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Family fun and big game fishing off Clare coast

By
myleskelly
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Not a sixgill, but a big skate is a battler all the same - a quick photo and back she goes... #CPRsavesfish

No shortage of good fishing for charter boat anglers off the Clare coast…

Koen with a good hake
Koen with a good hake

12 July: It was one of those perfect days on the sea for the Clare Dragoon so they tried out some new marks for skate and turbot a long way off. But despite seeing lots of common dolphins and a minkie whale they had no luck. Koen did get a good sized Hake though.

Sean Maguire had a family group aboard this fishing boat the Lady Gwen II. The anglers had a great day catching mackerel and other edibles for a family bar-be-que later in the day.

14 July: The Clare Dragoon was fishing in the estuary today as it was quite breezy. No Tope but Bullhuss and Rays along with a plague of doggies gave plenty action.

ling
No sixgills but a first ever ling for Bob

16 July: Two anglers took the Clare Dragoon out to try for the SixGills. They had 2 good runs and one on for about 10 mins but none to the boat. Still Bob who has had big fish all over the world had his first ever Ling!

A good bullhuss
Bob’s bullhuss
#CPRsavesfish

17 July: A full day on the SixGill mark and not even a snifter! But amongst the bits and pieces picked up while waiting, Bob had a nice Bullhuss.

Not a sixgill, but a big skate is a battler all the same – a quick photo and back she goes…
#CPRsavesfish

18 July: Not the target species but still a fine 170lb female skate for Dean today.

Go fishing…

Clare Dragoon

Clare Dragoon is a LOCHIN 366 powered by 650HP engine, skippered by Luke Aston and operating out of Carrigaholt Co. Clare…

I have some offers up on my web site www.fishandstay.com and if anybody is interested in putting a trip together please do get in touch. Also I Twitter from the boat on @fishandstay and try to update my face book page www.facebook.com/CarrigaholtSeaAngling fairly often!To experience some of the best deep sea fishing available in Ireland contact Luke.
Telephone: +353 65 9058209 or +353 87 6367544
Email: [email protected] Web: www.fishandstay.com

Lady Gwen II

Fishing Adventures on Séan Maguire’s Lady Gwen II, a Lochin 33  M265Ti Perkins charterboat which operates 15 miles from Kilbaha, Carrigaholt, and Kilrush.

Whether you want to go to the Atlantic Ocean for a large selection of species, including different types of shark, or fish the estuary for ray conger tope etc, Fishing Adventures will cater for whatever fishing you desire.
Telephone: +353 (0) 877508758 or +353 (0) 894431182
Email: [email protected] Web: www.fishingadventures.ie

Rain or shine Donegal Bay is a paradise for shore anglers

By
myleskelly
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this makes the early start worthwhile
this makes the early start worthwhile

Stefan Martin from Killybegs Mariners SAC with more fishing adventures from Donegal Bay…

this makes the early start worthwhile
this makes the early start worthwhile

18 July: Alarms going off at 2am in the lashing rain heading out on spring low tides to dig razor makes one question his sanity but it all makes sense when your sitting watching a crimson Donegal sunset on an empty beach awaiting Bass bites as the darkness curtain draws.

Bass
Bass – Catch and Release
#CPRsavesfish

Venturing west some stunning beaches under the sharp peak of Mount Errigal and some nice flatties and a Bass for Johnny which fell of the hook as it reached the sand so he took a quick photo and released it in tip top shape. Well done great to see another Donegal Bass on the shores of home.

Mullet
Mullet

15 July: A soft drizzle sprayed the mists of the Atlantic coming in from Glen Bay on the picturesque beach for the league outing last night. A rolling surf was trying to claw it’s way up the steep beach and a lovely Mullet of 54cm was landed by Pat early doors set the benchmark. Some nice flounders fell to gulp imitation ragworm lures and weever fish and dogfish making a nice variety of species. Most points cash prize was won by Pat Cunningham with a nice mix of flounders and mullet and the longest fish cash prize was also won by Pat with the 54cm Mullet. The 2nd place points went to Brian Smith. Well done to all great to get out with the gang.

weever
Beware the weever – a nasty sting in its spiny fin for unsuspecting feet, hands and fingers…

 

Go fishing…

Join the club

Killybegs Mariners sea angling club,  Co Donegal runs a shore league, boat competitions and angling trips around Ireland doing the sport we love.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/mariner.sac

Next outing

Next league outing is on this Friday evening 21st July 19.30pm – 23.30pm on the hotel side of Rossnowlagh.

Bright conditions make for tough fishing on Currane

By
myleskelly
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Very sunny weather on the Wild Atlantic Way - Waterville / Lough Currane
Very sunny weather on the Wild Atlantic Way - Waterville / Lough Currane

Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane…

13/7/17 All quiet on the SW front in all departments. Yesterday’s weather, maximum air temperature 19.5c. Wind WNW light to fresh with good cloud cover.

14/7/17 My Noble anglers failed N. E. S. and W in all departments, be it the magnificent fly manipulators or the magnificent lure artists, all I can say is these magnificent anglers skills have a lot to be desired in all departments. I can just see the Lough Currane Specimen Sea Trout and the wild Atlantic Salmon looking up to the skies as they meet at the Ledge Bar and saying it’s all the ones that got away today and they call themselves anglers! As I finish today’s manipulations I have to eat humble pie because I have just received news of a Salmon caught on the fly this evening by UK  angler Mr. Mike Fish. Mike also caught a few Nice C&R Tout and as the Parson said to the Vicar, that’s one. Wind SW fresh with good cloud cover. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 0.2mm. Maximum air temperature 16.8c.

15/7/17 All the Salmon fly headlines come from the North side and Vincent’s harbour, Northern Ireland angler, Mr. Gavin Wishart, caught 2 Salmon Grilse, their weights  ranging from 4 lbs. up to 6lbs and sportingly returned 1, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and at www.fishingwithdom.com  In the Sea Trout fly department, UK angler Mr. Mike Fish caught and released a fine 2 lbs. Sea Trout. And for the rest of the angling community their lines were slack, their reels were redundant and at the end of their day they couldn’t  let their fingers do the talking. Wind WSW light to fresh at times and overcast. Yesterdays weather amount of rainfall 6.2mm. Maximum air temperature 16.9c.

16/7/17 Lough Currane anglers today spent more time putting suntan lotion on their faces than changing their fly lines from floating to intermediate or visa versa and the same could be said in their fly selection and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know why my Noble anglers had a good excuse for not performing up to their usual standard but at least one angler did feel his fly line taut and hear his fly reel sing and that was UK angler, Mr. Keith Francis, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught and released a fine Sea Trout. Now for some breaking news to all you anglers who like a liquid libation after your day’s manipulations on the Waterville Fishery, there is good news for you, because Curran’s  Supermarket have just opened their new off license in the past few days so come on down and weigh your specimen Sea Trout and have a can, as you can see by the photo these three sad anglers discussing the pros and cons of their days manipulations and the only thing they could agree on was they were well contented with their time in the off license but the same couldn’t be said for their fishing, cheers! Wind N light with brigt sunshine all day. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 2.0mm. Maximum air temperature 18.4c.

Very sunny weather on the Wild Atlantic Way - Waterville / Lough Currane
Very sunny weather on the Wild Atlantic Way – Waterville / Lough Currane

17/7/17 Blazing sunshine was the order of the day and most of my Noble anglers caught a suntan at no extra charge except for suntan lotion. In  the C&R fly  Department, Mr. merigh Persons and Mr. Graham Elswood caught  three fine Trout, while fishing with their gillie Mr Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com   Wind light to fresh and variable at times S SSW and went NW this evening. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 0.4mm. Maximum air temperature 17.8c

18/7/17  Far from ideal but  Monaghan angler caught two Trout on the drift , while fly fishing with his Gillie Mr Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com. Wind light SE and very sunny and very warm and humid. Yesterdays weather, maximum air temperature 18.7c.

That is your ration from the last week on Lough Currane, from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts.
Vincent Appleby

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Vincent Appleby Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0)66 9475248
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

Find out more about Lough Currane…

The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see

Munster Blackwater fishing well and prospects continue to be good

By
myleskelly
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Catch and Release salmon
Patrick Carroll about to release his salmon #CPRsavesfish

Some more good days reported on the Munster Blackwater in the last week…

15 July: Great sport on the Fortwilliam Fishery today with 12 fish landed. All beats produced very well as a large run of grilse went through.

Catch and Release salmon
Patrick Carroll about to release his salmon
#CPRsavesfish

17 July: Patrick and Wilawan Carroll with 2 grilse today at the Bridge on Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery releasing one in tough conditions. Meanwhile over at the Fortwilliam Fishery Jessica Iser who never picked up a fishing rod in her life landed her first ever salmon on fly. Guided by the fishery’s ghillie Chris Coady Jessica learned to fly fish and then struck silver. Well done to all. Pat O’Shea from Limerick landed another grilse on fly off the Glenmore Beat and Davie McCracken had a beauty off the Ellis on fly of 14.5lbs

salmo fishing
Jessica Iser with her salmon

18 July: Another 2 fish caught today at the Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery  one by Connie and one by Ivor Pengelly both returned and both fish estimated around the 6lb mark.

19 July: There were 5 fish landed today on the the Fortwilliam Fishery and all on fly. Bernard Halfpenny and his party had four fish which is fantastic considering its their first time to Fortwilliam. Alan Nolan had a nice grilse of 6lbs.

Paul Whealan reports that the river now is starting to rise which is great so prospects are now looking very good.

Go Fishing…

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

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

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

Not many fishing Owenea but a few salmon caught

By
myleskelly
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Low water predominated once again all week although we did receive a small flood (0.22m) on Saturday which was very dirty and slow to clear. This left fair water (0.20m) and nice on Sunday. The gauge average for the week was low reading only 0.14 metres. The fishery was not particularly busy given the time of the season with only 18 visiting rods fishing for the week. There were a number of grilse caught however and we await details of more.

On Monday, Alan Mooney recorded 3 grilse caught. These weighed 5, 6 & 6lb with 2 of these released again and were caught on fly from beat 9. On Saturday, Billy Blair reported a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 8. Michael McLoughlin logged a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 7 and Fergal Mallon accounted for 2 grilse weighing 3 & 6lb caught on a fly from beat 8.

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For info/bookings etc on the Owenea Fishery –
Tel: 074 9551141. (9am to 1pm April to May & 7am to 1pm June to Sept).

For beat maps and more visit https://www.fishinginireland.info/salmon/north/owenea.htm

Fair amount of salmon caught on Drowes in low bright conditions

By
Lindsey Clarke
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Luca Kettles
Luca Kettles with his first ever salmon

Very low and very bright! That best sums up conditions on the Drowes for the week ended 16 July. There was some rain near the weekend but not enough to significantly raise water levels. Despite the very unfavourable conditions, the river produced a fair amount of salmon, mainly grilse with anglers recording some fish caught in bright sun in the middle of the day!

On Monday, Micky McEvoy recorded 2 grilse weighing 2 & 3lb caught & released on prawn from the Meadow.

On Tuesday, John Ford reported a 5lb grilse caught on prawn from the Sea Pools.

Luca Kettles
Luca Kettles with his first ever salmon

On Wednesday, Oscar Robles logged 2 grilse weighing 2 & 3lb caught on prawn from the Blackwater. Virgilio Alonso registered a 3lb grilse caught on prawn from the Blackwater and young Luca Kettles recorded his 1st ever salmon caught, a 4½lb grilse caught on a Yellow Flying ‘C’ lure from Red Roof.

On Thursday, Pierre Rumeau reported a 4lb grilse caught and released on a fly from Clancy’s Pool and also unusually for the Drowes, sea trout of 1 & 1½lb which were released again.

salmon
Trevor Lovell with his fish

On Saturday, Gerry McMahon recorded a 4lb grilse caught on prawn from the Sea Pools. Andrew McDonal reported a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from Cascades. Pierre Rumeau logged a 3lb grilse caught on a fly from Stoppage and Trevor Lovell accounted for a 4lb grilse caught on fly from the Sea Pools.

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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

Lough Melvin

  • For info/boat hire/bookings etc on Lough Melvin seehttp://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/ or Tel: 071 9841055.
  • For info/Guides/boat hire on Lough Melvin contact Sean Maguire’s Tackle Shop, Main Street, Garrison. Tel: 0044 7871443304
  • For bookings/guides etc on the Rossinver Fishery contact Bill McNeary, Tel: 071 9854930 or Jim Hoye, Tel: 0831197428
    For info see http://www.rossinverfishery.com/

Grilse run slows in Galway but anglers still enjoy good sport

By
Kevin Crowley
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Salmon fishing has been much quieter over the last two weeks, as the main run of grilse slowed somewhat after 6 weeks of excellent fishing. There are still a lot of fish in the river, although the high temperatures and bright sunshine earlier in the week has meant very few fish caught.

For the 6th to 12th July, there were 64 fish landed, including 4 for long-time visitor from the UK Laurence Flood to 4.5lbs on fly and shrimp. Loughrea man Willie Cullinane landed 3 to 5lbs on fly, while Athenry angler Declan Tuffy had 2 fish to 4lbs on fly, and son Adam made a welcome return to the weir, landing a nice grilse of 4.5lbs on fly. Phil O’Donoghue had a 5.5lbs fish on fly, and Galway man James Dunne landed 2 fish to 7lbs on shrimp. Moycullen angler John Anderson caught and released 3 grilse to 5.5lbs on fly.

The following week up to today has seen 35 fish landed. Noel Power landed 2 grilse on fly, as did UK angler David Christie, and Cork angler Tom Beecher. Wicklow man Killian Garvey landed 3 fish to 4lbs on fly and shrimp, and UK visitor Michael Righton had a nice grilse on fly. Eamon Power landed 2 to 5.25lbs, releasing one, while Tipperary angler Denise Curran had 2 grilse on fly also. Kevin Mitchell landed a nice 7lbs fish on fly, and the best fish of the week, a nice 8.75lbs salmon was taken by Henry Cosgrove on fly.

The coming days will see cooler, fresher conditions with rain at times, which should improve conditions for angling. With a great head of fish in the river, the weir is still well worth a visit.

Beagles galore on the Brazen Hussy II

By
Kevin Crowley
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An impressive looking porbeagle shark of approx. 80lbs caught aboard the Brazen Hussy by angler Mikey Heaney
An impressive looking porbeagle shark of approx. 80lbs caught aboard the Brazen Hussy by angler Mikey Heaney

Skipper John Fleming was in touch following a fantastic weekend shark fishing “probably all in all the best weekends sharking we have have ever had, not the highest number of sharks but, 4 porbeagles in 3 days…. this hasn’t been done in Galway in a long long time  and to top it off 6 blues”.

An impressive looking porbeagle shark of approx. 80lbs caught aboard the Brazen Hussy by angler Mikey Heaney
An impressive looking porbeagle shark of approx. 80lbs caught aboard the Brazen Hussy by angler Mikey Heaney

We had 2 baby beagles which was great to see (around 40-50lb), and 2 around the 100lbs mark – what a powerful fish they are with long deep powerful runs and long fights. We also landed 6 blues ranging between 70-100lbs.  Not a bad start to the shark season!

All the sharks were tagged and released.  CPR – Catch Photo Release saves Lives!

A fine 80lbs blue shark for angler Kuba Stan aboard the Brazen Hussy II, with skipper John Fleming
A fine 80lbs blue shark for angler Kuba Stan aboard the Brazen Hussy II, with skipper John Fleming

There is still some availability at the weekends and plenty of midweek days to do battle with these fantastic predators. To book fishing with John give him a call on 087 7571320 or check out Blue Shark Angling Galway on Facebook.

A fine 90lbs blue shark for Mac aboard Brazen Hussy II
A fine 90lbs blue shark for Mac aboard Brazen Hussy II

Denis says goodbye to Corrib

By
Kevin Crowley
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Denis in happier times with Sue Wherry and a fine Corrib trout on his beloved boat Sheelin Lady.
Denis in happier times with Sue Wherry and a fine Corrib trout on his beloved boat Sheelin Lady.

Declan Gibbons tells us that trout angling activity on Lough Corrib was relatively quiet last week with few anglers on the lake. The very warm weather early this week certainly sent many anglers to the beach/garden/bog, choose your poison! Mayfly are hatching in good numbers, and with the summer hatch usually peaking around the 4th week of July, there could be good sport to come. Some anglers have been having good sport on dry mayfly, while dapped grasshoppers have also worked for many. But despite those positive reports, it is a story of a quiet lake this week with few anglers about to enjoy the sport.

On a sad note, this week saw the passing of well-known Corrib angler Denis O’Keeffe. Denis was a Cavan man who had been visiting Corrib regularly for many years and was well-known among the angling community. His regular visits to Ballindiff, where he was a member of the local angling club, saw him make many friends locally, and he also boated visitors to the lake on many occasions. The esteem in which he was held saw quite a number of anglers from the west travelling to Cavan for his funeral this week, and Ballindiff Bay will be a quieter place for his passing.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Denis in happier times with Sue Wherry and a fine Corrib trout on his beloved boat Sheelin Lady.
Denis in happier times with Sue Wherry and a fine Corrib trout on his beloved boat Sheelin Lady.

Group from Ballyhaunis enjoys day out on Killala Bay

By
Markus Muller
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The anglers from Ballyhaunis enjoyed their day on Killala Bay

Donal Kennedy reports

On Sunday 16th July a party of anglers from Ballyhaunis ventured out on Killala Bay.  At the beginning conditions were fine with moderate westerly winds but this was to change later to fresh WNW winds. The first drift took place well out in the bay over rocky ground. The group tried to catch some fresh mackerel for bait but they were in short supply. The skipper, as usual, came well prepared with plenty of fresh frozen mackerel and as the day progressed they were very much needed. After several drifts and plenty of fish being caught including cod, pollack, ling, pouting, cuckoo wrasse and coalfish the skipper decided to move back into the bay to fish a more sheltered spot. After a few more fish were caught, the group returned to harbour well satisfied with the day’s fishing.

The anglers from Ballyhaunis enjoyed their day on Killala Bay

To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)086 8174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.

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