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Junior fundraiser in Killala sees good fishing

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IFI Staff
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Tom Keal on his way to a zone win.

Killala Boat Club held a very successful fundraising competition for the Irish Youth and Junior shore teams at the weekend, fishing the CBI beach outside Killala. Fishing was good, with the many competitors enjoying good sport and banter, and the BBQ held afterwards in Gilvarrys was a great success.

Galway BAY SAC anglers featured well in the prizes, with Conor Murray on winning the senior section. Their own young internatioal angler Tom Keal also won a section prize. Local angler and future star Sally Gilvarry won the junior section.

 

Conor Murray with a nice counting flounder
Tom Keal on his way to a zone win.
Careful now! Kevin O’Hara with a venomous weaver fish.
Owen Gilvarry (Killala BC) presenting Conor Murray with the winner’s prize.

Sharking provides good sport in Clare

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IFI Staff
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Porbeagle shark

Skipper Luke Aston had some regular guests staying last week, and they enjoyed a mix of fishing offshore and targeting predators in the estuary too. Offshore they found some toothy predators too, with 2 porbeagle sharks and a few small blue sharks landed. Although they had seen some signs of tuna feeding, when they did go looking for them they were not to be found.

Porbeagle shark
A small blue shark
Fish on!

Due to weather they spent their last day inside the estuary, with shelter from a fresh NW wind. Although the fishing was slow at times, the fish seemed to turn on at times and Detlef and Werner had a few nice fish each.

Thornback ray
Conger
Another thornback

 

 

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Pike to 110cm for the Murray fly in the midlands

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with his 110cm fly-caught pike

Mick Flanagan, of Midlands Angling and Shooting, teamed up with old pal Jimmy Murray this week for some pike fishing on lure and fly. Jimmy, who was home from New York, loves to fly fish for pike and hadn’t shared a boat with Mick in years.

One of Jimmy’s own tyings

The pike were hard going, often coming short or missing the lures altogether, but Jimmy persevered and nailed a super 110cm fish as well as hooking a few others. Mick had no such luck on his new Cali Glide Lure that came from across the Atlantic, but has no doubts that it will nab a few fish on another day!

110cm midland monster

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Johnsons on the Laune produces a fish

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IFI Staff
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salmon fishing
The river Laune - salmon fishing in a beautiful setting...

For the week ended 27 august there was 1 salmon reported. the fish was taken from Johnson’s Fishery, River Laune, weighing 8lbs landed on the fly – water levels low.

Another very quiet week on the Munster Blackwater

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IFI Staff
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Munster Blackwater upstream of Fermoy
Munster Blackwater upstream of Fermoy

The Blackwater was still running a little higher than normal for time of year and a slight peaty tinge still present as of 27 August.

Despite the conditions salmon angling remains very poor throughout the system – no reports of catches.

Poor salmon fishing reported from Bandon and West Cork

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IFI Staff
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River Bandon
Closing day on the Bandon

Fishing has been slow the last week. Fish not taking, despite water levels having been up with the rainfall we have had and the arrival of some late fish into our systems.

Ouvane and the Mealagh are seeing small numbers being caught.

Bandon River is similarly slow. Reports suggest very few fish caught.

Monasterevin Anglers hold inaugural pairs event

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IFI Staff
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The winning pair: Conor Browne and Ritchie Keegan

The Monasterevin and Fisherstown Match Anglers have brought a new festival to the Irish angling scene, hosting a two-day pairs event for the first time last weekend. The festival attracted 30 anglers who fished various canal sections around the town. Fishing was a bit slower than expected, and anglers had to work hard for their fish, but there were some decent fish caught, including a fine bream of 4lb 6oz for Richie Keegan, which won the heaviest fish of the festival.

Fine bream for Richie Keegan
All agreed that it was a very enjoyable festival, and that it was great to have a new team event on the Irish calendar, especially one on the canals.
Top five finishers were:
1st – Conor Browne and Ritchie Keegan – 6 points
2nd- Peter Nolan and Aidan Devoy – 15 points
3rd – Bob Hulme and Nicky Harrison – 20 points
4th – Jim Delaney and Lee Hammond – 24 points
5th – Radu Romeo and Mircea Rezmives – 26 points
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Greystones anglers come up trumps at Tope Festival

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IFI Staff
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Super east coast tope

Greystones Ridge Angling Club held their annual Tope festival last weekend, which attracted small-boat anglers from around the country to the east coast venue. Fished over two days, the first day out was hampered by strong winds, which meant restrictions on the areas to be fished. Despite this, there were a few good fish caught, including three to specimen size.

Day two saw the weather improve considerably, and boats could now travel offshore to more productive grounds. To help things along, mackerel were abundant close to the harbour, so fresh bait wasn’t an issue. All this meant that the fishing was much more eventful, and a total of 55 fish were brought to the boat, making it a hectic day for the stewards. When all was said and done, Padraic Clear came in with the longest tope, a fine specimen of 170.5cm. Meanwhile, Sean Byrne and Stephen Hanway finished neck and neck for landing the most tope, each bringing 11 to the boat, with Sean winning the prize as he had a better combined total length.

Full results as follows:

1st Longest Tope Padraic Clear – 170.5cm

2nd Longest Tope Tom Fanning – 165cm
3rd Longest Tope Dickie O’Connor – 159cm
4th Longest Tope Padraic Clear – 157.5cm
5th Longest Tope Rob Scott – 154.5cm
6th (joint) Longest Tope Clebar Marcelino – 154cm
6th (joint) Longest Tope Willow Quigley – 154cm
7th (joint) Longest Tope Sean Byrne – 153cm
7th (joint) Longest Tope Damien Sherlock – 153cm
8th (joint) Longest Tope Joe Muddiman – 150cm
8th (joint) Longest Tope Fran Duffy – 150cm
9th (joint) Longest Tope Mark Cahill – 149cm

9th (joint) Longest Tope Conor McElwaine – 149cm

Most Tope Sean Byrne with 11 Tope

Longest Smooth Hound Dave Lynch – 103cm

Smallest Tope Sean Byrne – 67cm

Fastest 5 Tope Day 1
1. Stephen Hanaway
2. Clyde McElwaine
3. Sean Byrne
4. Mark Cahill
5. Dave Lynch
Fastest 5 Tope Day 2
1.Joe Muddiman
2. Damien Sherlock
3. Padraic Clear
4. Conor McElwaine
5. Alex Matthews
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Great first pike angling experience for pair from Argentina

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IFI Staff
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Damien Culliney from Anglers Paradise reports on some recent good fishing on Lough Derg:

I had Bjorn and Juan out from Argentina for their first pike fishing experience recently, so after a bit of discussion we decided to fish lough Derg. The day was a typical Irish day of 4 seasons, but the fishing was fantastic, with fourteen takes through the day showing that the fish are definitely becoming active again after the summer months. Juan’s first Irish pike was 87cm, then Bjorn had a 91 cm too. Both were PB’s for the lads so they were over the moon. And the fish just kept coming with a run of 90cm + fish and we finished the day with a beautiful fish of 106 cm. Great fishing, and the lads are already looking forward too our next trip.

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Plenty of junior anglers receive awards at Tullamore

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IFI Staff
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A host of junior anglers turned up to fish the Johnny Cunningham Memorial Competition 2023 on the Grand Canal near Tullamore last week.

Fishing was challenging with a few showers, but our anglers still managed to catch some nice weights. First place went to Jake Gilligan with a weight of 1lb 3oz. Second place went to Eisvinas with a bag of 14oz. Third place went to 3rd AJ Keeley with a weight of 12oz.
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1st place – Jake Gilligan 1lb 3oz
2nd place – Eisvinas 14oz
3rd place -AJ Keeley 12oz
The group enjoyed some soft drinks and refreshments at our weigh-in and announced the winners of the Canal Summer League 2023.
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The Quinn trophy for the heaviest bag of the league which was 5lb 14oz went to Caoimhe Carroll. This is her 2nd year in a row to win the trophy.
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Caoimhe with Quinn Trophy
Caoimhe also won the Canal Cup as the Canal champion of 2023 for a second year running with a total score of 79 points.
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Caoimhe with the Canal Cup
Our best Newcomer award, the “Coyne Cup”, went to Muireann Carroll, who caught fish stead over the 4 weeks in the Competitions and came 2nd on our point system with a score of 67 points.
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Muireann with the Coyne Cup
Our award for our most improved angler, who showed a great improvement since our last junior league, went to Lauren Keilly, who ended up with a score of 42pts this year, where she had 33pts last summer.
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Lauren Keilly – Most improved angler
Aoibhinn Carroll with a prize
A huge thank you to all the members who assisted with coaching and swim clearing.
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We also remembered Johnny Cunnigham on this day who was a great angler and supported the club for many years.
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This competition was also a fundraiser Competition and we are raising funds for Jigsaw.
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