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12lbs salmon gets the Erriff up and running

By
Kevin Crowley
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Angler casting on river with mountains in background
Beat 8 on the Erriff

The first salmon of 2022 was landed on the Erriff Fishery last Saturday. Seamus Nee was the lucky angler who took advantage of nice water. Fishing Poleen pool on Beat 4, Seamus used a McDermott’s Bugger (no, we haven’t heard of it either!) fly to tempt the wild fish of approx. 12lbs.

The fish was released, as all wild fish now are on the Erriff, and Seamus was more concerned with getting the fish back safely than getting a photo. Well done Seamus, and hopefully this is the start of some good spring fishing. With broken weather and plenty of showers about, water levels are very suitable for fishing at the moment.

 

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The Erriff System is comprised of the Erriff River and the two small loughs of Tawnyard and Derrintin. The River Erriff is one of the premier salmon fishing rivers in Ireland. A spate river, it is characterised by lively streams and deep fish-holding pools. It has 8 miles of prime angling water, divided into 9 beats. Beats are un-crowded with only two rods on most and a maximum of 3 sometimes. Angling is rotated on a daily basis.

Telephone: (095) 42382

Email: erriff.fishery@fisheriesireland.ie

Good wrasse and pollack fishing in Galway Bay

By
Kevin Crowley
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Another chunky ballan

Although high winds early this week kept most boats in port, the weekend was fair and some good fishing was had. John Fleming hosted a group of anglers from Oughterard and Tuam, and they enjoyed a great days fishing, with good size pollock taking baited feather and hammering lures, sidewinder sandeel proving very successful.There were lots of coalies moving with some decent ones through them, and a few nice whiting going too.

A nice pollack for this angler

The previous day, John had a group out to target wrasse. Fishing was slow, with lots of small coalies robbing the baits, and few pollack feeding. They did manage to catch some nice wrasse all the same.

Ballan wrasse
A lovely colourful male cuckoo wrasse

 

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

Address: Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7571320
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlueSharkAngling

Blue Shark Angling Galway,
Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320

Fresh water brings fish on the River Finn

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Glenmore on the River Finn are delighted to get some proper wet weather and to finally have some of the European guests back that missed out on their trips the last couple of years!

Fishing has been steady since the bit of fresh came into the system this week and good few fish have gone over the falls so upstream sections will come into play for anglers.
Visiting angler Jon Kenyon has caught three fish on his trip, losing three more. This one was a clinker of a cock fish from the corner pool in the dirty water on the rise.
Jon Kenyon’s 3rd fish of his trip, released unharmed once unhooked
Gaston Graas, from Luxembourg, also managed to hook a fish or two, this one from Leonard’s. The river, which is catch and release, is in great order at the time of writing.
Gaston Graas from Luxemborg playing a fish in Leonard’s
Gaston’s fish

Cavan coarse fishing round up

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Last Sunday a number of Cavan clubs held matches on fisheries around the county.
The Cavan Coarse Angling Club fished the last club match of their winter league on Rockfield. Fishing was decent either end of the stretch, with the middle pegs not being so good.
As always, great craic and banter were the order of the day and a very well done to Dessie Kellegher for coming top with over 4kg from Ed Rogers on just under 4kg. Section wins to Darren Bayliss and Paul Lee.
The Romanian Catch and Release Angling Association held match four of their league on a Cavan lake and were hoping for a few Roach, hybrids or bream to make an appearance.
the club were blessed with very good weather but a nice breeze made the heat a bit more bearable.
Catches featured some small roach, hybrids and some nice specimen perch.
Results:
  • Adrian Zoltan overall
  • Ilie Pop sector winner
  • Petru Pop sector winner
Last but not least, the Belturbet Angling and Conservation Club fished a match on the river Erne. A beautiful day, on a beautiful setting. Lots of fish were caught by all in what turned into a float match. It was great for the club to have up and coming Irish international Brian Clark fishing with them. Narrowly being beaten from the better end, this young man is definitely one to watch for the future.
  • 1st Stephen Leddy 24lb 12oz
  • 2nd Brian Clark 24lb 5oz
  • 3rd Tony Swift 21lb

Big efforts bring great rewards for Angling Services Ireland

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Some excellent pike fishing this week from Angling Services Ireland in Roscommon.

Most recently, visiting angler Felix caught this 20lb+, 102 cm fish on his first day of fishing with Bodo Funke. The fish was super strong and hopefully the first of many for Felix during his stay.

First fish for Felix

Regular guest Gerald from Austria finished his fifth trip with Bodo earlier in the week. Gerald had several 100cm+ pike and quite a few fish over 90cm and 80cm – all caught with his fly rod. Bodo reckons that they have to put in much more effort to get them on the fly, but the rewards are far greater.

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Bodo Funke, Angling Services, Ireland

Pike, Game and Coarse fishing Guide

Notes: Angling Services Ireland provides the very best in angling and angling tourism. We are based in Boyle, Co. Roscommon, in the North-West of Ireland, an area with many superb angling opportunities.

The Proprietor Bodo Funke holds the Marine and Countryside Guiding Certificate (achieved with distinction) and his expertise and local knowledge will be to your avail when you go on a guided angling trip or angling holiday with Angling Services Ireland. Pike fishing, Fly-fishing for Pike, Game fishing for wild Brown Trout, Float- tubing, Coarse fishing. Salmon fishing and Sea-angling can be organised.

Address: Angling Services Ireland, 3 Canal View, Deerpark, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Telephone/Fax::+353 71 9663580 or +353 86 6011878
E-mail: info@anglingservicesireland.com Website: www.anglingservicesireland.com

 

Mixed species for the Mariners

By
Paul O'Reilly
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The Killybegs Mariners caught some fantastic fish over the weekend, including a very fine bass for Diarmuid and a mix of species for Johnny including a double figure conger eel. A session at the mini species for Cormac caught him tompots, shore rockling and blennies.

David McCormick won the Killybegs sea angling club boat species competition with 11 species on Saturday (17 species between the two boats).

The Mariner’s ninth league outing took place last Friday night on the summer retreat of Narin and the coral white sandy beach beside the village in West Donegal. Nine anglers made the trip and conditions were calm and overcast, which made fishing pleasant. Fish were hard to come by for the first hour or two.

First counter was a nice 33cm flounder for Stefan. Closely followed by a nice double shot for Gavin. Then a 35cm for Sean as the fish came on the feed all along the beach at the same time. Pat and Cormac also got counting size fish. Another few counters for Gavin saw him take the overall win on the night as the run died away again as quickly as it started.

  • 1st overall on the night cash prize was won by Gavin Dorrian.
  • 2nd overall was won by Sean O’Donnell.
  • Longest flattie prize was won by Stefan Martin – 33cm flounder.

Sea angling in Donegal

Edenderry anglers bag up on tench in practice for upcoming match

By
Shane O'Reilly
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A great bag of canal tench

A couple of Edenderry Coarse Angling Club members were out on the canal last week practising for an upcoming club match. And things are looking good for the match if their catches are anything to go by, as the tench seemed to be in fine fettle and feeding well ahead of their spawning season. Best bag of the session went to Con Heavey, who managed almost 40lb, pretty good for canal fishing. If it fishes half as well for their upcoming match, they’ll have a great day of it.

Pike anglers struggle in the heat of the battle in IFPAC qualifiers

By
Shane O'Reilly
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55 anglers turned out to fish the first round of IPFAC qualifiers on the River Inny last week. The competition coincided with some bright sunny weather, making the pike difficult to tempt on the day. Most of the pike that were caught were on the small side, but some anglers managed decent numbers, and Peter Sheridan came out on top with a creditable 10 fish for 52lb 14oz. There were a couple of doubles on the day, with the biggest being a fish of 14lb. A total of 159 were caught.

Ronan Murray with an 11lber

Full results:

1st Peter Sheridan 52Ib 14oz – 10 fish
2nd Pat Gorman 34Ib 7oz – 7 fish
3rd Alan Heasley 26Ib 1ozz – 10 fish
4th Stuart Edwards 24Ib 2oz – 9 fish
5th Marty Lawlor 23Ib 11oz – 4 fish
Heaviest Fish:
1st Eddie the Queen 14Ib 4oz
2nd Ronan Murray 11Ib 7oz
3rd Marty Lawlor 9Ib 8oz
Total fish caught: 159

Super fly fishing for pike for Pikeonthefly client

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Stuart Wylie of Pikeontheflyguide had a great couple of day’s fly fishing while guiding Travis Petrie from the Isle of Man recently. They managed 21 pike over two days with plenty of decent doubles and a couple of twenties including a smashing fish of 25lb which was a PB for Travis.

Do you fish for bass? You can help!

By
Myles Kelly
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bass
Bass tagged as part of IFI's National Bass Programme in Galway in Sept 2021 and recaptured on Kerry coast Dec 21 158 km away

Bass anglers play a critical role in the conservation and stewardship of bass as this species is the only marine fish species that is effectively managed for angling.

Angler-supplied data on bass is a key part of our toolkit for understanding the dynamics of the bass population. If you target bass and would like to contribute to the bass programme by measuring and scaling any bass your bass please send an email to the National Bass Programme at bass@fisheriesireland.ie. We will send you out a bass sampling kit.

Also, a reminder to anyone who has been collecting samples or data on behalf of the National Bass Programme please post your samples to: National Bass Programme, Inland Fisheries Ireland, 3044 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Ireland. D24 Y265.

The National Bass Programme also runs a bass tagging programme. Below is an image of a bass recaptured in December last year after 2 months at liberty, it was found on the Kerry coast 158km away from its tagging location in Galway.

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Bass tagged as part of IFI’s National Bass Programme in Galway in Sept 2021 and recaptured on Kerry coast Dec 21 158 km away

For more information about the National Bass Programme see

https://www.fisheriesireland.ie/what-we-do/research/national-bass-programme

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