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Derg Double for French pair

By
Myles Kelly
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derg pike

Damien Culliney of Anglers Paradise had French anglers Sebastian and Emanuel out pike fishing for three days last week…

Had Sebastian and Emanuel over from France last week. They are no strangers to Ireland and are regular visitors for pike fishing in the north east. They had always wanted to fish the west coast though, especially the infamous Lough Derg. So we made a long weekend of it and fished Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Lough Derg didn’t disappoint and there was some tremendous fish and fishing had. The pair averaged nearly 10 fish a day, and many of these were really good quality 100cm plus pike. We only met one fish that was not well recovered from spawning at the end of spring. Maybe she had spawned late, as the other fish had clearly fattened up on the abundant roach and other baitfish in the lake.

We sent them back to France very happy anglers who told us this was their best fishing holiday in Ireland so far!

Go fishing…

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Cousins catching on Lough Owel

By
Myles Kelly
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Seamus McGuinness with his Owel trout

Lough Owel is a great place to bring a novice angler has been producing the goods for a few anglers over the last couple of weeks. Cousins Seamus McGuinness and Ben McLachlan were fishing on Lough Owel last week and they caught some lovely trout. Ben’s catches were a bit more special as they were his first trout ever. All the fish caught were sportingly released.

Lough Owel has plenty to offer more experienced anglers too, there is a good range of hatches through the trout season to keep any fly angler on his toes.

Go fishing…

Lough Owel, Mullingar, Co Westmeath

Bass shoals hitting the shore in Wexford

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Cormac Walsh of the Lure Fishing Podcast reports that he spent the week chasing the flocks of birds up and down the shoreline in the hope of finding bass feeding on the sprats close enough to the shore to get a cast at. Eventually, with a stroke of luck he found himself in the right place at the right time.

The shoal of bass feeding hard on sprats hit the shore just before dark. A fantastic sight and some epic fishing for Cormac. Evenings like that don’t happen very often and he reckons it was great to see such numbers of bass around. Roll on the big tides next week…

Wicklow to Wexford sea fishing

 

Perch Master Ireland League – 3rd leg

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the organisers of the Perch Master League 2024:

Today we had 3rd Leg of our league on a section of a river in Co Carlow, a good river when conditions are right for fishing and holds a good stock of perch. But today conditions were far from good for predator fish such as Perch, but anglers stick to the plan and managed to catch some fine conditioned Perch!

Before we started, Westin-Fishing and Lucky John (Lucky John Ireland) surprised us with some lures for all anglers!

One scorching day on the river and most of the anglers “struggled” to catch perch to size that counted.

After the picture’s and videos were checked we had our winners for this leg.

  • First place – Tomek Narolski
  • Second place – David Dennis
  • Third place – Ben Moore
  • Longest Perch – Ben More

For the prize giving X Zone Lures had some lures for Top 3 also they received extra lures from Westin Fishing and Lucky John.

Well done to everyone taking part on this leg and we do some preparation for next leg in June! Well done to winners, Massive Thank You to our sponsors.

Lough Derg Predator Challenge boat competition will follow next week and in August Lough Derg Perch Bonanza .

Busy summer ahead.

Coarse angling from Athy to Carlow on the Barrow

 

Ireland’s Feeder King – Q4

By
Paul O'Reilly
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The fourth qualifier of Ireland’s Feeder King 2024 was held today on the river Blackwater, just outside Dungannon.

The weather was sunny all day with temperatures hitting 24°C, not exactly bream weather, however there was some great skimmer weights.

Mark Alcock had a stunning day on A2 with just under 30kg of big skimmers.

Nick Howell had the 2nd biggest weight of the day with just over 25kg of big skimmers again from the not so fancied A 17.

There was another 20kg plus weight of big skimmers from Raimondas Gvozdas on the early pegs on Section A.

Unfortunately the skimmers never showed up on Zone C around bonds Bridge.

RESULTS

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS

  • ZONE A Mark Alcock 29.500kg.
  • ZONE B Nick Howell 25.275kg.
  • ZONE C Paul Eyers 2.050kg.

£100 SECTIONS

  • A Mark Alcock/Eddie Griskallis 15.450kg.
  • B Nick Howell/ Brenton Sweeney 14.275kg.
  • C Paul eyers/ Padraig Smith 1.625kg.

Special thanks to Philip Jackson and Johnny Mckinley from Lurgan AC who organised and pegged the Blackwater for the Feeder King event.

Third draw for Roughty brown tags open today

By
Myles Kelly
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Kilgarvan, Roughty and District Angling Club
Kilgarvan, Roughty and District Angling Club

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has today opened the third draw for anglers wishing to catch and keep salmon from Kerry’s Roughty River catchment.

 ‘Brown tag’ regulations came into force on the river from March 15th, 2024, and will remain in place until September 30th 2024, when the salmon fishing season ends.

Commenting on the requirements, Sean Long South-Western River Basin District Director at IFI, stated:

“The numbers of wild Atlantic salmon returning to our rivers is declining. The risk of over-fishing puts stocks in further jeopardy. Brown tag measures for salmon and sea trout are required on the Roughty River to conserve stocks and avoid accidental over-harvesting.  “Where there is a modest harvestable surplus with a risk of over exploitation, this brown gill tag system is introduced to closely monitor the angling quotas.”

An increased total of 136 brown tags will be available and are being distributed to anglers with a valid rod licence via four draws throughout the 2024 angling season.

Half of the originally available 96 brown tags have been issued to date.

A total of 64 brown tags will be selected through the online lottery on June 12th 2024. 

The measures are part of the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2023, recently signed into law by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, TD. 

Anglers interested in entering the June 12th draw can apply through IFI’s online link between today, May 20th, and midnight June 9th 2024, only. 

Successful anglers who receive the tags, via the lottery system, place them on the fish – along with a blue tag as proof it was lawfully caught and may be retained for private use.

Anglers not allocated a brown tag are permitted to fish for salmon on a catch-and-release basis on the Roughty River catchment, where the salmon is returned safely to the same waterbody. 

Anglers must use catch-and-release methods only, involving single or double barbless hooks. Use of worms as bait is not permitted. 

Full application details are available by phoning IFI’s Macroom office on (026) 41221, or by emailing [email protected]

Super shore-caught 163cm tope for Peter Boland

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Peter and angling partner Ben with Peter's tope

Angler Peter Boland sent us in this report of a great shore-caught 163cm Tope:

I was fishing on Donaghmore Strand, Co. Wexford last Sat, May 11th, in absolutely flat, calm conditions with my friend Brian Healy. He threw out a tope bait and managed to land one of 142cm at about 7.30 p.m. on a squid bait, so I decided to try for one as well. I set up using an up-and-over rig with a wire trace attached to an 8/0 barbless circular hook, a 5-ounce weight and squid as bait. I cast about 70 yards out, and 10 minutes later, the rod bent over. It took me about 10 or 12 minutes to land her although it felt longer. Got her into the margins were we unhooked her. I got a quick photo and then measured her at 163cm. The fish was tagged…Scottish fisheries..Tagshark.com 8165. Judging by her belly, she seemed to be pregnant. Amazing fish.

Peter and angling partner Ben with Peter’s tope

Rising waters fail to pose problems for anglers at Fermoy Festival

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Tommy Lawton, Martyn Highe, Simon Heaton, Ken Pacey, Brian Enwright, Joe Slattery

Fermoy Coarse Angling Association’s Tommy Lawton reports on the Fermoy Spring Festival, probably the longest-running festival in Ireland:

67th Fermoy Coarse Angling Association Spring Festival 2024, River Blackwater

On Monday 13th, Day 1, the river was in good condition, clear and at a good height, and the river fished reasonably well. Ken Pace won the day with 25lb 10ozs from Castlehyde, 2nd Simon Heaton with 16lb 12ozs, 3rd Neil Richards 15lb 4ozs both on C section below the Viaduct.

Wednesday, 15th, Day 2, the river was up and rising and presented difficult fishing conditions, but the catches slightly improved on Monday. Simon Heaton was the winner with 25lb, 2nd Neil Richards with 18lb both on the Meadows, 3rd Jurgen Opladen 14lb 4ozs from Castlehyde.

Friday 17th, final day, the river was again up overnight and very coloured, didn’t look like it would fish very well but it did, and once again some fantastic catches from A section. Winner was Martyn Highe with 27lbs 4ozs, joint 2nd John Moroz and Norman Thewlis with 24lbs.

Overall  winners for the 67th Fermoy Spring Fertival 2024

1st SIMON HEATON 53lbs 0ozs

2nd MARTYN HIGHE 48lbs 02ozs

3rd KEN PACEY 45lbs 0ozs

The John Whitehouse Memorial Shield Pairs was won by, Ken Pacey and Nigel Hirst

Festival Pairs Winners, Nigel Hirst, Dave Whitehouse, Ken Pacey

On Tuesday 14th & Thursday 16th, which are the off days from the main festival, 16 anglers fished the river on Barnane, and 10 anglers fished the Garden Centre at Inniscarra.

River Match:

Day 1, Dave Jones winner with 9lb 10ozs, 2nd Dave Whitehouse 9lb 6ozs and 3rd was Dave Wray with 8lb 12ozs.

Day 2, Wayne Swinscoe with 9lb 14ozs, 2nd Dave Wray 7lb 14ozs, 3rd Alan Treadwell 7lb 2ozs.

Overall winner for River  2-Day.

1st Wayne Swinscoe, 18lb 2ozs

2nd Dave Wray, 16lb 10ozs

3rd Alan Treadwell & Terry Moroz 15lb 6ozs

Two day winners, Wayne Swinscoe, Dave Wray, Alan Treadwell
Wayne Swinscoe, winner of River 2 day.

Inniscarra 2-Day Match, Garden Centre:

Day 1, winner Neil Richards with 27.300, 2nd Nigel Hirst 22.280, 3rd Ian Daly 18.380.

Day 2, winner Neil Richards with a fantastic weight of 56.240, 2nd Jurgen Opladen 29.680, 3rd Nick Chaffer 17.160.

Overall winners for Inniscarra 2 day.

1st Neil Richards 83.540

2nd Jurgen Opladen 43.660

3rd Nigel Hirst 35.660

Neil Richards 56.240. winner of Inniscarra 2 day with fantastic 56.240

Fermoy Coarse Angling Association, thank the land and fishery owners, our sponsor The Cross Bar, Avondhu Bar, the Wagon Tavern, and Chris O’Donovan (Kipper) for the use of the wheelie boat.

We congratulate the winners of the Festival and all other winners during the week and we especially thank the anglers that continue to support our Festival despite the lack of accommodation in and around Fermoy.

Tommy Lawton FCAA, Simon Heaton festival winner, Brian Enwright The Cross Bar, Joe Slattery FCAA Chairman

 

Good bags for anglers at Inniscarra warm up event

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Hogans Open winner Niall McKitterick

The NCFFI report on a recent match at Inniscarra:

Inniscarra Lake held a one-day warm-up to their May back-to-back festivals on Saturday. The Hogan’s Open, sponsored by Coachford’s Oaklands B&B, saw 28 anglers fish a match featuring two sections on the Coachford Greenway, Cably Buoys and Turtle Bay and a section at the Garden Centre.

The water had risen a few feet in previous days, but it didn’t seem to affect the fishing. Match winner Niall McKitterick from County Cavan reports that the fishing started off slowly at the Garden Centre, but he finished with 131 hybrids and a few skimmers for 27kgs 100grms on the whip. Portlaoise angler Gavin Walsh finished just behind for second position with 26.820kg from the Cable Buoys section of the Greenway. In 3rd place was regular overseas visitor John Fletcher, 23.860kg, followed by Gary Doyle 20.190kg and Jeff Grant in 5th with 18.410kg.

Irish Angling Update 🎣 17th May 2024

By
IFI Staff
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Temperatures have been quite pleasant over the past week, remaining a few degrees higher than the norm for mid-May. In other regards, the weather has been pretty average, with average rain and average sunshine levels across most of the country. However, one recent meteorological event was far from ordinary, as last Friday night saw parts of the country bathed in the spectral light of the Aurora Borealis. The event was best appreciated in areas without light pollution, and what better place than on an island in the middle of a large Irish lake? That is exactly where Gavin O’Brien was lucky to be when he captured this stunning photo of his angling boat moored on Inchagoill with the Northern Lights as a backdrop. He wasn’t the only angler abroad that night either, as a couple of miles to the south, angler Paul Fingleton was enjoying a similar spectacle from his camp on Urkaun Beg. What a night to be out under the stars…

Spectral sky from Urkaun Beg

Unfortunately, for both of the above anglers, the light show was definitely the highlight of their trips to the Corrib. They found the fishing to be somewhat challenging, with only patchy hatches of mayfly and few fish moving to them. Anglers on Loughs Conn and Cullin did manage to tempt a few trout on mayfly patterns over the past week, as the Crossmolina Anglers held their Aidan Connor Cup with 12 fish over the 12″ limit boated. The mayfly is reported to be up on Arrow too, but they are still waiting for the big hatch, and fishing has been a bit sporadic. Mayfly were also evident on the River Maigue, and small browns were snapping them up. On Lough O’Flynn, a fine trout of 2lb 14.2oz won Connie Finnerty the Michael Malone Cup as he and his partner finished with a bag of 6 fish for 12lb. Lough Mask delivered the goods for Peter Kavanagh during the week, as it provided him with his first wild brownie since taking back up fly fishing a few years ago. We wrap up this week’s trout reports on the River Nore, where instructor Dan O’Neill was instructing a man who had once been instructed by one of the greatest instructors of all, Lefty Kreh.

Mask trout for Peter Kavanagh

To sea angling now, and many sea angling clubs around the coast are fishing their way through their Master Angler series. On the east coast, South Shore SAC were back at Kilcoole for the latest round of their MA. Luckily, it fished better than the previous trip there, and Ciaran Fogarty won the round and landed a fine bass while doing so. On the west coast, Galway Bay SAC headed to the Clare coast for the latest leg of their MA, and bass featured in the catch for the winner there too, as Tom Keal landed a bass and some flounder to take the win. Cobh SAC went on the water for the second leg of their MA, as they fished Cork Harbour, landing plenty of good pollack, and a super specimen bullhuss for young angler Jay O’Halloran, which wins this week’s Catch of the Week.

bullhuss
Specimen bullhuss for Jay O’Halloran

Charter boats have also been reporting some good fishing. The reefs off Union Hall are producing some good pollack for anglers fishing with Adrian Nowotynski, and they are also getting to see some basking shark activity. And pollack to 9lb featured in catches for anglers fishing with Sean Maxwell in Courtmacsherry, while bass anglers did well fishing from the self-drive boats. Off the Clare coast, skipper Sean Maguire reports that anglers had over 13 species, and mackerel seem to be around in good numbers. Fly fishing guide Richie Ryan had a bumper day on Cork Harbour, as clients landed over 30 bass on the fly and a few nice pollack, too. Bass were also active off the Wexford coast for lure specialist Cormac Walsh, with fishing into darkness proving most productive.

To pike fishing news now, and congratulations to the Polish team who were victorious in the Nations Cup 2024 held on Lough Ree last week, and well done to Senan Stanley and Paul Bourke, who topped the individual standings. Angling guide Bodo Funke had an expert fly angler from Austria fishing with him this week, and they had some cracking results, including five pike over the magic 100cm. A little further south, a trio of anglers from France spent a week fishing at Melview Lodge, and they landed plenty of pike to 103cm. Chris Barry had some clients out fishing in the Boyne Valley area recently, and they had lots of action, with the best fish going to Ciara McCarthy, who boated a fine 101cm pike, breaking her PB. Anybody interested in learning about lure fishing for pike should tune into the latest video from Norbert Renaud, as he discusses what role colour plays in lure selection.

Ciara McCarthy with her new PB
Ciara McCarthy with her new PB 101cm pike.

To coarse angling news now, and to Lough Mucko, where the CM Lakelands Feeder Club found small hybrids making up the bulk of their catches as Darren Fairhurst finished top with a bag of almost 7kg. The Naas and District Angling Club had a small knock-up on the Grand Canal at the weekend and found the tench to be biting despite the sunny conditions. Meanwhile, the Leinster Coarse Fishing Club were on the Royal Canal at the weekend, and they found some quality bream amongst their catches. To wrap up the coarse news, Oaklands Lake saw the first 100kg bag of the year fall to Ivalyo Benov, who netted 102kg to win the third round of the summer league.

A fine brace of decent bream from the Royal Canal

We wrap up this week’s angling reports with salmon angling news and begin on the Blackwater, where anglers were scarce despite conditions being good, but at least two lucky anglers met a couple of good fish. Angling is steadily improving on the River Moy, and a handful of double-figure fish were again reported from various fisheries throughout the system during the week. Fishing is also improving on Lough Currane, where a couple of nice springers were caught and the sea trout have begun to put in a welcome appearance. In the latest edition of their podcast, the Ireland on the Fly team chats with Frank Maunsell, who regales them with tales about his years looking after the Owenmore River in Co. Kerry.

3rd cast lucky for Damien Lawless on the Blackwater Salmon Fishery

Lastly, if you are a coarse or pike angler, you are probably aware of the angling potential in the lakes around Bailieborough. The Bailie Hotel has been in touch to say they are now making things easy for you to enjoy the fishing in the area by offering packages designed especially for anglers. What’s stopping you!

And now the weather…

The weather looks to be in a settled pattern over the next few days and Friday will be mostly dry, with some sunny spells and temperatures reaching the low twenties in places. The evening will see some showers in the midlands which will die out overnight. Saturday will also be mostly dry with a mix of cloud and sun, with temperatures between 15°C and 21°C. Sunday will follow the same pattern of dry weather with a couple of showers, while Monday will see a bit more sun and slightly higher temperatures.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

IFI Staff
Catch, Photo, Release

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