Letterkenny school scoops top prize in national ‘Something Fishy’ competition

By

-

November 21, 2018

Letterkenny school scoops top prize in national ‘Something Fishy’ competition

Letterkenny Educate Together National School awarded first place among 99 schools and 10 education centres across the country

Letterkenny Educate Together National School has been named winner of the national education programme, ‘Something Fishy’. The students from fifth class were presented with the ‘Something Fishy’ perpetual trophy and a monetary prize by Joe McHugh TD, Minister for Education and Skills, at the school today. During the 2017-2018 academic year, 99 national schools and 10 education centres took part in the programme, reaching approximately 3,000 students.

Pupils from Letterkenny Educate Together National School celebrating being awarded the national Something Fishy title!

The ‘Something Fishy’ education programme is an initiative of Inland Fisheries Ireland, in partnership with Blackrock Education Centre, which allows students to learn about fish and the environment in a local context. Students enjoy classroom based activities as well as practical fieldtrips with Fisheries Officers as part of the programme, which is promoted and delivered by education centres nationwide. In addition, students compile and submit projects on their learning for assessment by an independent judging panel.

Letterkenny Educate Together School received the national accolade after being commended for their project called ‘Save Our Schools (SOS)’. The project saw the class build a website aimed at engaging other children and young people to learn about fish and the importance of protecting the fisheries resource. The webpage included digital games and video content, all devised and produced by the children themselves.

The winning class from Letterkenny Educate Together National School with representatives from Inland Fisheries Ireland, Donegal Education Centre, Blackrock Education Centre and Minister Joe McHugh.

Teachers and students participating in the ‘Something Fishy’ programme explore eight different lessons on the fisheries resource, after which they receive a visit from Inland Fisheries Officers who introduce them to their local river and the fish and invertebrates who live within in. Since its inception in 2005, over 50,000 students have participated in the programme.

For more information about Something Fishy visit www.somethingfishy.ie and to view the webpage built by Letterkenny Educate Together National School’s pupils, visit https://sites.google.com/a/letterkennyetns.ie/sos/home .

Some nice skimmers for CM Lakelands at Lough Muckno

By

myleskelly

-

November 20, 2018

CM Lakelands report on the first two rounds of their Lough Muckno Winter Feeder League…

04 November: The first round of our Lough Muckno Winter Feeder League started today on Black and Yellow Islands. Of the 40 anglers who booked into the league 36 fished today, travelling from as far as Kildare and Roscommon. This makes the Lough Muckno Feeder League one of the biggest in the country.

Due to the high numbers fishing 4 sections were used. Fishing was decent with skimmers dominating most catches and there was lots of weights above 4 kg.

1st overall was Richard Pratt with an impressive 7.820kg, 2nd was Mick Carr with 5.520kg, 3rd was Brenton Sweeney with 4.825kg and 4th was Shamie Winters with 4.820kg.

Section winners were Brendan O’Brien, Steven Whyte, Darren Fairhurst and Robertas Zilaitis. Well done to all the winners.

18 November: 2nd round of the Lough Muckno Feeder League was fished today. A big crowd of 39 anglers turned up for the match. Fishing was difficult, there had been a lot of rainfall during the week and the water level of the lake jumped by 6 foot.

1st today was Irrmantas Scriupsa with an impressive 6.360kg of mainly skimmers, 2nd was Piotir Horbinski with just under 3kg, 3rd was Grzegorz Bojcewski with 2.930kg and Mick Carr and Shamie Winters were joint 4th. Section winners were Johnny McKinley, Andy Chapman, Dariusz Kobrzynski, and Robertas Zilaitis.

Next match is the 2nd of December. The top 7 will be paid out in the league overall with around €3000 in prize money to be paid to the top 7. Well done to all today’s winners.

Join the club…

Membership open to all is €30, €15 for OAP’s/Juniors.

To join contact Brenton Sweeney on 087 2510260 or mail [email protected]

Facebook: CM Lakelands Feeder Club

CM Lakelands Feeder Club is an affiliated club of the National Coarse fishing Federation of Ireland www.ncffi.ie. You can follow them at CM Lakelands Feeder Club

Tralee Bay anglers loving tough conditions and catching fish

By

myleskelly

-

November 20, 2018

Tralee Bay SAC fished through miserable conditions at Rossbeigh…

14 November: What a night on Rossbeigh… torturing windy wet and kind of miserable at times. Having said that we don’t go fishing because its easy we go because we love it and are possibly a bit nuts. A strong horrible wind in the face and a sea that didn’t read the tide book meant that things were going to be hard. Anglers on the beach all worked hard and a fish for everyone was a good result considering.

Phil was quick off the mark in the type of Conditions that he revels in. A nice bass had him moving, Finn had a double shot of a flounder and mini bass. Master angler leader James Allman hit his stride with a Bass and double flat to take a commanding lead. Josh Corbett and Phil landed cracking flounder and then josh another. Rosaleene was in the fish and fresh of the back of her victory in kilcummin was doing damage. Alison and Craig were in the fish but news was quiet from the low and high pegs. A bit of investigation revealed a surprise Leonard who it’s rumoured was ready to pack it in had clearly stood close to Phil and drained his bass calling ability. Bass after bass came in thru the surf. A right battle between Donna and Leonard up the top of the beach. Ned and Bobby Fitz were battling a dirty back wash off the boulders but catching fish. Shane Mc Mahon was also marking fish. Chris had retired to the car at this stage with a solitary flounder but not before witnessing Troy Francis lift a fine flounder up over the rocks only for it to magically blow off his line and seaward? Directly into a gale force wind….

David was heard laughing and possibly James too but karma bit them in the ass and they caught no more fish.

Darkeness fell and 8pm arrived people were glad of it. The scores on the doors were as follows

1st Leonard Foley 8 Bass
2nd Finn Healy 2 bass 6 flats
3rd Donna Murphy 3 bass 4 flats

1st junior
Bobby Fitzpatrick with 2 fish where many seniors would of blanked. Well done Bobby

Special mention to Alison who survived 2 weddings to make the fishing.

37cm was best flat – Josh Corbett

Next competition

Kerry

Our rescheduled competition will go ahead on the 24th of November at Sandy Bay 3 to 7. The awkward tide makes these times a necessity. As we know the venue can suffer from weed and is tight enough so if this Is the case we will fish Cappaclough. If Cappaclough isn’t fish able for what ever reason we will retire to the pier instead. The call for weed will be made as early as possible.

Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club
Web: www.traleebaysac.org

Join Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club

Tralee Bay SAC is a thriving community of enthusiastic anglers – young and old, experienced and newcomers – with new members joining all of the time. We have a busy schedule of shore and boat competitions and lots of social events planned throughout the year. Tralee Bay is a family friendly, welcoming club with a reputation for promoting angling and encouraging newcomers to the sport.

Joining could not be easier – simply get in touch with us via our Contact us page leave your address and we will send you out an application form. Please also let us have your email address – especially if you have any queries for us. We are especially eager to hear from junior anglers who want to take advantage of club membership. For more information on joining see here – Joining Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club.

Portumna and O’Briens Bridge for the Munster Coarse Angers league

By

myleskelly

-

November 20, 2018

Munster Coarse Anglers have fished the first two matches of their Winter League at O’Brien’s Bridge and Portumna…

12 November: A cold, wet, windy day with gin clear water and no flow were the conditions that faced the hardy group of 13 that fished the opening match of this years Munster Coarse Anglers winter league at O’Brien’s Bridge on Sunday. The one bright moment was the capture of this magnificent 4lb 6oz hybrid, by last years league winner Richard Bedford, which won the match on its own while the rest of us were left scratching for an elusive perch or a almost non existent roach. Well done also Paul 2nd and Tommy 3rd who found a small shoal of perch willing to feed for an hour or so…

Thanks to Paul and Dennis who gave up their Saturday to give me a hand at cleaning out the pegs. Also thanks to Johnathan for taking and sending me on the photo.

19 November: The mighty Shannon was in a better humour for our second match in Portumna today. The river was flowing and holding a bit of colour. There was no rain and the sun shone (at times) all though a bit of an breeze from the east kept the fleeces zip up. It was a case of going for the small fish on the inside slowly working away at a weight of sticking it out on the feeder and wait for bits for the bigger fish.

1st. Paul McCaul with an outstanding 14lb 11oz – 180 small roach caught on the inside on the whip
2nd Richard Bedford who sat it out on the feeder for 8lb.9oz
3rd. Kevin Leahy 8lb 2oz (i caught on the whip all day)
4th Bruce Pennell 7lb 14oz with a bit of both feeder and whip
3rd match 2 December venue to be decided (still not to late to join the league as the you can drop 2 results)

Kevin Leahy
Munster Coarse Angling Club

Join the Club…

Munster Coarse Angling Club are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland and are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling. www.ncffi.ie

Some nice skimmers for CM Lakelands at Lough Muckno

By

myleskelly

-

November 20, 2018