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Lots of sunshine, a handful of sea trout and one salmon from Currane

Waterville, Ballinaskelligs Bay
Ballinaskelligs Bay

Vincent Appleby reports from Waterville…

ballinaskelligs Bay Waterville

17/8/2022 The Inny Anglers are ready and waiting for the down flow of rain as forecasted, the same goes for our Noble Currane anglers and of course as is the World-famous Butler’s Pool and at www.watervillegolflinks.ie  Now back to today’s news, well as you can see by the picture it tells the story. Wind North and veered NNW light and variable with good cloud cover at times.

salmon release
Michael Roden releases his salmon

18/08/2022 Straight to the Lough Currane Salmon action, Our Chairman Mr. Michael Roden, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught and released a fine 9 lbs. Spring Salmon on the troll on their way home this evening after a hard day’s flyfishing. Just for the record there were three boats out. Just for a matter of interest, Michael’s C&R Salmon tells you a lot on the weather front. Wind SW veered W light and variable.

19/8/2022 There was some good action on the Waterville Fishery today, we start on the Big Lake/ Lough Currane, straight to the Currane fly Drifters and for good reason, they caught a few Sea Trout today and staying in the Sea Trout Department I failed miserably in my duties to report yesterday that there were also a few Sea Trout caught on the drift. Now we head across to the River Inny, I can report that the C&R Inny anglers caught and released a few Salmon today. Wind West fresh and overcast all day followed by heavy rain at times.

20/8/2022 There was one boat on the drift and caught two Trout for their efforts. On the Inny front no report so I will leave that to your imagination but I’m sure to be sure there was a few C&Rs. Wind WSW veered SSW light to fresh and overcast all day.

Waterville, Ballinaskelligs Bay
Ballinaskelligs Bay

21/8/2022 Bright and sunny all day as you can see by the picture but saying that at least one boat did have a little bit of action on the South side, while fishing on the drift caught a couple of Trout. On the C&R River Inny I would say all quiet? Wind East and veered SSE come midday veered SSW for the rest of the day.

22/8/2022 Just one boat out this day and by all accounts it was all quiet on the SW front. Wind variable SW light and overcast all day and very humid. That sums up today’s manipulations.

23/8/2022 The Currane Anglers were all quiet on all fronts and in the words of one Currane angler what do expect with a rock bottom lake and the sun blazing down at times and as my Grandfather would say, there is enough blue up there in the sky to make a pair of riding britches. Wind light SW and variable followed by reasonable cloud cover.

24/8/2022 The Currane rocks get clearer every day and in the words of one Currane angler, you can’t even fish your lure’s or flies in shallows, so you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know today’s Salmon and Sea Trout net weights. Wind West light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.

Waterville
The view of Ballinaskelligs Bay shows another sunny day for anglers on Lough Currane

25/8/2022 There were four boats out manipulating their flies and lures this day and for their efforts it’s great to see a few Trout caught on the drift. On the Salmon front all quiet, so on that note we head for today’s weather, as you can see by the photo it was bright and sunny this morning but come afternoon there was a few showers but nothing to talk about. Wind fresh WSW and veered SW for the rest of the afternoon, followed by the odd strong gusts up to 30 mph?

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

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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

 

Great bream fishing for IASCaire Feeder Fishing Club

Some members of the IASCaire Feeder Fishing Club had an early start and high expectations as they set forth for a Cavan lake where good nets of fish had been caught a number of on previous occasions.

Conditions were good for fishing and the fish played their part as Sarunas Zenkovas bagged up with 33kg of really good bream, hybrids and skimmers. Not far off on the scales was Romas Na, with 27kg of quality bream & hybrids, great fishing for both anglers.

 

Ireland’s FeederKing – Qualifier 7 Results

Golden Tickets

This report on the latest round of qualifiers for the Ireland’s Feeder King final from the CM Lakelands Feeder Club:

Qualifier 7 was fished today on a wet Lough Muckno, fishing was generally good, but Black Island was tough in the middle.

Zone A yellow island was won by Nick Richards with a very impressive bream weight of over 20kg, he now joins his world champion son, Charlie in the final.

Zone B was won by Robertas Zilaitis, who has had a great run in the last 3 matches with an 11kg plus weight, to book his place in the final.

Zone C was won by Paul Leese from a good draw on Concra Wood, with a weight of 12kg plus.

RESULTS

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS.

  • ZONE A YELLOW ISLAND/NICK RICHARDS 20.560KG
  • ZONE B BLACK ISLAND/ROBERTAS ZILAITIS 11.650KG
  • ZONE C CONCRA MIDDLE/PAUL LEESE 12.160KG
Golden Tickets

SECTIONS

  • A Brenton Sweeney/Nick Richards
  • B Robertas Zilaitis/Seamus Winters
  • C Damian Folytn/Paul Leese.

The final qualifier is on Lough Sillan/Annaherrin, with only 3 golden tickets left for the final.

Artur ‘Pikeseeker’ swaps perch for pike and comes up trumps

August is often a time pike anglers take a rest as the high water temperatures don’t make for good pike angling. But August can be a good month for perch, and Artur ‘Pikeseeker’ made the most of a recent trip to the River Barrow.


Fishing with a mix of both soft plastics and spinners, he found the perch to be in an active mood, and landed a few nice fish. With the perch season ramping up over the next few months, lets hope to see a few more of these beauties.

Aborted wreck trip proves a lucky call for Bryan Curtin in Wicklow

It’s not normally the way that the bad weather turns out to be a bonus, but that’s how it turned out for Bryan Curtin this week. Kit Dunne of Wicklow Boat Charters had planned a trip out to the wrecks on Monday but had to abort it as the weather turned fouler than expected. He headed back into calmer waters where they proceeded to catch some wrasse, pollack and black bream, but the day was saved when Bryan landed himself a specimen sized hound, making a silk purse out of a sows ear.

Bryan with his 109cm hound

Kit also has a couple of Dutch journalists out with him this week and they have been enjoying some of the best of what Wicklow has to offer with some nice wrasse, huss, hounds and tope. They plan to hit the wrecks now that the weather has settled so lets hope to hear of some lunker pollack next week…

Bram Bokkers with a Wicklow Bay tope

 

Great Coarse Angling In Longford For UK Visitors

All fish went back safely.

Owner of Melview Lodge and expert angler himself, Kevin Lyons had a group over for a week from the UK for some coarse angling last week. Although water temperatures were high initially, they enjoyed great fishing and some rain brought much cooler conditions towards the end of their stay. Read Kevin’s report below:

Martyn with his farther Alain, and lifelong friends Neil and Dave from Blackpool in the UK were over once again for their annual Ireland fishing trip to Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford. As soon as the bags were put away and fishing gear and bait were sorted, it was “off fishing we go” for the lads. The first afternoon was just about getting a line wet and prebaiting the swims ready for the next day.

Catches just got better and better as the week went on and the weather became more overcast. Some very nice Hybrids to 2lb 10oz and good Roach were the main catch along with a few Bream, never the less some cracking weights were put together considering the weather on some of the days. All fish were returned unharmed, with keepnets only in action on the last day when the water had cooled down a bit.

Host Kevin said, “When you have been fishing in Ireland for as long as they have you would expect them to catch well. Great company and lots of laughs every year and look forward to next time, thanks guys.”

 

 

Keepnets were only used on the last day, with cooler weather favouring fish welfare.

 

All fish went back safely.

 

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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.

Hughes dominates in Inniscarra

Inniscarra reservoir near Coachford

With the water cooling down again, festivals are in full swing at Inniscarra Reservoir in Co. Cork. Some great bags have been caught, with Cathal Hughes from Galway proving his pedigree and dominating this week.

Cathal Hughes
Cathal Hughes

The O’Callaghan’s Open kicked off the week and saw anglers averaging 9.46kgs, a great average weight. Cathal was top weight with 19.50kgs, ahead of Trev Platt in 2nd with 17.44kgs, and Paul McCall in 3rd with 14.55kgs.

 

The next 3 days was taken up with the Celtic Shield Festival, a 3 day competition with anglers rotating between sections. As ever, the Garden Centre was the most prolific section, with anglers there dominating each day.

At the end of the 3 days, Cathal Hughes was again victorious, with a total weight of 70.45kgs. Well done Cathal!

In 2nd place was Pawel Swistun, with 66.90kgs, and Graham Jones was 3rd with 63.62kgs. Fantastic fishing by all, with even the lowest weight over 3 legs being over 30kgs!

The nest festival, the Centra Cup sponsored by Centra in Coachford, began on Wednesday and continues to Friday. Day 1 saw yo-know-who – that man again Cathal Hughes – taking 1st place with 22.56kgs from Turtle Bay,  ahead of Neil Richards in 2nd with 19.78kgs from the Long Straight. Will he continue his winning streak, or will someone else clip his wings? Keep an eye on the Inniscarra Lake page for regular updates.

 

Inniscarra Lake TDL

Inniscarra Lake TDL are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and . www.ncffi.ie

For details of the all the events, venues and more, a downloadable copy of the events calendar, 2020 festival results and a directory of angler friendly accommodation in the local area please visit www.ncffi.ie/inniscarra-angling.

Report courtesy of Inniscarra Lake TDL

Good fishing out of Valentia

Cod

Siegy Grabher, skipper of Sioux out of Valentia Island reports some great fishing around the Skelligs and Valentia Island for his German visitors. Some good cod and ling have been caught, as well as plenty of pollack.

A nice pollack

 

Ling

 

Cod

 

Pollack

 

Heading out

 

Heading in!

 

Siegy also captured a video of a large sunfish that came close to the boat. These mysterious fish, which can grow to over 3 metres, are regular summer visitors to Irish waters, where they feed on jellyfish, squid, small fish and crustaceans.

 

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Sioux

The charter boat “Sioux” is an Offshore 105 equipped with a 300 hp Ford Sabre Turbo Diesel engine. The season for most species is from April to the end of September; cod, pollock, ling, coalfish, whiting, haddock, mackerel, garfish, pouting, plaice, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, grey and red gurnard, seabass, mullet, skate, ray-thornback, conger eel, dogfish, bullhuss and blueshark (July – September)

35′ Offshore 105. 300 HP Ford
Valentia Island, Co. Kerry.
Tel: +353 66 9476420 or +353 87 6871267
Email: [email protected] Website: www.valentiafishing.com

Great bass fishing for young man at Youghal

A lovely well-fed bass for Rikus

Keith Miller was in touch with us with some photos of his son Rikus with some nice bass he caught recently.

On a recent trip to Youghal on the weekend 13 to 14 August 2022, to watch Iron man, my son Rikus who is always looking for an excuse to wet a line, got these nice sea bass, which were all released again. 6 fish were caught off the beach, with high tide moving out.

Well done Rikus!

A lovely well-fed bass for Rikus

 

And another fat fish!

 

Prime Irish bass

 

 

 

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Bass fishing in Ireland

 

Sea angling from Knockadoon Head to Ballycotton

Sea angling from Knockadoon Head to Ballycotton – Fishing in Ireland – Catch the unexpected

Great fishing in the West Cork sunshine

Skipper Tom Collins reports on some great fishing during the recent hot spell of weather. Conditions were ideal, allowing offshore trips, although the shady side of the boat was popular on the hotter days!

Plenty of blue shark showed offshore and an inshore drift produced porbeagle.
Blue shark
Porbeagle
No dentist needed here!
Overall we managed 22 different species and few swims in the 18 degree water.
Pouting
Bluemouth
Bull huss
A nice conger
Tom even managed to capture a rare video of a jumping mullet!

 

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