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Mayfly patchy but excellent fishing reported from Corrib

By
Kevin Crowley
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Declan Gibbons reports from Lough Corrib, where despite sporadic hatches, many anglers enjoyed excellent fishing. Mayfly hatches have been good in some parts of the lake and patchy in others, while Campto buzzer have hatched consistently in some bays and buzzer fishing has produced some great trout this week as conditions were ideal for it on several days. Dappin natural mayfly has also been productive, although getting enough fly for the day has been challenging on some occasions.

In the Cornamona area on Sunday last Cornamona & District Anglers hosted their Mayfly Competition with 45 anglers catching 37 trout for 25.78kgs. In 1st place was Tom Doc Sullivan with 3 fish for  3.245kgs (Tom was presented with the Dr Eamon Sullivan Cup, named after his father, by his sister Elizabeth). In 2nd place was Gerry Dixon with 4 fish for 2.695kgs, and 3rd place went to Gerry McDonnell with 4 fish for 2.600kgs. Best Lady Angler was Eileen Dixon with 2 fish for 1.490kgs, and Tom Doc Sullivan also won the Heaviest Fish prize with a fine trout of 1.835kgs.

Tom Doc Sullivan being presented with the Doc Sullivan Cup by club chairman Martin Kinneavy and his sister Elisabeth
Tom Doc Sullivan being presented with the Doc Sullivan Cup by club chairman Martin Kinneavy and his sister Elizabeth

Cork angler Billy O’Brien, staying at Lakeshore House B&B for nine days reported having had his best season on Corrib for the last 15 years – he averaged 4 to 5 trout per day with a fish of 4lbs on Saturday being his best fish. Richard Molloy of Ballard Shore Boat Hire & Self-Catering (tel. 087-2879339) reports good fishing in the area with most anglers enjoying great sport on wet mayfly and dapping; Aidan Spooner from Limerick had a trout of 3lbs on Wednesday last dapping.

Tom Ormond had 3 trout for his day’s fishing on Thursday last. Enda Brown on Tuesday last had 4 fish dapping with the best being 4.5lbs, and on Thursday he had a trout of 2.5lbs. Tom Doc Sullivan (www.tomdoc.com) guided Mark Conroy and a party of three from England for 6 days, landing between 40 and 50 fish on dry Wulffs and buzzer with the best fish being 4lbs. Jason O’Riordan and Dave Burke fished for two days and had 12 fish with the best fish caught by Dave being just under 4lbs.

Mark Conroy with a fine fish
Mark Conroy with a fine fish

In the Oughterard area Basil Shields of Ardnasillagh Lodge (tel. 091-552550) reports excellent fishing to buzzer and mayfly; Billy Stinson had 17 fish for one day, all on buzzer with the best fish 5lbs. John Jacks, Scotland & Larry Kelly, Dublin had 38 fish for one week with the best fish being 5lbs. On Monday last Glen O’Connell and Ger Carraig had 8 fish with the best being 4.75lbs. John Gallagher had a super day’s angling landing 5 fish with the best being 7lbs. Joe Johnson & partner had 15 fish all on buzzer for their day on Corrib with the best being 4.75lbs. John O’Mahony and Eamon O’Nualain had 6 fish for their day with the best fish being 2.75lbs. Colman Counihan and Lal Gilligan had 7 fish for their day, all on Mayfly and the best fish being 4.5lbs. On Saturday last David Hynes and Mick Kelleher had 8 fish, all on buzzer with the best fish being 4.5lbs.

Kevin Molloy (tel. 087- 9604170) reports from the Oughterard area of improving hatches in the area and angling to match it; John & Robert Broadbend from Donegal had 37 trout for 4 days from 1.5-3.5lbs, all on wet flies. Cork angler Harry Couch & family had 90 fish for 7 days dapping, with fish varying in size from 1 – 3.5lbs.

Edith Loots visiting from Belgium with a trout to make her visit memorable
Edith Loots visiting from Belgium with a trout to make her visit memorable

Larry McCarthy of Corrib View Lodge, Glencorrib reported enthusiastically about the quality of Lough Corrib as Europe’s premier wild trout fishery. With ten personal bests landed at the lodge for the week gone by, guests are well and truly satisfied with the quality and quantity of trout Corrib is producing at present, with 9 fish over 5lbs, 3 fish over 6lbs and 1 fish over 9lbs.  First of all Bob Clark and his friend Jonathan Lee guided by Frank Reilly caught a magnificent 9lb 3oz trout which was weighed and released. Bob wins Catch of the Week for this smashing trout.

Bob Clark & Jonathan Lee with a cracking 9lbs 3oz trout before release
Bob Clark & Jonathan Lee with a cracking 9lbs 3oz trout before release. #cprsavesfish
And away she goes - Bob Clark releasing the fish of a lifetime
And away she goes – Bob Clark releasing the fish of a lifetime. #cprsavesfish

Malcolm Patrick guided from the lodge by Andrew Boyd caught his PB of 6lb 2oz also released. Tony Ling guided by Larry had his PB weighed and released at 6lb.

Tony Ling with his 6lbs PB trout, weighed & released. #cprsavesfish
Tony Ling with his 6lbs PB trout, weighed & released. #cprsavesfish
Tony releasing his fine trout #cprsavesfish
Tony releasing his fine trout #cprsavesfish

And in a week when Larry himself boated 48 trout of a very big average size which all swam away, he had his own PB which was weighed and released at 6lb 10oz. Larry says Mayfly fishing has started producing good bags the last few days and big lumps are still coming out on buzzer so the week ahead looks promising.

 

Corrib View Lodge owner and guide Larry McCarthy with his own 6lbs 10oz PB trout (C&R) #cprsavesfish
Corrib View Lodge owner and guide Larry McCarthy with his own 6lbs 10oz PB trout (C&R) #cprsavesfish

Ted Wherry of Mayfly Lodge Ballynalty (tel. 087-4305957) reports good action in the area with visiting UK angler Andrew Wain in the Ballycurrin and Black Rocks area with 22 fish for his trip with the best fish being 3.5lbs. Tourmakeady angler Mick Dunne and Shane McGowan from the UK had 3 fish for their day on Corrib with the best fish being 4lbs. In the Inchiquinn area on Friday last Howard Smith and boat partner Mike had 6 fish all on wetflies with the best fish being 2.25lbs.

Andrew Wain, Lincolnshire England with a nice trout during his visit
Andrew Wain, Lincolnshire England with a nice trout during his visit

On Sunday last Annaghdown Anglers hosted The Paddy Fahy Cup with 22 anglers participating – 14 fish were weighed in with 1st place going to Mike Sullivan & Graham Landy. 2nd place went to Adrian Lynch & James Sexton, while 3rd place went to Pat Bennett & Billy Kavanagh. The Heaviest Fish went to Graham Landy with a fish of 3lbs.

David Egan from Clare, recent Brown Bowl winning angler on the winning Irish team on L. Mask enjoyed a day’s fishing in the Ballindiff area with excellent sport on buzzer, as did fellow Clare angler Brian Madden, both pictured with Fantastic Corrrib Trout. Also in the Ballindiff area on Thursday last Shannon Angler Glen O’Connell & friend had 5 fish on buzzer for their day on Corrib. In the Cong area Stephen Lydon of Lydon’s Lodge Cong (tel. 094-9546053) reports on regulars from Cavan to the area enjoying great action on mayfly in the Inchagoill area from Wednesday last to Friday last mainly on wetfly fishing.

Dave Egan, Brown Bowl Winner the week before on Mask, scores again on Corrib
Dave Egan, Brown Bowl Winner the week before on Mask, scores again on Corrib

The Collinamuck Angling Club held the Halloran Cup on Sunday, a team event with a total of 40 anglers taking part in 17 teams, landing a total of 30 fish over the limit.

The winning team was Mike Keady, Barry Molloy  and Mike Hambleton with 12 fish for 23.14lbs. In second place were Daragh Noone and Fred Martin with 4 fish for 12.92lbs, and third place went to the team of Paddy O’Farrell, Noel Carter  and Gay Fleming with 4 fish 7.48lbs. The Heaviest Fish prize went to Fred Martin with a trout of 4.63lbs, and the best Lady Angler was Dolores Walsh.

Corrib has been extremely busy over the last week, with every pier packed with anglers morning and evening, and boats dotted everywhere on popular drifts. Anglers are reminded to only take what fish you will eat, with a daily limit of 4 trout and a minimum size of 13 inches/33cm (fork length). Also be mindful of other boats on your drift, and when driving to give drifting boats plenty of room. Operation Ephemera is in action, and fishery officers are checking for compliance with size and bag limits.

Remember, every trout that goes back alive is one that may be caught again by another angler, or one that will spawn the next generation. The catch limit is not a target!

 

Nigel Hirst wins Fermoy Festival after strong start

By
myleskelly
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The Spring Festival Week saw 40 anglers & partners back at Fermoy for some river fishing on the Blackwater. NCFFI report…

The fishing was started off difficult in areas even though conditions were good, water levels up and a little bit of colour. But by Wednesday the colour had run out of the river which ran clear for the rest of the week with the sun shining brightly!

Fermoy Spring Festival
Fishing the Fermoy Festival

Congratulations to Nigel Hirst of Leeds whose winning day one catch of 16lb 4oz saw him good for the rest of the week and win the festival. In second place was Wayne Swinscoe, Nottingham with 24lb 8oz and third another Leeds angler Nick Chaffer, 21lb 12oz, congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all who took part.

L-R Joe Slattery FCAA, Nigel Hirst winner, Richie Flynn The Avondhu Bar, Tommy Lawton FCAA
L-R Joe Slattery FCAA, Nigel Hirst winner, Richie Flynn The Avondhu Bar, Tommy Lawton FCAA

Day One winner was Nigel Hirst from Leeds with 16lb 4oz, second was Ollie Doyle, Co. Carlow with 12lb 8 oz and 3 was Dave Miles of Leeds with 11lb 14oz.

Day Two winner was Wayne Swinscoe with 14lb 6oz, second was Nick Chaffer with 10lb 6 and joint third was Trev Platt, Co. Cork and John Whitehouse, Darlington with 6lb 8oz.

Day Three winner was John Whitehouse Darlington with 9lb, second was Dave Jones, Notts 8lb 12ozs and third was Gordon Moss Bracknell 7lb 6ozs.

Full results from the Fermoy Spring Festival
Full results from the Fermoy Spring Festival

Usually the anglers would head to Inniscarra for the intermittent days but this year remained on the River.

Fermoy AC would like to thank The Cross Bar, The Wagon Tavern, The Avondhu Bar, TJ Goodtymes, The Grand Hotel, and the B&B’s; also local land and fishery owners and Chris (Kipper) Donovan for the use of the Boat.

Report courtesy of NCFFI – https://www.facebook.com/coarseangling – the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling. www.ncffi.ie

Blackwater "gin clear" and lovely fish caught and released

By
myleskelly
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Waterlevels on the Munster Blackwater were slowly falling last week. the river jumped about 45cm with yesterday’s rain but is dropping back again already…

13lb salmon being released
13lb salmon being released #CPRsavesfish

15 May: Glenda Powell of Blackwater Salmon Fishery reports that a 13 lb salmon was caught and released on the  the fishery this morning by Svere from Denmark. Later in the Pete Davis lost a very large fish also after a long play but managed to landed a fine fish after this. One other fish lost by another angler at the bank due to leaving the net 100 meters away.
17 May: A lovely sea liced 7 pound fish was caught and released this evening on Blackwater Salmon Fishery.
releasing a salmon
#CPRsavesfish at the Blackwater Salmon Fishery

18 May: Connie Corcoran had a lovely fish this afternoon at Cable Island on the Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery.  Unfortunately the fish was badly net marked.
salmon release
Jason Corcoran releases Connies fish #CPRsavesfish

19 May: Tony Murtagh landed a salmon of around 10lbs  today at Ballincurrig on the  Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery.
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Fishery Manager, Paul Whelan releasing a salmon on Sunday morning #CPRsavesfish

21 May: Dropping water levels ( currently at 0.39m) and “gin clear” clarity have resulted in a good show of fish on the Fortwilliam Beats. Water levels are continuing to drop and weather forecast prospects are good for the week. There were three salmon hooked and lost over the weekend. Sinead from the fishery tells us there are rods available this week so if anyone is interested, please contact the office on 058 54251 or the Fishing Manager Mr Paul Whelan. To find out more about the Fort William Fishery including information on booking see www.fortwilliamfishing.ie. Fort William are also running a mid week offer Monday to Thursday until May 31st. Enjoy a full day’s tuition and guiding with our senior house ghillie , a day’s fishing on the Lismore Castle Beat and overnight accommodation for 250.00 euro per rod. A great early Father’s Day gift.

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.
Contact  Conie Corcoran:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Tel: +353 (0)586 0146
Mobile: +353 (0)87 720 5690
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie

Fortwilliam Fishery & Self-Catering Cottages
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.ie Email: [email protected]
Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299

The Munster Blackwater…

For more information about salmon fishing on the Munster Blackwater please see the following page with a list of all the fisheries
 

Good fishing reported on Lough O'Flynn ahead of Donnellan Cup

By
myleskelly
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Joe Fitzharris sent in this angling return for Lough O’Flynn in West Roscommon for last week.

  • David Castle 4 fish, best 2lb,
  • Adrian Blackwell and Alan Bennett English visitors had 9 fish in one day, best 2 1/2 lb,
  • Ronan Baggott and Tom Foley Cork and Canada had 15 fish for 2 days, best 2 1/2 lb
  • Mark Malone and Paul Turner had 6 for an afternoon, best 2lb
  • Gerry Madden from Kilconnell in East Galway had 14 fish on the dry fly on Sunday 13th

Best fish recorded was by Mark Malone’s fish 3lb 10 oz which Joe reckons was an overwintered fish.

Next competition

Lake O’Flynn & District Angling Association with the permission of the Donnellan family Ballinlough and Inland Fisheries Ireland are once again hosting The Donnellan perpetual cup on Sunday 10th June. Fishing is from 11-6-pm with refreshments served afterward in Michael Donnellan’s lounge bar, Ballinlough.
This event is a Fly fishing pairs event and attracts anglers from all regions of Country and further afield who will battle it out with the locals to lift the prestigious Donnellan cup fished in memory of Noel Donnellan, Ballinlough. This is a Boat competition with prizes going to the combined weight of fish in each boat with competition rules available at the time of registration.
There is a generous prize fund of (1200 euro) for this event which usually attracts a good entry.The main prize of Donnellan Cup plus (400-euro) will go to the combined boat catch of both anglers, with more excellent prizes down to 5-th place. There will also be a Heaviest fish prize and a Junior section. Anglers intending to participate please take note that fishing on the lake on Friday, and Saturday, prior to this event is strictly prohibited this ensures the integrity of this event both for local and visiting anglers. Life jackets are a compulsory piece of kit for all competitors and this will be strictly enforced by club safety officer on the day for more information contact
Ronan on 086/8897850, Mark on 086/0593990, or Michael 094 9620064 where all details will be provided.

Go fishing…

Lough O’Flynn is a 300 acre rich limestone lake located in Co Roscommon just north of Ballinlough village. There are good stocks of wild and stocked brown trout averaging about 1.5 lbs with fish to 3 to 4lbs sometimes caught.
Find out more about Lough O’Flynn…
Facebook: Lake O`Flynn and District Anglers Association

853 dead carp from Lough highlights importance of angler biosecurity measures

By
myleskelly
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Carp mortalities continued at The Lough and Belvelly Lake over the weekend. The total count from The Lough now stands at 853 and 270 from Belvelly, a combined total of 1,123.

IFI officers removed a further 980 kg of carp remains for disposal on Friday 18th, bringing the total weight of destroyed fish to 4,780 KG. On a positive note, there were no mortalities reported from The Lough today, Monday 21st May.

The Marine Institute has confirmed that the virus detected in carp from the Lough and Belvelly is carp edema virus (CEV), genotype 1 which is the type usually associated with outbreaks of Viral Edema of Carp (also known as Koi Sleepy Disease) in common carp. This genotype differs from previous detections of CEV in ornamental koi carp in Ireland which were genotype 2.

Molecular tests for Koi Herpesvirus Disease (KHV), a listed disease under European Fish Health legislation, were negative for all fish sampled. Additional molecular tests for cyprinid herpesvirus (other than KHV) are also in progress.

The gills and skin of the sampled fish revealed an extremely high infestation of trichodinid parasites along with a fungal infection. White spots on the scales were also microscopically examined but there was no evidence of Ichthyophthirius multifilius infection.

Virological screening for Spring Viraemia of Carp is still ongoing with no virus observed to date. Bacteriological tests have revealed no growth of bacteria.

“The loss of significant numbers of carp in the two lakes highlights the need for vigilance among anglers and other recreational users of Irish waters in the cleaning of their equipment and gear thoroughly after use, and also for the need for fishery owners and members of the public to be aware of the potential risk of transferring fish that may carry disease into the wild, and to never release ornamental fish into lakes or rivers”. – Dr. Jeff Fisher, Director of Marine Environment and Food Safety Service at the Marine Institute.

IFI will meet with representatives from the MI and Cork County Council to review the situation and discuss steps to be taken on Thursday 24th May.

Some lovely fly fishing on the Nore over weekend

By
myleskelly
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Dan O’Neill at the Mount Juliet Estate reports on the trout fishing on the Nore…

We had 4 trout anglers and 2 salmon anglers on the fishery at the weekend. All together they caught 15 trout to 1 pound. Best flys included Iron Blue Dunn, Black Gnat, Pheasant Tail Nymph and Wickams Fancy.

Saturday: Great weather, high sun all day. The water level was reading .47m on the gauge and the river was running extremely clear. Water temperature was 13.6C in hot, bright conditions. A lot of the smaller trout making themselves known in most of the pools by hitting the surface frequently. Larger fish stayed low until 7pm and then started to show. One salmon showed his presence in the lower pool at the estate boundary no doubt on his way through and wasn’t in any panic to stop for a rest. Geat fly hatches all day and quite a lot of water snails showing themselves near the rivers edge.

Sunday: Different start to this morning. Quite over cast. Water temperature and height were the same as yesterday. Any rain that fell was taken by the dry ground and didn’t raise the river (not that there was much). Some good trout taken with the flys/nymphs mentioned above,the wet fly versions being the best as I found the trout to be slightly sub surface as if awaiting the sun to make itself known through the haunting rain clouds. Never happened all day (thankfully). Small trout feeding strongly all day not in any way shy to the fact I was wading sometimes 1 meter away.

Over the 2 days there were 2 very competent salmon anglers in 2 of the best pools. No fish to show for either angler so quite safe to say there aren’t many salmon about just yet.

Dan O’Neill
Mount Juliet Estate.

Go fishing…

Mount Juliet House is set on a large estate, which offers private fishing on 2.5 miles of the middle to lower reaches of the River Nore. Mount Juliet Estate offers fishing of the highest quality, just a short stroll away from the Manor House. There is a fishing room on site in the Manor House for your convenience i.e. for storage and drying of fishing equipment. Mount Juliet Estate can also provide the necessary equipment on site if needed.

https://www.mountjuliet.ie/fishing-on-the-estate.html

Fine weather and falling levels but salmon still running at Delphi

By
myleskelly
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David McEvoy reports from the Delphi Fishery…

19 May: Week 20 is just finishing up and while there are still fish running, water levels have dropped off to 15 and we have now had quite a few fine, dry and sunny days. While this weather is ideal for those spectacular photos, it makes catching the elusive salmon even more difficult!

Wednesday afternoon, while people were finding it difficult to see fish in the river, I decided I better have a look myself. It was rather windy, which makes spotting fish difficult. Having said that I did manage to see five in the Whin Pool and then below the bottom bridge I saw four fish running, even though the tide had only turned. I showed these fish to a couple of anglers and they saw quite a few more coming in later, on the tide.

Pat Hagan managed to land a nice fish off Finlough
Pat Hagan managed to land a nice fish off Finlough

After a great Monday morning when we had four fish, Tuesday was a bit slower, but Pat Hagan managed to land a nice fish off Finlough, of 7lbs10ozs on a Posh Tosh. There are plenty of fish showing in Fin at the moment, but they have been difficult to tempt, despite good wind conditions some days. Having said that all anglers fished hard and of course there was the usual social aspect to the week!!

Christopher Jarman landed a fish yesterday from the Quarry Poo
Christopher Jarman landed a fish yesterday from the Quarry Pool

Christopher Jarman, who rarely blanks kept his record intact, when he landed a fish yesterday from the Quarry Pool of 8lbs7ozs on a Monkey Dog, (which is basically another version of a Collie Dog).

Fishing has been quiet so far today, with one fish risen on Finlough. Hopefully the fish are waiting for the rain that is forecast later tomorrow and Monday approx. 30 to 40mms, depending on which forecast you look at. It will be interesting to see how accurate the forecasts on the weather apps are! I

f the forecast is correct, it should put the system in good order again for the coming week. There is the odd rod available next week so if anyone is interested, contact the office or myself.

David McEvoy
Delphi Fishery

Go fishing…

At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.

Delphi Fishery
Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Fax +353-95-42296
Web: www.delphilodge.ie

New for 2018/2019
We are delighted to announce an opportunity to purchase prime Irish Salmon Fishing with accommodation in a country cottage. Each new member will have the option of a one week stay, a four day stay or a three day stay fixed for five years. For more information see https://delphilodge.ie/2018/04/10/the-new-delphi-salmon-club-and-syndicate-connemara/

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Sunset at Doo Lough – perfect photography conditions, anglers less impressed!

Tony Hopkins wins Fermanagh Classic Fishing Festival

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myleskelly
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The 2018 Fermanagh Classic Fishing Festival, sponsored by Waterways Ireland, reached a thrilling finale today on the sun-soaked shores of Lough Erne. It had been a very close contest, with just over a kilo separating the top two anglers going into the final day’s fishing. Tony Hopkins of Lough Gowna emerged victorious, his catch of 3kg 420gms on Cleenish Bridge being enough to get him into top place on the leaderboard, with a total over the three days of 36kg 240gms, netting him the winner’s cheque of £5,000 and the coveted crystal chalice.

Tony Hopkins of Lough Gowna emerged victorious
Tony Hopkins of Lough Gowna emerged victorious

In second place overall was Andrew Hampson of Chapel Allerton, whose total catch of 34 kgs 580 gms earned him £2,000 and the runner’s up crystal trophy. Third was Worcester angler Stuart Harford with a total of 27 kg 560 gms, which landed him £1,500 and a crystal sports trophy.  Fourth overall was Stefan Engert from Germany , whose 27 kg 540 gms was enough to secure him £1,000 and a Belleek trophy. Two times previous Classic winner John Potters was fifth with 26 kgs 930 gms and Nottingham angler Rob Parker came home in sixth, with 25 kg 540 gms.

2018 Fermanagh Classic Fishing Festival Day Three Results

The winners of the hotly contested team event, the Waterways Ireland Masters, were ‘Wakefield Trinity’, with ‘Dickie’s Arsenal’ second and ‘Family Affair’ in third place.

Today’s daily winner was Rob Parker from Nottingham, with German visitor Stefan Engert second, Craig Fletcher from Bath third and Cavan angler Peadar Harten in fourth.

The Classic is sponsored for the sixteenth year by Waterways Ireland and is organised by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, in conjunction with the Inland Fisheries Division of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

Inniscarra and Carrigadrohid to remain closed for at least 2 weeks

By
myleskelly
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IFI officers continue to remove carp mortalities from The Lough and Belvelly Lake, taking 50 carp from the Lough on 17th May and bringing the total combined count from both locations to over 1000.

It is now 2 weeks since the first report of ailing carp from the Lough, which was quickly followed by massive mortalities. IFI awaits further results from the Marine Institute who expect to have their analysis and testing completed by the middle of next week. A meeting between IFI, MI and Cork County Council will take place at that time.

While there is no indication of carp affected by CEV elsewhere, given the continued deaths of carp at the Lough and Belvelly Lake the suspension of angling will continue at Inniscarra and Carrigadrohid for at least the next 2 weeks i.e. until 31st May, while monitoring of other local waters will continue.

Irish Angling Update – 17 May 2018

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myleskelly
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Sheelin Mayfly

It feels very late to be only starting to relay catches on Mayfly, but that’s the sort of season we’re having this year. Coarse angling catches are also a little out of sync with what might usually be expected but there are still some good catches being reported, particularly further North. Salmon and pike anglers have been getting some of the best angling with big fish featuring. Which leaves us the sea anglers who seem to have been worst hit by last week’s winds…

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Julian releases his 18lb salmon – CPRsavesfish

Catch of the Week goes to a salmon angler this week. Julian Ciconte caught and released the best Drowes salmon of the 2018 season so far, a fine 18lb fish. A couple of days later he caught released a 16lb salmon. The Drowes has been fishing very well recently as bigger spring fish continue to feature in catches and the grilse run gets underway. The Moy, Carrowmore, Owenmore, Delphi and Galway Fishery are all experiencing a bit of a lift as both spring fish and grilse are running side by side. There are also reports in from the Feale, Laune, Killarney Lakes, Flesk, Ilen, Bandon, Lee, Munster Blackwater and Nore.

Peter Mathison, England with a lovely Corrib trout
Peter Mathison, England with a lovely Corrib trout

Mayfly fishing is heting up on most of the lakes now after a very late start. Buzzer and Olive hatches are still underway on a number of the lakes so fish have a lot to choose from. Fishing on Corrib improved with the rise in temperatures and hatches of mayfly becoming more consistent. Team Ireland won the Spring International on Lough Mask catching a very impressive 45 trout for 1552.3cm, 20 fish and over 600cm ahead of 2nd place Wales. There were reports of the odd Mayfly on Mask this week, so hopefully by the weekend the hatch will start in earnest. Mayfly are well up on Lough Conn now, but on Lough Arrow it will be another day or so until the hatch really gets going. Last week all the fishing on Sheelin was to Buzzer, Olives and lure but the Mayfly hatch there is becoming more established with each passing day and this weekend should see some good catches. Trout to 9lb were landed on buzzer last week – anglers will be dreaming of fish like that coming to a dry May.

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There were some lovely bream appearing on the Erne system ahead of the Classic Fishing Festival

The Dutch King of Clubs competition was held last week on venues in Leitrim and Cavan. Fishing was tough at times though single day catches to over 17kg were recorded. Jan Willem Plekkenpol was the overall winner on 5 points. It’s not been easy at the Fermoy Festival which is underway this week. After 2 days of fishing Nigel Hirst was leading with 21lb 14oz. The 2018 Waterways Ireland Classic Fishing Festival is being fished on the Erne system in Fermanagh this week. The venues were producing good bream in the run up to the competition and they are continuing to perform well. Bags to 23.440 kgs were weighed in yesterday and going into the fishing today Andrew Hampson had just over 1kg advantage over his nearest rival, Tony Jordan, but many of the anglers in the top ten will be hoping that they can draw a ‘flier’ on Friday that will net them the top prize of £5,000 and the Crystal Chalice.

Pike anglers have been enjoying some great fishing at venues in Cavan, Longford, Leitrim and Monaghan. Lough Derg has also been fishing well with a good number of 1m plus fish reported by local and tourist anglers.

Charter boat anglers fishing from Leah on Kilalla Bay had some great fishing for a variety of flatties which include turbot and plaice. Charter boat fishing around the Clare coast is improving steadily and some good fish including big skate have been landed. Our shore fishing stalwarts from Donegal found that the normal rock steady fishing on Donegal Bay was disrupted by the winds last week, but fishing will improve once the shoal of fish regroup and move back inshore.

And now the weather…

Staying predominantly warm, dry and settled until later on Saturday. Wet and unsettled on Sunday and Monday. Check for current reports before going afloat but all in all it’s not a bad fishing forecast.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

Myles Kelly
Catch, Photo, Release

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