Home Blog Page 674

Expressions of interest now invited for Bluefin Tuna Data Collection Pilot Programme

By
myleskelly
-

Expressions of interest are now invited for Tuna CHART (CatcH and Release Tagging), a pilot Bluefin Tuna Data Collection Programme which will see 15 authorised angling vessels catch, tag and release Atlantic bluefin tuna for data collection purposes off the Irish coast.  The new programme, which is being developed by Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Marine Institute in partnership with the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, will operate on a pilot basis in 2019.

Natural History Museum
Ciaran Byrne, CEO IFI and Sean Canney TD, Minister with responsibility for inland fisheries with a bluefin tuna at the Natural History Museum

Previously, under International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) rules, Ireland could not allow targeted angling for the purpose of data collection for Bluefin tuna. The changes secured by Ireland at the ICCAT 2018 Annual Meeting will now allow limited targeting of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the purpose of collecting scientific data only by recreational anglers.

Atlantic bluefin tuna is the largest tuna. It can reach a weight of over 600 kg, a length of over three metres and live for more than thirty years. It migrates past the Irish coastline during its journey from the Mediterranean and Central Atlantic.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed TD welcomed the initiative: “I warmly welcome this new pilot programme that has been developed by the Marine Institute and Inland Fisheries Ireland.  This pilot project will build on and complement the extensive scientific work undertaken in recent years by the Marine Institute and will increase our knowledge of the behaviour and abundance of BFT in the waters off the Irish coast.”

Sean Canney TD, Minister with responsibility for inland fisheries said: “This is an opportunity for charter skippers and sea anglers to contribute to data collection and to support important research.  I want to commend IFI’s involvement in this joint programme bringing to bear their expertise in the recreational fishing sector and their long standing experience in tagging marine fish”.

Applicants to the new data collection pilot programme will be assessed on the following criteria:

  • Previous experience in undertaking collaborative research and scientific work.
  • A minimum of five years’ experience of sea angling activity in Irish waters.
  • Experience in targeting large pelagic fish.
  • Equipped to target large pelagic fish.
  • Willingness to operate under specific authorisation controls.

Authorisations will be valid from mid-August until mid-October. Skippers and trained crew who receive authorisation to participate in this pilot programme will catch, tag and release Bluefin tuna while following strict fish safety and handling procedures at all times. They will be required to attend a Training Day where guidance will be provided around fish handling, welfare, tagging and data recording. All vessels will be monitored by Fisheries Observers.

This will be a strictly controlled fishery operating on a pilot basis; both the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and Inland Fisheries Ireland will undertake inspections and patrols around the coast. Any unauthorised skippers found targeting Bluefin tuna will be prosecuted and any authorised people acting outside the conditions of the authorisation or the fisheries acts will also have the authorisation revoked and be subject to legal action. Anglers may participate in the fishery by booking places on an authorised vessel.

Interested persons who wish to apply for authorisation are invited to visit www.fisheriesireland.ie/bluefin to download an Information Guide and to submit an application.

logos

Magnificent River Trout for Swedish Angler

By
Markus Muller
-

Last week, well-travelled Swedish fly angler,  Leif Stävmo, was fishing the River Suir. Leif really knows his fishing and made the most of his time on the River Suir and its tributaries. Fishing mostly streamers he caught some of the river’s best fish and managed to impress his Irish hosts from Clonanav Fly Fishing.

Leif was so impressed with the fishing on the Suir that he wrote a super account of experience here:

A Day of Brown Trout River Fishing in Ireland

River Suir

Leif Stävmo and Kevin Shone (Guide) with a beautiful Suir trout

Last week I went for a quick, social road trip in Ireland with my son. Looking back on the days there, I am almost in shock that I haven’t visited this lovely country and its friendly people before...

Magnificent River Trout for Swedish Angler

By
Markus Muller
-

Last week, well-travelled Swedish fly angler,  Leif Stävmo, was fishing the River Suir. Leif really knows his fishing and made the most of his time on the River Suir and its tributaries. Fishing mostly streamers he caught some of the river’s best fish and managed to impress his Irish hosts from Clonanav Fly Fishing.

Leif was so impressed with the fishing on the Suir that he wrote a super account of experience here:

A Day of Brown Trout River Fishing in Ireland

River Suir

Leif Stävmo and Kevin Shone (Guide) with a beautiful Suir trout

Last week I went for a quick, social road trip in Ireland with my son. Looking back on the days there, I am almost in shock that I haven’t visited this lovely country and its friendly people before...

Irish Angling Update – 24 May 2019

By
Markus Muller
-
Playing a salmon on the Moy in bright conditions

Low water levels and bright sun made salmon fishing tough this past week. While spate rivers suffer in this weather, the bigger rivers can still provide reasonable fishing. The Moy actually saw its best week of the season so far with over 100 salmon reported. On the Blackwater the bright conditions have not been much help either. However, anglers who were persistent enough still manged to catch some nice double figure fish including a beautiful 12lbs. salmon from the Ellis Beat for Cork fly angler Alan Nolan. In contrast to Lough Currane, where things have been fairly quiet for most part of the week, Carrowmore Lake in the far north west of the country still offers reasonably good lough style fishing for spring salmon.

Happy Anglers on Sheelin

On Lough Sheelin the hatch of mayfly has been sporadic to say the least and it is reported there has been no massive hatch like last year. Odd drifts of spents are going out but not every evening and the chill in the wind has not helped matters. However, despite the tricky conditions some anglers have been rewarded with good catches of trout in the 3 to 5lbs. range. While fishing on Sheelin still seems to be on the tough side, anglers on Lough Arrow reported prolific hatches of mayflies during the day and good buzzer fishing in the evening. From the Western Lakes we have only a few reports but this will hopefully change next week. In river trout angling we have reports from the Suir and the Nore and fishing is picking up considerably as the temperatures continue to rise and hatches increase. On the River Suir, well-travelled angler, Leif Stävmo, from Sweden caught one of the largest stationary river browns he ever landed (which makes our Catch of the Week), while well-known fishing guide and fly tier Jimmy Tyrrell did well on the Nore tempting his first wild browns of the year.

Leif Stävmo’s magnificent river trout

Coarse angling has been very good this week in spite of the bright sunshine. Tench fishing has picked up in the Longford area where Elvin Garnett from Yorkshire staying at Melview Lodge had some great catches of tench and bream. Also fishing out of Melview Lodge, Dutch anglers Ronald and Bert had some cracking catches of bream during their annual fishing trip to Ireland. Competition anglers have reported good bags from several venues including the Fermanagh Classic Fishing Festival which was won by James O’Doherty from Enniskillen with an impressive weekly total of 71.87kg! Well done James! Elsewhere, Damien Maddock wins Templemore & District Anglers’ first coarse match of the year with a total of 19lbs. 10oz., while Garreth Smyth scooped first price with his bag of 19lbs. 03oz.  at Edenderry Coarse Angling Club’s second open match of the season which was fished on the Grand Canal.

Guests of Melview Lodge, Ronald and Bert are all smile with this cracking catch of bream

Pike reports continue to be scarce but visiting anglers from France and Germany reported good fishing in Co. Cavan. Fishing out of Belturbet, two French anglers enjoyed an excellent week’s pike angling on the River Erne with fifty fish caught & released. Last weekend, Newbridge & District Pike Anglers Club successfully held the 1st IFPAC All Ireland Junior Pike Championships qualifier of the season, while Lough Gowna & Upper Erne Anglers Association ran the Harry Kinkade Memorial pike competition on Lough Gowna.

Meter plus pike from the Erne!

While the bright and calm weather impacted negatively on salmon and pike fishing for most of the time, sea anglers had a great week and some fine fishing was enjoyed by local and visiting anglers alike. Skipper Luke Aston from Carrigaholt reports another Sixgill just a few days after Charlene Dillon caught and released her massive 15 feet long shark.

Another sixgill shark from Carrigaholt

This time, it was a father and son team fishing with Luke and towards the end of the second day of their trip, a 10ft Sixgill was caught after a 40min fight!  We also got great reports from Dungarvan Offshore Charters, Wicklow Boat Charters and Irish Deep Sea Charters from West Cork. Valentia based skipper, Siegy Grabher, also reports fantastic fishing from Kerry, while further north, clients of Donal Kennedy enjoyed great variety fishing in Killala Bay. There was also good shore fishing to be had last week. Anglers taking part in the West Coast Shore League recorded some excellent turbot and flounder.

Joe Chambers with a fantastic turbot
Joe Chambers with a fantastic turbot

 

And now the weather…

Saturday will be rather cloudy  with occasional sunny interludes. There will be a few patches of light rain or drizzle, mainly affecting the western half of the country. A humid day with top temperatures ranging 16 to 20 degrees in moderate southwesterly breezes.Sunday will start with rain  clearing quickly into the Irish Sea on Sunday morning to leave a bright and breezy day with sunny spells and a few passing showers. Highest temperatures of 15 to 18 degrees in moderate to fresh westerly breezes. Current indications suggest the beginning of next week will be a little more unsettled with widespread showers on Monday, some heavy and prolonged…

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

Markus Muller
Catch, Photo, Release

If you have an angling story to share with the Irish Angling Update please send it to [email protected].

Headlines

Salmon angling news

Trout fishing reports

Coarse angling reports

Sea angling news

Pike angling reports

Other news

Share this:

Successful pike competition on Lough Gowna

By
Markus Muller
-

Lough Gowna and Upper Erne Anglers Association held the Harry Kinkade Memorial pike competition on Lough Gowna recently with 12 boats taking part. Fifty-four Pike were caught on the day and the winner was David Leonard with John Boyle coming second.

Pike action on Lough Gowna
Winner David Leonard receiving the Harry Kinkade Memorial pike competition cup

Dutch anglers have great week’s fishing.

By
Markus Muller
-

Kevin Lyons reports from Melview Lodge…

Ronald and Bert are all smile with this cracking catch of bream

Ronald and friend Bert from Holland were once again over for their annual fishing trip to Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford. After arriving it was straight out to do some fishing. After the fishing session it was time for some good old fashion prebaiting, and it was worth all their efforts. The next day see some cracking catches of bream so it was decided to prebait again, and the venue produced great catches for the next few days using the same approach.

Bert with a nice catch on day three

Kevin decided it was time to rest the venue and move on, Ronald and Bert wanted to try for some tench on the last day so a different venue was prebaited with partials for them. Due to the hot bright weather on the day things didn’t go to plan, however the guys had a great week’s fishing and we hope to see them back in Ireland next year.

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

#CPRsavesfish

Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge

Make a booking

Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge
Drumlish Road,Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.melviewlodge.com

Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.

Yorkshire based angler Elvin Garnett has great week’s fishing in Longford area.

By
Markus Muller
-

Kevin Lyons reports from Melview Lodge…

Elvin with a nice catch of bream

Elvin Garnett from Yorkshire decided this year he would stay with Kevin at Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford for his annual fishing trip to Ireland, what a great week it turned out to be for him. Elvin had some great catches of bream, and for the last three days of his stay he had some great catches of Tench.

A nice catch of tench for Elvin

Elvin said it was one of the best bream sessions he had in a good few years and to round it off with a few days of good tench fishing was the icing on the cake. Kevin said, it was a great week for Elvin who put in the time and effort and reaped the rewards. Well done Elvin, hope to see you next year.

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

#CPRsavesfish

Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge

Make a booking

Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge
Drumlish Road,Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.melviewlodge.com

Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.

Some action reported from Lough Sheelin

By
David Byrne
-
John Murphy With His Double Hook Up on the Co Louth Coastline

Peter Cunningham from Boyne Valley Fishing Guides has been in contact to let us know that they have been on Lough Sheelin a few times over the last couple of weeks. They report that fishing has generally been tough over the last while but they are getting a few fish all the same.

In addition to some fish around 1.5lbs to 2lbs they have some nice well conditioned fish including a few beautiful trout which were estimated to weigh between 3lbs and 5lbs. All of fish were carefully released unharmed back to the lake.

The hatch of mayfly has been sporadic to say the least and it is reported there has been no massive hatch like last year. Odd drifts of spents are going out but not every evening and the chill in the wind has not helped matters.

If you fancy a days guided fishing with Peter Cunningham or one of his team of guides at Boyne Valley Fishing Guides he can be contacted below

To make a booking

For further information please contact

Contact: Boyne Valley Fishing Guides

Telephone: +353 86 4682516

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.boynevalleyfishingguides.com

Additional Information

Further information on guides, tackle shops, permit outlets, regulations and the fishing on Lough Sheelin can be found at the following link https://www.fishinginireland.info/trout/shannon/sheelin.htm

 

 

Trout and About with Jimmy Tyrrell on the River Nore and its Tributaries

By
David Byrne
-

This week we were in touch with well-known fishing guide and fly tier Jimmy Tyrrell from Irish Fly Craft who had his first outing on the River Nore and its tributaries last night. Water levels continue to drop and clear but according to Jimmy they are still slightly above normal for the time of year. Temperatures were good but a cool breeze deterred much in the way surface activity and Jimmy decided to fish nymphs to see if he could contact his first wild brown trout of the season on the Durrow and Cullohill Parish Anglers Association waters.

In a short session, Jimmy had some nice fish, all of which were returned quickly to the rivers. The use of single barbless hooks makes this very easy. An occasional olive and a few mayfly fluttered about in the evening sky and some sedges scurried about but there was not enough fly hatching to encourage a consistent evening rise. Only an occasional trout poked its head above the surface. As the weather, fly hatches and conditions improve the fishing is sure to get much better in the coming weeks.

Go Fishing

If you are interested in a days’ guided fly fishing on the River Nore with Jimmy Tyrell you can get in contact with him through his contact details below. Jimmy guides on many stretches of the River Nore and its tributaries. In addition to guiding services Jimmy also can provide fishing tuition and is internationally well known as a fly tier. He can produce and supply all standard fly patterns for salmon and brown trout (river and lake) and can assist anglers in developing bespoke flies to meet their requirements.

Jimmy Tyrrell, Abbeyleix, Co Laois, Ireland. Telephone: +353 (0)86 8451257  Website: http://irishflycraft.com/  E-mail: [email protected]

Additional information on fishing on the River Nore and its tributaries can be found at  https://www.fishinginireland.info/trout/south/nore.htm and http://www.durrowcullohillanglers.com/home

French anglers enjoy great pike fishing on the Erne

By
Markus Muller
-

Maura Hughes reports from Church View Guest House Belturbet…

103cm pike for French anglers

French anglers, Mr. Fay & Mr. Garmin enjoyed some excellent pike fishing in the Belturbet area. They had a total of 50 pike caught & released over 5 days on the River Erne. The biggest fish was measured 103 cm. With the help of the Chruch View Guesthouse French fishing guide the two anglers had a great week and are eager to return next year!

Happy French anglers with their Erne pike
Another pike from the Erne

 

Make a booking

Church View Guest House Accommodation, Belturbet, County Cavan
Premium Guest House in Ireland’s Lake District
www.churchviewguesthouse.ie
www.churchviewguesthouse.com

Contact Maura Hughes +353499522358

Email: [email protected]

Pre baiting available
Boats hire available
Local bait farm

Fishing guides available but must be pre booked
Rods and Reels for purchase or  hire locally.
Fishing equipment storage tackle shed & walk in cold room
Bait available 7 days a week must be pre booked.
Fishing tackle shop local.
Flexible any day arrival
Local Car Hire
Airport Transfer can be organised if necessary

1...673674675...2,000Page 674 of 2,000
Fishing in Ireland

EVEN MORE NEWS

POPULAR CATEGORY

© Inland Fisheries Ireland