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2022 Tuna CHART programme to open for charter skippers

By
Sarah Bohan
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Atlantic Bluefin tuna
Atlantic Bluefin tuna. Photocredit: David Morrissey

Tuna CHART, a scientific ‘catch-tag-release’ survey programme, opens for charter skippers from February 14th to 28th

Over 1,100 Atlantic Bluefin tuna, the ‘giant of the sea’, have been successfully tagged and released under ‘citizen scientist’ partnership 

Experienced charter skippers can apply for Ireland’s 2022 Bluefin tuna scientific survey programme, as scientists confirm that over 1,100 of the largest tuna in the world have been successfully tagged and released through the programme in the last three years.

Building on the successes of the Tuna CHART (CatcH And Release Tagging) programmes of 2019-2021, this scientific data collection catch and release fishery for Ireland will operate in 2022, subject to Covid-19 restrictions.  In 2022, a maximum of 25 authorisations may be granted to qualifying angling charter vessel skippers around the Irish coast. This fishery will open on the 1st July and close on the 12th November 2022.

The Tuna CHART programme is a collaborative scientific programme between Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Marine Institute in partnership with the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC).

Between 2019 and 2021, some 1,136 Atlantic Bluefin tuna have been caught, tagged, measured and released off the Irish coast by authorised charter skippers. The largest tuna tagged to date in the programme was 2.75m, weighing an estimated 372kg. All tuna were carefully managed in the water alongside the charter vessel, subject to strict guidelines set by the Tuna CHART programme, and all were released alive. Data from the tagging programme have been collated by the partnership for reporting to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT).

The core aspect of the Tuna CHART programme is the welfare and successful release of the Bluefin tuna. Authorised skippers will be required to have high specification rods, reels and line in advance of the open season in order to ensure that the fish is brought alongside the vessel to be measured and tagged in the water in a timely manner.

Anglers will have an opportunity to participate in this fishery and contribute to this important scientific study by chartering and fishing from authorised vessels only. Unauthorised vessels are not permitted to target or catch Bluefin tuna and any unauthorised person found to be targeting Bluefin tuna is liable to prosecution.

Experienced charter skippers are being invited to apply to join the 2022 Tuna CHART programme between February 14th and 28th by filling out an application form online at  www.fisheriesireland.ie/bluefin

C/M Lakelands Muckno League – Round 5

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Round 5 of the C/M Lakelands Muckno Feeder League was held on Sunday Jan 30th with 22 fishing. The lough fished well once more for the time of the year and James O’Doherty caught skimmers and smaller fish to win the day with just under 7kg.

Seamus Winters was 2nd with a lot of small fish for just under 6kg and Lough Muckno regular Andy Chapman was 3rd with some better quality fish for over 5kg.

The league is very tight and the top 8 will be paid out sharing a pot of over €2,600.

The final round will be held in 2 weeks time so we will keep an eye on that to see who the eventual winners will be.

RESULTS ROUND 5:

  • 1ST James O’Doherty 6.960kg
  • 2ND Seamus Winters 5.870kg
  • 3RD Andy Chapman 5.390kg

SECTIONS

  • Caolan King (Yellow Isl) 5.180kg
  • Robertas Zilaitis (South Lodge) 4.280kg
  • Neil Mazurick (Black Isl) 3.680kg.

Delphi Off To A Flyer As First Salmon Caught

By
Kevin Crowley
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Jurgen Mantel with the first Delphi fish of 2022, a beautiful 8bs spring fish taken from the Horseshoe Pool on a Willie Gunn fly.

Fishery manager David McEvoy was in touch with some good news from the Delphi Fishery. The first salmon of 2022 on the fishery was landed today. The lucky angler was Jurgen Mantel. A beautiful silver spring fish of 8lbs, it was taken in the Horseshoe Pool on a Willie Gunn fly. Well done Jurgen, a catch you will surely never forget!

Jurgen Mantel with the first Delphi fish of 2022, a beautiful 8bs spring fish taken from the Horseshoe Pool on a Willie Gunn fly.

(The fish was a ranched fish, hatched from eggs laid down in the hatchery at Delphi and released as a smolt probably two years ago. Wild fish are all released at Delphi, only hatchery-origin 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

Salmon anglers are looking back on the 2021 season…

Newbridge & District Pike Anglers hit top form

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Newbridge & District Pike Anglers certainly got into their stride on their most recent pike outing with some fabulous fish brought to the net. Fishing a river venue, the 26 anglers managed to land 144 pike including two over the 20lb mark and seven doubles. Some great photos are shown below and the full report is on the Newbridge & District Pike Anglers Facebook page.

Wet & windy day out for Limerick County Pike Anglers

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Limerick County Pike Anglers Association had a great day out last weekend as 13 anglers braved a wet and windy day but were rewarded with plenty of action. There were plenty of smaller fish landed but a couple of better ones too, with the largest tipping the scales at over 16lb. Bigger fish we lost too.
Results:
Tommy Williams 27lb09oz
Barry O’Donnell 19lb15oz
JJ 16lb13oz
Mick O Donoghue 8lb 12oz
Stephen Murphy 7lb13oz
Mick Dundon 2lb 4oz

Super month of pikeing for Irishpikefishingguides clients.

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Ronan Murray from irishpikefishingguides reports on the pike fishing in the midlands over the month of January. Ronan had many customers out during the month and all were extremely happy with their trips and caught a lot of fish. The weather has been extremely mild for January and water temperatures were high for this time of year and the fishing has been brilliant, with the fish taking a shine to the dead baits drifted under floats.

Brendan Aherne junior angler braved the windy conditions and was rewarded with a Personal Best Pike and the smile on his face says it all.
Brendan and his dad Brendan senior with another lovely Pike.

Gerad and Cathal showing off their big catch from a two day trip
Michael Murtagh with a big Irish Pike

Irishpikefishingguides provide a top-class guided service in the Cavan/ Monaghan area and can be contacted via www.irishpikefishingguides.com or on Facebook or Instagram

Did you apply for a River Lee brown tag? Draw results here

By
Sadhbh O'Neill
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The River Lee in Cork

On Monday 31st January 2022, a draw took place to allocate an initial 38 Brown Tags for the taking of salmon on the Lower Lee. The requirement to hold a brown tag is set out in Schedule 4 of S.I No. 729 of 2021 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2021. A total of 229 valid entries were received from salmon rod licence holders.

43 numbers were randomly generated. The 38 numbers were matched to pre-assigned to applicants and these successful entrants will be issued a brown tag today. The final 5 numbers are reserved in case an angler declines or returns the tag allocated to them.

The draw was observed by Sean Long (RBD Director), Michael O’Donovan (Cork District Assistant Inspector) and Catherine Dwane (Assistant Inspector).

The numbers selected are:

  • 2
  • 4
  • 14
  • 17
  • 26
  • 30
  • 32
  • 33
  • 36
  • 41
  • 43
  • 45
  • 47
  • 71
  • 74
  • 77
  • 87
  • 94
  • 104
  • 105
  • 107
  • 109
  • 117
  • 121
  • 129
  • 130
  • 139
  • 142
  • 148
  • 154
  • 161
  • 165
  • 170
  • 185
  • 194
  • 199
  • 200
  • 201

These 5 reserve numbers are:

  • 206
  • 208
  • 214
  • 218
  • 223

The Brown Tags will be issued by post today.  All anglers are asked to acknowledge receipt of their Brown Tag by email including the tag number to  2022corkleebrowntag@fisheriesireland.ie

If you entered the lottery before the close date and did not receive a number or acknowledgement, please check your spam folder in the first instance.

 

Irish Angling Update – 28th Jan 2022

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Lovely winter colours

It has been a very dry week, with some parts of the south and southwest of the country experiencing no rainfall at all. The highest amount of rain (4.77mm for the week at Knock) is just 16% of average rainfall for the time of year. Despite the lack of rain, it has still been rather dull, with sunshine well below average. But the cloud cover has kept the frost at bay, and temperatures have been a degree or two above average in most places.

Winter piking is normally synonymous with clear, crisp mornings and the crunch of boots or waders on frosty grass. We’ve had little enough of that sort of weather so far this winter, and it seems to be showing in our angling reports, as we have far fewer pike reports than usual for the time of year. Lough Muckno is a lake that is always capable of throwing up a good pike or two, and Navan based angler John Doyle has been putting in the hours on it this year and has some impressive pike to show for it. Over in Longford, angling guide Kevin Lyons took his first guided trip of the year, and all the action seemed to come early in the day as most of the pike were caught in the first 40 mins of the session. Up in Cavan, a group of German anglers staying at Carafin Lodge had some fine fishing on the sprawling Lough Oughter system. With over 100 pike recorded for the week, they win this week’s Catch of the Week.

A lovely double for a visiting angler from Germany

The winter period is also the prime time to target flatties, and plenty of our shore angling experts were out on the beaches this week armed with beads & bling, looking for a flat or two. For those who are new to the game, Chris O’Sullivan, aka Inshore Angler, has put together a nice video as he targeted flats from the beach. Over in Galway Bay, members of Galway Bay SAC were also getting in on the act with flounders and ray close in, and plenty of coalies appearing after dark. Up in Donegal, flounder and coalies were also on the menu for Killybegs Mariners SAC, but with the added bonus of some nice turbot showing up.

Nice turbot from a Donegal beach.

Some charter boats were in action during the week too, with plenty of fish coming from the Courtmacsherry area. Mark Gannon of Courtmacsherry Sea Angling was out on his first trip of the new year and had some excellent pollack fishing off the wrecks. Meanwhile, Dave Edwards of West Cork Charters took a spur of the moment run out to the deeps and was rewarded with some great ling and pollack. Over on the east coast, Wicklow Boat Charters skipper Kit Dunne sent in an end of month report as he chased, and caught, plenty of specimen spurs.

Nice pollack off the wrecks for anglers with Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre

Coarse fishing was a bit of a struggle for the Munster Coarse Anglers who ventured out at Portumna last week. Fishing was very slow, and bites were few and far between, but at least there was a decent stamp of roach present. The guys from CM Lakelands fared a bit better as they fished both Muckno and Garadice in recent weeks. Of the two, Muckno fished the better, with plenty of 5+ kilo bags.

Four nice roach for 3lb 1oz won 3rd place at Portumna

Finally, last week saw the capture of the second salmon of the season on the River Drowes. Paul Cardy was the lucky angler, and the fish weighing a respectable 7lbs was caught on a banana fly.

Paul Cardy with the 2nd Drowes salmon of 2022

And now the weather…

Today Friday will be mild and breezy with patches of light rain and drizzle in places. The wind will strengthen through the night, becoming fresh to strong. These westerly winds will bring a band of rain over the country on Saturday morning as the winds increase, sometimes reaching gale force in the north of the country. The wind will lighten on Saturday night, and Sunday will start off dry, but a front will move in from the west during the day bringing rain to many areas. The weather will remain unsettled with fresh winds, clouds and rain forecast into the early days of next week.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

Shane O’Reilly
Catch, Photo, Release

If you have an angling story to share with the Irish Angling Update, please send it to reports@fisheriesireland.ie.

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      First Session of 2022 at Melview Fishing Lodge.

      By
      Shane O'Reilly
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      Kevin Lyons from Melview Lodge reports on his first guiding trip of the year:

      James and John were up at Melview Fishing Lodge for another few days for a Pike session with host Kevin. James and John who fish both pike and coarse come to Melview Lodge several times a year were facing some very cold conditions. Not put off by this we made our way out onto the water and decided to dead bait using various baits to see what the pike preferred. We were only settled for around 20 minutes before I was into the first pike.

      Kevin starts the session off.

      It looked like it was going to be a great day due to John having another Pike only 6 minutes after Kevin and then James followed up with another 5 minutes after that, the bites dried up a little we then started to try a few other spots. We did manage a few more fish that day with 5 fish lost, the second day was pretty much the same but it was great fun and great to have the first trip of 2022. Other trips are planned over the next few weeks and we hope water temperatures improve to get some even bigger ones feeding.

      John with his first of the day.
      James follows up with his first of the day

      ALL FISH WERE RELEASED UNHARMED.

      Make a Booking

      Kevin Lyons – Melview LodgeDrumlish 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.

      Wicklow Boat Charters on the Specimen Spurs this January

      By
      Shane O'Reilly
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      Ian ó Connor brought the specimen tally back up late in January with another at 108cm.

      Wicklow Boat Charters Skipper, “Kit Dunne”, reports on a great start to 2022 with plenty of Spurdogs and Specimens. With 4 of 9 trips cancelled due to weather, we were blessed to get plenty of Specimen Spurdogs 3 of the 5 days fished. They are still very elusive, there for 2 days, then gone, then back the next day.

      With the first 2 trips cancelled, we pushed it on the following day in a fairly lumpy sea but it was worth the effort.  John Millerick’s crew produced about 30 Spurdog 12 of which were Irish Specimen size, it was a hectic few hours to say the least. Father & Son Alan & Adam bagged 4 specimens between them, while the biggest of the day was 111cm x 40 girth, estimated at 14lb.

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      Father and son, Alan and Adam and Ed 4 specimen Spurdog between them. 
      Not sure who’s Adam or Alan. 

      The following trip was an individual’s day, which ended with many smiling faces. We caught maybe 16 Spurdog with 6 of them over the 105cm long, the best fish went 112cm x 42 girth for Tom Lynch, estimated 15lb. Top class angler Dan smith bagged his 3 specimens while his buddy Ken Garry worked very hard but to no avail.

      2 days later another individual’s trip saw us disappointed. We didn’t have the pleasure of Spurdogs but a couple of nice Huss, the outcome was the same for the following day that’s Spur for you !!

      The end of the month saw the return of the Spurdogs. On the 24th another individual’s day produced more Spur and a fine Specimen for Ian O’Connor from another local mark.

      Roll on the next day….

      Ian ó Connor brought the specimen tally back up late in January with another at 108cm.

      We have a few individual seats coming up for Feb & March and a few nice days left for charters. Looking forward to the Spring season and the first trips on our new Swiftcat Catamaran.

      Go Fishing

      Angling Charters are offered on a full-day, half-day and evening trip basis and can be tailored to suit your needs. Two boats are available – Lisin and Castle Maiden. All levels of anglers are catered for. Anglers will benefit from your skipper’s angling experience and local knowledge with advice and guidance on-hand at all times.

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      Specialist Angling Charters are offered for those who wish to target specific species, specimen fish or try new angling methods.

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      Kit Dunne
      Wicklow Boat Charters

      Telephone: +353 (0)87 6832179 +353 (0)404 67031
      Email: dunnekit@gmail.com Website: www.wicklowboatcharters.ie

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