Steve Hazledine from Twickenham enjoys fishing the estuary
Skipper Judd Ruane reports from the Moy Estuary…
The good sea trout fishing on the Moy Estuary continued last week. Amongst the successful anglers were Kenny Brennan from Bray and Steve Hazledine from Twickenham. Steve enjoyed “a cracking day” on the Estuary with plenty good trout (most of them released). It was Steve’s 25th year visiting Ballina and fishing sea trout with Judd.
Kenny Brennan from Bray shows his three Moy Estuary sea trout on Pegasus with skipper Judd
Notes: The angling boat Pegasus is equipped with the
latest technology, fishing tackle and safety equipment. Licenced for a
maximum of 4 rods skipper Judd Ruane specialises in catching sea trout
on the beautiful Moy Estuary. Daily charter departs Ballina Quay and booking
is essential. A salmon licence is required.
The Irish Senior Men's Team with the Home Nations trophy
Massive congratulations to the senior men’s Ireland shore fishing team, who were celebrating last night after winning the Home Nations Championship. Held at Weymouth on the south coast of England, this is even more impressive because they beat the English team on their home patch, on beaches where many of the English team practise regularly.
Captained by JP Molloy, no stranger to Irish teams, the senior team had a great start on DFay 1 with 3 zone wins, including captain Molloy and brothers Chris and David O’Sullivan from Tralee. They backed that up on Day 2, with JP again taking a zone win, and Darren Ryan and Stephen O’Donovan, the other members of the team, chipping in with a second zone win and a second place to finish on 30 points, just one point ahead of England in second spot. England are rarely beaten on their home soil, so this is a remarkable achievement by a great group of anglers.
The Irish Senior Men’s Team with the Home Nations trophy
And it was a case of incredibly hard luck for the fantastic under-16 team of Liam Davis, Shane O’Neill, Nathan de Kleer, Billy Gilvarry and Cameron Gilbert, who were pipped to the gold medal by England on a countback. Both teams were tied on 30 points, but England won it by two centimetres after hundreds of fish caught! A great performance from these young lads, many of whom will surely be featuring on senior Irish teams in the future.
The Youths team (u-21) also finished in a strong second place, losing by 4 points to England but well ahead of Scotland and Wales. Well done to Cian Corcoran, Bradley Kirwan, Finnian McCarthy, Noah Tahran and Eoin Foley who fished superbly and represented Ireland very well.
Unfortunately, the ladies team finished 4th in their competition, but this will be a learning experience on foreign soil, one that will stand them in good stead when it is Ireland’s turn to host the championship. They were in second place after Day 1, with 3 second placings to their name, but fell away on Day 2 a bit. Well done to Ava Marshall, Janet Snoddy, Liz McMahon, Rosaleene Murphy and Kaitlyn de Kleer.
The Youths and Ladies teams, with the flag of the Irish Federation of Sea Anglers, proudly representing the four provinces in England.Once again, well done and congratulations to all the anglers, and coaches and parents who travelled and made a great success of the event for Ireland!
Over 1000 salmon caught in the Moy catchment for week ending 3rd July 2022.
916 salmon were reported caught on the main River Moy, while 110 salmon were reported caught between Lough Conn, the River Deel and the Ballyvary River, bringing the total to 1026 for the Moy catchment. A big summer flood brought salmon running in from the Moy Estuary and most fisheries saw good results.
Starting on the Monday morning water levels at Ballylahan Bridge were already high at 1.455 m and rose and fell over the next few days to 1.037m tailing off towards the weekend to 0.71m on Sunday night.
A graph showing the spike in water levels for last week on the River Moy taken from www.waterlevel.ie
Ballina Salmon Anglers reported 81 salmon caught, averaging 3-5 lbs, mostly caught on the worm.
Mount Falcon Fishery reported 36 for the week, with Chris Dowlen from the U.K. having 3 salmon over 3 days all on the fly.
Attymass Anglers recorded 40 salmon for the week, most caught on spoons.
Knockmore Salmon Anglers reported 57 salmon from their waters, best weighing 12 lbs.
Coolcronan Fishery reported 48 salmon, mostly caught on the prawn, the best fish weighing 4 lbs.
Armstrong’s Fishery had 40 salmon, all averaging 3-5 lbs, the best fish weighing 8 lbs, caught on a worm.
Gannon’s Fishery reported 17 salmon, caught mostly on the worm and bubble & fly.
The Foxford Fishery reported 74 salmon for the week, the best weighing 11.5 lbs, caught spinning a copper and silver spoon.
Foxford Salmon Anglers reported 122 salmon caught for the week.
Reports suggest that at least 50 salmon were caught in Foxford town water.
Reports from Cloongee Fishery say that 37 salmon were caught with 15 released.
East Mayo Anglers recorded a record 254 salmon, with 96 of these released.
EMAA haved been running an initiative for the last few years, the Swinford 250 C&R cup which is presented to the person (EMAA MEMBERS ONLY) who catches and releases the largest fish caught that season. Anyone who caught and returned a fish of 7lb or greater was also entered into the draw which was held at the end of the season for prizes to the value of €1,000.
The competition has proven to be successful, so in an effort to keep the focus on C&R the committee has decided to change the format of the competition to make it more inclusive and recognise anyone who returns a fish, whether it be a spring fish or grilse.
For the last 3 months of the season and going forward next year EMAA will have a monthly draw. Therefore, If you return a fish and have satisfactory evidence of this, by way of a witness or photo/video your name will go into the hat towards the monthly prize of €100 euro of tackle vouchers.
So, why not try and get your name in that hat. If you catch and return a fish please get in touch with the office of EMAA at [email protected] or Paul Kelly on [email protected] or Brendan Wilson on [email protected] with details of your success. This competition is open to EMAA members only.
Approximately 20 grilse were caught upstream of the Railway bridge on the Lake River and approximately 30 grilse were reported caught at Pontoon Bridge.
Reports from Lough Conn say that 30 salmon were caught, all trolling. Windy weather and choppy waters kept a lot of anglers off the lakes.
At least 40 salmon were reported from the upper River Deel, mostly above Crossmolina town.
Reports in relation to the Ballyvary River indicate that at least 10 salmon were caught for the week.
Skipper of the Brazen Hussy II in Galway Bay, John Fleming says fishing has been a bit quiet lately… “the weather was hindering us big time for getting offshore and when we did it was less than pleasant. However the inshore fishing has been brilliant, plenty of big pollack, some nice ling and whiting and mackerel as well.
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With the improvement in the weather this week, John is hoping to try for shark over the coming days, so watch this space for more exciting news.
Go fishing…
To book fishing with John aboard the Brazen Hussy II, give him a call on 087 7571320
A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either Rossaveal, Spiddal or Galway depending on species being sought after. Fishing on the inshore reefs for pollock, cod, ling, wrasse, conger eel and mackerel can be reached in 10 minutes from departure, while our offshore reef marks are within 45 minutes of departure. Our ground fishing for tope, spurdog, ray, bullhuss, turbot, plaice and the giant common skate can all be reached within the hour which ensures the most amount of time is spent fishing.
The shark season usually starts at the end of June and runs into late October, this is the ultimate angling adrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and released safely.
Package deals available
A trout released by Peter Roche at Brackwansha Point
Kevin O’Boyle reports from Loughs Conn & Cullin…
Blustery and cold weather conditions combined resulted in a slack week on Loughs Conn and Cullin. Saying that, the few anglers that did venture out reported some reasonable fishing. There are still some small hatches of Mayfly appearing in bays all over the lakes. Best flies for the week included the Red Tag Green Peter, Mayfly patterns, Stimulators, Sedgehogs and Bumble patterns.
Paul Caslin, Ross and David Gray, Castlebar, had decent angling in South Conn last Saturday, with some good trout up to 2 lbs, all released on Bumble patterns.
Local Angler Peter Roche, Cloghans, had 7 trout to the boat, the best weighing 1.75 lbs all within 4 hours to a Red Tag Green Peter and a Stimulator. He was fishing Cloghans and the Brackwansha Shore, and all fish were released.
Oliver Dillon from Sligo had some good sport in Flannery’s Bay and along the Abbey Shore. He reported 6 keepers to the net, the best weighing 2 lbs, all caught on Bumbles and all fish were released.
Pawel and 2 friends fished North Conn, along the islands outside Bog Bay and Woodford Island and had approximately 10 trout to the boat. They also caught some Perch up to 3 lbs weight. All fish were caught on Bumbles and all fish were released.
Eric Traynor, Crossmolina & Sydney trolled North Conn with his daughters Ella and Ivy. Ella caught a small trout just over 1.25 lbs on a Mepps and Ivy caught caught a pike for 4 lbs also on a Mepps.
The weather up to now has made fishing difficult, but Luke Aston, who skippers the Clare Dragoon out of Carrigaholt, is lucky to have the option of more sheltered fishing in the Shannon Estuary. On days when they can’t get offshore, this provides great fishing for tope, bull huss and ray. Earlier this week, a couple of trips in the estuary provided a nice mix of species, including the above, and even a couple of spotted ray.
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As the weather eased, offshore trips were more [possible, and a good mix of whitefish species were caught on the reefs, as well as many spurdog into high double figures.
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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
Good fishing continued in Wet Cork last week with good numbers fishing the Ilen River where 20 Salmon were reported. The best was a good 12lbs fish caught by a syndicate angler on a Flying C.
Newbridge District Pike Angling Club were back on the water recently for their annual ’30hr’ competition. The turnout was lower than usual due to summer holidays etc. so rather than fish 30 hours on the trot, they broke it down into two competitions to be held on consecutive days. Fishing was patchy enough over both days but they still managed a respectable 96 pike.
The first qualifier for the NCFFI Method feeder championships was held on Gaulmoylestown Lake in Westmeath last week. It was the first staging of the event and unfortunately, there was a poor turnout on the day, but those that did make it were rewarded with some fantastic bags. Topping the pile on the day with a whopping 113lb was Enda Hickey. Full report on the NCFFI Facebook page.
Paul Whelan from Fort William Fishery reports that after the recent rise in water levels fishing was very good over the weekend with some cracking fish been landed. 14 fish in total landed and 10 released safely.
Cracking double figure fish from Fort William which was released safely.
To name a few, Eddie O’Brien had a nice fish of 9lbs, Rob Barton had sport with his best of 12lbs released. Seamus Drinan of 14years old had his first ever salmon of 12lbs. Raymond Stuart had 2 fish best of 14lbs. John Murphy was guiding for his son Shane who had great sport totally out fishing his dad. Noel Power released 2 fish on fly.
Jack Monaghan, USA, caught and released this lovely salmon on Cable Island
On the Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery there was also great fishing at the weekend. On 02 July there was some fantastic fishing had. There was a total of 11 fish landed with Cable Island producing 6 fish up to 13lbs and a fantastic fish of 15lbs at the Bridge Beat all fish safely released.
Go Fishing
This large and broad river has a lot of fine salmon fishing spread among many private and club fisheries. They are all easily accessible and most welcome visiting anglers. Spring run improving in recent years. The best grilse fishing is towards the end of the season. For more information see:
Fortwilliam Fishery offers two miles of double bank salmon and trout fishing over five beats on the river Blackwater.
Our salmon include – Springers, May Salmon, Grilse, Back End Salmon, and in Summer sea trout.
Our beats provide a wide variety of water, suitable for both beginners and the more experienced fishermen.
Fortwilliam Fishery, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland Web: www.fortwilliamfishing.ieEmail: [email protected] Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299
Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery
Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery control a number of beats of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyduff Bridge beat is almost a mile long offering a huge variety of water and is particularly suited to fly fishing. Upstream near the village of Ballyhooley (a few miles outside the town of Fermoy, Cork) we have two beats. The Ballincurrig Beat is one of the most beautiful locations along the river and has an excellent piece of fly water flowing into a deep pool. Just downstream on the opposite bank we have a short but productive beat, called Magners. This beat fishes also well in high water.
Careysville Fishery offers some of the best salmon fly fishing in Ireland and includes 26 named pools. It is considered by many to be one of premier beats for salmon fishing in Ireland. Wading is excellent and among the numerous streams, pools and glides there is a great variety of fly fishing to suit both complete novice and challenge the most competent of fly casters.
At Lismore Castle & Golf Course Fishery, we offer nearly two miles of two inter-linked beats, the Castle Beat & the Golf Course Beat.
The legendary Castle Beat consistently ranks as one of the top Salmon beats on the River Blackwater, for the number of Atlantic Salmon caught per rod. The Golf Course Beat offers about 1.5 miles of fishable water through meandering majestic countryside. The Golf Course beat offers a number of bewildering pools suitable for unmatched spinning and bait fishing.
For bookings contact Joe Willoughby on Mobile no. 00353 87 8295449 or Email: [email protected]
Blackwater Salmon Fishery has 3 beats downstream of the weir and 2 upstream of the weir. Blackwater Salmon Fishery offers fishing on approximately 5 miles of the river Blackwater. The fishing is spread throughout the middle section of the river to offer good sport throughout the fishing season. Due to the location of the beats, fishing can still usually be offered in low or high water. Contact Glenda Powell: Lismore, Co Waterford, Email:[email protected] Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929 Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Blackwater Valley Fishery
Salmon, Sea trout and Brown trout fishing on prime fishing beats River Blackwater Co.Cork and Co. Waterford Ireland.
We provide Day Tickets for some prime Salmon fishing in Mallow Co. Cork. We have excellent fly water, shrimping worming and spinning also. We also have very competitive Day rates and we have very recently upgraded our fishing.
Tickets available from “The Bridge House” and “Vincent Downes Menswear” Mallow.
Located on the Munster Blackwater in the south of Ireland. Situated mid river between the towns of Fermoy and Mallow. A productive left bank beat in stunning surroundings.
For bookings contact Conor Arnold: +353 87 755 4682
For details on availability and conditions of fishing for salmon and trout on the Longueville House waters please contact them at Contact : Longueville House Hotel, William O’Callaghan Address : Mallow, Co. Cork. Telephone : 00 353 22 47156 Email:[email protected] Website: www.longuevillehouse.ie
