Episode 18 of the lure fishing podcast is avaiable now.
In this episode Henry Gilbey chats to host Cormac Walsh openly about his recent heart attack, the warning signs, and thankfully his successful road to recovery.
And of course they also chat about all things Bass fishing. This episode is packed with information and advice on all things lure fishing.
It’s the longest episode yet, have a listen and hopefully you enjoy it.
The All Ireland Open Shore (Jimmy Smith) competition is being hosted by Ulster this year, along with the Ladies and Junior All Ireland competitions. Fishing is on Benone Strand, Co. Derry on Saturday 30th September. Fishing from 12-5pm, with check-in at the Anglers rest from 9.30-11.
See the poster below for details – pre-entry is essential, although payment can be made on the day. There will also be a Club team competition, with teams of 4.
Continuing their updates on the World Fly Fishing Championships on the Ireland on the Fly podcast, Ireland captain, Dec Conlan, reports on a mixed set of results, has an update on Ireland’s position and who is in pole position at the top.
The beautiful weather of last week certainly provided a welcome break to charter boat anglers, and guests on the Clare Dragoon definitely enjoyed their trips. Skipper Luke even cooked some of the plentiful mackerel on board for his lucky clients. Looks delicious!
5 star service on the Clare Dragoon!
Luke says:
“At last the mackerel seem to have returned in some numbers and fishing by the coast is giving a lovely mix of good Pollack and Mackerel.
Out on the reefs the fishing is more mixed with plenty Pollack and coalfish and some Cod and Whiting with other mixed species. The Spurdog’s can be of plague level but fishing plastic can cut the catch rate down. On the other had using a small bit of wire can turn up Spurdog’s well into double figures.”
CodTwo fine pollack. That will have tested the arns!Spurdog
Cuckoo wrasse
PollackNice spur
Go fishing…
Clare Dragoon
Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine, skippered by Luke Aston and operating out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare…
I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke. Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544 Email:lukeaston@eircom.netWeb:www.fishandstay.com
Skipper John Fleming loves shark fishing, and tope are one of the most obliging shark species he can put guests over. He reports on a day out last week targeting tope.
Cracking day at sea with the Hogans, Frank and Kieran and friends, we started off the day in search of mackerel, then got the anchor down for a tope session.
The tope did not disappoint with all the lads having at least one fish each with Mick having the best fish of the day.
We decided to then hit an inshore reef on the way home and got some nice pollock, wrasse, pouting and a couple of cod.
PollackCodNot quite the target species, this spider crab provided entertainment anyway!
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.
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Skipper Sean Maguire has had a few groups out over the past week or two, many enjoying the fine weather last week and catching plenty of fish. A groupd of friends came out for a “lazy shark drift” on a beautiful sunny day, and caught a lot more besides. There seem to be plenty of cod going by the photos, and the spurdogs are still around too.
Blue sharkCod
More cod!
The great weather continued into the weekend, and so did the fishing…
MegrimCod
Ling
Go Fishing
Lady Gwen II
Fishing Adventures on Séan Maguire’s Lady Gwen II, a Lochin 33 M265Ti Perkins charterboat which operates 15 miles from Kilbaha, Carrigaholt, and Kilrush.
Whether you want to go to the Atlantic Ocean for a large selection of species, including different types of shark, or fish the estuary for ray conger tope etc, Fishing Adventures will cater for whatever fishing you desire. Telephone: +353 (0) 877508758 or +353 (0) 894431182 Email:fishadven@gmail.comWeb:www.fishingadventures.ie
Good sport for seatrout was had on the Moy Estuary by Philip Thornton and Paul Kelly last week. The two anglers fished on Saturday 9th September, using a variety of methods, hooking about 45 sea trout and catching and releasing twelve fish measuring above the minimum size. One seatrout was kept, weighing around 1.75lbs.
Some of Philip Thornton and Paul Kelly’s action
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Some of Philip Thornton and Paul Kelly’s action on the Moy Estuary on Saturday 9th September. These fish were returned alive to the water.
Some of Philip Thornton and Paul Kelly’s action on the Moy Estuary on Saturday 9th September. These fish were returned alive to the water.
Philip Thornton about to land a sea trout on the Moy Estuary
The water in the Moy catchment settled to low water levels last week, with readings at Ballylahan bridge showing 0.54 on Monday and 0.36 on Sunday. Not too many anglers ventured out to tempt their luck. In total, 66 salmon have been reported caught for the week.
The Moy Fishery recorded two nice seatrout weighing around 2lbs and 3lbs caught by a local angler at the Point Beat.
Joe Quinns’s seatrout from The Point Beat of the Moy Fishery before being released.
Ballina Salmon Anglers reported 11 salmon caught for the week, weighing between 3lbs and 6lbs.
Mount Falcon recorded 3 fish, 2 of which were caught on the prawn and released. The best fish weighed 5lbs.
Knockmore Salmon Anglers reported 4 salmon caught on the prawn.
Attymass Angling Club recorded 2 fish for the week caught on the prawn.
Coolcronan Fishery reported 1 salmon of 5lbs caught on the prawn.
Byrne’s Fishery recorded 14 grilse for the week caught on the prawn. A good number of those salmon were reported as being fresh, silver fish.
Gannon’s Fishery reported 4 salmon. Two were caught on bubble and fly and two on the fly.
The Foxford Fishery recorded 6 fish caught on prawn. The best fish weighed 7lbs.
Foxford Salmon Anglers reported 19 salmon for the week, of which 12 were caught at Rinnaney and 7 at Baker’s.
East Mayo Anglers reported 2 salmon of 3lbs for the week, of which one was released. Both were caught on the fly.
The picture on the lakes remains the same. Anglers who venture out catch fish, but overall angling activity is low.
Gerry Murphy Boat-Hire reports from his base that Cathal Tyrell from Edenderry brought a group of friends and family to fish Lough Conn. The group of 24 had an enjoyable day, catching good trout up to 14 inches among many smaller ones, using several methods, namely fly fishing, trolling and spinning.
Peter Roche had a fantastic day fishing Victoria Bay on Thursday 7th September, catching 4 fish between 1.25lbs and 1.75lbs on Dry Sedge patterns.
Conn trout for Peter RocheA second fish for Peter
Chris Meadows from the UK fished Massbrook Point on Sunday, catching three trout to the measure, all on wet flies.
It’s hard to believe, but we’re into the last few weeks of the brown trout season – and in many ways it feels like the season has slipped away from us this last while – but to make the most of your time remaining on the rivers and loughs, we’ve got some tips and advice for you for September.
Friend of the show, Keith McDonnell, from Impact Fly Fishing, joins us with some expert late season advice and discusses his preference for when he fishes dries v streamers.
Plus Keith also tells us about a recent trip to Iceland that saw him land three double-figure sea trout.
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With the FIPS-Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships being held in Slovakia this week, we’re bringing you the updates from each day’s fishing from Ireland Team Captain, Dec Conlan.
Dec will tell us how the fishing has been for the Irish as well as the rest as the leading countries and he gives us the update for Day 1.
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