Despite the exceptional warm and sunny weather, anglers on Carrowmore Lake enjoyed good fishing for most of the week. Good numbers of salmon were caught with the majority being released. Some of the lucky anglers included P. Beirne, L. Mitchell., F.Duncalf, R. Murphy, V.Rigney and J. Martin. Best flies were Green Peter, Claret Dabbler and various Bumble patterns. The first sea trout have also started to run and exciting fishing is expected in the coming weeks.
Please note that Carrowmore Lake is a Brown Tag Fishery and that the Owenmore River is “Catch & Release”! For fishing contact Seamus Henry on +353 (0)97 83487 or visit www.bangorerrisangling.com
South Shore Sea Angling Club report on their recent match at Kilcoole. Paul Mason has all the news… 21 May: After a blistering hot day on Saturday with lovely sunshine Sunday turned out to be more like winter for South Shore’s fifth leg of the master Angler league. Southerly wind had a good chop on the murky turblent sea. With biggish tides it was expected to be difficult to fish and hold bottom. Fortunately the sea was clean of weed which made it very pleasant and easy on the body.
First casts seen a spatter of fish encroach the beach as the tide eased on the north run. Fishing was slow during the turn of the tide with whiting of diminitive size filling score cards. As the tide started to run South and empty out the Irish sea fishing was expected to pick up but unfortunately it never reached the fishy heights of our dreams. gurnard Gurnard, Plaice, Whiting, Bass, Flounders, Coalie, Dabs and the elusive LSD troubled score cards…some nice Plaice ,Gurnard and a Coalie of 36cm filled the anglers catch. John Bermingham got the winning bag of fish with 11 in zone B ….well done John you never lost it. Paul Whelan was top rod in zone A with 12 fish
Next event…
This competition is changed from the June bank holiday weekend to the following week. Hope everyone can make it . Remember crab is allowed and the Smoothounds will be running .
Donal Kennedy reports
A party of anglers from Co. Mayo set out early on Saturday morning 27th May for a day’s fishing in Killala Bay. The day was dry with moderate to fresh winds from the north east. The first couple of drifts produced coalfish and some nice pollack and, as the day moved on more pollack and coalfish were caught together with a few mackerel which were scarce enough. During the second half of the day, drifts over sandy ground produced good numbers of flat fish and some ray. However, one angler of the party will definitely remember the day out on Killala Bay catching his first ever cuckoo ray which was returned alive. Nice cuckoo ray from Killala Bay
To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)86 8174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.
Mayflies are still hatching in good numbers on Lough Arrow and anglers reported excellent fishing over the past week. However, wet fly fishing hasn’t been as successful as in previous weeks. The majority of the fish have been taken on spent gnat and dry buzzer.
Impressive Mayfly hatch on Lough Arrow
Fishing out of Hargadon’s Boat Hire (contact: +353 (0)85 1740956), Martin McDaid from Strabane had 8 trout heaviest at 3 lbs. All fish were released. Edward McMillan, Co. Antrim, had 5 fish heaviest 1.5 lbs., while Edward McMullen, Derry, caught 4 best at 4 lbs. Other successful anglers included Michael Smith and Maurice Cullen, both Drumshambo, who had fish between 3.5 lbs. and 4 lbs. David Gray caught & released 4 fish over 3 lbs., while Niall Cullen had 2 stunning trout in one evening on the buzzer weighing 7.5 lbs. and 9 lbs.
Billy Thornton in our Ballina Office reports that the Moy had its best week of season so far with over 200 salmon reported caught throughout the system…
Roland Martin from France, photo’d here with his son, on his first visit to Ireland caught his first salmon
A rise in water levels at the beginning of the week resulted in good catches on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with all fisheries reporting fish. However bright sunshine affected angling for the rest of the week.
Uwe Steffen with his Clongee salmon
Gerry Moore, NI, had a 12 lb fish on Armstrongs Fishery. Jim Moloney and 2 friends had a fish each on the Foxford Fishery. Upstream of Foxford on the Cloongee Fishery80 year old Roland Martin from France on his first visit to Ireland caught his first fish, which weighed 7 lbs and was taken on a spinner. Also on Cloongee, Uwe Steffen from Germany had a12 lb fish on worm.
Dieter Kramer had 2 salmon on the East Mayo Anglers water
On East Mayo Anglerswater Dieter Kramer had 2 fish of 8 &12.5 lbs on worm.
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Sea Bass Hunter Tomasz Eckert had some pretty slow bass fishing recently. The last three weeks of fishing produced just one bass per week. that was just three bass to a little over 60 cm. However, late last week he caught 5 nice fish and it suddenly felt like summer!
As usual Tomasz had his bass on a mix of lures, soft……and hard. #CPRsavesfish
IFI has established a National Bass Programme to collect data on bass in order to provide scientific advice to support management and conservation of Ireland’s bass resource. Bass is Ireland’s only marine fish species which is managed for angling. The programme is being developed to determine the status of bass stocks and also to improve understanding of their ecology and biology in Ireland for the long-term sustainability of the species. See further details on www.fisheriesireland.ie/Projects/national-bass-programme
David Norman reports from West Cork where he is back on the shores chasing bass…
North Easterlies are the stuff of legend on the Striper Coast of America, but not so here on the South Coast of Ireland… especially when combined with Torrential Rain! I was pondering all this, alone in the dark and very content to be back out Bass Fishing again after the long and hard winter months that never seemed to end this year when the rod was nearly wrenched out of my hands as this 70cm+ beauty assaulted my Albie Snax lure in about a meter of water.
David Norman with his first good bass of 2018. #CPRsavesfish
First decent fish of the 2018 season released fit and healthy to attack again… by the time photos had been taken lightning had begun to flash all around me and I literally ran all the way back to the car to arrive sweaty and relieved to have avoided a lightning strike, but delighted to have landed an early season clonker !!
Anybody up for some Guided Bass Fishing or maybe a bespoke Bass Lure Fishing Workshop to tune up those Lure Fishing Skills on the stunning West Cork coast? If so please contact me
West Cork Bass
David Norman is a Clonakilty based Bass Fishing Guide and Coach specialising in Shore Based Lure Fishing & Workshops.
Notes: Having intensively fished for Bass (Catch & Release) on the West Cork Coast plus all of the recognised Bass fishing counties of Ireland I want to share with other like-minded anglers the thrills of responsible lure fishing for Bass on a One-to-One basis over a limited number of trips throughout the key times of the Bass fishing Year, which for me is June – Sept, sometimes earlier or later depending on how the weather is behaving…
I can offer a range of options around key tides, to include night fishing, in a safe and environmentally conscious manner including bespoke workshops to help build knowledge and confidence
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Newbridge & District Pike Anglers fished a river for the Milltown Cup. We had 15 members make the trip. Fishing was very patchy with only some places that fished well.
In total we had 61 pike caught and released i would like to thank all members who made the trip. Full results are as follows
Winner of the Milltown Cup 2018
1st Mark Horgan 9.9 hf 15.5 bag 3 fish
2nd Brendan Jervis 34.09 bag 9 fish
3rd raymond collopy 31.14 bag 10 fish
RAFFLE 3× 20 euro southside angling vouchers winners are as follows
Ciaran Sullvan
Stephen sheriden
Pat foran
Next event
Our next comp is the Gingerstown Cup (24hr competition). We hope to see most of our members there; this is one not to be missed! Also we are still open to new members
O’Casey’s Pike Angling Club held the 4th heat of their 2018 league on a river in Co. Monaghan at the weekend. Fishing was reasonably good with 33 fish up to 12Ib 2oz landed.
Results were as follows:
1st Ronan Garrett 37Ib 8oz (7 fish)
2nd Paul Reynolds 17Ib 7oz (6 fish)
3rd Cillian Garrett 11Ib 4oz (7 fish)
4th Chris Maguire 10Ib 12oz (4 fish)
5th Fergal Bell 10Ib 4oz (2 fish)
6th Johnny Brady 9Ib 13oz (2 fish)
7th John Doran 5Ib 6oz (2 fish)
8th Mickey Doherty 4Ib 4oz (2 fish)
9th John Hoey 2Ib (1 fish)
Heaviest Fish: 12Ib 2oz caught by Ronan Garrett.
Join the Club…
O’Casey’s Pike Angling Club is based in Co. Monaghan. The aims are to promote and develop the sport of pike fishing for all responsible anglers.
For more information see their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/caseyspike123/ or Call 087 9941600 The Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs (IFPAC) is a body representing pike anglers in Ireland, North and South.The IFPAC was founded on 17th January 1988 at a meeting held at the Ardboyne Hotel, Navan. The membership for that year stood at fifteen clubs representing six hundred anglers, today membership of IFPAC is approaching 100 affiliated clubs representing in excess of seven thousand anglers from all walks of life. http://www.angling-in-ireland.com/
Keady and District Angling Club had an enjoyable day out at their first junior event of the new season recently. Fishing was poor but the craic was good as the juniors took the opportunity to explore the outdoors. Only one fish was caught to the rod of Jason which tipped the scales to 3lb 6oz so well done to him. We’ll be holding a few other junior events over the next few months.
North Longford Angling Club
Congratulations to all the juniors that fished North Longford’s junior competition on Saturday. Well done to winners in particular:
U18 winner Ben Murtagh
U13 winner Aodhan Walshe
U8 winner Patrick Martin
Heaviest fish on the day came to Aodhan weighing in at 5lbs 13oz
Go fishing…
Keady & District Angling Club
While members of the Keady & District Angling Club fish for most species of fish, the Club is a Pike (Esox lucius) angling club. The club organizes regular Pike fishing events, usually held on a Sunday, with fishing running from 11am until 4pm. The Club also has a proud tradition of encouraging the young people from the wider area to pursue angling as a hobby and this is one of the most worthwhile aspects to club life.
David Norman is a Clonakilty based Bass Fishing Guide and Coach specialising in Shore Based Lure Fishing & Workshops.
