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Artem’s small streamer gets pike interested on Derraravagh

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IFI Staff
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Artem Novikov was in touch with us about a recent trip to fish for pike on Lough Derraravgh. Artem likes to make his own lures, and now pike flies, and had some great sport on one of his own creations. If you’d like to try and make your own lures for pike fishing, Artem will show you how on his Makeshift Lures YouTube channel! We’ll let Artem tell his story:

On Sunday I was out on Lough Derravaragh in hopes of tempting trout with my 6cm Duck minnow. A streamer made with mallard feathers.
I was suspecting that pike might take a bite of this streamer so I rigged it up with a thin wire leader made from guitar string.
Everything really comes alive during the month of May including the lake.
I was wade fishing and could really watch mayfly and caddis hatches in real time. As mayfly was coming up through the surface of the water and caddis wore sitting on every blade of bankside weeds and reeds.
And of course casting into the clear gaps between the reeds didn’t take long until I started catching fish one after another. All together it was a good dozen pike I managed to catch in the evening session. Medium to small size with the biggest being in the picture 73cm. On light trout gear them pike made good sport!

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Pike fishing around Mullingar Angling Centre

Great start to charter boat season at Wicklow

By
Myles Kelly
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Father & Son with their first Tope, after their first dog, dab, mackerel, and herring.
Father & Son with their first Tope, after their first dog, dab, mackerel, and herring.

Ki Dunne reports from Wicklow Boat Charters where fishing got going in early May…

Great start to the season! Over the last 2 weekends we have had Tope, a few mackerel, Herring, Dab, Dogfish, Pollack and Wrasse. Many firsts for some young and older anglers, not a bad start all things considered.

There were two half days last weekend with Spring tides which still produced Mackerel, Herring, and 3 Tope.

With a nice High pressure moving in we expect an increase in catches over the next week.

 

Individual Seats are now set up for June, get in touch through the website or by phone.

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Wicklow Boat Charters

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40 day fishing safari, more tench, more dreams of next year

By
Myles Kelly
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Paul with his best Tench of the trip 5lb 7oz
Paul with his best Tench of the trip 5lb 7oz

Paul Waghorne reports for the last time on this year’s fishing pilgrimage to Ireland…

I entered the final week of my 40 day trip honestly believing the weather, and ultimately the water temperature would improve so I might be able to capitalise on the Inny Roach run. It has been over ten years since I last had the kind of returns that were once commonplace in the 90’s and early 2000’s. With the sad loss of John Cole last year who used to publish the ‘Innyangling.net’ web page and my good friend Peter Wood, whose eyesight has deteriorated to render himself almost totally blind, there are no locals or indeed anglers willing to report the phenomena that was once a roach anglers dream. Fish to well over 2lb were caught each year and the long gone ‘Inny Festival’ had, if memory serves me correctly, a match record of 203lb!! Nowadays, turning up at either Shrule or Red Bridge normally sees catches of just a few 2-3oz fish to which two friends of mine suffered that very fate last week

The water temperature was (Friday 15th May) was around 11.4°C and in my opinion nowhere near ready to risk valuable time and effort in hoping for a bumper catch. So the Royal Canal above Killashee was selected to find more Tench. Since my last visit a month ago (when both Tim and myself blanked) the water was considerably weedier. Two other anglers had a small number of Tench on the opposite bank and I had three to a shade under 4lb adding another at first light but despite many feeding, failed to add to my tally. In the evening I raked the swim and caught two quite quickly along with a lot of Rudd and a couple of Perch but was dissapointed with not getting any more of my intended target.

The following morning was very cold and only had 2 Rudd and 1 Perch. I hooked a good fish which stretched my No. 10 elastic at least 10 yards. I didn’t think it could go that far. The line (7lb bs) pinged and I lost the complete rig. As to what the fish was, I can only speculate. The whole worm and piece of corn might have been taken by a Pike, but I suspect a Carp. They are present in the section around Brannigans Harbour and were (illegally) introduced into Clondra Harbour over 25 years ago, so it is very possible they are in the Killashee/Kenagh area between the four of five locks.

With more rain forecast for Sunday and Monday, this fine weather angler called time on his trip in full knowledge that spring was far from over and a lot more fish could have been caught given an extra two weeks being at my disposal. I’ll just have to wait until September….

Spring Summary

April 8th – May 17th

Sessions – 64 (176 hours) 16 of which were blanks (34h 30m)

1 fish every 9m 35s

  • Roach – 833 – 1lb 13oz – 44 over a pound
  • Rudd – 129 – 1lb 5oz
  • Tench – 110 – 5lb 7oz
  • Hybrids – 11 – 1lb 9oz Roach/Rudd
  • Perch – 8
  • Pike – 5 – 16lb 7oz
  • Bream – 1 – 5lb 10oz
  • Trout – 1
  • Minnow – 1
Paul with his best Tench of the trip 5lb 7oz
Paul with his best Tench of the trip 5lb 7oz

Free try fishing day at Tibbotstown Reservoir, 30 May

By
Myles Kelly
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Sport Ireland is delighted to invite children and teenagers with disabilities or additional needs to take part in a fun fishing experience this May.

Parents/guardians are kindly asked to remain for the duration of the session.

Venue: Tibbotstown Reservoir, Carrigtwohill Cork
Date: Saturday, May 30th
Sessions: 10am–12pm & 2pm–4pm
Ages: 10–17 years
Cost: Free

Booking via Cork Sports Partnership Maybility Come & Try programme.

10am – 12pm: Click Here for Come and Try Fishing 10am – 12pm >>>

2 – 4pm: Click Here for Come and Try Fishing 2 – 4pm >>>

Ronan Minogue & Andrei Pirchio win NCFFI Commercial Pairs at Oaklands

By
Myles Kelly
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Adrian Browne reports on the NCFFI Commercial Pairs which was fished at Oaklands over the weekend…

It was a very windy first day of the NCFFI Commercial Pairs Oaklands on Saturday.
Kirean Reeves & Gordon Hill lead the way, both on 70+ kg, with Ronan Minogue & Andrei Pirchio close behind with several other Pairs running not far behind .

Top 5 after Day 1.

1st K Reeves & G Hill 77.980 kg
2nd A Pirchio & R Minogue 71.960 kg
3rd J Browne & A Browne 61.040 kg
4th C Walsh & N Keeshan 53.040 kg
5th N Croarkin & H Boyce 52.910 kg

There was more very changeable weather on Sunday, unfortunately, and the lake didn’t fish as well as we wanted. Changes at the top of the leader board saw Ronan & Andrei jumping to the top to Gold medal position. They both put in a steady day which saw them top of the final leader board. Pushing up to second place were John & Adrian Browne and running in 3rd were yesterday’s leaders Kieran & Gordon.

Weekends top 4

1st A Pirchio & R Minogue 159.55 kg
2nd J Browne & A Browne 133.950kg
3rd K Reeves & G Hill 115.020kg
4th A Paldick & I Benov 102.540kg

Massive thanks to all the lads who and big thanks also to the NCFFI for their continued support.

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Next up Oaklands lake Summer league Round 2 next Sunday 24th May.

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Edenderry Festival only 2 Weeks away – Places still available

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Edenderry Coarse Angling Club festival week is only two weeks away. If anyone fancies taking on some of the best canal anglers from Ireland and England, get booked onto what will be a great week of canal matches. You can book for the week or just the Open or either the two or three-day festivals. Contact details available on the Edenderry Coarse Angling Club Facebook page.

 

Wayne Swinscoe wins Fermoy Spring Festival 2026

By
Myles Kelly
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Wayne Swinscoe
Wayne Swinscoe

Tommy Lawton reports on the Fermoy Coarse Angling Spring Festival May 2026…

Fermoy Coarse Angling Spring Festival May 2026 held on the River Blackwater with 36 UK anglers competing on the festival.

The river was in good condition with good water levels and we hoped that those competing would have good fishing for the week on the Blackwater.

The new Inland Fisheries Ireland Salmon & Sea Trout catch and release rules on the river Blackwater with the new barbless hook rule did have an impact as there was a lot of fish lost especially the Roach as anglers tried to find a barbless hook suitable so they could land these fish. This was very difficult but all our anglers respected the conservation rules now in place on the river.

Overall winners for Fermoy Spring Festival 2026

  • 1st WAYNE SWINSCOE, Nottingham, 42lbs 1ozs
  • 2nd DAVE LIMBERT, Nottingham, 40lbs 05ozs
  • 3rd NIGEL HIRST, Mirfield, 37lbs 10ozs

Monday 11th day 1, Ken Pace winner on the day with 28lb 12ozs from the Farm down river near the Viaduct, 2nd Dave Limbert had 28lb and 3rd Wayne Swinscoe 25lb 15ozs both on B section on the Meadows.

Wayne Swinscoe
Wayne Swinscoe

Wednesday 13th day 2, the river was now dropping with the colour running out and extremely windy making the fishing a lot more difficult. Winner today was Tom Donnelly 18lb 4ozs on the farm, 2nd Nigel Hirst with 18lb on the Meadows, 3rd Ant White 12lb 8ozs from the farm.

Friday 15th final day, the river well down and gin clear at this stage, difficult fishing conditions today. Winner Nigel Hirst 12lb 12ozs, 2nd Terry Moroz  with 11lb 4ozs both from the farm and 3rd Wayne Swinsceo with 7lb 12ozs from Castlehyde.

The John Whitehouse Pairs Memorial Shield was won by, Wayne Swinscoe and Tom Donnelly with 70lb 10ozs

Ritchie Flynn Avondhu Bar, Dave Limbert, Nigel Hirst, Ken Pacey, Wayne Swinscoe festival winner, Joe Slattery Fermoy CAC
Ritchie Flynn Avondhu Bar, Dave Limbert, Nigel Hirst, Ken Pacey, Wayne Swinscoe festival winner, Joe Slattery Fermoy CAC

On Tuesday 14th & Thursday 16th the off days from the main festival, 20 anglers fished the river and 17 anglers fished the on Inniscarra.

2 day Overall winners for River Blackwater

  1. 1st Simon Heaton, 19lb 13ozs
  2. 2nd Dave Limbert, 12lb
  3. 3rd Alan Treadwell, 11lb 5ozs

2 day Overall winners for Inniscarra Reservoir

  • 1st Nigel Hirst  27.520kg
  • 2nd Darren Prestland 22.060kg
  • 3rd Neil Richards 20.670kg

Fermoy Coarse Angling Association, would like to thank the land and fishery owners involved, we thank Fermoy Rowing Club for their cooperation during the week, we thank our sponsor the Avondhu Bar and the Cross Bar and Chris O’Donovan (Kipper) for the use of the wheelie boat.

We congratulations to Wayne Swinscoe Festival and all other winners of various events during the week and we especially like to thank the anglers that continue to support our Festival in Fermoy.

We now look forward to 2027 when we will celebrate 70 years.

Wayne Swinscoe
Wayne Swinscoe

South Shore welcome Ulster Krakens to North Dublin Beaches

By
Shane O'Reilly
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This post was compiled from angling reports shared on the South Shore SAC. Facebook page:

Good conditions, including big tides, milder weather and favourable winds, raised hopes for an excellent night’s angling for South Shore SAC at Donabate, especially with six visiting anglers from the Ulster Krakens making the trip south. Expectations were high for smoothies and quality bass, but despite plenty of effort with worm, crab and fish baits, the better fish never really appeared.

Fishing started slowly, with only a scattering of smaller fish showing early on across both zones. In Zone A, Niall Carabini, Thomas Keogh and Paul Doyle all managed a few fish, while in Zone B Dave Cottell and Alby Allan found some action after dusk. However, the expected late-evening surge of fish failed to materialise.

As the match progressed, a handful of anglers separated themselves from the field. In Zone A, David Rainey Jnr secured victory with a few good dogfish, narrowly edging out Paul Scanlon, while Daniel Gricius took third place in a close finish. The travelling anglers from Ulster were praised for their sporting attitude and camaraderie throughout the event.

Zone B was dominated by local angler Dave “Donabate Dave” Cottell, who topped the zone with an impressive 12-fish haul. Darius Gricius claimed second place thanks to a last-cast double shot of dogfish and flounder, just ahead of Alby Allan in third.

In the pools section, Chris Scanlon and Dave Cottell shared the round pool with bass measuring 37cm, while Darius Gricius won the flatfish pool with a 31cm flounder.

A full report and more photos can be viewed on the South Shore SAC. Facebook Page.

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Newbridge Pike Anglers fish back to back weekender competition

By
Shane O'Reilly
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This post was compiled from angling reports shared on the Newbridge District Pike Anglers Facebook page:

The Newbridge District Pike Anglers were back on the banks for a double-up competition recently, as nineteen members took part in a successful weekend of pike fishing competitions recently, with anglers fishing from 8.30am to 4.30pm on Saturday and from 6am to 3pm on Sunday. Conditions were bright and sunny throughout the weekend, which appeared to slow sport during the afternoons, but there were still plenty of fish caught.

A total of 176 pike were landed and safely released over the two days, with the biggest fish weighing 18lb 4oz. All fish caught had already spawned out and were reported to be in good condition.

One of the highlights of the weekend was a superb performance from junior member Ollie Whiteley, who fishes regularly with the senior members. Ollie recorded his personal best catch with a bag of over 60lb and narrowly missed out on a top three finish on Sunday.

Ian Murphy was the standout angler of the weekend, taking first place in both competitions and continuing his excellent recent form on the river.

After Saturday’s fishing, members gathered together for food before camping overnight ahead of the early Sunday start, with plenty of good humour and well-earned refreshments enjoyed by all.

Saturday Results

  • 1st Ian Murphy – 9 fish – 69lb 12oz (heaviest fish 18lb 4oz)
  • 2nd Dave Murphy – 19 fish – 69lb 2oz (heaviest fish 8lb 11oz)
  • 3rd Brendan Jervis – 14 fish – 62lb 5oz (heaviest fish 9lb 6oz)
Sunday Results
  • 1st Ian Murphy – 3 fish – 24lb 10oz (heaviest fish 15lb 2oz)
  • 2nd Dave Murphy – 20 fish – 66lb 6oz (heaviest fish 4lb 11oz)
  • 3rd Brendan Jervis – 11 fish – 65lb 9oz (heaviest fish 13lb 12oz)
A full report and more photos can be viewed on the Newbridge District Pike Anglers Facebook Page.
 

UK anglers enjoy some ‘wild’ fishing on Irish lakes & rivers

By
Shane O'Reilly
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UK angler Mike Edwards was in touch to tell us about his recent trip to Ireland, one of many trips he has taken over the past 30 years:

Just got back from our annual fishing holiday to Ireland, and we had a wonderful fortnight especially the first week when we caught good roach and hybrid’s on the Rivers Shannon (Battle Bridge and Drumsna) Boyle and the Lung at Lough Gara, best bag 41lb 7oz of roach and rybrids in a three hour evening session on the River Boyle with lots of 20lb+ nets of roach.

The second week was a lot harder, they closed the gates at Jamestown weir, which stopped the flow and lowered the level on our fishing spots in the area that seemed to put the larger roach off. Anthony, my son, caught 122 roach for 22lb 10oz at Drumsna, averaging 3oz per fish. I think the wind was also a factor, as it went out to the North and got stronger as the week went on, so we fished a couple of loughs for a few days and had sensible nets of hybrids and tench.

Still, we really enjoyed ourselves as we have done in the past 30-odd years in coming to Ireland for true “wild” fishing and would like to thank the farmers and landowners who allow us to cross their land to fish the waters and Terry at the Jamestown tackle shop for all the bait.

The group have stayed near Jamestown for several years and has already booked their accommodation again for 2027.

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