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Big Perch around Boyle

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IFI staff
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Bodo Funke of Angling Services Ireland, usually know for providing a first-class pike fishing experience for his clients reported some great perch fishing.

Lately, Bodo was guiding two US visitors who tried their hands on some perch fishing. Results were excellent with Shawn and Drew catching several fine perch using lures on light tackle. With 4 fish over 40cm, best at 43cm this was an outstanding result and shows the great perch fishing potential of the waters around Boyle.

Go Fishing

Bodo Funke, Angling Services, Ireland

Pike, Game and Coarse fishing Guide

Notes: Angling Services Ireland are based in Boyle, Co. Roscommon, in the North-West of Ireland, an area with many superb angling opportunities.

The Proprietor Bodo Funke holds the Marine and Countryside Guiding Certificate (achieved with distinction) and his expertise and local knowledge will be to your avail when you go on a guided angling trip or angling holiday with Angling Services Ireland. Pike fishing, Fly-fishing for Pike, Game fishing for wild Brown Trout, Float- tubing, Coarse fishing. Salmon fishing and Sea-angling can be organised.

Address: Angling Services Ireland, 3 Canal View, Deerpark, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Telephone/Fax::+353 71 9663580 or +353 86 6011878

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.anglingservicesireland.com

Thirty sharks including 4 specimens on one trip

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Myles Kelly
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blue shark
One of 30 sharks caught on Silver Dawn

David Edward’s crew had a cracking day’s shark fishing on Saturday…

Three anglers managed to get an unbelievable 30 Blue Sharks to Silver Dawn on Saturday 12 July. The trip was a birthday gift for Brian Warren, he had never caught a shark before so it was an exceptional present on top of everything else.

Son, Will, helps dad, Brian with a big shark
Son, Will, helps dad, Brian, with his big shark

The day started on a high. The first fish of landed was a cracking 187cm specimen and of course, it had to be Birthday Boy Brian who was on the rod.

the rest of the crew
The rest of the crew. Altogether they caught 30 sharks including 4 specimens. Catch of the Week hands down!

Starting with a good fish can sometimes be regarded as a bit of bad luck, where can you go from there? But 29 shark followed and there were 4 more specimens landed amongst them. The only way is up!

Go fishing…

West Cork Charters

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Smoothound beach action for Mariners crew in Donegal

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IFI staff
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Killybegs Mariners enjoyed some great fishing for smoothounds and bass. See their short report below…

Super fishing of smoothounds and bass for the Mariners crew of Chris Whyte, Dessie and Ryan McGinley and Proinnsias Doherty enjoying the run as the hounds gorge on the local crab buffet.

Some great fish over a metre in length measured and returned to the surf. A hard fighting powerful fish that tests the gear to the limit.

 

First summer floods see Croneen starting to run

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IFI staff
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Johannes Bulfin of Watershed Fly Fishing was in touch and sent in a great report…

After a busy time of guiding and teaching on stocked stillwaters, it was time to get out and enjoy some fishing for myself.

The “Croneen” have arrived and there is a real buzz of excitement and anticipation around the town of Birr, as anglers seem to materialise out of nowhere! The early summer floods have helped the fish spread out right through the whole system.

I headed out to find a few shoals, which I did. As I lifted into a fish I immediately judged it to be a good one, it didn’t give an inch, instead it stayed very deep and took off on a determined run. I applied intense side pressure (too much) as it was headed straight for the roots of a tree. My tippet burst and the line came back sickeningly slack and I was reminded why I should beef up the tippet for these fish. It left me wondering what size the fish was, my largest last year was over 20inches, this one felt better than that but then again the ones that get away always do.

I landed several fish up to 14 inches afterwards, including two double shots of smaller resident fish. But I kept replaying the big fish scenario over and over in my mind. The fishing was exceptional and I knew I was acting a bit spoiled by concentrating on the one that got away…

I did head out again soon after, and succeeded in landing two Croneen. There appears to be a lot of exceptionally good sized fish this year.

Watershed Fly Fishing is a full time professional guiding service specialising in pike fly fishing operating from Banagher, Co. Offaly. In season we also guide for trout on the Shannon tributaries. Get in touch to make your own memories at +353 (0)85 7386944 or [email protected]

Trout fishing on Conn & Cullin slow but some nice trout reported from smaller rivers within the catchment

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IFI staff
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Michael Murphy reports from Loughs Conn & Cullin…      

Angling pressure remained low on the lakes due to unfavourable weather conditions this past week but the Tiernan Brothers, Foxford report of getting some nice trout on the small rivers up to midnight some nights on sedge patterns.

Somne nice river trout for the Tiernan Brothers

Challenging fishing on the Moy

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IFI staff
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Sunrise on the Ridge Pool (Photo by John Howley)

Michael Murphy reports from the River Moy…      

Moy Catchment Angling Report – Week ending 13-07-2025

Rainfall was below average nationwide over the past week with heatwave conditions arriving from midweek onwards making angling very challenging with strong sunshine and air temperatures in the high 20’s.  This resulted in extremely elevated water temperatures and ultimately the closing of some fisheries in the Moy system.  Water levels at Ballylahan dropped steadily from 0.7 m on 6th July down to 0.23 m by noon on Sunday 13th July. Mixed and changeable weather is expected for the week ending 20th July with spells of rain and showers turning heavy and thundery at times. As a result, rainfall amounts will be above average generally with accumulations of 60 mm to 80 mm forecast for the catchment.

Moy Fishery

As referred to in the introduction, the Moy Fishery closed from midnight Friday 11th July due to elevated water temperatures. Just the one salmon to report for the period Monday to Friday, from the Cathedral Beat caught on the fly and weighing 3 lbs.

The angling boat is available on the Lower Beat which comprises of Polnamonagh, Spring Wells and the Ash Tree Pool. Once the fishery reopens, permits can be secured by contacting the Moy Fishery office at 096 21332 or by email at [email protected]

Ballina Salmon Anglers

Peter reports twenty-three salmon caught for the week all on the worm and spinning with weights from 3 lbs to 5 lbs and the best weighing in at 8 lbs.

Mount Falcon Estate

Mike reports of five salmon caught for the week all on the fly.

Knockmore Salmon Anglers

Kenneth reports of five salmon caught for the week mostly on the prawn with weights from 3 lbs to 5 lbs.

Attymass Angling Club

Kevin reports of six salmon caught for the week all on the prawn.

Coolcronan Fishery

Nick reports of just the one salmon caught for the week.

Byrnes Fishery

Roy reports of eight salmon caught for the week of which three were released mostly on the prawn with the best weighing in at 4 lbs

The Foxford Fishery

Granville reports of three salmon caught for the week on the bubble and fly with the best weighing 5 lbs.

Foxford Salmon Anglers

Harry reports of fifteen salmon caught for the week using all methods with six of these coming off Rinnaney and the remaining nine coming off Carrigeen and the High Bank.

Cloongee Fishery

Cloongee Fishery closed from midnight on Friday 11th July due to elevated water temperatures.

Anglers are reminded that they must make a “Catch/No Catch” return on the blue duplicate of their permit and place in the catch return boxes located in the two car parks. Catch/No Catch returns can also be made by email to [email protected]

East Mayo Anglers Association

Kathleen reports of nine salmon caught for the week of which four were released. All methods working well with most weighing 3 lbs to 6 lbs and the best weighing 8.5 lbs. East Mayo Anglers Association closed the fishery from midnight 12th July due to elevated water temperatures.

The Moy Estuary

Judd Ruane reports of an improvement on the estuary with the break in the weather and a good head of sea trout running in with the salmon with fourteen quality sea trout caught and tagged on Pegasus.

Galway Bay alive with fish – great shark action on the Brazen Hussy II

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IFI Staff
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Porbeagle shark.

John Fleming’s guests enjoyed some superb action over the weekend, with porbeagle sharks around the boat almost as soon as they started a drift. The action was confined to the mornings, with sharks seeming to show less interest later, but pollack fishing kept the crews entertained. John has some great photos up, see below for some great fishy action.

John also says the wildlife in the bay has been prolific in the good weather, with birds such as storm petrels every day feeding on the chum slick, along with guillemots, razorbills, herring guls, gannets and fulmars. They also had a minke whale breach alongside the boat and kept pace with them – at 16 knots! Anyone who has fished with John knows he drives the boat like he does his car – no sparing the diesel – so that was a fast whale! (he drives his car slightly faster than 16 knots though…)

 

 

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 Rossaveal, 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 adrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and released safely.
Package deals available

Address: Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7571320
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlueSharkAngling

Blue Shark Angling Galway,
Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320

Sharks and sunshine on the Clare Dragoon

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IFI Staff
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Anglers on the Clare Dragoon have enjoyed some exciting shark fishing this week, with the warm settled weather helping.

Skipper Luke Aston says Friday was a lovely day on the sea, and the porbeagles were interested. They finished the day with 3 porbeagle shark to the boat. They were also entertained by a pod of dolphins with some very young ones staying close to it mother!!

Saturday was another fantastic day on the, sea and despite a very slow drift they had good fishing off the bottom, and shark swimming around the boat. It proved very hard to get the blues to take but great fun with little bits of bait on spinning gear. The porbeagles were still taking the deep shark traces and they had 2 to the boat at 150 and 200 lbs.

 

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

IFI opens final draw for Kerry salmon anglers for 2025 – Roughty River

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IFI Staff
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Brown tag conservation regulations in force on Roughty River

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has today opened the fourth and final draw for anglers wishing to catch and keep salmon from Kerry’s River Roughty.

‘Brown tag’ regulations apply to the river catchment from March 15th until September 30th, 2025, when the salmon fishing season ends.

Anglers interested in entering the August 6th lottery draw for one of the remaining 18 brown tags can apply at the IFI website between today, July 16th, and midnight on Sunday, August 3rd, 2025.

Commenting, Sean Long South-Western River Basin District Director at IFI stated: “The numbers of wild Atlantic salmon returning to our rivers is declining. The risk of over-fishing puts stocks in further jeopardy.

“Brown tag measures for salmon and sea trout are required on the Roughty River to conserve stocks and avoid accidental over-harvesting.

“Where there is a modest harvestable surplus with a risk of over-exploitation, this brown gill tag system is introduced to closely monitor the angling quotas.”

A total of 74 brown tags are available in 2025. They are being distributed to anglers with a valid rod licence via four draws during the season.

Previous draws were held in February, April, and June, and 56 brown tags have been distributed to date.

Anglers may only receive one Brown Tag per season for use on the River Roughty catchment.

Those who receive the tags through the lottery system must place them on the fish – along with a blue tag – as proof it was lawfully caught and may be retained for private use.

Anglers not allocated a brown tag are only permitted to fish for salmon on the Roughty River on a catch-and-release basis, where the salmon is returned safely to the same waterbody.

Anglers must use catch-and-release methods only, involving single or double barbless hooks. Use of worms as bait is not permitted.

For more information, contact IFI’s Macroom office on (026) 41221, or at [email protected]

Trout fishing takes a break over hot weekend – PiscariFly Update

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IFI Staff
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Peter Driver of Piscari Fly is back with his weekly roundup of the fishing scene

How’s The Fishing?

After a pretty hot week and weekend there is not much fishing to report. The water temperatures were too high and a lot of fisheries were advising anglers to not go out and it was fair enough to do so. However, we are looking forward to this week now with some rain and cooler weather coming in and hopefully we will get back on the rivers and lakes of Ireland. There should be some good fishing to be had, once a drop of fresh water comes into the rivers. A few pictures here from Ricky Croke from early last week before the temperatures got too high. He got some nice fish, some good Dry Fly action in the evening time.

World Youth Fly Fishing Championship

Team Ireland had a great start to their trip. Practice sessions went well according to reports from the managers. We want to wish them all the best. The competition started Monday evening/night our time here and we have some results which came through first thing this morning.

This is the link if you want to follow the championships https://www.fips-mouche.com/youth-results/?_champ_id=9076 and we again wish them all the best July 12th to 20th.

The first session is just over this morning our time and the results are in. Team Ireland had a decent first session and are sitting in mid table. Well done lads and keep pushing up.

Piscari-fly Club

Update on the Road to Italy

Peter has been on the club reviewing these latest modular chestpacks figuring out which will suit him best for his Italian trip. He also has videos on there reviewing rods and flylines and lots of tackle. These can all be seen on Piscari-Fly Club; so log in and check them out. There will be lots going up there over the coming weeks on the road to Italy.

 

About Piscari Plus Club

Piscari-Fly Club is all about creating a community of like-minded anglers who have a passion to evolve, educate, and progress in the world of flyfishing and flytying. The Piscari-Fly Club will be hosted by its owner and passionate fly angler Peter Driver.

Check it out at https://club.piscari-fly.com/​

About us

Based on the River Nore just outside Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland. Piscari-Fly is a growing Fly Tying and Fly-Fishing business with a vast amount of experience and knowledge. If there is ever anything I can do to make my service better for you please feel free to suggest it to me and I’ll gladly try my best to accommodate your requests. Thanks again. Peter Driver.

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Thanks for the support, its greatly appreciated.

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Piscari-Fly, Woolengrange, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, R95 Y860, Ireland, 0879787040

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