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Big Bandon trout caught and released

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myleskelly
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Bandon trout of over 4lb for Evan Craig
Bandon trout of over 4lb for Evan Craig

Jason Nash from the Bandon Angling Association reports…

28/02 The Bandon really is capable if throwing up some amazing fish on an annual basis, be it specimen sized salmon or trout. Check out this fantastic trout caught by club member Dariusz Kaminski, which measured 67cm. Taking condition into consideration, this length would equate to a weight of around 7lb, making it a specimen sized trout for a river. The fish was caught on lure while fishing for salmon and was released again as is the club rule for any trout caught on any method besides fly. Well done Dariusz, that is the fish of a life time!!

Dariusz Kaminski with his 67cm trout – CPRsavesfish – Catch of the Week

Conditions at present are perfect for salmon fishing with fly or spinner. As of yet, there has been no reports of any springers caught.

WaterLevel: 0.6m Curranure
Water Temp: 11.5 degrees Celsius.

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Bandon Angling Association have set up a guiding service in conjunction with Jason Nash, Peter Aspinwall and Phil Dewey. Details of the guiding service are provided on the website and they are looking forward to making memories and enhancing people’s fishing experiences on the river Bandon. Day tickets and club membership are also available.
Web: https://bandonangling.com/

Kilcoleman Fishery, Enniskeane, is renowned for its hospitality. The owners David and Patricia Lamb make a particular effort to make their guests feel at home. Past visitors have described the atmosphere as ‘laid back’ and the accommodations as ‘cosy’. Kilcoleman is “fly only” throughout the entire season. However, in certain water conditions, spinning is permitted for salmon. Trout angling is “fly only” at all times.
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February was a good month at Delphi

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myleskelly
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David McEvoy reports on more fish from Delphi:

28 February: The fishing here at Delphi has continued to be excellent for the month of February with 13 fish landed so far, which makes it the 5thbest February of the modern era and well above our 10 year average of 3.5.

A salmon is released at Delphi – CPRsavesfish

Four fish have been landed since my last update 919/02). The first of these was a first ever salmon for Pat Grant, one of Philip McGarrity’s party. Pat, who had never fly fished before, only fished the one day and was guided by myself and is definitely one of those few people who managed to get it ( the art of fly fishing) almost immediately, especially given the conditions on the day and the fact that he was using a small double handed rod, sinking tip and copper tubes. Pat landed his fish in the Grilse Pool on a Sunrae Shadow and it weighed in at 9lbs2ozs. Many congratulations to him on this great feat. Philip and Geordy, who landed three at the same time last year, met fish but none stuck.

Monday was a beautiful day with the river running at 45, glorious spring sunshine and a max temperature that reached 17.6 degrees. Fish were obviously not in the mood but then on Tuesday, a similar day, except that incessant upstream gale had finally abated and, with the water at 33, there were three fish landed, all between 4 and 5.30pm. Shane Bisgood had a fish of 6lbs7ozs from Heneghans on a Watson. Paul Smyth who has been fishing here for thirty years landed two, one in the Whin Pool of 8lbs9ozs and the second from the Quarry of approx. 7lbs. Both were taken on Paul’s own creation that only could be described at a Shrimp Fly variant.

After some more fine settled weather the river has dropped off to 26 this morning and is being fished hard by Luke Drea and company. They are normally good for a fish or two so hopefully we might land another fish or two to finish out what has been an excellent month.

David McEvoy
Delphi Fishery

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UK Angler Nigel Barnes enjoys Long Weekend in Longford

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myleskelly
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Kevin Lyons from Melview Fishing Lodge reports on the pike fishing locally…

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First fish on the first cast for Nigel.

UK angler Nigel Barnes decided to try a spot of pike fishing just for a change. I have been friends with Nigel for many years and made him the invite after he had said that he had not fished for Pike for a long number of seasons. Nigel who is normally a coarse fisherman and just loves his fishing was off to a good start on the first day hooking and landing a Pike with his first cast that took just five minutes to take his bait.

pike
Good double for Nigel on his last day.

The weather was not always kind to but we fished on and the last day produced a nice double figure Pike for Nigel using dead bait.

Thanks for the company mate, see you in September.

ALL FISH RETURNED UNHARMED.

#CPRsavesfish

Kevin Lyons
Melview Lodge

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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.

March starts well on Currane but cold, wet and windy since

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myleskelly
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Lough Currane
A wild day on Lough Currane

Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane…

28/2/19 All the Currane anglers were all quiet on the SW front this day, after yesterdays excitement and that raps up February’s manipulations. It may have been slack in action but to be fair to the Currane Anglers the weather had a big say and dictated proceedings this Month. On an optimistic note and to all those who are pessimistic, one might think that the Currane anglers were very slack and down on last year, well we are 1 Salmon down on 2018 if my calculations are correct and if you take into account the amount of days lost due the Wild Atlantic Waves or in our case the Currane waves its not too bad and yes it always could be better, so lets stay optimistic!!

Lough Currane
A wild day on Lough Currane – similar conditions in March 2018

1/3/19 Local angler Mr. Mike Dwyer gets March off to a good start with a cracker of a 12 ½ lbs. Salmon caught on the troll and I asked Mike for all the facts of the day on his fine Salmon. Well it was like this he said, there was a nice wind from the SW and overcast and raining this morning come afternoon the wind shifted into the NW as I was going Down the North Shore and passing the Old K, I headed out towards Morgan’s Rock then the action began and the rest is history except for one thing, it was great to catch the first Currane hatchery Salmon of 2019. Weather as already stated. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 11.4 c.

2/3/19 Currane anglers were left breathless, fishless and frustrated this day as SW gales dictated today’s proceedings and going by the forecast for tomorrow it isn’t looking good. Just for the record there is a yellow warning tomorrow for Munster www.met.ie/warnings Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 8.8 mm. Maximum air temperature 11.8 c.

3/3/19 The Currane anglers were frozen out today in all departments or you could say the Wild Atlantic Salmon were put on Ice and talking of ice, the Irish Meteorological Service has  put the whole country on yellow alert ice warning until 8 AM tomorrow. Wind NNE fresh and overcast with snow showers. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 12.9 c. Maximum air temperature 11.9 c.

4/3/19 We the Currane Anglers weren’t exactly frozen out this day but sadly the wild Atlantic Salmon froze out the only boat out there manipulating there flies and lures today as a strong WSW hammered Lough Currane with heavy showers plus a mixture of hail showers. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 4.9 mm. Maximum air temperature 8.0.

5/3/19 I’ll put today’s Wild Atlantic Salmon manipulations on Lough Currane in the words of one angler and I quote, Wet and cold and nothing to show for it and the same goes for the other anglers. Wind SW then veered SE Light to fresh, nice this morning, come early afternoon the heavy rain came in. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 2.7 mm. Maximum air temperature 6 c.

That is your ration  from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts.

Vincent Appleby
www.salmonandseatrout.com

Go fishing…

Vincent Appleby

Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0)66 9475248
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

Waterville Lakes and Rivers Trust

The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, formed by concerned volunteers in 2016, is one of the new Rivers Trusts to be set up in Ireland and is currently aspiring to Charitable Status. Its remit is to protect the fresh and coastal waters of the Iveragh Peninsula.

Find out more and how you can contribute at

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

West Coast Shore League off to a great start with super fishing from Renvyle

By
Kevin Crowley
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The Western Shore League got underway last weekend in glorious conditions at Renvyle, Co. Galway on Saturday evening, with a competition hosted by Galway Bay Sea Angling Club. 28 anglers were pegged along the stony beach at the back of Renvyle House Hotel, with fishing from 6pm til 10pm on a beautiful calm and clear evening.

 

Renvyle beach as anglers prepare for the off
Renvyle beach as anglers prepare for the off

 

Fishing was good from the start, with dogfish and coalfish making an appearance to start cards filling up. More species started to come in along the beach, and it proved a very productive and varied evening, with thornback ray, bull huss, conger, whiting, rockling among others to be caught. As the tide eased fishing slowed up for a while, and I took the opportunity to lie down and look up at the millions of stars that urban dwellers simply don’t see in these days of light pollution. Enough dawdling, and it was back to fishing for the last hour and a half, although to be hnest I spent more time marking the card of John Cunningham on the peg next to me than anything else. John had a very good night, winning our zone with about 16 fish if I recall correctly. Janios Liseckis was second in the zone.

 

A nice thornback for Ryan Chambers
A nice thornback for Ryan Chambers

 

Over in Zone B, Timmy O’Sullivan took the zone win, with Sean Murray in second. It was Mayo man Shane Gilvarry, however, who took the overall prize with a fine catch of 16 fish, mainly high-scoring dogfish.

 

Shane Gilvarry accepts his first prize from GBSAC chairman Brian Reidy
Shane Gilvarry accepts his first prize from GBSAC chairman Brian Reidy

 

The junior prize was won by Oliver O’Sullivan, with Billy Gilvarry in second place. As for me, well I enjoyed looking at the stars, although I did catch a few fish too. But it was just a beautiful night to be out fishing, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who caught more stars than fish!

 

A beautiful evening for shore fishing in Connemara
A beautiful evening for shore fishing in Connemara

 

Irish Angling Update 1 March 2019

By
Kevin Crowley
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This time last year the country was “enjoying” a visitor which became known as the Beast from the East, with heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. This week, we have enjoyed possibly another symptom of Climate Breakdown, with temperatures up to 17 degrees Celsius, in winter! While the weather this week was more enjoyable than last year for most, I’m not sure which is more worrying for the future.

 

Today, 1st of March marks the official first day of spring, and fishing gets underway on more rivers. The dry weather this week gave lower water on most rivers, which suited some, and salmon were reported from Lough Currane and the Drowes, with the Moy also recording it’s first fish on Monday. It has started raining here in the West, with heavy rain and gales forecast for tomorrow, so we should see plenty of water on salmon fisheries and hopefully more fish to report next week.

 

Sea anglers took advantage of calm seas and the balmy weather this week, with Kit Dunne and a small group enjoying smashing fishing yesterday out of Wicklow, catching quite a few specimen spurdog, including our Catch of the Week for Dan Smith.

 

Catch of the Week - Dan Smith with a Specimen Spurdog of 17.4lb. 116cm long
Catch of the Week – Dan Smith with a Specimen Spurdog of 17.4lb. 116cm long

 

Anglers in Donegal also enjoyed the conditions and good shore fishing on the beaches of Donegal Bay. The first leg of the West Coast Shore League

 

A treble shot of flats that would make any competition angler happy!
A treble shot of flats that would make any competition angler happy!

 

The Western Shore League got underway last weekend in glorious conditions at Renvyle, Co. Galway on Saturday evening, where 28 anglers enjoyed excellent late winter sport, catching up to 12 different species. While I certainly enjoyed the evening session, I was given a lesson in fishing by John Cunningham on the peg next to me, who won the zone.

 

A nice thornback for Ryan Chambers
A nice thornback for Ryan Chambers in the Renvyle competition

 

That’s pretty much it, with no pike, trout or coarse reports sent in this week.

 

And now the weather…

The balmy days of the past week are already a thing of memory, as March has come in like a damp squib, bring rain to the west of Ireland this morning. Heavy rain and strong winds are forecast for tomorrow, with the following few days set to bring showery weather and moderate to fresh winds. Temperatures will fall back to more normal values, with highs of 8-10C most days. As ever, if going out on the water, check the forecast and stay safe!

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

Kevin Crowley
Catch, Photo, Release

 

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Great shore fishing in spring conditions in Donegal

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Kevin Crowley
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There were few fish of this quality feeding at the show.
There were few fish of this quality feeding at the show.

Stefan Martin poetically reports on some great shore fishing in Donegal Bay this week.

What a glorious week we had in a weather window before the wind over the weekend.. watching the boats setting out early morning into blazing red sky’s and looking forward all day to getting fishing in the evening with the rods. Some fine hauls of flounder on the beaches and a very happy angler getting his first ever sea trout on the beach well done Cormac and great to see it released back. Some quiet sessions out also but it’s always worth it just to be touring Donegal’s boreens winding through hills overlooking white sand beaches and rolling surfs and be there at the western facing headlands with the open Atlantic burning red on sundown for that hour of sunset the highlight of the day, sheer bliss…

A wonderful vista in Donegal
A wonderful vista in Donegal

 

A nice Donegal Bay flattie
A nice Donegal Bay flattie

 

A treble shot of flats that would make any competition angler happy!
A treble shot of flats that would make any competition angler happy!

 

Stefan on the flounder too
Stefan on the flounder too

 

 

 

Stefan Martin
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Specimen Spurdogs on a Cracking Day in Wicklow

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Kevin Crowley
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WICKLOW BOAT CHARTERS ON THE SPECIMEN SPURDOGS.

Skipper Kit Dunne reports on a great start to his 2019 season with a great session on the spurdogs.

With a break in the weather we set out after Spurdog on Thursday – with short notice and a working day we only had 3 anglers so I planned to fish myself. The weather was calm, with a foggy start to the day. Radar on, we watched for ships as they passed by.

Then with anchor set and baits down it wasn’t long before we had a fish, a bull huss came for Dan Smith, followed by a fine bite, a struggle, then along came a Spurdog of 17.4lb, 116cm long, which makes our Catch of the Week

 

Dan Smith with his biggest Specimen Spurdog on the day, 17.4lb. 116cm long
Catch of the Week: Dan Smith with his biggest Specimen Spurdog on the day, 17.4lb. 116cm long

 

What a start we thought, and it was only the start, it was followed by 2 specimen spurs for myself. By midday we had 11 spurdog, 3 of specimen size and a couple of huss.

 

Skipper Kit Dunne with one of his Specimen Spurdog
Skipper Kit Dunne with one of his Specimen Spurdog

 

As the tide eased even more things got better and better, Dan and I clocked up a few more specimens each, while Ken Garry and Peter McKeon made their mark with a few spurs including a specimen each.

 

One each for Specimen Hunters Dan Smith and Ken Garry, 2 fine Specimens
One each for Specimen Hunters Dan Smith and Ken Garry, 2 fine Specimens

 

Peter Mc Keon with one of his Spur, a Specimen at 13.4lb, 114cm long
Peter Mc Keon with one of his Spur, a Specimen at 13.4lb, 114cm long

 

We tallied up on the way in while we shook out our sore arms, 35+ Spurdog, 15+ Specimens and a few BullHuss, what a day !! Well worth the effort

 

The three Amigos, Peter, Dan and Ken, Quality Anglers
The three Amigos, Peter, Dan and Ken, Quality Anglers

 

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Another good week on the Drowes

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Lindsey Clarke
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RIVER DROWES – Monday 18th  to Sunday 24th January 2019.

 

Water levels on the Drowes remained good all week. On Monday the gauge at the Four Masters Bridge read 0.67m and the river dropped until the following day when decent rainfall meant the river began to rise again. By Wednesday the gauge read 0.71m when the river began to slowly drop again. By the end of Sunday the gauge read 0.63m. Conditions were mild for February and the fishery was well attended for the time of the season. There were 5 salmon caught as far as we are aware. On Friday, Ronnie Quigley recorded an 8¾lb salmon caught on a Flying ‘C’ lure from the Eel Weir. On Sunday, Andrew McDonald reported an 8½lb salmon caught from Tinker’s Hole on a spinner. The other 3 salmon we await full details on.

 

 

LOUGH MELVIN – Monday 18th  to Sunday 24th January 2019.

 

Lough Melvin has been fairly quiet since this week with just a few local boats out. There was one salmon caught and I will have the details of this later. It is traditionally a little early for trout fishing on Melvin but given the mild weather Melvin would be well worth a throw for trout. If I was not here writing this I would probably be there with Sooty Bumbles and Green Peter’s alighting on the water right about now!

 

 

 

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Slow going on Currane but a couple of Springers yesterday

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myleskelly
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Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Curran.

20/2/19 Big Flood or no flood the Currane anglers headed out in good anticipation of catching a Currane Wild Atlantic Salmon, be it on the troll or the almighty fly and I will put it as a quote from renowned local Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy, out all day, no good, but there is an old saying everything comes to those who wait! Now we head for the Salmon and Sea Trout Licence and for good reason, I hear anglers complaining of the price, well today I came across my Fathers 1966 All districts Salmon and Sea Trout Licence which cost £4 and if you relate this to today’s prices you would be surprised and hear are the calculations, £4 in 1966 at today’s value is  £73.90  and just for the record in 1966 the Irish pound was equal to the English pound!! Wind SW Fresh and overcast and wet in the afternoon. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 26. 3. Maximum air temperature 11.3c.

21/2/19 Lough Currane again was on the wild side with a strong SSE wind blowing across Lough Currane and in the words of Local Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com it was very rough out there and no good, that sums up the Currane anglers manipulations this day or you could call it all wind. Today’s weather. Wind as all ready stated and overcast and raining at times. Yesterday weather, amount of rainfall 5.2 mm. Maximum air temperature 12.7.

22/2/19 Lough Currane was at a standstill again and for good reason, there was a strong SE wind blowing and as you can imagine that put a halt to today’s proceedings. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 1.3  mm. Maximum air temperature 13.2 c.

23/2/19 Just the odd boat out today and all quiet on the SW front after yesterday’s storm. Yesterday’s  weather, amount of rainfall  3.8mm. Maximum air temperature 14.2 c.

24/2/19 Lough Currane was wild again with a strong SE wind cutting across the lake, wind or no wind it didn’t deter Local Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com  and his cleint heading out and on that note I will let Dominic tell his side of the story on today’s facts.  Out all day fly fishing but we had the wrong flies on all day, very rough southeast. Wind as already stated. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall,5.5mm. Maximum air temperature 14.0 c.

25/2/19 The Currane Anglers made their Frustrations quite clear this morning as the weather was their topic of conversation and not flies and lures as it should be and for good reason, there was a strong SE wind blowing across Lough Currane so strong in fact they called it a day within minutes of getting out of their vehicles, even though the sun was shining. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall  0.2 mm. Maximum air temperature 13. 2 c.

26/2/19 The wind may have been SE but sadly the Currane anglers didn’t have a feast as the wild Atlantic Salmon looked up at we the anglers, as if to say not today you dirty beast! Wind SE fresh and bright and sunny. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 0.0 Maximum air temperature 15.9 c

27/2/19 There was some great action for the Currane anglers today so straight to the action. In the trolling department, first to hit the Salmon headlines as we all know was Local Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and at www.fishingwithdom.com caught a fine 10 lbs. Salmon on the troll and my fish of the day goes to Cahersiveen angler Mr. Steven Donnelly and for good reason, while trolling with his good friend Mike. Steven caught his first ever Spring Salmon weighing in at 10 ½ lbs and may it be the first of many Springer’s. Wind SE  and bright and sunny. Yesterdays weather, maximum air temperature 17.2 c

That is your ration  from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts.

Vincent Appleby
www.salmonandseatrout.com

Go fishing…

Vincent Appleby

Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0)66 9475248
E-mail: [email protected]
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Waterville Lakes and Rivers Trust

The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, formed by concerned volunteers in 2016, is one of the new Rivers Trusts to be set up in Ireland and is currently aspiring to Charitable Status. Its remit is to protect the fresh and coastal waters of the Iveragh Peninsula.

Find out more and how you can contribute at

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

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