Paul Leese wins O'Callaghans Feeder Cup with 57kg

By

-

April 30, 2018

Paul Leese continues his run of luck with another win at Inniscarra. Inniscarra Lake TDL has all the news and results…

A winning catch — Paul does it again at Inniscarra

It’s a double win for Paul Leese who wins the O’Callaghans Feeder Cup with a total weight of 57kg over the 3 days! Fellow County Cavan anglers Brenton Sweeney and Neil Mazurek took 2nd and 3rd place with Peter Mills finishing in 4th.
Full results table

Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who took part but especially Paul who played out an awesome performance on his first return to Inniscarra since he fished for silver with Team Ireland in 2014. After high water levels at the end of last week and possible flood warnings everything turned out okay and the fishing turned out to be fantastic. The sections remained consistent for both festivals with lots or roach and hybrids. On the last three days alone the 31 anglers have caught over 978kg, that’s 10.52kg per man per day; terrific weights in match conditions.

Inniscarra Lake Tourism Ltd would like to thank all those who travelled to Coachford Co. Cork to participate, Kevin Gray Match Organiser, helpers and photographers Pat Falvey, Peter William Turner, Tracey Martin and Eileen Martin of O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House our sponsors and hosts.

Upcoming events

The legacy of two world championships in 3 years and good fishing on Inniscarra Lake continues to attract new interest from overseas anglers. To cater for this demand Inniscarra Lake Tourism Development Ltd have released details of a comprehensive series of angling festivals for 2018 commencing in March through to October. The festivals, many of which include guaranteed sponsorship provides 64 days of any method match fishing with selected events for the feeder enthusiast.
For information on angling at Inniscarra including festivals visit www.ncffi.ie/inniscarra-angling

Date	Event	Duration
May 20	Guinness Cup	1
May 21-25	Hacket Cup Festival	5
May 26	Open Match	1
May 27-29	O’Callaghan’s Cup	3
May 30 June 01	Ottewill Trophy	3

August 10-18	Otley FEEDER Festival	9

August 25	O’Callaghan’s Open	1
August 26-28	Celtic Shield	3
August 29-31	Vintners Cup	3
September 01	Open Match	1
September 02-04	Coolcower Cup	3
September 05-07	Lennox Cup	3
September 08	Open Match	1
September 09-11	Mai Fitz’s Cup	3
September 12-14	Granvilles’ Cup	3

October 21	FeederFest Open	1
October 22-26	FeederFest Ireland	5
October 27-28	Fountain House Feeder Cup	2

It’s simple to book in
Tommy 00 353 86 104 3040
Kevin 00 44 7803 372756
Richard 00 44 7824 479132
Trevor 00 353 87 601 8660
Coachford Village is the gateway to the 2.8km Greenway which provides secure parking behind your peg with other stretches of water such as the ‘Garden Centre’ close by. Club and leisure anglers are more than welcome with the local club members more than happy to provide advice or help arrange a friendly match. In the village you purchase your permit, buy bait and tackle-up whilst staying in one of a number of B&B’s in the area. Close by are several hotels and restaurants that welcome the anglers and Blarney and Cork City are just a short drive away. For those bringing the family there are plenty of attractions close by; a little further afield there is Killarney and Kenmare where there are many things to do, and not far from some excellent beaches.
Inniscarra Fishing Festivals 2018

Bass and wrasse on fly and lure for Kerry anglers

By

myleskelly

-

April 30, 2018

There has been some great bass fishing on offer around Kerry in the last week. Here is some of the latest news…

20 April: One of the fly caught bass for Jack Zagar, fishing with John Quinlan of Thatch Cottage, this evening after a great day trout fishing and eagle watching on Lough Namona.

22 April: Tomasz Ekert, Sea Bass Hunting, writes in his blog of some very pretty bass caught lure fishing with soft plastics on the night tides. He had 4 a couple of days ago and 10 this evening and tonight. Read Tomasz Ekert’s blog Sea Bass Hunting

25 April: A bit on the wild side today but a first ever bass for John from Michigan, who was fishing with John Quinlan of Thatch Cottage.

A beautifully coloured wrasse #CPRsavesfish

30 April: Tom Cosford was fishing with John Quinlan of Thatch Cottage today. He opened his 2018 bass account with a few nice bass and caught some cracking wrasse on lure also.

Go fishing…

Thatch Cottage

Lure and fly fishing for bass normally begins mid to late March with April and May often giving superb sport. Please get in touch to check for best times and availability. If you fancy a spring bass fishing break just give John a call on (066) 947 4721 (or +353 66 947 4721 from abroad).

E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.thatchcottageireland.co.uk

National Bass Programme

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

Salmon fishing on the Bandon picking up

By

myleskelly

-

April 30, 2018

Jason Nash from the Bandon Angling Association reports on recent conditions on the Bandon…

spring salmon — Anthony Buckley Buckley releasing one of his salmon. #CPRsavefish

27 April: Bit by bit the salmon fishing is picking up on the Bandon and the last few days have seen a discernible increase in activity. Regular spring salmon hunter Anthony Buckley has been at it again with a couple more under the belt, both falling to a Flying C. Well done Anthony!

I managed to get off the mark myself also with a beauty of around 10lb. A few more have also been caught and lost throughout the system.

29 April: Congratulations to club member Norman Allott on catching this pristine springer!! This is his first ever salmon.

Go Fishing…

Bandon Angling Association have set up a guiding service in conjunction with Jason Nash, Peter Aspinwall and Phil Dewey. Details of the guiding service are provided on the website and they are looking forward to making memories and enhancing people’s fishing experiences on the river Bandon. Day tickets and club membership are also available.
Web: https://bandonangling.com/

Kilcoleman Fishery, Enniskeane, is renowned for its hospitality. The owners David and Patricia Lamb make a particular effort to make their guests feel at home. Past visitors have described the atmosphere as ‘laid back’ and the accommodations as ‘cosy’. Kilcoleman is “fly only” throughout the entire season. However, in certain water conditions, spinning is permitted for salmon. Trout angling is “fly only” at all times.
web: http://flyfishing-ireland.com

Ryewater fishing well for Leixlip and District Anglers

By

myleskelly

-

April 30, 2018

Sea Fishing in Ireland Sea Angling Tips The Tides The Irish coast experiences two high tides and two low tides in every 24 hour 50 minutes period. ‘Double tides’ are experienced only on the east coast in the Arklow area of South Wicklow and North Wexford. High water at Dublin occurs about 30 minutes before [...]

Leixlip and District Anglers Association fished the Hawtorn Cup recently in ideal conditions…

22 April: The Hawthorn Cup was fished today and what started out as a damp morning turned into a sunny day which ensured a smile was kept on the faces of all. Water levels were perfect, the river temperature was higher than at any time over the last few months. Fishing was steady all day with good returns from several anglers.

The result was quite tight in the end with two anglers fighting it out for top spot. In the end, with a total of 78 inches, Gianluca had it won by 2.5 inches over Edward in second with 75.5 inches. Jason was third with 49 inches.

Very well done Gianluca. A very deserved win that he worked hard for and well done to all who fished on such a lovely day.

Tight Lines
LDAA

Go fishing…

The Ryewater is a fly only river. Leixlip and District Angling Association control the stretch of the Rye Water from Kellystown Lane to Leixlip Village. Day tickets are available for visiting anglers who wish to fish the Rye Water. They can be obtained from The Leixlip Amenities Centre. Tel: 01 624 3050

To contact the club see https://www.facebook.com/Leixlip-and-District-Anglers-536755009827825/ or http://leixlipanddistrictanglers.blogspot.ie

Irish Angling Update – 26 April 2018

By

myleskelly

-

April 27, 2018

We had some incredible weather in the end last weekend. Most areas enjoyed at least one day of good, warming sunshine, and the unique smell of barbeques firing up wafted about the country. But it didn’t really last and rain soon followed. Along with colder temperatures. The best of the weather probably didn’t coincide with the best of the fishing in the last week though, and it seems it was probably a bit too bright when the sun was shining!

There weren’t many anglers out on the Drowes last week and so the catch, which included some early grilse, is a little lower than we’d expect given the conditions on the river. On the Moy heavy rain put the river in flood for a number of days. As it cleared salmon began to be caught and the week ended with 31 fish reported. Fishing at Delphi was described as steady as spring arrived in the valley last week. There’s always the chance of a good salmon at this time of the year, and a lamb on your back cast can’t be ruled out either. In Connemara high tides at Costello and Fermoyle are expected to improve the fishing there following the landing of their first salmon of the season on Wednesday, 25 April. Staying in Galway there were 4 fish from the Galway Fishery in the last few days. Moving south, there were a few more fish taken from the Feale on fly and spinner, though as levels there rose again conditions are more suited to spinning only now. The Owenmore reported its first few sea trout of the season and fishing in the river is expected to be good as levels there are topped up by the rain. Springers to 14lb were landed on fly at Lough Currane. Before the weekend the lake was almost unfishable but conditions improved from Saturday on. The Ilen had one salmon and a good few sea trout in the last week, while there was just one fish reported from the Bandon and the Lee reported 6 salmon in high water. Water levels on the Munster Blackwater are improving and fishing has picked up again on the river.

This year’s Lough Ree International Pike Festival & World Cup had its best single day of fishing ever when 21 fish over 100cm caught on Thursday, 20 April. Team Rock and Roll – Lukasz Sankiewicz & Bartosz Nieciecki, were the winners of this 3 day event with 312.5cm (for their 3 best fish) and they also won the biggest fish competition on 114.5cm. The rest of our pike reports are also from the Shannon system this week. There were big fish on Derg in the last few days and also in the Longford area of the catchment. Unfortunately the Go Hire Pike Championship final was fished in bright sunshine on Saturday and so the fish they met were a bit smaller but it was still a good day with 163 pike entered.

There have been few reports from Corrib lately, water temperatures are only just reaching 9C, well back on normal for the time of year, as we await the main hatch of olives. Lough Mask was in good form over the past few days despite the recent return to cold and unsettled weather. Reasonable hatches of sedge have been complemented by the odd olive and Campto buzzer in recent days, keeping trout interested and on the move.

Inniscarra Reservoir had a chance to shine again as some great catches were weighed in at the festivals fished there in the last number of days. Paul Leese had a great start to the David Bacon Feeder Only Festival with 23.240kg and he ended up winning the 3 day event with 57.120kg. At Portumna the 3 day Curley’s Festival was won by Julian Kendrick. The Grand Canal at Edenderry fished well at the weekend and despite blustery conditions some good catches, which included some lovely tench and bream, were weighed in.

Like grandfather, like grandson was the story from Cork Harbour where a a young Sean Ryan had bass on fly and lure. These are amongst the first bass reported from the area this year. Staying afloat the Wicklow Bay Sea Angling Club reported tough fishing in the first leg of the Leinster boat league fished in Kilmore Quay. The sun was, again, blamed for this. We also have shore angling reports from Youghal and Donegal Bay where competition anglers are getting some decent fishing. Wexford had some of the best reports and great bass fishing was enjoyed by angling guide Sid Jones.

And now the weather…

The forecast from Met Eireann isn’t great and the outlook is for temperatures below normal and cold enough at night for some rural grass frosts. Some sunny spells most days, but there’ll be showers too, some heavy with hail and a risk of thunder. Still cool and changeable for the first half of next week. At least the sun won’t scare away the fish this weekend…

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

Myles Kelly
Catch, Photo, Release

If you have an angling story to share with the Irish Angling Update please send it to [email protected].

Headlines

Salmon angling news

Trout angling reports

Coarse angling reports

Pike angling reports

Sea angling reports

Other news

Good bassing reported from Wexford coast

By

myleskelly

-

April 27, 2018

Angling guide, Sid Jones reports on some great bass fishing from Wexford…

Finally after what felt like the longest winter since time began I finally had a decent opportunity to get among some bass. The recent summer-like weather was matched with decent water temperatures and good clarity. During a brilliant session with a great friend of mine we managed 14 bass, 7 each with two double hook up’s.

I added another 25 bass to my seasons tally over another few sessions. The bass were ranging in size from small but feisty schoolies up to lean 67cm which was probably after spawning.

The best fish throughout the sessions was a cracking fat 60cm bass. A very thick set fish which outweighed all the others caught.

All fish were released after a quick photo.

#CPRsavesfish

Make a booking…

Fishing Ireland.
Sid Jones
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7734870
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: Fishing Ireland Guided Fishing

Decent canal fishing for Edenderry anglers despite wind

By

myleskelly

-

April 27, 2018

Edenderry Coarse Angling Club reports on their first match of the season fished at the weekend…

22 April: 21 anglers turned out for the first match of the season today. The wind was unreal but the match fished reasonably well considering the conditions.

Overall

1. Jeff Walker 14lb 09oz
2. Tommy Burke 9lb 12oz
3. Arthur Judge 7lb 08oz

Section A 1 and 2 Jeff and Tommy

Section B

1. Shane Lawlor 6lb 10oz
2. Robert Buick 5lb 04oz

canal fishing — There were hybrids and bream of decent size landed too

Report and photos courtesy of Edenderry Coarse Angling Club

Go fishing…

New members are always welcome to Edenderry Coarse Angling Club.

Nine permanent match stretches occupy the length of the Grand Canal within 15 km of Edenderry town. This section of canal corridor is unconfined by lock gates for 31 kilometres. Each stretch is permanently marked and contains a minimum of 25 pegs, spaced at 30 metre intervals. The towpaths are driveable and adjacent car parking facilities are provided. The towpaths, like the canal itself, are maintained to the highest standard by Waterways Ireland and Edenderry coarse angling club, while the angling conditions are beyond parallel. A vast number of mixed coarse fish have been stocked into the canal over the past ten years – the health and population status of which is regularly assessed.

Apart from the 262 permanent swims that have been created for the match angler on this unique fishery, a number of stretches have been prepared to cater for the pleasure fisherman and the junior angler. Included among these is the famous Edenderry Branch Line. Fished 12 months a year, this highly productive venue regularly produces catches in excess of 50lb per session. Bream, tench, roach, rudd, hybrids, carp, perch and gudgeon are the principal fish species present.

NCFFI

Edenderry Coarse Angling Clubare affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland and are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling. www.ncffi.ie

Plenty of fish at Donamon and Emlagh for Teams of 4

By

myleskelly

-

April 27, 2018

Suck Valley Angling Hub report on a Team of 4 competition fished at Emlagh and Donamon at the weekend…

On Sunday 22nd of April Connaught Match Group in conjunction with Suck Valley Angling Hub ran a teams of 4 competition which was held on the sections of Donamon and Emlagh.

The draw was held at Castlecoote Lodge where 8 teams waited patiently to find out where they would fish. Teams from across the country turned out with anglers from as far away as Belfast and Donegal as well as Kildare which shows the attraction the River Suck has for anglers.

Sections for the day were

Emlagh 1-8
Donamon 1-8
Donamon 11-18
Donamon 24-31

The day started well for everyone with plenty of fish coming and even though it slowed off as the day went on there was still plenty of fish to be caught.

catch

Top individual weight of the day went to Jason Ward with a weight of 8.725kg from peg 5 on Emlagh. Second was Rory Dunne with a weight of 7.850kg from peg 2 on Emlagh and 3rd was Mark Leonard with a weight of 6.750kg from peg 28 on Donamon.

River Suck

On the team front it was a close affair for 1st place as Connaught Match Group and Team Ireland battled for top spot. In the end Connaught Match Group prevailed with 2 section wins and 2 2nds which left them on 6 points and Team Ireland ended up with 2 section wins and 2 3rds and left them on 8 points.
3rd place went to Team Worms as they called themselves on a score of 17 points only just beating Naas (Lithuanian) contingent.

Connaught Match Group 6pts
Team Ireland 8pts
Team worms 17pts

The club wishes to send out their thanks to all who attended and traveled from far and wide to attend and we look forward to seeing a few new faces at our annual 3 day event in 2 weeks time for the 3 day festival which will be held at the same location.

Thanks to IFI (inland fisheries ireland) for their continuous hard work and development of projects in the area who without their hard work an event like this wouldn’t be possible to be held in the area.

Last but by no means least we all thank the Leyden family who allowed us to use their pub for the draw and presentation. Mary Leyden kindly provided refreshments after the competition which is greatly appreciated by all the anglers.

Go Fishing…

River Suck Angling Hub

Athleague, Co. Roscommon.

Contact: Bill Cassidy [email protected] 086 3356759

The Suck Valley Angling Hub was set up to promote angling in the Suck Valley area, and also to organise major competitions and festivals.

Paul Leese catches 57.120kg to win Feeder Only Festival Inniscarra

By

myleskelly

-

April 27, 2018

There is a great run of festivals on Inniscarra at this time of year. Inniscarra Lake TDL has all the news and results…

22 April: The warm up to our April series of Feeder Festivals took place today with great weights coming from all the sections.

Inniscarra catch — Neil Richards had 14.100kg to win

O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House Open Feeder 22nd April

1st Neil Richards 14.100kg
2nd Trev Platt 13.520kg
3rd Charlie Greaves 12.200kg

23 April: A fantastic start to the first of the two 3-day feeder festivals from County Cavan angler Paul Leese with his 23.240kg catch in the fisrt day of the Dave Bacon Memorial Feeder Festival.

inniscarra — Paul Leese with his 23.240kg catch

All the top weights came from the Garden Centre today; in 2nd Julian Kendrick 18.800kg and 3rd Neil Richards 17.360kg.

24 April: A better day all round today for the second day of the Dave Bacon Memorial Feeder Festival with the water dropping by about 3 foot and less wind. The top weight today came again from Paul Leese this time on the Greenway with 16.840kg which sees him lead the match going into the final day tomorrow. Second today was Charlie Greaves with 16.780kg and 3rd today came from Pat Falvey at the Graveyard with 16.320kg.

Super fishing all round with over half the field with weights in double figures.

25 April: Paul Leese returns in style to Inniscarra and wins the first of our two Feeder Only Festivals.

County Cavan angler Paul returns to the lake for the first time since he fished for Silver with Team Ireland at the World Feeder Fishing Championships here in 2014. With the top weight of the festival on day one and consistent fishing since Paul finishes with 57.120kg for first place. Second is Swindon angler Neil Richards and in third place County Offaly angler Julian Kendrick. The top three anglers also finished with the top weights of the match today from the Graveyard.

The festival has seen anglers bag nets of up to 300 fish,mostly roach and hybrids with some skimmers. All sections fished well concluding with a match total of over 680kg and a daily match average of 7.824 a man.

results

Inniscarra Lake Tourism Ltd would like to thank all those who travelled to participate, Kevin Grey Match Organiser, our hosts O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House and of course sponsors Jackie Lennox Chip Shop

Cork County Council Inland Fisheries Ireland Coarse Angling Ireland NCFFI Coachford Co. Cork

26 April: The good fishing continued for the first day of the O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House Festival today with Paul Leese once again leading the field with his 21.100kg from the Garden Centre. Following him again but a good bag of fish behind was Neil Richards with 16.340 from the Graveyard. In third place with 16.060kg was Feeder Team Ireland Manager Brenton Sweeney also at the Garden Centre.

Encouraged by the good fishing a number of new faces arrived in Coachford Co. Cork today and thirty one anglers are fishing this match held over the next three days.

Upcoming events

The legacy of two world championships in 3 years and good fishing on Inniscarra Lake continues to attract new interest from overseas anglers. To cater for this demand Inniscarra Lake Tourism Development Ltd have released details of a comprehensive series of angling festivals for 2018 commencing in March through to October. The festivals, many of which include guaranteed sponsorship provides 64 days of any method match fishing with selected events for the feeder enthusiast.

Date	Event	Duration
April 22	O’Callaghan’s FEEDER Open	1
April 23-25	Dave Bacon Memorial FEEDER Festival	3
April 25-28	O’Callaghan’s FEEDER FESTIVAL	4
May 20	Guinness Cup	1
May 21-25	Hacket Cup Festival	5
May 26	Open Match	1
May 27-29	O’Callaghan’s Cup	3
May 30 June 01	Ottewill Trophy	3

August 10-18	Otley FEEDER Festival	9

August 25	O’Callaghan’s Open	1
August 26-28	Celtic Shield	3
August 29-31	Vintners Cup	3
September 01	Open Match	1
September 02-04	Coolcower Cup	3
September 05-07	Lennox Cup	3
September 08	Open Match	1
September 09-11	Mai Fitz’s Cup	3
September 12-14	Granvilles’ Cup	3

October 21	FeederFest Open	1
October 22-26	FeederFest Ireland	5
October 27-28	Fountain House Feeder Cup	2

It’s simple to book in
Tommy 00 353 86 104 3040
Kevin 00 44 7803 372756
Richard 00 44 7824 479132
Trevor 00 353 87 601 8660

Coachford Village is the gateway to the 2.8km Greenway which provides secure parking behind your peg with other stretches of water such as the ‘Garden Centre’ close by. Club and leisure anglers are more than welcome with the local club members more than happy to provide advice or help arrange a friendly match. In the village you purchase your permit, buy bait and tackle-up whilst staying in one of a number of B&B’s in the area. Close by are several hotels and restaurants that welcome the anglers and Blarney and Cork City are just a short drive away. For those bringing the family there are plenty of attractions close by; a little further afield there is Killarney and Kenmare where there are many things to do, and not far from some excellent beaches.

Inniscarra Fishing Festivals 2018

Fermoy wins Munster Council Team of Four league

By

myleskelly

-

April 27, 2018

Five Munster Clubs started Munster Council‘s Team of Four league back in February. The final was fished at the weekend in Oaklands….

Oaklands Lake, New Ross was the Waterford venue for the final league match of the Munster Teams 2018. There were just 2 points separating Munster CAC (A) and Fermoy going into the final competition. The lake fished really well with almost 475kg caught.

South Munster won the day with a great result of 7pts but they were too far behind at this stage in the league to catch up.

Fermoy CAC managed to reverse the points difference on Munster CAC, and so they came away winners of the Munster Teams League 2018.

Pawel Swistun is individual winner of the Munster Teams League 2018.

Section Winners at Oaklands New Ross

A section Adrian Browne 80,340

B Section Pawel Swistun 29,080

C section Attilla Paldelk 48,500

D section Tommy Lawton 23,040

results table

The Munster Coarse Angling Council is a provincial council of the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI – the NGB for coarse and predator angling in Ireland. www.ncffi.ie

Go fishing…

Oaklands Lake in New Ross Co. Wexford is a fishing paradise for coarse angling. It offers a wide selection of fish. The lake can be fished by people of every level of experience from beginners to professionals.

Adrian Browne
Oaklands Lake,
Marshmeadows,
New Ross, Co. Wexford.

Telephone: +353 (0)51 445348
Mobile: 0877811042

Web: Oakland Lake Fishery

Upcoming events

Go fishing…

Thatch Cottage

National Bass Programme

Go Fishing…

Go fishing…

And now the weather…

Headlines

Salmon angling news

Trout angling reports

Coarse angling reports

Pike angling reports

Sea angling reports

Other news

Make a booking…

Overall

Go fishing…

NCFFI

Go Fishing…

Upcoming events

Section Winners at Oaklands New Ross

Go fishing…

EVEN MORE NEWS

POPULAR CATEGORY