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Newbridge District Pike Anglers make up for lost time with marathon session

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Newbridge District Pike Anglers Report:
Well we finally managed to get back to what we love after nearly 4 months away from competitions so we decided to make up for lost time by fishing for 30 hrs and had 2 competitions within this 30 hrs so our 1st comp on day 1 was from 12 noon Saturday to 12 midnight and Day 2 was from midnight to 4pm Sunday making this 30hrs in total and what a great weekend it was with great banter and craic as always. We had 21 members make this trip and in total we had 154 pike caught and released over the weekend with some super bags produced by some members. I would also like to thank all members who made the trip so full results are as follows:
Day 1 results and winner of Milltown Cup is
1st Eugene Mc Cabe 8.5 hf 32.3 bag
2nd Dave Murphy 4.14hf 42.6 bag
3rd Dan O’Reilly 7.12 hf 36.3 bag
In total 68 pike caught and released over Day1
Day 2 results and winner of Gingerstown Cup
1st Ray Collopy 9.12hf 65.2 bag
2nd Kevin Foley 7.1 hf 62.2 bag
3rd David Delaney 6.4 hf 24.4 bag
In total 84 pike caught and released

Shock-Waves hit some electric Tope fishing

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Eddie Butler from the Shock-Waves small boats crew reports on a recent trip to Wexford:
The Shock-Waves crew recently took a trip to Wexford in search of Specimen Tope. Joined by Barry Murphy and Paul Twomey it was to be a Kilkenny-Waterford-Cork battle. The fishing was slow to start with a mixture of fish coming on board. After a while we anchored our mark and it was only a couple of minutes before we were into some cracking tope. The tope came hot and heavy from then on with some very lively runs and reels screeching for a frantic couple of hours. Paul had two specimen tope to the boat and there were a couple more just shy of that mark. A great day to be afloat in cracking conditions and great craic and company.
Specimen sized Tope for Paul
Nice Smooth-Hound
One for the mat
One for Eddie

Silver Dawn’s extended licence put to good use with monster ling on the wrecks

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Ling haul on Silver Sawn

Dave Edwards reports from the Silver Dawn where a great haul of big Ling wins this week’s Catch of the Week:

After the good shark fishing last week, this week we took the opportunity to make the most of some settled weather and Silver Dawn’s new 60 mile license.

With a very experienced group of anglers onboard we did an exploratory trip out to wrecks in the 40 to 50 mile range and the lads were not disappointed. Eight species from Megrim to Blue Shark along with Cod, Coalie and Haddock made for a great long day but the highlight was the number of Ling over specimen size with several over 30lb and two bigger fish lost.
Best landed was 34lb followed closely by 33lb.
It was well worth the extra time and expenditure in gaining the 60 mile licence and these lads put it to good use.

David Edwards,
West Cork Charters

Go fishing…

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: DavidEdwardsCymru@hotmail.com

Web: www.irelandseaangling.com

Pike 1 – Angler 0 ….almost!

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Garreth's near miss pike

Garreth Maher had an interesting day out piking in Lanesboro recently:

I went to Lanesboro, Longford on the Shannon for some pike fishing. I arrived, set up a couple of rods and while I was at the second rod my friend called me shouting my name and I looked around to see my rod flying into the water as a pike made off with it. About an hour later I saw him near the top of the water I cast my other line on top and managed to get my rod back and land the pike. It was quite a saga! Nice pike, weight unknown.

Garreth’s near miss pike

He wasn’t finished with that and managed another decent pike to make an eventful day even better.

Unbelievable angling in Galway Bay this week!

By
Markus Muller
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John Fleming, skipper of the Brazen Hussey 2 reports…

Unbelievable angling in Galway Bay this week!

Non-stop action on the reefs, clean ground and shark grounds! We had a session on the spurs that got out of control about 40 spurs for 3 hours at anchor including three specimens for James O’Donnel and son Matthew.

The next day we were on the reefs and mixed species fishing was very good. We had sandeels, mackerel, poor cod, pollock, coalies, pouting, grey and red gurnards and wrasse. Fantastic to see the bay so full of life!

We were then on the blue shark grounds for our first days sharking and had a fantastic start. However, first shark to the boat was a nice porbeagle of about 70-80lbs. for Mark Lydon. We had 2 small blues, then David Trill had a big run…again a porbeagle of about 90lbs. Just as we were about to call it a day we had another screaming run. Mark was up again and a good scrap was to follow and mark got his second porbeagle of the day.

All in all a fantastic week for anglers in Galway Bay!

John Fleming, skipper of the Brazen Hussey 2, can operate out of Rosaveel, 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 release safely.

For a day out with John, contact:
Tel: 087 7571320
Web: http://www.bluesharkangling.ie/
All sharks are tagged and released. For further information on IFI’s Marine Sport Fish Tagging Programme and how it contributes to  scientific knowledge of the distribution of different species please check: https://www.fisheriesireland.ie/Tagging/marine-sport-fish-tagging-programme.html

Predator Alert! Corrib Competition To Raise Funds For Galway Hospice

By
Kevin Crowley
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Aidan Traynor from the Connacht Predator Anglers was in touch with news of their upcoming competition.

The Connacht Predator Anglers are holding a multi-species predator competition on Sunday 26th July on Lough Corrib, to raise funds for Galway Hospice. Among the great prizes on offer are a day’s guided fishing on Corrib for ferox trout with Tomi Kurman, and a day’s charter boat fishing for a group with John Fleming from Blue Shark Angling Galway.

Scores will be determined by the combined length of each team’s longest pike, longest perch and longest trout. As always it is a 100% catch and release event. The competition will be fished out of Greenfields from 9am to 6pm.

€20 per boat entry will go to Galway Hospice and top predator guide Tomi Kurman has donated a day targeting ferox trout on Corrib with him, which we are raffling for just €10 a ticket with all proceeds also going to Galway Hospice. To by a ticket people can simply contact us on our facebook page or email info@connachtpredatoranglers.com

Peter fishing in Arrow picking up

By
Markus Muller
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Eleven-year-old Charlie Harte with a nice Arrow brownie

On Lough Arrow, Green Peter hatches have improved with anglers reporting more and more on the water late evening. Noel Fairbanks had two trout at 3.5 lbs and 2 lbs, while Gerry Martin had two fish averaging 2.5lbs. Eleven-year-old Charlie Harte from Highwood also scored on Arrow catching a 14inch brownie.

Plenty of fly life on the Nore

By
Markus Muller
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Dan O’Neill reports from Mount Juliet on the River Nore…

With the wind dropping back a bit and weather quite humid fly hatches were plentiful along the Nore, lots of spinners and some sedges dive-bombing to the water’s surface.

Plenty of fly life on the Nore

It’s been a busy few days on the river, plenty of trout caught mostly on dry dropper with some later in the evening on sedge patterns. Ptn took probably 75 percent of the trout I had with the remainder falling to a French nymph.

I was lucky enough to meet a gentleman named Joe Hickey and fished with him for a few hours on Monday. Joe had some lovely trout, two of which gave a great account of themselves and made us both remember why we enjoy this sport so much. It was a pleasure to watch Joe fishing and I did so for quite some time.

We are now running evening fly fishing sessions on the river comprising of a talk on different patterns, different techniques, setups, how to read the water and talks on tackle. For information on the sessions and pricing please contact me on the details below.

Dan O’Neill
Mount Juliet Estate.

Go fishing…

Mount Juliet House is set on a large estate, which offers private fishing on 2.5 miles of the middle to lower reaches of the River Nore. Mount Juliet Estate offers fishing of the highest quality, just a short stroll away from the Manor House. There is a fishing room on site in the Manor House for your convenience i.e. for storage and drying of fishing equipment. Mount Juliet Estate can also provide the necessary equipment on site if needed.

https://www.mountjuliet.ie/fishing-on-the-estate.html

For any information contact Dan,

Tel: 085 7652751

Doneill@mountjuliet.ie

 

Max is Back!!! Galway Fishing returns to the water.

By
David Byrne
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At last, after 4 months waiting and two weeks in quarantine, Galway Fishing is back in action! The last weekend was full of suprises. Firstly, I was delighted to see the seals coming back to the boat in Rossaveal looking for some fish. On Friday, I was out with a nice group of lads and they were thrilled to catch some good spurdog, weighing an average of 10 to 12 lbs. They were very close to the shore, something that I never have seen before.

Galway Fishing
Some nice fishing in Galway Bay over the weekend with Max Couque

On Saturday, I had an outing with a family group and the weather was brilliant. They were happy to watch the common dolphin following the boat on our way to the Aran Islands. The fishing was difficult in the morning and on one of the last drifts of the day, a good few pollack and coalfish were caught. We stopped on Inismain for a late lunch, and we put some nice fresh pollack on the pan, they really enjoyed it!

Finally on Sunday, John O’Leary and his nephews came fishing for the day, we had a great day, lots of pollack, three cod, the biggest 5 lb, 10 lb ling, pouting, wrasse, dogfish and mackerel. We then went to Inishmore for lunch but Joe Wattys was full and it was the only pub open on the island, so we cooked some mackerel 😋.
Looking forward to see all of you soon, it will be a short season but it is great to be back!

Max

Galway Fishing
Galway Fishing

Go Fishing……………
If you would like to join a fishing trip with Max you will find all the necessary details below

Explore the waters of Galway Bay and Aran Islands with the ‘Leaca Rua’ skippered by Max Couque who has over 20 years experience of deep sea fishing.
Fish for species such as shark, pollack, ling, ray, mackerel and much more. Stag parties or stag weekends are also welcome (subject to Covid 19 advice and restrictions). Full day and half day trips available every day all year.

Tackle hire is free.

Our self catering cottage is also available at www.galwayfishing.ie/cottage-galway.html

Address: Galway Fishing, Telephone: +353 86 323 4638
Email: max@galwayfishing.ie
Website: www.galwayfishing.ie
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GalwayFishingIreland/

Galway Fishing
An Leaca Rua

Boat: 37′ Tyrell.
Skipper: Max Couque
Licence: 572
Base: Barna/Rossaveal/Spiddal
Operational area: Galway Bay

Mariners SAC break species record!

By
Markus Muller
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Stefan Martin of Killibegs Mariners SAC reports on a new species record…

It’s a red letter day as ten anglers have finally broken the long-standing Mariners SAC record of 23  different species in one day by setting a new record of 25.

On board Michael Callaghan’s Leah C, the Mariners’ club team consisting of Mark Shovlin, Stefan Martin, Pat Cunningham, Cian Callaghan, Cormac Burke, Daragh Mc Guinness, Noel Kennedy, Gerry MC Brearty, Christopher Noctor and guest angler David Mc Cormick, worked hard all day to produce this fantastic array of species which included: thornback, blonde & spotted rays, red, grey & tub gurnards, ballan, cuckoo & goldshinney wrasse, turbot, plaice, dab, flounder, pouting, poor cod, pollock, coalfish, whiting, scad, cod, mackerel, launce, ling, dogfish and the rarely seen bluemouth.

Christopher Noctor was top individual angler on the day with an excellent 15-species total, with David McCormick on 14 and Pat Cunningham on 13. A very special word on the fourth placed angler, 6-year-old Cian Callaghan who certainly played his part on the day, catching 12 species…. remember that name – he’ll be one to watch for the future…

All in all a lovely day in good company fishing in the deep pristine waters under the stunning Sliabh Liag scenery.

Now all we have to do is beat 25 species…. 🙂

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