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Coarse Anglers do Well at Melview Fishing Lodge Despite The Changing Weather Conditions.

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Kevin Lyons reports on the week’s fishing at Melview Lodge:

Thomas from Dublin was back at Melview Fishing Lodge for his second visit and a spot of coarse fishing, and with no time to waste, it was straight out fishing. That evening the venue was prebaited at 35 yards, the following day produced some nice Hybrids, Roach and big Perch. Despite the ups and downs of the weather, Thomas decided to carry on prebaiting in the evenings on the same venue to see what it would produce. After losing some good Bream and Hybrids and the interruption of Pike coming to feed things went a little quiet. However a great few days of fishing had by Thomas, and he is looking forward to some winter Pike fishing with Kevin at Melview Fishing Lodge.

Thomas with a nice catch of Hybrids, Skimmers and Roach.

Tony, Graham and Bobby from the UK were over in Ireland for their annual fishing trip and this time decided to stay at Melview Fishing Lodge. On arrival, it was bags in the rooms and off to look at a couple of venues to fish. After a short session, it was in with the prebait and see what the next morning would produce for them. I was a little surprised how slow things started for them as they put in the time and work. The guys are very experienced when it comes to fishing in Ireland, so know things like this can happen. However, things did pick up a little for them over through the week and produced some nice Tench, Hybrids, Roach and small Bream. The guys don’t normally use keep nets but they did manage to get a couple of pictures for us, thanks for a fun week guys as I had lots of laughs and you were great company and hope to see you back in Ireland next year.

Tony with one of his Tench.
Bobby with a nice Tench from his catch.
A nice mixed bag

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

Go Fishing

Melview Lodge
Drumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: info@melviewlodge.com 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.

Spur of the moment trip puts Shock Waves on the specimen spurs…

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Eddie Butler put his boat Shock Waves out on the water for a spur-of-the-moment trip off the Waterford coast recently and hit the jackpot with a big haul of spurdogs. Once the dogs started biting, they didn’t let up and the session finished with over 50 to the boat, including a number of specimens.

The lads also managed to land a few tope too, which all made for a busy day, and tired arms at the end of it!

McKinley’s good form on Lough Muckno continues

By
Paul O'Reilly
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A decent haul for Jacko

Johnny McKinley took the honours with some ease on the 3rd Irish Feedermasters qualifier today in scorching Lough Muckno with close to 9kgs. The conditions were unfavourable, but section A presented a formidable battle with all the top 4 money winners emerging from Concra Lower.In 2nd place was Alan Larkin followed by Jordan Hall and Jim McAllister in that order.

Qualifiers today were:

  • Johnny Mc Kinley
  • Philip Jackson
  • Marius Killian

Top 4 today

  • Johnny McKinley
  • Alan Larkin
  • Jordan Hall
  • Jim McAllister

Sections, by default in some cases.

  • Gary Rogers
  • Paul Leese
  • Marius Killian
  • Piotr Horbinski
  • Darren Fairhurst
  • Philip Jackson

Feeder fishing on Lough Muckno in flat calm scorching conditions was at the least testing, so next weekend’s 16th and 17th July all method approach should yield immeasurably bigger weights, to a host of very competent anglers already signaling their intention to compete.
  • Lough Muckno Open on 16th July.
  • IADA Irish open 17th July.
€30 entry to each event and sponsorship added.
Draw/ Registration each day at Old Coach Inn car park at 8.30am and fishing 11.30am to 4.30pm.
To book, express your interest on the Lough Muckno Facebook page.

Good bream in Belturbet for club anglers

By
Paul O'Reilly
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With the September Belturbet festival looming, and the Belturbet Angling and Conservation Club determined to have the fishing closer to the town, some club members headed out on Sunday morning morning to a venue a short drive away.

It used to be a featured venue in the festival many years ago, although back then it was accessed from a different shore. After cutting out a few swims the anglers drew their pegs. Conditions were far from ideal – with very bright sunshine and only a light breeze. Top four on the pole and up to 20ft on some pegs on the tip.

Luckily club members were quickly into the fish, with Tony landing a 6lb bream after 20mins. Everyone caught well, with lots of roach and hybrids on the pole and the chance of monster bream on the tip. Needless to say we were impressed. Roger Baker did the best with a mixed bag and 9 bream that weighed 45lb on their own! Overall, a successful reconnaissance mission for the team.

Roger Baker with his impressive haul of bream

BELTURBET

Frantic fishing in the south east for Borough SAC

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Stan Ryan of Borough SAC sent us in this report from the club’s recent competition off the east and south east coasts fishing with Wicklow Boat Charters:

Fishing down South was frantic. On Sunday alone, tope, bull huss, ray, smoothhound and dogfish were caught. A total of 75 fish were caught between five anglers. Fishing up North yielded one good tope, loads of dogfish and some smoothound.

The icing on the cake was a smoothie, 124cm long, caught by Graham Garvey who is on the Irish international team. To put the size of this fish in context, the biggest specimen Irish smoothhound caught by well known Dublin angler, John Hughes, was 124.5cm long and weighed 26.5lb.

Thanks to Kit Dunne and fellow skipper, Anthony,  for a great weekend.

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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: dunnekit@gmail.com Website: www.wicklowboatcharters.ie

Sea angling on the east coast

 

Young Louth anglers catches cracking salmon on the Laune

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Young Louth angler Julia O’Callaghan hit the jackpot on the river Laune this week when salmon fishing with her father. Julia, who is 15 years old, is an avid angler and hopes to study marine biology when she finishes school. She was fishing away with her spinning rod when a salmon suddenly engulfed her lure, and after a great battle, the salmon finally slipped over the net. It was tagged and then weighed, tipping the scales at 10lbs. A great fish for any angler. Well done Julia!

Julia with her 10lb salmon

In other news from the area there were 6 salmon reported from Beat 2 of the River Laune all under 5lbs.  All tagged, caught by spinning and fly fishing.

Water levels are dropping, good fishing conditions.  Many anglers out fly fishing and trolling on the Killarney Lakes.

Go Fishing…

Rivers Laune and Killarney Lakes system

Plenty of species firsts for anglers down in Courtmacsherry

By
Shane O'Reilly
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A couple of anglers were in touch to say they had a great time fishing in the Courtmacsherry area recently, where they had a number of species ‘firsts’. Brendan Harvey and his long-time fishing pal Anthony Behan were fishing from both boat and shore on their recent trip and first up was the boat session, where both lads landed their first-ever bull huss, including a nice 12-pounder for Anthony. Anthony also managed to land his first ever conger eel which made it a day to remember.

Anto with his 12lb Bull Huss

Next up was a session on the rocks where spinning with lures proved successful for pollack and also landed Harvey his first ever bass. It wasn’t a monster, but it’s always great to get your first one, and there are always bigger ones out there! Needless to say, the lads were thrilled with the fishing and are fired up for their next session.

First-ever Bass for Brendan

 

Irish angling Update 🎣 08 July 2022

By
Myles Kelly
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aasleagh falls

Following the recent rain the weather became dry again but dull and more than a little cool. There was enough water in the rivers to see some good lake and river reports coming in from around the country, but we are still seeing windy days that limit fishing for the charter boat and small boat anglers. Settled weather is promised though, so hopefully things will continue to improve…

Starting in the south this time, salmon angling on the Blackwater saw some great results last week once the levels came good after the recent flood. There are still plenty of bigger fish into double figures coming into the river and the grilse run has yet to kick off. It was a similar story from the Bandon where good numbers of bigger fish are running the river. Anglers on the Ilen in West Cork enjoyed some good fishing and again grilse are yet to hit in numbers. Grilse have shown up on Lough Currane and the Inny River though, and a few anglers, including some juniors, got in on the action. There were a few sea trout also reported from the main lake and higher up in the system. Anglers on the upper Caragh lakes were also getting some good sport with a fine trout of about 8lb reported from Lough Cloon.

8lb trout
Edmund Corry and his Lough Cloon trout estimated to weigh 8lb

There was no shortage of grilse at Galway and the Fishery reported around 400 fish for the month of June, average weight over 4lbs. The Erriff also saw a good number of grilse caught in June, particularly when the water suited. The high water that followed the rain at the end of June saw fishing take off on the Moy. Over 1000 salmon were caught in the Moy catchment for week ending 3rd July 2022.  Anglers are returning a fair portion of the fish and the East Mayo Anglers are holding a competition to reward Catch and Release anglers with monthly prizes. The Moy Estuary is also fishing very well and sea trout anglers are getting great sport. Moving to the other side of the country we have reports of some good salmon caught on the Boyne after the rains, and a few grilse too. More water is needed though as the levels have dropped again.

trout
George gave up golf to fish and had a great day on the Nore

Trout anglers are reporting good fishing on the Nore where a good mix of hatches is keeping the trouts’ noses up and the anglers busy. On Loughs Conn and Cullin, a combination of blustery and cold weather conditions resulted in a slack week, but those who ventured out were rewarded well enough, all things considered.

We don’t have many coarse reports this week. But the two we have make good reading. The first qualifier for the NCFFI Method feeder championships was held on Gaulmoylestown Lake and the best weight topped 112lbs.  Meanwhile, the MadCap anglers in Athlone fished a competition that saw 96lb of bream take top spot.

pike
112cm pike for the young angler

Newbridge anglers fish a novel 30 hour event each summer. This year over 90 pike were landed. Fishing was patchy but some nice fish into double figures were caught. Meanwhile in Clare a junior angler out with his dad and Anglers Paradise had great fishing with perch to 35cm and pike to 112cm. Having only caught small canal fish before the youngster set the bar high for future PBs!

As mentioned in the opening paragraph winds have not made things easy for sea anglers. Luke Aston out of Carrigaholt managed to get shelter in Shannon estuary and had a good mix of species and even a couple of spotted ray. Charter boat skipper John Fleming on Glaway Bay has found conditions at sea unpleasant and the fishing difficult. However the inshore fishing has been brilliant, plenty of big pollack, and some nice ling. And now the weather is looking to settle shark fishing is back on the agenda.

Massive congratulations to the senior men’s Ireland shore fishing team, who won the Home Nations Championship. A good win made all the better for beating the favourites on their home patch.

Finally, the On the Fly Podcast is back this week with an episode that focuses on fly fishing for bass – well worth a listen!

And lastly, over 36,000 patrols were undertaken by Inland Fisheries Ireland officers last year, boosted by our new Mobile Support Unit and sea-going fleet.  As a result of the patrols, there were 103 prosecutions for fisheries-related offences last year and staff seized 1,261 illegal fishing items, including nearly 14 kilometres of illegal nets. Officers also issued 293 fixed charge penalty notices and gave 715 cautions under fisheries legislation.

And now the weather…

The outlook is for high pressure to dominate bringing mostly warm and dry weather with a mix of cloud and sunny spells over the next few days. Then, rain or drizzle is likely for a time on Tuesday. Before that though you can expect some properly hot weather with temperatures of 25-27°C expected over the weekend and Monday. Winds will be mostly south or south westerly and generally light enough.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

Myles Kelly
Catch, Photo, Release

If you have an angling story to share with the Irish Angling Update, please send it to reports@fisheriesireland.ie.

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Sea trout aplenty on the Moy Estuary

By
IFI
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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

Go Fishing

Pegasus II

Quicksilver 640 Yamaha 120hp
Skipper: Judd Ruane
Licence: 1555
Base: Ballina Operational area: Ballina
Quay and Moy Estuary.

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.

Address: Creggs Road, Ballina, Co. Mayo.
Telephone: + 353 (0)87673 6969 and +353 (0) 96 22183
Email: judd@juddruane.com
Website: www.fishingireland.ie

Brilliant Ireland win Home Nations Shore Championships

By
Kevin Crowley
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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!

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