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More salmon on the Finn

By
Kevin Crowley
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Perfection

While many rivers down south were getting showers, Donegal received a deluge of rain last week, with big floods on the spate rivers. The Finn always benefits from fresh water, and with spring fish starting to appear, fishing has benefited too.

After Chris Adams landed the first fish off Glenmore waters last week, two more fish between 9 and 13lbs were caught and released the same day.

Chris Adams with the opening fish.

Warren Campbell is a prolific salmon angler and he was off the bus too, with a lovely silver spring fish. It is great to see good fish handling, keeping fish in the water except for a brief photo, and released quickly in great condition.

Warren’s beautiful springer
Perfection

More fish have been reported since, including this lovely fish for another angler, once again displaying great care for the fish.

Keep them wet. Great fish handling makes for successful catch and release.

Paddy was another angler off the bus for the year, with yet another beauty. Check out the video below of a perfect release.

 

Finally, another Chris had met and lost 3 fish over the previous week, but managed to land the 4th on Tuesday.

4th time lucky for Chris

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Glenmore Rivers Sporting Estate has extensive fishing on the Finn and Realan Rivers, shared with Cloghan Lodge. Luxury accommodation is available, as well as guides. The season runs from March 1st to September 15th. For more details on fishing and accommodation, check out the website atbvGlenmore Rivers Sporting Estate 

 

 

Killybegs Mariners and Howth SAC enjoy a great friendly match in Sligo

By
Kevin Crowley
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Killybegs Mariners hosted Howth Sea Angling Club last weekend for an innovative inter-club competition on Streedagh beach, Co. Sligo. Check this out for a great report on how it all went down.

A super day out yesterday at our 1st inter club competition Killybegs Mariners s.a.c versus Howth SAC from Dublin with the venue being the sun kissed Streedagh beach in Sligo famous for its Spanish Armada shipwrecks under the sweeping Benbulbin mountain.
Such a fun day was had as the banter got going in the car park as angler’s eyed the lovely surf conditions on an airless spring day. But fair play to the Howth lads that came bearing gifts and made sure we all had some east coast ragworm and spare lug or sandeel before the start. Not often that happens in competitions. Also an ample supply of chocolates and pens cheers lads.
Some great fish were caught as 36 rods lined the beach including flounders of 35cm for Siert Schuls (H) and Sean Harte (M). Grahame Crooks (H) and Tom Brennan (H) had lovely 36cm flats with the best being 39cm for Joe McPeake. Mariners Werner Labushcagne and Pat Cunningham both had great Turbot of 33cm and 37cm respectively.
A fine turbot that went 37cm on the measuring stick
There were plenty of small turbot in close but it wasn’t easy getting them to beat the magic minimum size of 20cm but a nice fishing of flounders, turbot and a 43cm seatrout boosted Mariners Noel Kennedy to the overall win (€140) and take the glory home to the hills for this year.
A nice sea trout capped a fine competition for Noel Kennedy
Close in 2nd place ((€88) was Siert Schuls of Howth.
3rd was Grahame Crookes (€70)of Howth
4th was Joe Mc Peake (€52)of Howth
5th was John Heath (€35) of Mariners
6th was Sean Harte (€35) of Mariners
Longets flat Joe McPeake Howth (€70) 39cm flounder
Longest round Noel Kennedy (€70) 43cm seatrout
Winning mixed club pair was Dave Godwin of Howth and Noel Kennedy of Mariners (€70)
Lucky peg draw was won by John Cunningham of Mariners (€70)
Double shot of turbot
Winning club score was a narrow win for the Mariners with 1162pts to Howth 1069pts.
Well done to all that helped organise the event which was run very efficiently especially Noel Kennedy and Derek Gillespie doing the peg draws the night before online and totting up all the scores and prizes on the laptops along with all the organising for weeks in advance. Also Kieran McGowan and Sean O Donnell getting over early and pegging the beach. To all the anglers that travelled from Dublin on both clubs and Donegal to fish and generously donated prizes and gifts that made the day what it was a very well done.
We won’t brag too much and look forward to the event happening again so until next time, tight lines 
Flounder

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Mariners sea angling club, Killybegs Co Donegal. The club runs a shore league and boat competitions and angling trips around Ireland doing the sport we love. Get in touch at www.facebook.com/mariner.sac

No bass but an enjoyable outing for Lisdoonvarna Fanore SAC

By
Kevin Crowley
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Lisdoonvarna Fanore Sac held an early season bass competition on Fanore beach, north Clare last Saturday evening. A glorious evening on a beautiful beach provided plenty of enjoyment, but the elusive bass were a no-show.

It’s still early season for bass, and the water probably needs to warm up a bit before they appear in numbers. Good sport was still had with flounder and sea trout showing up on the evening, and any fine evening on Fanore beach is always enjoyable!

A well-fed sea trout
Flounder

 

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Lisdoonvarna Fanore SAC is an active sea angling based in north Clare. They hold regular competitions and outings throughout the year, with the highlight being the International Week around the August bank holiday weekend. New members are always welcome. Check them out here to get in touch.

Gearing up for the Lough Derg Predator Challenge

By
Paul O'Reilly
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The Romanian Catch and Release Angling Association are gearing up for their Lough Derg Predator Challenge which will be held on May 22nd and launched out of Lough Derg Marina at Killaloe/Ballina. Entry is limited to 35 boats with 70 anglers competing.

Interested anglers should contact the organisers by emailing loughdergpredatorchallenge@gmail.com.

Scoring is by length measurement only – all fish are measured (on measuring board provided), recorded and returned to the water immediately and all anglers must wear lifejackets or personal floatation devices. For the full set of competition rules and advice on how to take part see the Lough Derg Predator Challenge Facebook page. 

Pollock & wrasse for Blue Shark Angling, Galway

By
Shane O'Reilly
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John Fleming of Blue Shark Angling, Galway reports that mackerel are scarce in Galway but that pollack are responding to baits when conditions come good. Last Saturday started off slowly for anglers onboard his boat, the Brazen Hussy II, but once the tide turned pollack started to come on the take. They also had a bonus of a beautifully coloured, near specimen weight wrasse.

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Brazen Hussy ll

Skipper: John Fleming
Licence:1011 (11 passengers and 1 crew)
Base: Rosaveal, Spiddal, Galway (Depending on species)
Operational area: Rosaveal, Spiddal and Galway up to
20 miles to sea

Notes: A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either
Rosaveel, 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 addrenaline rush with these hard
fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and release safely.
Package deals available

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

Iascaire Feeder Club – round 3 results

By
Paul O'Reilly
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The Iascaire Feeder Fishing Club held their 3rd Spring League match on Sunday at  Concra wood on Lough Muckno.

The whips and poles were out in force as there were lots of smaller fish in the swims throughout the day to keep the competitors busy with a bite every drop. Even though the stamp was small it was an enjoyable day of fishing and there were some decent bags weighed in.

The top 3 of the day were:

  1. Vaidas Jagela 9.780kg
  2. Aidas Zilinskas 8.500kg
  3. Saulius Marciukaitis 4.830kg

The league will continue on Lough Gowna in 2 weeks.

 

 

Cold seas in Clare but fishing expected to heat up soon

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Macks are back in Clare

Some of our Clare based charter skippers were out on the water this week and found that cold sea temperatures somewhat hampered catches. Luke Aston of Carrigaholt Sea Angling was on his first outing of the season and found the going slow but still found a few mackerel and a mix of other species including Pollack, Coalies and Whiting.

Macks are back in Clare

Sean Maguire of Fishing Adventures Ireland was also out on the water and found the going slow as well, but things picked up when the tide turned and the pollack started hitting the baits.

Pollack respond well to turning tide

Fishing is expected to get going over the next few weeks as the water temperatures begin to rise.

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Lady Gwen II

Fishing Adventures on Séan Maguire’s Lady Gwen II, a Lochin 33  M265Ti Perkins charterboat which operates 15 miles from Kilbaha, Carrigaholt, and Kilrush.

Whether you want to go to the Atlantic Ocean for a large selection of species, including different types of shark, or fish the estuary for ray conger tope etc, Fishing Adventures will cater for whatever fishing you desire.
Telephone: +353 (0) 877508758 or +353 (0) 894431182
Email: fishadven@gmail.com Web: www.fishingadventures.ie

Clare Dragoon

Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine, skippered by Luke Aston and operating out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare…

I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke.
Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544
Email: lukeaston@eircom.net Web: www.fishandstay.com

Cavan CAC league round up

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Cavan CAC’s deferred final league match was fished last Sunday on Garadice. It’s fair to say the weights were the worst they’ve had all during their league, with bites really hard to come by. While their top angler was known for a couple of matches, its was nip and tuck for 2nd to 4th place and those top 4 anglers ended up being:

1 Michael Mahoney 6pts

2 Darren Bayliss 9pts

3 Dessie Kellegher 10 pts

4 Paul Lee 11pts

Really well done to Michael Mahoney for a perfect score and hard luck to Steve Clinch for missing out on 4th due to weight. To cap it off, Michael won the match yesterday, with Dessie Kellegher, Darren Bayliss and Colin Moffit getting section prizes.

Olives up and ferox trout on Corrib

By
Myles Kelly
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Lough Corrib on Saturday 9 April. On Sunday the weather became so bad all fishing competitions were cancelled.

Lough Corrib’s trout anglers enjoyed reasonably good fishing last week, but the much of it was localised so some never got in on the action at all. The Olives are well up now and Saturday saw good fishing. Unfortunately Sunday became quite wild and the various club competitions planned for the day had to be postponed. Not a great finish to the weekend but there was talk about when the first Mayfly would be seen hatching on the lake…

Winds improved this week and temperatures are up again so fishing is back on track. Tomi Kurman (Tomi Guided Fishing) had a few guests out over the last couple of days and he has been putting them on some great ferox trout as usual. This week his visiting anglers are from Martinique in the Caribbean. They’ve experience genuine Irish weather and also had some great trout to over 75cm.

trout
Antoine strikes again with this beautiful 75cm Ferox trout

Impact Fly Fishing have a red letter day chasing springers with streamers

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Keith McDonnell of Impact Fly Fishing was out testing some gear last week by putting a new prototype streamer rod through its paces. Keith ties some fabulous streamer flies, which he normally uses for chasing big trout but, for a change, his quarry on the day was the elusive spring salmon. As it happens, both the streamer flies and the new rod were more than up to the job, with 4 springers hooked on the day including landing a PB of 18lb for Keith. He’s written an entertaining blog with beautiful imagery which is well worth a read for streamer and salmon anglers alike.

A new PB salmon for Keith caught on his trigger treat fly

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