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Plenty of fish of all sizes in Clare

By
Kevin Crowley
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A fine ling for John Fox

Sean Maguire, skipper of the Lady Gwen II, has been providing some great fishing opportunities to guests lately. On Tuesday he had members of two families from Cork and Kildare, who impressed him with their angling abilities. They had numerous species, including some good ling, the best of which was 8kg, caught by John Fox.

A fine ling for John Fox
A fine pollack for this young angler
Red gurnard
A spurdog for this young angler

On Monday a group including Rob Milford went shark fishing. Rob landed his first blue two years ago, and managed his first porbeagle this time, a fine (and feisty) female over 6 feet long.

Fish on!
A fine porbeagle for Rob

Over the weekend guests also had good whitefish sport, with plenty of pollack and ling, and the spurdogs were never far away, helping themselves to baits and providing good sport themselves.

A nice pollack
Spurdog

Go Fishing

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

Great weather and fishing on the Clare Dragoon

By
Kevin Crowley
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Homeward bound after a good day on the water

It’s been a week if fairly light winds, making for great fishing conditions in west Clare. Well maybe a bit of breeze would have given a better drift for shark fishing, but there were plenty more species to be caught for skipper Luke Aston and his guests.

One group spent their last day drifting the reefs in almost flat calm conditions. Plenty of fish came to the boat with a nice mix including spurdogs, and even a fair sized cod which lucky for it got away at the surface!

A treble shot of pollack
Ling and a good size pouting
Homeward bound after a good day on the water

 

Luke also had a look for bluefin tuna but none have shown here so far. They did have a day in calm conditions surrounded by feeding minke and humpback whales, which must have been spectacular. Th fishing was pretty good too, with a mix of species, and even a first – a spurdog on a shad, and not just one, but a double hookup!

Double pollack
Double spurdog – on shads!
Another spurdog
Pollack and gurnard

In fact, spurdogs are so numerous at the moment they are being caught everywhere, even when targeting other species. Great to see them back in numbers. On another day when fishing was tough, they provided ample entertainment, with some nice pollack caught too.

Cuckoo wrasse
Pollack

And when they did go for blue shark, the breeze failed to appear – yesterday morning was flat calm, with no drift. They settled for steady whiting, gurnard and haddock from the bottom. It freshened a bit in the afternoon and they did get one blue shark. But another lovely day on the sea.

Red Gurnard
And finally, a blue shark

Go fishing…

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

Blackwater quiet but river rising following rain

By
Myles Kelly
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FOR WEEK ENDING SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2021

No change from last week. Plenty of coloured fish in the system as it is that time of the year. The weekend’s rains brought some movement of fish, especially around Mallow but the improved fishing was short lived and declined again. The rain that fell in the last few days may improve the fishing, and levels are rising today at Ballyduff.

Go fishing…

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

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

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

Some decent salmon fishing in West Cork – Ilen and Comholla

By
Myles Kelly
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FOR WEEK ENDING SUNDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2021

Ilen river – 30 Salmon, best 8lbs by a syndicate member on Prawn.

Comholla river – 14 Salmon, best 7lbs by a club angler on prawn.

1 salmon and a few juniors as mini heatwave hits Waterville

By
Myles Kelly
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Waterville, September 2021
Wild Atlantic Way. Waterville, September 2021

Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane…

3/9/2021 We start by winding yesterday’s reels in on the World-famous Butler Pool and at www.watervillegolflinks.ie and for good reason, Currane fly angler Mr. David Morrissey caught a fine 5 ½ lbs Salmon. Now we again head upstream to Lough Currane and today’s lack of action and in the words of one top Gillie and I quote No Fish No Wind No good and the picture tells today’s story.

4/9/2021 The Waterville Fishery was all quiet on all fronts this day. Wind SSE light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.

5/9/2021 Just a few boats out manipulating the Currane waters on a very overcast day with a SSE wind light, by all accounts their lines were slack.

6/9/2021 Mini heat wave hits Currane anglers this day with blazing sunshine from midmorning, followed by a light SSE wind and variable and all communications were all silent, mind you there could be some breaking news with the evening shift so watch this space.

7/9/2021 Just one boat out on this hot day as the sun blazed down on the waters of Lough Currane, the only savour was there was a nice ESE light breeze. So, you do not have to be a rocket engineer to know today’s results plus the Vodafone lines were all slack and here endeth today’s Currane notes.

Waterville, September 2021
Wild Atlantic Way. Waterville, September 2021

8/9/2021 There were four boats today and it was the Currane fly Trout anglers that were manipulating their skills and for their efforts they caught a few Juniors and bagged a few Brownies and that was their ration for the day. Wind East and veered Southeast light and variable and overcast with rain coming in tonight and the possibility of flash floods as you can see by the yellow warning for the Currane forecast

Sunset
Sunset

9/9/2021 The Waterville Fishery was all quiet on all fronts this day. Wind NW light and followed by showers.

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

Big cod, sharks, and a lot more in Galway Bay

By
Kevin Crowley
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Nice Galway Bay cod

The red tide appears to have cleared in Galway Bay, allowing shark fishing to resume again. John Fleming is a skipper with shark on his mind, and he put some guests over some fish as soon as he could. The first day back saw some small blues caught, with one big fish circling the boat but not picking up any of the baits on offer. They also had a number of baby spurdog, and other species including tub gurnard.

 

A small blue shark. They get much bigger!
It was clearly a day for baby fish, with this little spurdog among the catch.
A lovely tub gurnard for this young man.

A day later the big boys came to town, with two blues landed estimated at 70lbs and 90lbs, at the same time no less!

Blue shark of ~70lbs for David Quirke
Now that’s a workout! 90lbs blue for Brian
Double the fun!

John has also been on tour, bringing some guests to the Cliffs of Moher, with some great fishing found below. They had some lovely ballan wrasse, as well as good pollack and mackerel.

Ballan wrasse
Another good ballan

Big Cod

Kevin MacGabhann, skipper of the Maighdean Mara, has also been out targeting whitefish, with some fine fish coming aboard. Maciek had this nice ling, while Gerard had a cracking 10lbs+ cod.

A nice ling for Maciek
Gerard with a fine cod

Go fishing…

Blue Shark Angling Galway

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

 

Galway Bay Fishing

A regular Galway Bay Safari is from 9am to 6pm. The Maighdean Mara will pick up your party from the pier at Spiddal, County Galway. The boat is yours for the day, though of course skipper Kevin will advise you where the best fishing is to be found. Tackle hire is free.

Address: Galway Bay Safaris, An Boluisce, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Telephone: +353 91 553888 or +353 86 8547890
Email: kevin@galwaybayfishing.com Web: www.galwaybayfishing.com

Super Sea Angling debut for young angler Denis Foster

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Dan Foster with a fine Shannon Estuary tope

Proud dad Ray Foster reports on a recent fishing trip with his young son Denis:

Myself and my son Denis who is ten years old, left the Sixmilebridge early in the morning last weekend 3-9-21 to get to the slipway at Tarbert Island, and once in the water, we headed straight for our chosen mark near Carrig Island. We started by drifting for bait and caught a nice few mackerel, before anchoring up to fish the flood tide. It was Denis’s first sea fishing trip, but he has done a lot of pike fishing with me and has even caught a thirty-pounder from Lough Derg when he was eight years old.

Fishing was slow at first but when the fish came on it was a hectic few hours. We had a few Thornback Rays to 11lb and then Denis’s rod took off with a screaming run. He struck into the fish and after a great fight, we landed his first Tope of 25lb.

The scrap is on!
First ever tope brings a big smile.

Shortly afterwards he caught a 10lb Bullhuss that also gave him a good scrap in the strong flow.

A nice Huss to add to the mix

We had two more smaller Tope before it was time to head back to the slipway at Tarbert.

Even Dad got in on the action.

Denis says that he now prefers sea fishing to pike fishing…

Farmed salmon encountered in wild salmon river a “serious cause for concern” in Connemara

By
Sadhbh O'Neill
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Farmed salmon encountered in the Dawros River
Farmed salmon encountered in the Dawros River

Inland Fisheries Ireland, the state agency responsible for the protection and conservation of freshwater fish and habitats, is investigating farmed salmon recovered from the Connemara Fishery.

Officers from the Western River Basin District in Galway were alerted by anglers fishing for wild Atlantic salmon on the Dawros River in Letterfrack, more commonly known as the Kylemore River locally. The anglers had captured fish with poorly formed fins and other distinguishing features that are associated with farmed salmon.

Scientists from Inland Fisheries Ireland inspected various fish samples from the river and have confirmed that the fish are of ‘aquaculture origin’ and are not wild Atlantic salmon.

The discovery is a serious cause for concern for Inland Fisheries Ireland, according to its Head of Operations, Dr Greg Forde. He said: “The Dawros Rivers have been designated a special area for conservation for wild Atlantic salmon and we are seriously concerned about the impact that farmed salmon could have on this native species. For example, farmed salmon could potentially transfer disease or could interbreed with the indigenous wild salmon population of this river. Salmon spawn during the month of December and each river has a genetically unique salmon stock. Early indications are that the farmed salmon, due to their size and development, could be capable of spawning this winter and interbreeding with wild fish thereby weakening the natural genetic pool unique to the Dawros River.”

Inland Fisheries Ireland’s investigations are on-going to determine the source of the escape. The state agency has notified the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which is responsible for the issuing of aquaculture licences.

In an appeal to owners and operators of salmon fish farms around the country, Dr. Forde said: “To protect and conserve wild Atlantic salmon for both current and future generations, it is absolutely essential that all salmon aquaculture installations are completely secure and farmed fish are not allowed to escape into the wild.”

To report any sightings of escaped farmed fish, anglers and members of the public are encouraged to call Inland Fisheries Ireland’s confidential hotline number on 0818 34 74 24, which is open 24 hours a day.

Disco Team wins Lough Ree Predator Challenge

By
Myles Kelly
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Petru POP reports on this year’s Lough Ree Predator Challenge, run by the Romanian C&R Angling Association, which embraced techno scoring for this year’s event…

Waiting for the Go
Ready to go…

On the 5th of September 2021 we started to change the way Predator competitions are held in Ireland!

We chose to organise an event on Lough Ree using the Score Fishing app. We believe this is the first time it was used in Ireland and it definitely won’t be the last time. Many Thanks to Jade Watts and Jon Elkadhi for guiding us to set up a competition on beautiful Lough Ree. Thank you Jade and Jon!

The event was set up for 30 boats with 60 anglers and 24 teams finished registration.

Early in the morning on Coosan Point 48 anglers “flooded” the car park/slipway to get ready for 9 hours of fishing for all 3 Predator Species that live in Lough Ree: Pike,Perch and Trout.

At 9am sharp all boats started and scattered all over the lake, hoping to be the Winners!

The teams fished in perfect weather and perfect conditions for Predator Fishing. However, it appeared that the fish had different opinions what makes perfect.  Anglers were confronted with moody pike, shy perch and careful trout.

Still… some skilled Anglers managed to “break the code” today and caught some good fish. Some fine perch and trout were caught, and the biggest pike was 106cm and a few 90cm – 100cm fish in the mix too.

Winners
The winning team. click for all the results

Full results can be see here

https://fisheryreports.com/Competitions/2941/Stages

Many thanks to all participants to this event! Without YOU this couldn’t happen!

Well done to all Winners

Big Thank You to our Sponsors

https://li-gen.net/our-products/standard-products/

Dennett Outdoor Ltd

FOX RAGE Predator Ireland

Looking forward for Lough Ree Predator Challenge 2022

 

Results Table
Results Table

Go Fishing…

The Romanian C&R Angling Association Romanian Catch & Release Angling Association was created to bring people together and enjoy our sport. Our Goal is to protect the fish and teach all our members the importance of Catch & Release. We focus on introducing the young and old alike to coarse angling, improving coarse angling facilities, coaching & development, protecting our fish stocks and management of international and European teams representing Ireland overseas; we involve everyone regardless of background, gender, religion, age or angling ability.
The Romanian C&R Angling Association are members of the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting. www.ncffi.ie

Pat’s perseverance and park shrimp pays off on the River Boyne

By
David Byrne
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Salmon fishing on Ireland's River Boyne

We have just received some information on salmon fishing on the River Boyne over the last few weeks. Word is that there were some nice catches of salmon and grilse between Drogheda and Navan during August. Salmon to 12lbs were caught and some of the grilse landed were reported to be a very good size, around 6lbs. All legitimaite methods took fish including fly, shrimp and spinning. Angling pressure is quite low on the Boyne at the moment.

Many anglers were very happy that the floods during the period helped to spread fish right throughout the system rather than having them concentrated in a small number of locations.

I happened to run into Pat O’Toole on the Boyne last Friday when I was out and about and while we were chatting Pat hooked into a very nice salmon. The fish was played for a short period of time and expertly landed by Pat.

Landing a salmon on Ireland's River Boyne
The salmon make a last ditch attempt for freedom.

It seemed however, that the fish only realised what was happening when it was in the landing net. Making a few powerful drives to try and escape back to the river. A quick photo and the fish was released safely back to the waters of the Boyne to continue its upstream journey. The park shrimp did the business for Pat.

Releasing a salmon back to the River Boyne in Co. Meath.
Another salmon goes back afer a quick photo.

The river is low and clear at the moment and some rain would be more than welcome by everyone. Including the fish!

Go Fishing …………

Information on salmon fishing in the north-east can be found at the following link https://fishinginireland.info/salmon/east/ 

A nice 12lb salmon from the Boyne
Pat O’Tooles 12lb salmon from the Boyne
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