18 Species for Wicklow anglers fishing with Kit Dunne

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July 8, 2025

Kit Dunne of Wicklow Boat Charters had the local club, Wicklow Bay SAC, onboard for a species competition over the weekend. A total of 18 species were recorded, including plenty of Tope, Hounds, Gurnard, Ray, Whiting, Pollock, Wrasse, Dogs, some Bullhuss, Dragonets, and a few more.

Results were as follows:

1st) Jack Byrne

2nd) Thomas Markey

3rd) Paul Hubbard

Most species – Gary Creighan

Longest Flat – Ciaran Kenny

Wicklow Boat Charters

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Nick Seedon tops Lurgan Coarse Anglers Blackwater League

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Shane O'Reilly

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July 8, 2025

The Lurgan Coarse Angling Club drew their Blackwater Mini-League to a close over the weekend, returning to the Argory for the final match of the series. Much like last time out, the venue produced some quality fishing with a few nice bream featuring in catches. Nick Seedon was the top weight on the day, with a fine bag of 36kg+, and that win was enough to secure him the overall trophy as well.

Final League Top 4

1st Nick Seedon 4pts

2nd Johnny Mckinley 5pts (66kilo)

3rd Paul Heaney 5pts (47kilo)

4th Johnny Keith 5pts (38kilo)

Canal levels low but Leinster coarse anglers still catching

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Shane O'Reilly

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July 8, 2025

A bright day at Daingean on the Grand Canal

Water levels in our canals seem to be very low this year, which, coupled with weed growth, is giving a bit of a headache to many competition organisers. Members of the Leinster Coarse Fishing Federation found water levels to be well down from the norm last weekend, but that didn’t seem to impact the fishing too badly, with good mixed bags of hybrids, roach and bream. Jamie Murray took the win with 12lb 15oz.

Full Results:
1st…..Jamie Murray…..12-15.
2nd….Colin Oliver………11-08.
3rd…..Conor Browne….9.09.

Irish Angling Update 🎣 04 July 2025

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Myles Kelly

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July 4, 2025

Big Irish perch caught with Bodo Funke of Angling Services Ireland

It’s definitely looking like one of those summers. The south and east have been dry, and the word drought is being bandied about, while the west and north have seen a lot of rain, and fields are waterlogged, but it’s a bit hit and miss as to which rivers are getting the benefit of it. It’s been breezy on and off, at times a bit too windy for good angling and other times hardly a breath of wind and muggy, close conditions set in. Depending on where you’re fishing, it’s been anything from poor to perfect…

Specimen skate - one of 6 — Specimen skate – one of 6

We’ll start with the perfect. Kevin Burns took his friends out charter boat fishing with Courtmacsherry Angling Centre. Skate was the target. There were six hook-ups, and six skate landed – all specimens! Other anglers out with Courtmacsherry Angling Centre have had good fishing too, with specimen blue sharks and even specimen cod brought to the boat. We’re giving Courtmacsherry Angling Centre’s anglers Catch of the Week for this impressive performance. Senan Stanely was fishing a Clare pier for wrasse and has a great video showing just how easy it can be to catch fish. A great guy for promoting angling, he even shared his rod with by-standers and onlookers so they could enjoy the fun. Further up the coast at Killala Harbour, anglers charter boat fishing caught pollack, ling, pouting and spurdogs with Donal Kennedy. Not too far away fishing the Sligo coast was Archie Sztejno with his son Xavier who had his PB wrasse and pollack.

One lucky angler celebrated his 70th birthday by catching pike to 102cm with Kevin Lyons at Melview Lodge. English angler Ben had two days pike angling followed by two days coarse fishing. The second day of coarse fishing was the better of the two and a good bag of hybrids and roach was caught. In other predator fishing news, American anglers out with Bodo Funke had some super perch over 40cm, giants by Irish standards.

In other coarse angling news, CM Lakelands Feeder Club held two separate matches last Sunday on Loughs Skeagh and Drumkearragh. Both venues saw top catches of 11kg weighed in. Artur PikeSeeker likes to target tench at the end of June and into July. He has been getting some nice fish in the 50cm bracket. The second of the two qualifying matches for the 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 was fished at Oaklands at the weekend. Grazvydas Karalius took first position with 34.720kg. Staying at Oaklands, Adrian Browne won the first John Kearney Memorial Match with 37kg. The VDE Baggers visited Gaulmoylestown Lake and had epic carp fishing – Caolan King had a whopping 229lb, closely followed by Paul Hutchman with 223lb and Aaron Hutchman with 216lb.

Peter Driver at Piscarifly tells us the River Nore is fishing fairly well at the moment. The evening rise is in full swing, so there’s plenty of good dry fly action. Paddy Dunworth has been busy guiding on the Maigue, where visiting anglers are enjoying their time on the water despite the river being so low. On the lough front, we have news from Lake O’Flynn where daddy long legs, sedge and fry patterns are working best.

Water levels on the Munster Blackwater remain low, but grilse are starting to run, with fish between 2.5 and 3.5kg reported from the lower and middle sections. Catches also improved on Lough Lein and the River Laune. There were 8 grilse reported from the lake and 3 better Salmon to 18lb were also caught. There were similar numbers of grilse caught on Lough Currane and a few fish were caught on the Inny and Roughty Rivers. Leaving Kerry for Galway, we learn that Costello has seen some great sea trout fishing with anglers getting as many as 17 to the boat. The Erriff is also seeing good sea trout numbers and a few salmon, as rain seems to be doing some good there. Rain in the Moy catchment has cooled water temperatures, and there were fish caught throughout the system, with around 50 coming from the Foxford area alone. Sea trout fishing on the Moy Estuary was seeing trout to 2 and 3lb caught, but winds saw most trips cancelled.

Other news

Bass Angling Workshops

David Norman has added additional dates to his Bass Lure Fishing Workshops schedule – Thursday 10th & Friday 11th July. For more information see New dates added – Angling Adventures West Cork bass workshops

World Club Championship Coarse Fishing

The National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland are appealing to members of all communities for their help in stewarding the 44th edition of the FIPSed World Club Championship Coarse Fishing for Clubs, which will be fished on Inniscarra Reservoir on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th July. If you would like to get involved, please visit https://www.ncffi.ie/wcc25-2/volunteer-wcc25/ for more details.

Contact:

Tommy Lawton Tel: [email protected] Tel: 086 104 3040
Helen Rainsford Tel: [email protected] Tel: 00 44 7711 607200
For further information visit https://www.ncffi.ie/wcc25

And now the weather…

It looks like a good weekend for anglers as Saturday is set to be a dull day with patchy light rain and drizzle. The best of any sunny spells will be in the south and east, where it will be warm and humid. Highest temperatures will range between 14°C in the northwest and 22°C in the southeast, in a moderate westerly breeze. Much the same on Sunday, but it will be a fresh day with a gusty northwesterly wind. Next week will start out cloudy with just occasional sunny intervals. It will be dry in most places with just the odd shower. Highest temperatures ranging from 14°C in the northwest to 20°C in the southeast, in a moderate northwesterly breeze.

Don’t forget to double-check the forecast before heading off, and if you’re going to sea, check the tides.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

IFI Staff
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Moy Fishery re-opens with steady fishing throughout the system

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IFI Staff

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July 4, 2025

Moy Catchment Angling Report – Week ending 29-06-2025

Water levels at Ballylahan fluctuated slightly this week from 0.23 m on Sun 22^nd, rising to 0.36 m briefly on Sat 28^th before settling back to 0.29 m by noon on Sunday 29th. Rainfall amounts are close to or slightly above normal for the week in the west. Over the coming week, the weather is forecast to be mixed with spells of rain and accumulations are expected to be between 30 mm and 45mm in the catchment.

Moy Fishery
The Moy Fishery reopened on Friday 27^th June after being closed due to elevated water temperatures. A total of nineteen salmon were caught on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with sixteen of them coming off the Ridge Pool, of which eleven were released. Three were caught on the Weir Pool, of which two were released. Most fish ranged in weight from 2.5 lbs to 6 lbs.

Lars Friebertshauser with one off the Ridge Pool last week.

Ballina Salmon Anglers
Peter reports nine grilse all caught on the worm, weighing from 3 lbs to 5 lbs, and one spring salmon weighing 8 lbs on the spinner.

Mount Falcon Estate
Mike reports of two salmon caught for the week with one of them released.

Knockmore Salmon Anglers
Kenneth reports of six salmon caught weighing 3 lbs up to 5 lbs, mostly on the prawn.

Attymass Angling Club
Kevin reports of six salmon caught for the week, four on the worm and two on the prawn weighing from 3 lbs up to 7 lbs.

Coolcronan Fishery
Nick reports of three salmon caught on the worm and spinning for the week.

Byrnes Fishery
Roy reports of four salmon all caught on the prawn with the best weighing 6 lbs.

Armstrong Fishery
George reports of seven salmon all caught on the shrimp with the weights ranging from 3 lbs to 5 lbs.

Gannon’s Fishery
Pat reports in with nine salmon being caught using all permitted methods, two of which were returned to the river.

The Foxford Fishery
Granville reports of nine salmon caught, one of which was released using mainly the bubble and fly with the best weighing in at 9 lbs.

Foxford Salmon Anglers
Harry reports of twenty-eight salmon caught of which five were released. Seventeen came off Rinnaney.

Foxford Town
Reports of six salmon caught for the week in the town stretch and reports of a lot of fresh fish and a good run of grilse at the moment.

Cloongee Fishery
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 sixteen salmon being caught using all permitted methods of which six were released. All weighed in between 3 lbs and 5 lbs.

East Mayo Anglers Association will be holding a Youth Angling Event on Saturday 26^th July at the Disabled Anglers Facility. Details are set out in the poster below.

The Moy Estuary
Judd reports from the Moy Estuary of a disruptive week with strong winds and cancelled days.

Robert, Richard and Morgan Babington landed seven sea trout for the week with the best weighing 2 lbs.

Sam Johnson from West Sussex shows one of his Moy Estuary sea trout on Pegasus.

Michael & PJ Tiernan having some success on smaller rivers recently late in the evenings using dry sedges.

Go Fishing…

River Moy

Anglers enjoy a good day on Killala Harbour

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IFI Staff

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July 4, 2025

On Friday 20^th June a party of anglers set out from Killala Harbour for a days fishing on board LEAH. The Skipper Donal Kennedy came well prepared knowing that mackerel were very scarce and brought a bucket of fresh frozen fillets. The first drift produced a couple of mackerel with some nice pollack following behind. As the day moved on catches increased. Good to see because it had been very quiet up to then. The catches included pollack, ling, pouting and a couple of spurdogs.

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The party returned to harbour well pleased with the day. The weather helped also, moderate south westerly winds.

Go fishing…

Donal Kennedy Angling

Address Enniscrone Sligo Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 86 8174509 Phone: +353 96 36644 Email: [email protected] Website: dkennedyangling.net

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Specimen skate, shark and cod for Courtmacsherry Angling Centre

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Myles Kelly

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July 3, 2025

Mark Gannon of Courtmacsherry Angling Centre reports that they closed out June with some fantastic fishing. On June 30th Kevin Burns and his crew hooked 6 skate and landed, tagged and released 6 specimens! That is some average.

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Another group of anglers were out with Mark on the 28th. They decided to target the sharks and had 4 in total with two over the 2m mark. More specimens!

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The other fishing has also been good recently. There have been a few nice fish coming on board, this specimen cod being the icing on the cake.

There’s no doubt this week, we’re giving Courtmacsherry Angling Centre’s anglers Catch of the Week for this impressive performance.

Go fishing…

Courtmacsherry Sea Angling Centre

Address Woodpoint Guest House Courtmacsherry Cork Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 86 8250905 Email: [email protected] Website: courtmacsherryangling.ie

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Pier fishing for wrasse with Senan Stanley

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Myles Kelly

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July 3, 2025

Join Senan Stanley as he goes pier fishing for wrasse using lugworm bait and ultralight tackle! 🎣 In this video, I fish right down the side of a pier, targeting hard-fighting ballan wrasse and other species hiding in the kelp and rough structure below. You’ll see the gear I use, the bait presentation, and the exciting bites from these strong fish. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned angler, you’ll find tips and tricks for light tackle saltwater fishing, how to fish piers effectively, and how to catch wrasse with natural bait.

Go fishing…

Sea angling in the Shannon Estuary and the Clare coast

Maigue water levels low but angler enjoyment high

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Myles Kelly

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July 3, 2025

Paddy Dunworth at Celtic Angling has been busy with clients over the last week. Bridget Mooney and family from Indiana treat her three sons, Casey, Eamon and Griffin, to a day’s fly fishing on the Maigue. A strong upstream wind made fishing difficult, but each now has a good grasp of casting into a wind, along with the fundamentals of fly-casting. The highlight of the session was the grilse which splashed its way up a shallow run with only the dorsal fin showing as it thrashed through the 4″ shallow fast water just below the bridge at Adare.

Ben Bartlett, Bob Joseph and Nick Joseph from Idaho were also out with Paddy. They only had time for an afternoon session. Conditions were tough with vigorous weed growth and lower and lower water levels as the dry spells continued. They had some plucks, but daytime fly-fishing is trying this time of year. Trout are no fans of bright sunlight, and they tend to wait until the evening rise and the juicy sedge-pupae, fine dining indeed.

Finally, Matt and Liam O’Neill travelled all the way from Hong Kong to fish the Maigue. Although Liam at 9 is younger than Paddy normally caters for, Paddy needn’t have worried and the youngster quickly got to grips with the river banks, water, casting and even the catching!

9yr old Líam with his lovely Maigue trout — 9-year-old Líam with his lovely Maigue trout

All fish were safely released.

Go fishing…

Celtic Angling

Address The Commons Ballingarry Adare Limerick Ireland Phone: +353 69 68202 Mobile Phone: +353 87 652 5687 Email: [email protected] Website: celticangling.com

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Reasonable water on Kerry rivers, salmon caught on Inny, Roughty and Lough Currane

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IFI Staff

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July 3, 2025

For the weekending 29 June there were 8 salmon from Curran. Best 8.5lbs to a visiting UK angler. Water levels in the local rivers are reasonable with more rain forecast. Salmon starting to arrive in the rivers. Several caught on the Roughty.

Sea Trout – Catch and release only

Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.

The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-

the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay

For more information on the daily conditions on Lough Currane, all the craic and news be sure to check out Vincent Appleby’s Salmon and Sea Trout blog for regular reports with back dates, petitions, public consultation notices, readers letters and videos and more of what’s happening in Waterville and beyond

Vincent Appleby, assisted by the Inny Farmer, reports from Lough Currane…

June 26, 2025. I begin with a report from yesterday for good reason. The Inny farmer reported that the Currane anglers had their catch and release (C&R) hats on, noting two C&R salmon caught on the fly and two lost while spinning. Moving to today’s action on Lough Currane, it is noted that there were two boats on the waters for salmon and sea trout, although no catches were reported according to my sources.

Now, we look at the weather chart for the Currane anglers. The wind was variable, moderate to fresh from the west, then veering to west-southwest and southwest. The day included some sunshine followed by cloudy skies with light rain. Yesterday’s weather recorded 5.2mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 18.2°C, and just 4 minutes of sunshine.

June 27, 2025. There was a significant flood last night, prompting Currane anglers to engage in Catch and Release (C&R) on the River Inny. Two Currane boats were out fishing, though no reports of any C&R Salmon or Sea Trout caught by trolling or fly fishing have been received. Regarding the Inny, there are currently no reports; however, updates will be provided as they become available.

Weather conditions for the Currane anglers included a fresh southwest wind with strong gusts reaching up to 57 km/h and consistent cloud cover throughout the day. As for yesterday’s weather, there was 9.3 mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 16.4°C, and 2 hours of sunshine.

June 28, 2025. There were no reports of catch and release (C&R) Salmon or Sea Trout in the Currane waters by anglers. However, two C&R Salmon were reported caught in the River Inny. The weather report for Currane and Inny includes variable winds from moderate to gentle to light, shifting from southwest to west-southwest, west, northwest, and north-northwest. The previous day’s weather included 1.3mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 17.6°C, and no recorded sunshine.

June 29, 2025. Four Currane boats were observed on the lake. C&R Currane anglers caught 3 Salmon and a few Sea Trout on the troll. Reports indicated that the Catch and Release (C&R) department for Salmon and Sea Trout on the Inny experienced no activity. Regarding the weather conditions for Currane and River Inny, there were variable gentle to moderate southerly winds that shifted to south-southwest and south, accompanied by reasonable cloud cover and misty rain. The weather report from the previous day recorded a rainfall amount of 2.3mm, with a maximum air temperature of 17.3°C and 1 hour and 7 minutes of sunshine.

June 30, 2025.Two Grilse and some Sea Trout were caught on the troll. Moving to the River Inny, a few Currane anglers were present, but the activity was minimal? The weather forecast for Currane and Inny includes variable winds from moderate to gentle, shifting from south to SSW, SW, and WNW. Yesterday’s weather recorded 1.7mm of rainfall, a maximum air temperature of 18.6°C, and 0.1 minutes of sunshine.

July 1, 2025. Following last night’s significant rainfall, we proceeded directly to the Currane anglers for today’s activities. Initially, Lough Currane was somewhat murky as two boats departed early this morning. Soon after, three more boats joined, making a total of five. Given the lake’s rising water levels and turbid conditions, it was not surprising that the anglers reported little success. Once the lake clears up, however, there should be increased opportunities for catch and release.

Next, we moved upstream to the Commeragh river, where several anglers were practicing their techniques. However, based on their communications, there remains room for improvement in their skills. On the River Inny, there was one confirmed catch and release of a salmon by a local Inny farmer. He also suggested that there might have been additional catches, although this cannot be confirmed.

Regarding the weather, the wind varied from moderate to fresh, shifting between North, NNE, N, and NNW. Yesterday’s weather recorded a rainfall amount of 10.6mm, a maximum air temperature of 18.0°C, and one hour of sunshine.

July 2, 2025. Mr. Simon Wishart caught a 5 lb salmon on Currane, marking his first catch of this size. There were five boats on Currane, with only occasional trout reported. Moving downstream to the Butler Pool near www.watervillegolflinks.ie a salmon was caught today. On the Commeragh River, one angler fished without any reports of catches. At the C&R river Inny, a couple of fly anglers were present, but no catches were reported. Today’s weather for the Waterville fishery featured gentle to moderate WNW winds, mostly sunny conditions, and occasional showers. Recorded rainfall was minimal, maximum air temperature reached 16.8°C, and there were 8 hours and 6 minutes of sunshine.

Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
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Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com