From 410 lbs. bluefin tuna on standup gear to chunky pollack during an evening trip anglers aboard the M.V. Sarah Marie had a ball this past week. Earlier in the week, a productive mark produced a couple hard fighting tope after a successful day on the reef.
410 lbs. bluefin just before releaseBig pollack for young Tommy aboard M.V. Sarah MarieNice Donegal Bay tope
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Sarah Marie
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Skipper Sean Maguire reports that although mackerel are scarce off clare at the moment, general fishing is very good. Anglers are catching a good mix of species, and plenty of spurdog still, very nice fishing in the current weather conditions!
A nice cod for this lady angler
Nice sunshine, nice pollack!A fine ling
SpurdogAnother spur
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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:[email protected]Web:www.fishingadventures.ie
We’ve had some lovely weather this week, and charter boat anglers have taken full advantage.
Last week skipper Luke Aston had a crew who were seeking big game – six-gill sharks to be precise. This was the first time targeting them since early June. Unfortunately on this occasion none were hooked, but Luke is certain they had an “enquiry” from one. The lads did enjoy their fishing though, with some nice fish off the bottom making up for the lack of big toothy critters.
PollackDogfish and a megrim
Reef fishing has been very good, with lots of fish including plenty of pollack and coalfish. Some of the pollack were a very good size, and a few cod, ling and big spurs showed up to the party too.
Nice pollackTwo nice codFine spurdogThe seal was well-fed!
A new group in saw Simon and his friends trying for shark on their first day. After interest from one blue, they headed inshore as the wind got up to the shelter of the estuary for a quieter afternoon. They had some nice mixed species at anchor, including a fairly rare spotted ray.
Spotted rayTub gurnardConger
The weather settled again and the lads have enjoyed good reef fishing, with soft plastics really working well.
Pollack on plasticsPollack
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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:[email protected]Web:www.fishandstay.com
Pete Davis of West Cork and District SAC put together this great report of their recent club match on Caliso Bay beach in west Waterford…
Our latest club fixture was held in Caliso Bay. This was a new venue for us. It’s a sandy beach with a reef running the full length of the beach at casting distance.
6pm-10pm was the match time so darkness would come into play in the last couple of hours.
The weather worked in our favour for this competition and fish showed from the first cast.
Troy Francis, consistent as always pulled a few Corkwing Wrasse from the reef but the early leader was Mark Gargen with 6 wrasse at the halfway stage. As dusk kicked in Scad made an appearance.
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Corkwing
rockling
scad
Big mackerel, but it doesn't count
Caliso Bay
Mark, Troy and Stephen O’Donovan took advantage of their appearance and were quick to add a few to their match cards . It was close between the top 3 Anglers going into the last hour, unfortunately for Mark a fine Mackerel of 43cm did not count. Sean Healy and Gavin O’Connor also had a late burst of fish.
Gavin would eventually win the pools with a 59cm Conger. Two Dogfish in the last hour and a Scad would eventually seal the win for Stephen. The winning card had a mix of Corkwing Wrasse, Scad, Pollock and Dogfish.
Mark took second place and Troy third.
Results
1st Stephen O Donovan – 14 Fish – 433pts
2nd Mark Gargen – 12 Fish – 319pts
3rd Troy Francis – 9 Fish – 209pts
Species caught on the day consisted of Conger, Scad, Corkwing Wrasse, Ballan Wrasse, shore rockling, 3 Bearded rockling, Pollock, Dogfish and Mackerel.
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If you are interested in joining us, don’t hesitate to get in touch via our Facebook page. Until next time, tight lines to all..
The 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:https://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Cork-and-District-SAC/201776589958897
Paddy Dunworth of Celtic Angling repots on a trip to the Maigue and Deel at the weekend:
David Lamonilara and his wife Jennifer were leaving Florida as Hurricane Idalia came-a-calling and are enjoying their trip to Ireland. They arrived in Adare this morning from Killarney and David fished with me on the Deel and Maigue whilst Jennifer enjoyed all Adare had to offer.
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David Lamolinara with his brown trout on the Deel
David Lamolinara at Adare
Fly-fishing the Maigue
David’s relatively new to fly-fishing but very keen, never fished upriver or dry-fly but within an hour had bagged his first wild Irish brownie on the Dry-fly, not bad going. He had another 4 rises on the Deel and some small fish at Adare, bright day didn’t help but David can’t wait to get back to Montana to try out his new skills.
Cork Sea Angling Club‘s Kevin McGowan reports on their latest match fished at Long Strand…
Cork Sea Angling Club had their ninth competition of the year on Saturday at Long Strand, West Cork. Fishing was from 6pm to 11pm. The weather was to calm, very little movement which wasn’t great for Long Strand. Here you need a nice strong surf breaking on the shore for some decent fishing.
Long Strand is good for clubs with very small fish, but as our fish sizes are 25cm we knew this was going to be a hard night’s fishing.
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First in with a fish was Alan O’Dowling with a garfish as soon as he caught that fish it was like a chain reaction everyone running for the garfish rigs. Second in was Martin Fitzgerald with a nice 52cm bass, then Noel Cashman with his garfish, there was lots of weavers caught on the night a few small Turbot.
If it wasn’t for Martin Mc Gowan and his home-made buttered jam scones it would have been a long night.
At the end Kevin McGowan won with two bass, garfish and a flounder, Second was Noel with a garfish. Third was Alan with a gar and Fourth was Martin for that early bass.
There are 4 more competitions left and it’s getting very exciting for second, third place
Looking forward to ballyquinn on the 16th of September.
31/8/2023 Just Eagle eye and his photo takes the headlines as there were no Salmon or Sea Trout at the end of the rainbow. Wind WSW and veered West light followed by reasonable cloud cover and the odd shower.
Rainbow looking over Lough Currane
1/9/20233 Heavy showers and rainbows that caught the Currane anglers today as they looked up to the sky’s in frustration. There was a light wind, it was all over the place, take your pick.
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Butler Pool
Lough Currane
2/9/2023 The Currane anglers had a clear and a blazing sun of a day as you can see by the picture of the Butler’s pool. Now we head up stream to Lough Currane and as you see again by the picture there wasn’t much cloud followed by a light wind. My WhatsApp was all quiet in the catch or the release department. Wind light WSW and variable.
3/9/2023 There were six boats reported out today manipulating their skills and sadly their lines stayed slack on this warm and bright sunny day, followed by a light SW wind.
Sahara sand falls in Kerry and elsewhere in Ireland
4/9/2023 Again the weather takes the headlines and sadly the same results as yesterday going by my silent WhatsApp. The only bit of news in SW Kerry today was, we had sand rain this evening coming from the Sahara desert, the car was covered with sand as you can see by the photo. Wind ESE light to fresh.
5/9/2023 The Sahara desert sand heat keeps the Currane anglers at bay as the sun blazes down on the Waterville fishery and if any anglers were out manipulating their skills fair play to them, but going by WhatsApple all Currane lines were slack. Wind ESE fresh and veered SE.
6/9/2023 Sahara and high humidity, wind fresh SSE followed by gusts up to 57 km/h are today’s angling headlines, you could say today’s report is slack as were the Currane anglers.
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 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:
It’s the biggest weekend of the year for Lough Ree Angling Hub as 85 boats and 240 anglers battle it out for €15,000 in prizes on Saturday and Sunday, 9th and 10th of September. Every county in Ireland will be represented, as will the countries of France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and more.
The siren will sound at 8:45am on Saturday morning and the fishing fleet will disperse to all corners of the lough in search of Lough Ree’s biggest pike.
The organisers would like to remind everyone taking part in the event that the wearing of life jackets is COMPULSORY by every person in every boat in the event on both days.
If you are not wearing them you will be AUTOMATICALLY disqualified without debate.
Participants are also reminded that fishing is closed this week leading up to the launch on Saturday morning and that the car park in Lanesborough and Ballyleague marina will both be full to capacity on Saturday and Sunday …. so be careful if driving or walking in these areas.
Good luck to all competitors – full report on the competition on the Angling Ireland website next week…
Angling activity on the lakes is still limited, but anglers who do venture out are often being rewarded with good sessions and a few good fish above the size limit of 12 inches among many smaller fish.
Saturday saw the Interprovincial Championship Day take place on Lough Conn.
Local anglers Stephen Browne and Joe Ferguson qualified for the national team and will enjoy their international duties in 2024.
Andrew Boyde won the competition and was crowned the Interprovincial Champion of 2023.
Peter Roche and Gary Binley cast a line at the Cormorant Rocks, Caladashin and Killeen Bay last Thursday and managed to catch and release three trout over the size limit, with the best fish weighing just over 1lb.
On Friday, Peter Roche and Philip Rooney from Rossinver, Co. Leitrim ventured out, fishing Massbrook Bay, Victoria Bay and Gallagher’s Bay. Both anglers caught and released 4 good fish to measure on Olive emerger patterns. The best fish weighed 1.5lbs.
There were other reports of two anglers having had a good session on dry fly patterns, catching 3 trout to measure and several smaller fish.
Good weather and favourable water levels at Ballylahan Bridge between 0.6m and 0.9m the past week were responsible for a bit of an upswing in catch numbers on the Moy catchment. In total 100 salmon have been reported caught for the week ending 03/09/2023.
Ballina Salmon Anglers reported 26 salmon up to 7lbs.
Mount Falcon recorded 6 fish, 1 on the fly and 5 on the worm. The 5lbs fly-caught fish was released.
Knockmore Salmon Anglers reported 10 salmon caught on the prawn.
Attymass Angling Club recorded 9 fish for the week, 7 on the prawn and two on the spinner.
Coolcronan reported 1 salmon of 4.25lbs caught on the worm.
Byrne’s Fishery recorded 7 salmon for the week caught on the prawn.
Gannon’s Fishery reported 3 salmon, one on the worm and two on the prawn. The best fish was a fresh 7lbs salmon.
The Foxford Fishery recorded 9 salmon for the week, mainly caught on prawn.
Foxford Salmon Anglers reported 25 salmon for the week, of which 14 were caught at Rinnaney and 11 at Baker’s.
Local reports suggest two fish have been caught on the Foxford Rocks Fishery, one of them being a fresh 8lbs salmon.
East Mayo Anglers reported 2 salmon for the week, both released. One was caught on the worm 5lbs and one on the spinner 3lbs.
