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Dungarvan boats in the thick of some top angling

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Charter boats operating out of Dungarvan have had a couple of bumper weeks with quality shark fishing and some pretty good ground and wreck fishing too. Dungarvan Offshore Charters had some great days sharking with 8 to the boat on one day, all tagged and released as part of the Marine Sportfish Tagging Programme. And the recent calm weather was perfect for targeting offshore wrecks which threw up some nice pollock and cod for the Rinnashark Sea Angling Club who ventured out for the day.

The blue skies also brought some good fishing to Dungarvan Bay Charter Boats as the warm weather seemed to encourage plenty of ling to bite.

 

Go Fishing

Dungarvan Offshore Charters

Skipper: David Hehir & Patrick Hehir
Base: Dungarvan

Operational area: Within a 30 mile radius of Dungarvan (This vessel is permitted to operate during the hours of darkness also)

Notes: We offer deep sea angling for species such as Cod, Pollack, Ling, Whiting and much more. Mackeral trips, Sightseeing, Dolphin and Whale Watching trips. You can also get the opportunity to go big with game fishing for shark. Small and large groups catered for. Rod an Tackle hire available upon request.

Address: Dungarvan Offshore Charters, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 6117658, +353 (0)87 2556634
Email: [email protected]

FB: www.facebook.com/dungarvanoffshorecharters

 

Dungarvan Bay Charter Boats

Skipper: Morris McGrath
Licence: P5 Licence
Base: Dungarvan Operational area: Down
the Coppercoast or west to Ardmore

Notes: Blue Shark Fishing can be very productive off Dungarvan and we’ve had some great successes in recent years. Rough ground drifting off Mine Head and Ardmore
Bay areas, where Cod, ling, conger, pollack, coalie, gurnard, pouting
are regular visitors to the surface.
Wreck Fishing on one of the many WW1 wrecks located within a 14mile radius
of Helvick Head, where large ling and conger are had, amongst an often
other abundance of large wreck whiting, cod and pollack.
Bass fishing has proven quite popular and productive in the Dungarvan
Bay Area in recent years and is provided for on request. Many varying
fishing techniques prove productive.
Mackerel Trips are undertaken in the summer months when the shoals are
abundant. Uptiding in Dungarvan Bay for Bass, thornback, lesser spotted
dogfish and bullhuss is also productive.

Address: Dungarvan Bay Charterboats, Western Bay, Dungarvan,
Co. Waterford.
Telephone: Morris McGrath (skipper) Mobile: 086 8177829.
International: +353-86-8177829 or Jack Keating Mobile: 087-6599634. International:
+353-58-41685

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.dungarvanbaycharterboats.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/dungarvancharterboats

Grilse and good salmon reported from the Bandon

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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Bandon River
Bandon River

The recent good fishing continued into last week on the Bandon with over 50 salmon reported on the association waters alone. Many of these were grilse but there were also some bigger fish to 12lb. The water was high and in excellent condition for fly fishing all week. The river is in good order for all methods for the week ahead.

Good progress has been made from the Bandon weir down by the contractor in reinstating the pools and this work is due to be complete by Sept 30th. This will be welcome news to anglers as this stretch from the town downstream has been off limits to angling for a few years due to the flood relief scheme and could be open to fishing by the start of next season.

Caha Project

Bandon Anglers Association reprots on a great project which the Bandon Rivers Trust is involved in on the River Caha in Dunmanway. From a salmonid perspective, it will greatly improve factors such as habitat, water quality and it will reduce siltation of spawning gravels.

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/

Kilcoleman Fishery, Enniskeane, is renowned for its hospitality. The owners David and Patricia Lamb make a particular effort to make their guests feel at home. Past visitors have described the atmosphere as ‘laid back’ and the accommodations as ‘cosy’. Kilcoleman is “fly only” throughout the entire season. However, in certain water conditions, spinning is permitted for salmon. Trout angling is “fly only” at all times.
web: http://flyfishing-ireland.com

Steady fishing for salmon anglers on the Lee

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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River Lee
River Lee

Angling on the River Lee remained steady for the week with high water producing some decent results. Most salmon were caught on club waters and at the ESB Salmon Fishery. Most of these fish were in the 5-6lb range and were taken mainly on fly, shrimp and spinner.

River Lee
River Lee

At the Waterworks Weir angling remained quiet due to many fish passing over the weir with ease due to river levels remaining high for most of the week, although 4 salmon were still reported caught, all caught on spinner.

Inniscarra

10 salmon reported for the week. 3 were caught by local anglers weighing 6lbs, 8lbs and 9lbs all on shrimp.

Two anglers from Antrim had 7 salmon between them ranging in weight from 6lbs to 9.5lbs, all caught on shrimp.  Fishing very good at present.

Go fishing…

The River Lee drains a catchment of 484 square miles of which much is taken up by two large reservoirs. Salmon Angling is confined to an 8 mile stretch from Inniscarra dam to Cork city.

Lee Salmon Anglers Club

The Lee Salmon Anglers club was established in 1967. It was formed by a group of anglers interested in protecting and promoting the sport of salmon and trout angling on the river Lee. Day tickets available: http://www.leesalmonanglers.ie/

Inniscarra Fishery

This salmon fishery is located between Cork City and the dam at Inniscarra (9 miles). The fishery is run by the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) and an ESB permit is required. There is a fair run of fish with a very good grilse run dependent on water. Permits can be purchased on site from Dan O’Riordan, ESB Inniscarra; 087-9983879.

 

West Cork round up – many small salmon rivers fishing well

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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Some great catches reported across West Cork last week. Amongst them the Comholla had 30 salmon for the week. Of the day ticket angler report, best catch was a 9lb salmon on worm.

No too far away the Ouvane reported 20 salmon while over on the Glengarriff there were 16 salmon reported, and the Mealagh had 18 salmon.

Anglers enjoy great sport on the Ilen as water levels remain steady

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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Another view of the Ilen
Another view of the Ilen

Over the course of the week the river remained at a steady height still up about 20cm above general low water conditions due to recent wet weather. This allowed fresh fish to enter the system on a daily basis, with salmon caught on fly, worm and spinner throughout the week.

On Bank Holiday Monday the 3rd, 15 salmon were report caught on River Ilen Anglers Club waters, these fish ranged between 4-10lb with 8 being fresh off the tide.

On the Tuesday and Wednesday reports were mixed with some anglers seeing many fish moving through the system, some fresh and some resident, 9 salmon were reported caught on club waters over these two days the biggest 9lb.

On the Thursday it was a mixture for anglers who ventured out with a number of anglers not seeing a fish all day whereas three other anglers between them hooked 18 grilse. All these fish were in the 3-4lb range and fresh off the tide. Of the 18 hooked only 5 were landed, all taken on spinner.

Another view of the Ilen
Another view of the Ilen

Between Friday and Sunday a few fish were reported each day, mainly grilse in the 5lb bracket. Angling effort had slowed somewhat probably due to fishing fatigue with all the recent floods but prospects are looking good for the coming week with rain forecast.

Go fishing…

The River Ilen is a medium size spate river that fishes best on a dropping flood for both salmon and sea trout. Spinning, worm and fly fishing are the methods used and allowed on club water.

The river is beautiful and a joy to fish, pools along club waters are easily accessible with seats, steps and stiles put in place for the anglers comfort. With selective tree pruning done along the river in recent years fly fishing has become a more available option especially on the lower river with numerous pools opened up to suit fly fishermen, night time fly fishing for sea trout is a pleasure with great stocks of trout entering the river from April.

Website: www.riverilenanglersclub.ie

Munster Blackwater continues to fish well

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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salmon
Look at this for a fish on Glenda Powell's water! Estimated in high teens as released. Well done to Pete Davis after 40 minutes of a hard fight to land this beautiful fresh salmon and to Liam his son for netting the fish.

Fishing continues very good on the Munster Blackwater with some lovely fish in the system. One angler caught and released a fish of about 6kgs on a fishery beat above Mallow while staff member present and trout fishing has again rallied with an improvement again this past week. Fishing is reported good in the upper reaches as far back as the Kerry boundaries. More challenging conditions still exist below Lismore due to water clarity after the relative recent rainfalls but very good news in general from the catchment.

salmon
Look at this for a fish on Glenda Powell’s water! Estimated in high teens as released. Well done to Pete Davis after 40 minutes of a hard fight to land this beautiful fresh salmon and to Liam his son for netting the fish.

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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299

Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery

Ballyduff Bridge fisheries 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:  [email protected] Mobile: +353 (0)86 2378788
Web: http://careysville.com/careysville-fishery/

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

The Munster Blackwater…

For more information about salmon fishing on the Munster Blackwater please see the following page with a list of all the fisheries

Live in Louth? Would you like to become a Freshwater Detective?

By
myleskelly
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Download a registration form from this link http://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=17268&d=64q13_PIPbyrrNQqLL8gKmFsT2QMusDAZO1WGuJQTA&s=1023&u=http%3a%2f%2flouthwatersproject%2ecom%2findex%2ephp%2fwould-you-like-to-become-a-freshwater-detective/

Are you a resident of County Louth? Would you like to: Learn about the myriad of life forms in County Louth’s unique rivers and streams Gain an IFM Certificate of Achievement! Ideal for volunteers, naturalists, anglers & all budding citizen scientists Field and on-line classroom components All field equipment supplied Professionally designed manuals for each course.

Courses cover:

  • “Reading” streams and river channels – how to become a Freshwater Detective
  • Identifying pristine rivers and streams
  • Assessing pollution / water quality – sources and remedial action
  • Barriers – the importance of river connectivity
  • River & stream conservation
  • Biosecurity & Invasive species

Funded by Louth Leader Partnership, Ken Whelan and Martin McGarrigle are delighted to announce two Small Streams Characterisation System (SSCS) Courses in North (19/20 – Sept) and South County Louth (10/11 – Oct)!
For full information on the two courses and how to register visit www.louthwatersproject.com or contact: [email protected]

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Blues are back at Wicklow

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Wicklow Boat Charters skipper Kit Dunne had some great shark fishing over the past week as blue shark and a welcome porbeagle made a return to the east coast.

First up was a group of anglers involved with Holy Mackerel fish oil products and the shark must have homed in on the slick they made as they managed 8 blues and a Porbeagle to the boat during the day.

Later in the week Kit had another group out chasing the blues and they fared almost as well with 7 blues to the boat. Top angler on the day was Tallaght angler Peter McCartin who landed 4 shark. I popped a measuring mat into Peter a few weeks ago and I’m hoping he’s getting to use it!

Peter with one of his 4 shark

Peter’s angling companion George Gaffney got in on the action too as he managed to land his first ever blue and then went and got himself a bigger one.

George with one of his brace of blues

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 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

More blue sharks for Amy’s Fishing Adventures

By
myleskelly
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Amy and shark
Amy and her dad pose with a shark #CPRsavesfish

Sidney Kennedy reports on Amy’s latest Angling Adventures…

We had good fun on Sunday blue shark fishing and there was even a surprise porbeagle shark pup.

There was 4 of us fishing myself, Amy, my son Derick and his girlfriend Stephanie. It was an early start for us and we were launched by 7.30am. We were able to catch mackerel with ease for the first time in years. So with the bait caught we headed out to the shark grounds. We had a 35 minute drive we were at the mark. It only took 20 minutes after that  for Amy to hook the first blue shark and after a 10 minute fight we had it in the boat, where it was quickly unhooked at put back unharmed.

Then we were into another one and soon after Derick landed his shark my rod went off. Just like that we had 3 sharks landed and returned unharmed.

Stephanie followed up the action with a reel melting run. She set the hook and it gave another few fast runs that seemed very fast for a blue shark and as I pulled the fish towards the surface I got a super surprise as a porbeagle was looking up at me. It was the first one the we ever landed. So, we had another 2 sharks caught and released, but as everyone of them was under 40lb I increased the size of the hooks and bait but we were still hitting pups. Overall it was a good family fun fishing day.

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Same day Pike and Coarse matches keep Tulla anglers busy

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Ian Kelsy
Ian Kelsey won at Tulla with 13lb 4 3/4 oz
Anthony from Tulla District Angling Club reports on a couple of angling competitions in Clare:
Busy day yesterday with a coarse match in Silvergrove and a pike match at the O’Donnell shore.
The coarse match was well attended with Ian Kelsey coming out on top with 13lb 4 3/4 oz
2nd Cathal Hughes with 11lb 7 3/4oz
3rd to Ray Linton with 8lbs 10 1/2 oz.
Daniel weir put up a good show for the jrs with 12oz
The next match is on August 23rd at Kilgory
The pike match was lively affair:
1st went to Lukas Suminski with 168cm
2and to Daniel Boyle with 160cm
3rd to Cameron Fu Lynch with 93 cm.
The pools.also went to Lukasz with a fish of 102cm
The next competition is on Sept 6th on Clonlea
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