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Shane Bird wins AWOL League 2023/24

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the organisers of the AWOL League 2023/24:

With all of the lines out of the water, in reflection the 2023/24 AWOL league was a great league with some very close competition between the participating anglers.

Albert Adcock won the first match at Laois Angling Centre, with Denis Goulding taking both the second and third matches at Laois and Ardaire Springs respectively. However, there was someone gaining ground on the leaders even after missing the first match. The league only counts the best four results out of five sessions, and even though he was in 7th place after the first 3 matches, Shane Bird won the fourth match only weeks after winning the Munster Banks which put him 4 points behind Denis Goulding, the overall leader. Jano Knazko won the fifth and final heat and it was down to the points overall to decide this year’s champion.

With the scores totted up there were two anglers tied on place points with 36 points apiece, a record number of points for the league. The anglers chatted and enjoyed the food and hospitality at Laois Angling Centre as the scores were checked and checked again. Sure enough, Shane Bird had caught up with Denis Goulding with some superb angling over his 4 legs – including the longest fish overall of 69cm. Fish points were counted and although Denis had caught 44 fish to Shane’s 42 fish, the fish points had Shane out in front with 25490 to Denis’ 24310 – 1180 points in the difference.

Shane deservingly had won the AWOL League 2023/24.

The organisers would like to thank everyone that took part in the league and hope to see the anglers back again to commence battle again later this year.

They would also like to thank all of the main sponsors,

  • Rory’s Fishing Tackle.
  • Southside Angling.
  • Premier Angling.
  • PiscariFly
  • Fario Fly.
  • Alan Lawless Doors and Floors.
  • Brian Conway for his donation of a bottle of Jameson.
  • Denis Goulding for donating 2 x prizes.
  • Ned Maher & family / Ardaire Springs for allowing two heats at the venue and donating two prizes.
  • Enda and Johno for accommodating the three heats at Laois Angling Centre and arranging food for the final.

Without the continuing sponsorship of these people the competition would be very hard to run – so please support these businesses when buying fishing gear.

A big shout out to Denis Goulding, Peter M Doherty, Brian Conway and Kevin McClean for all of their work during the league.

Go Fishing…

Laois Angling Centre

Address Laois Angling Centre Coolrain Laois R32NF80 Ireland Phone: +353-(0)57-8735091 Mobile Phone: +353-(0)87-9962864 Mobile Phone: +353-(0)87-7548823 Website: laoisanglingcentre.ie
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Ardaire Springs Angling Centre

Address Ardera Mooncoin Kilkenny Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 86 812 8937 Website: www.ardairesprings.com
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Super start to the season for Killybegs Fishing Trips

By
Shane O'Reilly
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pollack
Big pollack!

It took till mid-February before Killybegs Fishing Trips got out on the water in 2024, but it seems like it was worth the wait. The trip got off to a good start, with plenty of mackerel in the harbour, meaning the bait was quickly sorted. Then it was off to the first mark, and anglers were pleasantly surprised when some nice pollack started showing. Then they moved to the next reef, and the quality of the pollack jumped, with some cracking fish up to 4kg. And there was a bonus of a nice cod for one lucky angler, making it a pretty good start to the season!

A smashing pollack from the reefs
A bonus cod too!

Go Fishing…

Fiona Tee

Address: Moneygold, Grange, Co. Sligo.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 6224348
Email: [email protected]  

Web: https://www.killybegsfishingcharters.ie/

Tralee Bay SAC’s Tag-a-Ray comp set for April 27-28

By
Myles Kelly
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tag a ray stinger

Tralee Bay SAC‘s ever popular  TAG A RAY competition is back and bigger than ever for 2024.

Mark your calendars for April 27th-28th because it’s going to be an epic adventure in the kingdom once again.

Stay tuned at Tralee Bay SAC’s Facebook page for all the important details – from sign-up times to HQ locations and everything in between. They’re going to make sure you’re fully equipped for the search for the elusive Ray in the Bay.

Get ready for the excitement and camaraderie looking forward to seeing you all back again this year!

tag a ray 2024

Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club
Facebook: facebook.com/TraleeBaySeaAnglingClub

Join Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club

Tralee Bay SAC  is a thriving community of enthusiastic anglers – young and old, experienced and newcomers – with new members joining all of the time. We have a busy schedule of shore and boat competitions and lots of social events planned throughout the year. Tralee Bay is a family friendly, welcoming club with a reputation for promoting angling and encouraging newcomers to the sport.

Joining could not be easier – simply get in touch with us via our Contact us page leave your address and we will send you out an application form. Please also let us have your email address – especially if you have any queries for us. We are especially eager to hear from junior anglers who want to take advantage of club membership. For more information on joining see here – Joining Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club.

West Cork and District SAC midweek league to start soon

By
Myles Kelly
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West Cork and District Mid Week LEague

West Cork and District SAC  advises that the closing date for the first leg of their midweek league is next Sunday night the 25th of February.

This is league is open to all IFSA members and is PRE-ENTRY ONLY. More information is available on our WCAD MIDWEEK LEAGUE facebook group.

West Cork and District Mid Week LEague

Contact West Cork and District SAC on messenger if you would like to join up.

All about West Cork and District SAC…

West Cork and District logoThe club was formed on march 19th 2009, in the small picturesque harbour town of  Kinsale County Cork. We’re an inclusive club, this can be seen in our membership profile; from anglers who are new to match fishing all the way up to members of the Irish World Shore Team 2010, two of which are in the club! The club holds circa 10 competitions per year, members are encouraged to practice a catch and release policy in the interests of conservation. Anybody wishing to join our club is always welcome, just use the contact us page and we will give prospective members full details.
Web: http://westcorkanddistrict.webs.com/
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/West-Cork-and-District-SAC/

Newcomer makes his mark at Limerick Pike Anglers Competition

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Limerick County Pike Anglers Association stayed close to home for their latest club match, and were rewarded with some fine weather and a few decent fish. There were a decent number of smaller fish in the 1lb – 5lb category that helped anglers inch up the league table, but it was one of the newer members, Paul Maloney, that made his mark on the day with a couple of hefty fish of 12lb+ and 9lb+. That was enough to give him a clean sweep, winning him both the biggest fish and biggest bag of the day.

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High water on the Flesk but salmon being caught

By
Myles Kelly
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River Flesk
River Flesk

Tim Moore from IFI Macroom reports that there were several Springers caught off the Killarney Flesk last week. Best of these was estimated to weigh 9lb and was caught by a by local angler.

Conditions on the river have not been easy with continuously high water levels following nearly daily rains.

Go fishing…

Rivers Laune and Killarney Lakes system

Targeting overwintered trout on Knockaderry Reservoir with Game Fishing Ireland

By
Myles Kelly
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Jason O’Riordan of Game Fishing Ireland reports on an early February trip to Knockaderry Reservoir in County Waterford. Jason is by day permit angler Dave from Kilkenny. The fishery had not been stocked since autumn 2023 so any fish encountered will be overwintered trout. Conditions were good for the time of year with temperatures up around 12ºC with a south westerly wind which was forecast to be very strong at times during the day.

Jason and Dave set up with a lure and a nymphing/buzzer outfit each. The plan was to start off with the lures and later try some sheltered areas with buzzers and nymphs. The pair decided on the morning it was too early in the season for dry fly fishing.

On the lighter 6wt outfits they used floating lines, long leaders and imitative patterns to match what they expected the trout to be feeding on. On the 7wt outfits they fished 2 lure/wet fly patterns 6ft apart on sinking lines. The leader was made up of .20 fluorocarbon tippet for the lures and .18 for the nymphs.

Go fishing…

Game Fishing Ireland

Address Dungarvan Waterford Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 296 5712 Website: gamefishingireland.ie
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Knockaderry Reservoir

Address Knockaderry Reservoir Kilmeaden Waterford Ireland Mobile Phone: +35386 3995552 Website: waterfordflyfishing.ie
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Plenty of wind and rain on Currane but no salmon this week

By
Myles Kelly
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Lough Currane, Kerry

Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane where anglers are still waiting to get the lakes first salmon of the season…

16/2/2024 Just one boat out, just two Kelts for their efforts. Wind SSW light to fresh and variable, overcast all day followed by misty rain at times.

17/2/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet this day. Wind fresh SW and variable and overcast all day, followed by misty rain.

18/2/2024 All quiet on all fronts, so on that note we will head straight to the rainfall department, there was a good flood last night and early this morning, amount of rain 19.3 mm plus, up until1am?  I will have more on this flood in tomorrow’s nights notes. Wind NW veered SW light to fresh followed by reasonable cloud cover.

19/2/2024 All quiet on the Northside, the same goes for East side, Southside, Southwest side, all I can say is it’s a good job there’s isn’t an F side, if you get my drift. Now to the flood update, total amount of rainfall excluding mountainous rainfall was 24 mm. Wind WSW light to fresh, followed by a fair bit of sunshine.

20/2/2024 The Lonesome boatmen of www.fishingwithdom.com  reports that it was all quiet on the SW front in all fishing departments. Wind WSW veered NW and veered again SSW late in the afternoon.

21/2/24 Just two boats out manipulating their skills, sadly their lines stayed slack this day. Wind fresh W veered WSW fresh followed by strong gusts up to 63 Km/h followed by good cloud cover.

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

Go fishing…

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 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 Website: flyfishingatloughcurrane.com
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Lakelands Farm

Address Lake Road Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 4160200 Website: lakelandshouse.com
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Neil O’Shea

Address Caherbarna Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 9942792 Phone: +353 66 9474527 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 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
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VDE Irish Canal Masters tickets selling quick

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Tickets for the qualifier rounds for the Van Den Eynde Irish Canal Masters are on sale now and are selling fast. Competition dates, prizes and other details are listed below. There are only a handful of spaces left for the Enfield qualifier, and all three qualifiers are expected to sell out, so if you want to put your name down, you better sign up quickly!

*** DATE CHANGE FOR FINAL***
We have brought forward the date of the Grand Final by one week. The Final will now take place on Sunday 15th September. Please take note of this date change.
We are proud to reveal details for the 2024 Irish Canal Masters
Firstly we are delighted to announce the competition will now be called the Van Den Eynde Irish Canal Masters. We would like to thank Jack Tisdall and Mark Theedom, of Marcel Van Den Eynde Ireland , for their generous sponsorship of the perpetual winners trophy.
“Van Den Eynde Ireland is delighted to be involved in the sponsorship of the Irish Canal Masters event and commend the Monasterevin club for highlighting canal fishing with this excellent series of matches” said Jack Tisdall.
This years format will consist of 3 qualifying rounds and a final, all to take place in Ireland. Many thanks to the 3 clubs who are hosting the qualifiers;
Round 1-Saturday 4th May- Enfield,
Round 2-Sunday 16th June- Daingean,
Round 3-Sunday 4th August- Athy,
Final – Sunday 15th September- Monasterevin.
Each qualifier, based on 30 anglers fishing, will be split into three 10 peg sections, with top 3 in each section qualifying for the final along with the best 4th section weight, giving a total of 10 qualifiers. Over 3 qualifiers this will result in a final of 30 anglers.
Entry fee 30 euro per qualifier.
Pools fee 20 euro on the day of qualifier and final.
Proposed payout is based on 30 anglers per qualifier:
Final – 1st place- €1500 euro
2nd place – €600 euro
3rd place – €400 euro
4th place – €200 euro
Qualifier and final pools money on the day, based on 30 anglers fishing;
€50 euro every 5 pegs
1st – 150 euro
2nd – 90 euro
3rd – 60 euro
All anglers finishing in the main prize list, section will pass down to next angler by default in all qualifiers and the final.
All matches will take place over 5 hours. Bloodworm, joker, pellets and boilies are not allowed. Eels do not count and should be released immediately if caught.
Anglers are asked not to fish venues on a Thursday and Friday prior to the qualifiers and final weekends.
Entry fee is to be paid via PayPal to the following:
[email protected] Please make sure payment is 30 EURO, remember to click friends and family when making payment and if possible put “Canal Masters” and which qualifier you intend to fish (you can fish as many qualifiers as you want to) in the payment notes. You can also pay your entry by Revolut. Please message us here if you would like to use this option and we can forward on a phone number to you.
We expect this exciting event to fill up fast so please book in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Remember, there are 3 different qualifiers over the Summer months so there are plenty of chances to make the final. If you don’t qualify for the final in the first qualifier you can also try again in the second or third qualifiers.
Again many thanks to Jack and Mark and Van Den Eynde Ireland and hope that all match anglers and not just canal anglers, will support this prestigious event.

25lb PB for Darren Dunne wins Newbridge District Anglers Competition

By
Shane O'Reilly
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pike
25lb PB for Darren Dunne

The Newbridge District Pike Anglers went back to a lake venue that has produced the goods in the past for the latest round of their club schedule. Weather on the day was fine, with sunny skies and mild temperatures, so it’s fair to say expectations were high given the lake had fished well in the past, and there’s nothing like a bit of anticipation of a big fish to focus the minds of anglers!

Luckily, the lake lived up to its reputation, producing a fabulous 25lb pike for Darren Dunne, a new PB for him, and a worthy fish to win any competition.

Darren’s fine 25lb pike

There were also a couple of decent doubles thrown into the mix on the day, so it’s fair to say that the venue has stamped its name on the competition calendar.

See the full report on Newbridge Anglers Facebook page.

Full results as follows
1st Darren Dunne 25lb 1 fish
2nd Paul Sheridan aka foxy 17.1hf 23.8 bag 2 fish
3rd Paul Moran 15.1 1 fish
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