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Irish Angling Update – 3 Nov 2023

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IFI Staff
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Luckily, storm CiarĂ¡n seems to have skirted by the south of the country over the past couple of days without unleashing another weather onslaught for us to endure. Despite this, much of the country experienced well above average rainfall over the past seven days, so water levels remain high on most of our rivers and lakes while the ground is still very sodden underfoot. Unsurprisingly, the constant warnings of foul weather seem to have kept many anglers indoors over the past week, with only a handful of reports trickling into us in what was a pretty quiet angling week.

Sea anglers are a hardy bunch and are less affected by high water levels than other anglers, so it was no surprise to see that they were a bit more active during the week. But members of the Rebels SAC bit off more than they could chew when they headed to the Front Strand in Youghal for their latest club match. Arriving to find a roaring surf, they decided they weren’t going to let that put them off, but no sooner than they got into the swing of things, huge breakers sent seat boxes and tripods flying up the beach, and it was decided to up sticks and head for the relative shelter of Garryvoe. Things weren’t a whole lot better there, but they did manage a few hours fishing, with Jacob Murphy taking top honours. The always-active Killybegs Mariners faced much quieter conditions as they lined up under starry skies with near-perfect fishing conditions for their latest club match. They were very pleased to see plenty of quality turbot turn up on the night, and it was tight at the top, with Cormac Burke winning out at the final shake-up.

Flattie heaven for Killybegs Mariners

Down in Kerry, Tony Santry reported some great bluefin tuna action over the past week or so. Getting in on the action were: his son Daniel, who caught his first couple of tuna; local angler Nealie Lyne, who brought four to the boat; and last but certainly not least, specimen angler Liam Tully, who had a mammoth fish of 700lbs+. Also in charter boat news, skipper John Fleming reports an unusual quarry sought by anglers aboard his boat last week. His group of anglers from Howth Sea Angling Club decided to target squid for the day, and John had a couple of marks up his sleeve to try. As you would expect, the marks all produced, with plenty of squid swung aboard, along with a few nice pollack and a rare red mullet. To wrap up the sea angling reports, Chris O’Sullivan aka the Inshore Angler has been relatively quiet on his YouTube channel of late, but he was back at it this week with a video on fishing a surf beach in Kerry. Despite being a bit rusty with the GoPro, he has plenty of tips and tricks to pass on, and he has plans to roll out a few more videos in the coming months.

To pike fishing now, and the Go & Catch Lithuanian Fishing Club had an autumn outing on Lough Gowna in Cavan recently. Over 50 anglers turned out, and a total of 58 pike were caught, photographed and released on the day. The winning pair of Andrius and Deivdas had five qualifying pike for 388cm. Over in Roscommon, Bodo Funke of Angling Services Ireland had some fine fishing with his guests recently with plenty of 100cm+ fish and a very nice double shot for two brothers accompanying their dad Rudiger on his yearly visit. Meanwhile, down on Lough Derg, Damien Culliney of Anglers Paradise was fishing with a friend Chris Parry, using both lure and fly to try and tempt a toothy monster. They managed a couple of decent fish in the morning, but it all went nuts in a short 20-minute period in the afternoon, during which they landed three 100cm+ fish, with the best being 108cm.

102cm & 92cm double shot for guests of Angling Services Ireland

Trout anglers have the fallback of hitting the put-and-take fisheries once the regular season ends, and we have a few reports in from the rainbow fisheries this week. At Annamoe in Wicklow, 20 anglers fished the second heat of their winter league. With water temperatures holding up well, the fishing was good, with John Farrington taking six fish to top the table on the day. Peter Driver of Piscari Fly also took to the rainbow fisheries last week, visiting both Ardaire Springs and Laois Angling Centre. He found fish feeding at both venues, with lures working best on Ardaire Springs, while Pimp/Bung tactics worked better at Laois. Lough O’Flynn Anglers held their season closing competition recently, and there were plenty of fish in the 2lb bracket caught on the day, with Michael Farry winning the McCarthy Cup with a fish just under the 3lb mark.

Ivan Cobbe with a nice Rainbow Trout caught while taking part in the Fly Fishing Winter League at Annamoe Trout Fisheries. Ivan used his own pattern of an Emerging Twinkle Ear size 14 on an intermediate line
Ivan Cobbe with a nice Annamoe Rainbow

We finish this week’s update with coarse angling and a bunch of aspiring young match anglers who fished in the All-Ireland Youth Feeder Championships. The competition was broken down into Under 15 and Under 25 categories, and a total of 19 young men and women fished on Annaghierin Lake in Co. Cavan for a mix of roach, perch and the odd skimmer. At ‘all in’, the Under 15 champ was Markas Cmukas, while the Under 25 champ was Charlie Richards. Both Charlie and Markas win this week’s Catch of the Week.

U15 Winner Markas
U25 winner Charlie

And now the weather

Today, Friday, will be breezy with sunny spells and scattered showers. More steady rain will push in from the southwest overnight, with temperatures dropping to between 1°C and 5°C. Saturday will be dull and wet in the south, but brighter towards the north. Saturday night will be wet on the west coast, but largely dry elsewhere and it will remain wet in the west on Sunday, with a possibility of spot flooding. This unsettled pattern will continue into early next week.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland. If fishing in the sea, don’t forget to check the tides.

IFI Staff
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      Twenty minutes of Derg magic with Anglers Paradise

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      Paul O'Reilly
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      Damien Culliney of Anglers Paradise welcomed his good friend Chris Paris from Derry down for a day’s pike fishing on Lough Derg this week. The morning started off tough  with an easterly wind blowing and it really looked like it was going to be a tough day on the water!

      The pair were fishing with both lure and fly and by lunchtime they had managed to land two fish – both in the 90cm+ range – things were looking up it seemed! However, fishing can be hard to predict and things went very quiet again for a few hours as the pair fished on without a touch.

      Then, as the clock closed in on 3pm, there was a fantastic feeding spell and in the space of 20 mins of fishing they landed three fish over the metre, the best of them going to 108 cm. Persistence paid off and what looked like one of those really tough days on the water ended up being a great day on the Great Lough Derg.

      Chris will be giving a talk on fly fishing ‘Down Under’ at the Irish Fly Fair in Enniskillen on the 18th and 19th of November, his book THE FISH OF A LIFETIME has recently been published on Amazon.

      Go fishing…

      Anglers Paradise Ireland

      Trout and Pike Guide

      Anglers Paradise Ireland is owned and managed by Damien Culliney, a well known angler and chef in the Clare region and a man passionate about the inland waterways and natural history of County Clare. At Angler’s Paradise, we love the thrill of Game fishing and Pike fishing in equal measure and can take our clients to some of Europe’s most unspoilt rivers and lakes in search of trophy predators and the realisation of their angling dreams.

      Tel Mobile: +353 86 060 2718
      Web: www.anglersparadise.ie
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      Email damien@anglersparadise.ie

       

      Halloween Monsters – Squid Chasing in Galway Bay

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      IFI Staff
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      Skipper John Fleming has a report with a difference this week, and not your usual target species…

      Some crack on Bank Holiday Monday with a lovely bunch of regulars from the Howth Sea Angling Club. Squid was to be the main target of the day
      đŸ¦‘
      We headed for a mark I fish when targeting them for commercial rod and line fishing.
      We were straight on them, however the tide was turning and they died off straight away.
      Fine squid
      So away for another mark, again a few in quick succession and died off again.
      We decided to try a mixed mark where we would pick up squid as well as the usual mix of species. We hit the shallow end of the mark and were straight into some nice pollock and a few wrasse, once we came off the hard rough the squid started coming fairly steadily.
      Pollack
      Pollack
      Then a surprise red mullet came over the rail for Joe mcpeake which was a nice surprise to finish off the day then away home like a lunatic before the rain came down
      Red mullet
      As usual mighty crack with all the lads and thanks to Thomas Markey for putting together another great day.

       

      Go fishing…

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

      Surf’s up for Inshore Angler

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      Paul O'Reilly
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      After a long lay off, the Inshore Angler – Chris O’Sullivan – is back with another nice video of his fishing on a Kerry surf beach. Chris was a bit rusty after not having used the GoPro for a while, but he hasn’t lost the knack of catching fish.

      Fishing lugworm and maddies (harbour ragworm) into a nice rolling surf for flounders, and hopeful of a bass, Chris lands a few decent flatties before the weather closes in forcing him to retreat. As ever, Chris gives some nice insight into tips and tricks for surf fishing; he says there are more new videos in the pipeline, so we look forward to posting them when the land.

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      Pike feeding well for Bodo and guests

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      Paul O'Reilly
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      102cm & 92cm double shot for guests of Angling Services Ireland

      Fishing has been going well in the last week or so in Roscommon for Bodo Funke of Angling Services Ireland. Bodo welcomed regular guest RĂ¼diger, who was returning once again for his annual autumn pilgrimage with his sons. They had some really good sized pike during their stay, including a double hook up for the boys which measured in at 92cm and 104cm.

      Bodo was joined in the boat over the weekend by Kenny Skinner, who also got in amongst some good pike and perch – including two pike over the meter mark at 102cm and 103cm.

      Go Fishing

      Bodo Funke, Angling Services, Ireland

      Pike, Game and Coarse fishing Guide

      Notes: Angling Services Ireland provides the very best in angling and angling tourism. We are based in Boyle, Co. Roscommon, in the North-West of Ireland, an area with many superb angling opportunities.

      The Proprietor Bodo Funke holds the Marine and Countryside Guiding Certificate (achieved with distinction) and his expertise and local knowledge will be to your avail when you go on a guided angling trip or angling holiday with Angling Services Ireland. Pike fishing, Fly-fishing for Pike, Game fishing for wild Brown Trout, Float- tubing, Coarse fishing. Salmon fishing and Sea-angling can be organised.

      Address: Angling Services Ireland, 3 Canal View, Deerpark, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
      Telephone/Fax::+353 71 9663580 or +353 86 6011878
      E-mail: info@anglingservicesireland.com Website: www.anglingservicesireland.com

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      Ireland on the Fly: From Patagonia to the Ponoi, Matthew Solon, the Clare man guiding around the world

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      Paul O'Reilly
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      We’ve all seen the pictures of far flung fly fishing destinations with anglers holding huge fish and a guide beside them looking just as happy to have seen such a monster fish landed, and you’ve probably thought, now that’s a job I wouldn’t mind doing.

      Working, living and fishing in some of the most incredible fly fishing destinations in the world, how could you not love it?

      But what’s it really like?  Beyond the Instagram pictures of giant fish and smiling guests, it’s also a nomadic life cut off from society for most of the year and certainly not a life for everyone.

      Matthew Solon is a Clare man who has followed this path guiding on the Ponoi, in Patagonia, the Seychelles and Iceland and he joins Daire and Tom on this week’s Ireland on the Fly with some tall tales and insights into the guiding life.

      Rate, review and follow the show to keep up to date with all the latest Ireland on the Fly episodes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify at:

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      NCFFI – Final call for float anglers for 2024

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      Paul O'Reilly
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      The National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland (NCFFI) is seeking expressions of interest from anglers interested in float fishing on the world stage.  The federation has been representing Ireland at international competition for many years, fielding teams at the flagship FIPSed event – the World Championship of Nations – plus the European Championships. More recently with the Masters & Veterans events and the opportunity to field teams for women and the disabled

      With dates for 2024 now published by FIPSed, we invite you to join those already registered if you wish to have the chance to represent Team Ireland at the following;

      FIPSed World Championship Events – Float Fishing

      • Nations:  Sep 21/22 in BĂ©thune, France
      • Europeans: Jun 29/30 in Spannenburg, Netherlands on Princess Margriet Canal
      • Masters, Veterans, Disabled:  Jun 15/16 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
      • Women:  Aug 24/25 in Penacova, Portugal
      • Youth U15, U20, U25: Aug 10/11 DTD Canal, Serbia

      Register your interest here https://bit.ly/48lgbzi 

      The closing date for applications is 1st of November after which the appointed Float and Youth managers will decide on the championships to attend based on the interest received and implement the selection process. For further information on selection and eligibility please visit www.ncffi.ie/teamireland

      Mighty Murphy does it again with another Rebel win at Garyvoe

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      Myles Kelly
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      full moon at garyvoe

      SUNDAY THE 29TH of October saw Rebels SAC head for Youghal to fish (or try to fish) the Front Strand only to shift venue to Garyvoe where Jacob Murphy won his third match in a row, and on his birthday no less! Shane Olden reports…

      Back to Youghal for a 3rd time since September to try to hold a competition on the front strand. Yes, the third time but it wasn’t to be lucky. On arrival the surf could be seen roaring as far out as the biggest hitter on a casting field could only dream of hitting. A bit of a 50/50 chance that it would be fishable for everybody but we went for it. As the lads got their first casts in the water there was a coffee van behind us that got a nice surprise of a rogue wave in through the serving hatch, and unfortunately put an end to the chance of a hot sup of coffee or hot chocolate while we fished.

      Back to what we were hoping was going to be the perfect storm. Andrei Drutu was first on the fish with a shiny 43cm bass, which gave some lads a bit of encouragement. On the far end it would not have made a difference by the bucket load, as they were getting completely washed out of it as seat boxes and tripods made their own way back to the car park with the huge waves. Winds were fresh to moderate S/SW with gusts of 12mph which is ideal, but the full moon and the 4.6m tide made the strand a different animal to tackle on the day. So as some guys were beyond struggling, and safety a bit of a concern, we decided to pack up and head for Garyvoe beach in the hope it wasn’t as wild there, being a lot more protected by the lay of the land from a SW wind – comfort and safety was the order of the day.

      On arrival it looked a wise move and though by no means a small surf it was a lot more manageable than the Front Strand. We aimed to restart for 5pm to give guys a chance, and by the time I had the place pegged out I was saturated from head to toe. I must have gotten caught by every wave on my way down. On the day we had 11 anglers fishing and braving it out. A big Rebel welcome to newest member Danny O’Shea.  We had a mystery guest, a well accomplished match angler that fished with us to check us out as their number 2 club for next year. For now we’ll call him the “STIG” until his official debut with the club.

      painted ray garyvoe

      First out of the traps and on the fish was Jacob Murphy with a 47cm painted ray measured from wing tip to tip. Lining himself up for battle was the Monk Tahran with a painted ray for himself. Next would have being myself but I was a good distance from my rod helping lads when I spotted a slackline bite so by the time I got to my rod my line was washed in around the boulders and had been shredded off the rocks , great start. It was a comedy of errors for myself in the form of a soaking, losing fish and rigs to the boulders with the ferocious waves, and if it’s not bad enough that I struggle daily with neck and back pain, I popped my left knee during a pendulum Cast. So come that stage I was out of the game, likewise for Jim Mellis Jnr who got such a soaking had to cut it short in fear of getting pneumonia but not before at least putting a fish on the cards- and that he did with a 47cm ray.

      painted ray garyvoe

      As the battle carried on, the guys on the opposite end of the beach were starting to find fish and RAD was the first on that end to find them. He beached a fine size ray only for it to be swallowed by the surging tide and snapped his snood length. Fish gone! Next on the fish was Leo Napier, our last competition’s newest member. Leo wasn’t happy with not producing a fish on his debut, made his adjustments and told me that morning, “I’m
      getting fish today”, so well done to Leo with a dogfish. Though his cast before that he dropped a very good size ray in the raging surf and it wasn’t to be. Next man taking an awful battering for the team and a usual contender in the placings was Niall Forest. As big as the waves were coming at him he just wiped his face each time and drove on. It was a great show of determination, only for the soaking to get to much later on in the game and, in a wise move, Niall decided to cut it short until the next competition. Keeping her lit and back down the line Gabriel Matejeko was on his first fish, a painted ray. He endured his own battles as at one stage he and all his gear got hit with a monstrous wave that sent his stuff everywhere. But he came to catch fish and soldiered on.

      codling garyvoe

      Back to the battle of Jacob and Noah. The guys were still producing fish with the odd double shot thrown in for good measure. The Stig also cut it short to try beat the floods on the way home as conditions worsened, but left his stamp with a painted ray and a dogfish. Back the line RAD missed 2 bass with one of them lost at his feet to the boulders and of course it was a brute of a bass but away it went. Across the line fish were coming in at different intervals, but the front line and the most productive area on the day was to be near NOAH and JACOB. More or less the fished fish for fish as the night went on. A welcome change of species for JACOB with a 48cm codling, and a glimmer of hope that we might squeeze in a few codling before the session ended . FISHFULL THINKING as I like to call it, but it wasn’t to be as the hoards of storm kelp on the returning tide were too much for any man, line, or even fish. It slowly shut down down everything until the beach became totally unfishable, and more or less blew the final whistle for us .

      PLACINGS ON THE DAY :

      • 1ST PLACE. JACOB MURPHY
      • 2ND PLACE. NOAH TAHRAN
      • 3RD PLACE RAD

      Baits used were peeler crab, lug worm, fresh black lug, sandeel, razor clam, mackerel and rag worm. Species caught were painted ray, coalfish, dogfish, bass, dogfish, codling.

      What can I say for the stylish win for JACOB MURPHY, only it is a pleasure to see guys come into the our sport as newcomers and thrive through what our club can offer to anglers of all grades. Since entering the sport and the match scene last year JACOB is putting in ferocious work to get himself up to speed with what’s out there and against him. Not only has he done the hattrick winning the last 3 comps, he achieved it on his birthday being on the day of the competition, a nice one for the books , well done Jacob , great fishing , and a credit to your mentor !!

      Our next competition is on the 12th of November in Youghal area again, and we hope for our catch rates improve as fishing is starting to pick up along our coast.

      CATCH YOU ON THE NEXT, ONE  UP THE REBELS!

      Join the club

      Rebels SACRebels SAC are based in Cork and are are always happy to welcome new members.

      As usual there will be a what’s app button at the top of our Facebook page for anybody looking to contact us with a view to becoming a member for our 2024 season or for us to help with any queries you may have about the club.

      The REBEL COUNTY SEA ANGLERS will be open for membership through out the year and we can be contacted by , mobile 083 0198017, what’s app, messenger, facebook, and Instagram .

      Get in touch via their Facebook page at

      https://www.facebook.com/rebelcountyseaanglingclub/

      Go fishing…

      Sea angling from Mine Head to Knockadoon Pier

      Stars align for Killybegs Mariners as turbot put in a show

      By
      Shane O'Reilly
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      The Killybegs Mariners SAC lined out under a star-studded sky for their latest club competition last weekend. The 23 anglers enjoyed near-perfect fishing conditions, with a mild night and weedless sea making for a very enjoyable evening.

      Fine night for a spot of beach fishing

      Luckily, the fish didn’t put a dampener on things, as catches were steady on the night, with some fine turbot putting in a show, with one angler, Shane Cunningham managing an impressive 9 counting turbot to 36cm. Anglers who drew pegs 1-3 were particularly busy, as that end of the beach saw some frantic action over the space of an hour with a fish on every cast.

      Plenty of turbot on the go

      Ine the end, Cormac Burke fought off some strong competition with 12 counting fish (flounder, turbot, dogs, whiting & coley) to win with a total of 464 points. Close behind, also with 12 counters was John Cunningham on 413 points. Dessie O’Keeny won the longest flattie prize with a lovely turbot of 37cm.

      Some nice pike off Gowna in Go & Catch Autumn Cup

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      IFI Staff
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      Almost 50 anglers gathered on Lough Gowna in County Cavan for the Autumn Cup spinning competition organised by Go & Catch. Whilst the pike were not as active several good-sized fish were caught and the social mood good.

      The winning team of Andrius & Deividas had 5 qualifying pike (over 50cm) totaling 388cm. In second place Mantas & Simas had 4 fish for 337cm and third were Dainius and Robertas with 5 for 310cm. The longest fish of the day – 97cm – went to Arnoldas.

      In total 58 pike were lured, photographed and carefully released back to the water. As members of the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the Go & Catch Lithuanian Fishing Club members all practise Catch & Release.

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