Mick Flanagan has more news of super trout on Ennell…
In the past few weeks we highlighted some beautiful trout being caught on Ennell. Well this week we feature a cracking trout caught by Raharney Angler Jim Glynn. Jim, we were told, loves his bit of fishing, and on this angling adventure spent a day trolling with Jason Darby of Irishtown.
Ennell cracker for Jim Glynn
Its certainly going to be interesting on Ennell come the May Fly season, and just see will some of these cracking fish take the fly. I was on Ennell pike fishing last week, and the Lake was quite calm, and a good number of big trout were pitching and some showing an interest in surface feeding.
Midlands Angling provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few. Michael Flanagan Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Mick Flanagan reports on the Gibson/Daly competition fished recently on Lough Derravaragh…
Derravaragh Anglers hosted the Gibson/Daly trout fly-fishing competition last Sunday April 16th, and some beautiful wild brown trout were caught. Not many anglers ventured out, but eleven fish were weighed and released on the day.
Kieran Evans with one of his Derravaragh troutLiam Gilsenan presents Kieran Evans with prize
Kieran Evans was top rod with a lovely fish of 2lbs 13oz, with Tony Kenny 2nd 2lbs 4oz, and Christy Cox 3rd with 1lbs 13oz.
Presentation took place at Donore Shore, and club Chairman Liam Gilsenan thanked all who supported the competition, and was delighted with the number of fish caught on the day.
Christy Cox and Derravaragh trout
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On April 30th the Stonehall Cup fly-fishing competition will be fished. Members will be contacted by text if any change of competition fixtures.
Midlands Angling provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few. Michael Flanagan Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Kevin Lyons reports on the catches from a group of Dutch anglers in Longford…
Richard van der Grijn, Jent van der Vies, Ad Besemer and Jan van Heukelum from Holland were here once again at Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford for their annual Pike fishing trip. Things started a bit slow for them but picked up as the week went on. Most of the pike caught were males and small for the time of year. They used both soft and hard lures which seemed to have the same results, but it was Jan that came out on top with four or five larger fish on the last two days fishing.
Jan van Heukelum with a nice Pike
The spots they fished should have produced some good fish for them like the week before but it was not to be. Well that’s fishing, thanks guys and hope to see you again next year.
Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available
Leo Casey with his 9lbs salmon caught on fly in Galway, 23 April 2017
Spring fishing has picked up in Galway over the last couple of weeks, with some nice spring salmon landed by anglers. Water levels have been slowly dropping, with one gate now open, providing superb opportunities for fly anglers in particular.
Colm Adams from Dublin with a nice 11lbs spring salmon caught in Galway, 23 April 2017
Renowned fly angler and proud Waterford man Mossy Browne landed a nice 9lbs springer on the fly, while former Erriff fishery manager Jim Stafford took a 10lbs fish, also on fly. Westmeath man Gary Kilroy fished the spinner and landed a 10bs fish, while Northern Irish visitor Davy McMurtry had a fine 14lbs salmon, also on spinner. Fellow Northern man Davy Hoy fished the fly and landed an 11.5lbs springer, while No. 1 Dubs supporter Colm Adams had an 11lbs fish on spinner.
Fellow Dub Leo Casey took a 9lbs fish on fly, while Kildare and Dublin men Sean McManmon and Paddy Murray had a successful visit, landing 3 salmon on the fly over 2 days, including fish of 10 and 11.5lbs for Sean, and a 7lbs fish for Paddy. Portlaoise man Billy Moylan landed a fine 13lbs salmon on spinner, and Clifden angler Ashley Mathews had a 10lbs fish on fly, while Limerick man Martin Kiely had a 9.5lbs fish on shrimp.
Leo Casey with his 9lbs salmon caught on fly in Galway, 23 April 2017
With more fresh fish being seen every day now, and water levels coming into better condition, fishing prospects for the rest of the spring run look pretty good in Galway.
14 year old Eliot Thievenaz with the catch of a young lifetime - a fine trout of approx. 8lbs from Lough Mask while fishing with Philip Comber. The magnificent fish was sportingly released again. Well done Eliot!
Ronan Cusack reports that unseasonal weather this week resulted in a mixed report from Lough Mask, with the best of the fishing on calmer days to buzzer and olive patterns in sheltered bays.
Tom Doc Sullivan guided two UK anglers over the weekend and they had 11 trout (best fish 5lbs, all released) for 3 days, on a mixture of buzzer and olives. Tom said they concentrated their fishing mainly on the southern end of the lake as there were plenty of olives hatching each day to keep trout interested. Noel Fay from Kildare fished with Billy Graham from Fermanagh for 2 days last weekend and they had 9 trout over the 13” limit plus several undersize, mainly on wet flies (best fish 3lbs). Kevin Sheridan and Ted Wherry fished together on Sunday and they had 2 fish for the day (best fish 1.75lbs). Ronan Cusack and Kevin Egan, Ballinrobe also fished together on Sunday last and they had 4 (best fish 3lbs, all released)
14 year old Eliot Thievenaz caught a trout to remember last Wednesday while fishing for a half day on Mask with Philip Comber from the Old Stone Barn. He landed and released a beautiful trout estimated at 8lbs on a Tasmanian Devil off the Ballykyne Rocks.
There has been a few reports of Mayfly on some of the warmer days, so hopefully the best is yet to come…
14 year old Eliot Thievenaz with the catch of a young lifetime – a fine trout of approx. 8lbs from Lough Mask while fishing with Philip Comber. The magnificent fish was sportingly released again. Well done Eliot!
On Sunday 23rd April a party of anglers from the Blackforest area of Germany ventured out on Killala Bay. The anglers set out from Killala Pier at 8.30am. Mackerel were scarce but skipper Donal Kennedy was well prepared providing plenty bait.
The first stop produced some fine coalfish. The next drift over sand brought turbot and dabs to the boat along with some lesser spotted dogfish. After a while, the skipper decided to change location again and, as a result, cod, pollack, whiting and about 20 mackerel were caught. All in all an enjoyable day for everyone on Killala Bay!
Happy German anglers on Killala Bay
To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)086 8174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling.ie.
Despite cold north-westerly winds for most of the week, hatches of olives appeared in sheltered bays of Lough Arrow allowing for some good fishing conditions.
Luke O’Connell & Paul Casey had 4 trout, while John Gorman & Keith Lindsay boated 4, best at 2.5 lbs. Gerry Martin also did will landing 6 trout, best at 3.5 lbs. Ken Murray & Gerry Kelly enjoyed great fishing over the past weekend catching 11 fish (9 released), best at 3 lbs. Paul Colreavy had a good fish of over 4 lbs. a week ago.
With milder conditions this week, hatches of Olives should improve further and prospects for the coming weeks are looking good.
The great spring salmon angling continued on Carrowmore Lake during the week with a total of 14 fish being caught (6 released).
Amongst the successful anglers were Davy Elliott, Dave Cazabon, Didier Letormie, Danny Irvine, Mervyn Woods and Owen O’Reilly who all caught fish weighing between 5 lbs. and 8 lbs. However, the best fish of the week was caught by Dublin angler, Rory Harkin. Rory’s magnificent 14 lbs. salmon took a Cascade. Other successful flies included Green Peter, Muddlers and small Shrimp patterns.
Rory Harkin with his 14 lbs. Carrowmore springer
Please note that Carrowmore Lake is a Brown Tag Fishery this year! For fishing on Carrowmore Lake contact Seamus Henry on +353 (0)97 83487 or visit www.bangorerrisangling.com.
Sophie Berthommier France with a lovely 10.5 lbs. Moy salmon
Salmon angling on the River Moy picked up further during the week with fish being caught throughout the system.
John Howley had a nice 13.5 lbs fish on fly on the Ridge Pool, while the first salmon of the season was reported on the Mount Falcon water. Nial Connolly was the lucky angler with a 7 pounder caught on worm. Further fish were caught on Armstrong’s, Rinanney and the Foxford Salmon Anglers’ water, while Jeoff Wyles landed an 11.5 lbs. salmon on Gannon’s while spinning.
Nine salmon were reported from the East Mayo Anglers stretch, three of which were released. French lady angler, Sophie Berthommier, did particularly well catching a fine 10 pounder on fly while guided by Paddy McDonnell.
Sophie Berthommier France with a lovely 10.5 lbs. Moy salmon
Trout to 7lb were caught on fly but the biggest was caught and released by David Ryan trolling
Declan gibbons gives his weekly report on the angling activity on Lough Corrib…
Anglers have experienced mixed fortunes; some good fishing reported in different areas of the lake,olive hatches consistent and reports of sparse hatches of mayfly in localised areas. Some notable size trout were caught but in general angling activity is slow.
In the Cornamona area The Cornamona & District Anglers held their Wet fly Competition on Sunday last with thirty anglers participating, with ten anglers accounting for seventeen fish for 16.55kg.
1st place went to Moycullen man Mike Keady with 4 fish for 4.91kg.
2nd place went to Cornamona man Tom Doc Sullivan with 4 fish for 4.11kg.
3rd place went to Oughterard man Martin butler with 2 fish for 2.84kg.
Heaviest Fish went to the winner Mike Keady with a fish of 1.76Kg.
Staying in the Cornamona area Richard Molloy of Ballard Shore Boat Hire & Self Catering (087-2879339) reports of a quieter week gone by and tells us the TJ Carroll from Westport enjoyed a days fishing on Thursday last with his best fish being two and a half pounds on wets.
Annual Charity Catch & Release Competition
On Sunday next the 30th of April The Cornamona & District Anglers will be hosting The Annual Charity Catch & Release Competition. All the proceeds going to a local worthy charity The Galway Hospice. For further details contact club secretary Eamon Gavin on 087-7785713.
Ready for release
Larry McCarthy ( corribangling.com ) of Corrib View Lodge, Glencorrib reports of a mixture of good and bad fishing days due to temperature changes. Larry guided Malcom Patrick from the UK for six days and they had 22 trout to the boat some on buzzer and the majority on dry olives.
Malcom Patrick, UK, had 15 fish with LarryAnother for Malcom
Last Saturday & Sunday being the best days accounting for 15 trout all on size 14 dry olives. Pat Gallagher from Meath also stayed at the lodge and on Thursday last enjoyed a good days fishing and good sport on deep buzzer landing 4 fish with an average of 3lbs.
In the Greenfields area The Garda Angling Club hosted the Paul Reid Memorial Cup on Thursday & Friday last with 31 anglers participating, Fishing was tough in the area with seven fish got on day 1 and eight fish on day 2.
1st was Bob Bradley with three fish for 6.13lbs.
2nd was Aidan Kelly with two fish for 6.11lbs.
3rd was Dessie McEntee with one fish 3.12lbs.
Heaviest Fish went to Aidan Kelly with a fish of 4.10lbs
Ciaran with a lovely trout
Also in the Greenfields area Loughrea Father & Son Duo Robert & Ciaran Reilly on Sunday last had three fish to the boat.
Robert got in on the action too
Staying in the Greenfields area The Headford & Corrib Anglers hosted The Andrew Egan Memorial Cup with nine anglers participating on Sunday last. Conditions were tough and the angling was also challenging in the area with only two fish weighed in.
1st place went to Paul Lambert from Cross with one fish .94kg,
2nd place went to Club Chairman and Son of the late Andrew Egan with one fish weighing .92kg.
Ted Wherry from Mayfly Lodge Ballynalty Bay (087-4305957) reports of good hatches in the area and fishing challenging at times and on Thursday last Ted guided Richard Robinson who landed two fish on dry olives with one fish being 2Lbs & the other 3.7lbs.
Richard had 2 trout to over 3lb on dry Olives
In the Oughterard area Basil Shields of Ardnasillagh Lodge (091-552550) reports of some excellent fish being caught primarily on buzzer for the week gone by. Pat Connor had 4 fish on buzzer for just over 20Lbs. On Friday last Peter Boyle had two fish for 9lbs. Steven McGarvey had one excellent fish on buzzer on Saturday 8.9lbs.
Bill Church had one excellent fish on Sunday last for 7lbs and also on Sunday Steve Sutton had one fish for three and a half pounds and Martin Church had two fish with the best being three and a quarter pounds. On Tuesday last Derek Rooney had three fish with the best fish being three and a half pounds. Staying in the Oughterard area Kevin Molloy
David’s massive trout goes back safely
In the Cong area David Ryan from Ryans River Lodge B&B Fishing & Shooting ( [email protected] or 086-3170081) was on to us and reports of an excellent fish of 19lbs 1oz which he caught trolling and sportingly released on Sunday evening last. Phillip Comber from Old Stone Barn self catering ( 086-2786301 ) recently enjoyed two evenings dry buzzer fishing and had two each evening with the best fish three and a half pounds all sportingly returned back into Lough Corrib.
Phillip comber had 2 fish each evening on dry buzzers. Best was 3.5lb
In the Annaghdown Saturday last Anglers John Trench Galway and Billy Kavanagh Cork enjoyed a days fishing and had three trout to the boat on Buzzer in the area.
On Sunday last Padraig Fahy and Patrick Molloy enjoyed a good days fishing with five fish to the boat and Padraig landing a super fish of six and a half pounds.
