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
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 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
Romanian C&R AA match anglers
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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.
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.
Some of Gerald's fish
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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.
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.
Some of the fish
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Flounder
Coley
Poor cod
Conger
A fine Killybegs bass
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.
League outing
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35cm for Sean O'Donnell
Longest flattie 33cm flounder for Stefan Martin
Winner on the night Gavin Dorrian with a double flounder
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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Dan O’Neill, fishery manager at Mount Juliet, reports on the Nore:
Some lovely warm weather resulting in some lovely fly hatches over the past few days enticed me to dust off the dry fly rod and approach the river with added caution. Peeking through the long grass and around some old tree stumps at the spotted back of brown trout is magical, another feeling that is unique to fishing. Figuring out their feed line and what they may be taking in with delicate sips adds to the excitement. Eventually when I had finished peaking around the vegetation I noticed a couple of trout feeding just off a seam created by a sunken piece of oak. It was quite obvious my stalking needs some improvement after a long off season when I donated my first dry fly to a nearby sally tree. Luckily I had some more in my fly box , so after a glance behind me making sure this fly made the water it was off for my first cast to the feeding fish. After a couple of passes one trout made his way to the path my fly was taking. Gently rising just underneath it the trout decided I needed to try harder next time and slowly turned away.
River Nore
I went for a walk downstream and picked out another area that looked interesting. This time the water was being deflected by a nice sized boulder. Watching the seam and taking in my surroundings I felt very lucky to be an angler. I made my way down the bank to a suitable position and I got my first cast to the fish. Without any hesitation the trout hit my offering. There were the usual trout antics when hooked, then I finally got the fish to the net, got a quick picture and sent him back home,.
The fly hatches became stronger, making rises more frequent. I got lost in angling for the next hour, many trout took my fly and many refused it, a great day overall as is any day on the river with the fly rod.
Water Level and Temperature at time of fishing Water Level .40 cm
Water Temp 14.5-15.5°C
Fishing classes
Holding introduction to fly fishing classes May and June, 2 people can participate in each class, classes will cover, water safety when fly fishing, handling and releasing fish, wading, wading aids, equipment needed for chosen method, casting , water craft , fly selection.
Dan O’Neill Mount Juliet
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Mount Juliet has trout and salmon fishing available on site over 2.5 miles of the river Nore. Classes also available for every skill level – learn or improve on your chosen technique. coarse fish ponds also available on the hotel grounds.
Dan O’Neill, Fishery Manager, Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland
The river Nore is a beautiful river that meanders it way through counties Laois and Kilkenny before joining with its sister river the Barrow just upstream of New Ross on its way to the sea. The Nore gets a good run of Atlantic salmon and the river which is currently open for angling on a catch and release basis produced 563 salmon in 2015 and 599 salmon in 2016. Salmon fishing is available on a number of stretches including the Mount Juliet Fishery which is located just outside Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, approximately mid-way between Kilkenny City and New Ross.
6/5/22 There were four boats out manipulating their skills this day and sadly their lines stayed slack. On the weather front, there was reasonable rainfall this morning but didn’t last long come afternoon it was bright and sunny. Wind light to fresh WSW and veered WNW in the afternoon.
7/5/2022 The Currane Anglers were all quiet on all fronts this day. Wind Southeast and veered SSW light with reasonable cloud cover at times.
8/5/2022 All Salmon headlines come from the North shore and Vincent’s harbour. So straight to the action, Currane Brown Tag Man, while fishing in the trolling department with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a cracker of an 11lbs salmon and as other anglers looked on they saw the Brown Tag Man’s Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy net his fine 11lbs Salmon. You could say they were Browned off. Wind South and veered SSW light to fresh with good cloud cover.
9/5/2022 They Say you can’t keep a top-class angler’s fly reel from singing the Currane anthem and today was a perfect example of that and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to whom I’m writing about and yes you have it, the renowned flyman, Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com while fly fishing with his Brown Tag client caught a fine 9 lbs. Salmon and finished their day off with a fine 3 lbs. Sea Trout which is great news to end on today’s notes. Wind SW fresh to strong followed by heavy rain at times.
10/5/2022 The Lough Currane anglers were all quiet on all fronts this day, but there is some good news tomorrow as I’m sure you all know it’s the last day of the Brown tag saga. So to all you fortunate anglers that won a Brown tag and haven’t ventured out, tomorrow is your last chance at the old Currane saloon. Wind SW fresh to strong at times followed by the odd heavy shower and overcast all day.
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:
