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Lough Derg pike anglers getting lots of action

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myleskelly
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Derg Pike

 

Emma Stanley reports on the pike fishing in the Lower Shannon

Pike fishing is going well between  Shannonbridge and Shannon Harbour and anglers are pleased with catches this week.

Lough Derg has been producing some serious fishing and anglers out with guides Paul Bourke, Pierre Monjarret, Black Bay Lodge, Cedric Charpentier and TJs Angling are getting some great fish – though the harsh sunshine of recent days has slowed things down a little. Below is just a taste of what was being caught last week…

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Derg Pike
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Madeléne Eriksson and Jocke Öhman out on Derg with Pierre on 15 June.
Really strong wind from south West! Not easy to fish but they caught their first Irish pike
Out with TJ on 13 June – good fish hitting the lures
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A pike of 114cm for Cedric Charpentier on Derg
Nathan with a good Derg pike – fishing with Paul Bourke

Go fishing…

Peche Irlande Passion

Cedric Charpentier offers some of the best fishing pike fishing holidays available in the Shannon area. Concentrating on Lough Derg he has boats and accommodation available. With over 10 years experience he is sure to organise an unforgettable angling holiday.

Mobile: +353(0)86 22 10 900 

E-mail : [email protected]

Web: http://peche-irlande-passion.com

Pierre Monjarret

Pierre Monjarret moved to Ireland in 2007 to pursue his dream as a guide. It is now many years since he cast his first line on Lough Derg. Throughout that time his passion for this lake has never faded, always something new to learn, new techniques to develop and challenges that remind you why you love catching big fish!

Address: Killaloe, County Clare, Ireland
Telephone: +353 (0)87 215 83 37
Web: www.pierremonjarret.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pierre.monjarret.1

Black Bay Lodge

BlackBay Lodge overlooks Lough Derg,  is located in a strategic position close to several fishing spots having different types of water and environmental conditions. We look after our guests during his daily activities: from the selection of the most appropriate lure to the accurate teaching of precise techniques.

BlackBay Fishing Lodge, Co. Clare, Ireland
Mail [email protected]
Phone +39 342 8015973 or +353 (87) 711 4081
Web:  http://www.blackbaylodge.com/

Irish Fishing Tours

Our comprehensive packages include a guiding service, boat and tackle hire, food and accommodation. Using our local knowledge, we have carefully selected a range of accommodation to suit all tastes and budgets.
Paul Bourke 087 1953554

Web: www.irishfishingtours.com Email: [email protected]

Successful opening day on Burrishoole

By
Markus Muller
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Pat Hughes, NI, and ghillie Joe Donnellan with the first salmon of the season on Lough Furnace

The Burrishoole Fishery opened last Wednesday under Bye-Law 951 with the following conditions: Catch & Release for all wild fish, ranched carcass tagged, barbless single hooks only.

On opening day, Pat Hughes from Lisburn caught the first fish of the season, a ranched salmon weighing 2.2kg. After his first fish, Pat landed another two salmon which marked a promising start to the season on Lough Furnace.

Pat Hughes, NI, and ghillie Joe Donnellan with the first salmon of the season on Lough Furnace

To book fishing on the Burrishoole Fishery contact Pat Hughes Fishery Manager at +353 (0)87 2377078.

Another great week on the River Moy!

By
Markus Muller
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Jan Brinch Hansen from Denmark ready to release his first Ridge Pool salmon

The River Moy had another excellent week with over 500 salmon reported. Angling was good throughout the system with suitable water levels and all fisheries reporting plenty of action.

On the Moy Fishery, Danish flyanglers, Thomas Vinge and Jan Brinch Hansen enjoyed excellent sport on Sunday catching 4 salmon (all released) between 3 lbs. & 6 lbs. Most fish fell for a small Red Francis tied by Thomas himself. Earlier in the day, Jan had already landed a grilse on the Cloongee Fishery which was also released. Other successful anglers on the Moy Fishery included Michael Childs, UK, with an 8.5 lbs. fish on fly and William Hayes, Northern Ireland, with a salmon weighing 7.25 lbs. also on fly.

Jan Brinch Hansen from Denmark ready to release his first Ridge Pool salmon

Over 80 fish were reported from the Ballina Salmon Anglers water, while Frank Cliff, Switzerland, had a great week on Mt. Falcon with a total of eight salmon, best at 7 lbs. on fly. Coolcronan had its best week of the season so far with 20 salmon reported. On the Foxford Fishery, Peter Montgomery, Northern Ireland, landed an eight pounder on Spinner, while Rinanney and the Foxford Salmon Anglers stretch produced almost 80 fish for the week.

 

Further upriver on Cloongee, Przemek Grochowski, Poland, scored with 3 grilse on bubble & fly. Also on Cloongee, UK visitor, Keith Purves, had 3 fish on spinner, best at 9 lbs. Anglers on the East Mayo Anglers water also enjoyed another good week’s fishing with exactly 100 fish reported. Amongst the successful anglers were Camin Turner, Galway, with a 10 pounder on fly and Frank Woods, Louth, also with a 10 lbs. fish on fly.

Positive coarse angling reports from lower Shannon area

By
myleskelly
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Juvenile Roach spotted in Meelick on Sunday 18th of June. 
Juvenile Roach spotted in Meelick on Sunday 18th of June. 

Emma Stanley, IFI, reports from the banks of the Shannon…

This week’s weather (13-19 June) has seen torrential rain and Mediterranean sunshine! Temperatures have not fell below 13 degrees Celsius during daylight hours with nights remaining humid also.  Wet weather dominated much of Monday in the lower Shannon river basin district, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were mild humid days with some sunny periods.  Friday, Saturday and Sunday were beautiful sunny, warm days with temperatures reaching 28C in Portumna on Sunday evening.

Feedback from coarse angling is positive this week with good catches being reported throughout the area of Roach, Tench of up to 60cm.

Meelick has good stocks of roach with plentiful supplies of juvenile fish.

Shannon Harbour is fishing well with Roach and Bream catches of up to 55cm.

Shannonbridge is seeing plenty of boat fishing and visitors to the area and are happy with catches of their coarse fish.

Bio Security:

Again, we would kindly ask all who use water courses to please consider biosecurity measures for themselves so to help stop the spread of invasive species in and out of the water.

Juvenile Roach spotted in Meelick on Sunday 18th of June. 
Juvenile Roach spotted in Meelick on Sunday 18th of June.

Donnellan Cup stays in Roscommon

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myleskelly
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Michael McDermott Treasurer, Michael Donnellan main sponsor presenting, Denis Kelly & John Finn winners Donnellan Cup (2017) Mark Malone Secretary, and Ronan Baggott chairperson.
Michael McDermott Treasurer, Michael Donnellan main sponsor presenting, Denis Kelly & John Finn winners Donnellan Cup (2017) Mark Malone Secretary, and Ronan Baggott chairperson.
Michael McDermott Treasurer, Michael Donnellan main sponsor presenting, Denis Kelly & John Finn winners Donnellan Cup (2017) Mark Malone Secretary, and Ronan Baggott chairperson.
Michael McDermott Treasurer, Michael Donnellan main sponsor presenting, Denis Kelly & John Finn winners Donnellan Cup (2017) Mark Malone Secretary, and Ronan Baggott chairperson.

Arnold Donnelly, IFI Limerick, reports that Ballinlough was the venue for the recently held Annual Donnellan Cup on Sunday 11th of June hosted by Lake O’Flynn & District Angling Association. This event is fished annually in memory of Noel Donnellan Ballinlough and features prominently in the events calendar for the village every year. Blustery and showery conditions greeted an excellent entry of (32 Anglers) and as always this event is a keenly contested affair between the locals and visiting anglers who come mostly from all nearby counties with a few travelling from across the Shannon.

Jim Glynn & Paddy Purcell accepting 2-nd place from club officers Michael McDermott, and Ronan Baggott
Jim Glynn & Paddy Purcell accepting 2-nd place from club officers Michael McDermott, and Ronan Baggott

Fishing was reasonably good on the day with most boats returning fish on a variety of fly patterns with Roscommon pair of Dennis Kelly and John Finn winning out on the day with a catch of 6-fish for 11-lb 11.6 oz thus ensuring the much coveted Donnellan Cup remains on home soil for (2017. The heaviest fish winner was Jim Woods with a fish 2-lb 08.0 oz.

Results were as follows

  1.  John Finn & Denis Kelly 6 – fish for 11-lb 11.6 oz
  2.  Paddy Purcell & Jim Glynn 5 – fish for 8-lb 04.8 oz.
  3. Daniel McDermott & Ronan Baggott 4 – fish for 8-lb 04.6 oz
  4. John Gaffey & Chris Connaughton 4 – fish for 7-lb 10.2 oz

Heaviest fish winner = Jim Woods 2-lb 08.0 oz

popular 3-rd place winners Daniel McDermott and Ronan Baggott been presented with their prize by Mark Malone Club Secretary
popular 3-rd place winners Daniel McDermott and Ronan Baggott been presented with their prize by Mark Malone Club Secretary

Afterwards, refreshments were served in Donnellan’s Ballinlough where club Chairperson Ronan Baggott congratulated and presented the prizes of the day and proceeded to thank all the visiting anglers who travelled to support the club. Ronan went on to acknowledge the contribution of our sponsors and thanked them for their generosity over the years in particular Michael Donnellan main sponsor. Ronan continued by thanking fellow club members for their input and cooperation in running a very successful event and praised John Devanney of I.F.I., for his cooperation in running this competition. The Malone family were also thanked for providing refreshments.

Next Club Event Malone Cups Sunday, July 23-rd.

MichaelMcDermott Treas, Michael Donnellan Main sponsor presenting Jim Woods with Heaviest fish prize, Mark Malone sec, and Ronan Baggott c/person.
MichaelMcDermott Treas, Michael Donnellan Main sponsor presenting Jim Woods with Heaviest fish prize, Mark Malone sec, and Ronan Baggott c/person.

Good bass and pollack on fly around Cork Harbour

By
myleskelly
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A nice bass on fly for the German anglers

Earlier in the year two German fly anglers went to the Fly Fishing Exhibition in Munich where they asked about a guide they had booked in Cobh for a week in June. Delighted at the positive response they got from the IFI stand about Richie Ryan the Eire Bass guide they were now happy about their booking. They were mainly interested in fly fishing for pollack on the fly and the prospect of a bass also. This response at the fair was relayed to Richie by one of the fly fishermen. The burden of living up to the expectations ( Jim Hendricks’ words ringing in Richie’s ears ) of the visitors was palpable…

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A nice bass on fly for the German angler Benedikt Goetzfrid of Topwater-Productions

Richie tells us that the first day on the fly went well even though the water clarity was poor. Plenty of pollack were caught on the fly as requested but the bass were not playing ball. Day 2 and 6 bass were nailed on fly and lure. On the third day Benedikt Goetzfrid of Topwater-Productions Germany arrived as an extra angler onboard “Sea Hawk”. He was staying at Tír Na Spideoga with the famous pike guide Greg Latour.

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Bene with a fly cught pollack

Bene hooked up 7 bass on the day , happy man. He was grinning from ear to ear as he’d never caught a bass before. Needless to say the guide was happy too! In fact all three tourists had never caught a bass so that was sorted. Richie was delighted that one of the visitors, Dirk Magnus, managed to catch a  good few bass on the fly on a mark which had never produced before using that method. The guide had blanked on the fly there many times also, so well done Dirk !

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Dirk with his first fly caught basspollack, bass

Day 4 produced some great pollack on the fly but only one bass. The tourists went away having seen Ireland at it’s best with the glorious weather and fishing memories to last a lifetime.

Make a booking

If you want to book Richie then go to  www.corkbass.com

Eire Bass – Richie Ryan

Saltwater fly fishing Guide.

Web: www.corkbass.com E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +353 (0)86 1940744

River low at Owenmore but lakes fished OK

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myleskelly
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Frank Maunsell from the Owenmore Fishery reports:

20 June: We have had dry sunny days for the past week which does not do the river levels any good. We have also had very strong wind but when it was suitable and the boats were able to get out people have had fish. Even though the wind was strong enough on Saturday two regulars braved it. They both had seatrout and one had a grilse of about 6/7 lbs. The weather is supposed to break on Thursday and if we get rain and we have a big spring tide we are bound to have a good run of fish.

Frank Maunsell
Owenmore Fishery

Make a booking

There are approximately five miles of fly fishing along the main part of the Owenmore River in Kerry, with 33 named pools and an additional 180 acres of lake fishing in this Kerry beauty spot. The salmon, grilse and sea trout begin to run in April. The runs continue through spring and summer into early October.

Telephone: 066 7139408 Mobile: 087 9476309

Email: [email protected]
Web: www.owenmorefishery.ie

Feale fished well while water was good

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myleskelly
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Brendan Joy is holding his fish and on his right is fellow angler Jer Mulvihill and on his left is David Kearney

Paddy Halpin, IFI Limerick, reports from the banks of the Feale where the they had some good water last week…

Mark Smith with a great fish of almost 15lbs
Mark Smith with a great fish of almost 15lbs

We had great water for last weekend (10-11 June) and the anglers were out in force. We had a good number of fish reported and to mention a few we had Mark Smith with a great fish of almost 15lbs and fresh as a daisy as did John Ward who had a fish of similar weight.

Buck Loughnane
Buck Loughnane

Buck Loughnane had two good fish for the week. Brendan Joy had a good fish on the spinner and Steven Moroney had a fish of about 7lbs also caught on the spinner. Water levels have dropped back again on Thursday 15 June and fishing has slowed down.

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Brendan Joy is holding his fish and on his right is fellow angler Jer Mulvihill and on his left is David Kearney

Go fishing…

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.

Download: River Feale angling map – River Feale Angling Map

AbbeyFeale Anglers Association

The Abbeyfeale Anglers Club controls parts of the river between Abbeyfeale and Duagh.
Web: abbeyfealeanglersassociation.wordpress.com

North Kerry Anglers Association

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.The brown tags for the River Feale bear the code F3. 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

Steven Moroney with his dad Michael
Steven Moroney with his dad Michael

Salmon on the tides at Costello and Fermoyle

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myleskelly
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Terry Gallagher has the angling report from Costello & Fermoyle Fisheries for june so far…

After a very long dry period we finally got our first flood in months on the the night of 9th June. As soon as the river started to rise salmon & sea trout held up in Casla Bay started to pour into the system and the fishing really kicked off. In a period of 9 days 17 salmon & 5 sea were landed bringing the total for the season so far to 19 salmon & 8 sea trout.

First salmon of the season fell to Micheal Dillon, a cracking fish of 7lbs 8ozs taken from the Cabbage Pool on River Beat 1 (RB1) with a size 12 Silver Stoat.. Next up was Padhraic McDonagh with a grilse of 3lbs 8ozs also from the Cabbage pool. Sean Kelly was thrilled to record 6 salmon ranging 3lbs 8ozs to 7lbs over 2 days. All were bars of silver and all fell to a size 12 Black Shrimp. Geoffrey Fitzjohn had a very successful four and a half hours on the middle river where he landed 3 salmon, 2 of 5lbs and 1 of 6lbs. All fresh and all yet again all were taken on a size 12 Black Shrimp.

John Maloney & Neil Spellacy fished RB1. John landed 2 grilse of 4lbs as well as a cracking sea trout of 2lbs. Neil was not disappointed with his day as he banked a salmon of 4lbs.

Finally, Brian Curran, was delighted to catch his 1st ever Casla salmon while he fished the inflow to Fermoyle Lough. Another 4lbs bar of silver taken on a Teal Blue & Silver.

At the time of writing, fish are appearing on the tides which promises plenty of more sport to come.

Go fishing…

For bookings & information on Costello & Fermoyle Fisheries please contact Terry Gallagher at 087 23 999 88 or email: [email protected]

 

Owenea quiet as water levels low

By
Lindsey Clarke
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Monday 29th May  to Sunday 11th June 2017

The Owenea was plagued by low water for over the first week. The second week brought higher levels but still lower than desirable except for 1 good (but dirty) flood reading 0.40m which occurred on Saturday 10th June. The gauge average over the fortnight read 0.14 metres. The fishery was fairly quiet with only 15 visiting rods fishing over the fortnight. To date we have 7 salmon recorded in the register.

On the 30th May, Alan Watson recorded an 8½lb salmon caught on a fly from beat 8. On the 1st June Alan reported a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 8. On the 4th Alan logged a 3lb grilse caught & released on a fly from beat 8. On the 6th, Michael McCrory recorded a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 7. On the 9th, Alan Watson logged a 7½lb salmon caught on a fly from beat 8. On the 11th, John Joe Doherty reported a 3lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 9 and Paul Brennan accounted for an 8lb salmon caught on a spinner from beat 9.

Make a booking

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

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