Rod Robinson has all the news from Lough Currane and the Waterville area…
Another bit of snow in Kerry
The last week has seen the return of the ‘Beast from the East’ which again brought freezing conditions to Waterville with substantial further snowfall. Although the Anglers were not amused with the very unpleasant conditions on Lough Currane, the rest of us were enthralled by the highly unusual backdrop of a snow covered mountain overlooking the Lake!
Not only were air temperatures down to well below freezing over the weekend but also the water temperature in the lakes and streams dropped dramatically and this morning were hovering around 5 degrees. Needless to say this rapid drop in water temperature put a stop to both angling effort and the willingness of the fish to take! Up until that point catches had been above average for the time of year, with nine salmon from Lough Currane and four from the Butler pool, since the start of the salmon angling season. All the fish caught so far were reported to be in excellent condition with the best, a three sea winter fish of around 17lbs, which was caught by our own Honorary President! Lets hope that, as the temperatures recover and with the rain forecast for the end of this week, more fish like that will be running into Lough Currane!
Both the anglers and the Trust are anxiously awaiting the beginning of April for the expected return of the multi sea winter sea trout, for which Waterville is famous. These last two years particularly, have shown increasingly diminished runs of these magnificent fish and this, together with a poor spawning effort in our main nursery streams, observed this last winter, has become a cause of great anxiety for us all. These sea trout have been described as the ‘canaries in the mine’ indicating a serious problem in their freshwater and ocean habitats. Without the, formerly substantial, runs of these fish into the catchment, the whole ecosystem becomes at risk.
Of some comfort is the news from our conservation hatchery that, despite the low temperatures, the eggs we have in the trays, from spawning salmon caught up last Christmas, have all now hatched and the alevins are looking very healthy! The Trust has been running the hatchery for the last few years, on a conservation basis, to gather meaningful data on the stock balance of salmon in the Waterville system, which together with our ongoing scale sampling programme, is starting to give some interesting results, which we hope will inform future salmon and sea trout management in the catchment.
Hatchlings!
We would wish to remind anglers that on all the fisheries which are managed by the Trust, the Cummeragh River and the ‘Upper Lakes’ included, anglers are now required, in 2018, to release unharmed, all sea trout caught, of whatever size, in the interests of the conservation of these very
special fish.
Rod Robinson
Communications Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust
Bill Murphy from Dublin with just one of his nice Pike of the day.
Kevin Lyons of Melview Lodge in Longford reports on the recent pike catches in the area…
Bill Murphy from Dublin with just one of his nice Pike of the day.
Bill Murphy from Dublin who is a regular to Melview Fishing Lodge, braved the cold winds for a day’s Pike fishing in the Longford area. I was also itching to get out on the water after a fair time of due to one thing or another. The weather was very cold and there were also high winds at times, but in the end it was worth it. We fished three different spots but Bill had the best fish of the day of 18lb taken on dead bait, thanks for a good day Bill.
Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.
There was a biting wind from the east over the weekend and some snow too in places along the Co. Cork coastline. It’s not too surprising that angling reports are scarce, but we do have a couple of items to report. Guileen Sea Angling Club had a couple of members out on Monday. Wrapped up against the cold they managed just one flounder, but it was a decent fish of about 40cm.
Fly caught mullet about to go back. #CPRsavesfish
Richie Ryan of EireBass was also out over the last few days. He found the fish to be scarce enough, but managed this smaller fish on the fly. There are reports of mullet moving in Ring, Rosscarbery and Courtmacsherry.
Pollack
Charter Skipper, Mark Gannon, was out on Monday, 19 March. He tells us it was great to be out fishing again after some many trips cancelled. there was a cold biting NE wind but his crew enjoyed themselves, catching plenty of pollack and Coalfish.
In other boat news cod had been reported to be scarce as we wait for the current 7 year cycle to complete and good cod fishing to follow in 2019.
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Sea Bass Hunter Tomasz Eckert had his first bass of 2018 at the weekend. Tomasz had to put in more than 10 days of fishing to get his first of the season this year year. He is a full month behind at this stage, last year he had bass in February.
Bass!
But just like a year ago, his best spring lure again is Salmo Wave.
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
John Fleming was back out on the sea again this weekend despite the bitter conditions…
Pollack
We had more good fishing over the weekend. Mind you, the weather was against us so we only managed one day out over the whole of the long weekend. And of course the freezing easterly winds did not help things at all.
Pollack
Despite everything we did manage some nice Pollack up to about 8lbs. Again mostly caught on the lures and spinning gear. We also had, coalies and some whiting to add to the mix. All in all it was an enjoyable, if at times brutally cold, trip.
Pollack
We have limited spaces coming up at weekends and the weather is improving. The first run of spurdog should be with us in the coming weeks so don’t hesitate to get in contact.
When you’re wrapped up and warm you’ll fish in any weather!
Go fishing…
To book fishing with John aboard the Brazen Hussy II, give him a call on 087 7571320
A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either Rosaveel, Spiddal or Galway depending on species being sought after. Fishing on the inshore reefs for pollock, cod, ling, wrasse, conger eel and mackerel can be reached in 10 minutes from departure, while our offshore reef marks are within 45 minutes of departure. Our ground fishing for tope, spurdog, ray, bullhuss, turbot, plaice and the giant common skate can all be reached within the hour which ensures the most amount of time is spent fishing.
The shark season usually starts at the end of June and runs into late October, this is the ultimate angling addrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and release safely.
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Gary Chandler reports on Sheemore Angling Association’s recent outings…
18 March: It was a tough day on Lough Scur today with a freezing wind and a few light snow showers, but a few of us braved the elements, like the idiots we are, so here are the results..
Robert Howgate. 5.03lb
Micheal Fitzpatrick. 2.14lb
Joe van der Spek. 2.14lb
Andrew Riley. 2.12lb
Gary Chandler. 2.02lb
Let’s hope the warmer weather isn’t to far away we’ve had enough of this cold now.
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
Paddy Halpin reports from the Feale where bitterly cold conditions couldn’t stop anglers from having a go over the weekend…
We had a good number of anglers out since the last report. Most were out over the weekend in the very cold conditions we were having at the time.
William Fuller with his salmon
On Friday the 16th William Fuller traveled over from Co Clare and was rewarded with a lovely fish of 9.5 lbs caught on the spinner in the Killocrim/Finuge waters. On St Patrick’s Day we had a lot of anglers out and we had 2 fish reported for the day. John Scanlan from Glin had a grand fish of 9lbs caught on a fly in very cold conditions in the North Kerry Anglers waters, while Stephen Prendiville had another lovey 9lber from the Killocrim/Finuge stretch.
Stephen PrendivilleJohn Scanlan
Since then it has gone a bit quiet and no more reports. The water levels have dropped and only the odd angler out in the very cold weather we are still having. We have rain forecast for tomorrow Thursday and temperatures are set to rise for a couple of days so hopefully we will have good fishing water for the weekend.
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
Dick Caplice of IADA has all the news from the St Particks Festival on Mucko where bitterly cold conditions made for tough angling…
The Coldest St Patrick’s Festival fished anywhere, ever, concluded today, with a balmy 5 degrees and a a wind chill making it feel still below zero on a moody looking Lough Muckno. Add to that, high water level temperatures of just 1 degrees and you have a recipe for rethinking your chosen sport to maybe Alpine skiing. Decent weights from yesterday were less easy to achieve today despite the relative improvement in weather conditions.
View from the hotel on Day 1
Overnight leader Rory O Neill would have to do 2kgs plus to hold on, we felt, and when he drew fancied peg 197 the signs were ominous and his lifetime 26th Festival win was all but assured.
Win he did, having netted a hard fought 3kgs for a 9 kg total, comfortably in front of runner up Piotr Horbinski, who acquitted himself brilliantly again today on 3.5 kgs, ending just 2kgs adrift over the two days.
Super steady and consistent Johnny Keith battled again as his won’t to do today, for a 3kg total and a final overall 3rd spot, just Grammes behind Horbinski.
In 4th spot was the resurgent but consistent Alan Larkin, just a further 200 grams back and he had a big 300 Grammes to spare over the final overall payout recipient, Arthur C on 5.5 kgs.
Winners
Well done to all of our tough competitors who braved the worst conditions even those of us who are around a long time,can ever remember.
1st Rory O’Neill
2nd P Horbinski
3rd Johnny Keith
4th Alan Larkin
5th Arthur C
Sections:
David Gibson
David Hamilton
Alan Larkin x 2
Rory O Neill
Jim Reilly
Joe Nolan
Johnny Keith
Neil Maz
Dara Finnegan
Piotr Horbinski
Arthur C.
Next up in two weeks, are our Easter Festivals and if the gradual improvement in fishing and consistency in weights throughout the sections, is anything to go by, we are in for two exceptional events which are better supported this year than ever before.
Looking forward to welcoming back old and reliable friends and introducing a few ew ones to the wonderful Lough Muckno experience,for the first time.
Inniscarra TDL reports on the St Patrick’s Day Festival fished on Inniscarra, which continues to exceed expectations and prove its world class angling status. This was winter fishing in extreme conditions; a bitter easterly wind, below zero temperatures, flurries of snow and high water levels! But during the recent St. Patrick’s Festival, although the Greenway section proved more difficult, the Graveyard section reliably produced for the anglers with an average 7kg per day over the three days!
St.Patrick’s Weekend Open
16 March: 23 anglers attended today’s open match ahead of the St. Patrick’s Weekend Festival, our first of the year!
Despite high and rising water levels the reservoir fished well with sections on the Greenway, Garden Centre and The Graveyard. But it was the Graveyard that fished the best and produced a win for Cathal Hughes with the top weight of 15.720kg. In second place was Rimantas Kondrackas with 11.320kg and third Stu Blunsom with 10.380kg.
Cathal Hughes won the open with 15.720kg
ST.PATRICK’S FESTIVAL
Day One
The water levels dropped around 4 inches for the first day of the festival. But there was a bitter cold easterly wind on the lake which was not comfortable for any of the anglers fishing. The fishing has improved from yesterday in some areas but it was the Graveyard again producing the good weights. Vincent Walsh with 14.620kg led on Day 1
Our first day winner is Donegal man and Irish float team manager Vincent Walsh with 14.620, second was Nigel Franks, Wiltshire, with 11.140kg and3rd was Scott Walsh with 10.580.
Day Two
Snow showers added to the bitter cold conditions today, plus the lake had dropped two foot overnight only to rise 8 inches during the match. Julian Kendrick had the biggest weight on Day 2 with 18.740kg. He’s top of the leader board going into the final day…
The fishing improved in all sections with the Graveyard still producing the best catches. Julian Kendrick won today’s match from there with 18.740kg all on the whip. Second today was Stu Blunson with 15.500kg and third Nicky Harrison with 12.540kg.
Julian is now top of the leaderboard with Vincent Walsh in 2nd, Stu Blunson 3rd and in 4th place Scott Walsh.
Fantastic sponsorship on the match from Jackie Lennox Chip Shop allows for a top prize of €1000 with the top four paid out overall. It’s fairly close at the top but who knows what tomorrow will bring…
Day 3
The winner of the ILTDL St Patrick’s Festival for the second year in a row is Julian Kendrick with a total weight of 26.660kg over the 3 days. The winners
Inniscarra is proving a popular venue for Julian, the 2017 FEEDERFEST Ireland Champion who picks up the €1000 top prize with thanks to sponsors Jackie Lennox Chip Shop
In 2nd place is Stu Blunsom with 23.260kg, 3rd Vincent Walsh with 21.680kg and 4th Trevor Lovell with 19.980kg.
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all those who participated.
The Water levels were stable today and the wind from the north east so the wind chill was less cold.
Once again the daily winners all came from the Graveyard; Well dove to Andy Baker 12.720kg, 2nd Alex Radu with 11.020kg and 3rd local man Pat Falvey.
First of all we what to thank the anglers who supported and took part in the first of our festivals St Patricks 3 day festival 2018, we thank our sponsor Jackie Lennox Chip Shop which is really appreciated, we thank Eileen and staff at O’Callaghan’s Bar who have look after all of us so well over the last couple of days and we thank everyone who has helped out with the running of this festival, Peter William Turner, Tracey Martin, Trev Platt, Pat Falvey, Duncan Lennox and all who have helped with the weigh-ins. Thank you all.
We now look forward to the next series of festivals which are #Feederonly in April.
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
March 1st – March 18th 2018 Enrico Fantasia, Dublin with his 66cm trout
‘In Winter, I plot and plan, in Spring, I move’ Henry Rollins
Lough Sheelin has been slow to move off the starting block for this year’s fishing season. A bombardment of snowfall proceeded by the slush of the thaw, severe wind chill and a persistent cold, intermingled with rain produced far from ideal trout fishing conditions. Opening Day – March 1st, Kilnahard, Lough Sheelin
Water temperatures have risen sluggishly from 1 degree to 7 over the past few weeks. Storm Emma followed by brisk North to North East winds have ensured persistently discoloured water with clearance only occurring around those shores and bays that were sheltered by the prevailing breezes. The tenacity of this winter has negatively impacted on Lough Sheelin’s early fishing season which normally would provide anglers with a good opportunity to catch a large trout. Crover, Lough Sheelin March 3rd
Because of the severe weather conditions, the water has been an unattractive place to be but nonetheless I find there will always be a scattering of the ‘die hard’ anglers who, resembling contenders for a Michelin advert, sally forth regardless of the baltic conditions and so because of this, trout are inevitably caught and although catches are reduced from previous years they still act as a reminder of the quality fish that are in this lake. Cal Healy, Cork with his early season Sheelin trout (16/3/18)
The angler who braves the elements in early season, of course has one major card stacked in their favour and that is naivety. After the long winter months of uninterrupted peace and the rigors of spawning, early season trout are less cautious than they will be in the months ahead and therefore perhaps easier to fool. The trout in cold winter water are fairly inactive, they hold close to the bottom column, minimizing energy expenditure and feeding on the copious amounts of shrimp and freshwater louse which are on the lake bed. Snails and nymphs along with the odd zebra mussel are also on their menu. Kilnahard, Lough Sheelin March 2nd 2018
The hatches…
March, even in a normal year is not the time to think about imitating fly life because there simply isn’t any. Early season successes here were all about deep and slow fishing, the di3 being the preferred line and sticking to the shallows. Areas most favoured were at the back of Church Island, Chambers Bay down to Crover, Merry point, Gaffney’s Bay, Inchacup, Derrysheridan and Ross Bay. Fishing anywhere on Lough Sheelin is always weather dependent but until the weather has improved the best advice is to stick to the sheltered bays and behind the islands. A 61cm trout from Gary McKiernan, March 16th
Undoubtedly it’s been a tough start to Lough Sheelin’s 2018 fishing season but to quote Hal Borlan ‘no winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn’ and things will move on to better more conducive fishing conditions. Nature knows how to look after itself and fish for now are sulking in the depths waiting for better temperatures (12 degrees at least). With the cold winter there have been next to no fly hatches whereas in previous milder years there may have been continues hatches of fly, so there might be some catching up with the buzzers for this year and we could have a bumper hatch – just a thought. ‘Turbulence and ice’ The Sailors Garden, Lough Sheelin March 18th Sailors Garden, Lough Sheelin
The Catches…
Letting a Sheelin trout go… #CPRsavesfish The biggest fish for these past few weeks was a 66cm trout caught by Enrico Fantasia, Dublin (www.loughsheelinguidingservices.com)
Total number of trout recorded at this office: 12 Selection of Catches Making it look easy – Christopher Defillon with his beautiful Sheelin trout
Aleksander Nowakoskwi, Dublin – 1 trout at 3 ½ using Minkies at the back of Church Island, March 16th.
Jakub Lisowski, Dublin – 1 trout at 3lbs using a black & silver Humungus, March 16th.
The Flies…
Minkie (both red or orange work well under the chin for Sheelin’s early season
The Minkie in particular is a great lure and always works well on Sheelin at the beginning of Spring when the water is still cold. The extra size of the fly and its sinuous movement makie it an enticing treat for the otherwise non too active fish. It is best fish just beneath the surface using a steady retrieve but also does well if it is allowed to sink between retrieves. Cormorant, black & holographic red (A1 trout flies)
The most popular choice with anglers here over the past few weeks have been the Lures – minkies (black with a small piece of red underneath at the chin), Humungus (black & silver), Cat’s Whisers, Snakes and the Cormorant, Because of the murky colour of the water all lures needed an attractor colour like silver woven in there somewhere. Hare’s ear dabbler Kevin Sheridan Paul Caslin’s wet flies for early season fishing A Peter Ross Dabbler – a great early season fly
There are the anglers that adamantly refuse to use the lures and stick rigidly to the old favourites of the Pheasant Tail Nymph, Sooty Olive, Hare’s Ear Dabbler, Black Pennell and Diawl Bach but although some of these succeeded in bring fish to the boat, there were no successes recorded on these artificials. Mick McCormack’s Epoxy Buzzers
The bucket list
Last Saturday’s Irish Times ran ‘The ultimate Irish bucket’ list article – a to do list of things that apparently every blue blooded Irish person should do before they die and second on this list was to go mayfly fishing – a few calm hours dapping with the flies, swaying with the waves, having meandering conversations and waiting for the fish. With the end of March rapidly approaching May will be appearing on the horizon and this bucket list item could easily and memorably be ticked off on one of the best wild brown trout lakes in Europe – Lough Sheelin. A new Lough Sheelin angling guide has been produced and is available to all anglers at the IFI offices in Kilnahard.
Go Fishing…
Upcoming competitions…
The local angling club – the LSTPA will be kick starting the fishing season with their annual early season competition – The Kilroy Cup on Saturday March 31st.
This is a members only competition but membership is available on the day. Starting time from Kilnahard pier is 11.0am to 5pm with a 16” two fish bag limit.
The heaviest fish wins and there will be several prizes up for grabs.
For further details please contact Thomas Lynch @ 087 9132033
A catch & release policy is actively encouraged on the lake at all times
BYE-LAW 949 strictly prohibits:
The taking of any brown trout of less than 36 centimetres.
For a person to fish with more than 2 rods at any one time.
To fish with more than 4 rods at any one time when there is more than one person on board the boat concerned.
For a person to take more than 2 trout per day.
All trolling on the lake from March 1st to June 16th (inclusive).
To fish or to attempt to take or to fish for, fish of any kind other than during the period from March 1st to October 12th in any year.
Join the Club…
For anyone interested in joining Lough Sheelin’s Angling Club – The Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association please contact Thomas Lynch @ 087 9132033.
We would implore anglers and all other users to wear life jackets for their own safety as well as it being the law.
Life jackets are required by law – SI No 921 of 2005 – Pleasure Craft (Personal Flotation Devices and Operation) (Safety) Regulations 2005.Water rarely gives second chances and a life jacket is just that – it saves your life.
Please put on and keep on that life jacket until you are back on dry land. Crover, Lough Sheelin March 1st
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