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High water on Bandon, just 1 fish last week

By
Eileen Carroll Murphy
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River Bandon
Current water on the Bandon. For live images click and watch the webcam at Farson Digital Watercams

There was one salmon reported for the week and another reported lost. The fish was caught spinning and was sealiced.

The river was in flood over the weekend but has returned to fishable levels now and prospects are good for the coming week as water temperatures have risen to about 11C.

River Bandon
Current water on the Bandon. For live images click and watch the webcam at Farson Digital Watercams

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

Good fishing for Leinster Pike Angling Club in Cavan

By
myleskelly
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Jan Rutkwoski won the competition with 10 fish for 37lb 04oz

The Leinster Pike Angling Club report on their most recent monthly competition fished at the weekend…

We had our monthly competition on Sunday, 15 April, on a new venue for most of us so we weren’t really sure what to expect. Fishing was good for a few people and not so good for a few others…
But it was a great day with a great bunch of lads all the same.

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Jan Rutkwoski won the competition with 10 fish for 37lb 04oz

Well done to Jan on his first win in a club competition well deserved. Full results below.

  • 1st Jan Rutkwoski 10 fish for 37lb 04oz
  • 2nd Albert Macnamara 8 fish for 24lb 03oz
  • 3rd Anto Byrne 6 fish for 22lb 11oz
  • 4th Rodney Gaynor 7 fish for 16lb 11oz

Heaviest fish went to Jan with a lovely 10lb 09oz pike and the Pairs prize went to Jan and Fran crosbie with a combined bag weight of 52.08

NEXT COMPETITION

Make sure you don’t forget our next competition on the 29th of April. Our annual junior completion not a day to be missed. Get yourself and the kids out for a days fishing with some great prizes up for grabs for the kids sponsored be southside angling. Not to mention the BBQ food after the competition (my favourite part)!! See you all there.

Go fishing…

We are a pike angling club that was founded in 2014 and have quickly grown to be one of the biggest clubs in the country. Our Club events are 100% catch and release. If you are interested in joining please get in touch.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/leinster.club/

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Good bags of pike caught in Scothouse Open

By
myleskelly
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prizes

Scotshouse Pike Anglers Club held their Open Pike Competition on Sunday 15 April. There were 29 anglers fishing the event in windy conditions and an impressive 126 pike were landed and plenty more were lost. The fish were not huge but a couple of doubles were caught. Heaviest fish went to Chris Maguire of his 10lb 2oz pike and Peter Sheridan had a fish of 10lb even.

prizes

Results

  • 1st Sean Markey 31lb 05oz
  • 2nd Tucker Mc Cabe 26lb 5oz
  • 3rd peter Sheridan 26lb 3oz
  • 4th Mikey Doherty 25lb 10oz
  • 5th Joe McPartland and Alan Heasley 23lb 01oz

The Scotshouse club would like to thank Eamonn Mc Kenna of Scanbiz who kindly sponsored this every year.

Go fishing…

Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs

Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs

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/

Good pike fishing in Monaghan for Lough Gowna and Upper Erne AA

By
myleskelly
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Mick Dalton
Mick Dalton

The Bernard Kiernan memorial was fished in Monghan at the weekend. There were 14 boats out to compete for the cup organised by the Lough Gowna and Upper Erne Angling Association. Some decent fish were landed and the Heaviest fish prize went to David Roche for his pike of 15 lbs 9 ozs. When the dust settled and the scores were tallied there was only one clear winner. Congratulations go to Mick Dalton for his win.

  1. Mick Dalton
  2. David Roche
  3. Bernard Mcavinue
  4. Joe McDermott
  5. Jason Carr
Mick Dalton
Mick Dalton

Go fishing…

Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs

Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs

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/

O'Hare runs away with title in Bluebell Winter League

By
myleskelly
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Bluebell Community Angling Club fished their last match of their Winter League at the weekend….
15 April: Today saw the last match of the Winter League take place with all trophies up for grabs. There were no clear leaders going into the event, with very little between between the members. That all changed when Darren O’Hare struck into a fine pike of 13 lb, his first fish of the whole Winter League! His catch saw him race up the leader board and he landed leapfrogged ahead again when he caught a second pike of 7lb 15oz,  putting him in front on weight.

Darren O'Hare
Darren O’Hare

Just as the finish time came he landed one more pike making him the outright winner of the winter league as there were only 4 fish landed today, 3 for Darren O’Hare and 1 for John Ebbs.

Results

  1. Darren O’Hare
  2. Stephen Brien
  3. Stephen Darcy

Well done to everyone taking part in the league.

Go fishing

We at the Bluebell Community Angling Club are not a competitive club. We seek to educate anglers in all disciplines of angling through our interactive workshops. All members’ are valued equally and are provided the knowledge through our experienced anglers. The club operates on strict guide lines for the welfare and preservation of all fishing disciplines. The club, collectively encourage new members to participate in the sport, with competence and professionally. We also, adhere to fundamental principles of Community Development and holistically seek to raise our members’ perspectives and outlooks.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bluebell-Community-Angling-Club-108811859267816/ 

 

Drowes low, quieter, but good numbers of salmon about

By
Lindsey Clarke
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catch and release
Paul McCausland's salmon is released #CPRsavesfish

Monday 9th  to Sunday 15th April 2018

The river ran at fairly low levels over the week. The gauge read 0.56m on Monday and the river gradually dropped and by the end of play on Sunday the gauge was reading 0.52m. The fishery was a little quieter but there were still good numbers of salmon reported.

On Monday, Chris Doherty recorded an 8lb salmon caught on a fly from the Perch Pool and Joe Broderick caught and released another salmon.

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Paul McCausland’s salmon is released #CPRsavesfish

 

On Thursday, Paul McCausland caught and released a salmon of around 10lb on a spinner from Lennox’s.

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Peter Zahnd’s salmon from the Boat House

On Friday, Peter Zahnd reported an 8½lb salmon caught on a Rapala lure from Boat House.

On Saturday, John Graham accounted for a 9lb salmon caught and released again on prawn from Money Hole.

At present, the river is still gradually rising after the heavy rains of Monday night and prospects remain good. Swallows, Martins and Willow Warblers have made an appearance and there is a real feel of spring in the air.

Make a booking

River Drowes

The Drowes Fishery is one of Ireland’s premier spring salmon and grilse fisheries. The river is some 5 miles in length, with over 70 named pools, flowing from Lough Melvin at Lareen Bay and entering the sea at Tullaghan, just outside Bundoran. The Drowes has a wide variety of water suitable for all fishing methods, including several miles of good fly water and deeper slower moving pools suitable for spinning and bait fishing.

For information and bookings on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com
Tel: 071 9841055 (8am to 12 noon).
Mob: +353 (0) 87 8050806

 

For info/Guides/boat hire on Lough Melvin contact Sean Maguire’s Tackle Shop, Main Street, Garrison.Tel. (048) 686 58194

Lough Melvin, Rossinver Fishery: For info/Guides/boat hire/bookings etc. contact Sean Carty. Tel: 083 1197428.

Good piking on Ree ahead of International Festival

By
myleskelly
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103cm pike from Lough Ree

John Devaney reports that a couple of Belgian anglers, staying in Athlone with Mark Egan, for the upcoming Lough Ree International Pike Festival caught some good fish while practising  at the weekend.

Guy Brockmans and Roger Wellens were thrilled with this trout over 13lb. caught  in Lower  L. Ree and they also had a  pike of 103cm in the same area.

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103cm pike from Lough Ree
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13lb trout from Lough Ree

The Festival gets underway today, and a huge number of anglers and boats took to the lake to compete for the change of winning €1000. First prize is a guaranteed €1000 and is sponsored by Westmeath County Council and will be awarded to the angler with the longest fish caught over the three days. There is also the chance of winning the World Cup prize of €1000. This goes to the boat with the longest overall length of pike by measuring the single longest fish caught each day.

A good few days on Carrowmore, 15 salmon caught

By
myleskelly
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Bangor Erris Angling reports that although the wind picked up on Carrowmore Lake the fishing remained productive over the weekend…

April 12: Temperatures were still in the low teens at best and winds were light for the most part but overall angling conditions on the lake are excellent. Daniel Irvine had a fantastic few days on the lake landing a springer approx 10.5 lbs on Wednesday and then a whopping beautiful fresh springer of 12lb plus on Thursday. 8 fish were landed in total and 2 were released. And the best of the day was a 12lbs. salmon taken by Daniel Irvine.

April 13: Not a bad day on the lake but it was a little cooler today and very slack winds which made angling difficult. In the end 3 fish were caught and 1 was released.

April 15: As the weather is going to be a problem in the next few days we will have a few quiet days on the lake from Sunday onwards. The conditions turned out very rough on Saturday but we still had good fishing. Despite the strengthening winds 4 fish 2 were released.

Go fishing…

Please note that Carrowmore Lake is a Brown Tag Fishery this year.

For fishing on Carrowmore Lake contact Seamus Henry on +353 (0)97 83487 or visit www.bangorerrisangling.com.

A few Beltra beauties, settled conditions will improve fishing

By
myleskelly
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There were a few more salmon reported from Lough Beltra in the last week. Weather has been very mixed, like the rest of the country.

Peter Jackson had a 14lb fish on April 12th at Tommys Wall.  The salmon took a shrimp fly. Godfrey Holden caught and released an 11lbs salmon at Clarke’s Point on a Beltra Peter.

The weekend was quiet (in angling terms, not the weather) and only one fish was reported. On Sunday Simon Kaye had his first Beltra fish off a breezy Clarke’s point on a Beltra Peter, a nice 9lb salmon.

Yesterday, 17 April, saw 3 fish caught on the lake. Pat McHale had 2 salmon. First was a 10.5 lbs fish on a Hairy Mary at the Quarry and the second was about 8lbs and it took a Silver Badger at Morrison’s. Rocky Moran had an 8lb fish also.

Go fishing…

The Glenisland Anglers Co-operative was set up to provide anglers access to salmon and sea-trout fishing on the East side of lough Beltra. Membership of the Glenisland Anglers Co-operative is currently open and the club is actively enrolling new members. Day tickets are also available. For more information see http://www.loughbeltra.com

If you are interested in fishing Beltra West or the Newport river please contact Newport house.

Galway finally sees the first salmon

By
Kevin Crowley
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It was a late Spring in Galway, and with high water levels dominating for much of February and March, it was no surprise the first salmon here was late.

Fergal Cormican, a native of Nun ‘s Island in Galway City, but now residing in Rosscahill, Co. Galway was delighted to grass the first salmon of the season on the Weir in 2018. The fish was caught on Friday the 13th, with 4 sluice gates open on the weir. The fresh-run salmon tipped the scales at 4.72 kg ( 10.62lbs ), and was caught on a flying C spinner from the high bank. The fish as is customary was donated to a local charity, the beneficiary this year is Galway Hospice.

 

Fergal Cormican with the first Galway salmon of 2018
Fergal Cormican with the first Galway salmon of 2018

 

Water levels have increased again following Monday’s heavy rain, but anglers are turning up with a renewed sense of optimism now that the first fish is in the book. Late April into May is traditionally a good time for big fish in Galway, so we hope to see some nice springers featuring in reports over the next few weeks.

Well done Fergal!

 

Fergal Cormican and son Remy with Ann Dunne, White Gables Restaurant, Moycullen, Gerry Molloy, Galway Hospice and fishery manager Seamus Hartigan
Fergal Cormican and son Remy with Ann Dunne, White Gables Restaurant, Moycullen, Gerry Molloy, Galway Hospice and fishery manager Seamus Hartigan

 

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