It Looks like anglers had another good week on the Bandon. Up to 9 July there were reports of 40 salmon caught. Best of these was a 15lb fish landed by a club angler spinning.
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Bandon Angling Association have set up a guiding service in conjunction with Jason Nash, Peter Aspinwall and Phil Dewey. Details of the guiding service are provided on the website and they are looking forward to making memories and enhancing people’s fishing experiences on the river Bandon. Day tickets and club membership are also available. Web: https://bandonangling.com/
Dunmanway Salmon & Trout Anglers Association have 10 miles of fishing between Togher Castle and Manch Bridge (Fly Only). Day / Season tickets from Dunmanway Salmon & Trout Anglers Association +353 (0)23-8855196
Ballineen and Enniskeane Anglers have 4 miles of fishing and day tickets are available for visiting anglers. Day tickets available from Tom Fehily grocers in Bridge Street, Ballineen. Tel:+353 23 47173
Not as much to report from West cork salmon rivers last week. All we have for you is news that there were 8 salmon caught on the Coomhola, best was 8lbs by a club angler on shrimp.
A good salmon released on the Blackwater Valley fishery yesterday
Very quiet again to the weekending 09 July, although the last number of days have shown a few grilse in better numbers appearing and not only in the middle to lower reaches.
Fortwilliam reports that with .30m reading on the gauge they had great sport on the river yesterday with a nice few fish (up to 10lb) landed and all released. The whole fishery fished very well so “better late than never”.
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Blackwater Valley Fishery is also reporting good fishing with some fine salmon into double figures caught this week so far. Also good to hear that all beats are producing fish.
A good salmon released on the Blackwater Valley fishery yesterday
Next week could be promising with an expected upturn in grilse numbers. Still a few nice salmon around but very shy to take the lure.
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Guided fishing, clubs, private fisheries etc
Blackwater Valley Fishery
Salmon, Sea trout and Brown trout fishing on prime fishing beats River Blackwater Co. Cork and Co. Waterford Ireland.
Blackwater Salmon Fishery has 3 beats downstream of the weir and 2 upstream of the weir. Blackwater Salmon Fishery offers fishing on approximately 5 miles of the river Blackwater. The fishing is spread throughout the middle section of the river to offer good sport throughout the fishing season. Due to the location of the beats, fishing can still usually be offered in low or high water. Contact Glenda Powell: Lismore, Co Waterford, Email:[email protected] Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929 Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Fortwilliam Fishery & Self-Catering Cottages
Fortwilliam Fishery offers two miles of double bank salmon and trout fishing over five beats on the river Blackwater.
Our salmon include – Springers, May Salmon, Grilse, Back End Salmon, and in Summer sea trout.
Our beats provide a wide variety of water, suitable for both beginners and the more experienced fishermen.
Fortwilliam Fishery, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland Web: www.fortwilliamfishing.ieEmail: [email protected] Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299
Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery
Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery control a number of beats of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyduff Bridge beat is almost a mile long offering a huge variety of water and is particularly suited to fly fishing. Upstream near the village of Ballyhooley (a few miles outside the town of Fermoy, Cork) we have two beats. The Ballincurrig Beat is one of the most beautiful locations along the river and has an excellent piece of fly water flowing into a deep pool. Just downstream on the opposite bank we have a short but productive beat, called Magners. This beat fishes also well in high water.
Careysville Fishery offers some of the best salmon fly fishing in Ireland and includes 26 named pools. It is considered by many to be one of premier beats for salmon fishing in Ireland. Wading is excellent and among the numerous streams, pools and glides there is a great variety of fly fishing to suit both complete novice and challenge the most competent of fly casters.
At Lismore Castle & Golf Course Fishery, we offer nearly two miles of two inter-linked beats, the Castle Beat & the Golf Course Beat.
The legendary Castle Beat consistently ranks as one of the top Salmon beats on the River Blackwater, for the number of Atlantic Salmon caught per rod. The Golf Course Beat offers about 1.5 miles of fishable water through meandering majestic countryside. The Golf Course beat offers a number of bewildering pools suitable for unmatched spinning and bait fishing.
For bookings contact Joe Willoughby on Mobile no. 00353 87 8295449 or Email: [email protected]
We provide Day Tickets for some prime Salmon fishing in Mallow Co. Cork. We have excellent fly water, shrimping worming and spinning also. We also have very competitive Day rates and we have very recently upgraded our fishing.
Tickets available from “The Bridge House” and “Vincent Downes Menswear” Mallow.
Located on the Munster Blackwater in the south of Ireland. Situated mid river between the towns of Fermoy and Mallow. A productive left bank beat in stunning surroundings.
For bookings contact Conor Arnold: +353 87 755 4682
For details on availability and conditions of fishing for salmon and trout on the Longueville House waters please contact them at Contact : Longueville House Hotel, William O’Callaghan Address : Mallow, Co. Cork. Telephone : 00 353 22 47156 Email:[email protected] Website: www.longuevillehouse.ie
Anglers aboard the MV Fiona Tee enjoyed some excellent pollack fishing during the week with many big fish up to 11 lbs. Adrian Molloy of tuna.ie also reported good pollack fishing for his clients.
Well done to Gavin Dorrian (Killybegs Mariners SAC) on winning the Killybegs Sea Angling Club two day boat competition with 12 species for 200% over the two days.
Gavin Dorrian (right) winner of the Killybegs two day boat competition being presented with prizes for 1st overall and top score Saturday by Michael Callaghan (left) of Killybegs SAC
In 2nd place was another Killybegs Mariners member and the previous winner of the competition Christopher Noctor who also won his boat over the two days for 200% for a great fishing but had a few less points than Gavin.
Gavin had top score Saturday prize and the top score Sunday was won by Pat Cunningham with 442pts and 100% boat win for the day. Pat Cunningham also won the most species over the two days prize.
Top junior was a great fishing for 9-year old Cian Callaghan with a score that would have been 6th overall…very impressive. Jamie Anderson in 2nd place with Cormac Duddy in 3rd.
This week Daire & Tom are focusing on salmon and speak to two young anglers who travel around Ireland and abroad in pursuit of their favourite fish.
Johnny Casey and Yamil Turcuman not only catch salmon regularly but are also willing to try new methods to do so and will be revealing some of the secrets of their success on the show.
Plus, Tom is back from the Orkneys and gives a taste of what the fishing was like on the island.
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Skipper John Fleming loves his shark fishing. We mean, he really loves his shark fishing!
So we reckon he was well chuffed this week on the first day targeting sharks this season, when 6 porbeagle sharks were brought to the boat by his crew. Check out the pics below!
All sharks were unhooked safely and released again.
A nice porgie brought alongsideMind those fingers!Another one!Another one brought alongside for unhooking
As well as porbeagle shark, the crew enjoyed some nice sport on lighter gear, with some nice red and tub gurnards caught too.
Red gurnardBlue-tipped wings are a signature of the beautiful tub gurnard
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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
The long spell of windy weather saw the Clare Dragoon confined to the Shannon Estuary, with even that not possible on some days last week. Anglers who stuck at it were rewarded with doggies and thornback ray, with some tope caught too.
Thornback rayA fine tope for this angler from GermanyAnd another one
But it was a new species for the boat, and skipper Luke Aston, that made the week. Markus Muller landed a stingray, the first for him and the first for the boat. Hopefully the first of many, with apparently a few more showing up for other anglers in the estuary in recent times.
Stingray!
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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
Skipper Sean Maguire reports good pollack fishing west of Loop Head this week. Good steady fishing for pollack, with not so many spurdog around, and a few shoals of mackerel at times, although they weren’t looking for them too hard.
Pollack – 3 at a time!A nice gurnard for this anglerNice weather, nice pollack!
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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
Our canals are providing good sport to anglers this year and there are regular matches held at various venues along both the Royal Canal and Grand Canal, enabling competition anglers to test their angling skills against each other. Last week saw a couple of such competitions, and they shared a common theme at the top of the leaderboard…
The Edenderry Coarse Angling Club faced a windy Grand Canal last Saturday, and the water was on the low side and clear, making a difficult set of conditions for anglers to negotiate. As expected, fishing was tricky, but one angler made light of the tough conditions, as Dean Murray bagged a very respectable 17+ lb to win the match.
Dean with his winning bag at Edenderry
Results as follows:
1. Dean Murray 17-03
2. Joe Nolan 9-06
3. Conor Browne 8-12
Section A
1. Alan Larkin 8-04
2. Paul Kelly 6-12
Section B
1. Tommy Burke 1-09
2. David Cullen 0-14
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Earlier this week, the Leinster Coarse Fishing Federation held the second leg of its Open Qualifier on the Grand Canal at Daingean. And there was a familiar face at the top of the standings for that one, as Dean Murray made it a canal double with 11lb 7oz.
