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Wild Atlantic Angling for bluefin tuna on the Wild Atlantic Way

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myleskelly
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Bluefin tuna
Bluefin tuna

The first bluefin tuna caught in this year’s scientific catch-tag-release fishery was taken by Michael Callaghan and crew aboard the LEAH-C at the weekend. Michael and his crew win Catch of the Week for this special catch.

Only moments later anglers on Adrian Molloy’s Deep Blue caught numbers 2 and 3 in a rare double hook up. And within half an hour Leah-C had no.4 in what must have been one of the most adrenaline packed, arm aching hour of sport in Irish angling history.

Blue fin tuna fishing
Taking a turn to play an ocean giant…

Since then anglers fishing from the authorised bluefin tuna boats have been enjoying spectacular sport and stunning scenery in Donegal Bay. Even when they’re not playing tuna they being treated to the awesome spectacle of busts and and breaks.

Thanks to Adrian for sharing these photos from the day.

Authorised blue fin tuna boats 2020

Name
Vessel name
Current Port
Adrian Molloy
Deep Blue
Killybegs, Co. Donegal
Brian McGilloway
Meridian
Killybegs Co. Donegal
Donal McMenamin
Tór Mor
Killybegs, Co. Donegal
Michael Callaghan
LEAH-C
Killybegs, Teelin, Co. Donegal
Michael McGettigan
Fiona Tee
Killybegs, Co. Donegal
Patrick O’Doherty
Bundoran Star
Bundoran Pier Co. Donegal
Daryl Ewing
Sarah Marie
Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
Declan Kilgannon
Kiwi Girl
Mullaghmore Co. Sligo
John Brittain
Bluewater
Cleggan, Co. Galway
Luke Aston
Clare Dragoon
Carrigaholt, Co. Clare
Noel Kelleher
Sailfish II
Kilrush, Co. Clare
Peter Power
Prospector
Mullaghmore Co. Sligo
Thomas McCallion
Stingray
Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
Carroll O’Donoghue
HARPY
Kinsale, Co. Cork
David Edwards
Silver Dawn
Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork
Derek Schwartau
Rebecca C
Ballycotton, Co. Cork
Séan Maxwell
Lady Louise
Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork
Tony Santry
Tigger
Marlogue, Cobh Island, Cork Harbor
Adrian Nowotynski
Chloe Jay
Union Hall, Co. Cork
Kieran Collins
RADIANCE
Baltimore, Co. Cork
Tom Collins
Loch an Iasc
Reen, Union Hall, Co. Cork

Salmon abundant on the Bandon last week, prospects are good for this week

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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River Bandon
River Bandon

W/E SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST 2020

There were over 80 fish reported last week in what must be one of the best week’s salmon fishing on the river in recent times. The quality of the fish was also very good with grilse in the 5 to 7lb bracket but also some larger salmon to 15 lb. The majority of the fish reported were on the association waters so the number overall was probably much higher. The river was high for most of the week resulting in good fly water. The river is still in good order and prospects are good for the coming week.

Lots of salmon seen in the Laune, few reports of fish caught

By
myleskelly
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Beaufort Bridge on the River Laune, Co. Kerry
Beaufort Bridge on the River Laune, Co. Kerry

Last week saw 2 salmon reported from beat 2, caught by local anglers on worm and spinner weighing 9lbs and 8lbs. Lots of fish to be seen.

Water levels on the Laune have been low, but are up considerably in the last few days. the gauge at Laune bridge is up to 1.7m from arounf 1m at the end of July.

Reports of a lot of fish on Killarney Lakes, 3 salmon caught trolling, average 9lbs.

River Lee fishing reports, salmon fishing well this past fortnight

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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River Lee
River Lee

W/E SUNDAY 26th JULY 2020

The Lee system produced decent catches for the week despite continued low water with the lower part of the river producing good results. At the Anglers Bridge, 9 grilse were caught. With a good build-up of salmon at the waterworks weir 30 salmon/grilse were taken for the week, all fish captured were mainly taken on shrimp.

W/E SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST 2020

With large congregations of salmon holding in the upper tidal stretch of the north channel during the low water conditions a welcomed flood mid-week allowed these fish to move upstream and in turn provide great sport on all stretches as the week progressed. Up to 70 salmon ranging from 3-13lb were caught on all methods including fly and spinner throughout the river in the second half of the week. Anglers reported that it has been the best run of fish in many years giving the difficult low water conditions in 2018 and 2019 seasons which were coupled with poor returns.

Exceptional run of salmon on the Ilen

By
myleskelly
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ilen in flood
Ilen in flood

W/E SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST 2020

On Monday 27th after overnight rain the river rose almost 3 feet, late in the evening as the river dropped and cleared 8 grilse ranging from 4-6lb were caught by Club anglers, mainly spinning due to the high water.

On the Tuesday and Wednesday the river was in great condition with 25 grilse in the 3-7lb range caught on fly, worm and spinner with two club anglers catching 5 grilse each on the Tuesday.

On the Thursday the river would remain mainly unfishable due to heavy rain with the river rising 5 feet.

On the Friday four club anglers had 6 salmon between them early on Friday morning before the river rose once again after early morning rain leaving it unfishable for most of the day but 3 more fish were reported caught in the late evening on spinner as the river cleared with the best being 9lb.

Over the weekend the river was in great condition with a great run of grilse. On Saturday alone 25 grilse ranging from 3-8lb were reported caught on club water with juvenile member Amy O’Brien catching 2 grilse in the 4lb range. On the Sunday 7 salmon were reported caught, the best fish just over 17lb caught by a club members fishing the middle of the river.

Hopefully with the exceptional run of fish this year we will see an improvement on the number of late (blackberry) fish returning to our rivers as these fish have for the most part being absent in recent years.

ilen in flood
Ilen in flood

Big numbers of salmon throughout the Munster Blackwater

By
myleskelly
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munster blackwater salmon
Sarah Healy poses with her salmon before the release #CPRsavesfish

W/E SUNDAY 26th JULY 2020

A great run of fish in the Blackwater throughout the catchment from bottom to top. Fish size is varied with grilse 2 to 3 kgs but some large fish also in the mix. Salmon are back as far as the Millstreet Beats and some stakeholders and anglers have said they haven’t seen as much fish in 10 years in those areas.  Trout fishing has slowed down a bit but is still ok on the main channel also and staff are meeting good numbers of anglers. The forecasted rain will shake things up to help the journey to the upper reaches once we don’t get too much of it!

munster blackwater salmon
Sarah Healy poses with here salmon before the release #CPRsavesfish

W/E SUNDAY 2nd AUGUST 2020

Salmon are reported as far back as Millstreet in great numbers and the team have reported seeing some beautiful fish on their travels throughout the District, with reports of large volumes of fish moving through all beats and a lot of angler activity. Between Fermoy and Cappoquin, the increased water- levels have hindered fishing in these areas and more unsettled weather is forecasted for the first days of August. The fishing should get interesting when it settles down then in these areas but overall an abundance of Salmon present. Trout fishing has slowed down being the only negative.

Great variety fishing reported from Killala Bay

By
Markus Muller
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Charter skipper Donal Kennedy reports from Killala Bay…

On July 22nd a party of anglers from Co. Mayo set out from Killala Harbour. The weather was nice with light westerly winds. Out over rocky ground some good catches of pollack, ling, cod, pouting, coalfish were landed. Plenty of nice mackerel were caught, too.

Nice Killala Bay pollack

On Friday 24th July another party of anglers fished onboard “Leah”. The winds were fresh south-westerly with rain promised later in the day. We drifted over sandy ground and things got interesting with some nice turbot, plaice, flounder, dabs, thornback ray, spotted ray, and blonde ray being landed. All ray were returned alive. Plenty of fine big mackerel were caught as well. All returned to harbour well pleased with the day’s fishing.

Another fine turbot

On Sunday 26th a party of anglers from Tubbercurry Co. Sligo set out from Killala. The winds were from the north-west moderate at first, to increase to fresh later in the day which restricted our area of fishing and time in certain areas. We drifted over rocky ground and things got very busy for the anglers with coalfish up to 6lbs. being caught plus some double figure pollack being caught as well. Also landed were cod, pouting and plenty of mackerel. Later, we had to move to a sheltered spot to finish out the day and the anglers were not disappointed with some more fine pollack and mackerel being landed.

Fine North Mayo ling

To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)086 8174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.

Plenty of roach on Sillan for CM Lakelands

By
myleskelly
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A good catch at Lough Sillan
A good catch at Lough Sillan

CM Lakelands report on a club match fished on Sillan on Sunday…

02/08/20: We had 19 anglers fish the club match today on Lough Sillan, caravan park.
Conditions were ideal with lots of roach and odd skimmers been caught throughout the match length

  • 1st Piotr Horbiński 10.360kg
  • 2nd Shamie Winters 9.800kg
  • 3rd Jim Mc Allister 9.780kg
  • 4th Paul Leese 9.600kg.
A good catch at Lough Sillan
A good catch at Lough Sillan

Section winners

2 to 11 Darren fairhurst 8.200kg
12 to 20 Rory O’Neil 8.020kg.

Well done to all the prize winners and everyone who took part.

Join the club…

Membership open to all is €30, €15 for OAP’s/Juniors.

To join contact Brenton Sweeney on 087 2510260 or mail [email protected]

Facebook: CM Lakelands Feeder Club

CM Lakelands Feeder Club is an affiliated club of the National Coarse fishing Federation of Ireland www.ncffi.ie. You can follow them at CM Lakelands Feeder Club

social distancing in action
Social distancing in action

Lurgan anglers find Muckno tricky as roach not biting

By
myleskelly
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Angelr with his catch of coarse fish
Philip "Jacko" Jackson was the winner on the day

Lurgan Coarse Angling Club report on their latest competition this year, fished on Lough Muckno…

02 August: Today should of been the fourth round of the Club Angler of the Year. With the league not taking place this year we decided to use the remaining dates for knock ups. We were fishing the high pegs on Concra Wood Muckno. Fishing proved to be very tricky as the roach are still not back in numbers. Most of the fish caught were perch hybrids and the odd bonus skimmer on the feeder with some anglers also getting a few on the pole late on.

Angelr with his catch of coarse fish
Philip “Jacko” Jackson was the winner on the day

At the weigh in it was very tight with Jacko coming out on top with 6.425kg followed by Kevin Norcliff in 2nd with 6.1.75kg and Johnny Mckinley in 3rd with 6.150kg, 4th Davy Hamilton 5.450kg 5th Sean Donnelly 4.350kg

Go Fishing…

Lurgan Coarse Angling Club
The club is one of the most successful in Ireland, having won all of the main team based match fishing competitions, in some cases several times, over the last decade. The club has also a long list of International Honours earned by its members.
The club is the current Drennan Superleague title holder, having won the last event in 2007.
Our objective is to promote coarse angling in the greater Lurgan and Craigavon area.

For more see: https://www.facebook.com/LurganCoarseAnglingClub/

Birds, whales and anglers meet in West Cork for the fishing

By
myleskelly
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birds and whales feeding off Courtmacsherry
Birds and whales feeding off Courtmacsherry

Tom Collins, skipper of Loch an Iasc, was out last week doing a bit of drifting on the reefs with some good cod to 7lb. They then hit a skate mark for the ebb tide resulting in this specimen of 166lb for Chris O Sullivan. Chris put together a video of his day on the water – well worth a watch…

Staying in the Union Hall area, Adrian Nowotynski from Irish Deep Sea Charters had a great day on the blues earlier this week. By the end of a busy day his anglers had 10 landed (All tagged and released) and a few lost. We’ll done to Leon for landing 3 of the biggest.

birds and whales feeding off Courtmacsherry
Birds and whales feeding off Courtmacsherry

David Edwards of the Silver Dawn out of Courtmacsherry was also getting stuck into the sharks this week. His anglers had a good day offshore today with 7 Blue Sharks and 1 Porbeagle Shark to keep them busy. But the highlight was the feeding frenzy they came across on the way back. Several hundred birds of many different species along with whales and dolphins all around the boat made for a great end to the day.

cod
Some good inshore cod earlier this week as well as plenty of pollack

Go Fishing…..

Sea Angling Charters

Operates 12 months of the year and specialise in shark fishing. With experienced skipper Tom Collins the Loch an Iasc is a modern charter company which offers a comprehensive range of services to customers and aims to cater for your every need be it Mackerel, Reef, Wreck, Specimen or Shark fishing.

Telephone: +353 (87) 2792983
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.seaanglingcharters.ie

Irish Deep Sea Charter

Jim and Adrian Nowotynski are a father and son team that skipper the Rod’n’Reel and Boy Scott out of Union Hall and Glandore Harbour.  We have excellent fishing with huge variety all within 45 minutes of leaving port – so more time fishing.
Jim: +353 (0)87 7613171 Adrian: +353 (0)86 3314224
Web: http://irishdeepseacharter.com/ and www.glandoreharbourcharters.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IrishDeepSeaCharter

West Cork Charters

West Cork Charters operates the Silver Dawn, a 41′ Rodman 1250 with twin 430 HP Engines out of Courtmacsherry. The range of fishing found within close range of Courtmacsherry is superb, with trips producing anything between 6 and 15 different species as a norm and in excess of 20 is possible if anglers are prepared to change methods and use different baits and lures throughout their trip. As a rule mackerel, pollock, cod and ling are usually encountered but several species of wrasse along with whiting, pouting, coalfish, bull huss, conger and many more are often added to the catch.
If you do choose to head offshore to sample the superb shark fishing available within 10 miles of Courtmacsherry, there is a very strong chance of encountering blue sharks and an increasing chance of bringing a porbeagle shark to the boat.

Address: The Pier, Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork.
Telephone: +353 (83) 449 1403
Email: [email protected]

Web: www.irelandseaangling.com

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