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Great species fishing in West Clare

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IFI Staff
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A good blue shark to top off the day

Clare Dragoon

Luke Aston had a couple of days fishing in the Shannon Estuary last week due to the weather. Mackerel were scarce enough, but they managed enough bait to pick up some nice thornback ray. Tope were elusive though, a no show on the day.

A nice estuary thornback
And another good ray

The weather picked up over the weekend, with lovely weather and mackerel more plentiful, some nice fish were caught but the drift was slow with the light winds. Even bull huss were caught on the drift.

A fine pollack
A beautifully marked bull huss
Octopus!

 

Lady Gwen II

Sean Maguire, skippering the Lady Gwen II, has aso been out with a group from Dublin, and they enjoyed excellent fishing. There were plenty of mackerel and scad so bait was sorted early, then they picked up a good variety of species including good whiting, codling, ling and a few others, before going for the big ones.

A fine thornie
You know autumn is on the way when the squid appear
A good blue shark to top off the day

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

 

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

Belturbet Angling Festival next week

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IFI Staff
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The Belturbet September Angling Festival kicks off this weekend with an open match this Sunday 4th, followed by a hard week’s fishing from Monday 5th through to Friday 9th.

To enter the match on Sunday, register and pay at 8am at the Castle Sports Bar for the draw at 8.30am sharp please. Priority on this match is given to the festival anglers and advance booking on is recommended to save disappointment.

Registration for the festival itself is on Sunday 4th when the rotation draw for the week ahead also takes place at the Castle Sports Bar.

Good luck to all of the anglers participating during the week.

‘Third Cast Lucky’ – salmon fishing with Andrew McGall

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IFI Staff
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Andrew McGall was in touch with us – he has uploaded another nice salmon fishing video to his YouTube channel. Andrew’s channel has some really great footage and is very informative on different aspects of Irish salmon fishing – so don’t forget to like and subscribe!

Here is Andrew’s intro to his latest offering:

When we approach a pool it is always worth having a few casts at the top or head of the pool. Water here is often more oxygenated and attracts resident fish, but it also makes running fish to slow or even pause as they navigate their way on up river. It is therefore somewhere I will at least have a few casts as I work my way down the pool. I have also included a NEW ‘Behind the scenes’ section at the end, which hopefully you will find useful and be something you can put into practice in your own fishing.

Hope you enjoy and tight lines!

Andrew

Big huss, ling & bluefin for Killybegs Fishing Trips

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Anglers aboard MV Fiona Tee fishing out of Killybegs did very well over the few past days. Last weekend, a big bull huss measuring 115cm was landed together with big pollack, conger and a fine ling that was well into double figures.

Later in the week, the second bluefin tuna trip of the year produced a hard fighting fish of 80 inches and it was even close to being a double hook up with another tuna just missing the other line.

Go Fishing

Fiona Tee

33′ Interceptor. 300HP Caterpillar
Skipper: Michael McGettigan
Licence: 961
Base: Mullaghmore Operational area: Donegal Bay. Within 30 miles of land.

Authorised bluefin tuna boat

Notes: With over 40 years experience in Sea Angling in Donegal Bay, we bring you to the best locations and guarantee the best that angling in Donegal Bay has to offer. The MV Fiona Tee is equipped with all the latest technology ensuring all our fishing charters are monitored and offer real time tracking. We are also fully equipped with the latest in onboard safety equipment.

Address: Moneygold, Grange, Co. Sligo.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 2540190
E-mail: [email protected]  Web: https://www.killybegsfishingcharters.ie/

 

Great bass fishing reported from East Cork venues

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IFI Staff
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Warren with his 77cm bass

Anglers fishing some East Cork’s better marks have had great bass fishing recently. Some anglers are getting everything right and 20 bass to good size have been reported on a number of days.

On one incredible and unforgettable day, Warren Devlin and fishing buddy Decky Collins had 2 specimen bass on a day when they  had close to 50 bass between 52cm and 78cm. All caught on surface poppers or subsurface lures. Warren’s specimen was 78cm. Decky had some skin in the game too and had a 76cm and 73cm bass to keep him happy.

Tactics were simple, fish the coming tide, watch for birds, use soft plastics if the fish were deep. Throw poppers or subsurfce lures when they were up in the water. There have been a lot of schoolies about but constantly moving kept them out of the shoals for the most part so they could concentrate on bigger fish. That was until Decky’s youngest boy decided he want a crack off them on the fly. Another day was arranged and in just under a couple of hours he had around 20 bass all about a pound or so on the fly.

Go fishing…

Sea angling around Ballycotton

Sea angling from Knockadoon Head to Ballycotton

Double Dutch sample some quality fishing with Wicklow Boats

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Shane O'Reilly
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Specimen Tope for Niall Burke

Kit Dunne of Wicklow Boat Charters had a couple of Dutch angling journalists onboard during the week and he showed them some of the quality fishing that’s available on Ireland’s east coast. Bram and Bert had a mix of ground fishing and a trip to the wrecks and they had a total of 14 species for the week, including Tub Gurnard, Conger, Tope, Black Bream and Pollack just shy of 10lbs. The lads were impressed with the quality of the fishing and will no doubt spread the news when they return to the Netherlands.

Bram with a Wicklow Bay tope
Bert with a good wreck caught pollock

It wasn’t only the Dutch that enjoyed good fishing with Kit as some Irish lads got in on the action too, including Niall Burke who landed this beaut of a specimen tope measuring 158cm.

Specimen Tope for Niall Burke

Coarse angling festival season in full swing

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Shane O'Reilly
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Things are hotting up on the coarse angling festival scene with matches being held at numerous venues over the past week and plenty more planned for the coming weeks. These festivals will welcome a number of visiting anglers who will travel from abroad to partake in some quality coarse fishing and the craic and banter on the shore and in the pub. For anyone interested in joining in, there’s still room available at some of the festivals, and details can be found on the NCFFI Facebook page.

Anglers taking part in the Strokestown Angling Club festival in Roscommon had a hard time catching up with Andrew Lightbrown, as his whopping bag of 65lb on day one of the match helped him on his way to winning the festival with a total of just over 83lb.

Andy Burnett with a bag from the Strokestown festival

Anglers fishing the Coolcower House Festival on Inniscarra Lake reported good bags with 67kg winning the match for Pawel Swistun and the average bag was a very respectable 14kg. Also on Inniscarra, Cathal Hughes won the three day Coachford Centra Festival with a total of over 66kg.

Cathal Hughes comes out on top again

The final of the all Ireland Method Feeder Championships was held at Oaklands Lakes last week and for the third time in four years, Stevie Whyte came out on top with a bag of over 86kg.

Stevie Whyte with his winning bag

Up in the Ballinamore area, 30 anglers, mostly from Belgium and the Netherlands have been fishing the King’s Classic competition on Lough Garadice and other surrounding lakes. The competition is still ongoing but the fishing has been good and bags of up to 20kg have been recorded by individual anglers.

The Kings Classic is hosting a number of Dutch and Belgian anglers

Young anglers converted to saltwater fly on Cork Harbour

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IFI Staff
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Richie Ryan of Eire Bass sent a report on his recent forays with clients on Cork Harbour. Richie takes up the story…

“It’s great to see youngsters coming aboard Sea Hawk to try out saltwater fly fishing. As stated many times before, for amateurs there’s no casting involved, the wind and tide do the work. Later on casting lessons can convert an enthusiastic youth into a pure fly fishing addict. Some of you may remember a recent report by me on my grandson’s experience of fly fishing for pollack  A visit to Canada last month entailed a fly fishing lesson for Seán, aged 10. Thirty minutes into my lesson he turned to me and said “Granddad, this is so therapeutic”! A few hours later his cast was near perfect. He caught 14 Mountain Whitefish that day, mainly on a fly he tied himself. He’ll never forget that days sport I reckon.

And so it was last week that 2 youngsters tried out saltwater fly fishing for the first time. Xavier Foley joined his dad Jody for a weekend trip. His dad was obviously a keen and experienced angler albeit he had not tried saltwater fly fishing before. The sport was good, even a few fine kelpy cod helped to brighten our outing.

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Jody and Xavier Foley with a kelpy cod

A few days later Jim Barry organised a fly fishing trip for his son in law and his grandson. Conditions were difficult but numerous pollack fell to the fly and young Ben and his father Tony were hooked ! Ben’s enthusiasm was obvious and the excitement was palpable.

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Ben with his flt caught pollack

I can still see his infectious beaming smile as he enjoyed what he deemed to be the best part of his holiday. In fact both sets of clients vowed to return again as the experience was so gratifying ! It’s nice to see things picking up after Covid and some young anglers happy to try a different type of angling.

Go fishing…

Eire Bass

Address Cobh Cork Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 86 1940744 Website: corkbass.com
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Sea angling in Cork Harbour

Good pike to over 100cm on Derg for TJ and Son

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Pike

TJ of TJ’s Angling Cntre in Killaloe spent a few hours on Lough Derg earlier this week with his son Gary.

They were were rewarded with a few nice pike. TJ had fish of 92cm and 104cm but the best went to Gary who had a great conditioned pike of 106cm.

Go fishing…

TJs Angling Centre

Address Main Street Ballina Killaloe Co. Tipperary V94 Y8CN Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 61 376009 Website: tjsangling.com
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Pike fishing around Killaloe Angling Centre

 

Rare species for Killybegs Mariners

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IFI
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Atlantic saury for Killybegs Mariners

Killybegs Mariners report…

Tuna food!! Amazing catches on the shore for Gavin and Johnny and a fish that the species hunters all aspire to get, the Atlantic saury. A favourite food of the giant Bluefin tuna that are in Donegal Bay right now and a new species; also a new club record shore saury of 34cm for Gavi.

Double saury for Gavin
Saury
Last weekend, 14 anglers took to the beach as Mariners and Howth crew had a friendly competition and 52 fish were caught with 5 different species and John Cunningham taking the winners prize with Gavin Dorrian in 2nd and Pat Byrne 3rd. Longest fish was won by Noel Caffery of Howth.
Mariners and Howth pegged comp

Later in the week, Cormac and John managed some fine size wrasse in the great weather.
Nice coloured wrasse for Cormac
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