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Six Gill Shark Time on the Clare Dragoon

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IFI Staff
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Skipper Luke Aston is known for getting big fish for his clients, with six gill shark a speciality of his. These monsters can go well over a thousand pounds and are a huge test of both an angler’s skill, strength and endurance.

Regular client Andy was on a two-day mission to land his 5th sixgill, with plenty of days over the last 4 years dedicated to the hunt. A long day proved fruitless, with just a few small fish to keep them occupied.

A nice mix of species, but not what Andy was after1

Just as they were about to reel in and head for home, however, Andy’s rod bent, the telltale sign of a sixgill, and the battle was on.

It’s a testament to Andy’s and Luke’s skill that only 35 minutes later a fish estimated at 900lbs was on the surface.

Brought alongside for release in the water

Well done Andy and Luke on a great capture!

Earlier in the week another group had tried drifting for shark, but while the sizxgills proved elusive, they were happy enough with their catch on the day.

Nice pollack
A fine huss poses for the camera
A colourful male cuckoo wrasse

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: [email protected] Web: www.fishandstay.com

Ireland on the Fly talks Lough Arrow with Jackie Mahon

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IFI Staff
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Lough Arrow

This week on the Ireland on the Fly podcast, Daire & Tom are discussing Lough Arrow, which if the mayfly season is anything to go by, is on the up in terms of numbers and size of trout being caught there.

The secret’s out – the rise of Lough Arrow

So, what’s behind the great catches so far this year, what can anglers expect for the rest of the season and is Arrow going to rival Sheelin in the long term as a fly fishing loughs destination?

Jackie Mahon on Lough ArrowJackie Mahon, the fly tier and guide on the lough explains why he saw the good, the bad and the ugly on Arrow so far this year.

Rate, review and follow the show to keep up to date with all the latest Ireland on the Fly episodes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify at:

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Lough Arrow

Spurred on aboard the Lady Gwen in Clare

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IFI Staff
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Skipper Sean Maguire reports that it was another lovely week to be on the water. The only complaint (!!!) was that using bait brought on “a little too many spur dogs”. I don’t know, sounds like good fun to us! Anglers certainly enjoyed catching and releasing plenty of spurs anyway, as well as landing some nice pollack, coalfish and ling when they could get through the spurs.

Spur dog
Nice coalie
Spur
Ling
Good pollack
A nice pollack for this angler
A nice spur put a smile on this lady’s face!

 

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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

Galway Fishery closed, but some nice fish were landed over the past few weeks

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IFI Staff
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Many anglers will be aware that the Galway Fishery is currently closed due to high water temperatures. We are hoping that cooler weather and fresher water will soon change that, but in the meantime here is an update from Daithi Ryan on how the fishing has been for the last few weeks before the closure.

Overall, May was a poor month for rod catches with only 23 salmon landed for the month. We began the month with 4 gates open, which limited the amount of fly anglers, but Brian O’Donoghue got us off the mark for the month with a lovely fish of 8.5lbs on the fly. On the 17th of May it went from 4 gates to 2 gates, this improved catches on both fly and shrimp. On the 22nd Billy Moylan caught our biggest salmon of the season coming in at 13.3lbs on the fly. On the 26th Niall Lynch caught a beautiful 11lb spring fish and Steve Jones caught another stunning 11.5lb spring fish.

Niall Lynch with a nice spring fish

There were 7 fish caught on the fly, 15 were caught on the prawn and 1 was caught on the spinner for the month, The most successful fly for the month was a Silver Stoat.

Steve Jones with a fine 11.5lbs springer

June continued in the same vein, with the grilse late to arrive and anglers struggling. The fly has been the most successful method, with a size 12 Munro taking more fish than any other. We have had 24 fish so far for the month, with Michael Righton’s 7.5lbs fish the pick so far before the closure on the 10th. Lewis Mathews landed 2 fish on fly, Simon Lenihan had 2 including one on fly, and Enda Scahill also had 2 fish on shrimp.

Mossy Browne from Waterford with a nice grilse on the fly

Fingers crossed the river will cool enough for the fishery to reopen soon and we will have more June fishing to report!

 

Fly anglers have some nice trout fishing recently on the River Boyne

By
David Byrne
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River Boyne Trout, Ireland.

The water level in the River Boyne is currently low and clear. Air temperatures are high being in the upper teens to early twenties.

However, despite the difficult conditions some nice trout fishing with the fly has been reported recently from the River Boyne.

Needless to say, most of the fishing has been in the cool of the evening. Rises have differed on different locations along the river. They have varied from old style glorious evening rises downstream of Navan to short sporadic rises further upstream, above Navan.

River Boyne Trout, Ireland.

Downstream of Navan one angler had 5 nice wild brown trout for his session. The best of his trout weighed circa 1.75lb and 3 were around 1.25lb. The last of his catch was just under the pound.

Upstream of Navan, two anglers had 19 trout for their evening session. The best of trout weighed about 12ozs all the rest were between 8 and 12 inches in length.

Boyne trout, Ireland

Another trout angler had some nice trout fishing on the Ramparts with a number of trout in and around the pound mark. Sedges and blue winged olives produced the best results. The spent gnat also produced a few nice fish for anglers.

All fish were returned unharmed back to the river.

Catch and release is an important part of fishing sustainably

Please fish in a sustainable manner

All Ireland Youth Coarse Fishing Championships @ U15 & U20

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IFI Staff
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The National coarse Fishing federation of Ireland will hold the Youth U15 and U20 championships at Gaulmoylestown AC Carp Match Ireland on Saturday 1st of July. Ireland’s top three coarse angling champions in each category will receive tackle prizes and medals.
A goody bag will be provided for everyone.
Entry is €10

NCFFI Development Days

By
Paul O'Reilly
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The National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland are holding a 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 on Saturday 24th June. This is the second last of their Development Day series and presents the opportunity for juvenile anglers to come along and brush up on their skills ahead of the 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 on 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆.

The event will take place at Garvery Lake, Enniskillen, which is ideal for helping budding young anglers to develop their waggler skills but also gives an opportunity for them to gather tips and advice from the 2023 U20 Youth Team in training as they prepare for the World Championship this August.
So if you know a competent young angler who would like to develop their skills and join us on our pathway to fishing on the world stage then register to attend here; https://www.ncffi.ie/development-day-registration-24-june/
The final day takes place on Saturday 22nd July at Oaklands lake

First 2023 Feedermasters qualifier held at Muckno

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IFI Staff
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Lough Muckno

The Lough Muckno Festivals Group held the first of their 2023 Feedermasters qualifiers at the weekend on Lough Muckno. The event saw slightly fewer anglers than expected, due in part to an expectation of fewer fish to be had in mid June.

Confident that the venue would produce, organisers made sure that the event went ahead and bumper weights were recorded throughout most of the 2 twelve man sections.
The overall winner, with a magnificent 33.360 kgs, was Neil Keane off 161, followed by Piotr Horbinski off 228 Yellow Island on just short of 13kgs.
Some significant weights were recorded on each section with a number of weights of 10 kg or thereabouts brought to the scales.
Qualifiers were
  • A. Neil Keane
  • B Piotr Horbinski

Tench and hybrids from canal at Athy but roach wins the day

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IFI Staff
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athy

Ryan from Athy & District Anglers reports on the first match of their 2023 summer league…

10 June: A far better showing from the Canal this match again! Match ran quite late, from 5:15pm to 9:15pm, however most of the catching across the stretch took place in the first ~2 hours. Goes to show how important it is to capitalize on an active swim early!

13 anglers in total are fishing this league, with full attendance for this evening’s match. Draws took place at 4pm and everyone made their way to the bank. A special callout to those anglers that jumped the gun and mounted the bank too early, causing traffic jams. We know who you are ;).

Most of the weight today came from Tench & Hybrids, delighted to see them showing strongly from the canal! The winner however took the victory mostly on roach! Some beautiful fish and great fishing to get so many of them in. Well done to all!

Congratulations to our Winner & Framers:

  1. Colin Oliver – 9lb 6ozs
  2. Tommy – 9lb
  3. Chris – 6lb 9ozs

If you are interested in  getting involved with the club? Fishing the Marina club grounds in Athy? Then click this link and become a member!

Go fishing

Join the Club…

Athy & District Anglers Club was formed in 1959 and to this day they continue to pursue their goals of protecting, maintaining and encouraging the sport of angling in the greater Athy area. The club works with local authorities to improve and maintain local fishing areas as well as organizing events and matches for local and national anglers. Athy & District Anglers Club welcomes all new members and all age groups to the sport! If you’d like to get involved, please check out the Getting Involved section of their website.

Summer league
  • 10th June
  • 17th June
  • 24th June

Athy Town Coarse Angling Centre on the Barrow

Tench fail to show at Silvergrove for Tulla Anglers

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IFI Staff
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Anthony Weir

Anthony Weir from Tulla and District Angling Club reports on their match fished at the weekend…

We had an evening match at Silvergrove on Saturday. 12 anglers arrived with hopes of contacting a few Tench in perfect conditions. No one had informed Tench though.

No Tench, loads of small fish, with PJ getting some fish of a better stamp.

  • 1st Kevin – 8lb 8oz
  • 2nd Clive – 7lb 12
  • 3rd Ian “I’ll be lucky if I have 2lb” Kelsey – 5lb 15oz!!
  • 4th PJ-  5lb 11oz.

Special word for juniors who caught loads of fish.

Go fishing…

Note that there will be a work party on Swan Island this Saturday and a night match is scheduled for the following Saturday.

Join the Club

Tulla logo

Tulla District Angling Club is a Pike and Coarse fishing club founded over 50 years ago. They are based in East Clare, Munster, Ireland.

For information on joining and club events see the Tulla District Angling Club Facebook page

Tulla Coarse Angling Centre

 

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