selected are:

  1. 4030
  2. 4005
  3. 4105
  4. 4047
  5. 4051
  6. 4064
  7. 4126
  8. 4025
  9. 4093
  10. 4127
  11. 4130
  12. 4068
  13. 4055
  14. 4043
  15. 4070
  16. 4057
  17. 4038
  18. 4010
  19. 4042
  20. 4033
  21. 4036
  22. 4060
  23. 4021
  24. 4077
  25. 4015
  26. 4016
  27. 4123
  28. 4026
  29. 4008
  30. 4028
  31. 4020
  32. 4044
  33. 4100
  34. 4039
  35. 4013
  36. 4119
  37. 4027
  38. 4032
  39. 4075
  40. 4074
  41. 4041
  42. 4094
  43. 4052
  44. 4072
  45. 4084
  46. 4128
  47. 4076
  48. 4115
  49. 4067
  50. 4073
  51. 4110
  52. 4003
  53. 4023
  54. 4011
  55. 4037

The 10 reserve numbers are:

  1. 4121
  2. 4079
  3. 4089
  4. 4049
  5. 4117
  6. 4080
  7. 4063
  8. 4125
  9. 4058
  10. 4054

The Brown Tags will be issued by post by 31 May.  All anglers are asked to acknowledge receipt of their Brown Tag by email including the tag number to  [email protected]

Nymphs work on Sheelin for Piscari-Fly lads

By
Kevin Crowley
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Peter is back with a weekly round up from Piscari-Fly…

How’s The Fishing?

So Peter and Mark headed up to Sheelin last monday in the hope of getting some Sheelin gold but conditions weren’t favourable. There was a high sun all day, wind was ok, a nice bit of a wave on the lake and a nice bit of mayfly around. Very very few trout seen during the day. We stayed on for the Spent into the night and found on two occasions, two kind of pods of fish moving. Peter turned one with the dry. That was all Peter really met for the day. Mark met two trout on the nymphs during the day, fishing a midge tip line with three nymphs on it and he managed to get two nice trout so at least there was something to show for our efforts. An enjoyable day out on the lake but conditions were just not in our favour. Our good friend Declan Doyle went out armed with some of our Mayfly patterns and he did really well, he got a beautiful 6lb trout on it. Well done Declan.

Peter was out on the Nore during the week, he went out on Saturday. The water is still very cold. The fishing was sporadic and fish still havent spread up into the runs. Very little sign of fly life. It wasn’t a great day weatherwise as it was cold and wet. You will get fish and meet fish but you will work very very hard for the quality trout. Still not there yet we need a good blast of hot weather to bring the river temperature up.

If interested in a good day on the rivers come down to the Nore. Give us a buzz here to point you in the right direction. [email protected] or [email protected].

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Flies

With the fishing really heating up around the country. We here at piscari-fly are constantly updating the flies on our website.

Lots of new flies up and lots more coming.

Check them out https://piscari-fly.com/product-category/flies/​

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Or give us a bell here at piscari-fly and we can help you choose what suits best for where you fish and also for your budget. 0879787040 or [email protected]

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World Masters Update

The boys are back from the World Masters.. Chatting to Dave O’Donovan over the weekend they had a great trip really enjoyed it a great experience as always. You learn something new on all these trips. Unfortunately the lads didn’t get it right with draws etc. But never the less finished 8th overall. A solid enough performance from all the boys. Well done to all the boys. Congratulations to Team Italy on winning the World Masters.

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The Ephemeral Dance: Triumph and Tribulation on an Irish River

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Mayfly - river gold.

Keith McDonnell of Impact Fly Fishing shared his latest blog post with us:

Green fields rolled past the car window with a blur of broken cloud and bursts of sunlight. Inside, this fish crazed angler gripped the steering wheel, knuckles white. Mayfly season was kicking off. The holy grail of Irish trout fishing.

My heart thumped in anticipation, a counterpoint to the rhythmic hum of the tires. It had been a long, wet winter and spring, and a river that last year yielded a fish over 6lbs for me, had become an obsession.

Many nights were spent tying beautiful mayfly imitations – spent gnats, duns and emergers.

Reaching the river, the air buzzed with anticipation. The water was very low and clear, a mirror reflecting the cotton-ball clouds. The airflow was easterly, not ideal. No mayflies yet.

I walked the fields scanning for fly and the rings of the rise, my boots sinking into the marsh with a satisfying squelch. Every step was a silent prayer that conditions, fly and fish would all converge to provide an opportunity to cast at the large fish I’d dreamt of all winter. Time stretched, I stood hiding behind a tree and measured it by the lengthening of my shadow as the sun slowly went down and off the water.

Watching the evening develop it cleared my mind of everything apart from the prospect of a large rising trout. Phone calls to my two friends on other stretches were frequent to discuss how the evening was developing and trying to reassure myself that the dead low water and easterly breeze wouldn’t matter.

Then, a flicker. A single black and white Mayfly, began to dance and wait for a mate, Slowly, the air came alive with dancing Mayflies gliding on the breeze as far as the eye could see. I resisted putting on a jacket. The river’s surface dimpled with rising roach who struggled to take the large flies from the surface.

One rise form was different though. A leviathan, broke the surface with a greedy slurp. It was clumsy, like he didn’t really know what he was doing and his body a mottled bronze against the sun-dappled water sent rings lapping up against the banks….

I was suddenly in stealth mode, staying well back from the river, I snuck into position and kneeled down behind tall grass.

I waited, the fish began cruising and took three natural flies quickly in succession under a tree. I moved above the tree and chose what appeared to be the best opportunity.

A satisfactory cast landed softly and the para-glider mayfly above and to the right of the swirl. Sometimes you know when you have done everything right and a response from the fish is a given.

The take was instantaneous, the heavy weight of the trout pulled the rod into a perfect arc. The big trout sat under the rod tip and held deep….

Find out how that battle unfolds at https://streamerfishing.com/the-ephemeral-dance-the-triumphs-and-tribulations-of-mayfly-fishing/ 

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