McCarthy Cup l/r Michael McDermott, Mark Malone, Shane Stephens(winner McCarthy cup (2018) Ronan Baggott club Chairperson.
Lake O’Flynn & District Angling Association recently held there confined club event McCarthy cup on Sunday, Sept 2nd. Joe Fitzharris reports….
McCarthy Cup l/r Michael McDermott, Mark Malone, Shane Stephens(winner McCarthy cup (2018) Ronan Baggott club Chairperson.
There was a smaller than usual turn out for this event with 9-boats (18) anglers competing and returning 13 Trout in excellent angling conditions. Most worryingly on the day was the presence of lots of Roach and Perch which do nothing to enhance the location as a trout fishery. Fishing was very slow on the day with the winning fish hooked and landed at 5.20 pm by very popular winner Shane Stephens, fly pattern a secret, weight of Trout 2-lb 06.2 oz.
Results as follows,
McCarthy Cup winners (2018)
Shane Stephens Fish = 2-lb 06.2 oz,
Derek Madden Fish = 2-lb 00.4 oz,
Anthony Doyle Fish = 1-lb 15.8 oz.
Michael McDermott club Treasurer, Mark Malone, Derek Madden (second place) Mccarthy cup, Ronan Baggott.Michael McDermott, Mark Malone club Secretary, Anthony Doyle (third place) McCarthy cup, Ronan Baggott.
Padraig Carroll was back in Tullamore again and tells us that as the temperature cools down the bream and tench fishing is still going well on the grand canal at there. Float fishing maggots with groundbait is catching regular 20lb bags in short sessions.
Padraig Carroll caught up with some anglers who braved the rain at Portumna on the Shannon recently. They reported that the river is fishing really well with 50lb bags of roach, bream and hybirds showing up regularly on the feeder rod with plenty of bait added in; main hook bait used was maggot and castor fished over groundbait.
Tim O’Herlihy reports on the Munster Youth Boat scene…
Following the first Youth Summer Boat League 2017 and the success of our Home Nations team in June we have seen a huge increase in interest in boat fishing in Cork Harbour. The 2018 Youth league was held over 4 rounds – July (2) and August with the final round in September incorporating the Munster Championship.
In total 29 fished one or more rounds, a dozen of which were first time boat anglers, with 11 aged under 12. Amongst the species caught were Blenny, Bull Huss, Codling, Conger, Dab, Dogfish, Flounder, Goby, Grey & Tub Gurnard, Mackerel, Pouting, Scad, Scorpion, Whiting and Thornback Ray with even experienced anglers landing new species.
Our priority for the league was to get first time anglers interested in the sport and retain those who had fished before, for the first 3 rounds (Friday evenings) all anglers on each boat fished the same single hook rigs on the bottom and moved places at halftime. Catching fish became about concentration, a little luck, and not who had the best rigs or the hot peg resulting in first time anglers winning boats.
The ultimate round was held on Saturday 1st September in a glass calm harbour with a pod of dolphins feeding around the boats. To make it fair for all the event was divided in 4 x 50 minute sessions with all anglers drawing for boat position and moving 2 spaces at each change. The first session was slow due to slack tide however as the tide started moving fish numbers and species picked up will all anglers catching fish.
Congratulations to our Munster Championship medalists and interprovincial team members:
U18. 1 Sarah Lynch, 2 Ciarán de Barra, 3 Jerry O’Connor (first time angler), 4 Cormac O’Brien, 5 Stephen Long.
U12. 1 Kieran Lane Panah (first time angler), 2 Patrick Lucey (new angler 2018), 3 Scott McShane, 4 Alister Kennedy, 5 Jack Wash.
and also those who topped our league
U18. 1 Sarah Lynch, 2 Cormac O’Brien, 3 Stephen Long.
U12. 1 Sean O’Herlihy, 2 Vytautas Senkus (new angler 2018), 3 David Enright.
The Summer League and Munster Championship wouldn’t be possible without a number of people:
The Skippers who have gave their boats and time free on Fridays and who accommodated us for the Munster Championship – Pat Condon of Osprey, Alan Kennedy of Lagosta II, Tony Lane of Camden Mist, Joe Lynch of Wreck Hunter, John Barry of Cuan Bawn, Jim Linehan of Deora De and Donal Geary of John Boy
Sponsors of bait Dan Lynch and Eoin O’Brien
Sponsors of League Prizes (every angler went home with a box, t-shirt, commemorative glass, rigs and a voucher or tackle):
T-shirts and commemorative glass pieces John Dennehy
Tackle Boxes Eoin O’Brien
Rods, Reels, Vouchers and Rigs Dan Lynch, Eoin O’Brien, Sean Og McShane, Graham Walsh, Vince Hogan & Brian O’Callaghan
The parents who helped each time tying rigs, cutting bait, handling fish and keeping score, particularly Eoin O’Brien, Dan Lynch, Graham Walsh, Sean Og McShane, Pio Enright, Vince Hogan, Brian O’Callaghan and Mary O’Connor
Crosshaven Sea Angling Club for hosting the prize giving.
Kevin Lyons of Melview Lodge in Longford reports on the coarse fishing in the Longford area…
Bert and Ronald with their catch of 253 lb of Bream
It was the first time for Dutch anglers Ronald and Bert, they decided to stay with us at Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford. On arrival it was straight off to visit some fishing venues that I thought would be good for them to fish. They decided to fish the first they were shown for a few hours and later that evening we prebaited the swim.
Some good Tench for first timers Bert and Ronald.
The next couple of days and prebaits produced some great catches of Bream and Tench for them, using various bait cocktails on the hook feeder fished at 30 yards. They took time to take two days out from the fishing to tour around the island, and commented that it was a beautiful country with great scenery and friendly people.
6lb 3oz Bream for Ronald
Thanks for the great company all week guys and hope to see you over again some time.
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.
Skipper John Fleming and his crews are enjoying some great fishing on Galway Bay of late. Anglers are catching good fish on every trip, including big pollack, specimen spurdog, spotted ray, grey, red and tub gurnards, haddock, whiting, wrasse and more. A Dutch group had a great couple of days on spurdogs and pollack, recording over 20 spurs each day, including a few specimens.
Dave Trill with a spotted ray
A nice spurdog for Dutch angler Henk
Joe Nolan with his first specimen spurdog
Shark fishing has also been good of late with plenty of fish to the boat.
Cormac Kellett with his blue around 35lb
A nice blue shark for Dave Trill
Brian Clarke with a blue of around 60lbs
John also had a rare capture – his first ever stone bass. The stone bass, also known as the wreckfish, is often found under floating weed, but sometimes they hang out under boats and this one was no exception. Drifting for shark with a big slick out, John was shaking the rubby dubby bucket when he spotted the fish under it. He put on a two hook flowing trace with mackerel fillet baits, and dropped it down about a metre. He was able to watch the fish approach and gently take the bait, but once hooked it was anything but gentle, as John said “all hell broke loose! The best fight I’ve ever had from a fish that size.” The fish, which weighed approx. 5lbs, was sportingly released after a quick photo.
A very happy John Fleming with his first stone bass
Go fishing…
To book fishing with John aboard the Brazen Hussy II, give him a call on 087 7571320
A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either Rossaveal, Spiddal or Galway depending on species being sought after. Fishing on the inshore reefs for pollock, cod, ling, wrasse, conger eel and mackerel can be reached in 10 minutes from departure, while our offshore reef marks are within 45 minutes of departure. Our ground fishing for tope, spurdog, ray, bullhuss, turbot, plaice and the giant common skate can all be reached within the hour which ensures the most amount of time is spent fishing.
The shark season usually starts at the end of June and runs into late October, this is the ultimate angling adrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and released safely.
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Declan Gibbons reports on another fine week of fishing on Lough Corrib.
Larry McCarthy of Corrib View Lodge http://www.corribangling.com reports another busy week on the lake. Ian McKenzie and Malcom Patrick from England fished with Larry over four days and boated 12 trout between 2lbs and 3.5lbs on small dry olives in the Ballynalty and Greenfields areas. Paul Richardson staying at the lodge fished with Paddy Kinneavy for a day and they boated 5 fish in the Inchagoill area, 3 of which weighed 2lbs, all on wet flies. Benjamin and Eddie Fourcader visiting from Montpellier fished for two days and caught 5 trout up to 1.75lbs on dry sedge patterns.
Malcolm Patrick with a beautifully marked Corrib trout
Staying in the Greenfields area on Tuesday to Thursday last the 2018 Police International was hosted by An Garda Síochána on Lough Corrib. The competing police teams were from Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with 76 rods participating. Good angling was had over the three days with the first two days practice days and the third day being Competition day which was run on a Catch & Release basis.
Well known angling guide Mick Dunne lands a fish for one of the competitors. Photo courtesy Conor Ledwith
The winners for this year’s competition was the host team, An Garda Síochána recording 21 fish for 743cms. Second place went to Team Scotland recording 11 fish for 428cms, and third place went to Team Northern Ireland recording 11 fish for 409cms. Top Individual Rod went to Bob Bradley of the Irish Team recording 6 fish for 203cms. Best Fish went to Wales competitor Graham Anthony with a fish of 46cms.
The victorious Garda Síochána team. Photo courtesy Conor LedwithBob Bradley receives his gold medal as top individual rod in the Police International Competition. Photo courtesy Conor Ledwith
Also in the Greenfields area on Sunday last the Headford & Corrib Anglers hosted the Andrew Egan Memorial Cup with 24 rods participating and 10 fish landed. Winner on the day was Sean Naughton with 4 fish for 9lbs.
In the Oughterard area Basil Shields of Ardnasillagh Lodge (tel. 091 552550) reports a quieter week gone by but those that did head out fishing were rewarded with some excellent bags of fish. Cork duo Robbie Crichton and Colin Murray had 12 fish for their outing on Sunday last with the best being 1.75lbs. Ian Machette and Ronnie McIntyre from Northern Ireland had excellent sport for two days landing 18 fish.
A nice trout for guests of Corrib View Lodge (catch, photo, release)
Staying in the Oughterard area Kevin Molloy of Baurisheen Bay Boat Hire, Guiding & Self Catering (tel. 087 960 4170) reports on Northern Ireland anglers Hugo Frew and Shane Meharg on Tuesday landing 8 fish on wet and dry fly patterns, and on Thursday landing 9 fish varying in size from 1-2.5lbs. Kevin himself fished on Saturday for half a day and had 2 trout on wets, and on Tuesday (9 September) he had 4 fish – best fish being 1.75lbs.
In the Birchall area on Sunday last Galway Lough Corrib Club hosted the Malachy Hanley Memorial Cup with 23 rods participating. The winner on the day was Mark Regan, Moycullen with 5 fish for 8.35lbs (extra fish over the bag limit were counted at 1lb, Mark weighed in 4 fish for 7.35lbs). Mike Costello was 2nd, with 3 fish for 5.9lbs, with Richard King 3rd with 4 fish for 5.45lbs. The Heaviest Fish Winner was Dorrie Gibbons from Cong with a fish of 2.7lbs.
On Sunday last the Annaghdown Club hosted the Michael Kavanagh Shield in which 19 rods participated and 9 fish were weighed in. First place went to Ronan Sweeney with 2 fish for 1.1kg, second place went to Anthony Ryan with 2 fish for 1kg and third place went to Kenny O’Toole with 1 fish for 0.9kg. Kenny also won the Heaviest Fish prize.
Malcolm Patrick with a beautifully marked Corrib trout
Declan Gibbons reports on another fine week of fishing on Lough Corrib.
Larry McCarthy of Corrib View Lodge http://www.corribangling.com reports another busy week on the lake. Ian McKenzie and Malcom Patrick from England fished with Larry over four days and boated 12 trout between 2lbs and 3.5lbs on small dry olives in the Ballynalty and Greenfields areas. Paul Richardson staying at the lodge fished with Paddy Kinneavy for a day and they boated 5 fish in the Inchagoill area, 3 of which weighed 2lbs, all on wet flies. Benjamin and Eddie Fourcader visiting from Montpellier fished for two days and caught 5 trout up to 1.75lbs on dry sedge patterns.
Malcolm Patrick with a beautifully marked Corrib trout
Staying in the Greenfields area on Tuesday to Thursday last the 2018 Police International was hosted by An Garda Síochána on Lough Corrib. The competing police teams were from Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with 76 rods participating. Good angling was had over the three days with the first two days practice days and the third day being Competition day which was run on a Catch & Release basis.
Well known angling guide Mick Dunne lands a fish for one of the competitors. Photo courtesy Conor Ledwith
The winners for this year’s competition was the host team, An Garda Síochána recording 21 fish for 743cms. Second place went to Team Scotland recording 11 fish for 428cms, and third place went to Team Northern Ireland recording 11 fish for 409cms. Top Individual Rod went to Bob Bradley of the Irish Team recording 6 fish for 203cms. Best Fish went to Wales competitor Graham Anthony with a fish of 46cms.
The victorious Garda Síochána team. Photo courtesy Conor LedwithBob Bradley receives his gold medal as top individual rod in the Police International Competition. Photo courtesy Conor Ledwith
Also in the Greenfields area on Sunday last the Headford & Corrib Anglers hosted the Andrew Egan Memorial Cup with 24 rods participating and 10 fish landed. Winner on the day was Sean Naughton with 4 fish for 9lbs.
In the Oughterard area Basil Shields of Ardnasillagh Lodge (tel. 091 552550) reports a quieter week gone by but those that did head out fishing were rewarded with some excellent bags of fish. Cork duo Robbie Crichton and Colin Murray had 12 fish for their outing on Sunday last with the best being 1.75lbs. Ian Machette and Ronnie McIntyre from Northern Ireland had excellent sport for two days landing 18 fish.
A nice trout for guests of Corrib View Lodge (catch, photo, release)
Staying in the Oughterard area Kevin Molloy of Baurisheen Bay Boat Hire, Guiding & Self Catering (tel. 087 960 4170) reports on Northern Ireland anglers Hugo Frew and Shane Meharg on Tuesday landing 8 fish on wet and dry fly patterns, and on Thursday landing 9 fish varying in size from 1-2.5lbs. Kevin himself fished on Saturday for half a day and had 2 trout on wets, and on Tuesday (9 September) he had 4 fish – best fish being 1.75lbs.
In the Birchall area on Sunday last Galway Lough Corrib Club hosted the Malachy Hanley Memorial Cup with 23 rods participating. The winner on the day was Mark Regan, Moycullen with 5 fish for 8.35lbs (extra fish over the bag limit were counted at 1lb, Mark weighed in 4 fish for 7.35lbs). Mike Costello was 2nd, with 3 fish for 5.9lbs, with Richard King 3rd with 4 fish for 5.45lbs. The Heaviest Fish Winner was Dorrie Gibbons from Cong with a fish of 2.7lbs.
On Sunday last the Annaghdown Club hosted the Michael Kavanagh Shield in which 19 rods participated and 9 fish were weighed in. First place went to Ronan Sweeney with 2 fish for 1.1kg, second place went to Anthony Ryan with 2 fish for 1kg and third place went to Kenny O’Toole with 1 fish for 0.9kg. Kenny also won the Heaviest Fish prize.
David Edwards, skipper of charter boat Tigger, reports from Clonakilty…
There’s no doubting the size of a big pollack. David is photo’d here with one of 12lb 10oz
Inshore reef fishing has been very good in the last week with two specimen weight pollack coming aboard Tigger. Several more into double figures have also shown along with several cod in the 6-8lb range.
Lovely cod and a good pollack
Mackerel are going well and offshore the Blue Shark seem to be making a comeback after a quieter than normal August. The last trip was a Tagging Trip with local councillor Christopher O’Sullivan of Atlantic Whale and Wildlife Tours and Wildlife Expert Paul Connaughton of Shearwater Wildlife Tours on board to monitor sea birds in our trail. Only using one rod we managed 15 Blues to the boat and a further 5 dropped.
Christopher O’Sullivan tagging a shark onboard Tigger
Weather is starting to impact some off our offshore trips but fishing is excellent when we can get out
David Edwards Tigger Clonakilty Coastal and Deep Sea Charters
Go fishing…
Tigger is a purpose built Procharter 31 angling boat, powered by a 330HP diesel engine and equipped with all necessary safety equipment. Reef and ground drift fishing is generally the most productive method with the potential to catch in excess of 20 species if you adapt your lures and baits accordingly. From mid June through to October it’s usually possible to target the blue shark fishing that is predominatly between 10-15 miles off the estuary. All sharks are released and recent seasons have seen larger species such as mako and threshers being sighted more frequently. Web:www.irelandseaangling.com
‘In this ever-changing world, there are few things that have remained constant for me. The chance of hooking a nice trout still excites and thrills me to this day….I like that!’ M.A.Bookout
Paul Douglas, Northern Ireland with his September trout
This week, seasonal change was in the wind and Lough Sheelin’s trout were making the most of summer’s final bounty with their exuberant aerial exhibionistic behaviour and splashy takes. Fishing was reported to be somewhat tougher than in previous weeks but nonetheless there were some very good catches recorded with consistent reports of 3, 4, 5 and 6 pounders, in superb condition, coming to the net.
A beautiful Sheelin trout caught by Kevin Sheridan using his own tying of a Claret Stimulator
Autumn is a unique time for anglers here, the back end of a fishing season that affords some of the top fishing of the whole year and for anglers who believe that the sun rises and sets only on Lough Sheelin, big trout are high on the target menu.
The quest to catch ‘that big one’ seems to be on everyone’s agenda here and this lake with its abundance of heavy trout offers all anglers the opportunity to fulfill that dream always remembering of course that Sheelin’s trout are tough customers. Moody, smart and reclusive, they put their anglers to the test, especially those big trout. There are two ways to get a big fish here. Either you can be lucky and just stumble into it (which sounds like me) or you can do the leg work and put in the time and this is where the blue blooded persistent Sheelin angler shines through, producing for their efforts an enviable consistency of catches.
Mike Sutherland, Scotland with a 45cm fish, September 4th fishing with Loughsheelinguiding
For this lake (as is probably the case with every other trout fishing water) the winning combination is good timing, the right conditions, the right place and a great presentation. These and a stubborn perseverance will achieve results. It may seem obvious but you have to be in the presence of big trout to catch big trout or indeed any size of trout so getting out on the lake instead of talking or dreaming about it is a good start. Looking at the combining factors – the right conditions always seems to have the slight edge of importance over the others. Tuesday was the pick of the days this week with the other days lagging behind by only partially fishing well mainly from mid afternoon onwards. Tuesday produced some great fish in great numbers, ‘pigs’ of fish, coming to the boat with good aggressive takes. Once in a while the ‘perfect storm’ really is perfect so with a north west wind, mixed cloud cover, along with bright sunshine and a noticeable drop in temperature, the fish responded positively and trout up to 6lbs were caught predominantly on Claret Dabblers, Stimulators and Hedgehogs. Wednesday with different wind directions was a much tougher day with fishing only picking up from 3pm onwards.
Martin Allen, Northern Ireland with a lovely 55cm trout (www.loughsheelinguidingservices.com)
The heaviest trout over the past number of weeks was a trout of 7 ½ lbs caught by Northern Ireland angler David Sharpe, Ballymena using a Claret Stimulator.
Total number of trout recorded: 65
Selection of Catches
Stuart Topp, Orkney – Tuesday September 4th 3 trout biggest at 54cm fishing Claret Dabblers and Hedgehogs.
Tony Grehan, Dublin – 1 trout at using a Chocolate Drop Sedge fishing mid lake, September 8th.
Martin Allen, Northern Ireland – 1 trout at 55cm fishing wets.
Gerard McSean, Cavan – 3 trout best at 3 ½ lbs fishing Stimulators and Dabblers.
David Carney – 1 trout at 4lbs fishing wets.
Owen Jacob, Dublin – September 6th 2 trout heaviest at 3 ½ lbs on Stimulators.
Mike Sutherland, Scotland – 3 trout, all over 3lbs using Claret Dabblers.
Mark Dunleavy, Dublin – 8 trout for the week, heaviest at 5 ½ lbs using Stimulators and Claret and Pearly Dabblers.
Cian Murtagh, Cavan – 1 trout at 4lbs using a Stimulator type sedge, September 7th.
Frank Kelly, Cavan – 2 trout best at 3lbs using Dabblers.
Eamon Ross, Ballyconnell – 3 trout best at 2 ½ fishing wets.
Pat Magee, Northern Ireland – 1 trout at 1lb on wets.
Tony King, Co.Down – 1 trout at 4lbs
Aaron Flood – 1 trout at 1 lb.
Jonathan Kellett, Mayo – 2 trout heaviest at 5lbs caught on a Claret Dabbler mid lake.
John Brady, Coothill – 1 trout at 3lbs caught on a Hopper.
John Ryan, Northern Ireland – 1 trout at 5lbs pulling wets.
Donal Keating – 1 trout at 64cm on Dabblers.
Stuart Topp, Orkney with his 54cm trout (www.loughsheelinguidingservices.com)
The trout are still making themselves obvious all over the lake with plenty of leaps, pitches and splashes throughout the day.
Fast intermediate and floating lines (sometimes with sink tips) were being used, both having a respectable amount of success.
Conspicuous by its absence, the blood worm featured this week, the best areas for this was in Bog Bay and in any silty areas using red skinny patterns with a slow retrieve.
The places that achieved the best results were down along Derrysheridan, Bog Bay, Derrahorn, Sailors Garden and mid lake out from Church Island. Wilson’s Pt. and around Stony Island also brought up good fish.
The Hatches
Sheelin’s September Olive
The only natural fly around were the odd hatch of sedge, some September olives and the odd terrestrial – daddies and a stray beetle or two. Pulling wets was the favoured and most productive method with a few anglers chancing their luck by dapping a hopper or daddy in a wave.
The Flies
The flies that featured most were the Stimulators, leggy patterns – Green Peter, Sedges and Daddies, the Dabblers (Claret, Fiery, Pearly, Black and Golden), the Claret Bumble (as a top dropper with an overcast sky), the Golden Olive Bumble (for later in the day when the sunshine was intermittant), Fiery Brown Bumble, Watson’s Bumble, Kate McClaren (good as a middle fly), Sooty Olive, Black Pennel, Mallard & Claret, Muddlers and Hoppers.
A Daddy – good for September fishing
The flies that worked consistently well were those with claret in them and a touch of sparkle usually silver or green. Claret is always a good colour on this lake which brings up the confusing topic of how much or whether trout can actually distinquish different colours. It is fact that at dusk, as light intensity fades, red is the first colour to go, followed by orange, yellow, green and blue. As total light intensity decreases, the rod cells in the fish’s eyes become more active and the fish is no longer able to distinquish colour. Chartreuse and white or red and white produce the most contrast and are the best combinations under any light. Black, due to its contrast is the most visible colour under most conditions and best at night. Experts say using darker colours like claret, black and violet are best in low light. The thing to realise is that the colour of your fly in the water is almost always different from what it is in the air.
A pair of Dapping Daddies by Thomas O’ Donovan
This is a subject that you could get really bogged down in so its best to keep it simple and remember that trout feed by looking up towards the surface of the water which means they have difficulty distinguishing specific colours so it seems the contrast is the most important thing.
Sooty Olive Pearly Dabbler (Thomas O’Donovan)
Some anglers however believe that the silhouette of a claret coloured fly takes a blood red colour on it to the upward looking feeding fish and this triggers a take. Light and colour theories can all get very complicated but to simplfy things and get back to basics what an angler is trying to do is to have the flies imitate pieces of fish food. Trout are not that clever (with a brain the size of a pea) and they attack their prey using instinctive behaviour motivated (or so we think) by one or more stimuli. These stimuli include movement, shape, sound, smell, colour and presentation so if we can encompass some of these into our fishing methods the result is usually a positive one for here.
Jimmy Tyrell’s Claret Dabbler
A hint of flash in the form of silver, gold or green works by adding that extra attractor element to the fly and as some of our Scottish anglers reliably informed me ‘ a thread of silver will entice trout from over 20 yards away’.
This week, when in a heated discussion about the vast array of flies now available, an elderly angler commented ‘The older I get the more I like less’ and so he left me, heading off with a rod and reel in one hand, landing net in the other, leader material, snips, gink and a small waterproof fly box containing a few patterns in different sizes, returning in at the end of the day with some very impressive fishy photographs – simplicity is best.
Low water levels on Sheelin, Tonagh
Upcoming Competitions
The McIntyre/Guider Cup
The McIntyre/Guider Cup – Saturday September 29th, starting at Kilnahard 11.0am to 6pm, this is an open fly fishing competition and gives a good warm up before the biggest competition of the season on October 1st. For further information please contact Dessie McEntee on 047 77216 or 086 8937568.
Stream Rehabilitation Competition
Click to download leaflet [pdf]On Saturday October 6th Lough Sheelin’s angling club The Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association will host their annual Stream Rehabilitation Competition starting at Kilnahard from 11am to 6.0pm.
All proceeds of this event go towards the enhancement and rehabilitation of the rivers within the Lough Sheelin catchment.
The club and organisers of this competition, now in its thirteenth year, welcome all anglers who wish to fish one of the best wild brown trout fisheries in Ireland and to experience first-hand the magic and allure of this lake which has the potential to produce the heaviest trout in the country.
Denis O’Keefe Memorial Cup
The LSTPA have added an additional cup on to their list this year, this cup is in honour memory of great angler and Sheelin advocate – Denis O’Keefe and will be awarded to the best member over the 3 senior competitions (Kilroy Cup (18/3/18), the McDonald Cup 9 11/8/18 & The River Enhancement Comp. 6/10/18).
For details please contact Thomas Lynch @ 087 9132033
One for the future
Cavan/Monaghan Garda Divisional Fly Fishing Championship and Open Competition
The Cavan/Monaghan Garda Divisional Fly Fishing Championship and Open Competition will be held at Lough Sheelin on Sunday October 7th from Kilnahard Pier, 11a.m – 5.30p.m.
Weigh in at 6.30pm and meal at Pat Bannon’s Pub, Ballyjamesduff. Entry fee of €25 taken at Kilnahard.
This competition is for: The Heaviest fish – visitors and The Heaviest fish – Cavan/Monaghan Division Garda Members.
For further details please contact Colin Dodd 086 6000630, Pat Foley 087 2405313 or DessieMcEntee on 086 8937568.
A catch & release policy is actively encouraged on the lake at all times
Extra care is needed when playing and releasing trout during periods of high water temperatures as additional stress at these times will decrease the survival rate of hooked and released fish.
BYE-LAW 949 strictly prohibits:
The taking of any brown trout of less than 36 centimetres.
For a person to fish with more than 2 rods at any one time.
To fish with more than 4 rods at any one time when there is more than one person on board the boat concerned.
For a person to take more than 2 trout per day.
All trolling on the lake from March 1st to June 16th (inclusive).
To fish or to attempt to take or to fish for, fish of any kind other than during the period from March 1st to October 12th in any year.
Join the Club…
For anyone interested in joining Lough Sheelin’s Angling Club – The Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association please contact Thomas Lynch @ 087 9132033.
We would implore anglers and all other users to wear life jackets for their own safety as well as it being the law.
Life jackets are required by law – SI No 921 of 2005 – Pleasure Craft (Personal Flotation Devices and Operation) (Safety) Regulations 2005. Water rarely gives second chances and a life jacket is just that – it saves your life.
Please put on and keep on that life jacket until you are back on dry land.
Grey Duster Guiding
