Philippe Arnassand and friends Manu and Julien who we briefly reported on last week finished there week off just as well as it started, they were casting both hard and soft lures into depths of between 2m and 6m.
Smiles all week for Philippe Arnassand with another good Pike
During the 6 days of fishing producing a 122 Pike between them, they are no strangers to Melview Fishing Lodge and the Pike fishing Ireland has to offer as they have been a few times before and always have had a good time during there visits.
Julien’s Pike taken on a soft lure this time.
Kevin said, no matter what the weather had install for them they just went out there and fished. Well done lads, great company and we hope to see you back in Ireland 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.
Stefan Martin from Killybegs Mariners SAC reports on the shore angling around Donegal Bay at the weekend…
14 April: Donegal Bay is alive with fry and sandeel and all sorts of huge pollack and flatties and coley are chasing around feeding hard. Some fantastic rod bending action from the kelp in close on the lure rods with any sandeel imitation soft plastic retrieved slow huge pollack and some lovely coley shoals and a bait rod chucked out onto the sand double hauls of dabs and chunky turbot from the depths all pictured and released back to the salt. Brilliant sport and a pleasure to be out.
17 April: Glorious weather on Donegal Bay today and a nice mix of species from the rocks. Lures tempted the marauding coleys and pollack from just above the kelp some lovely fish hooping over the lure rods into a nice arch. Congers and Ling and cuckoo wrasse fancied some mackerel hard on the bottom and a few octopus into the mix. Plenty of dabs patrolling the sand at distance it was a pleasure to be out enjoying it all once again.
Octopus
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Killybegs Mariners sea angling club, Co Donegal runs a shore league, boat competitions and angling trips around Ireland doing the sport we love.
Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club held a competition on Saturday…
Competition today in the Cashen produced some nice fish. The rain stayed away and although it was a pleasant day there was still a cold breeze. We were all glad to get inside for a bit of heat and some refreshments in Lowes bar in Ballyduff where we also gave out 2016 master angler prizes.
Tralee Bay SAC is a thriving community of enthusiastic anglers – young and old, experienced and newcomers – with new members joining all of the time. We have a busy schedule of shore and boat competitions and lots of social events planned throughout the year. Tralee Bay is a family friendly, welcoming club with a reputation for promoting angling and encouraging newcomers to the sport.
Joining could not be easier – simply get in touch with us via our Contact us page leave your address and we will send you out an application form. Please also let us have your email address – especially if you have any queries for us. We are especially eager to hear from junior anglers who want to take advantage of club membership. For more information on joining see here – Joining Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club.
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Tralee Bay SAC is currently Irelands biggest Sea Angling Club and we also have the cheapest memberships rates in the country. We have anglers representing Ireland in all areas both provincial and national. New anglers will be welcomed with open arms.
Martin Parker with his 10lbs on East Mayo Anglers water on the 13th April. Taken on a home tied Kinermony killer size 10.
William Thornton, IFI Ballina reports that a combination of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, dropping water levels and increased angling effort saw 48 salmon caught on the Moy last week. Fish were reported from Ballina to Foxford.
Martin Parker with his 10lbs on East Mayo Anglers water on the 13th April. Taken on a home tied Kinermony killer size 10.
The Ridge Pool, Ballina Salmon anglers, Knockmore Anglers, Attymass Anglers, and Gannon’s Fishery, where Peter Marshal N.I. took a fish of 8 lbs on the prawn, all reported salmon. The Foxford Fishery also reported fish. Upstream of Foxford, salmon were caught at Foxford Salmon anglers and East Mayo Anglers had fish where Paddy McDonnell Swinford had a 13 lbs fish on fly.
Ridge Pool Ghillie John Howley.with a 13 lb salmon which he caught today on the fly
Billy Downes reports that as of Friday 14th of April the Laune had fallen to a lovely 1.2m, a fish was caught the day before and a good few fish were seen running the river through Easter…
8lb salmon for Mike Fisher
Mike Fisher had an 8lb salmon from Beat 3 on Thursday. You must be out to have a chance. Further news of fish from the Laune is scarce but over weekend a good few fish were seen running the river.
Salmon smoltSalmon parr
Clive O’Driscoll sent me two lovely photos of a salmon parr and a salmon smolt. Easily caught at this time of year even on a salmon fly and especially on trout flies. Trout parr can be easily mastaken for salmon parr. See Comparison – and note the following from The Atlantic Salmon Trust: Salmon parr can normally be distinguished from young brown/sea trout by the more streamlined shape, deeply forked tail, longer pectoral fin, lack of orange on adipose fin, smaller mouth, sharper snout, only 1-4 spots on gill cover (often one large spot), well defined parr marks.
Billy Downes, Secretary Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association
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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 ANNUAL EMY LOUGH & RIVER spring clean is SAT APRIL 22nd 2017 from 11 – 1pm. Assemble at Emy Lough carpark.
The ANNUAL EMY LOUGH & RIVER spring cleanLough
ANNUAL EMYVALE VILLAGE & APPROACH ROADS Spring clean is SAT APRIL 29TH 2017 from 11 – 1pm – Assemble at Emyvale Leisure Centre Volunteers are required For a few hours to one or both of this years annual spring clean.
First clean on April 22nd is around the beautiful shores of Emy Lough , and along the Mountain river.
Second clean on April 29th will concentrate on Emyvale village and approach roads.
Both clean up starts at 11 – 1pm and skip will be provided .
Everyone is welcome. Please keep Emyvale & environs Tidy!
Martin McKenna advises that Emy Lake is fishing very well. They are getting reports of rainbows 3lb plus being caught at the moment which should make for a great day’s fishing at the Eugene Mulligan memorial cup next Sunday 23rd April.
A full finned rainbow from Emy Lough
The competition is fished from 2pm to 6pm. Registration at the jetty from 1pm .
This is a shore competition, Adults €20 and Youths €5
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Emy & District Anglers are a strictly a fly only club with simple rule to keep the lake, 400 acres, top quality brown trout fly fishing.
Day tickets may be obtained from either of the following businesses.
Paul Gormley
“GORMLEYS SHOP”
North Main Street,
Emyvale.
Tel: 047-87573
Mob:087- 6128259
Dick Kiernan,
Venture Sports,
71 Glaslough St
Monaghan
Tel: 047- 81495
Mob: 086-8351378.
Anglers become members of the club for insurance purposes on the issue of a day ticket or a season permit. Applications for Season Permits to Dick Kiernan Venture Sports. Issue is subject to committee approval.
James O'Doherty fished the Airport on Day 2 and caught 22.050kg
Erne Anglers report on their very successful Erne Anglers Easter Festival…
After three days of match fishing on the Erne the competition came to a close today with over 422kg caught by the 19 competing anglers. The pole was the favoured method at Viaduct and Cleenish where we enjoyed fishing the venues recently enhanced by DAERA Fisheries. Bream showed at Airport but it was mostly hybrids and roach for all competitors.
James O’Doherty fished the Airport on Day 2 and caught 22.050kg
Congratulations to the winner Simon Huthwaite who led from day one with his 31kg catch at Airport, finishing with a total weight of 51.790kg and £300.
1st Simon Huthwaite 51.790kg
2nd Tony Green 31.730kg £230
3rd James O’Doherty 30.850kg £180
4th Kevin Ashurst 28.780kg £140
5th Nick Howell 28.400kg £100
Well done to everyone who received £80 for a section win each day.
All entry money was paid out and topped up with prizes from our sponsors.
Day 3 Top Three
1 Gavin Brown – Viaduct – 21.220kg
2 Maurice Lawson – Viaduct – 20.100kg
3 Gareth Williams – Airport – 16.650kg
A presentation to the winners took place at the Carrybridge Lakeside Lodge where we enjoyed a breakfast at the draw each morning – thank you for your hospitality. Photos of the presentation to follow.
Erne Anglers would like to thank everyone who took part and to our sponsors Mollys Bar Irvinestown, SIM cabs tel: 07734109858 and Fishing Tackle and Bait.
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Erne Anglers are based in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Paul McLoughlin reports on the Easter One Festival fished over 3 days at Lough Muckno last weekend…
No place like it for silver fish anglers, I just love it here Steve Harwood
Steve along with almost all the other 32 fishing the 3 day Easter One Festival on Lough Muckno anglers had just under 100 fish on a normally slow first day, to acquit himself pretty well on 5kgs from a very difficult Black Island high number peg, alongside that tough character, Rory O’ Neill on 120 fish and just under 6kgs. Steve went on to say, that not since the Lough Muckno Autumn Festival last year, has he remotely enjoyed fishing so much, even with the whole Winter spent on commercials back home. Weather conditions on the Lough Muckno were cold squally and generally difficult but with the calibre of angler on the Festival the changes that converted to fish were made and the fish kept coming.
Day one catch
Top honours went to emerging star Piotr Horbinski, who had exactly 200 fish for 11.5kgs just holding off Ireland’s best, Cathal Hughes, on 10.5kgs and 20 less fish, just 3 pegs away also on Yellow Island.
Day 2
Today’s fishing was a little slower than day one but fish numbers were still high and nice average weights were achieved on all sections, which fished very evenly for those that negotiated some of the pitfalls, more successfully and astutely.
No doubt this venue requires a fairly high degree of competency and skill but the assembled field on this festival is well up to the job, with strong weights and big numbers being recorded throughout all of the sections today.
Cathal Hughes with his catch on Day 2
Cathal Hughes moved into an almost unassailable lead on Day Two of the Easter One Festival with his usual consistency and no little help from the draw bag.
Cathal drew the coveted peg 129 and his partner Philip J, drew nearly next best, 125.
Piotr Horbinski the overnight leader was hopeful of a his usual plum draw, but not despondent after a 115 peg draw, he headed off manfully to make the best of it. After a big catch of just under 11kgs against Piotr’s very credible 5.5kgs Cathal now assumes the leaders position. Piotr dropped into second, with the still dangerous Philip Jackson moved steadily into third spot, after a strong showing on 8.5kgs.
Day 3
Cathal’s almost unassailable lead proved its worth today as he fished side by side with his nemesis Piotr on notoriously tricky Black Island pegs 156 and 157. Piotr just shaded, amassing 5.875 kgs to Cathal’s 5.500 kgs. The starting gap however was too much to close on the final day and so Piotr had to be content this time with second place and a giant share of the €4700, that was on offer in prize fund, including pools and sponsorship.
Piotr, Cathal and Philip
This latest win makes a for a superb achievement of 3 back to back series of wins by Cathal Hughes, the 2015 and 2016 winner, who must surely be the top rated home based angler, still at this time, as he has been for a number of years.
Horbinski is without doubt the new sensation in Irish match angling and is leading the way in silvers fishing in all company at this point, to the consternation of many of the fancied and classy home based anglers.
An average daily weight of 9kgs for the winner of all small fish, puts this fine venue into perspective as a silver fish water, where skill, competency and sheer focus is the order of the day.
Competitor numbers were slightly up on 2016 and catch rate was on average 25% better year on year, which augers well for this much loved venue, respected all over, for the high degree of competency required to master it. The top 3 anglers all raised their catch weights by 20-40% to ensure podium finishes.
At this point it is well to note that a formidable entry of elite anglers from the UK are already lined up for our July and Autumn Festivals, when the highest level of competition we have seen to date, will be on show.
Can our podium winning group from today feature against this distinguished company on this ever improving and testing water ? We wait and see, with eager anticipation.
There were 32 anglers fishing CM Lakelands‘ h pre-Easter Open on Lough Sillan on Good Friday. Anglers reported some decent fishing with some nice bream landed. Some pegs were not great but it was expected that these would improve before the main festival.
Rimantas Kondrackas.
Results
Alan Larkin with 8.800kg
Steve Saddler with 6kg
Rimantas Kondrackas with 4.420kg
Niall Mc Kitterick with 4.120kg
Tomasl Jancewick with 3.620kg
Neil Mazurick with 3.020kg
Section winners were as follows; Trevor Reynolds, Paul Hutchman, Mike Smith and Paul Murray.
Easter Festival
Alan Larkin won the open and the Festival!
There were 33 anglers (including some UK anglers) competing in the Easter Festival on Lough Sillan. Weather conditions were generally calm but the fishing was tougher than expected with many of the roach away early to spawn. Fishing the feeder was the preferred method with catches consisting of hybrids, roach and some skimmers. The top four at the end of Day 1 day one were
Alan Larkin 1st with 12.620kg
Eamon Rogers 2nd with 7.800kg
Ian Dalzell 3rd with 7.580kg
John McVey 4th with 6.420kg
Congratulations to Alan Larkin of Dublin who kept his Day 1 lead to win the Two-Day Festival. (Alan also won the Pre-Match Open!)
1st Alan Larkin with 13.900kg
2nd Eamon Rogers with 8.000kg
3rd Ian Dalzell with 7.760kg
4th Gary McClelland with 7.240kg
5th Robertas Zilaitis with 6.700kg
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Membership open to all is €30, €15 for OAP’s/Juniors.
To join contact Brenton Sweeney on 087 2510260 or mail [email protected]
