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Clients at Melview Lodge clocking up post-spawning pike

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Alain with his third of the day.

Pike angling guide Kevin Lyons reports on some recent pike angling by his guests at Melview Lodge:

Regular Belgian Anglers do well at Melview Fishing Lodge

Regulars to Melview Fishing Lodge Jean-Pierre son Nick and friend Alain were on one of their annual visits to Ireland to stay with their host and guide Kevin, they have been coming two or three times a year for many years now so not much guidance is required these days.

 

Jean-pierre has this one using dead bait.

Some days were better than others due to the Pike just having finished spawning, however, some nice fish to 97cm and 101cm were caught and a good week’s fishing was had. They are now looking forward to their next trip at the end of July.

 

Nick had this one on a slow sinking hard lure.

 

Alain with his third of the day.

Waterford Angler John mad for the Pike

John from Waterford who is just crazy when it comes to the Pike fishing and is will to try the all different methods to catch them, be it dead baits in the winter or his preferred method of using the fly all normally work well for him. This time with no one riding shotgun with him had a couple of days with Melview Fishing Lodge host and guide Kevin out on the water, there were a lot of small ones showing over the two days but we did manage a few upwards of 87cm to 96cm. The next trip for the pair from Waterford is scheduled to take place very soon.

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

Go Fishing

Kevin Lyons – Melview Lodge

Drumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: info@melviewlodge.com Web: www.melviewlodge.com

Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.

Rain brings a run of spring fish into Delphi

By
Kevin Crowley
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Smiles all round! Paul O'Malley (left) and Peter Joyce, with Paul's wild spring salmon of ~14lbs. The fish was released quickly after the photo

Fishery manager David McEvoy reports that after a fairly dry spell in March, rain arrived on Sunday night. The river rose from 27 to 45 on the gauge, making for lovely fishing conditions and drawing in some fresh springers from the Killary.

By Tuesday these fish were taking flies in the river, with 3 caught that day. Tom Walsh had a salmon of 8lbs 13oz on a Tosh from Finlough. Paul O’Malley had a fine wild spring fish of  approx. 14lbs in the Whin Pool that took a Willie Gunn. The fish was sportingly released after a quick photo. Peter Joyce then landed a fish of 8lbs 4oz in the Meadow Pool on the same fly.

Smiles all round! Paul O’Malley (left) and Peter Joyce, with Paul’s wild spring salmon of ~14lbs. The fish was released quickly after the photo

Wednesday was a red letter day for David Flynn, with 3 fish off the river before lunch! Fish of approx. 7lbs and 5lbs were landed from the New Island and Meadow Pools on a Sunray Shadow, and a 9lbs 9zoz fish from the Holly Pool on a Monkey Dog. Granville Nesbitt then had a fish of 10lbs 6oz from the Whin Pool on a Willie Gunn.

David Flynn with his ranched salmon of 9lbs 9oz, one of three he caught.

 

So far today 2 fish have been landed. Niklas Rothkotter had a wild fish of approx. 8lbs in the Whin Pool on a Willie Gunn (released) and Ben Morizot landed his first ever salmon in the Turn Pool on a red Frances.

*All wild salmon are released at Delphi, only ranched fish are allowed to be kept.

Go fishing…

At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.

Delphi Fishery
Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Fax +353-95-42296
Web: www.delphilodge.ie

A few fish showing up on the Finn

By
Paul O'Reilly
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The Glenmore Fishery reported their first salmon of 2022 today – Chris Adams the captor of a beautiful 10lb+ fresh fish which was kept wet and expertly released.

Release

Elsewhere, Finn Angling Club also had some fish moving, with Pearse McKernan also getting in on the act there with a solid, sea liced fish of around 11lb.

Finn Angling Club Waters tickets or season permits can be bought at the Bridge Guns and Tackle, Strabane.

Pollock and cod for Fiona Tee

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Skipper Michael McGettigan reports some good fishing from the Fiona Tee at the weekend. Saturday was steady with a good run of pollock going most of the day, while Sunday was slower at times but some nice pollock got things going and they also had one nice drift of cod.

Mackerel were also scarce in the morning but they did come on some later in the day, always a welcome sight. Good to see some quality fish coming to the boat.

Go fishing…

Fiona Tee

33′ Interceptor. 300HP Caterpillar
Skipper: Michael McGettigan
Licence: 961
Base: Mullaghmore Operational area: Donegal Bay. Within 30 miles of land.

Authorised bluefin tuna boat

Notes: With over 40 years experience in Sea Angling in Donegal Bay, we bring you to the best locations and guarantee the best that angling in Donegal Bay has to offer. The MV Fiona Tee is equipped with all the latest technology ensuring all our fishing charters are monitored and offer real time tracking. We are also fully equipped with the latest in onboard safety equipment.

Address: Moneygold, Grange, Co. Sligo.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 2540190
E-mail: info@killybegsfishingcharters.ie  Web: https://www.killybegsfishingcharters.ie/

Cold winds put duckfly down on Conn but trout respond well to wet fly

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Osgur Grieve reports that duckfly are up on L. Conn when conditions come good:

A calm start to the week, with higher-than-normal temperatures, up to 15˚ Celsius, brought out a good hatch of duck fly in bays throughout Conn and Cullin. Peter Roche, Cloghans and Gary Binley, Foxford had 8 trout up to 2 lbs in Cloghans Bay. Stephen Browne, Knockmore and Joe Quinn, Ballina also had a few fish to buzzers in Cloghans Bay.

2 trout for just over 1.25 lbs each caught by Michael Noone, Lahardane at Cormorant rocks, South Conn on an Octopus and Green Peter.

As the week progressed the hatch stalled with very cold winds from the Northeast. Peter Roche saw a good show of fish along the Brackwansha shore and had 5 trout in 2 hours to Dabblers on Saturday. Michael Noone, Lahardane, had 2 trout for 1.25 lbs each on a Green Peter and an Octopus and returned at least 10 more smaller trout all on drifts around Cormorant Rocks. Padraig Traynor, Crossmolina had a few trout in Flannery’s Bay, best 1.25 lbs. Colin Cahill from Mullingar had 3 trout for over 4 lbs. Gary Keavney, Ballina had a trout for 3.5 lbs in Knockmore Bay on a spoon while trolling for salmon.

Best flies for the week were Green Peter, Dabblers, Buzzers, Connemara Black and Fiery Brown.

1.5 lb trout released by Gary Binley in Cloghans Bay, caught on an adult Duck fly.

Good duckfly fishing on Cullin – PB trout for Bernard

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Bernard Kennedy Jnr's Lough Cullin Trout, a new PB of 3.5lb

Proud father Bernard Kennedy Snr sent us in this report of his son, Bernard Jnr, with a fine 3.5lb trout he caught while fishing on Lough Cullin on the afternoon of Saturday, April 12th.

Bernard Kennedy Jnr’s Lough Cullin Trout

There were a lot of duckfly on the water at the time, so Bernard fished with a size 12 Bibio variant that he tied himself and it worked well. The fish, which was Bernard’s best ever trout, was quickly returned in healthy condition after being weighed and photographed.

Perfect water on the Moy sees 7 salmon recorded

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Osgur Grieve reports that water conditions were perfect last week on the Moy but angling pressure is still relatively low:

Perfect water conditions on the Moy resulted in 7 salmon recorded throughout the system. Water levels recorded on Monday morning were 0.512m at Ballylahan Bridge and dropped slowly to 0.415m by Sunday evening.

Water temperatures remained on average 9˚celsius throughout the Moy system.

Ballina Salmon Anglers recorded 5 Salmon, best 10 lbs caught by local angler John Fitzpatrick in the 4th box of the weirs on a worm.

Armstrong Fisheries recorded their first salmon of the season for 8 lbs, caught by a Northern Ireland Angler.

Foxford Club Water produced an 8 lb salmon caught by a German Angler also on the worm, at the top of the Corrigeen.

As Easter approaches more Anglers are expected across the Moy system.

Fermoy lead Team of Four league going into last match

By
Myles Kelly
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coarse fishing

South Munster Polish Team were winners of the 3rd round of the Munster Coarse Angling Council Team of Four league fished on Sunday. With a combined catch of 28.76kg they won the 9 points on offer. Pawel Swiston had top weight of 15.480kg. Another great showing for Inniscarra.Fermoy CAC leads with 30 points and are closely followed by New Ross (A) on 34 points and South Munster Polish Team on 35 points.

The final match will be fished in Silvergrove Co. Clare.

The Munster Coarse Angling Council is a provincial council of the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI – the NGB for coarse and predator angling in Ireland.  www.ncffi.ie

Inniscarra Lake TDL

Inniscarra Lake TDL are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting. www.ncffi.ie

For details of the all the events, venues and more, a downloadable copy of the events calendar, 2020 festival results and a directory of angler friendly accommodation in the local area please visit www.ncffi.ie/inniscarra-angling.

Report courtesy of Inniscarra Lake TDL

Bandon quiet but hopes that rain will see salmon move

By
Myles Kelly
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A bend in the river
Spring on the Bandon

The weather remained dry all last week with no sign of a rise in water. There was a report of a salmon lost on the lower river. The weather is forecast to break at the weekend so that should freshen the river up again.

Water level today is .37 at Curranure and rising slightly due to rain this week. Water temperature was up at 12°C yesterday but dropped over 4°C overnight.

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/

Three springers for Blackwater Trout and Salmon Fishery on Monday

By
Myles Kelly
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Anglers on the Blackwater Trout and Salmon Fishery finished the month with a salmon of about 10lbs, after a bit of a lull April got going on the 4th. Monday saw 3 fish to the bank on the fishery but the honours of the day go to Michael Quirke who after many years giving up fishing for Salmon returned for a day with Jason and the lads and on his first run down through the Island Run at Cable Island landed a beauty. Hooked again!

While most of the catches reported in the last 10 days have been from below Fermoy there was a t least one fish take at Mallow.

Water levels were dropping and read around .42 on the gauge at Ballyduff yesterday, but the rains have brought the level up to .58 at the time of writing with water temperatures just passing 9°C.

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

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