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Strong winds, light winds, St Bridget’s Day but no salmon on Currane

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February 8, 2024

Storm Ciara at Currane — Storm Ciara visits Currane 2020

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

3/2/2024 Currane/Waterford angler caught and released 2 kelts on the troll today and that’s your ration, so on that note we head for the Currane anglers metrological service, Wind W fresh and overcast.

4/2/2024 My Noble Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments on this reasonably rough day with a fresh to strong WSW wind, average speed 31 km/h followed gusts up to 50 km/h and overcast throughout the day. Amount of rainfall so far for the month of February, 9.4mm. Five boats out.

5/2/2024 This St. Bridget’s Bank Holiday Monday was all quiet in all departments. Wind WSW fresh, average speed 30 km/h followed by gusts up to 52 km/h and overcast, followed by light rain.

centra — Fogarty’s Centra Waterville
Sponsor of the Ernest Appleby Cup plus €100 Voucher
for the 2024 Season

6/2/2024 Going by WhatsApple all the Currane anglers caught was buckets of water as the Heavens opened and made a good flood, So come on down you never know your luck, especially if you catch the biggest salmon on Lough Currane in 2024, your in for a great prize of a €100 voucher, sponsored by Fogarty’s Centra, Waterville, plus you receive the Ernest Appleby Cup, you can display the Cup until the following September if you wish to.

7/2/2023 The Currane anglers were all quiet on the SW front. Wind East, light and variable.

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 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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First time fish of a lifetime for junior Dublin Pike Angler

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February 7, 2024

pro-mgG9tdVp — Harry and his monster pike

Senior members of the Dublin Pike Anglers held a competition recently on the Erne system, where they mentored some of the up and coming junior members of the club, passing on their pike fishing knowledge to the next generation.

Fishing under the watchful eyes of old hands Godfrey Donohue, Paddy Burke and Gavin Downey, junior member Harry Walsh stunned the wise old sages by landing his very first pike – the fish of a lifetime, a superb specimen weighing in at over 30lb 13ozs.

The seniors, who graciously gave up their time during the months competition to assist the juniors, might just have to take tips from Harry in future following this astonishing feat! Well done to him!

Following the careful unhooking of the pike and a photo or two, the next lesson for Harry was to get the pike back in the water quickly and allow it to recover before watching it glide back to the underwater realm.

Unusual fish caught by Lough Allen angler a rare event

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February 7, 2024

A short report from a coarse angler Jonathon Andrews who the shores of Lough Allen at the top of the Shannon System.

Jonathon was enjoying a fairly normal day on the lake, fishing at the Cleighran More marina. He was using a double maggot on a #14 hook to decent effect getting roach to 6oz and some nice hybrids to 2lbs.

One fish that he brought to the net had him perplexed though – a very silver, lean looking fish, almost herring-like but with a curious adipose fin just like a trout. It was, of course, a pollan, a native Irish species left over from the last Ice Age. These fish are rare enough, and almost never caught by anglers. They come into the shallows around this time of year to breed but otherwise live out in the deeper water of the lake.

If you catch a pollan, char, smelt or any other unusual fish we’d love to hear about it.

About pollan

The pollan is endemic to Ireland, which means that it is a native species that is only found in Ireland, making it a very special part of our natural heritage. The pollan is usually classified as a species within the genus Coregonus, which are a diverse group of species known collectively as whitefish in the fish family Salmonidae, along with salmon, trout and char. The pollan (Coregonus pollan) is very closely related to the Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis), which inhabits the Arctic regions of Siberia, Alaska and Canada.

The pollan is sometimes considered to be a subspecies (Coregonus autumnalis pollan) of Arctic cisco that has become a glacial relict, which means that pollan populations became isolated as the range of Arctic cisco contracted northwards following the retreat of colder environments at the end of the last ice age. Pollan populations are believed to have dispersed into Ireland’s river systems thousands of years ago when they were connected by melting glacier water but subsequently became isolated as large lakes formed. Today, they only survive in Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg on the River Shannon, as well as Lough Erne and Lough Neagh. The Lough Neagh population is the most abundant population and is fished commercially.

Pollan are a shoaling fish that feed on planktonic invertebrates in lakes and typically live for about five years. The conservation status of pollan in Ireland is classified as vulnerable. Pollan are threatened by deteriorating water quality, invasive species and warmer water temperatures due to climate change.

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Weather finally breaks for Wicklow Boat Charters

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February 6, 2024

After a frustrating month, during which Wicklow Boat Charters couldn’t fish the prime marks due to weather, leading to plenty of cancelled days, things finally came good for the lucky anglers fishing at the weekend.

In a short, 2.5 hour session, the guys managed around 30 spurdog, with 11 of them reaching specimen size. A few lucky anglers reached their 3 specimen quota for the year in jig time, so there were smiles all round when heading back to port.

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Angling Charters are offered on a full-day, half-day and evening trip basis and can be tailored to suit your needs. Two boats are available – Manannan Mac Lir and Castle Maiden. All levels of anglers are catered for. Anglers will benefit from your skipper’s angling experience and local knowledge with advice and guidance on-hand at all times.

SPECIALIST ANGLING CHARTERS

Specialist Angling Charters are offered for those who wish to target specific species, specimen fish or try new angling methods.

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Whether you’re a Club, Individual, School or Junior, you can have an angling coaching session or programme tailored to suit your needs.

Kit Dunne
Wicklow Boat Charters

Telephone: +353 (0)87 6832179 +353 (0)404 67031
Email: [email protected] Website: www.wicklowboatcharters.ie

Three-way tie for VDE Baggers winter league

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February 6, 2024

Last week, we reported that the VDE Baggers winter league was going down to the wire, with the final league match happening over the weekend and 12 anglers in contention to take the title. Creeve Lough was the venue for the shoot-out, and the anglers faced tricky conditions with a gusty wind whipping across the lake.

John Walker was the top weight of the day, as his 4 kg saw him finish the league with 9 points. Artur Bojczewski was second on the day, with Aaron Nabc Hutchman finishing third. Aaron, who had been in first place coming into the final event, came second in his section, which also put him on 9 points, and Grzegorz Bojczewski won his section in the final match, leaving him on 9 points, too; a three-way tie at the top.

So, it went down to weights recorded during the league, and that saw Aaron across the finish line, with a combined weight of just over 30kg. Full listings as follows:

1st place – Aaron Hutchman 9 points, 31.010 kilo

2nd place – John Walker 9 points, 26.310 kilo

3rd place – Grzegorz Bojczewski 9 points, 19.340 kilo

4th place – Eddie G 11 points, 30.585 kilo

5th place – Artur Bojczewski 13 points, 20.595 kilo

6th place – James Wellwood 16 points, 18.560 kilo

Aaron came second in his section with this bag

An exciting end to the league, and the Baggers plan to run plenty more matches over the coming months, and they are open to new members joining, so if you are interested in joining an active club and getting involved, give them a shout.

Brollies & stew make light of bad weather on the Barrow

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February 6, 2024

Dan O’Neill reports on his latest foray to the River Barrow:

Recent weather has been from wet to cold and from cold to wet, so planning trips was made a little more difficult, but we managed. Sitting under the brolly at the edge of the River Barrow, watching the float while searching for a nice roach sounded like just the ticket. Being under a brolly, the weather could do whatever it liked while I had some nice stew and a cup of tea. There is something about float fishing that really excites me. Perhaps it takes me back to childhood watching a waggler as it slowly made its way down a seam and then gently dipped down to indicate someone was home. Lifting into the indication resulting in some flashes of silver and the mighty red eye coming to the net.

Recently, Anthony and I have been fishing canals mostly. Anthony has now become quite the predator hunter. I usually target roach, dace and the odd perch when Anthony is not looking. Practice is also a lot of what I do with the fly rod using just a piece of wool. I am very happy to be a part of nature and just to be out. When I was younger, my Dad would say the same thing to passersby – “I’m just glad to be out in the air”. Sometimes, it made me frown a little as I took this business of fishing very seriously as an 8-year-old fully fledged extreme angler; how innocent! I now spend most of my time looking at how little I know and how much I must learn.

So, the mighty R. Barrow it was for some canal fishing. I was recently sent some of the Cadence range of coarse rods designed by the man who made my first fishing rod, Mr. Des Taylor. Very excited to try these out for some silvers and perhaps some perch. As we packed our equipment for the day, I went to mix some groundbait. The mix I use this time of year is very simple, and remember, in the winter, less is more; just keep them interested.

3 cups full of soaked layers pellets (Available in pet shops, made by red mills)

1 cup of fine soil or sand (added weight and camouflage)

Half a cup of chopped worms (keep them to half a centimetre in length)

This mix can be doubled if you need more; I use this much and very lightly feed the area. I usually roll it into golf ball sized balls and gradually introduce it. The river you fish may require more so its trial and error, see how the fish react. For our younger anglers, please don’t use Mum or Dad’s favourite coffee cup and be careful with the scissors. Even better, get them to chop the worms for you. Of course, for our older anglers, don’t use your husband’s or wife’s favourite cup either; not a good idea (speaking from experience).

When we arrived, a few fish were showing along the canal, so we knew they were there. I began by putting in 4 rounds of ground bait and then setting up the float rod. Anthony, of course, went straight for the fly rod, setting that up for perch today, so I was banned from fishing for them. Feeling the fish may be a little wary and slow to take, I took my worm sections out of the ground bait mix for hookbait. I passed the ground bait 4 or 5 times before I had an enquiry which I missed, typical. I did, however, hit the next enquiry, which was a nice roach about palm size. Anthony went up a little from where I was fishing and began to cast for perch. He was using the Cadence 10ft 5wt with a floating line, 8ft di5 Poly leader and 3ft of fluorocarbon. Of course, we were pretending to be a small fish fry about 4-5cm. I had quite a few roach with some dace, too. Nothing very big, mostly all palm-sized fish, with the odd one a little larger. Anthony hit some nice perch, again nothing huge, mostly 20-25cm. The real reward for him was that it was on the fly which is becoming his newfound love. I recently received his wishlist of species for 2024, which includes a bass and a wrasse; any help would be much appreciated, anybody!!

We had a lovely stew with tea and a brownie for dessert before heading into the evening, which was slightly quieter, with only a few fish to the net with nothing larger than palm size. Superb day and like most journeys a learning curve for us both.

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Irish Angling Update 🎣 2 February 2024

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February 2, 2024

The eastern counties saw plenty of wet weather last week, with some heavy showers bringing rainfall that was 175% of the average for the time of year. The rest of the country fared better, with most places remaining dryer than usual. Last week was relatively mild for the time of year, with temperatures a couple of degrees above the norm, and it looks like it’s set to stay that way for most of the coming week. So, as we head into the February bank holiday (celebrating St. Brigid’s Day for our foreign readership), there’s plenty of incentive to spend some time on the water…

We kick off this week’s update with the sea angling scene, and to Wexford, where the 35th Irish Winter Shore Angling Festival took place last week. A total of 106 anglers from Ireland and abroad were registered for the event, which was fished across a range of Wexford beaches. After a tough first day, where lousy weather affected catches, things picked up for the second and third days, and after all the adding up, it was a UK-based angler, Saul Page, who topped the honours for this year’s festival.

Aaron Vambeck from The Netherlands won the best fish of the competition with this bass

Some welcome news for anyone looking to fast-track success at fly fishing for bass is that expert bass angler and ex-fishing guide Jim Hendrick is running a number of bass angling workshops throughout 2024. Jim has seen and done it all when it comes to Irish bass, and so has a wealth of knowledge to pass on to any aspiring saltwater fly fisher. On the club side of things, Galway Bay SAC have just released their competition dates for 2024, and they are welcoming new (and returning) members for anyone interested in joining an active sea angling club. Meanwhile, Galway-based charter skipper John Fleming was in touch to say he plans an early start to the season, with the first trips scheduled for the end of February, and he maps out his plans for the rest of the season for anyone looking to make a booking.

In coarse angling news, we begin our round-up in Northern Ireland where the VDE Baggers faced some stiff winds for the penultimate round of their winter league last weekend. Fished over a couple of venues, it was a test of pole angling skills, with Aaron Nabc Hutchman with 3.6kg pipping the post ahead of Michael Schopen on 3.44kg. Things are super tight at the top of the league ahead of this Sunday’s final match so it’s all to play for!

Aaron Nabc Hutchman with his winning bag

A bit further south now, to Lough Muckno, where 23 anglers lined out to fish the 4th round of the CM Lakelands Winter League last weekend. Fishing was consistent regardless of location on the lake, and the top three weights came from three different sections, with Irish feeder international Johhny McKinley winning with 4kg from Yellow Island. The Munster Coarse Anglers were back at O’Briensbridge for the 6th leg of their winter league to find the river running low and clear. The clarity made the fish a bit spooky, but most anglers caught between 15 and 30 fish. The pegs near the dam were the ones to be on, as they produced the better catches, and Ray, on peg 3, took advantage of this to take first place on the day. We wrap up the coarse angling news at Oaklands Lake, where anglers fished the 6th round of the Oaklands Winter League in relatively pleasant conditions. Marnel Popa made the most of his end peg placing to finish top weight with almost 21kg from peg 15.

To salmon fishing news now, and we are happy to report that the Drowes is off the mark for the season, with the first fish landed on Thursday morning from the High Bank. Well-known angler Colin Gardiner was the lucky captor, taking his fish on a yellow Flying C in wet and windy conditions. It’s not the first time Colin has landed the first fish of the season, and having suffered a stroke on the opening day of the season a few years back, it’s fair to say he got his just rewards for his perseverance. In the south of the country, the team from Cadence Fishing held an opening day get-together at the famous Careysville Fishery last week. Dan O’Neill reports the day’s events and some of the characters he met during the day.

casting demo — Glenda Powell giving a demo

In the latest edition of the Ireland on the Fly podcast, Daire and Tom speak to Neil O’Shea, who, like numerous members of his family before him, has been guiding on Lough Currane for many years. They discuss fishing for both salmon and sea trout on this iconic lake, and how you still have a good chance of a springer off the lake in the coming months. Unfortunately, the first salmon of the season is yet to arrive on Currane, as Vincent Appleby reports that wild weather has made fishing tough for most of that past week.

Some housekeeping now: we want to remind all anglers who had a salmon and sea trout licence in 2023 that their logbooks are now overdue for return. If you haven’t already sent them back, it’s time to do so now.

The latest issue of the Piscari-Fly newsletter brought the sad news of the passing of Peter Driver’s mother, so we wish him all the best at this tough time. Mark reported that fishing at Laois Angling Centre was tricky, but that fish were still to be caught if you were prepared to try a mix of tactics to find them. And for anyone looking for a bit of fishing & travel inspiration, Tipperary man John Lawlor has just published a book in which he talks about his angling adventures fishing numerous lakes and rivers, both in Ireland and abroad.

We have only one pike report this week, but it’s a good one! Ger Power brought his young nephews Adam (9) and Jamie (11) up to Belturbet at the weekend for a spot of winter piking. Wrapped up well against the nippy winter weather, things hotted up when Adam’s smelt deadbait was picked up, and when he struck into the run, it was soon apparent that this was no tiddler. Adam quickly got to grips with the fish, and on bringing it to the net, he was delighted to see that it was going to be a memorable day, and the pike was soon weighed in at 20lb. A quick photo was taken before the pike was returned to the water. It took me many years to get my first ’20’, so Adam’s feat of landing one before he reaches double figures himself, deservedly wins him this week’s Catch of the Week.

Adam's 20lb pike from Belturbet — Adam’s 20lb pike from Belturbet

And now the weather

It’s looking like the weather this bank holiday weekend will be reasonably good, with a lot of mild weather and not too much rain. Today will be mild and cloudy with highs of between 11 – 13°C. It will be mostly dry, with some scattered patches of rain and drizzle in places. It will be mild overnight and remain dull but mostly dry throughout Saturday. Sunday will also start dull and drizzly, but it will become sunnier as the day develops, with a freshening breeze from the west/southwest. The mild, dull weather pattern is set to continue into the early days of next week before becoming more changeable in midweek, as more persistent rain moves in.

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

IFI Staff
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Jump into the boat with Vincent for fishing updates from Lough Currane

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February 2, 2024

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

24/1/2024 Storm Isha thankfully left the emerald Isle this morning, local gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com reports that there were three boats out manipulating their skills out on Lough Currane today and only a few C&R kelts which is great to see. So as the Currane anglers were slack in the Wild Atlantic Salmon we will head down Appleby stream.

The year was Spring of 1983, there was nice water coming down the Commeragh river and my Father and I were trolling. Brod O’Sullivan and Vincent O’Sullivan were flyfishing in the Mouth of the Commeragh, come 4 pm they had caught 5 Salmon on the fly and fair play to Brod and Vincent they waved us in because they were heading home. Vincent shouted, “You will get him.”

Well many a true word spoken in gesture. We rested the current for about twenty minutes and headed out, my father was flyfishing away, the next thing he collapsed and I said, “God no, he’s gone.”

My father replied, “No not quite, there is a Salmon in the boat.”

I replied, “Don’t be stupid we haven’t caught one yet”.

Well the next thing I could hear the tail of the Salmon hitting the floor boards. Well it took my father 10 minutes plus to dispatch the 14 lbs Salmon and I can tell you we headed straight for the Lobster Bar.

Well I walked in and Vincent said “Did you get him ?”
“That we did.”
“I told you that you would.”
“Ah that you did but what you didn’t tell us that he would jump into the boat!”

Well Vincent’s language was poetic and he stormed out of the Lobster to see and check the fish. Well he had one good look at the Salmon to see if there were any hook marks and there were none and he replied, “I will second that.”

Well the story doesn’t finish there because a few days later I and my Father headed down the Bungalow and Paddy Carey R.I.P was bailing his boat and his client had a Rolls Royce, I said to my Father, “Paddy has a right one.”

As I said that I was getting out of the car and Paddy shouted out, “There you are Sir, your man doesn’t need rods or lines, the Salmon just jump into the boat.”

Well his client replied, “Paddy I know I’m in Ireland but that’s effing ridiculous”. So, I can say without any fear of contradiction, No Spin, No Flies, just jumped into the boat.

25/1/2024 Again Lough Currane was on the wild side with an average speed of 35 km/h followed by gusts up 75 km/h, so you don’t have be a rocket scientist to know where the Currane anglers headed for? So on that note we head down Appleby’s stream and it’s all about you good people who read the blog because in the last few night’s your comments have been very positive and some not so positive but that’s what I Like and yesterday’s comment of the day goes to Jimmy Brandon and I quote, More nonsense from the King of Spin.

26/1/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet on the Western front. Wind WSW average speed 35 km/h, gusts up to 45 km/h. Yesterday’s weather amount of rainfall 7.7mm. Now we go down Vincent O’Sullivan’s stream Well worth watching, an RTE news report from 1987.

27/1/2024 Lough Currane was on the wild side this day with a strong Southerly wind average speed 38 km/h, followed by strong gusts up to 63km/h and overcast all day followed by light rain at times. Now on a personal note I would like to wish my Sister, Currane fly angler Mrs Marian Coombs a very Happy Birthday and it’s a very special classified day.

28/1/2024 Again the Currane anglers had to wait patiently until after lunch before the strong South Westerly wind dropped and veered into the NW and followed by the odd heavy shower. Going by my WhatsApple we are still waiting for that elusive wild Atlantic salmon.

29/1/2024 The Lough Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments. Wind NNE light to calm followed by bright sunshine all day.

30/1/2024 The Currane anglers perfect reels were all quiet this day, going by my WhatsApple. Wind light SSW and variable followed by good cloud cover.

31/1/2024 Another wild day for the Currane anglers as the wind takes control of today’s proceedings, wind SW veered SSW average speed 40 km/h, gusts up to 70 km/h.

1/2/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments this day. Wind S veered SW average speed 25 km/h strongest gust 41 km/h and overcast all day followed by misty rain, amount of rainfall for January was 126.mm.

I will finish tonight’s notes in Memory of a great fly angler RIP Vincent O’Sullivan.

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 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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Tipp man John Lalors new angling book – Fish Scéalta

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