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Epic turbot fishing for Killybegs Mariners and a rare pipefish

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IFI staff
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A lot of our shore fishing can be put down to planning with the winds, air pressure and tides to suit the venues and especially the last few days after the big seas crashed the shores and fish move in when it settles but sometimes the stars just align to give a session that is remembered for years and this was one of those sessions.
Turbot alley as the rods hopped with double and treble hauls of lovely turbot with a 13 in the first hour alone for Cormac, and plenty also for Ryan and Dessie and Pat.
Fish of the night a new club record shore length turbot of 39cm for Pat Byrne one of many over the 30cm mark.
New shore club record Turbot for Pat Byrne 39cm wins Catch of the Week
A few days earlier some members had a great fishing of 7 flounders all over 30cm with the longest going 36cm along with a new species for the club record fish –  a snake pipefish for Cormac!
Cormac with a rare pipefish

Next Mariners league outing will take place this Friday evening October 27th fishing 19.30pm – 23.30pm on a new beach for the club outside Kincasslagh at Mullaghderg Beach. New anglers always welcome to come along and fish with the club.
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Good pollack on the feed in Galway Bay as skipper John lands the catch of a lifetime

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IFI Staff
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We send our congratulations to skipper John Fleming, who was recently married, and wish the happy couple many years of health and happiness together!

John is already back at work, and hosted a couple of groups over the weekend for some mixed fishing on the reefs in Galway Bay. Some late mackerel have been showing, and there were some nice pollack on the feed, with some big ballan wrasse featuring in catches too.

Cod
Ballan wrasse
Pollack

Sunday proved an even better day, with a much better stamp of fish around. The better pollack were taken mainly on lures and soft plastics. The crew had plwenty of scad, mackerel, some nice wrasse again and Mikey who came with his own squid jig managed 4 squid, well done Mikey!

Fine squid for Mikey
Pollack
Good pollack

John has availability this weekend on Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday, with more weekend and midweek availability free up to Christmas.

 

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
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlueSharkAngling

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

Ireland on the Fly podcast – latest episode – Davie McPhail’s fly tying and fly fishing life

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IFI staff
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For those of you kicking your fly tying season into gear over the coming weeks and months Daire and Tom have a special guest on this week’s Ireland on the Fly.

Davie McPhail, the legendary Scottish fly tier, joins them to discuss his career in fly fishing, how he got started in fly tying, his huge online following via YouTube, and he has some tips and advice for improving your fly tying.

Listen & follow on Apple or Spotify:

https://pod.fo/e/1fb9a2

 

Time flies – IFI displays salmon flies collection in Cork, 121 years after first exhibition in 1902

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Sadhbh O'Neill
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Shane O'Reilly Inland Fisheries Ireland
  • Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Kieran McCarthy to open new angling expo today

Traditional Irish salmon flies, commissioned 121 years ago for the Cork International Exhibition in 1902, will now feature in a new museum display on the same site in Cork.

Inland Fisheries Ireland(IFI), custodians of the vintage collection, released an online picture book featuring the rare fishing flies last year, and has now collaborated with the Cork Public Museum to bring this exhibition to the public.

It will comprise antique fishing equipment, kindly loaned by Rory O’Hanlon, digitised angling records from the Cork Trout Anglers Club, and a display with information and historic photos of the 1902 exhibition and fishing on the River Lee.

Salmon fly
Traditional salmon fly

Shane O’Reilly, Angling Advisor with IFI said: “We are delighted to join forces with the Cork Public Museum on this project and hope the general public will be hooked!

“We are making these flies accessible to new audiences, by bringing them back to the site of the original exhibition – in Cork’s Fitzgerald’s Park – where they were first viewed 121 years ago.

“The Cork Collection of Salmon Flies represents a rich and colourful legacy from our Irish angling heritage. These traditional flies, created with feathers, fur, tinsel and floss, are considered as masterpieces of the craft.

“Last year’s IFI digital publication of the collection generated widespread interest from fly fishing and fly-tying enthusiasts both in Ireland, and around the world.

“Salmon have been, and remain, an iconic wild Irish fish. However, they now face many challenges to survive in Ireland.

“IFI works proactively with anglers and local communities to protect and conserve Ireland’s wild salmon, and their habitats, for the benefit of future generations.”

The exhibition is officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Kieran McCarthy, at 5pm today in the Cork Public Museum.

Historian Dr Tom Spalding will also speak about the 1902-1903 exhibition.

The collection will be hosted in the museum for the remainder of 2023 and into 2024.

Flies from famous 1902 Cork Collection available to view at Cork Public Museum

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Shane O'Reilly
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Following on from the digital publication of the salmon flies from the 1902 Cork Fly Collection last year, Inland Fisheries Ireland has now partnered with the Cork Public Museum to host an exhibition of some of those flies, making them available to view by the public for the first time in many years.

Blue Touser, tied by Joseph Owen Harold

The flies in the exhibit were all tied for fishing on the rivers and lakes in the Cork district as it was in 1902, which included fisheries such as the River Lee, the River Bandon and the Inchigeelagh Lakes, as well as the rivers around Skibbereen. The flies have spent most of the last 120 years in a storage box, so this represents a rare opportunity for anglers, fly-tying enthusiasts and the general public to admire the quality of the craftsmanship of these exceptional flies. The exhibition also features some historic photos of fishing on the River Lee and some vintage angling equipment and will run for the rest of 2023 and into 2024.

Grey & Lemon, tied by Miss Hackett

Rebels SAC return to the Slob Bank, Jacob Murphy takes the win

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Myles Kelly
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The Slob Bank, Youghal
The Slob Bank, Youghal

SUNDAY THE 15TH OF OCTOBER SAW THE REBELS head for Youghal to fish the slob bank from 3:30pm to 8:30pm. Shane Olden reports…

We fished roughly 2.5hrs either side of high water and with a light but fresh breeze with a sting. It was starting to feel more like autumn thank god. With the first frost of the year and a change coming in a few members had to pull out on the day with being under the weather if not choked up with the flu unfortunately.

First out of 11 angler’s on the day to find the fish and like a bullet was DEAN MURPHY with a lovely flounder high in the 30s, only to loose him at his feet as his lead got caught up in a rock. Next was myself with an undersize whiting, followed by JACOB MURPHY with the only sizeable whiting on the day of 18cms. Ready for road after that was the MONK himself NOAH TAHRAN with a 27cm flounder. Next on the board with a welcomed sight of a dog fish to make up the gap was JIM COTTER. A glimmer of hope for myself so I thought, but 2 promising bites never materialised (a good size coalie and a hefty flounder going by the bite but they never committed in the end).

A phone call and pics from across the water on Ferry Point from a club member’s friend letting us know he just got 3 codling around the 3lb mark gave us something to hope for when darkness fell in properly and to make up for the lack of bass and flounder so far. As the tide turned to go out and after roughly 2 hrs of darkness those codling never showed. With all distances checked and some lads well able to hit the channel and more they obviously weren’t there in good enough numbers to be caught by us.

Keeping her lit in between the whiting which were hammering the baits and shredding them before anything else got a look in was myself with a 28cm bass. With that in the last 45 minutes of a dropping tide the lads to my left got hit with a flurry of bass. Also missing a few and DEAN MURPHY hooking a right monster only for his snood to snap on the way in. Next on the bass and his first countable fish of the day was JIM MELLIS JNR with a 30cm school bass. As quick as he was landed the MONK TAHRAN was back on with a 33cm bass. Nicely done from the opposite end was JIM COTTER with a 46cm bass. Back to NOAH and Jim Mellis with another bass each. Missing a few sizeable bass at that time was JACOB MURPHY, only to turn things on its head with a fine pair of bass to add to his tally, and with 15 minutes left on the clock it was just enough for JACOB to push out in front for the blow of the whistle.

PLACINGS ON THE DAY :

  • 1ST JACOB MURPHY
  • 2ND JIM COTTER
  • 3RD NOAH TAHRAN
  • 4TH JIM MELLIS JNR
  • 5TH SHANE OLDEN

Baits used were FRESH CRAB, LUG WORM, RAG WORM, RAZOR CLAM AND FISH BAITS. The rigs of choice were mostly 2/3 HOOK CLIPPED DOWN , 2/3 HOOK FLAPPERS , AND LOOP RIGS.

We’d like to give a big thank you to Mathew white from Youghal who is a friend of one of our members. Matt kindly offered to come meet us on the day and get some drone footage of the competition. He put a video together for us which can be seen here.

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 . Thanks to all who turned out on the day, looking forward to the next comp already, and seeing you all out again please god. Catch you on the next one UP THE REBELS

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 . Looking forward to the next comp already and hopefully some cod and ray to add to the usuals . Catch you on the next one ……… UP THE REBELS

Get in touch via their Facebook page at

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

Go fishing…

Sea angling from Mine Head to Knockadoon Pier

Ardaire Springs getting good fishing, launches Irish Spring Angling Fair 2024

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Myles Kelly
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Ardaire Springs Launches Spring angling fair 2024

There was a great turnout on Saturday for the Ardaire Springs Open Day and the official launch of the Irish Spring Angling Fair 2024

Flies, lies, rods, banter, and great interviews…

George McGrath of Gundog and Fly heads to Ardaire Springs for the the launch of the 2024 Spring Fair

 

Rainbow trout

As ever the fishery is producing great sport and Sunday saw some lovely rainbows Caught and released

Go fishing…

Ardaire Springs Angling Centre

Address Ardera Mooncoin Kilkenny Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 86 812 8937 Website: www.ardairesprings.com
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2 in a row for Butzelhaeschen at Lough Allua

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Myles Kelly
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Lough allua Challenge 2023

Greg Latour of Tir na Spideog reports on the 22nd Lough Allua Pike Challenge which took place on Lough Allua…

With a bit of a delay, here are the results of the 22nd Lough Allua Pike Challenge 2023. Again the competition was fished following a storm and rain that resulted in a flooded car park/pier and tough fishing for all 21 anglers despite very pleasant weather conditions on the day. A total of 10 pike were caught on the 7 boats.

The winner of the heaviest bag with 2 pike of 80 and 65 cm and a total of 4,65 kg to make it 2 wins in a row was Mike “Butzelhaeschen” Frings from Germany. Beside myself, Mike is  the only participant to have fished all 22 competitions.

The longest pike category winner of this years LAPC is Tomas Mailevicius (Lithuania) with a pike of 88 cm / 4,0 kg.

The best crew category prize went to Michael Frings (Germany), Ramon Heyse (Spain) and Mike Pont (The Netherlands ), a well mixed crew.

Lough Allua

A good few anglers blanked on the day, so the decision to award the loser price was a close one with Philip Breuer of Germany taking the honour and a signed “Pole Fishing Book” by our hero Mr BoB Nudd.
Greg Latour
Tir na Spideog

Go fishing…

Pike Fishing Ireland

Address Tír na Spideoige Inchigeelagh Cork Ireland Phone: +353 26 47151 Website: pike-fishing-ireland.com
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Lough Allua

 

Steve starts Munster Coarse Anglers Winter League as he finished it

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Myles Kelly
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Anthony Weir at Obriensbridge
Anthony Weir at Obriensbridge

Munster Coarse anglers report on their first match of the winter league…

We fished the1st match in this year’s winter league series at O’Briensbridge on the Rowing Course section over the weekend.

The river was about 5ft above normal level and running hard but the venue did not disappoint with every angler catching mostly small fish but with the odd stamp fish making a appearance.

Results

  • 1st Steve Grogan 13lb 11oz
    (Last years champion starting were he left off)
  • 2nd Ian 9lb 13
  • 3rd Kevin 9lb 2oz

All other anglers weighting in between 8lb and 5lb.

Munster Coarse Anglers score card
Munster Coarse Anglers score card

Go fishing…

Proposed dates for this year’s winter league

  • Oct.22th
  • Nov.12th
  • Nov.26th
  • Dec.17 ( fur &feather)
  • Jan 7th
  • Jan 28th
  • Feb 11th
  • March 10th
  • Drop 2 results

The two day event be held at O’Briensbridge 29th 30th Oct Bank Holiday weekend has been postponed due to high water.

The venues will be decided nearer the dates as water levels are still high on the Clare lakes, number will be restricted

Join the club…

Anyone who would like to fish the Munster Coarse Anglers Winter League can contact them by commenting on their Facebook post

Munster Coarse Angling Club are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting. www.ncffi.ie

O’Briens Bridge Coarse Angling Centre

Babet brings ball of brown water for Baggers

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IFI Staff
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Storm Babet left its mark on the VDE Baggers most recent match on the Newry Canal as heavy rain left the canal basin full of cold, coloured water. Initially things looked promising, as there was plenty of surface activity, with fish topping everywhere. But as soon as baits went in, it was obvious that the surface activity didn’t translate into fish-feeding activity, as bites were super slow. All this made for a more interesting competition though, as with fish few and far between, every missed take was going to matter…

In the end, top rod was Grzegorz Bojczewski with 5.760 kg, just pipping Joel Carson into 2nd with 5.220 kg, in 3rd place was Aaron Nabc Hutchman with just under 4 kg, just 25g ahead of Philip Walton.

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