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One salmon caught on cold and getting colder Currane

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

2/3/2023 Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com reports that there were five boats out today and all was quiet on the Southwest front. Wind East come afternoon veered ESE followed by reasonable cloud cover.

Currane salmon

3/3/2023 There were a few boats out manipulating their skills today but there was only one Currane angler that came up Trumps, no its not false news, but the one and only Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com while fishing with his client caught a fine 8lb Salmon on the troll, Dominic also mentioned that it was very cold out there this morning, but it soon warmed up when their reel sang the Wild Atlantic Salmon Way. Wind light and variable, East and veered Southeast come lunchtime, veered again into the Northwest, and veered again into the SW.

4/3/2023 There were six boats out today and all of the Currane angler’s lines were slack. On the weather front, wind light to calm and variable from the East to the SW into the NW and overcast and cold.

5/3/2023 The Currane anglers were all quiet this day and as I say that there was two UK Currane anglers caught their best catch of their lives yesterday and for good reason, Wedding bells were ringing loud as you can see by the picture, Hampshire Hog Angler, Mr. Trevor Dewberry got Married to his beautiful bride Laura yesterday, so on behalf of all the Currane anglers and the good People of Waterville we wish you both all the Happiness in the World.

6/3/2023 Lough Currane anglers were all quiet on all fronts this day. Now we head for the celebration department and for good reason because one Lough Currane angler was celebrating his birthday today, so on behalf of all the Currane anglers we would like to wish the Flyman Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com a very Happy Birthday. Wind NW light followed by reasonable cloud cover.

7/3/2023 All quiet on the SW front as the Currane Boats were all laid up on this freezing cold day and just for the record the temperature at 9.30 this morning was 4c in Waterville, plus there forecasting snow late tonight, early morning. Wind East and variable light and overcast.

Snow on the Kerry hills over Lough Currane
Snow on the Kerry hills over Lough Currane

8/3/2023 Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com reports that he was the only Currane angler out on Lough Currane today and the only thing he could report was that it was very cold out there which isn’t surprising considering the air temperature didn’t go above 3c and if you take  the wind chill into consideration it would feel like -2c Wind East light to fresh and overcast all day.

Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:salmonandseatrout@gmail.com
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

Sea Trout – Catch and release only

Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.

The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-

  • the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
  • the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
  • the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay

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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Oaklands teams use home advantage in the Munster Teams League

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IFI Staff
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Oaklands

Munster Council Coarse Angling reports on the second round of the Munster Teams League fished at Oaklands…

There was some very good fishing at the deeper end of the lake and it got harder as you went up the lake to the shallow end. The biggest bag went to Pat Barry with a very impressive 51.960kg. Pat’s score wasn’t enough to get Fermoy into the top 3 in what was a very tightly contested match, where home advantage counted for a lot.

Results

Winning Teams
  • 1st Oaklands (Red) 12pts
  • 2nd Oaklands (Blue) 13pts
  • 3rd Waterford CAC 16pts
Section Winners
  • A section Pat Barry, 51.960kg
  • B section Andre Pirchio, 27.480kg
  • C section Roger Needam, 9.520kg
  • D section Mick Kearney, 9.880kg

Munster Coarse Angling Council

The Munster Coarse Angling Council is a provincial council of the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI – the NGB for coarse and predator angling in Ireland.  www.ncffi.ie

Rebel sea anglers enjoy good evening on Ballycrenane

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IFI Staff
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Ballycrenane

Rebel SAC fished Ballycrenan Beach last week. Shane Olden reports…

Sunday – funday

Last minute decision to head out for a 3/4 hour session on Ballycrenane beach for 4 of the lads. Mainly out just to break the week before all go back to work and as usual there’s always a few species to add to our species hunt list.

Conditions were tough but not as tough as it would have being on most other beaches.  We were sheltered from the bitter easterly wind by the lay of the land to our left thank God. The first casts were made in daylight and Jacob caught a lovely ray early on. And I got a nice shiny bass to get things going. It wasn’t hectic by any means but once we found a way with the conditions we were all starting to pick away at the fish and Jason and Noah soon found form as well. As I said, we weren’t out for long, just until past dusk, but it wasn’t to be snuffed at on a beautiful spring Sunday afternoon.

In the mix on the day were bass, ray, flounder, bullhuss and plenty of dogfish to keep us interested. Baits used were maddie’s, black lug, crab, razor and sandeel, with sandeel doing most of the damage. Not bad for quick burst.

Ballycrenane

Looking forward to our next scheduled club competition at this venue. Fingers crossed it will be on form on the day as it will be our last comp of the year until June when we fish our smoothound competition as usual.

In the mean time we will keep you posted on any fishing trips as the REBEL’S continue through the summer months on our club species hunt which always throws up something good.

Our lines of contact will always be open throughout the year for new members or anyone looking to get into the sport

CATCH YE ON THE NEXT ONE – UP THE REBELS

Go fishing…

Rebels SACRebels SAC are based in Cork and are are always happy to welcome new members.

Get in touch via their Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/rebelcountyseaanglingclub/

Sea angling from Knockadoon Head to Ballycotton

 

Opening day baptism of fire for Sheelin anglers

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Brenda Montgomery
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Lough Sheelin March 1st – March 5th 2023

‘Believe you can and you’re halfway there’

Theodore Roosevelt

Evo Smyth striking gold

Lough Sheelin opened its waters to a brand-new fishing season on Wednesday March 1st.  Early season fishing is never for the faint hearted and 2023 didn’t disappoint, testing the metal of its anglers with near Baltic conditions hovering around 3°C early morning and seldom rising to double figures.  A thin east wind prevailed for those first few days, an unpopular wind direction with the reputation of putting fish down. The water remains cold at just over 6°C, from top to bottom and levels are low compared to last year.

March 1st – meteorological spring didn’t feel much like spring with a dead chill, grey skies and the promise of sudden stratification with a blast from the Arctic promised.  Regardless of what the weather throws at us there are always those anglers that are chomping at the bit to get out on the water and really nothing will stop them.

The first day saw sixteen boats out on the lake and there was some good fishing to be had for some.  Thomas Doherty from Kells landed four trout, heaviest at 3lbs using a Humungus and Peter Ross Dabbler set up and there were several other nice trout recorded.  It all seemed to be taking off and the stir of excitement among the Sheelin angling fraternity was palpable.  However, Sheelin is Sheelin and as the days passed the bubble burst somewhat and angling catches became more sporadic.  Fishing on Lough Sheelin follows an all too  familiar pattern where soon the words ‘hard’, ‘difficult’ and ‘punishing’ start to sneak into the vocabulary.  Evo Smyth caught a lovely trout around mid-day on the first day, but this was after four hours of hard slog and so Sheelin starts as it means to go on, taking no prisoners and making its anglers work hard for their piscatorial gold.

First day, first catch

It is said that trout fishing can be simple if you get a handle on what the fish are eating, once you have that, then you are supposedly halfway there to catch a spotted quarry.

The favoured areas were the shallows.  Freshwater shrimp and hog louse are the main invertebrates for March and shrimp in particular are found amongst the rocks and stones in shallow water.  Hog louse like the shallows too but they can also be found in slightly deeper areas alongside rock features and reed beds. Other bottom-feeding organisms such as chironomid larvae, snails and caddis will also be on the menu.  The bigger trout, of course, will be on a mission to regain condition after the rigours of spawning so more than likely will be after fry – a big meal with little effort.  Catches of trout reflected this in that it was the lures that worked best rather than the traditional wet fly set ups.  Humungus and Minkies featured heavily and scored the highest successes for this first week into the season.  The best was to fish only one fly with the length of the leader at a maximum of two meters.  The other most successful patterns were without a doubt the Dabblers in Claret, Olive, Fiery Brown, Golden Olive, Peter Ross or Silver.

The best areas for fishing were Merry pt., Gaffney’s Bay, Inchacup, Derrysheridan and from Chambers Bay up to Crover.

Insect life is almost non existent although there were some buzzer hatches outside Orangefield but nothing substantial enough to tempt the trout upwards.

On Sunday, March 5th, The Lithuanian Fishing Club in Ireland – ‘GoandCatch’ held their first competition of the year on Sheelin.  This competition attracted forty anglers from all over Ireland and despite cold conditions forty eight trout over 48cm were caught and released.

William Craig, Northern Ireland with his Sheelin trout, March 3rd
Shrimp, hog louse and leech
Gary McKiernan’s first catch of the day

 Please remember anglers to abide by BYE-LAW 949 which strictly prohibits from June 14th, 2017 onwards:

  • The taking of any brown trout of less than 36 centimeters.
  • For a person to fish with more than 2 rods at any one time.
  • To fish with more than 4 rods at any one time when there is more than one person on board the boat concerned.
  • For a person to take more than 2 trout per day.
  • All trolling on the lake from March 1st to June 16th (inclusive).
  • To fish or to attempt to take or to fish for, fish of any kind other than during the period from March 1st to October 12th in any year.

Lough Sheelin Guiding Services (www.loughsheelinguidingservices.com) 087 1245927

 Christopher Defillon 

evasionpecheirlande@gmail.com (+33685964369) evasionpecheirlande.net

https://m.facebook.com/christopher.defillon?refid=0&fref=seaperch#

Michael Farrell @ 087 4194156Telephone: +353 43 6681298 Email: loughsheelinguide@hotmail.com

Grey Duster Guiding
Kenneth O’Keeffe
Tel: 086 8984172 Email: trout@live.ie

John Mulvany  johnmulvanyfishing@gmail.com 086 2490076

‘Undercover’, March 3rd

Please remember All anglers are required to have a Fishery Permit to fish Lough Sheelin which must be purchased BEFORE going out on the lake.

 

Competitions 

The Kilroy Cup will be fished on Friday, March 17th from Kilnahard pier from 11am to 5.00pm. Prizes will be for the heaviest fish and entry is €30. This competition has been set at a 16 inch size limit with a 2 fish bag limit. There will be no permits available for sale on the pier on the morning so please buy your permit online beforehand or from the IFI office at Kilnahard on the morning. Contact Thomas Lynch @ 087 9132033

 

Recorded catches : 78

Heaviest trout was caught (and released) by Svjatoslavs Gucevics weighing in at almost 6lbs and 60cm in length

Selection of catches

Thomas Doherty, Kells – 4 trout, heaviest at 3lbs caught on a humungous and Peter Ross Dabbler. March 1st.

Craig Newsome, Wicklow – 2 trout, heaviest at 3lbs on lures.

Lionginas Kscenavicius, Dublin – March 4th, on lures, 1 trout at 2.5lbs.

Andris Donoskevics, Cavan – 1 trout at 48cm on lures.

Andrius Bikelus with fishing friend Audrius – March 5th, 6 trout with a total length of 274 cm.

Arnoldas and Kamil – 5 trout with a total length of 230cm on lures.

 

Kilnahard at sunrise

First salmon of the 2023 season caught on the River Moy

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IFI
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Nigel Lackey with the first Moy Salmon of 2023 weighing in at 8lbs.

 

Philip Thornton reports from the River Moy…

MOY CATCHMENT ANGLING REPORT

Week ending 05/03/2023

February 1st saw many anglers awake from winter hibernation to below average water conditions.  The opening day saw levels of 0.7m which gave slight encouragement. Few anglers ventured out in search of the first salmon of the season due to weather conditions which saw the first month pass without the news we had all been waiting for.  March sprung and on the 3rd of the month with water levels at 0.5m the first River Moy salmon was caught by Ballina native Nigel Lackey on the Ballina Salmon Anglers waters.  The fish was caught on the worm and was landed on “The Flag” just upstream of the Ballina Salmon Weir.  Ballina Salmon Anglers also reported two fish lost.

There were no other reports of salmon caught from any of the other fisheries on the Moy.

River Lee Brown tag draw – Round 2

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IFI Staff
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The River Lee in Cork.

On Wednesday 22nd March 2023, 45 more tags for the 2023 Angling Season will be issued.

To boost conservation efforts, anglers who wish to catch and keep wild salmon from the Lower River Lee in Cork this year, are being reminded by Inland Fisheries Ireland that ‘brown tag’ regulations are in force until the season closes on 30th September 2023.

The measures are included in the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations, signed into law by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, T.D.

Under brown tag regulations, an angler who wishes to ‘harvest’ a wild salmon i.e., take or keep it, must attach a brown tag as well as a standard blue tag to the fish. To help conserve stocks of wild salmon within the Lower River Lee, No. 5 or Cork District, a total of 180 brown tags will be available for the season and will be distributed to anglers with a valid 2023 rod licence through a series of four online draws.

Up to a quarter of the available number of brown tags can be issued at one time, under the Wild Salmon and Seatrout Tagging Scheme Regulations; accordingly, 45 tags were issued in January. On Wednesday 22nd March 2023, 45 more tags for the 2023 Angling Season will be issued.

How to apply

Any anglers that are interested in entering the draw are being asked to fill out the online from, available from today, 7th March to 5pm Monday, 20th March only.

Only one entry to the draw is permitted per licence holder and the only method of entering the draw is through the online form; email entries will not be accepted.

Anglers who received a tag in the previous draw may only enter this draw if they have used that tag. Anglers must be able to provide evidence of using the tag by supplying a photo of the double tagged salmon and the relevant entry in their angler’s logbook.

Anglers with a 2023 rod licence who are not allocated a brown tag are only permitted to fish for salmon on a ‘catch and release’ basis on the Lower River Lee. Other conditions also apply, please see https://fishinginireland.info/salmon/southwest/lee/ for further information.

Further details are available from the Inland Fisheries Ireland’s website at www.fisheriesireland.ie.

Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019

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Sadhbh O'Neill
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Lough Currane, Kerry

Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.

The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-

  • the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
  • the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
  • the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay

For further information please visit www.fisheriesireland.ie

Irish Angling Update 3rd March 2023 🎣

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IFI Staff
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There were no lions to speak of this week as March came in like a lamb. This followed a February where high pressure dominated, bringing yet another month of higher than average temperatures everywhere and lower than average rainfall. As experienced anglers will know, most of our fishing depends on the weather, and mild weather early in the season can mean better fishing for many species. We still have some chilly March weather ahead of us though, with temperatures expected to drop below zero some nights next week, taking the spring back out of our steps for a little while at least.

The trout fishing season opened on many rivers and lakes on Wednesday, March 1st, and the low water conditions meant that river fly anglers had a good chance of a trout if they got out on the water. There were even afternoon hatches of large dark olives to bring the trout to the surface on some rivers. On the loughs, the early season is the time for the spinning rod and some great trout fell to lure anglers in the midlands as well as out west, where the big trout get very big and the odd big pike makes an appearance to keep things interesting.

The best of the fishing this week has been for pike, and regular guests of Melview Fishing Lodge and visitors from Italy all managed to land some cracking fish. On the Erne system, guests of Guided Predator Angling had tremendous sport for pike and perch on their lure rods, with the mild temperatures bringing longer periods of activity. Also after pike this week were the Tulla and District AC who had a super day out on Lough Brigit where the pike were very obliging.

Bill with his 3rd of the day

On the coarse fishing front there was little activity this week, the only report worth a mention was that of the Munster Coarse Anglers who fished the 8th leg of their winter league at Portumna.

Low water has meant that salmon fishing has been very slow, with anglers still waiting for rain to bring in the spring fish. Waiting patiently is Jackie Mahon, who has announced that he will be going back to his roots this season by guiding on Glencar Lough in Sligo – which was one of his grandfather’s favourite lakes. On Lough Currane, despite having four boats on the water most days, there have been no fish landed this week. There have been no sea trout recorded either, and we’d like to remind anglers that the lake, as well as all of the rivers in the Ballinskelligs Bay area – and the bay itself – will remain catch and release for all sea trout for the 2023 season.

Glencar
Glencar

Another fish that will remain catch and release throughout the month of March is the bass, with a two fish bag limit (min 42cm) resuming in April until the end of the year.

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Bass – #CPRsavesfish

Bass haven’t returned to our shores in numbers just yet, and anglers fishing in the various events around the coast have seen very few. One spot they did make an appearance was Ballywilling last Saturday night, where Cork SAC held their second competition of the year in an easterly breeze that put off the fish and the anglers. Also cursing the easterly last Saturday night were Galway Bay SAC and South Shore SAC; Galway fished Renvyle where bites were painfully slow and South Shore split up between Morriscastle and Ballinoulart, with Morriscastle fishing better on the day.

A small thornback ray for Gary

Faring better than the seniors were the participants in the IFSA CAST coaching programme, where 35 young anglers took to the shore at Roney Point for the first leg of their coaching pathway, with trained IFSA coaches and International anglers going to each angler and coaching them on tips, techniques and all aspects of sea angling from the shore.

Happy anglers with their Cast certificates
Happy anglers with their Cast certificates

For those of us not planning to hit the water this weekend, there are other forms of angling entertainment available, and you can choose whether to read, watch or listen. First off, the 2022 Irish Specimen Fish Committee Annual Report is now available online and you can read up on the 420+ specimen fish recorded in Ireland during the year. When you’re done with that, you can sit back and listen to the latest episodes from Ireland on the Fly and the Lure Fishing Podcast. Finally, if you’re fed up waiting for the rain to bring in some spring salmon, you can look back on the early fishing from 2022 with Andrew McGall, as he has goes rock hopping in search of a springer.

There is also the small matter of the Ireland On the Water Expo taking place in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The event will celebrate everything that is great about the marine leisure industry, from angling to sailing, kayaking and diving, the Ireland on the Water Expo promises to be an event for the entire family to enjoy.

ireland on the water

And now the weather…

Dry, calm and cloudy tonight with frost setting in where any longer clearer breaks develop. Lowest temperatures of – 1°C to + 3 °C. Some local mist too. Saturday and Sunday will be mostly dry but dull days with just light stray showers. Highs of 5°C to 7°C, in light breezes. Lowest overnight temperatures of – 1°C to + 3 °C. Monday will bring rain southwards over the country in northerly breezes. Day time temperatures of 5°C or 6°C in the north, 7°C or 8°C further to the south.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.  If you’re heading to the coast, don’t forget to check the tides.

IFI Staff
Catch, Photo, Release

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Rock Hopping with Springers and Grilse

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IFI Staff
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Regular contributor Andrew McGall has uploaded another fine salmon fishing video to his YouTube channel. This time Andrew looks back at the early fishing from 2022.

Andrew says, ‘For many spring salmon fishing and springers themselves are the highlight of the angling calendar. Spring fishing often provides some of the most challenging and extreme conditions of the year, faced with everything the weather can throw at you and searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. However, the rewards can be unmatched, with a stamp of fish that is unrivalled and arguably the best of year – if ever the phrase ‘quality versus quantity’ holds true it is with spring fishing. As many of us are embarking on a new 2023 spring season, I hope this provides some encouragement to keep going on those cold seemingly blank days’.

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Great trout and pike for Tomi’s crew

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IFI Staff
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Tomi Kurman of Tomi Guidedfishing has done well on the ferox trail this week, with fish up to 80cm for his clients. Tomi has already gotten into double figures of ferox caught in 2023 and has also nailed some great pike.

It’s not only big trout and pike that Tomi targets – every now and then he likes to stretch his arms with the light spinning gear and he reckons that fifty small trout must have attacked the lures on Thursday, with only twelve of those coming to the net!

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