Tope Time on the Clare Dragoon

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June 9, 2023

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Charter boats have been making the most of the fine weather, and skipper Luke Aston has been finding some great fish for his guests off the west Clare coast. Check out this conger eel!

Big spurs are also showing well.

Earlier in the week, the first tope of the season was boated. Mackerel were less scarce this week, which provided bait for a couple of tope sessions. A second tope quickly followed, both between 30-35lbs.

Drift fishing has been very good, with lots of fish coming aboard.

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

The Lure Fishing Podcast – Episode 7 – Wrasse with Damion Fryer

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June 9, 2023

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In episode 7 of the lure fishing podcast, presenter Cormac Walsh talks to British wrasse lure fishing expert Damion Fryer. Damion targets wrasse on the lures and really has fine tuned his skills over the years fishing the rocky coastline around Cornwall.

In the Podcast he talks about his success using lures like the Pirate Lures Wrasser , Senkos, Ceature baits and gives great information on how best to present them and what rigs he prefers.

If you don’t know much about wrasse fishing with lures and how to go about targeting them, you are really going to enjoy this one. Damion is very knowledgeable and his passion for wrasse fishing really comes across in this podcast.

You can listen to the current podcast, or any others you may have missed, on Spotify here.

The Lure Fishing Podcast with Cormac Walsh

John Browne wins the WDCAC South East Classic

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June 9, 2023

Waterford & District Coarse Angling Club‘s South East Classic was played out on three different venues over the three days.

Best on River was Trev Platt winning the day and trophy with 100 dace for 5.650kg.

Weights were bigger on day two as John Browne bagged over 300 Ballyshunnock Reservoir rudd for 20.900kg.

Finally at Oaklands lake Charlie Richards bagged a massive 104.440kg but John Browne also won his section with 79.760 kg to take him to a 4 point finish and his first festival win.

2nd overall ahead of the rest of a tight group was Charlie Richards. Third overall was Paul Mansbridge.

And Congratulations to Trevor Platt top River Angler on Saturday winning the lovely Waterways Ireland Trophy.

Go Fishing…

Waterford & District Coarse Angling Club

The club’s home water is at Ballyshunnock Reservoir, Co .Waterford. The reservoir is managed as a mixed fishery by Waterford & District Coarse Angling Club. It is regularly stocked with brown and rainbow trout of 1lb plus as well as a healthy native population of browns. It also contains rudd, bream, tench and rudd/bream hybrids. Permits are available from Centra in Kilmeaden, Waterford Angling and Outdoor Centre (John O’Brien), Waterford, Titelines in Cappoquin, The Tourist Offices in Dungarvan and Newtown Stores, Newtown. Membership of Waterford and District Coarse Angling Club also entitles to coarse fish the lake. Details available from 086 163 2462.

Waterford & District Coarse Angling Club is an affiliated club of the National Coarse fishing Federation of Ireland www.ncffi.ie. You can follow them at Waterford & District Coarse Angling Club

Oaklands

Oaklands Lake in New Ross Co. Wexford is a fishing paradise for coarse angling. It offers a wide selection of fish. The lake can be fished by people of every level of experience from beginners to professionals.

Adrian Browne
Oaklands Lake,
Marshmeadows,
New Ross, Co. Wexford.

Telephone: +353 (0)51 445348
Mobile: 0877811042

Web: Oakland Lake Fishery

Join the Club

Oakland’s Coarse Angling Club is open to new members. The club based in Co. Wexford welcomes senior, ladies and junior members to league and open matches throughout the year fished on a variety of venues.

The club is centred around it’s own water, the magnificent Oaklands lake at New Ross; the 4.5 acre lake stocked with carp, tench, bream and rudd has great facilities including 60 stands which are all wheelchair friendly. This superb facility plays and important role in the introduction to angling for newcomers. Popular events include the NCFFI All-Ireland Commercial Pairs and the Dunbrody Festival.

Graiguenamanagh

Coarse angling from Bagnalstown (Muine Bheag) to Graiguenamanagh on the Barrow

Peter Keenan wins King of the Canal match at Daingan

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June 9, 2023

Fifty-one anglers made their way to the Grand Canal at Daingan last week for the King of the Canal / Frank Holding Memorial Match 2023. The bright sunshine, intense heat and low water meant that angling was going to be tricky. But the water had a nice colour, giving the fish some protection from the sun and so anglers had a fair chance, and they made the most of it, with some nice bags of roach, bream, hybrids, tench, skimmers, rudd, roach and perch.

Overall results as follows:

1st Overall – Peter Keenan – 12lb 0oz

2nd Overall – Gareth Charnock – 11lb 6oz

3rd Overall – Dara Finnegan – 9lb 15oz

4th Overall – Conor Browne – 7lb 12oz

5th Overall – Gordon Houlibecq – 7lb 2oz

6th Overall – Jason Ward – 7lb 1oz

Ireland on the Fly talks Connemara Sea Trout with Paddy Gargan

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June 9, 2023

For this week’s episode Tom & Daire are joined by Paddy Gargan, the recently retired IFI fisheries scientist who has a wealth of knowledge about fish conservation, habitat restoration and stock numbers.

Paddy Gargan on a lifetime of fisheries’ management & his love of Connemara sea trout

Paddy talks about the huge changes he has seen during his career as well as his own love of sea trout fishing and he lets them know about a book he is currently working on detailing the sea trout fisheries of Connemara.

Paddy is also asking for help from people who have any archive material relating to sea trout in Connemara – be it photos, catch records, stories, maps, anything that will help him in researching and writing the book.

If you have something that you think might be of help you can send it on to him at [email protected].

Listen and follow…

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:

https://pod.fo/e/18275c

Unexpectedly good fishing at VDE Baggers AC match

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June 9, 2023

The VDE Baggers AC arrived at their most recent match to find the River Blackwater with low water and zero flow in a flat calm on a blisteringly hot day and with a film of algae on the water… They were understandably downbeat about their chances in what would normally be terrible conditions for fishing, but, unbelievably, the fish were there in numbers and biting like crazy. Top weight was a more than respectable 24kg for Gary Cummings and it wasn’t just a one-man show as there were a number of other 20kg bags on the day.

Results as follows:

Gary Cummings 24kg
Raimondas Gvozdas 22.31kg
Johnny Keith 21.860kg

Dutch delight in top tope fishing with Wicklow Boats

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June 9, 2023

A group of Dutch anglers visited the Wicklow coast last week and enjoyed some great fishing for tope, hounds, huss and ray with Wicklow Boat Charters. Their trip coincided with some strong tides and a tricky northeast wind, not normally great conditions for this type of fishing, but the fish weren’t obeying the normal rule book and were pretty lively from the get-go. Most of the tope were around the 1.5m size but one made it to the magic specimen size.

Go Fishing

Angling Charters are offered on a full-day, half-day and evening trip basis and can be tailored to suit your needs. Two boats are available – Lisin and Castle Maiden. All levels of anglers are catered for. Anglers will benefit from your skipper’s angling experience and local knowledge with advice and guidance on-hand at all times.

SPECIALIST ANGLING CHARTERS

Specialist Angling Charters are offered for those who wish to target specific species, specimen fish or try new angling methods.

ANGLING COACHING

Whether you’re a Club, Individual, School or Junior, you can have an angling coaching session or programme tailored to suit your needs.

Kit Dunne
Wicklow Boat Charters

Telephone: +353 (0)87 6832179 +353 (0)404 67031
Email: [email protected] Website: www.wicklowboatcharters.ie

CM Lakelands fish two-day on Skeagh and Drumkeary

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June 8, 2023

The C/M Lakelands 2 day festival fished on Skeagh and Drumkeary last weekend.

The first day of the match was hot and sunny, with Paul Leese winning the day with an excellent weight of just under 11kg. Piotr Horbiński came in in second place overall with Brenton Sweeney in 3rd. On Day 2, Brenton Sweeney won Skeagh lake with just under 10kg, winning the prestigious 2 day feeder event overall with just over 19kg.

Paul Leese finished Second overall with just over 18kg. Deimante Kar put in a brilliant performance today on Drumkeary to finish third overall with just over 13.5kg. She also won her rotation. 4th overall was the reliable Robertas Zilaitis with 12kg and joint 5th was piotr Horbiński and Artur Dudek, which made up the Top 6 overall.

Some of the action

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Sections Day 1:

A Drumkeary

1 to 4 Paul Leese (pleasure peg)
5 to 7 Piotr Horbiński
8 to 11 Artur Dudek

B SKEAGH

12 to 15 Darren Fairhurst
16 to 19 Deimante Kar (well done)
20 to 22 mick Carr

Sections Day 2:

A Drumkeary

1 to 4 Darren Fairhurst
5 to 8 Rimantas Kondrackas
9 to 11 Deimante Kar

B SKEAGH

B. 12 to 15 Robertas Zilaitis
B. 16 to 19 Bruce Zhou
B 20 to 22 Brenton Sweeney

Beautiful weather and plenty of fish for Iascaire Fishing Club

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June 8, 2023

There was some great fishing in amazing weather for IASCaire Feeder Fishing Club members over the bank holiday weekend. On day one, Darius and Romas went tench fishing at a local lake and had an unreal day, catching plenty of beautiful tincas as well as several other species for a real mixed bag of fish.

On the second day they had a relaxed family day, enjoying sandwiches and burgers. Young Sam caught a Pike, and he was absolutely delighted! Sarunas also had a great catch, hooking a tench on a 7m Whip, that was some work to get into the landing net to say the least. They managed to end the day of with some lovely stamp of rudd as well, great fishing!

Beautiful weather, great fishing

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It was a fantastic weekend filled with great fishing and wonderful family time.

Blue shark and Bluemouths under blue skies for Tigger

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June 8, 2023

Tony Santry skipper of the charter boat Tigger out of Caherciveen in Co. Kerry reports on what must be the first blue shark of the season caught on 02 June…

Well done to Aidrain Hanley on catching the first blue sharks of 2023 for Angling boat Tigger out of Cahersiveen. Both sharks were tagged and released.

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