Enniskillen angler Tony Kersley held off strong competition from Stoke based Gary Skerritt for a return festival win in County Leitrim reports the NCFFI.
Tony with big net of fish from the Shannon
The annual points based competition was held on the prolific loughs and the River Shannon with the lively waterside town and The Bush Hotel providing the all-round experience for the visiting 40 match anglers.
1st Tony Kersley 4pts 50.680 kg
2nd Gary Skerritt 4pts 29.770 kg
3rd Andrew Lightbown 5pts 45.750 kg
4th Mick Ellyatt 6pts 50.140 kg
5th Dale Stones 6pts 35.470 kg
6th Brian Bohan 7pts 32.970 kg
7th Larry Parkes
8th Dave Rowell
9th Chris Hardman
10th Brian Madden
The festival is run by Carrick on Shannon AC, March organisers Charlotte Fearon and Sheamus Shortt.
NCFFI
Carrick on Shannon CAC are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland who are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling. www.ncffi.ie
Angling for bass has less impact on stocks than previously assumed and Catch and Release working well as a conservation tool
Following revised advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) from 1 October to 31 December 2018 anglers fishing in Ireland will be allowed to keep one bass a day.
ICES submitted revised advice for bass in the ICES divisions covering the central and southern North Sea, Irish Sea, English Channel, Bristol Channel, and Celtic Sea for 2018.
According to that advice recreational angling does not impact on bass stocks to the degree previously assumed. In addition, ICES estimated a higher survival rate from the catch-and-release practice (a 95 % survival rate compared to the previously estimated 85 %). Therefore, it is appropriate that one fish per fisherman per day may be retained in recreational fisheries that take place in October – December 2018. A minimum size limit of 42cm applies.
Bass – #CPRsavesfish
The amendment to relevant regulation is as follows:
In Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/120, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
“4. In recreational fisheries, including from shore:
(a) from 1 January 2018 to 30 September 2018, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 7a to 7k, only catch-and-release fishing for European seabass shall be allowed. During that period, it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land European seabass caught in that area;
(b) from 1 October to 31 December 2018, in ICES divisions 4b, 4c, 6a, 7a to 7k, not more than one specimen of European seabass may be retained per fisherman per day.”.
ICES areas
The strict bass management regime currently operating for Irish waters is based on a heavily controlled and restricted recreational fishery. Bass anglers have an extremely positive approach to bass conservation using ‘catch and release’ alongside good handling in order to maintain the species and their recreational activity.
Inland Fisheries Ireland would like to acknowledge the support of anglers for Inland Fisheries Ireland’s ‘Citizen Science’ Bass Conservation Programme. Anglers, through their conservation-oriented ethos, have been the key stakeholders in supporting research into bass stock status over the past five years by providing catch and fish stock data, which has underpinned provision of scientific and management advice.
Enniskillen angler Tony Kersley held off strong competition from Stoke based Gary Skerritt for a return festival win in County Leitrim reports the NCFFI.
Tony with big net of fish from the Shannon
The annual points based competition was held on the prolific loughs and the River Shannon with the lively waterside town and The Bush Hotel providing the all-round experience for the visiting 40 match anglers.
1st Tony Kersley 4pts 50.680 kg
2nd Gary Skerritt 4pts 29.770 kg
3rd Andrew Lightbown 5pts 45.750 kg
4th Mick Ellyatt 6pts 50.140 kg
5th Dale Stones 6pts 35.470 kg
6th Brian Bohan 7pts 32.970 kg
7th Larry Parkes
8th Dave Rowell
9th Chris Hardman
10th Brian Madden
The festival is run by Carrick on Shannon AC, March organisers Charlotte Fearon and Sheamus Shortt.
NCFFI
Carrick on Shannon CAC are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland who are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling. www.ncffi.ie
Last week’s storms have blown through and left behind a real Indian summer. Temperatures in the last couple of days have topped 20C, but the nights and early morning have been much cooler. The conditions seem to be suiting salmon anglers well and after a tough summer they deserve a good end to the season…
This week those rivers that had water saw a huge improvement in salmon catches. The Moy, Erriff, Bandon, Lough Currane and Munster Blackwater enjoyed some great days and a number of fine fish were caught. Individual anglers caught as many as 9 salmon in a day and there were big fish in the catches too. Catch of the Week goes to Gary Lamont who caught and released a salmon estimated to weigh 21.5lb on the Blackwater Salmon Fishery beats.
Gary releases his big salmon – estimated at 21lb #CPRsavesfish
There were good numbers of anglers out on Lough Sheelin with good catches of trout being reported. All reports, however, echoed continually with the words ‘but they were hard got’. Fishing on Lough Corrib was slow last week due to Storm Ali mid-week and rising lake levels. Sport being very mixed with action on dry olives, dry sedges, Daphnia and fry feeders. We didn’t hear much from Lough Melvin this year but it has been fishing well for sonaghan recently and there were also good reports in from stocked fisheries like Carrigavantry and Lough O’Flynn.
Eoin Rogers, U15 All Ireland Champion beat off stiff competition with an impressive display on Town Lake, Killeshandra
Coarse anglers are busy with festivals at the moment at there is a lot to report from the competition scene. Excellent bags were returned in the Arva King of Clubs and Gavin Butler took first place with 68.180kg. In the first Lanesborough Autumn Festival, Irish international Tommy Dowd came out on top with a two day total of 38lb 6oz. Darius Karaliunas and Vaidas Jagela came home in 1st place in the Irish Open Pairs Championships fished on Lough Muckno. Their 2 day total of 30.525kg was just 100g ahead of the next pair – that’s a tight finish. Recreational anglers are also getting some good fishing and Cavan CAC reports good catches on Eonish while Belgian anglers fishing in the Longford area have been getting some good tench and bream.
It’s getting to peak pike fishing now as more and more pike anglers relish the cooler conditions. Winds associated with last week’s storms impacted on a number of lake fisheries but good pike have been caught at venues like Lough Derg and up through the midlands.
Trigger Fish – an unusual species for Cork Harbour
The Cork Small Boats Festival took place over 4 days between the 15th till the 22nd. The weather wasn’t great for much of the event but the anglers stuck it out. There were 32 species caught in total and the overall winner was Skua with 24 species. In other sea angling news Donegal Bay continues to reinforce its reputation as a shore angling paradise while the productive skate fishing at Courtmacsherry also continues to impress.
And now the weather…
Friday is to be dry with long spells of sunshine in most areas, however some cloud will tend to bubble up through the afternoon, mainly in northern and eastern counties. Cool, despite the sunshine, with highs of 12 to 15C in light north-easterly or variable breezes. Over the weekend weather should be predominantly settled, but weak fronts will produce small amounts of rain and drizzle at times, mainly in the west and north. It will be cold in the early mornings and at night, especially under clear skies, so don’t forget a woolly hat.
Casting a line at the National Ploughing Championships 2018
Inland Fisheries Ireland attended the recent National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore. Hundreds of people attended the stand and received angling and environmental advice alongside general information around Ireland’s fish species and their habitats.
Inland Fisheries Ireland’s stand at the National Ploughing Championships
A new angling simulator, which allowed novice anglers to virtually try fishing from the marquee floor, made its inaugural appearance and was a hit with punters of all ages! Staff were also on hand to take the public through some of Ireland’s freshwater fish (swimming on display in cyclical aquariums) and show them some other creatures which live in the aquatic habitat via kick samples.
Cliodhna Young views some of the fish on display
Roisin Galvin takes a look at a kick sample and learns about the creatures living within our water systems
Simon and Aoife George enjoy the activities on offer
A novice angler tries out the angling simulator
The angling simulator in action
On the environmental side, Inland Fisheries Ireland offered advice and information on best practice farm management to the farming community. The team noted that there was also an increase in uptake of the leaflet ‘Fish Friendly Farming’ from the farming community and also increased engagement with farmers overall.
Publications on how to get started in angling and fish friendly farming were distributed at the Ploughing Championships
The team welcomed Minister Sean Kyne T.D. to the tent on Thursday and were delighted to take him through the fisheries activities.
Minister Sean Kyne T.D. with the team from Inland Fisheries Ireland
Ailish Keane from Inland Fisheries Ireland shows Minister Sean Kyne some of the samples on display
Michael Parry's 11.5lbs wild salmon being released, 26 September 2018. #CPRsavesfish
Osgur Grieve reports on the latest from the Erriff Fishery.
20th – 26th September.
We have had 10 salmon landed during this period. The day after storm Ali, Thursday 20th, saw the gauge reading 1.58m in the morning. The river was high but running clear after the previous couple of floods that had flushed it out. Regular visitor Archie McCauley took full advantage of his morning and released a 9lbs salmon from Poleen on Beat 4 using a Collie Dog tube. Gael Kerschbaumer fished Beat 5 that morning and released 2 grilse of 3lbs and 4lbs from Glenacally and Boat Pool using a General Practitioner. Later that day Tomas Weiss returned to the Erriff and released a 7lbs salmon from School House on Beat 3 using a Green Cascade variant.
On Friday 21st Sam Dawson released a wild grilse of 4.5lbs from the Quarry Pool on Beat 2 on a Collie Dog tube. Gael Kerschbaumer continued his successful weeks fishing releasing a 4lbs grilse from Mickey’s Run on Beat 7, using a General Practitioner.
Saturday 22nd saw the return of regular angler Neil Spellacy who fished the morning and released a 5lbs grilse from Mike’s Pools on Beat 3 using a Faughan shrimp.
On Tuesday 25th it was regular angler John Phelan’s turn who released a 3lbs grilse from the Lower Garden Pool using a small Cascade.
By the morning of Wednesday 26th the river had risen to 1.25m and was running clear. Regular visitor Michael Parry fished Beat 6 in the morning and had his personal best from the Erriff, an 11.5lbs salmon from the Colonel’s Pool using a Silver Stoat’s Tail. Later that day Lewis Matthews released a 2.5lbs grilse from the top of Doyle’s Pool using a Willie Gunn. There were also 13 sea trout returned ranging from 0.5lb – 1lb from throughout the river. For anyone wishing to have a last cast before the end of the season, you can book through the fishery office on (095) 42382 or by emailing [email protected]
Michael Parry’s 11.5lbs wild salmon being released, 26 September 2018. #CPRsavesfish
Go Fishing
The Erriff is a spate river draining beautiful mountain scenery and entering the sea at Killary Harbour, near Leenane. The river is split into 9 beats, and is flyfishing only for the most part. The river provides quality fishing for salmon and sea trout in spectacular surroundings. There is also lake fishing available on Tawnyard Lough, on one of the tributaries, providing sea trout fishing from July to September.
If you wish to book fishing please call the fishery office on (095) 42382 or email us at [email protected]
The Bandon rose by about 2ft last week and with it came a big improvement in salmon fishing. There were over 60 fish reported. Many of these were caught on fly. Although there were a couple of fresh fish the vast majority of them were coloured.
There were a few salmon from other West Cork rivers as follows:
A rise in water levels at the beginning of the week and an increase in angling effort saw 393 salmon reported caught with a large percentage released. On the Moy Fishery Freshwater beat Steven Armstrong, NI, Had a 5 lb fish on spinner. On the Coolcronan Fishery Paul Cullinane and Colin Healy from Cork had 6 fish on spinner. On the Cloongee Fishery Kenny Ferguson and Cathryne Boyes had a fish each of 10lb and & 12 lb on spinner.
East Mayo Anglers had another good week with 59 fish reported caught, 50 of which were released. Among the successful anglers were Frank Summer, UK, 4salmon to 7 lbs on fly released, Dan Gilman, USA, 4 lbs on fly, Michael Weisser Germany 5 salmon to 5 lbs on fly and all released.
Week ending Sunday 16th September 2018.
Water levels remained fairly steady during the week but angling effort was slightly down on the previous week. 204 salmon were reported caught and were spread fairly evenly across the system. Andy Wheeler from the, UK, Had his first ever salmon on the Foxford Fishery. Ken Dodd from Dublin had a 8+ lb fish on fly which he released and Guy Marister and son from France had a fish each spinning on the Cloongee Fishery. Successful anglers for the week on East Mayo Anglers Water were Matthais Engles from Germany who had a 3 lbs fish on spinner and 4 more to 12 lbs on fly. Uiki Kamizuru, Japan, had a 5 lbs fish on fly, Thomas Pleger Germany had 2 5 pounders on fly and Michael Wesser Germany had a 9 lbs salmon on fly.
How’s the river doing? Check the Ridge Pool Webcam
Dutch and Belgian anglers with their big skate #CPRsavesfish
Skipper Mark Gannon was back out after skate this week and his boat has been seeing a lot of action. Yesterday’s Mark’s anglers from Belgium and the Netherlands had a smashing day. They landed lots of good skate and the fishing was thick and fast. They had a triple hook up at one stage!
Three hooked at once and two landed..
The biggest of their fish was 166cm with a wingspan of 120cm. Not bad at all but no competition for the catches from Tuesday (25 September). Mark takes up the story…
Dutch and Belgian anglers with their big skate #CPRsavesfish214cm
The Belgian and Dutch anglers we have as our guests the past couple of weeks have had some tremendous Skate fishing and on Tuesday raised the bar, landing a female common skate of 214 cm (approximate weight 185 lbs)this is a huge Skate and comes very near to our best of the season. roll on tomorrow for more exciting fishing days
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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.
Cavan CAC report on a knock-up fished on Sunday on Lough Eonish…
23 September: Cavan Coarse Angling Clubheld a knockup match on Eonish today, and the 12 anglers who fished weren’t disappointed. There was plenty of fish showing. Most were roach up to 10 oz with the odd hybrid. There were also lots of pike enjoying themselves attacking the roach as the anglers brought them in, but it did not slow the fishing down too badly. Best method was the short whip 5 or 6 meters.
Top weight on the day was
1st Richard Pratt with 18.725kg
2nd John McVey , 17.400kg
3rd Francis McGoldrick 13.600kg
4th Nigel Holdsworth , 9.500kg Section winner
Joint 5th, Chris Allen and Stuart Lear with 9.400kg, Chris did miss two fish left in his net. Joint section winners.
7th Dessie Kellegher, 8.000kg
8th John Pollock 5.750kg
9th Roddy Parker 2.250kg
10th Chris Ward 5.200kg
11th Les Hewitt, 4.900kg
12th Paul Aiken 4.700kgDerek Gibbons
Chairman Cavan Coarse Angling Club
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If anyone would like to join the club, please contact the Chairman or Treasurer. Both email addresses and telephone numbers can be found on our club website http://cavancac.com/contact-us, as can all the match results and weights from previous years leagues.
