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Pike to 110cm on lure and fly for Midlands anglers

By
myleskelly
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Good looking pike

Angling guide Mick Flanagan was out fishing with Gordon Davis who wanted to tick pike on the fly from his bucket list.

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Box ticked! pike on fly

I field tested a few new F.H.M.S lures and they interested quite a few pike.  Gordon had nice pike on the fly and the lures tempted the big fish to attack.

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Good looking pike

Late in the evening i got stuck into a plonker in the spills of rain. It was a really lovely pike – 23lbs 9oz and 110cm.

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A rain soaked Mick with a 110cm pike on a homemade lure

Also few perch and pike on jigs. Lot rain on camera lens, hope no water damage. F.H.M.S. lures mixture Twin Tails and Spinner Baits. Yep Flanagan Home Made Special Lures.

F.H.M.S .Flanagan home made special lures
F.H.M.S .Flanagan home made special lures

Make a booking

Midlands Angling  provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.

Telephone: +353 (0)44 9348969 or +353 (0)87 2797270
Fax: +353 (0)44 9342781
Email: mick@midlandangling.com Web: www.midlandangling.com

Shannon producing some good pike lately

By
myleskelly
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111cm pike
Norman Mulvany with his 111cm pike from the Shannon

Norman Mulvany was in touch to share a bit of news from the the world of pike fishing. Although he’s relatively new to the sport he’s already met pike to over a metre.

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Norman Mulvany with his 111cm pike from the Shannon

Last week he caught his new PB on the River Shannon. It was 111cm and 22lb 10oz. Caught on a dead bait and safely released.

Rosguill back on the fish despite late start

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Tory Haddock

Michael McVeigh reports from the Rosguill fishing out of Mulroy Bay in Donegal:

2020 starts very late………..

But, the usual suspects are all there……..

Enough Mackerel around – not as they were seven or more years ago when by July they were everywhere in huge numbers, but spent just 20 minutes or so to get enough for the day. Hit a huge shoal of Herring – only picked up a few from it but got a dozen or so Mackerel which were amongst it.

Double Dog

Tory fished as normal, except the Flatfish were still not up to standard – 2/3 years now where Flatfish, especially Turbot & Brill, have been difficult to catch at Tory. Loads of Coalies (as damn usual), Gurnard, Whiting, Haddock, Doggies as expected.

Little Cod from the Gurnard ground

Mulroy Bay, loads of Thornbacks but no Flatfish – maybe just one of those days – we’ll see………..

Mulroy Bay Thornie, caught by a guy with strange coloured hands.

Contact Rosguill

Heather & Michael McVeigh
The Fisherman’s Village Lodge
Downings
Co Donegal

https://rosguill.com/

Telephone:  +353 74 9155080    –     Mobile + 353 87 64 65 165

eMail: michael@rosguill.com

Jigging for pollack – Amy’s Fishing Adventures

By
myleskelly
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Sidney Kennedy and Amy were out again, fishing from Cork Harbour for Pollack…

We were fishing out of Cork with Glenn McCormack trying out pirks for pollack and we had some good fun. As it was Amy’s first time going for them she got some fright when the first one hit her and bent the rod, stripping line. The fish were between 3lb and 5lb  for the most part and I had one over 8lb.

A few salmon for Cork anglers fishing the Lee

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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Inniscarra Dam
Inniscarra Dam

15 salmon for the week between Kingsley Weir and Club Waters on shrimp and fly, best fish was 10lbs.

ESB Fishery, Inniscarra

5 peel and 2 salmon reported for the week ranging in weight from 3lbs to 8.5lbs all caught by local anglers – 2 peel caught on the fly and the rest on shrimp.

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.

Book a trip on the Clare Dragoon

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Doubled up
Luke Aston reports from Carrigaholt:
So we are back fishing for a few weeks now in what has been a very strange year for us. Approaching the season I was very heavily booked but covid and the travel limitations have thrown that into chaos.
So lots of cancellations therefore lots of availability and your chance to book on for a trip this year. We mostly do full day charters and there is lots of info on my website www.fishandstay.com.
I was out with a Clare group last week, mackerel where thick at the loop, of a big size and over a large area. It’s great to see lots of seabirds working when you arrive down there and we also had some Pollack and Cod under them. We targeted a reef a bit further out and that had us on some Spurdogs. Plenty of them also and some big females through them.
Earn your spurs on the Clare Dragoon

We offer all types of trips including a chance to catch Sixgills over a 1,000 lbs, Bluefin Tuna, great Tope and Blueshark fishing as well as light tackle fishing for many whitefish species.

A Clare Dragoon Bluefin
Sixgill

Luke Aston
Clare Dragoon

Go fishing…

Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine that operates 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

No fish to report from Currane, just mist and fog

By
myleskelly
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A foggy scene on Lough Currane
Lough Currane - 97% humidity

Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane…

2/7/20 I do not know about Waxing Gibbous, all I can say the Currane anglers are waxing their lines with a sinking feeling. Wind Northwest, light and overcast, humidity 84%. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 14.7 centigrade.

3/7/20 The 0872074882 mobile number was as quiet as the Currane anglers reels this day. So, the least said the soonest mended. Wind Southwest light and overcast followed by light misty rain all day, humidity 98% Yesterday weather, maximum air temperature 15.5 centigrade.

4/7/20 To all American Anglers – Happy Independence Day. On this side of the Atlantic today the electricity was off in Waterville this evening, the same goes for the Wild Atlantic Currane Salmon this day as the Currane Anglers battled a strong Southwest wind to no avail. That sums up today’s manipulations. Wind as already stated and overcast all day and followed by heavy rain at times, humidity 90%. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 15.6 centigrade.

5/7/20 All quiet on the Southwest front. Wind West Northwest fresh to strong with reasonable cloud cover, Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 16.0 Centigrade.

6/7/20 All quiet on all fronts this day. Wind light SW and veered SSW later in the day with reasonable cloud cover, humidity 83%. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 17. 6 centigrade.

A foggy scene on Lough Currane
Lough Currane – 97% humidity

7/7/20 Again it is all weather reports, so here goes, wind West light and a fog bound Currane as you can see by the photo, humidity 97%. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature of 15.9 centigrade.

8/7/20 A Big flood takes all the headlines on this foggy day, wind SW light, humidity 97%. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 15.5 centigrade.

Vincent Appleby
www.salmonandseatrout.com

Go fishing…

Vincent Appleby

Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0)66 9475248
E-mail: salmonandseatrout@eircom.net
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

Winds wreck wrecking trips in Courtmac, super skate saves the day

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Mark Gannon reports from Courtmacsherry:

A wrecking trip planned to target conger from the offshore wrecks had to be cancelled due to the strong southwesterly winds, rather than cancel they said that they’d take their chances with a trip inshore to target Common Skate.

Aidan with his skate

Aidan O’Hallrahan landed the first after a great fight lasting 45 minutes, the skate put up a super fight in shallow water diving several times.

Details: Male, length 1.70 m & wingspan 1.25 m, tagged and released.

Make a booking

Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre is one of Ireland’s Premier Angling Centres based in the picturesque village of Courtmacsherry located only 30 miles 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 self-drive 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 self-drive 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: csal@iol.ie
Web: www.courtmacsherryangling.ie

Re-Opening After Covid: Sligo Boat Charters

By
Kevin Crowley
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MV Sarah Marie

 

Sligo Boat Charters

Our next featured business is Sligo Boat Charters, a charter boat operated by Daryl Ewing in Rosses Point, Co. Sligo, which offers “the best boat charters and trips in Sligo and Donegal Bay!”. Closed for the past few months, Daryl’s main boat, the Sarah Marie, is back in the water and angling trips are well underway. Rosses Point has car parking and pontoon access to the boat, which makes for very accessible fishing. Read on about the best sea fishing in Co. Sligo…

 

The Boat

Daryl: “Sarah Marie is an Aquastar33 purpose-built charter boat, powered by a 225hp straight 6 turbo perkins engine. She is capable of cruising at 12-18 knots, and is also equipped with all the finest latest technologies. She is bigger and faster than our last boat, and licensed for up to 12 persons. On her you will be guaranteed to be spending less time steaming and more time fishing in comfort!”

 

MV Sarah Marie

Recent Fishing

 

Daryl sent in some photos from recent trips on the Sarah Marie, including specimen spurdog, fine tope and other species and says “From these, you can see we have been enjoying some great catches.  We are reopened for business and all of our details can be found on our new website www.sligoboatcharters.com
We have also been approved for the bluefin tuna tagging programme 2020 and are looking forward to a busy season ahead.”
Family Fun – Two Fine Pollack
A specimen spurdog
Tope!

Sea Trout

Daryl also says “In other news we have just started sea trout angling trips for small groups in 2020 on board our smaller licensed vessel, MV Dalemoor. These trips are 3 hours long and normally timed along with tidal activity in order to maximise catches”.
Co. Sligo has some great sea trout fishing, and we look forward to hearing more reports from this new venture.

 

 

 

Cod too

 

Matching outfits, but we prefer the colours on this cuckoo wrasse!

 

To Book

To book the best sea fishing in Co. Sligo you can get in touch with Daryl on 086 8913618 email info@sligoboatcharters.com, or check the website at www.sligoboatcharters.com,

 

Defyin’ the odds – Christopher catches and releases 11.56lb trout on Lough Ree

By
myleskelly
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Angling guide Christopher Defillon took a break from Lough Sheelin last week and tried his luck on Lough Ree for a change. The accomplished angler has featured many times in our reports over the years and he has an uncanny knack of connecting with some of the bigger fish that are swimming in our waters.

The photos and video say it all really, but for anyone interested in the stats – that trout is 76cm long and tipped Christopher’s scales at 11.56lb.

76cm trout
Lough Ree brown trout, 76cm long and over 11 and a half pounds in weight

Go fishing…

evasionpecheirlande@gmail.com
+33685964369
https://www.evasionpecheirlande.net/
https://www.facebook.com/christopher.defillon

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