Ling, conger and lure caught pollack for Sioux’s crew in Kerry

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August 4, 2022

Siegy Grabher, skipper of Sioux out of Valentia Island reports some great fishing around the Skelligs and Valentia Island in the past week for his German guests from Wolfsburg.

The anglers targeted pollack on lures around the Skelligs early in the week landing some really good sized fish in spectacular surroundings. They then went after big ling and conger towards the end of the week and they weren’t disappointed, catching some real beasts.

Ling and conger

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Go fishing…

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

Calling all tope anglers: Greystones Ridge AC Monster Tope Festival 20th & 21st August

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August 4, 2022

There have been some very big tope caught off Greystones in recent weeks, so it’s definitely a venue that’s on fire at the moment. So what better time to have a crack at them than this August 20th & 21st, when Greystones Ridge Angling Club will be hosting their Monster Tope Festival. It’s a mix of tope fishing and other animal species (ray, bull huss, lesser spotted dogfish, spurdog and smooth hound), and there are great prizes on offer. They have extended the closing date for entries, so any interested anglers should get in touch.

Inshore and offshore fishing firing on all cylinders in Wicklow

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August 4, 2022

Wicklow Boat Charters clients have been getting the best of both worlds recently as both the inshore and offshore fishing has been exceptional. Inshore has seen some great ground fishing for hounds, huss and tope.

Meanwhile, 30Nm offshore, the wrecks are fishing very well with plenty of pollack to 9lb caught on lures.

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

Craic and blues for West Cork crew

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Paul O'Reilly

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August 4, 2022

Skipper Dave Edwards of West Cork Charters, had a good crew out targeting blue shark at the weekend. The lads made the most of a calm day on the water to land nine blues in total, with a few more chances missed.

Dave assists with IFI’s Marine Sportfish Tagging Programme and has recaptured tagged fish as much as five years after the initial capture (he has also got them the very next day!). Dave says it’s Important to use barbless hooks and no stainless steel and to also support their bodies when out of the water. If they are out for more than a couple of minutes aboard the Silver Dawn, water is piped through the gills until they are ready to go back.

Blues on board

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Go fishing…

West Cork Charters operates the Silver Dawn, a 41′ Rodman 1250 with twin 430 HP Engines out of Courtmacsherry. The range of fishing found within close range of Courtmacsherry is superb, with trips producing anything between 6 and 15 different species as a norm and in excess of 20 is possible if anglers are prepared to change methods and use different baits and lures throughout their trip. As a rule mackerel, pollock, cod and ling are usually encountered but several species of wrasse along with whiting, pouting, coalfish, bull huss, conger and many more are often added to the catch.
If you do choose to head offshore to sample the superb shark fishing available within 10 miles of Courtmacsherry, there is a very strong chance of encountering blue sharks and an increasing chance of bringing a porbeagle shark to the boat.

Address: The Pier, Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork.
Telephone: +353 (83) 449 1403
Email: [email protected]

Web: www.irelandseaangling.com

Unexpected tench hits the spot for Niall & Michelle

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August 3, 2022

IMG_20220727_112837 — Joy unconfined for Michelle - our Catch of the Week!

Niall Butler and Michelle Kane recently went to a small lake in Fermanagh that was known for holding small coarse fish. They set their gear up accordingly, hoping to catch a few roach & perch etc. and they were soon into the action as the roach were biting as expected.

Roach were the target, and they seemed to be biting well…

However, they were surprised when a fish took, and put such a bend in the rod that they knew it couldn’t be a roach… After a while, they saw a green back emerge through the water and were astonished to see a trench on the end of the line, as they had no idea that there were any tench in the lake. It wasn’t the only one they caught either, so now Niall and Michelle have a new tench spot. Lucky them!

…but the tench were totally unexpected and very welcome…

Ballina Angling Centre comes up trumps for junior angler on the Moy

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August 3, 2022

Danny Lambert from Lancaster, England, sent in this report of his recent trip to the Moy:

We have just returned home from a family holiday. We visited the west coast of Ireland and stayed in Enniscrone, a beautiful beach town on the Wild Atlantic Way. Whilst there, we headed for the town of Ballina to fish in County Mayo on the river Moy. The town is a world-famous hot spot for salmon anglers.

We went to the shop called the Angling Centre in Ballina and met Robbie, and his advice was brilliant. He kindly arranged for my son Frank Lambert who is 8 years old, to obtain his juvenile fishing licence and permit to fish on the river Moy. Frank also joined the Ballina salmon anglers association as he met Peter in the shop who runs the club. Peter issues all permits and was only happy to advise and show us local hot spots for fishing. This local club are doing excellent work for their community in promoting youngsters to get into the sport of fishing.

Robbie kindly offered to show us the ropes in his spare time after work on the banks of the Moy and met us on the evening of 27th July, and he kindly brought a life jacket for my son to use whilst we were fishing on the side of the fast flowing river. Frank was trying to land his first catch. This was the first time Frank had ever been fishing. The spot Robbie picked was busy with locals and was just up river from the famous ridge pool where Jack Charlton used to fish.

We fished using Frank’s new rod and reel with a float on live bait using a single worm. Within 60 seconds of the first cast, we had a bite! Incredible! It was Frank’s first fish, a 3lb wild Atlantic salmon. An amazing experience he will never forget.

I cannot recommend the Angling Centre enough to anyone interested in visiting Ireland for a fishing trip on the Moy River. The hospitality and advice from Robbie was excellent.

New Episode of Ireland on the Fly: Weed Growth on Irish Rivers & Lakes — What’s Going On?

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Shane O'Reilly

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August 3, 2022

River Suir angler George McGrath got in touch about an issue that has angered and energised him and many of you in the Irish fly fishing community in recent weeks in relation to weed growth in Irish rivers and lakes that has been as bad in living memory.

So, what’s going on? Who’s responsible and more importantly, what can be done about it?

George McGrath joins Daire & Tom to tell them what he has seen, while fisheries scientist, Ken Whelan, gives his scientific explanation as to what is most likely the reason, plus who to contact and what pro-active measures can be taken to ensure that this problem does not go unaddressed.

If you have seen similar weed growth and conditions that George McGrath has described, then get in touch with LAWaters.ie to start the investigation.

Rate, review and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts from as well as on IrelandontheFly.com and Instagram.com/IrelandontheFly.

Good luck to the Ireland U20 team at the FIPSed Coarse Angling for Youth World Championship

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Paul O'Reilly

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August 3, 2022

The Ireland U20 coarse fishing team are competing this week at the FIPSed Coarse Angling for Youth World Championship which is taking place on the River Sava in Slovenia.

The squad of John Browne, Brian Clark, Donagh McSherry, Charlie Richards and Rhys Walsh have done their reconnaissance on the Sava River and are training this week ahead of the official match days of August 6th and 7th.

The team is managed by Gavin Walsh and have great support on and off the bank from accompanying parents, Martin Clark, Adrian Brown, Nick Richards and Lorraine McSherry.

Training for the main event

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The very best of luck to the team, we’ll keep you posted on their progress…

Lough Muckno July Festival

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August 3, 2022

A shortened field of 13 anglers fished the 5 day Muckno July festival last week and Craig Ellis came out top of the pile with just over 91kg for his week’s work. Craig Ellis, Jim Brockie and Charlie Vallender all topped 20kgs on the final competition day resulting in some movement at the summit, as Craig Ellis moved up to top spot from long time leader Kevin Johnson who finished in 2nd place.

Another fine showing by Charlie Vallender with 20 plus Kgs saw him hold off the in form Jim Brockie, for the final podium place.

All anglers averaged just short of 13 kgs per day per man of nice roach, loads of skimmers and many hybrids so all competitors had, by their own account, a very, very good angling holiday.

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Congratulations to Craig Ellis, Kevin Johnson, Jim Brockie and Charlie Vallender on great weights of 80+ kgs and 90+ kgs over the 5 days.

Lough Muckno

Clones Angling Festival 2022 – Report

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August 3, 2022

This report on the 2022 Clones Angling Festival from the Clones Coarse Anglers:

It was good to see faces old and new at the annual coarse fishing festival held this August bank holiday weekend. After the two-year break it was always going to be interesting to see what the catches would be like but the County Monaghan lakes provided for a fish-full festival.

Annaghmekerrig started and finished poorly but produced a fine stamp of roach mid-festival with a top catch of 20.600kg by Neil Mazurek. Popular Baird’s Shore didn’t produce tench in the usual numbers but provided regular mixed bags and a top weight of 15.600kg for John Potters on the final day, also on White Lake, Bream Rock fished steady over the four days with a good number of hybrids and a top weight of 21.000kg for Niall McKitterick. Mullanary although generally difficult did produce specimen fish for some and a top weight of 11.950kg.

It was a close-run match with no clear winner until the final day – which was fished in torrential rain. John Potters’ 231 fish on the whip at 4m gave him the festival on the last day with a total of 48.780kg, leaving Mark Theedom just 640g behind and this year’s runner-up. In third position was Neil Mazurek with 46.650kg and in fourth Tony Kersley with 44.650kg. Congratulations to all the winners and framers throughout.

The Clones Coarse Anglers would like to thank all those who took part for their company and camaraderie on the bank. It was an enjoyable festival indeed made possible with the support of the local landowners, bait supplies from Irish Bait and Tackle Limited, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre Annaghmakerrig and Clones/Ballybay Municipal Council. Thank you to the staff at the Creighton Hotel Clones for their hospitality throughout.

See you next year Fri 04th to Mon 7th August 2023!

Scores and scenes from the week

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