Muckno Feedermasters Qualifier 1 Results

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June 16, 2022

Sunday, June 12th, saw the first Feedermasters qualifier on ever reliable Lough Muckno and it didn’t disappoint, even though participation was reduced to thirty three anglers due to a number of other pre planned events.

Three sections were used, including Concra upper, a section that was won with 6kg plus by Peter Horbinski our first 2022 qualifier. Black Island yielded quality nets to several quality anglers, with a number over 20 kgs, but topped by a mighty 41.560kgs from star angler, Mantas Tam. This is certainly one of the best early season weights from Lough Muckno in some time, especially over 5 hours and from a virgin peg, in early June. Surely top angler Andrew Cooke, with his fine 21 kgs just 5 pegs along was shocked, when he witnessed the super winning weight of Mantas.

Good bream were a feature of the day’s fishing

Darren Fairhurst didn’t disappoint once again; he won Section C, Yellow Island, with a big weight of 15.540kgs to see him through to the grand final.

Well done to all anglers who competed in testing conditions which yielded commendable performances and fine weights throughout – especially with some magnificent bream on many pegs today over the length of the western shores of this great lough.

With the roach now also returning in great numbers the fishing will again this year make for some of the most prolific and engaging competition in these islands.

Top 4 paid out:

1st Mantas Tam 42.560 kgs
2nd Andrew Cooke 20.640kgs
3rd Robertas 16.819 kgs
4th Darren Fairhurst 15.540 kgs.

Anglers who qualified are:

A Peter Horbinski
B Mantas Tam
C Darren Fairhurst

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First bass in West Cork for high flying Nigel

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Paul O'Reilly

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June 16, 2022

WCB — Nigel in flying form with his first bass

David Norman of West Cork Bass guided his client, Nigel Larke, to a pair of firsts during their recent Saltwater Fly Workshop together. Killing two birds with the one stone, Nigel managed to land his first bass – which was also caught on the fly.

Nigel in flying form with his first bass

Most bass anglers catch their firsts on bait or lure and only a small percentage are ever inclined to go after them with a fly rod but Nigel, who is an experienced trout angler, wanted to transfer his fly skills to the salt and it was great for David to be a part of his early success…

Veteran pike angler keeps reeling in the years

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Shane O'Reilly

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June 15, 2022

North East angling guide Peadar O’Brien had a veteran pike angler out for a few days pike fishing recently. Jean Feinte from France has been coming to Ireland to fish for many years, and at 83 years old he has plenty of years behind him… Fishing with lures, they found the pike to be very active and had some great fishing over the week, with plenty of fish to 103cm. Let’s hope we see Jean back here next year.

Strong winds make the going tough for Edenderry Coarse Angling Club three dayer

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Shane O'Reilly

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June 15, 2022

The Edenderry Coarse Angling Club held their yearly three-day angling festival last week. Anglers from around Ireland and across the pond converged on the Offaly venue for what proved to be a difficult few days of fishing. Strong winds made things tough for the anglers and they had to work hard for their fish. It was tight at the top going into the final session, but after a close-fought battle, Peter Keenan came out on top with a weight of 36 06.

Full results are as follows:

1. Peter Keenan 36-06

2. Dara Finnegan 32-08

3. Simon Mottram 28-15

4. Danny Martin 25-14

5. Ant Marsden 25-09

6. Gal Charnock 24-05

Good grilse, some sea trout but lots of wind on Currane

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Myles Kelly

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June 15, 2022

Vincent Appleby reports from Waterville…

8/6/2022 Just one boat out this day and what a cracker of a day UK Currane flyman Mr. Marcel Gilliou had while fishing with the lonesome boatman of www.fishingwithdom.com caught four Grilse on the fly and as the Grilse said, the truth of the pudding is in the fly. To all Currane anglers please click and I quote, the Inland Fishery’s, Currane Anglers are needed for Citizen Science survey to examine fish stocks Wind West fresh with good cloud cover at times.

9/6/2022 Just two boats out today, the lonesome boatman of www.fishingwithdom.com reported two trout for their efforts. Wind WSW and variable fresh average speed 22 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

10/6/2022 Two boats out and their rods and reels were all quiet on all fronts. Wind SW fresh and veered WSW, average speed 24 mph gusts up to 36 mph followed by the odd shower.

11/6/2022 Toady’s Currane anglers were all quiet in all departments. Wind West light to fresh, Average speed 22 mph, strongest gusts 29 mph.

12/6/2022 All the Salmon headlines come from the North Shore and the Hampshire Hogs fishing out of Watervilleboats@gmail.com great to see the Hampshire Hogs manipulation on the Waves again of Lough Currane. UK Currane Angler Mr. Trevor Dewberry reported that he caught a 5lbs Grilse on the troll and followed by a few Brown Trout caught on the drift by the rest of the Hampshire Hogs. Wind NW and variable with reasonable cloud cover at times.

13/6/2022 Again all the fishing news and facts of the day come from the North Shore and at watervilleboats@gmail.com. Hampshire Hog and Currane all-round angler Mr. Trevor Dewberry reports while fly fishing with the Shy man caught five Brown Trout, the biggest was in the 2lbs class. Fellow Currane UK Hampshire Hog Angler Mr. Nigel Henshaw, while fishing with the Lonesome boatmen and at www.fishingwithdom.com caught a fine 3 lbs. Sea Trout on the troll. Now to the apology department and yes, I failed Miserably in my Duties for not reporting in last night’s Hampshire Hogs notes to report the Shy man and the Lonesome boatmen, so my apologies once again. Wind WNW light with good cloud cover.

14/6/2022 It’s a cracking day for the Currane Hampshire Hogs in the fly and trolling department. So on that note we will let the Hampshire Hogs tell their story so it’s all yours and I quote,” Hi Vincent, a 10 lb salmon on the troll for Nigel Henshaw fishing with the commander in chief Mr. Michael O’Sullivan and at watervilleboats@gmail.com and two 5lbs grilse, one on the troll and one on the fly for Peter Ruffle, fishing with the Shy Man.” Just for the record the Hampshire Hogs are fishing out of www.cliffordbandb.com Wind SW light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.

Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
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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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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:

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High wind and bright sunshine undo good rain on Owenmore

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Myles Kelly

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June 15, 2022

Frank Maunsell reports from the Owenmore Fishery in Kerry where rain finally fell at the end of last week:

10 June: We finally got rain on the night of the 8th and into the early hours of the 9th. When I checked the water level at 5:30am there was about a rise of 2½ feet and by 1:00 pm it had dropped by a foot.

There were some fish met during the day but none landed. The bright sunshine did not help.

Today there was still enough water on it and one local man had 2 grilse and a couple of seatrout. It was tough fishing as the wind was reaching 10 metres a second.

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Tony Green wins Arva Senior Festival with a brilliant performance

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Andy Burnett

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June 14, 2022

Last week saw the return of the Arva Seniors festival after over a two year absence due to the pandemic, it was great to see all the anglers familiar faces along with a few first timers.

The 40 anglers in attendance consisted of anglers from all around Ireland, the UK,and France, and were faced with tough conditions for the week. The weather often feeling more like November than early June, very heavy rainfall through the week, with at times gale force northerly winds made for uncomfortable days on the bank. This together with a late spawning time this year due to a particularly cold spring meant that the fish were not around in their usual big numbers, despite this the anglers still managed some reasonable weights.

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It quickly became apparent that Kevin’s Shore was the place you needed to make the most of as this is where the top weights came from for the week with good bream, hybrids, and perch all coming on the feeder, top daily weight of the week was 25kg coming to festival regular Julian Kendrick, but it was the ever consistent Tony Green who took top spot over the week winning the festival with a brilliant performance.

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Silver Dawn gets first blue of 22 – that’s three years in a row

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Myles Kelly

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June 14, 2022

Charter fishing boat Silver Dawn has caught the first reported blue shark of 2022. This is the third year in a row this boat has reported the first blue shark of the year.

Tadgh O’Reilly of Shannonvale was fishing with Dave Edwards onboard the Silver Dawn out of Courtmacsherry earlier today when he caught a 185cm blue shark.

As a long time angler Tadgh, who will be 75 next month, is no stranger to shark fishing and has previously seen the first shark of the year caught. In fact, back in 2020 his son Conor caught the first in Ireland.

What makes the capture even more special as this is the third year in a row that the first shark of the year has been reported by the Silver Dawn.

The shark was tagged as part of the Marine Sport Fish Tagging Programme and swam away strongly.

This wasn’t the only shark of the trip and second was caught soon after. Hopefully this will see the start of some memorable shark fishing off Ireland’s coast this year.

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Brian Hall & Marcus Kennedy win Donnellan Cup on Lough O’Flynn

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Myles Kelly

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June 14, 2022

Lough O'flynn Connellan Cup winners — Marcus Kennedy and Michael Donnellan presented Cup by Brian Hall, Club Chairperson Ronan Baggott

Joe Fitzharris reports that there was a large entry for the Donnellan cup fished on Lough O’Flynn on Sunday with Anglers travelling from all parts of region to participate.

Fishing was tough going on the day in what would be described as good trout angling conditions.

Popular Winners on the day were Brian Hall & Marcus Kennedy who were also the previous winners in (2019) prior to COVID.

Result as follows,

1-st place – Brian Hall & Marcus Kennedy with 6 fish for 11- lb 01.8 oz.
2-nd – Derek Madden & Gary Madden with 4 fish for 8 – lb 01.8 oz.
3-rd – Mark Malone & Mike McDermott with 3 fish for 5 – lb 08.6 oz.
4-th – Liam Hayes & Paddy Purcell with 3 fish 4 – lb 14.8 oz.

Heaviest Fish was caught by Liam Hayes with a 2 – lb 00.4 oz.trout

Next club event Malone Cup on Sunday 17th July.

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21 species and 2 specimens in a day for Courtmac charter boat anglers

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Myles Kelly

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June 14, 2022

Mark Gannon from Courtmacsherry Angling reports that there was good charter fishing last Wednesday the 8th June in testing conditions from the SW a group from Ardfield Clonakilty led by Fachtna O Connor had good fishing in Courtmacsherry Bay fishing from the Lady Patricia/Lady Louise.

There were plenty of Spurdogs were caught including four specimens over 105cm. Other species caught included ling, pollack, whiting, conger, dogfish, bullhuss, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, sandeel, coalfish, mackerel, cod.

On the Lady Louise anglers hooked 2 common Skate but unfortunately the size of the fish and the swell led to a broken line and a 50 lb class rod parting. Reports were good at the time of writing on Saturday the 11th with so far one female common Skate tagged and released caught by Jason Lee from Cork City. The skate measured 1.86m – an Irish Specimen.