The Owenea ran at low levels overall for the week but we received a decent flood on Sunday (0.28m). The gauge average for the week read 0.14 metres. The fishery was quiet with only 7 visiting rods in attendance and we have few records to date of fish caught.
Visiting French Journalist Franck Hiribarne from Voyage de Peche magazine however recorded his 1st ever Atlantic salmon caught on Sunday. This weighed around 10lb and was caught and released on a spinner from Beat 7.
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There is a definite autumnal feel in the air now, with cooler, showery conditions prevailing this week and night time temperatures taking a tumble. With the cooler weather has come some rain, which gave good water levels in some rivers, although the east coast rivers are still at a low ebb and need a lot more. Salmon angling has picked up with the change, with the Munster Blackwater producing good sport. Lough Currane showed a welcome return to form after a tough summer so far, and hopefully the last few weeks of the season will bring more good sport there. Salmon fishing in west Cork also picked up, while the Moy had a good week with over 200 fish recorded.
Trout fishing season is drawing to a close shortly also, and fishing has really improved on most trout fisheries since the weather cooled, with Corrib the pick of the big lakes performing at the moment. River fishing is also picking up, with the Suir producing some good evening on the evening hatch of olives and sedges.
Thomas Buggy, Kilkenny with his September trout
Cooler weather suits pike angling, as pike tend to sulk in the warmer summer months and are waking up now and feeding hard. Mick Flanagan reports good pike fishing on the midland lakes, and with pike anglers also waking up from their summer siestas, we expect a lot more pike angling sport, and reports, in the coming weeks.
The Shapiro family from Germany.
Coarse angling has been full speed ahead of late, with several large festivals and competitions being held around the country, and great fishing reported from many venues. The Daiwa World Pairs Championship, fished across a range of venues in Cavan and Fermanagh, provided great sport and stiff competition, eventually won by Lee Kerry and Rob Wootton with a bag of 175.96kg, including Lee’s 114.020kg catch, which won him the Daiwa Cup for best individual angler. Phil Bardell took the Arva International with a fine haul of 73.400kg, where daily weights over 20kg were common. Good fishing was also reported from Tullamore, and Portumna ahead of their upcoming festival, while a huge congratulations goes to the Garda Siochana team, who took top honours at the European Police Championships in the Netherlands.
Some good Tench for first timers Bert and Ronald.
Sea anglers have been enjoying good sport of late, with water temperatures at their best at this time of year and fish feeding hard ahead of the winter. The weather has been hampering offshore trips a bit more, but there are still plenty of blue shark being caught around the coastline. Great pollack and mixed species fishing is also reported from Cork and Galway, where skipper John Fleming had our Catch of the Week, a rare stone bass, or wreckfish.
Catch of the Week: A very happy John Fleming with his first stone bass
And now the weather…
The forecast for the week ahead is a very unsettled picture, with plenty of showers and longer spells of rain, with moderate to fresh winds at times, and a chance of very unsettled, even stormy conditions early next week. Remember to check the forecast before going fishing, and if in doubt, sit it out!
The Arva International Coarse Angling Festival took place last week with 61 anglers taking part. Sections fished included A – Hollybank, B – Gulladoo, C – Corfree, D – Kevins, E – Killykeen. Match HQ was the Breffni Arva which was central to all venues. Excellent weights were recorded during the week with some daily weights in excess of 20kg.
The following is a list of the winners:-
Phil Bardell 73.400kg
Neil Parkinson 69.775kg
Kevin Rowles 63.000kg
Simon Godfry 59.800kg
Kevin Johnson 56.920kg
Ian Bowman 56.800kg
Gowna Festiva
The Annual Gowna Festival took place during last week in August. Again excellent weights were recorded with the winning total coming in at 100.780kg R Dunne. In second place T Kersley 63.450kg and third place J Ibbotson 63.320kg. Day one saw R Dunne bagged a massive 42.150kg of fish so it was a matter of trying to catch up all week for all other anglers.
Try out fishing at the National Ploughing Championships
Inland Fisheries Ireland to attend with free fishing simulator for novice anglers
Novice anglers are invited to try their hand at fishing at the upcoming National Ploughing Championships. Inland Fisheries Ireland will attend the event, which takes place in Screggan, Tullamore from the 18th – 20th of September, with a fun fishing simulator suitable for all the family.
The simulator will be present at Inland Fisheries Ireland’s stand, which will be located within the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment’s tent at the Championships. Anyone interested in fishing is invited to come along and have a go of the pursuit. There will also be aquariums with a range of coarse and game fish species on display.
Fisheries Officers will be on hand to answer questions from members of the public around best farming practice, angling and how to take it up as a novice as well to provide information and guidance around Ireland’s fish species and the aquatic environment.
Suzanne Campion, Head of Business Development at Inland Fisheries Ireland said: “The National Ploughing Championships is a flagship event in the Irish public’s calendar and we are delighted to attend once again this year with an interactive offering for all the family. Angling is a past time which is suitable for both young and old of any ability and we hope that attendees who enjoy fishing on the marquee floor may be enticed to try it out for real on the river bank.
The participation of the public in the fisheries resource is vital in ensuring it is protected and enhanced in a sustainable manner for both the recreational and economic benefits it offers to communities nationwide. We are looking forward to sharing insights into the fisheries resource, and the indigenous fish species that live within it, with both the general public and the farming community.”
Inland Fisheries Ireland will be located in the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment’s tent. Follow Inland Fisheries Ireland’s activity at the event online at www.facebook.com/inlandfisheriesireland or @AnglingUpdate on Twitter. For more information about Inland Fisheries Ireland, visit www.fisheriesireland.ie and to find out more about the National Ploughing Championships, visit www.npa.ie .
Salmon angling on the Munster Blackwater has improved following the recent rains and although there are lots of resident fish in the system now some fresh fish have been caught and released.
Ballyduff Bridge, Blackwater Salmon Fisheries and Fort William are all reporting fish at the moment.
Reporting for Fort William Fishery, Paul Whelan tells us that the fishing has certainly picked up over the weekend with good reports in.
Alan Dempsey landed 3 fish on fly all released. Joe Hegerty landed 2 fish on fly also released. Sean Power landed and released a fish on spinner as did Mark Dempsey. Eddie O’Brien landed and released a fine fish of 7lbs off the Glenmore beat. Jeff Bennett from the US had a nice fish of 5lbs off the Bishops beat.
#CPRsavesfish salmon goes back
Paul Lawton landed a released this fish this morning (11 September) off the Castle beat. Fish was in a bit of a hurry to get back! Paul finished his day with 3 fish 4 to 5lbs all returned, and his friend had 1 4lb returned as well.
Well done to all!
Go Fishing…
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.ieEmail: [email protected] Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299
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.
The English pair weighed a total of 175.960kg, which included Lee’s 114.020kg Daiwa Cup individual best.
Drawn in county section Cavan 4 on the last day, Lee posted a lake-topping 16.440kg at Brackley, and Rob backed it up with a lake second 8.220kg from Bunerky. The combined total was just enough to see off a strong fightback from Steve & Phil Ringer on county section Leitrim 5, from where they posted 29.500kg, to finish on 171.280kg.
2017 World Pairs winners Rod Scott & Michael Buchwalder held on to third place on 159.560kg.
The World Pairs is a week long match fished from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th September 2018 at venues in Canan and Fermanagh.
Stefan Martin from Killybegs Mariners SAC reports on the fishing around Donegal Bay…
38cm turbot for Johnny
12 September: A maiden voyage on club member Pete’s new raider 18 provided great sport over the banks with Pete catching and releasing his first ever Blonde Ray which was a lovely catch and Johnny had a fine Turbot of 38cm among numerous other flatties and rays.
Blonde Ray for Pete
On the way ashore they switched over to the squid hooks and quickly picked up a few squid for evening tea. A very enjoyable trip and quite a few “small boats” appearing at the marina now and maybe a few small boats species comps in the pipeline on the bay ahead.
08 September: Last of the summer league club outings took place last night in lovely conditions and with the evenings drawing in now giving more darkness and cover for the fish. Some lovely flounder to 35cm on the ebb tide and a hard fighting pollack of 48cm before the dogs came on the prowl towards the end of the comp.
Stefan Martin with a double flounder 35cm and 29cm
13 anglers fished on the night with longest fish prize of €39 going to Christopher Noctor and 2nd place points prize of €39 going to Stefan Martin and 1st place points prize of €78 also going to Chrostopher Noctor and €39 to the club for the trip away. So that’s the summer league over a huge well done to overall winner who fished great all summer John Cunningham congrats and also well done to everyone who took part along the way enjoying the fishing. and huge thanks to the club sponsors Mooney Boats in Killybegs and Land and Sea Sports in Bundoran for prizes and support.. next up will be the winter league of 12 outings starting in the next few weeks.
Winter League
The new season starts now, first winter league outing will take place this Friday evening 14th September on Narin strand far side of the island from the car park 19.30pm – 23.30pm. Everybody welcome to come along and enjoy fishing with a gang over the next few months
Mariners sea angling club Killybegs Co Donegal. The club runs a shore league and boat comps and angling trips around Ireland doing the sport we love. Get in touch at www.facebook.com/mariner.sac
Belturbet Angling & Conservation Club report on a good weeks festival angling in Irelands Hidden Heartlands. The competition, the second of the year held by the club saw 40 anglers including those from England and the Netherlands compete on five selected County Cavan venues of Town Lake-Killeshandra, Derreskit, Eoinish Shore – Lough Oughter, Lower Derries and Tullyguide.
Irish angling expert Enniskillen based Tony Kersley took first place with 67.690kgs.
Results
1st Tony Kersley – 67.690kgs
2nd William Van Helm- 59.940kg
3rd Keith Murphy- 58.060kg
Anglers enjoyed the good fishing and variety of venues along with the local hospitality of Belturbet and the Castle Sports Bar. The club would like to acknowledge the help of all organisers, supporters and local landowners.
NCFFI
Belturbet CAA 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
The Lene trout are really surface feeding, and some cracking brown and rainbow trout are being caught. Pat Brown from Delvin who is Lene Competition captain had some super rainbows, on dry fly, as did our old pal Owen McEnteggart.
Owen McEnteggart
Owen ties his own flies, and had a few emergers working well, that caught lovely brown trout best weighing 2lbs 9oz. Val Wynn his angling pal boated a rainbow stuffed with small green snails, no bigger than the head of a match. This time of year these small snails are just below the water surface, and the trout really feed on the snails.
Midlands Angling provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few. Michael Flanagan Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Last week we featured a picture of Danil Shapiro wit ha beautiful Derravaragh perch. The Shapiro family Vladimer, Danil and his sister Nina had a fantastic few hours fishing in Westmeath, and are holidaying across Ireland. They are from Hoffenheim in Germany and dad Vladimer was impressed with the lakes and rivers he checked out in Westmeath. I would not be surprised if you see Vladimer and a few angling mates back over in the capital of the Midlands come 2019.
Percy the Perch
I had a bit of fun last weekend testing the range of Westin Lures available in Brian Conlons Angling Center Wild Total Outdoors. They really have some catchy names such as Mike The Pike, Tommy The Trout and Percy The Perch, plus some of the Shads are very realistic, and have fantastic action.
All these can be checked out in Wild total Outdoors in Friars Mill Road. One thing is for sure these lures will work a treat come the winter months, when we eventually can get back on the River Inny and fish by boat. I ventured up the River Inny last Sunday, and its low, and choked up with weeds.
Up coming action on Derravaragh
The Jimmy Nally Memorial Cup will be fished on Lough Derravaragh this coming Sunday September 16th. This competition rotates yearly from Derravaragh to Bane and this years its Derravaragh turn to host the competition. Derravaragh Chairman Liam Gilsenan tells us fishing is from 11am, and all boats back at Donore Shore at 5:50pm.
Midlands Angling provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few. Michael Flanagan Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.
