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Turbot time at Lettergesh

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IFI Staff
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A fine turbot for Chris

Galway Bay SAC held the first leg of their Master Angler league on Saturday, with a great report here from club PRO Tom Keal…

For the first leg of the all-anticipated Master Angler League, we travelled west in search of good weather and good fishing. 7 Seniors and 2 Juniors journeyed to Lettergesh on a sunny Saturday.
Conditions were less than favourable, with clear sunny skies and clear water. However, a small beach surf gave us hope of a few flats.
Fishing started at 11am, and it began to a good start with Chris Hartnett getting the game going with a turbot on the first cast. The middle 3 pegs seemed to have the fish, as Conor Murray and Tom Keal also caught fish within the first two casts.
Monster fish for Conor!
Sharing a peg with his daughter Ailbhe and his son Ronan, Chris scored a few more Turbot, including a double shot.
Not long after, Ailbhe caught what was to be the only flounder of 18cm.
Conor Murray quickly bounced back, securing another fish to keep in touch with Chris; however, the hope didn’t last as Chris landed an impressive 31cm Turbot to boost him to the top spot.
A fine turbot for Chris
As the tide began to turn, much-needed fish were seen at the lower pegs. Finbarr Maguire had a double shot of counting Turbot, and Brian Reidy was soon to follow, landing 3 undersize Tubots.
John Cunningham saved the blank and landed an undersized turbot, worth its weight in MA points! At the final whistle Chris Hartnett won the senior division, a well deserved 1st place.
Overall, it was a delightful day of fishing with 15 fish caught. It was great to see everyone back on the beach again after the long winter. Thanks again to Galway Atlantaquaria for sponsoring the Junior division this year.
Results
Senior Junior
1st – Chris Hartnett 4 fish (111 points) 1st – Ailbhe Hartnett 2 fish (33 points)
2nd – Conor Murray 3 fish (60 points) 2nd – Ronan Hartnett
3rd – Finbarr Maguire 2 fish (45 points)
Our next outing is the Master Angler Leg 2 at Fanore Beach, Co Clare, on 11/12 May. Date and time TBC.
We hope to see you then.
If you’ve any questions regarding the club then feel free to send us a message.

 

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Galway Bay Sea Angling Club is a progressive club based in Galway, but fishing competitions along the west coast. New members are always welcome, and every level of experience is catered for, with social outings right up to competitions held throughout the year. If you’re looking to get into sea angling in the west, check them out here 

Super fishing for Howth anglers in Galway Bay

By
IFI Staff
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Two decent pollack!

Two of the Galway Bay charter boats had a group of 18 anglers out from Howth SAC on Sunday for a species competition, with some great fishing had by all.

Loads of Species were caught, from the usual pollock, wrasse, coalies, ling, ray and a few megrim which were a great lift for the lads participating in the Club Species Hunt.
The competition was won by Siert Schuls, 2nd place Thomas Markey and 3rd place Joe Mcpeake.
Skipper John Fleming of the Brazen Hussy was one of the two skippers, and he reported on the day…
Right bit of fishing today with the lads from Howth Sea Angling Club for their master angler boat comp.
The lads had myself and @galway_bay_fishing booked for the day.
We set out at 9am from Ros A Mhil and headed for an area west of Inis Mór, where there is very hard reef and a bit of sand and mixed ground off the edge of the rough. An ideal spot for competitions with 2 lots of ground so close to each other – both can be done on the same drift.
The legend that is Norman Dunlop, with a nice pollack
We were into the action straight away as we stopped on a peak for coalies and pollack, all rods doubled over as soon as we stopped and that drift was non-stop action for a full hour with heaps of good pollack and coalies coming over the rail, with a handy few ballans and cuckoos as well.
Two decent pollack!
Once we came off the reef and onto more broken ground, Peter got himself a lovely megrim, everyone had their share of whiting and poor cod, with a couple of dogs and a small ling for Siert. A handy few mackerel too
Megrim


Great days fishing and crack, a bit of a lumpy steam home but it was worth it! 

 

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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.
Package deals available

Address: Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7571320
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlueSharkAngling

Blue Shark Angling Galway,
Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320

Galway Bay Fishing

A regular Galway Bay Safari is from 9am to 6pm. The Maighdean Mara will pick up your party from the pier at Spiddal, County Galway. The boat is yours for the day, though of course skipper Kevin will advise you where the best fishing is to be found. Tackle hire is free.

Address: Galway Bay Safaris, An Boluisce, Spiddal, Co. Galway.

Telephone: +353 91 553888 or +353 86 8547890

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.galwaybayfishing.com

Nice flatfish but no bass in Fanore

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IFI Staff
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Lisdoonvarna Fanore SAC held their first competition of the year, a bass competition on Fanore beach at the weekend. Bright sunshine was interrupted by a few heavy showers, but overall it was a nice day for fishing.

Unfortunately on the day, the bass didn’t come out to play, but some very nice turbot and flounder were caught by the participants, young and old, and everyone had a great day out.

Blue skies and rain clouds at Fanore
A decent size turbot from the shore

 

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Lisdoonvarna Fanore SAC is an active sea angling based in north Clare. They hold regular competitions and outings throughout the year, with the highlight being the International Week around the August bank holiday weekend. New members are always welcome. Check them out here to get in touch.

Third brown tag draw for Lower Lee opens on Sunday

By
Myles Kelly
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roughty brown tag draw

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) will open the third draw for anglers wishing to catch and keep salmon from Cork’s lower River Lee at 09:00 on Sunday morning, 05 May.

‘Brown tag’ regulations came into force on the river from February 1st 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 lower Lee 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.”

A total of 218 brown tags are available for the season. They will be distributed to anglers with a rod licence via four draws through the 2024 angling season.

Up to a quarter of the available number of brown tags can be issued at one time, therefore, 55 brown tags will be selected through the third online lottery on 29th May 2024.

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

Interested anglers in entering the third draw can apply using IFI’s online link between 9 am on 5th May and midnight on 26th May 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 River Lee, 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 through fisheriesireland.ie, by phoning IFI’s Macroom office on (026) 41221, or by mailing [email protected]

Enter the draw…

You can Enter the draw at https://www.fisheriesireland.ie/online-draw-for-brown-tags-on-lower-river-lee-in-cork

Bonanza for Brendan at Newbridge Pike Anglers Competition

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Having had a quiet couple of months on their competition calendar, the Newbridge District Pike Anglers made up for lost time with a weekend double-session, fishing both Saturday and Sunday, with a bit of camping and rest and relaxation in between…

Saturday’s competition was a normal affair, with fishing from 9am to 6pm, but it was an early start for the 23 anglers on Sunday, with fishing from first light to 3pm. The fishing was very consistent over the whole weekend, with 227 pike landed, including seven doubles, so most anglers will have been happy with their catches.

But one angler in particular had a weekend to remember, as Brendan Jervis seemed to have the fishing gods shining on him all weekend. He caught the two largest pike on the Saturday session (15.03lb & 13.14lb) to win that competition. Then, on Sunday, he went all in, smashing his own competition record with an 82lb+ bag, including a whopping river pike of 24.11lb, winning him Sunday’s competition as well.

What a beauty…

You can read the full report on the Newbridge District Pike Anglers Facebook page.

Dutch Anglers enjoy their first visit to Ireland and Melview Fishing Lodge.

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Peter and Hans from Holland were over here for their first-ever pike fishing trip in Ireland and stayed with host Kevin at Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford; it was just a short 4-day fishing trip to test out the waters and the fishing. The guys were just looking for some relaxing fishing and to experience what Ireland is about.

All smiles for Peter.

Kevin said the guys were never without a smile on their faces and, in their 4 days, managed 68 Pike to 87cm. Thank you guys it was a pleasure having you stay and we look forward to welcoming you back in the future to see if we can get that 100cm + for you, look forward to seeing you again.

A happy Hans

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

Go Fishing

Kevin Lyons – Melview Lodge
Drumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.melviewlodge.com

Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.

Pike fishing on the River Shannon, Lakes and Tributaries

 

Roach in at Lanesborough, tench in nearby lakes

By
Myles Kelly
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Stephen on Lough Duff
Stephen on Lough Duff

Paul Waghorne reports from Lanesborough where the roach are back in big numbers, for now…
Since my last report there was a huge influx of Roach at Lanesborough. On Tuesday last week, I amassed no less than 177 in three sessions each lasting 2 ½ hours in duration. First from 06:00 – 08:30 then 14:00 – 16:30 and finally 18:30 – 21:00. Each session produced mainly hen fish to just over a pound although realistically, 4-6oz was the average size. As the week progressed, the navigation channel became fishable with a 10g float but there were far more cock fish. The water temperature dropped on Friday into Saturday and, for Lanesborough at least, has not seen any evidence of spawning. The fish were ready mid week, and I would speculate the hen fish have move further upstream to await there ‘moment’.

On Saturday, one angler fishing above the bridge was taking an all male roach catch with a bonus Bream of around 4 ½lb which must have been very difficult to net in the unseasonably high water.

Personally, I got bored of so many Roach, so with some Strokestown lakes now being fishable, targeted Tench. Fin Lough stands were 6″ under water last week, but has now dropped but I focused on a nearby, much smaller lake named ‘Lough Duff’. Myself and Steven Keogh from Navan had a combined catch of 32 Tench. with the best going 4lb 6oz. Stephen had many of his fish after dark, in one short period netting 5 in around 30 minutes.

Stephen with his 4lb 6oz Tench from Lough Duff
Stephen with his 4lb 6oz Tench from Lough Duff

The Inny below Ballymahon is still carrying up to 18″ of extra water and the imminent Roach run may be difficult this year.

The Suck is at perfect height. I’m hoping to target the area below Athleague later this week.

Two pictures attached are  and a dawn silouhette of himself at sunrise.

Big fish on the move in Killeshandra

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Thierry hits 115cm

Norbert Renaud of l’Ile Verte Pike Fishing Lodge reports that big fish have been on the move for his anglers in the past week. On the day of his birthday, guest Mickaël Meziere landed a superb 110cm pike. This was followed by another personal best the next day as a 115cm fish was landed by Thierry. Next stop 120cm? Who knows, great fishing though!

L’Ile Verte Lodge

Norbert Renaud is French and his passion for fishing led him to settle in Ireland for over 25 years. He has set up a guesthouse with all the necessary comfort to accommodate 10 people. The Lakeland region includes more than 365 lakes and rivers, many of these bodies of water communicating through a system of rivers. These are the rivers where pike migrate in search of freshness and an additional supply of oxygen. I imported a raft from the United States built to fish this type of river. The Big Shoals Raft from Smith Fly is unique in Europe. It allows you to pass discreetly through very little water.

Address:  Snackiel, Killeshandra, Co.Cavan, H12X523
Telephone: +353 49 4334844 and +353 85 2150590
Email: [email protected]
Web: ile-verte.com

 

Super stamp of specimen bream on the nymph for Ginto

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Fly angler Gintaras Vosylius caught some cracking bream while fishing with a fly rod last year. So he wondered if his luck could be repeated this year and whether the big bream would show up again. Well, he needn’t have worried, as he hit the jackpot again this week, managing to land an even better stamp of fish.

The stamp of bream made Gintaras a shoe in for Catch of the Week

Fishing a euronymph setup, using a coloured leader above his tippet to detect bites, he found the bream to be aggressively taking his nymph, landing numerous fish in the 6lb+ category and bagging one fish of 8lb+, well over the 7.5lb specimen fish weight. Many seasoned coarse anglers could spend a lifetime drowning maggots without ever catching a fish of that size, so it’s hats off to Ginto for making it look so easy… 🎩

47 pike over 100cm at Lough Ree festival, but only 5mm divides 1st from 2nd

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Lough Ree International Pike Festival & World Cup was fished over three days last weekend, pitting 130 of the best pike anglers in the country against each other. And the venue didn’t disappoint, as 47 pike of 100cm or over were brought to the net.

One of the 100cm+ pike

The largest fish of the competition, a monster measuring 112cm, was caught by Brian and Aiden Mullin. That pike helped them to top the overall competition with a combined length of 311.5cm. But it was oh-so-close at the top, as James Greene & James Green Junior were only 5mm behind them in second place with a combined length of 311cm. Third place went to Joe McDermott and Pat Healy with 304.75cm.

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