Tony Green reports on the Erne Anglers Easter festival…
The Erne Anglers Easter festival took place over the Easter Holiday weekend on a difficult River Erne that was severely affected by a cold north easterly wind… Despite this a great turnout of 30 brave anglers took part with great camaraderie on all sections!
All three sections played a major part in the outcome. Day one went to Dave McNamara, with 6.800kgof roach on the whip at 5 meters at Bellanaeck.
Day two went to old timer Peter Jones, with a great weight from Dolans ring. of 8kg. On day three the winds picked up, and temperatures dropped; Ewan Weed came through and took the final day on Dolans Ring with 4.900kg of Hybrids.
Congratulations to Peter and all the winners.
1st Peter Jones 17.300kg
2nd Phil McCaffrey 13.800kg
3rd Andy Gregg 12.950kg
4th Ryan Kersley 12.410kg
5th John Potters 11.850kg
6th Tony Kersley 11.800kg
7th Ewan Weed 11.700kg
Well done to all who took part in a great festival supported by the Carrybridge Lakeside Lodge and generously sponsored by Gus Greaves. In a 100% payout.
Special thanks to James O’Doherty & Gus Greaves for their help. Thanks too to DAERA Inland Fisheries for the improved angling facility at Cleenish and Viaduct – facilitating accessibility and parking at your peg!!!
Erne Anglers 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
Kit Dunne of Wicklow Boat Charters has more news of specimen spurdogs in Wicklow Bay…
Stan Ryan with a specimen spurdog
07 April: Stan Ryan is the Specimen book again. We had to wait for it today, 1 Ray, 1 specimen spur and a rally of dogs after a while.
Another specimen sized spurdog
We finished with a good few Spur, 2 specimens for Stan Ryan, 1 for Ken Garry and 1 for Paul Smith. And a few species and near misses for a few more good men.
Go fishing…
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Eamon Conway of Tain Fly Fishing was out on his local stream in Louth recently. Euro nymphing a clearing flood using his favourite Perdigones proved productive…
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Sean Maguire, skipper of the charter fishing boat, Lady Gwen II, is back again with an update from the Clare coast…
07 April: Calm sea and sunshine today, and very good fishing,even though we had a fat seal stealing some of our catch from the hooks.
Mackerel – a sign summer is coming, even if it still feels a bit wintry
08 April: Mackerel today, the first of the season….also pollack, coalies, and nice whiting and another cracker of a day…..
The Clare coast
Go fishing…
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Lower Bann CAA reports on their latest trip to the river…
08 April: A beautiful spring day greeted the 18 anglers who contested the opening round of the Lower Bann 2018 summer league.
Feeder tactics proved the most productive method and most enjoyed plenty of bites as the river ran at full capacity.
Colin Elder on peg 18 topped the scales with 6 Kilo 050g, very closely followed by Johnny McKinley on 6Kilo 030g from peg 17. Johnny Keith was 3rd with 5Kilo 700. John Taggart had the best weight in section in the 40’s with 4Kilo 680. This also gave John 4th position overall.
The Lower Bann CAA is a member of the Ulster Coarse Fishing Federation, UCFF the provincial council of the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI and the NGB for coarse and predator angling in Ireland. www.ncffi.ie
Rory Murray about to relase one of his salmon #CPRsavesfish
Bangor Erris Angling reports some fantastic fishing continuing on the Carrowmore Lake as the weather remains settled…
Rory Murray about to relase one of his salmon #CPRsavesfish
01 April: 5 salmon landed today and 2 were released. Carrowmore lake regular Rory Murray landed no less than 3 spring salmon. The hardcore crew – brothers Frank Dooley and Declan Dooley both had 1 each. They weighed 8lbs and 2 of 7lbs. We are guessing that on the back of this weekends angling despite the harsh conditions that enquiry levels will hit the roof! No rest for the wicked Seamus. No fools around these parts today except perhaps the ones that stayed at home.
10 April: As the weather gets a bit milder and the winds have settled the angling has significantly improved on Carrowmore the lake. There were 5 fish caught on Tuesdsay by C. McLean 8lbs, Baines 8lbs, P. Beirne 7.5lbs, M. Reuland 9lbs. and the master P. Foley 10 lbs
Martin Reuland and his 9lb. salmon
11 April: Despite the day remaining slightly cool and overcast – the conditions overall were favourable for good angling on the lake with light winds. There were many fish hooked and lost today but here are two of the lucky anglers who landed fresh Spring Salmon on the Fly. It should be noted that these fish were photographed literally the moments after they were caught and were tagged – we know that some of you will wonder…
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.
Gary Chandler reports on Sheemore Angling Association’s recent outings…
11 April: A good day for the Wednesday match at Dumshanbo Lock but the fishing wasn’t so good I’m afraid. Here are the results.
Robert Howgate. 6lb 06oz
Gary Chandler. 4lb 06oz
Dave oddy. 1lb 04oz
Malcom Singleton. DNW
A bit of a struggle again but things have to improve soon with the weather getting milder the fish have left the winter venues but haven’t turned up in the summer haunts yet maybe in a week or two
08 April: A slow day on the canal in Leitrim today well except for end peg Robert who decided to show us how its done again so here are the results.
Sheemore Angling Associationare 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
After the big flood on last Friday we had great fishing water for the weekend and a few more Salmon were reported. Fishing buddies Dave Kearney and Jimmy Collins both had good fish of 9.5 lbs. and 10 lbs. Both fresh as daisy’s and both caught spinning.
Allen Griffin Jr with his salmon
Young Allen Griffin while out fishing with his dad Allen had a lovely fish of 9lbs also caught on the spinner. Well done Allen keep it up, as it is nice to see the young people fishing.
Other lucky anglers for the week were David Murphy and Peter Dunworth. Peter had a great fish of 12lbs and he caught it on a very small fly.
Dave and Jimmy with their fish
Another young man who got his first of the season was young Tommy Quinlivan a lovely fresh fish of 8lbs nice one Tommy.
Water levels at the moment are dropping back and it is coming nice for the fly.
in the pics Myles are Dave Kearney/Jimmy Collins and Allen Griffin and his Dad who is also Allen.
Go fishing…
More about the Feale
The River Feale is among the outstanding salmon and sea trout rivers of Ireland. The River rises in the mountain district of North Co Cork and flows westerly for 75 km (46 miles) through the county towns of Abbeyfeale and Listowel and enters the sea south of Ballybunion. For the final 10 kms (6 miles) of its course, it is known as the Cashen River. Throughout its meandering journey to the sea it flows through a picturesque landscape of heather bog land, fertile valleys and rolling hills. Its main tributaries, flowing from both North and South, combine to add in excess of 160 kms (100 miles) of fishable waters.
About 50% of the main River Feale and the Smearlagh River is controlled by 5 angling clubs. These clubs are some of the best angling waters and each club offers day tickets for visiting anglers.
North Kerry Anglers Association issues daily & weekly permits for fishing on 9 miles of the Feale & Smearlagh rivers. Web: www.northkerryanglers.com
Killocrim/Finuge Angling Club
Killocrim/Finuge Angling Club control approximately 6.5 kms (4 miles) of water downstream of Listowel. Web:killocrimfinugefishingclub.com
Brosna / Mountcollins Angling Club
Brosna / Mountcollins Angling Club control about 13 kms (8 miles) of double bank fishing from below the Owveg River confluence, up past Mountcollins, to within a short distance of Ahuan Bridge.
Permits are available from Brendan Danagher on +353 (0)64 663 6267
For any angling query please contact the Limerick office at [email protected] or by phone 061-300238.
Brown tags
Brown tag fishery: Under the salmon tagging regulations, this year the River Feale is designated as a brown tag fishery.Anglers must affix a brown tag along with a blue tag to any salmon which is retained. This means that salmon retained on the River Feale will have two tags attached. All brown tags (including 1st tag) will be issued from IFI officers ONLY . Please ring 087-7639236 to arrange to receive your first brown tag prior to commencing fishing
Additional brown tags will only be issued by IFI staff, they may be contacted at 087-7639236 and they will arrange to meet and issue an additional tag upon verification that the previous brown tag has been used, i.e. a fish has been caught and recorded in the logbook.
1 brown tag will be issued at a time to each angler.
If you acquired a 1 day or 21 day licence which has expired, or you have finished fishing for the season, and you have not used the brown tag then this must be surrendered to an IFI officer prior to departure by phoning 087-7639236. IFI would like to thank you for your co-operation with this.
If an angler has used his brown tag or doesn’t have a brown tag in his possession to use then he must fish catch and release methods, i.e.single barbless hook and no worms.
Brown tags will continue to be issued until the angling quota is reached.
To report a suspected pollution or poaching activity please contact the 24 hour hotline on 0818 34 74 24
The Portumna Coarse Angling Club reports on the fishing on the River Shannon at Portumna…
A good stamp of fish continues to appear at the deeper pegs and we are looking forward to a rise in temperatures ahead of the festival. At the weekend there were decent bags of roach, hybrids and skimmers at Stick Ups and the Town, even with the water that was coming down the river.
More about Curley’s Angling Festival 2018
We are pleased to announce sponsorship from Waterways Ireland plus more from local businesses. 100% payout!
With the additional platforms in place provide by the club and Inland Fisheries Ireland we can now accommodate up to 50 anglers! So, there is still time to book in with accommodation available locally – visit www.visitportumna.com
Book in here or call Steve on 00 353 (86) 082 4195
Registration takes place at Curley’s Bar 9pm on Sunday 15th April. There is also an open match that day.
Portumna 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
Stefan Martin from Killybegs Mariners SAC reports on the fishing around Donegal Bay…
Ray
09 April: A first foray at the Ray bank with word coming through of rays being caught provided some nice rod bending action today. A lovely spell of weather over the weekend it was balmy on the rocks awaiting the big pull down runs of the rays on the baits. A few flatties gobbled down the big baits also.
#CPRsavesfish
Great watching the rays flap their wings on release back to the depths like some Jurassic creature of the skies long ago with its armoured plating row of thorns and chequered patterns it must strike great fear into its prey below. Great to get out again enjoying the Spring air.
10 April: An early season excursion tramping the animal trails along the cliffs of Donegal Bay with the lure rod and a selection of soft plastics to tempt out some early season pollack from the baltic waters.
Choose your weapon
Always a nice buzz along the cliff tops watching the gulls and cormorants soar below you and seeing the swells swamp the rocks in a white raging foam. We all await the coming of the Spring needle eye.
Mariners sea angling club Killybegs Co Donegal. The club runs a shore league and boat comps and angling trips around Ireland doing the sport we love. Get in touch at www.facebook.com/mariner.sac
