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Very quiet on Currane, few anglers and no fish

By
Myles Kelly
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lough currane

Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane…

13/4/2022 The Currane anglers were all quiet on the Waters of Lough Currane. Wind SW light, followed by reasonable cloud cover.

14/4/2021 Just for the record there were two Salmon caught on the troll yesterday which is great to hear of some good action on Lough Currane. Now back to today, just one boat out and all quiet on all fronts. Wind SSE fresh and overcast all day followed by April Showers.

15/4/2022 There were five boats out this Good Friday and by the sounds of it the only thing that sounds good this day is that the Bars were open, so on that note I wish all the Currane Anglers and you good readers a very Happy Easter. Wind SW light and sunny all day.

16/4/2022 Just two boats out on the waters of Lough Currane this Easter Saturday, the Wild Atlantic Salmon were as elusive as were the tourist Currane anglers, as one tourist angler said to his Gillie and I quote, sorry mate not coming down, I don’t have that elusive Brown Tag and that sums up the Waterville Spring fishing. Wind South light to fresh and overcast all day, followed by rain, talking of rain Kerry is on a yellow rain warning, Lough Currane is forecasted to get 24 mm.

17/4/2022 Two Boats out this Easter Sunday and all quiet on the Currane front and very sad to see just two boats out, where have all the Anglers gone this holiday weekend. Wind SW and veered NW late in the afternoon with good cloud cover. Amount of rainfall Yesterday 8.3mm.

lough currane

18/4/2022 All quiet on this Bank Easter Holiday Monday in all departments. Wind NW and veered WNW light to fresh followed by the odd April shower. Yesterday’s weather amount of rainfall 5.7 mm. on the yellow warning over the weekend, I was out by 11mm.

19/4/2022 All quiet on the Currane front this day. Wind NNW light and variable with reasonable cloud cover and followed by the odd April Shower.

20/4/2022 The Currane Anglers were as scarce as the Wild Atlantic Salmon this day. Wind South, light and overcast.

Vincent Appleby
www.salmonandseatrout.com

Go fishing…

Vincent Appleby

Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:salmonandseatrout@gmail.com
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

Find out more about Lough Currane…

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

Pollack aplenty in Galway Bay

By
Kevin Crowley
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Skipper John gets in on the action too, taking this pollack on light spinning gear.

John Fleming has been out a bit over the Easter break, and his guests have enjoyed some excellent pollack fishing at times. Mackerel have been plentiful enough, providing good bait, although John says the speed jigs have been working very well too. Good wrasse and whiting are also showing up in catches.

A nice pollack comes aboard
A nice wrasse aboard the Brazen Hussy

Skipper John gets in on the action too, taking this pollack on light spinning gear.

 

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

Spring tides and a splash of rain bring some silver to the Finn

By
Shane O'Reilly
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A Finn bar of silver goes back

The week started well for Jarlath Winters up at Glenmore on the River Finn as he heard the first cuckoo of the year and landed his first salmon on the same morning.

First of the season for Jarlath

And, with some rain forecast over the following days to coincide with some spring tides, it had the feel of being a fishy week on the Finn… The river didn’t disappoint and as the water came right after the rain, some nice bars of silver slid over the nets.

A beaut for Willy Walker

 

Another bar of silver slips over the net

Good salmon angling on Munster Blackwater before weekend’s rain

By
Myles Kelly
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River conditions during the first part of last week were good for Salmon angling (low and clear), but this changed towards the end of the week as rain on Sunday led to small flood conditions.

Blackwater Trout and Salmon Fishery

Cable Island produced some great fishing last week and at the weekend. On Saturday Scott and Gary had 2 lovely salmon from the Island, estimated at 12lb and 6lb. A fair amount of rain hit the upper catchment on Sunday. This saw a bit of a flood (about 1m) on Monday which should have pushed fish through the system.
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie

water level graph
This week’s water levels on the Munster Blackwater

Blackwater Salmon Anglers, Mallow

Two reports of fish from our beats taken on fly last week. One of 14½lb and a second of 12½lb, superb springers the two of them. Well done to both Anglers. There is a good head of fish reported throughout the beats. Don’t forget to go to Vincent Downes Menswear, Mallow for membership renewal and day tickets.
Facebook: Blackwater Salmon Anglers

Go fishing…

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.

Contact  Jason Corcoran:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.

Tel: +353 (0)586 0146
Mobile: +353 (0)87 720 5690
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie

Blackwater Salmon Fishery

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: info@blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929
Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com

Fortwilliam Fishery & Self-Catering Cottages

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.ie Email: fishing@fortwilliamireland.com
Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299

Careysville Fishery

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.

Careysville, Clondulane, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
Email:  fishing@careysville.com Mobile: +353 (0)86 2378788
Web: http://careysville.com/careysville-fishery/

Lismore Castle Fishery

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: info@lismorecastlefishery.com

Website: www.lismorecastlefishery.com

Blackwater Salmon Anglers, Mallow

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.

Facebook: Blackwater Salmon Anglers

Upper Bridgetown Salmon Fishery

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

Facebook: Upper Bridgetown Salmon Fishery

Loungueville House Salmon Fishery

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: info@longuevillehouse.ie
Website: www.longuevillehouse.ie

Mariners head out on the water for some great mixed fishing.

By
Shane O'Reilly
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A small grey gurnard from the bottom
Changing things up from their usual shore venues, the Killybegs Mariners opted to head out in the boat last week and had some great mixed fishing off the Donegal coast. They started off by targeting wrasse a few hundred metres off shore, and then moved on to drift over the peaks, where they encountered plenty of pollack and coalies. Finally, they switched it up to some bottom fishing where gurnards, dogs, whiting and dabs were on the menu. All in all, a nice variety of species for a day out.
Kicking things off with some quality wrasse

Edenderry canal anglers find it hard going at Toberdaly

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Toberdaly tench

The Edenderry Coarse Angling Club were out for a match on the canal at Toberdaly last weekend but despite the conditions being near perfect, the fishing was far from ideal. The roach and skimmers put in a no-show and anglers had to struggle for every fish. Some tench did put in an appearance and featured in the heavier bags.

Results as follows:

1. Karl Unwin 6-15
2. Joe Nolan Browning 6-12
Section A
1. Alan Larkin 4-08
2. Derek Smyth 2-10
Section B
1. Dara Finnegan Browning 4-04
2. Wes Slevin 3-13

A few salmon from Killarney Lakes but not Laune

By
Myles Kelly
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Bright day on the Laune
Bright day on the Laune

Fishing conditions on both The Killarney Lakes and Laune River were good last week and both were very busy with anglers over the bank holiday weekend.

There are reports of 4 spring salmon caught on Killarney lakes for the week ending 17 April.

Despite favourable fishing conditions on the river and a lot of fishing effort there were no reports of fish caught from the Laune itself.

Go Fishing

Lough Leane, Muckross Lake and the Upper Lake, Killarney, Co. Kerry are part of the River Laune catchment. Fishing is free on these lakes. A reasonable number of salmon are taken mainly on the troll with some big spring salmon annually accounted for.

Boat hire and guiding is available

Beat 2

Permits for Beat 2 are available online: https://permits.fishinginireland.info/product-category/permits-cork-and-kerry/laune-fishery-muckross-beat/

Laune Anglers Association

Web:  www.launeanglersfishing.com
Facebook: Facebook Laune Anglers 
Email: launesalmonanglers@gmail.com

 Permits Available From: Lander’s, Tralee  –  O’Neill’s, Killarney   –  O’Sullivan’s Shop, Beaufort Bridge  – Billy Cotter,  see below. – Michael O’Shea, see below.

Laune Anglers Guides:

More about the Laune…

https://fishinginireland.info/salmon/southwest/laune.htm 

A couple of salmon from Bandon last week, perfect conditions now

By
Myles Kelly
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There was a small  rise in water last week, but it dropped off again very quickly.  There were two salmon reported one of them on shrimp and the other on worm.

The weekend has been very broken with heavy rain and at the time of writing there is high clean water, perfect water for all methods.

Current water levels:

water level Bandon

Go Fishing…

Bandon Angling Association have set up a guiding service in conjunction with Jason Nash, Peter Aspinwall and Phil Dewey. Details of the guiding service are provided on the website and they are looking forward to making memories and enhancing people’s fishing experiences on the river Bandon. Day tickets and club membership are also available.
Web: https://bandonangling.com/

40lb+ weights on the cards for anglers at Portumna Spring Festival

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The anglers fishing ‘Curley’s Spring Festival’ in Portumna are having a good time of it with plenty of 30lb+ bags and even an odd bag or two of 40lb+ being weighed in. There seems to be a good head of roach in the system at the moment along with some skimmers and a few decent sized bream showing up as well.

Ireland on the Fly podcast talks to Paul Procter

By
Myles Kelly
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Paul Proctor
Image courtesy of paulprocter.blogspot.com

Paul Procter, the well-known UK river angler, whom you might recognise from his regular articles in Trout & Salmon magazine is on the latest episode of the podcast Ireland on the Fly.

Paul talks about his early fly fishing career as well as his tactics for early in the season on the rivers near him in Cumbria.

They also discuss the cross-over between lough and river fishing as well as the special place that is New Zealand for wild brownies.

Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or IrelandontheFly.com

Paul Procter
Image courtesy of paulprocter.blogspot.com
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