Siegy Grabher, skipper of Siouxout of Valentia Island reports on his recent trips…
Pollack
04 June: Brilliant start into a new angling week with a group from Germany! Loads of pollack and smiles all round.
Bluemouth
06 June: Far out today, fishing in deep waters! Blue mouths were the target and we got them. Some nice ling and all the other usual suspects were also boated.
Skelligs
07 June: Costa Del Skelligs here in sunny Kerry. Glorious to be fishing in such conditions in the most beautiful place in Ireland.
Go fishing…
Sioux
The charter boat “Sioux” is an Offshore 105 equipped with a 300 hp Ford Sabre Turbo Diesel engine. The season for most species is from April to the end of September; cod, pollock, ling, coalfish, whiting, haddock, mackerel, garfish, pouting, plaice, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, grey and red gurnard, seabass, mullet, skate, ray-thornback, conger eel, dogfish, bullhuss and blueshark (July – September)
Both the Clare Dragoon and Lady Gwen II have been getting some great fish off the coast of Clare in the last week, aided in part by the beautiful weather.
Anglers on the Lady Gwen II have been getting a good mix of ling, codling, haddock, pouting, pollock, coalies, ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse and mackerel. The mackerel are out there in numbers but some days getting on the shoals is not so easy.
A White Skate of around 40kg. Nice fish on a 12-20lb rod
Luke Aston’s anglers on the Clare Dragoon have fared much the same, but also added a few skate and their first tope of the year to the tally. The skate encountered were a little un-common. One was a white skate. A first for the Irish Angling Update since this blog was started.
Go Fishing…
Fishing Adventures
Doonaha, Kilkee, Co Clare
Fishing Adventures will cater for whatever fishing you desire. With state of the art electronics, quality fishing gear, and large deck space, the Lady Gwen II is a stable and comfortable boat to fish Telephone:
Séan Macguire +353 (0) 87 7508758 or +353 (0) 89 4431182 Email:[email protected]Web:www.fishingadventures.ie
Clare Dragoon
Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine, skippered by Luke Aston and operating out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare…
I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke. Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544 Email:[email protected]Web:www.fishandstay.com
Some great fishing has been reported on the Munster Blackwater in recent days as conditions improve for angling…
Ollie’s first salmon #CPRsavesfish
30 May: Fishing at Fortwilliam Fishery Sean Power had a 13lb fish off the Glenmore beat in the morning. Just before Lunch there was a beautiful first salmon for Ollie Flanaghan fishing the Blackwater Salmon Fisherybeats with Glenda Powell as the temperature hit 24C. Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery reported 2 fresh fish landed and released today and a very big fish lost on a small Cascade tube at Ballincurrig in the afternoon by Kealan O’Toole.
Gary Burrell with his catch guided by Chris Coady #CPRsavesfish
05 June: There were 2 fish landed on Glenmore at Fortwilliam Fishery and both released safely. One on fly of 12lbs and another on spinner of 8lbs. The Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery had 4 fish hooked and 1 landed and released today throughout the fishery. Water clarity is better after recent rise and coming days are looking promising.
Conor Arnold with this lovely fish he had yesterday at Cable Island, fish was returned safely. #CPRsavesfish
06 June:Fortwilliam Fishery reports that the water levels are dropping away nicely and clarity is improving. Gauge reading was .28m. More silver caught and released today on the fly at Ballincurrig by our guest Patrick. The Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery reports wore silver caught and released today on the fly at Ballincurrig by their guest Patrick.
#CPRsavesfish. A 15lb salmon is released by Patrick O’Leary…
07 June: Patrick O’Leary was back in action at Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery with this cracking fly caught salmon of 15/16lbs in the morning at Cable Island. It’s great to see guys returning fish like this. The fishery reports that there are fish moving but they’re proving tough to catch due to the bright conditions. Meanwhile over on the Blackwater Salmon Fisherybeats, Declan Egan, coached by Glenda Powell, had his first salmon ever on his 10th cast. Not a bad ratio. And the second fish of the day for the same group which was also a first, caught and safely released by Tom O’Dwyer.
Go Fishing…
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.
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
Despite the unfavourable weather conditions with little or no wind and warm temperatures anglers on Carrowmore Lake caught 7 salmon (4 released) during last week. The lucky angles included M. Killeen, M. Woods, G. Woods, R. Moran, K. Beirne, D. Patton and US visitor Cameron Brant.
Please note that Carrowmore Lake is a Brown Tag Fishery! Visit www.bangorerrisangling.com for further information.
For further information & boat hire contact Seamus Henry on +353 (0)97 83487. Entry fees €15. Food & Fun afterwards in the West End Bar Bangor Erris.
Jason Moran from our Carrick on Suir base tells us there are excellent reports coming from the lower Suir beats after a small spate after the bank holiday.
Brian Hennessey in the Glenview Club, River Suir. 13lb one of four hooked on 5 June in a morning session; all multi sea winter. #CPRsavesfish
The Clonmel and District Salmon and Trout Anglers Association reported their clubs first fly caught salmon on 27 May and another salmon caught and released the following day. Late last week and early this week there were additional reports of salmon to 16lb caught and released.
Casting on the Suir
Go fishing…
Anglers are reminded that the River Suir is all catch and release this year.
Day tickets are available on the Carrick on Suir and District Anglerswater.
Contact James 0863493660 for details
€30 a day limited to 4 rods a day. Fishing times from 8am till dark with access to all club water. Spinning and fly only.
€70 a day for September limited to two rods a day.
Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre is one of Irelands Premier Angling Centres based in the picturesque village of Courtmacsherry located only 30miles 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 selfdrive 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 selfdrive angler for inshore fishing or the wreck enthusiast. Web: www.courtmacsherryangling.ie Email: [email protected] Telephone: +353 (0)23 8846427 or +353 (0)86 8250905
Inland Fisheries Ireland was delighted to attend the recent graduation ceremony and presentation of certificates to transition year students from Christian Brothers School (CBS) James Street, Dublin 8 (aka ‘Jamebo’), after their recent successful completion of the second annual Angling Adventure flyfishing project, run in co-operation with eir and IFI.
Following the success of the programme in 2017, it was expanded this year to cover even more elements of fishing including coarse, pike and fly fishing, casting, fly tying, and environmental awareness.
The 13-week programme with IFI and the inner-city Dublin school has been very generously funded by eir under its remit of corporate social responsibility to communities and the environment.
Ciaran Ward (eir), ‘Jamebo’ student David Eduardo, and Val Fitzpatrick (IFI)
Alongside classroom workshops delivered by experts in the field of fly tying and casting, field trips were organised at Lough Ramor, Virginia, Co. Cavan, Annamoe Trout Fishery in Co. Wicklow and the K Club’s pike fishing lakes in Co. Kildare, as well as an environmental field trip to the River Dodder in Dublin.
Attendance throughout the course was excellent and pupils were fully engaged with the course content and their mentors. The programme ran from January to April and it is hoped that the participants will have reached a standard high enough to obtain the President’s GAISCE Award.
“This project has huge benefits for all partners,” said Ciaran Ward, organiser of the programme for eir. “From our perspective, eir sees this project as a good way to demonstrate being a good corporate citizen. Through teaching these teenagers fishing skills, hopefully, some may go on to become future custodians of our rivers and lakes benefitting the participants and, for IFI, it is an opportunity to introduce more young people to angling.”
Photo: The ‘Jamebo’ students out fishing
Brian Beckett, Director of the Eastern River Basin District, Inland Fisheries Ireland, said: “A contributing factor to the success of this eir/IFI initiative is the tremendous support from the angling community, who have given freely of their time through the running of the programme to pass on their knowledge of particular disciplines of angling. And, of course, an added benefit is that the mentors on the programme are positive role models for the students. It is also hoped that these youngsters will put their newly learned fishing skills into practice and take up a hobby that can be lifelong.”
Richie Ryan had a booking with a difference recently. The guide takes up the story.
In 2016 Gilbert’s Lane, a group in from Cobh , decided to organise a Ukulele Festival in the town. The connection here is that both my wife and sister in law are members of this particular group. I know I’m biased, but they are really good and great craic too! This year “Nico and the Kapiolani Boyz “ decided to return to Cobh having enjoyed the festival so much the first time round. I was tasked with taking them for a quick fishing trip on Cork Harbour before they flew back to France. I had met the group before and really enjoyed their music and their company.
Goog and Nico from the groupGoog DeschanelLooking for fish…
How do you catch a fish for guys who’ve barely held a rod before ? I decided to troll for a while with 2 anglers sharing the rods on each track. A few hits at the lure but no fish. Time was short and I wasn’t able to travel too far as a result. I then resorted to casting and letting them retrieve but that didn’t work either. Things were not going well. The bonus was that the day was beautiful and I could see the group were really enjoying the scenery. An hour had passed and we hadn’t landed a fish yet. Jigging a soft plastic on the bottom was next. It’s hard to get the knack of making the lure dance and look natural on the seabed. I could see fish on the sounder at the bottom and I dropped a Black Minnow to them. Two flicks of my wrist and a pollack saved the day. The “Boyz” were seriously impressed, but it is simply down to technique, it takes a while to master though. A deadly way to catch fish , particularly bass , if you can get the right rhythm going – pardon the pun “Boyz“
Lough Currane and River Inny updates from Vincent Appleby…
Kerry Sunset
30/5/18 Again the Lough Currane anglers were scorched as the sun takes control of the fishing and one can say without any fear of contradiction the only fish to be smoked are the Lough Currane Fishermen and fair play to those anglers that are sticking to their flies and lures. Weather calm this morning and come after noon there was a nice breeze from the West. Yesterdays Weather, Maximum air temperature 21.4c.
31/5/18 All the Salmon headlines come from the Bungalow and at www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com UK Angler, Mr. Graham Roberts, caught a fine 8lbs. Salmon, while trolling with his gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Now to the Sea Trout department, an angler trolling on his own caught a fine Sea Trout in 3lbs. Class give or take and staying with Sea Trout it was reported to me that there are a few Sea Trout showing which is great to hear. Now to the weather, another warm day but not as hot as yesterday, mind you I say that one Gillie was telling me yesterday he went into have lunch on one of the Islands and within 10 minutes the Currane Midges attacked and I can tell you it didn’t take long for the anglers to get the hell out of it. Wind flat calm up until about 2pm then there was light breeze from the West. Yesterdays weather, maximum air temperature 20.1c.
1/6/18 Straight to the Bungalow of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com Dublin fly angler, Mr. Brian Quearney, while fly fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a fine 8lbs. Salmon. Now we head over to the South Side and at www.lakelandshouse.com German angler Mr. Michael Rieger, caught a fine 3lbs. Sea Trout while trolling with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandsouse.com Wind West with good cloud cover. Yesterdays weather, maximum air temperature 18.7c.
2/6/18 I start in the backdate department, on the world famous Butler Pool and at www.watervillegolflinks.ie In the last few days, UK angler Mr. James Henchey, while fly fishing on the Pool caught a fine Salmon. Now we head up stream to Lough Currane, it was reported to me an angler while trolling on his own also caught a fine Salmon. Now back to the present and we start in the early morning department, local gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a fine Salmon while trolling on his own. Wind calm all day with good cloud cover plus light showers in the late afternoon and very humid. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 0.0. Maximum air temperature 19.2c.
3/6/18 We start again in the back date department, Yesterday local angler Mr. Gerard Cronin caught a fine 6 lbs. Salmon on the troll last night on the evening shift, staying in the backdate department we head down stream to the world famous Butler Pool and of www.watervillegolflinks.ie UK angler Mr. James Henchey, caught two salmon in the last few days and his fishing party left the best to last as you will read in today’s notes. We start today’s facts on Lough Currane and sadly it was a suntan lotion day as the sun blazed on the Currane anglers as they cast their flies into the points and ledges but to no avail and on the lure front it was all quiet on the SW front, so on that pessimistic note we head down stream and finish today’s facts on an optimistic note on the world famous Butler Pool and at www.watervillegolflinks.ie and Catch of the day and that goes to UK angler Mr. James Monks and for good reason, he caught a cracker of a 11 lbs. Salmon on the fly and I believe this was James’s first visit to Waterville and I’m sure after that performance it won’t be his last. Wind West light all day. Yesterdays weather, maximum air temperature 16.6c.
Michael stands in for James!
4/6/18 All the Salmon headlines come from the Bungalow on the North Side and at www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com UK angler Mr. Frank Warburton, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught a fine 4lbs. Salmon / Grilse on the troll and considering the bright conditions they did mighty well and for the rest of the Lough Anglers it was all quiet on the NW front like the wind today with bright sunshine all day. Yesterdays weather, maximum air temperature 18.7c.
5/6/18 Lough Currane is mourning this day and for good reason and its with great sadness that I have to tell you that renowned Salmon and Sea Trout Angler, Mr. William Timmermans, RIP, of Waterville and Holland sadly past away yesterday. On Behalf of all the Waterville Fishery and all the good people of Waterville and Glencar and all of Co. Kerry I would like to send our Sincere Sympathies to his good Wife, Mrs. Mariet Timmermans and all their Family and friends. Well William you may be gone and you certainly won’t be forgotten and for good reason, you fished the Waterville Fishery for well over fifty years and I believe William caught his first Salmon on the troll going by the Holly Island and in that fifty years plus of fishing the Waterville Fishery, William caught a good many more and on that note I will say, William RIP.
The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, formed by concerned volunteers in 2016, is one of the new Rivers Trusts to be set up in Ireland and is currently aspiring to Charitable Status. Its remit is to protect the fresh and coastal waters of the Iveragh Peninsula.
The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see
Bass fishing is really beginning to pick up on the Copper Coast with the bigger fish starting to show up along the rock and beach marks in the last 10 days. Both hard and soft lure are producing at the moment.
Clive with an night time bass on one of his own luresAnd another
Clive Power of CP Lures has been doing very well on his custom built needlefish / stick bait lures fished at distance with some excellent fish up to 9lb.
Eric was getting the bass in close on soft plastics
Eric Upton has also been finding some nicer fish on weedless soft plastics, sight casting to fish feeding in tight to the shore …. It doesn’t get much better than that!
The fishing kicking off just in time for this year’s Irish Bass Festival which is just around the corner (July 13-15th).#
Go fishing…
The countdown is on ! Have you registered ?
Some great reports coming in of good bass turning up all along the coast over the last week to lures. It feels like it’s starting to switch on!!
