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Pike Trio do well at Melview Fishing Lodge!

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Sean with one of his pike of the session

Bill, Sean and John who are regulars to Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford were up once again to try their luck for good pike fishing.  Using various dead baits they were able to produce some great pike over their few days of fishing.

John is happy with this one
Bill with his 3rd of the day

Their total weight was 246lbs. with fish to 97cm with a good few very large fish lost at the boat. Host and guide Kevin said: “Not a lot I can show these guys now as they have been a number of times now and know the waters well. Another good trip and enjoyed the company guys, already looking forward to seeing you again soon. Thanks lads.”

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

Please fish in a sustainable manner

Go Fishing

Kevin Lyons – Melview Lodge

Drumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.melviewlodge.com

Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.

Great pike fishing for father and son from Italy at Melview Fishing Lodge!

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IFI
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Paolo and son Filippo with a nice plump pike

Kevin Lyons reports…

Paolo and Son Filippo from Italy decided to arrange a short pike fishing trip to Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford, and what a great fishing trip it turned out to be for them. Their first day was a guided one to show them around the water and their day turned out to be a good one producing some nice Pike to 96cm.

All smiles for Filippo with another nice pike

The following days they gave it a go on their own. They managed some very nice pike using both lures and dead baits. On two of the days they lost a couple of very big pike well over the meter just at the net. Host Kevin said, the guys had a great time and Filippo even managed to beat his personal best which he was over the moon at. Well done guys and look forward to seeing you again soon.

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

Please fish in a sustainable manner

Go Fishing

Kevin Lyons – Melview Lodge

Drumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.melviewlodge.com

Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.

 

Ireland on the Fly podcast talks to Sean McManmon

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IFI Staff
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Sean and Bush

From fly fishing with US Presidents & Tiger Woods – Sean McManmon’s life on the fly

For this week’s episode Daire & Tom speak to Sean McManmon, a hugely experienced fly angler, and someone known as Mr Salmon in some circles in Ireland.

After decades working in the K Club he has guided US Presidents, rock stars, supermodels and golfing greats such as Tiger Woods and Mark O’Meara.

From tales of giving the Secret Service the slip to catching 19 salmon in a day, Sean has a lifetime of memories, insights and most importantly, great stories and sums up exactly what fly fishing is all about in a life well-lived.

Sean McManmon

If we get to fish half as much as Sean has and seen half as much as he has seen, well, I think we’ll be happy with our fly fishing lives….

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.

Listen to the latest episode at:
https://pod.fo/e/16951e

 

Catch and release for bass in force to end of March

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IFI Staff
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Bass anglers are reminded that this year the month of March remains catch and release only.

Following that in April there is a bag limit of 2 bass a day with a minimum size limit of 42cm

BASS 2023

  • 1 January to 31 January, – 2 fish bag limit. A minimum size limit of 42cm applies.
  • 1 February to 31 March 2023, only catch-and-release fishing
  • 1 April to 31 December – 2 fish bag limit. A minimum size limit of 42cm applies.

4 boats out most days on Currane but no salmon

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IFI Staff
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Vincent Appleby reports on another quiet week for anglers fishing Lough Currane…

23/2/2023 Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com reports, Just four boats out and all quiet in all departments. Wind light with reasonable cloud cover.

24/2/2023 www.fishingwithdom.com reports on today’s manipulations on Lough Currane and I quote, 4 boats out and all quiet. Wind NNE light followed by good cloud cover.

25/2/2023 There were four boats out this day and for all their reels were slack and silent. Wind ENE light followed by bright sunshine all day.

26/2/2023 There were four boats out this day and for all their efforts the Wild Currane Atlantic Salmon stayed dormant. Wind ESE fresh followed by good cloud cover.

27/2/2023 It was reported to me today that a lot of Currane and none Currane anglers are under the impression that the Waterville Fishery i.e. The Butler Pool, Lough Currane, the Commeragh River and Upper lakes are still under the Brown Tag rule, I can assure you this is incorrect and thankfully we are a Blue tag fishery. Now to today’s manipulations, well I can say there was no blue tagged Wild Salmon caught today. Just for the record there were 5 boats out. Wind SSE light to fresh followed by reasonable cloud cover.

28/2/2023 Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com reports on today’s proceedings, there were four boats out and their reels stayed cold. Wind ENE light and overcast.

1/3/2023 All quiet on the SW front in all departments. Wind ENE light and variable followed good cloud cover and cold.

Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:[email protected]
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

FLEKSI

A new online survey has been developed by IFI for the Currane catchment to gather anglers’ knowledge – the survey method called FLEKSI was developed by IFI to help give an insight into the status of the fishery. Currane Anglers are needed for Citizen Science survey to examine fish stocks

Go fishing…

Find out more about Lough Currane…

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:

Waterville lakes and river system

Guides and boat hire

Fishing with Dom

Address Spunkane Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2051515 Website: https://fishingwithdom.com/
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Fly Fishing on Lough Currane

Address Termons Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353(0) 87 922 8659 Phone: +353(0) 66 9474146 Website: flyfishingatloughcurrane.com
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Lakelands Farm

Address Lake Road Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 4160200 Website: lakelandshouse.com
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Neil O’Shea

Address Caherbarna Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 9942792 Phone: +353 66 9474527 Website: oshealoughcurrane.com
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Old Daly’s Supermarket & Filling Station

Address Murreigh Waterville V23 X459 Ireland Mobile Phone: +353669474842 Website: dalysfoodstore.ie
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Salmon & Sea Trout Fishing

Address Eureka Lodge Caherdaniel West Waterville Kerry V23 XD63 Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2074882 Website: salmonandseatrout.com
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Waterville Boats

Address Spunkane Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 (0)87 2202355 Phone: +353 (0)66 9474800
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East winds, tough fishing at Ballywilling but some good fish landed

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IFI Staff
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Cork Sea Angling Club report on their second competition of 2023 fished near Ballywilling…

East is least they say, I’m thinking this may be true.

Cork Sea Angling Club had their second competition of 2023 on Saturday night from 17:00 to 22:00 in Ballywilling with a sharp easterly breeze that would cut the nose off a brass monkey. We were meant to fish Garyvoe but we felt we would have been fishing off the boulders at the top of the beach as the tide came in.

12 anglers showed up and first fish landed was an impressive 60cm bass by Pawel Kurowski, a beauty, and followed by another bass from Eric Gosnell 46 cm.

As the wind died down a few dogs showed up. Chris O’Connell had a 52 cm bullhuss and Pawel caught a 32cm whiting.

Well done to everyone that fished, at the end of the competition not knowing if I still had toes left from the cold the results were given out…

Results

1st place Christopher o connell with a huss and a dog
2nd place was Pawel Kurowski with a bass and a whiting
3rd was Eric Gosnell with a bass

Christopher o connell
Christopher o’Connell

Next competition 25th of march Ardmore

And congratulations to everyone that got into the fish offs for the master angler and to West Cork and District SAC for doing a fantastic job hosting the competition.

Go fishing…

Join the Club

Find out more about Cork Sea Angling Club and their upcoming events at Cork Sea Angling Club

join the club

Cork Sea Angling Club are now taking new members to join their great club for 2023. If you’re interested please contact Kevin McGowan on 0852493550

Ballycotton area

Sea angling around Ballycotton

Good weights recorded by Munster CAC at Portumna

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IFI Staff
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portumna

Munster Coarse Anglers fished the 8th match of their winter series in Portumna at the weekend…

Getting to the sharp end of the league with only two more matches left. The race to the end between Richard and Steve is nip and tuck. Their local knowledge came to the fore today with two twenty plus weights. In the end Richard came out on top with 24lb 7oz. While second placed Steve on 22lb was nearly 10lbs ahead of the next placed angler.

Results

  1. Richard 24lb 7oz
  2. Steve  22lb
  3. Ian  12lb 11oz
  4. Kevin 10 2oz
  5. Clive & Morgan both had 6lb 14oz

Go fishing…

Anyone who would like to fish the Munster Coarse Anglers Winter League can contact them by commenting on their Facebook post

Join the club…

Munster Coarse Angling Club are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting. www.ncffi.ie

Portumna Coarse Angling Centre

Cold fishing for Galway Bay SAC in Connemara

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IFI Staff
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A small thornback ray for Gary

Galway Bay SAC held their first club master angler competition at Renvyle, Connemara, last Saturday evening, generously sponsored by Wildhunter Galway. A cold easterly made for very calm conditions, with clear skies and temperatures hovering above zero it turned out to be a lovely evening. Fishing was from 6-10pm, with bites slow until darkness fell. Gary Miskell had an early ray, but fishing was otherwise very slow with a couple of coalfish also hitting the beach. A small run of dogs around 8-9pm put a few scores on the board, but overall it was a slow evening. As the old saying goes “When the wind blows east, the fish bite least!”

A small thornback ray for Gary

At lines up, it turned out that Gary was the winner, with 4 dogs and ray. Remis took second place with 4 dogs, and there was a tie for 3rd place, with returning angler Kevin O’Hara getting the nod with the longest dog.

Brian Reidy presents Gary with his prize, a voucher from Wildhunter Galway

Next up is Carrowmore beach, Louisburgh this coming Sunday, with fishing from 1-5pm, check-in at 12. New members are always welcome!

 

Go Fishing

Galway Bay Sea Angling Club is a progressive club based in Galway, but fishing competitions along the west coast. New members are always welcome, and every level of experience is catered for, with social outings right up to competitions held throughout the year. If you’re looking to get into sea angling in the west, check them out here 

Nice Barrow pike for Sean Franey

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Shane O'Reilly
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Youth angler Sean Franey was out on the Barrow recently and managed to land a nice pike of 10lb measuring approx 32 inches. 16-year-old Sean is a very keen angler and was fishing close to Monasterevin using dace as deadbait. Nice to see a report coming from that part of the Barrow and hopefully, we’ll see another nice pike for Sean before too long.

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Going up the country proves a successful soujourn for Limerick County Pike Anglers

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Shane O'Reilly
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In the words of a Canned Heat 60’s classic, going up the country can take you to a place where the water tastes like wine…. and members of the Limerick County Pike Anglers Association found the waters to be particularly sweet when they made a trip ‘up the country’ for the 3rd round of their club league.

Only eleven anglers made the trip, as numbers were reduced due to illness and holidays, but they were treated to a day full of action as the pike were definitely on the take. A total of 20 fish were caught on the day, but they had plenty of others that came off so there was plenty to keep them occupied.

Winner on the day was Darragh Williams with 5 fish for just under 20lbs. Full results were as follows:

Heaviest bag:
1st Darragh Williams 19lb14oz
2nd Seamus Coffee 14lb09oz
3rd Charlene Dillon 14lb04oz
Thomas Williams 5lb11oz
Mick O Donoghue 5lb02oz
Gavin Cashin 4lb10oz
Heaviest fish
1st Seamus Cofffee 8lb13oz
2nd Charlene Dillon 8lb02oz
3rd Darragh Williams 7lb06oz
Mick O Donoghue 3lb02oz
Gavin Cashin 3lb02oz
Thomas Williams 2lb01oz
See the full report on the LCPAA Facebook page.
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