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Second six-gill this week for Clare Dragoon in Carrigaholt

Luke Aston from Carrigaholt reports:

So for the second time in a week……SixGill 🦈🦈. This time it was a father and son team in for two days and towards the end of the second day of the trip, this little beauty came along. At 10 feet and 700lbs it gave a good 40 minute fight. Well done Patrick!

Patrick and a six gill shark
Open wide….

Skipper Luke even had a chuck himself a couple of days later and managed to catch a few fish over the reefs where the fishing was good.

Even the skipper gets a go now and then

 

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: [email protected] Web: www.fishandstay.com

Super fishing onboard Sioux in Valentia

Siegy Grabher, skipper of Sioux out of Valentia Island reports on the fishing around the Skelligs and Valentia Island…

Fantastic fishing and fantastic weather the last few days around the #Skelligs!

Plenty of good sized fish are coming aboard; lots of pollack, ling, cod, coalies and wrasse. Austrian guests are catching lots of good fish; Jogi caught a big ling, Michi and Gunti are also pictured with nice cod and pollack.

Jogi with a ling
Gunti and a nice pollack
Michi and his cod

Go fishing…

Sioux

The charter boat “Sioux” is an Offshore 105 equipped with a 300 hp Ford Sabre Turbo Diesel engine. The season for most species is from April to the end of September; cod, pollock, ling, coalfish, whiting, haddock, mackerel, garfish, pouting, plaice, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, grey and red gurnard, seabass, mullet, skate, ray-thornback, conger eel, dogfish, bullhuss and blueshark (July – September)

35′ Offshore 105. 300 HP Ford
Valentia Island, Co. Kerry.
Tel: +353 66 9476420 or +353 87 6871267
Email: [email protected] Website: www.valentiafishing.com

Waterville report w/e May 21st

Vincent Appleby reports from the shores of Lough Currane:

15/5/19 I’ve had emails all day because anglers were under the impression that the Waterville Fishery was totally C&R, this is incorrect, it’s only Sea Trout that are totally C&R. Now today’s action there were only two boats out and all was quiet on the SW front. Wind SSE fresh with reasonable cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 17.6°C.

16/5/19 All quiet on the Wild Atlantic Salmon front in all departments. Wind SW light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 18.0°C.

17/5/19 There were just two boats out manipulating the calm waters of Lough Currane and going by the Currane smoke it was black in all departments. Wind light and variable with reasonable cloud cover, very humid and light rain late this afternoon. Yesterday’s weather maximum air temperature 15.1°C .

18/5/19 All quiet in the Wild Atlantic Salmon department and the same goes for the  C&R Sea Trout department which isn’t surprising because Local Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com reported that it was very cold out there in an East wind. Wind ENE light to fresh with good cloud cover.

19/5/19 Straight to the apology department and yes I failed miserably in my duties in forgetting to report yesterday, a fine catch by Dutch angler
Mr. Tony Van-vooren, firstly Tony was celebrating his 70th Birthday and his first time on Lough Currane and caught and released four fine Sea Trout and a few Brown Trout and sadly lost a Salmon while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Michael O’Sullivan of Waterville Boats and at [email protected]  by all accounts Tony was delighted with his days fishing Birthday present,  which his daughter very kindly gave him, on behalf of all the Currane anglers a very Happy belated Birthday Tony. And in Tony’s own words I’ll be back! Now today’s action and all the Salmon and C&R Sea Trout headlines come from UK angler Mr. Michael Fish. While trolling with his Gillie caught a fine 9 lbs. Salmon and finished his day with a bit of fly fishing and caught and released a fine Sea Trout in the 2 lbs. class. For the rest of the Currane Anglers it was all quiet on the SW front and talking of SW, the wind was NE light and bright and sunny all day.

20/5/19 It felt like the Lough Currane anglers were fishing on glass today and sadly all the anglers were talking about at the end of the day was reflections of what could have been. What wind was there was W bright and sunny all day.

21/5/19 Your Weather forecast is the news of the day, bright sunshine with reasonable cloud at times and a light wind from the West, so it’s no wonder that the Lough Currane Anglers were picking their brains with frustration and with the lake getting lower every day it isn’t easy. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 15.1°C.

Quiet lately but Slaney wakes up at weekend

The Slaney River Trust reports on the salmon fishing…

salmon
One of three caught by one lucky angler on Sunday

While the river was generally quiet for the last 2 weeks there was a flurry of action on several lower beats last weekend as a few pods of fish appeared with reports of 3 fish lost by one angler on Saturday. A little further upstream an angler landed 3 the next day. It seems they have now mostly run through.

Upstream has been slow but Ger Mellet got this one on the Tullow water a couple of weeks ago.
Upstream has been slow but Ger Mellet got this one on the Tullow water a couple of weeks ago.

Slaney River Trust
Web: 
www.slaneyrivertrust.ie

Go fishing…

Regulations 2019

For 2019 the river is open for catch and release only for salmon from 1 April to 31 August. The regulations are set out here. Above the railway bridge in Enniscorthy fishing is fly only with barbless singles or doubles. A maximum of 3 seatrout under 40cms may be kept in any 24 hour period. All seatrout over 40 cms must be returned. While we are allowed use barbless doubles singles are very effective if the fish is held tightly.

Make a booking

Anglers interested in obtaining fishing can enquire from the following:

  • Clohamon Fishery
    Contact David Dobbs tel 0879673111
  • Enniscorthy Anglers
    Contact Danny’s Angling and Outdoors, St Senans Rd, Enniscorthy.  Tel: 087 9005991.
  • Solsboro Fishing Association
    Contact Bernard Cash (daytime only) Tel 087 9225536 .
  • Tullow Salmon and Trout Anglers Association
    Contact Tom Dawson 087-9940877
  • Moyadie, Monfin, Glass Door and upper Ballycarney beats
    Contact Francis Fanning of Fanning Land & Property Services on 086 2650670 or 053 9422601.

More details on the Slaney River and its fishing available at www.slaneyrivertrust.ie

A few good salmon caught and released on the Blackwater

Water levels are not bad but the bright conditions have not been much help on on the Blackwater in the last week. Yesterday a cracking 8lb fish was landed at Fort William in the Abbey pool. Cyril Byrne did well  and had great sport on his fly rod. Over the weekend Alan Nolan from Cork had a beautiful salmon of about 12lb fish off the Ellis beat also on fly.

George with his salmon from the Blackwater Salmon Fishery
George with his salmon from the Blackwater Salmon Fishery

On the Blackwater Salmon Fishery another good fish was caught and released towards the end of last week and on Monday evening Pete Davis had a lovely looking fish which was also returned.

Pete Davis caught and released this salmon on May 20th
Pete Davis caught and released this salmon on May 20th

 

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


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  Conie Corcoran:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.

Tel: +353 (0)586 0146
Mobile: +353 (0)87 720 5690
Web: 
www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie


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

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

Best week on the Moy so far this season!

William Thornton reports

With angling effort on the Moy increasing, 102 salmon were reported caught last week. The best week so far this season giving a total to date of 474 fish.

On the Moy Fishery, UK angler, Rob Malcolm, had a fish of 6.5lbs. on the Ridge Pool and another one of 6.5lbs. on the Weir Pool, both on the fly. Paul McGrory, Co. Louth, also on the Ridge Pool had a fish of 4lbs. on fly, while on the Cathedral Beat, local angler, Simon Leonard, had his second fish of 7.5 lbs. on spinner.

 

Guide Paddy McDonnell with guest on the East Mayo Anglers’ water.

 

Upstream on Gannon’s Fishery, William Marshall, NI, caught a fish of 9lbs. on prawn. On the Foxford Fishery, Michael McIvor had a fish of 12lbs. also on prawn. On Cloongee, Neil Kennedy, UK, had fish of 8.75lbs. and 10lbs. on bubble and fly. Also on Cloongee, a party of French anglers with Thierry Coulm had 16 fish for the week all taken on bubble and fly. On the East Mayo Anglers’ water, Garrett McMorrow landed fish of 4lbs. and 10lbs., while Xavier Le Corre had one of 9lbs. on worm.

Good salmon fishing on Carrowmore continues despite low water elvels

The bright conditions and very low water levels didn’t make for easy fishing on Carrowmore Lake. However, anglers caught a total of 14 fish for the week. Among the successful anglers were Glen Woods, Martin McDonnell and nine year old Leo Reuland from Belmullet who caught his first ever salmon. Ewan McGregor, Scotland, had a total of three all of which were released, while local angler, John Cosgrove, had the best of the week with 11.5lbs. Most successful flies included Green Peter, Dabbler and Zulu patterns.

 

Ewan McGregor, Scotland,with one of the three salmon he released

 

Please note that Carrowmore Lake is a Brown Tag Fishery! For fishing on Carrowmore Lake contact Seamus Henry on +353 (0)97 83487 or visit www.bangorerrisangling.com

Good Mayfly and Buzzer fishing on Lough Arrow

Light south easterly winds and calm conditions persisted for most of the week on Lough Arrow and anglers reported prolific mayfly hatches during the day and good buzzer fishing in the evening.

Local angler, Simon Steel, had three trout, heaviest 2.25lbs. on Grey Wulff and Spent Gnat. Sean Corry and Pat Eyres from Clare had four fish for an evening’s fishing ranging from 2.5lbs. to 4lbs. on Spent Gnat and buzzer patterns, while local angler, Karl Jennings, caught his first trout (2bs.) of the season.  Brendan Smith boated a fine trout weighing over 5 lbs.

Brendan Smith, Sligo Anglers, with a fine 5lbs. 12oz. Lough Arrow trout

 

Fishing out of John Hargadon Boat Hire, Martin McDaid and friend from Strabane had 14 fish over two days on dry fly all returned. Local angler, Michael Gunning, had 10 fish over 4 days, heaviest at 3.6lbs. on wets and dapping, while James Nolan from Carlow caught four fish over two days, heaviest at 1.75lbs.

Killala Bay fishing well

Donal Kennedy reports                                         

On Sunday 12th May a party of anglers set out from Killala Harbour for a day’s fishing on board the charter boat Leah. Weather was fine and sea was calm . . . a near perfect day. A few miles out, the skipper drifted over some rocky ground and soon the anglers were catching a variety of different species including coalfish, cod, pollack, ling, pouting and cuckoo wrasse. Mackerel were also caught in good numbers. All returned safely to harbour well pleased with their days fishing.

On Thursday 16th May a French fishing party set out from Killala Harbour to fish Killala Bay. The group was on holidays staying in the Foxford area enjoying fishing the nearby lakes and rivers. So they decided to go for a change and fish Killala Bay for a day. Weather was very good with calm seas. The group had an enjoyable day’s fishing with some cracking pollack along with coalfish and a few mackerel. All returned to harbour well pleased with the day.

 

Happy French Anglers onboard Leah

 

To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)86 8174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.

D. Kennedy Angling is a family run Angling Charter Business operating out of Enniscrone, Co. Sligo and Killala, Co. Mayo. Trips on the MV Leah offer a fantastic fishing experience, from a full day’s shark fishing to a short mackerel fishing trip. As well as catering for the serious angler we offer a range of other services including family trips, pleasure trips and dolphin watching…

Local lads do the business with Dungarvan Offshore Charters

Dungarvan Offshore Charters report on their recent fishing trips:

Tuesday 21st May: Local crew doing the business today variety of species landed today 😀🎣🎣 cod, pollock, mackerel, coalfish, ling, grey gurnard, pouting, Ballan wrasse. Well done lads.

Nice cod in Dungarvan
Good action in the calm for Dungarvan Offshore Charters

Saturday 18th May: Another great day out lovely drift today☀️ pollock up to 6lbs 🎣🎣

Pollock and happy angler!