The Portumna Coarse Angling Club held a club match at the ‘Town & Stic ups’ stretch on Sunday, and the fishing was pretty impressive all round. But it was very impressive for Morgan Lewis, who bagged 63lb+ to take the win at a canter, with the nearest competitor, Sean Brereton, coming in at 39lb+, with Bruce Pennel placing third with 30lb+. All bodes well for the festival down there the week after next.
The Naas & District Anglers have announced the return of the very popular River Barrow match in memory of their club president, John Prescott, on 28th Sept 2025. It is an open match, so all are welcome. Details on how to enter are available here.
The Dublin Trout Anglers fished their annual Ryder Cup competition at Bohernabreena Reservoirs in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains at the weekend. Nine anglers turned out, and angling conditions were pretty good, despite a breezy southerly wind making casting difficult in some places. Five anglers returned fish, and the best of those was a nice 1.5lb+ fish caught by Cathal McDonnell.
There were a few wild brownies landed, which is always encouraging to see, and one angler, Fran Nugent, managed three wildies. But Cathal’s one fish was enough to give him the edge on the day and he remains top of the leaderboard heading into their final outing of the season, on Lough Owel at the end of the month.
See the full report on the Dublin Trout Anglers Webpage.
The Edenderry Coarse Angling Club brought their summer season to a close at the weekend with their last match on the Grand Canal. Luckily, the fishing didn’t disappoint, ensuring they finished the season on a positive note. David Cullen pulled an end peg out of the draw and put the prime position to good use, getting a ‘bite a chuck’, which he converted to 7lb 15oz in the net, giving him the top prize on the day. It was a close call between second and third, with Pat Gill just edging Alan Larkin by an ounce.
Full results as follows:
1. David Cullen 7-15
2. Pat Gill 7-06
3. Alan Larkin 7-05
4. Joe Mc Evoy 5-15.
Anthony Kierans managed to get out on Donegl Bay at the weekend and he caught a really beautiful fish…
The day started out calm on the west side of the lighthouse where I fished for Squid without success. I then moved to the Bullock beacon where I saw about 30 plus Dolphins. I caught a few Whiting and released a few 2lb Pollack.
Westerly winds blew to F5 so I moved east of the point. Drifting in and out for Squid without success on one rod, I had another dragging the bottom for anything .
I caught Cuckoo Wrasse, Mackerel and Scad. To finish I caught and released this lovely fish, a red bandfish, over sand and mud in 25m of water near Saint John’s Point.
On other days I have caught red Gurnard, Cod, Ling, Squid Pouting. Scuba Diving the area I see a variety of Rays, Monkfish and Plaice.
David Norman of Angling Adventures West Cork reports from West Cork…
Stephen Traynor and I had a reasonably challenging kayak fishing trip this week. The forecast predicted a steady blow from SSW that would make things a bit lumpy out there but I saw no mention of the squalls that came through on a regular basis pushing the conditions to outside of our operational limits.
We tucked away as best we could and ventured out in the lulls but it was hard to fully capitalize on the action we could see going on below us on the screen despite, Stephen doing a great job of absorbing all the coaching super quickly and I have to say we worked very well together as a team, the main problem was we just couldn’t get into the areas that I know hold better quality fish due to the sea state.
All that said Stephen connected with three species including this fine Wrasse, I got to try some new tactics which by the way would be impossible without my motor and I’m pretty sure Stephen took away a lot of things to add to his own fishing either from shore or from a kayak if he decides to upgrade and go further afield.
The most important thing is we had a lot of fun, and I look forward to doing it all again very soon!
Contact me now to arrange your Guided Trip or Workshop – Mullet, Pollock, Bass, Wrasse,
Fly or Lure, Kayak or Shore, plus Junior Coarse Fishing.
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Joe Fitzharris reports of excellent returns in the second running of the Baggott perpetual cup….
Bright skies and a good breeze greeted anglers to the north Roscommon venue of O”Flynn on Sunday where the Baggott cup was keenly contested.
Angling was good on the day with the Team of Anthony Doyle & David Galvin coming up trumps with a combined boat catch of 6-fish for 11-lb 02.6 0z.
Heaviest fish winner was Shane Stephens with a fish 2lb 01.0 oz.
Fish were clearly in a fry feeding frenzy in this event with fry imitating patterns to the fore silver dabbers, Silver Daddies, and Humongous doing well.
The club would like to thank the Baggott family and Tom Foley (cork)for their generous sponsorship of this event.
Heaviest fish: Shane Stephens, 2lb 01.0 oz.
The Killarney Salmon and Trout Angling Club held their Annual Juvenile Competition on Barfinnihy Lake on Friday evening, September 5th. Twenty seven young anglers turned up on the evening and they all had a great time trying to catch one of the lake’s many stocked trout. Also having a great evening were the mums, dads, brothers, sisters and grandparents who turned up on the night to help – a proper family affair in the Kerry hills!
There was plenty of work for the volunteer stewards, with good numbers of fish landed and the odd tangle to unpick. There was even a picnic or two along the shoreline – all that fishing would give any angler an appetite! Check out all of the action in the slideshow below!
IFI were proud to be able to support the club with some staff assistance on the ground, some gift packs for the participants and the use of the lake for the event.
This report from the organisers of Ireland’s FeederKing 2025:
Lough Sillan was in fine form for the last Feederking qualifier of the year.
Brian Clark won the Deeps ‘A’ section with a brilliant weight of Bream, skimmers and roach to weigh 24.840kg. Irish international Johnny Mckinley came second on the Deeps with a weight of 22.380kg of skimmers and Bream to book his place in the final. Pavel Tkachenko was third with 20.920kg of skimmers and bream.
Irish Feeder international Charlie Richards won Section ‘B’ Deeps with a weight of 16.140kg of skimmers and a couple of bream. Second was Paul Leese with mostly roach for a weight of 16.100kg. Third was William Wheeler who had 230 fish for 15.780kg and qualify for the final.
Rimantas Kondrackas won the Caravan section with nearly 240 fish, and nearly all were roach. Irish Feeder boss Brenton Sweeney was second in this zone, catching 220 fish for 19.170kg to book his place in the final. Richard Pratt was just behind Brenton with a weight of 18.940kg of perch and roach.
GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS
Sections
First of all congratulations to the 24 anglers that have reached the final on the 20th/21st of September at Lough Sillan Deeps and Lough Skeagh. There will also be a practice match ahead of the final on the 19th.
FINALISTS 2025:
September has started off with high water levels, but anglers are still managing to land a few sea trout and salmon considering the conditions.
1 September
Peter Kavanagh landed a 6lbs salmon in the Coronation pool on beat 8 on a cascade tube.
2 September
Vincent Hotton landed a 4lbs and a 5lbs salmon on beat 4 and John Wilding landed a 6lbs salmon on beat 4. Joe Pilkington landed a 5 ½ lbs salmon on beat 3 School house on a cascade. Luke Drea landed 2 sea trout and 4lbs and 5 lbs salmon in the Black banks on beat 6 and a 8 ½ lbs and 4 ½ lbs salmon on beat 7 White rock run on a Pahtakorva.
3 September
Colin Lynam landed 2 sea trout around ¾ lbs on beat 3 School house on a black shrimp.
4 September
Guy Mcfurlane landed a ¾ lbs sea trout on beat 9 Middle Garden pool on a Willie Gunn.
5 September
Brian Millar landed a sea trout and 3lbs and a 8 lbs salmon in the Middle Garden pool on a silver rat. Michael Taylor landed a 5lbs salmon on beat 4 Kings pool on a Bann special and David Robinson landed a 5 lbs salmon on beat 3 Tawnyard potholes. Mark Helmore landed a 5 lbs salmon on beat 5 and a 8lbs salmon in Poleen on beat 4.
