Bass guide David Norman reports on a Kayak Lure fishing trip with Cathal Reynolds…
Having delivered the kayak safety and technique briefings ashore, we started our time afloat together with some coaching on top water lure retrieves and what shortly followed was one of the most exciting episodes of the season leading to the capture and strong release of Cathal’s personal best lure caught Bass of 70cm, caught on the Zorus Patchinko surface lure.
It was a red letter day for mullet fishing fan and specimen hunter Jim Murray last week. Fishing a well-known mullet mark in West Cork, Jim landed an absolute whopper of a thick lipped mullet. Weighing 7lbs 13oz, the fish is an amazing 64% over the specimen weight of 5lbs. Those who fish for mullet will know how impressive this is. They will also know how hard-fighting mullet can be, so we bet that fish gave Jim a serious scrap! Well done Jim, top angling!
Before the weather really broke, Luke Aston had a trip inside the Shannon Estuary, where his guests had some nice fishing for tope, conger and bull huss. Luke says utit was nice to see a few female tope at this time of year, as it’s normally the smaller males earlier in the season.
With the deterioration in the weather, the Clare Dragoon is tied up in Kilrush Marina for a few days, but Luke has plans for October, with tuna and other species to be caught!
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: [email protected] Web: www.fishandstay.com
The weather has been inclement this week, with most days unsuitable for going to sea. With the boat tied up, skipper John Fleming has been looking back at the last few weeks action, and going through the photos. While shark fishing was slow in September, possibly due to the lingering algal bloom offshore, the dpecies fishing, particularly for whitefish, was “on fire”. Check out some of the photos from the last month.
John will be keeping an eye on the weather, with trips available over the next few weeks – check out the contact details below and give him a call to check availability.
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
Kevin Lyons of Melview Lodge is back once more with a pike report from Co. Longford…
Husband and wife Cedric and Frauke, Pike fly anglers from Belgium, along with Cedric’s uncle Michel were here once again for their annual fishing trip to Melview Fishing Lodge. Unable to travel last year they were looking forward to getting out on the water. The fly only couple have started their holiday well with a good number of Pike caught during the first few days. Michel is a lure angler and has also had a few good Pike to the boat.
The weather has started to change a little but the word is that there are some more nice Pike still being caught so we will catch with them and hopefully report on how their fishing holiday finished up for them.
All fish returned unharmed.
Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge
Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge
Drumlish Road,Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: [email protected] 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.
Rinnashark SAC will be holding the Martin Halley memorial open shore fishing competition this coming Sunday, October 3rd, with check in at the Saratoga Bar in Woodstown from 10.30am until 12 noon. Fishing will be from 1pm until 5pm.
For more information or for anglers interested in taking part, contact can be made through the Rinnashark SAC facebook page or alternatively by using the contact details provided on the event poster below.
Angling Charters are offered on a full-day, half-day and evening trip basis and can be tailored to suit your needs. Two boats 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.
SPECIALIST ANGLING CHARTERS
Specialist Angling Charters are offered for those who wish to target specific species, specimen fish or try new methods of angling.
ANGLING COACHING
Whether you’re a Club, Individual, School or Junior you can have an angling coaching session or programme tailored to suit your needs.
Kit Dunne
Wicklow Boat Charters
Telephone: +353 (0)87 6832179 +353 (0)404 67031
Email: [email protected] Website: www.wicklowboatcharters.ie
There were some incredible pole weights on Lough Sillan for the Cootehill Festival last week!
The scaled down version of the Cootehill Championships was run by CM Lakelands Feeder Club and anglers fished the Caravan Park and Deeps as well as fishing Monaghan venues Mullinary and White Lough at Bairds Shore. All anglers enjoyed some great pole and whip fishing with significant catches of roach and hybrids.
Congratulations to the winner Tony Hopkins who broke the 30kg barrier on Wednesday and finished the festival with 97.7kg.
Festival Winners:
The event operated safely in accordance with current times.
Killinarden Angling Initiative held their annual Mental Health and Suicide Awareness event on Oaklands Lake in New Ross last weekend. As ever, there was a super turnout for the event and the proceeds went to a very worthy cause. Patrick Buddy Ryan of the KAI reports:
So here it is, another year done and dusted with plenty of awareness and much needed funds raised for HOPE – Suicide Prevention Drop In Centre Tallaght.
Again, we cannot thank everyone enough for their very generous support and encouragement, it’s amazing to see the excitement and enjoyment at the event every year. I will list the sponsors at the bottom and will start with the results of the match.
Under 18s:
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Mark Gannon reports from Courtmacsherry…
We had a great week with even better friends from Holland and Belgium. Great to have the Continental anglers back to Courtmacsherry gives us a sense of normality returning. They started the trip with some fine ling over the wrecks.
After that they had some lovely skate, productive ground fishing and a bit more time over the wrecks. After they finished up and went home, we had a group of Irish anglers out on a great trip for sharks.
The self drives are doing well on the bass with an angler landing 8 fish while trolling in the estuary last week.
Mark Gannon
Courtmacsherry Angling
Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre is one of Irelands Premier Angling Centres based in the picturesque village of Courtmacsherry located only 30miles from Cork International Airport on the West Cork coast between the Old head of Kinsale and the Seven Heads peninsula.
Our purpose built Sea angling and selfdrive boats offer the sea angler the ultimate in safety and comfort.
Sea Angling in Courtmacsherry produces good results both for the offshore charter angler, the selfdrive angler for inshore fishing or the wreck enthusiast.
Address: Woodpoint Guest House, Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork.
Telephone: +353 (0)23 8846427 or +353 (0)86 8250905
Email: [email protected] Web: www.courtmacsherryangling.ie
