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Sharks, spurs and surprise catches in west Clare

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IFI Staff
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Tope

Skipper Luke Aston says the current good weather has brought lovely fishing conditions, with calm seas and good drifting over the reefs producing good steady fishing for whitefish and spurs, with the occasional surprise like this cracking John Dory.

The weather has made wildlife watching much better too, with some basking sharks giving spectacular leaping displays close to the boat at Loop Head this week. Check out Luke’s Facebook page here for the video clip.

Prior to this week, the weather has been quite windy, with just the odd day giving a window to get out, and when they did get out they found plenty of spurdog outside Loop Head, with good pollack fishing too. Days in the estuary saw plenty of thornback ray and bull huss, and a couple of nice tope too.

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The start of the month saw some more settled weather before Storm Floris, and a day drifting on the reefs produced plenty of fish, but the suggestion of shark fishing saw Luke put out a shark trace. Without any rubby dubby, they still managed 4 shark in two hours, boating the smaller two porbeagle and releasing the big fish in the water.

Go fishing…

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: lukeaston@eircom.net Web: www.fishandstay.com

Team Ireland U15 on world stage!

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland:

The youngest squad among 10 nations, our U15 Team Ireland Youth‘s stepped onto the global stage for the very first time — and what an experience it’s been! They might have finished at the bottom of the table this time, but they’ve gained priceless insight, built friendships, and shown the world their Irish determination.

This is just the beginning, a bright young team to watch out for in the future!

Massive credit to Youth Team Manager Adrian Browne for guiding them here through dedicated development days, to the incredible parents supporting them from the bank, and to our fantastic sponsors for helping make this dream possible.

Inland Fisheries Ireland are proud to sponsor Irish underage teams as they represent Ireland at international events held overseas.

Team Ireland U20 rank a respectable 8th at Worlds

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland:

After the final leg of the World Youth Angling Championships, our U20 squad secured 8th place a respectable finish against the 12 best float fishing youth teams on the planet — no small achievement! Fishing on Spain’s prolific Guadiana River meant speed fishing at another level — 4 or 5 fish a minute, with catches of small carassio numbering in the hundreds and the odd bonus carp.

Experience shone through with John Browne and Brian Clark earning 4th in their sections — with others gaining valuable experience for next year’s event in France.

Youth Team Manager Adrian Browne reflected: “Overall, it’s a disappointing end to the week, and some bad decisions on the day meant we could have done better. But the effort and commitment were outstanding. A huge thank you to the boys for their tireless work in the heat, to the parents, and to Nick and Charlie for their support on the bank.”

The NCFFI wishes to thank Youth Team Manager Adrian Browne for his commitment to the squad, to the dedicated parents on the bank and to the sponsors for their incredible support in helping them to get there.

Inland Fisheries Ireland are proud to sponsor Irish underage teams as they represent Ireland at international events held overseas.

Onthewater.ie adds Blackwater Valley Fishery to its books

By
Myles Kelly
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Andrew Callan of onthewater.ie was back in touch once again with more good news. They have added another private fishery to their online permit shop. The website is now selling salmon angling at Blackwater Valley Fishery, which provides visitors with a peaceful location in one of the most scenic areas along the Blackwater River, primarily on beats covering both the mid and lower reaches of the river.

Blackwater Valley Fishery – https://www.onthewater.ie/club/blackwatervalleyfishery

Private fisheries

Watershed Fly Fishing – https://www.onthewater.ie/club/watershedflyfishing

Club listings

River Sullane
Rivers Suir, Drish, Clashawley and Anner
River Slaney
Aughrim, Derry and Ow Rivers
Avonmore River
River Boyne and Kells Blackwater
River Fane

Competition entry

All competition entries for TAFI Leinster will now be going through the website also, to help simplify the process for both TAFI Leinster and anglers alike.

Too many species to name for Ringsend Irishtown AC in Kerry

By
Paul O'Reilly
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The Ringsend Irishtown Angling Club had their annual visit to County Kerry recently, fishing every type of mark the Kingdom had to offer them – shallow strands, deepwater rock marks, harbours and jetties – and everything in between.

This was the first year that the junior members came along and every angler there caught plenty of fish during the trip – too many to name in fact, as we can see from the variety on their photos.

Salmon fishing yielding mixed results on the Blackwater

By
IFI Staff
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ballyduff bridge

Results on the Munster Blackwater were varied this past week depending on the areas that reports were received on.

Some beats are experiencing improvements in numbers as previously reported but salmon caught are very small in size.

In contradiction, other beats along the system report that fishing is poor with no substance to the run of grilse that came in mid-July and overall, for the time of year, the numbers of fish observed are down in a lot of fisheries.

Notice: Following news of a fish kill between Mallow and Roskeen Bridge earlier this week anglers are requested to refrain from fishing in the affected stretch of river.

Senan’s intro to BFS fishing for wild brown trout

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Senan Stanley was on the water once again this week to try something new. Ever eager to try innovative approaches to Irish waters – in his latest YouTube video, Senan takes to a trout stream to try some BFS fishing.

BFS stands for Bait Finesse System. This system is made up of a baitcasting reel with a shallow lightweight spool and a light or ultralight action baitcaster rod. This setup allows the angler to effectively fish super lightweight lures in the 1g to 7g weight range, something that has not previously been possible with a traditional baitcasting setup.

Tiny trout can fight like bluefin tuna on a BFS setup, making catching 10 inchers a whole lot of fun in a small stream!

In this video, Senan shows us

  • How to effectively catch trout using BFS gear
  • Which ultralight lures work best for wild brown trout
  • Real-time catches in a crystal-clear river
  • Tips for fishing pressured or wild trout on finesse setups

Don’t forget to like and subscribe to the channel to help Senan so that he can keep on producing his fantastic videos.

2-Day Canal Pairs Festival – 30th and 31st August – Monasterevin

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Paul O'Reilly
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Monasterevin & Fisherstown are running a 2-Day Canal Pairs Festival on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August. This is an open event, so anybody can enter. Entry fee is adults 60 euro per person (120 euro a pair) and juniors 20 per person (40 euro a pair).
There are no pools to pay. Full payout. This festival is run on points and not weight. The festival is kindly sponsored by Johnathon Finlay Tackle in Monasterevin. Trophies for top 3 pairs and top junior pair.
Anybody interested, then contact the Irish Canal Masters Facebook Page. 

Edenderry fishing well for club members

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the Edenderry Coarse Angling Club:
Great to see some depth again on the stretch, with most anglers getting 5 foot down the track , I thought the canal would have fished a lot better today . It was difficult for most with the sun , but the wind gave a lovely ripple on the canal.
Club stalwart Tommy Burke took the honours with two early tench from the middle of the section and put his head down for roach for the remainder of the match – and the back up weights weren’t too bad.
Overall
  • 1. Tommy Burke 10-09
  • 2. Dean Murray 8-08
  • 3. Alan Larkin 7-04
  • 4. Mick Oddy 4-02.

 

2nd canal qualifier in Leinster

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Royal Canal

This report from the Leinster Coarse Fishing Federation:

Good afternoon young Anglers.

Yesterday (Sunday) saw the 2nd outing of the Leinster 25/26 Qualifiers. 19 Anglers fished 3 sections, each side of the Millennium Bridge.

Nice colour in the canal, but the clouds tried their best to throw some rain on top of us, but thankfully only light showers arrived. Canal was flat calm with only a few (welcomed) light breezes.

Results.

  • 1st……Pat Bartley…………11.09.
  • 2nd…..Colin Oliver………..9.04.
  • 3rd……Pauric Smyth……..8.11.

Sections.

  • ‘A’……..Pat Bartley………….11.09.
  • ‘B’……..Mick O’Connor……5.09.
  • ‘C’……..Colin Oliver. ………..9.04.

Our Thanks to Club and Pleasure Anglers for Respecting our Booking.

Our “Thanks” to Dean, Brian and Seannie and all the members who gave a hand in cleaning out the swims on BOTH Venues.

Next Sunday will see the 3rd outing, venue is Longwood, Draw 9.00 in the harbour car park. Again, we ask Club and Pleasure Anglers to Please Respect this Booking.

On a personal note. The Royal Enfield Club wish to say a very ‘Big Thank You ‘ to David Cullen for (once again) providing fishing gear, reels, floats, poles and lots more bits and pieces to the clubs junior Anglers. It is very much appreciated.

Please enjoy a few photos. Thank you. Ambrose.

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