The Edenderry 3 Day Festival finishes today. We have the daily reports from Edenderry coarse Angling Club below:
Paul Hughes
09 June: We are up and running on the Edenderry three day festival, not the best of starts for the 65 anglers taking part as they had to endure downpours all day which made things difficult.
Conor Browne
Section A Killeen 44-65
1. Kevin O’Hanlon 4-01
2. Jeff Stirrat 4-00
3. Bill Woollcott 3-09
Section B Killeen 19-40
1. Paul Hughes 7-13
1. Dave Walmsley 7-13
3. Ant Marsden 6-12
Section C Toberdaly 1-22
1. Paul Denson 12-04
2. Alan Larkin 11-08
3. Brian Kane 8-05
Overall day one
1. Paul Denson
2. Alan Larkin
3. Brian Kane
08 June: The inclement weather is playing havoc with the fishing, however this leaves the festival wide open with only tomorrow Friday remaining.
Section A Killeen upper
1. Phil Walters 7-05
2. Gordon Houilbecq 6-06
3. David Massey 5-12
Section B Killeen lower
1. Gal Charnock 10-04
2. Jeff Stirrat 6-04
3. Gavin Charnock 4-06
The Oaklands Junior League started with the first leg of this competition with a 3 hour match on Saturday. The young anglers fish very hard and the top 3 scorces show just how good the were on the day.
Results
1st John Browne 86 lb
2nd Chaill McEnroe 28lb
3rd Jack Hearne 22 lb
John Browne
Upcoming events…
ITS NOT TOO LAKE TO TAKE PART in the first NCFFI All-Ireland Commercial Pairs competition at Oaklands lake this Sunday and join the following pairs of anglers fishing for the largest combined weight. Trophies kindly sponsored by Lazernow Custom Gifts will be awarded to the top three pairs with a perpetual All Ireland Pairs Champions trophy for the winners. There is a full payout on the entry of €60 per Pair. Oaklands have kindly subsidised the fishery fee for non-members to €5 per pair. Late bookings directly to Oaklands on + 353 51 447 658 please. Fishery rules must be observed.
Go fishing…
Oaklands Lake in New Ross Co. Wexford is a fishing paradise for coarse angling. It offers a wide selection of fish. The lake can be fished by people of every level of experience from beginners to professionals.
Adrian Browne
Oaklands Lake,
Marshmeadows,
New Ross, Co. Wexford.
Inland Fisheries Ireland and An Taisce host nature walk at Glenties Hatchery, Donegal
Inland Fisheries Ireland and An Taisce recently partnered to host a guided nature walk on the Owenea River in Glenties for members of the public. The event was held beside the Glenties Hatchery and was open to those interested in learning more about the wildlife living in their local stretch of river.
Over 30 people participated in the two hour nature walk and demonstration where they enjoyed an examination of the insects and other creatures that live in the river. Assistant Inspector Owen Kelly of Inland Fisheries Ireland presented samples from three local rivers – the Abbey River near Ballyshannon, the Laghey River outside Donegal Town and the Owenea River itself.
Budding Scientists at the Glenties River Walk organised by Inland Fisheries Ireland and An Taisce
The participants reviewed the water samples using microscopes and learn about water chemistry and macroinvertebrates. Mayflies, stoneflies, caddis flies and freshwater shrimp were all identified in the samples while an aquarium which contained juvenile trout and salmon helped explain the life cycle of fish to the children.
A demonstration on electro-fishing techniques and survey methods produced good numbers of salmon fry and parr fish which were placed in the aquarium for safe keeping before being returned to the river after the event. The public heard how the information gathered using electrofishing helps to determine the conservation limits of Ireland’s salmonid river systems.
Themes explored during the field trip included the life cycle of salmon, trout, sea trout, artic charr, freshwater pearl mussel and the threats that are facing the European eel. Discussions with attendees also took place on the threats and impacts facing the future survival of salmon, global warming, pollution and bye catch of other fishing industries.
Owen Kelly, Assistant Inspector at Inland Fisheries Ireland said: “We were delighted to partner with An Taisce on this initiative for the second year in a row which helps to inform the public of local aquatic life and habitat. Our local rivers are full of life and this initiative aims to engage the local community around the fisheries resource and highlight the importance of its protection and conservation.”
The Irish Kayak angling club recently held its first round of the IKAC All Ireland championship on the waters of Lough Derg from Portumna Co. Galway. Brian McCall reports…
The first round of our competition was kindly Sponsored by Gary Kenny, Palmerston stores.
Pike to 25lb were landed
There were 3 challenges set on the day. The main one was to catch, photo and release 1 pike, 1 perch, 2 coarse fish and the “joker” fish of the day was a trout. The joker is a fish that can double your total score after the pike perch and coarse fish have been caught. The other challenges were most pike and most trout.
Ready for the off
There was a total of 25 anglers taking part and we got the competition underway at 11am and due to finish at 5pm.
A number of pike, 27, were caught during the competition the largest of which was estimated at 25lb and a PB for the angler, Tomas. There was also plenty of roach, rudd and hybrids caught along with a small number of perch. The main competition was won by Ian Burton who also won the prize for most pike, landing 6 on the day. No trout were caught on the day with little or no rise noted. All fish were released.
This competition is open to all and is free to enter. All safety gear must be used and promoting safety is the focal point of these meets. If you would like to attend these meets to see what way we are set up then you are very welcome. Visit www.irishkayakangling.com for all the info.
Special mention to Portumna & District angling association for their permission to allow us use their slipway for launch on the day.
Go fishing…
To find out more about Kayak Angling visit www.irishkayakangling.com and register on the forum. Membership is free and the forum is a great resource to learn about safety, venues and techniques. Experienced members will answer any questions you have and everyone is welcome to come to a meet to learn more before taking the plunge.
Articles on beginning kayak angling are available at http://www.topfisher.eu/ and much of the advice on small boat angling is also transferrable to a kayak.
Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane where grilse provided some sport over the Bank Holiday weekend…
01/06/17: Lough Currane was all quiet on the SW front in all departments, even though there was a nice breeze from the SW and followed by a nice drop of rain, how much I will give you all the facts tomorrow, so on that note I will hand you over to your guide who is on top of the world, so click and enjoy. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 1.5mm. Maximum air temperature 16.6c.
02/06/17: A fine 8 ½ lbs. Salmon was caught on the Commeragh river by Mr. Martin Coveny. Meanwhile the six boats out manipulating and stimulating their flies and lures today on the Big Lake/ Lough Currane, left a lot to be desired this day on the Waterville Fishery and why, well its simple because of their inability to catch a wild Atlantic Salmon or catch one of Lough Curran’s majestic specimen Sea Trout, need I say more. Wind West light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 12.1mm. Maximum air temperature 14.7c,
03/06/17: Now today’s action or I should say the lack of it because this bank Holiday Saturday there were 8 boats out manipulating and I can say without any fear of contradiction they all failed in every department, as majority of anglers would say that’s fishing! Wind W fresh with reasonable cloud cover. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 4.4mm. Maximum air temperature 15.8c.
Martin, Dave, Bob.
4/6/17 All headlines come from the Bungalow, the home of Lough Currane Salmon fishing and for good reason, there was some mighty Grilse fishing today, particularly one boat, but we leave the best to last. First in my striking zone was UK angler Peter Morris from Newcastle, while fishing with his gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Peter caught a fine Salmon Grilse on the troll. Now to catch of the day, we start in the C&R department, Mr. Dave Holmes was King of the Grilse today, while fishing with his gillie Mr. Bob Priestley, Dave caught 4 fine Salmon Grilse on the troll and sportingly put 1 Grilse back to fight another day. Now staying with the Same boat and Gillie, but a different client, Mr. Martin Coveny, caught a fine Salmon Grilse on the troll and all in all you can say today was a cracker of a day for the clients and the Gillie’s and fair play to them all. Wind SW light to fresh with good cloud and heavy rain this evening. yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 1.8mm. Maximum air temperature 15.0c
5/6/17 Lough Currane was on the quiet side after yesterdays brilliant action, but to be honest that’s not surprising with a NE wind blowing and rain pouring down for the best part of the day and it was very cold with a maximum air temperature of 9c but felt like 6c. That ends the excuses for the Lough Currane anglers, so on that note we head upstream and to the Commeragh River and there was one angler manipulating his skill and needs no excuses because the angler in question, Mr Martin Coveny, caught and released a fine 6 lbs. Salmon and two Sea Trout for his efforts, so congratulations to Martin for keeping the Waterville Fishery flag flying high this June Bank holiday Monday. Yesterdays weather. Amount of rainfall 12 mm. Maximum air temperature 14.4c.
Hugh Brennan
6/6/17 Lough Currane was on the wild side with a strong and gusty wind from the NW added with heavy down pours, but this didn’t deter a few boats from going out, but all the Salmon headlines go to Dublin Angler Mr. Hugh Brennan, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a 5 lbs. Grilse on the troll, where the other boats are concerned it was all quiet on the SW front. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 7.3mm
7/6/17Lough Currane was on the wild side with a strong SE wind blowing with heavy rain, so as you can imagine my Noble anglers were in a miserable mood in the communication department and one can only come to one conclusion they failed in all departments. Yesterdays Weather, amount of rainfall 1.4mm. Maximum air temperature 14.3c.
Logan Ratzlaff
8/6/17 Lough Currane on the wild side again with a strong wind from the West, wild West or not, all reels were firing as my noble anglers procured a couple of Salmon Grilse, so straight to the action, French angler Mr. Pierre Loyer while fishing with is Gillie, caught a fine 4 lbs. Grilse on the troll. Staying in the trolling department, US angler Mr. Logan Ratzlaff from Virginia, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a fine 5 lbs. Salmon Grilse. All in all considering the rough conditions the Currane anglers did well. Wind West fresh to strong with heavy down pours and I mean heavy. Yesterdays weather, amount of rainfall 9.3 mm. Maximum air temperature 14.5 c and just for the record the amount of rainfall so far this month is 49.2mm.
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
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
Some decent fishing has been had on the Munster Blackwater recently…
Denis O Donnell
01 Jun: Glenda Powell tells us a Golden Oldie with the little green butt took Silver on the Blackwater Salmon Fishery. Denis O Donnell from Golden caught a sea liced 13 lber on a small green butt cascade today.
Fergus Crawford
04 Jun: Good sport was had on the Fortwilliam Fishery as 3 salmon were landed. Fergus Crawford had a beauty of 9lbs off the Castle beat. Later on that day Fergus landed another fish of about 12lbs. Tim Luddy landed a nice fish on Glenmore on fly of 6.5lbs.
06 Jun: Jason Corcoran, fishing Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery, had a lovely salmon on the fly this evening which was released.
Another beauty caught on a spinner by Connie was also released to continue its journey.
07 Jun: Jason caught and released another lovely salmon from Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery, estimated to be around 11/12lbs. Patrick had a nice 7lb at Ballygarret also returned.
Jacky Ruijselaar
08 Jun: A very big congratulations to Jacky Ruijselaar who caught and released her first salmon yesterday on Ballyhooly in the Blackwater Salmon Fishery.
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.ieEmail: [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.
Billy Downes, Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association, reports that as of Tuesday 6th of June the Laune was at 1.3m and still rising which is good news for this the week as river was getting a bit on the low side…
During the past week a few fish were met each day but not as many as the previous week.
Richard Barry has only fished the Laune three times so far but he has managed to meet and lose three fish. A bit of a record. The most recent one was last Friday a fine fish well into double figures only to break on him after twenty minutes.
Over the weekend the fishing was very disappointing with the nets off Saturday to Monday. There was a considerable angling effort but no news of fish being met or landed by members and a good few visiting anglers. There was rising water and that is never good.
Paul Murphy fished the Laune on Tuesday and was rewarded with a 14 lbs bar of silver
Prospects: Beautiful water the river will go above 1.3m giving ideal conditions for all methods. But not much sign of fish entering the system and one has to allow for the fact that the commercial nets will be operational from Tuesday to Friday.
Day permits are the same as last year €25 to the end of July and €35 for the months of August and September. For Beat 3 Permit costs click on: Beat 3 Permit Prices 2017
Be sure to display your permit on the dash of your car with the date and permit number visible and have the other part with you because you will be asked by members to identify yourself as a legitimate ‘One Day Member’ / Permit Holder. Web:www.launeanglersfishing.com Facebook:Facebook Laune Anglers Email: [email protected]
The Inniscarra Fishery on the River Lee saw 4 salmon landed for the week, weighing 11lbs, 11.5lbs, 13lbs and 9lbs. Three were landed by a local angler on shrimp and the remaining fish was landed also by a local angler spinning. Water levels were high.
There were no catches reported by club anglers.
Go fishing…
The River Lee drains a catchment of 484 square miles of which much is taken up by two large reservoirs. Salmon Angling is confined to an 8 mile stretch from Inniscarra dam to Cork city.
Inniscarra Fishery
This salmon fishery is located between Cork City and the dam at Inniscarra (9 miles). The fishery is run by the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) and an ESB permit is required. There is a fair run of fish with a very good grilse run dependent on water. Permits can be purchased on site from Dan O’Riordan, ESB Inniscarra; 087-9983879.
Lee Salmon Anglers Club
The Lee Salmon Anglers club was established in 1967. It was formed by a group of anglers interested in protecting and promoting the sport of salmon and trout angling on the river Lee. Day tickets available: http://www.leesalmonanglers.ie/
Eileen Carroll tells us the the rains in West Cork have a dramatic effect on the salmon fishing as catches show…
Ilen River
30 salmon reported for the week, 22 were landed by club anglers. Best fish landed on a fly by Echart Wagner weighing 15lbs.
Coomhola River
2 salmon caught for the week, best was 7lbs landed on a worm by a club angler.
Glengarriff River
2 salmon landed for the week, best was 7lbs landed on a worm by a club angler.
Mealagh River
No report of catches.
Go fishing…
The River Ilen is a medium size spate river that fishes best on a dropping flood for both salmon and sea trout. Spinning, worm and fly fishing are the methods used and allowed on club water.
The river is beautiful and a joy to fish, pools along club waters are easily accessible with seats, steps and stiles put in place for the anglers comfort. With selective tree pruning done along the river in recent years fly fishing has become a more available option especially on the lower river with numerous pools opened up to suit fly fishermen, night time fly fishing for sea trout is a pleasure with great stocks of trout entering the river from April.
