Water levels in west Crok rivers were extremely low last week, but there is arun of fish and a few are eing caught.
On the Bandon Anglers reported catching 8 salmon, the best of these was a 7lb fish caught by a club angler.
Further west on the Ilen anglers landed 6 fish with best of them weighing 6lb.
There were 2 grilse caught last week from Beat 2 of the River Laune weighing 4.5lbs and 4lbs caught spinning.
On Beat 3 there was 1 salmon reported caught, weighing 8lbs on worms.
At Johnson’s Fishery 1 salmon weighing 7lbs, spinning, was reported.
There were also a few fish from the lake as anglers reported 3 grilse from Lough Lein averaging 4 lbs, all on the troll.
There were 11 Salmon off Currane last week. Best 9lb, and a small number of sea trout.
There were also salmon caught in the Kenmare area as they finally start to arrive in the rivers.
After the welcome rise in water levels following last week’s rain the rivers are heading back down towards low again
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 :-
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
Last week saw the arrival of a grilse run to the Blackwater after a long-anticipated wait. Reports are of a lot of fish running through some beats and great signs of them in numbers.
They are elusive enough and not loitering around and with high winds over the last few days, some methods were challenging but a few were taken and were fresh and in 2-3 kgs age class.
River conditions remain low but clear and with no projected rain forecasted at this point, this will no doubt remain the same for the foreseeable future till next weekend at least.
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: info@blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929
Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Blackwater Valley Fishery
Salmon, Sea trout and Brown trout fishing on prime fishing beats River Blackwater Co. Cork and Co. Waterford Ireland.
Email: blackwatervalleyfishery@gmail.com
Mobile: +353 (0) 87 690 5467
Web: facebook.com/Corkwaterfordfishery
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.ie Email: fishing@fortwilliamireland.com
Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299
Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery
Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery control a number of beats of the Munster Blackwater.
Contact Jason Corcoran:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Tel: +353 (0)586 0146
Mobile: +353 (0)87 720 5690
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie
Careysville Fishery
Careysville Fishery offers some of the best salmon fly fishing in Ireland and includes 26 named pools. It is considered by many to be one of premier beats for salmon fishing in Ireland. Wading is excellent and among the numerous streams, pools and glides there is a great variety of fly fishing to suit both complete novice and challenge the most competent of fly casters.
Careysville, Clondulane, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
Email: fishing@careysville.com Mobile: +353 (0)86 2378788
Web: http://careysville.com/careysville-fishery/
Lismore Castle Fishery
At Lismore Castle & Golf Course Fishery, we offer nearly two miles of two inter-linked beats, the Castle Beat & the Golf Course Beat.
The legendary Castle Beat consistently ranks as one of the top Salmon beats on the River Blackwater, for the number of Atlantic Salmon caught per rod. The Golf Course Beat offers about 1.5 miles of fishable water through meandering majestic countryside. The Golf Course beat offers a number of bewildering pools suitable for unmatched spinning and bait fishing.
For bookings contact Joe Willoughby on Mobile no. 00353 87 8295449 or Email: info@lismorecastlefishery.com
Website: www.lismorecastlefishery.com
Blackwater Salmon Anglers, Mallow
We provide Day Tickets for some prime Salmon fishing in Mallow Co. Cork. We have excellent fly water, shrimping worming and spinning also. We also have very competitive Day rates and we have very recently upgraded our fishing.
Tickets available from “The Bridge House” and “Vincent Downes Menswear” Mallow.
Facebook: Blackwater Salmon Anglers
Upper Bridgetown Salmon Fishery
Located on the Munster Blackwater in the south of Ireland. Situated mid river between the towns of Fermoy and Mallow. A productive left bank beat in stunning surroundings.
For bookings contact Conor Arnold: +353 87 755 4682
Facebook: Upper Bridgetown Salmon Fishery
Loungueville House Salmon Fishery
For details on availability and conditions of fishing for salmon and trout on the Longueville House waters please contact them at
Contact : Longueville House Hotel, William O’Callaghan
Address : Mallow, Co. Cork.
Telephone : 00 353 22 47156
Email: info@longuevillehouse.ie
Website: www.longuevillehouse.ie
Stephen Murphy reports for the Kanturk and District Trout Anglers…
On Sunday we held our youth fun day out. We had a nice early rise as we headed back to the hills of Kerry to Cloon Lough. We had a great turn out of young anglers who had some great sport on the day under though conditions.
We want to say a massive thank you to our resident master chef Martin Sheill for keeping up with the tradition of being the best fed anglers around. He kept the hunger away by having a great BBQ.
Also a massive thank you to all the parents and coaches that we had helping out. Without your support we would not be able to run these events for our great young anglers that we have in our club.
The Kanturk and District Trout Anglers is a vibrant angling club based in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland. The club is dedicated to maintaining and preserving the local rivers, including the Dalua and Allow, which are tributaries of the Munster Blackwater
We continue to meet Tuesday nights for juveniles (7pm – 9pm at Kanturk) and have had great numbers all year so far.
Kit Dunne reports on the charter boat fishing from Wicklow…
Some great catches recently from Wicklow. Plenty of Tope on many days, with the odd big one thrown in, Congrats to Dan O’Reilly for his Specimen Tope at 161cm.
Plenty of Bullhuss appearing lately with as many as 30 on Castle Maiden one day. No specimen size but a few fine fish.
Ian Phillips’ Welsh Group did 2 days in June, and had a bumper day with 14 Huss, a few Hounds, 2 Tope and topped off with a fine bass after drifting the banks.
The Annual Euro crew had a bad weather week but made the most of the days they got out with 17 Species, including a fine near specimen Grey Gurnard for Mike Wheeler, and a few fine Pollock from the wrecks.
The 25th anniversary Dunbrody Festival was held at Oaklands over the weekend. This 2 day festival saw difficult fishing with strong winds but there were still dome great bnets weighed in, especially by winner Ronan Minogue. John Brown reports…
It was a tough day for most. The strong wind and a full lake made things difficult especially on the river bank. Big Congratulations go to Ronan Minogue who took an impressive Day 1 lead with 82.500kg.
A A Browne 33.020 kg
B D Minogue 14.070 kg
C I Benov 34.420 kg
D C Walsh 11.590 kg
E A Paldick 31.610 kg
F A Bus 35.140 kg
G A Zilinskas 25.901 kg
H T Platt 28.510 kg
I T Ryan 23.880 kg
J P Poprawski 27.890 kg
K J Priestley 35.660 kg
There was another dominant display by Ronan Minogue today who won the 2nd day from end peg 29 netting 58.360 kg. No guessing then the overall winner was Ronan Minogue blitzing the rest by over 70kg over the 2 days. Big congratulations to Ronan.
A T Platt 20.270 kg
B V Alexandru 16.200 kg
C A Paldick 27.840 kg
D J Kierain 27.800 kg
E G Row 21.310 kg
F P O’Neill 19.240 kg
G S Bochenek 26.550 kg
H P ORegan 17.970 kg
I P Nendez 17.730 kg
J J Browne 25.9.30 kg
K G Quinlan 21.830 kg
Massive thanks to all the lads who fished you all made it a great event. Big thanks to our sponsor Preston Innovations Ewan Weed) for their continued support.
Congratulations to all the framers hope to see you all again soon.
Fishing conditions this week picked up a bit with a few more salmon and sea trout landed.
28 June continued
Conor Arnold landed 5 sea trout around ¾ lbs mark and 1 2lbs sea trout on beat 4 and another sea trout and a 5lbs salmon on beat 6.
30 June
Niall Lynch landed 6 sea trout and an 8 lbs salmon in the garden pools on beat 9 and Alastair Purdy landed 2 sea trout in the falls pool.
2 July
Colin Lynam landed a 6lbs salmon in the falls pool on a posh tosh.
5 July
Eugene McCarthy landed a 4 ½ lbs salmon and a ½ lbs sea trout in the falls pool and another 2 sea trout in the Garden pool all on a Sunray on beat 9.
Lairgnen McDermot landed a 6lbs and a 9lbs salmon in the Gauge pool on an Allie shrimp pattern (video above). Eoin Cosgrove landed a 7 lb salmon in the upper square and 4 sea trout and a 6lbs salmon in the lower square pool on a sunray, Henry Cosgrove also landed 4 sea trout and a 6lbs salmon in the Middle Garden pool on a cascade.
6 July
Jack Mannion landed a 3lbs salmon in the falls pool and a ¾ lbs sea trout in the Middle Garden pool, James O’Neill landed a ¾ lbs sea trout in the falls pool on a willie gunn. Jake Delaney landed a1 lbs sea trout in the garden pool and a 6 ½ lbs salmon in the falls pool.
Skipper David Edwards of West Cork Charters reports from Courtmacsherry…
04 July: Weather resulted in further cancellations this week and prevented our planned spins to the offshore wrecks. The lads made the most of our fallback options and despite uncomfortable conditions, landed and tagged male and female specimen Skate on Wednesday, the largest measuring 215 cm.
We decided to chance a run further south on Thursday to target Shark. Seventeen were brought to the boat, with another 10 or so dropped. Some of the lads were new to both Skate and Shark fishing and were delighted with their long spin down from Achill Island, Kilfaree and other spots north.
06 July: We were out again on Sunday. This time we were looking for skate and stake we found. Best was caught by Joey Brady who had a great specimen.
Lough Sheelin angling report June 19th – July 9th 2025
“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”
Winston Churchill
Mid summers day also known as St John’s Day or the Summer Solstice fell on June 21st. This is a significant date in that it marks the longest day of the year and astronomically speaking, the beginning of Summer. With the sporadically hot weather we have been having over the past few months, it feels as if summer started some time ago. Up until early July there were still good hatches of Mayfly on Lough Sheelin but gusty and fresh predominantly westerlies put an end to any spent going out on the water and now heading into the middle of the month, Sheelin’s Mayfly is officially over for another year.
Summer is all about the sedges, reputedly the cream of the angling crop but up until recently it felt as if the cream had gone off and the fishing was poor. There were good hatches of sedges, but the trout showed little or no interest until recently when fishing here has picked up in the last few days. Prior to this any fish that were being caught were in the twilight zone – evening and after dark using Murrough patterns usually around Lynch’s point with the odd one being caught using a dabbler in a wave.
The adult caddisflies or sedges lay their eggs in or near the water and these hatch into larvae. The next is an interesting stage as the larvae will then build a protective case around themselves using twigs, leaves or tiny stones, really whatever is to hand in their aquatic environment. When the larvae are fully grown, they seal themselves within their cases and transform into a pupa. The pupa then undergoes metamorphosis emerging eventually as an adult sedge. The adult emerges from the water, its wings unfold, and it begins the next generation by mating and laying eggs. The caddisfly or sedge play an important role in the aquatic ecosystems, serving as a good food source for the trout and other aquatic animals. Their unique life cycle and case-building behaviour make them a fascinating addition to Lough Sheelin’s entomology. Because sedges are an important food for trout, understanding their life cycle can help anglers choose effective fly patterns and presentation techniques.
There are around 300 species of sedges but anglers don’t need to know all of them to catch fish. Sedge patterns like the Chocolate Drop, Cinamon Sedge, Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulator and Palmered Sedge are working now. The Murrough patterns for evenings and after dark, single, fished dry and imitating the way the natural skits over the surface in a splashy wake worked for some anglers. Up until last weekend many anglers were complaining about ‘the dead sea’ – very little piscatorial movement and just the occasional splashy appearance. Since the weekend things have steadily improved with plenty of surfacing of trout and good catches being recorded. Fishing was mainly with teams of wets with the Dabblers in Claret, Green, Pearly, Silver, Peter Ross and Fiery Brown being the favourites but also Bumbles, Sheelin sedges, Cock Robins, Golden Olive Bumbles, Red Arsed Green Peters, Daddies, Spent Gnats, small brown sedges, Wulffs, Klinkhammers, Sedgehogs, Mallard & Claret and Silver Invictas were in the mix.
The best areas for fishing were mid lake, Merry pt. Walkers, Wilsons pt., Lynch’s pt, Stony Islands and along the Western shore up to the Sailors Garden.
Summer is the time when river habitat restoration takes place within the Sheelin catchment. As anglers floundered trying to catch Lough Sheelin’s elusive trout, 800m of a section of the Pound river was rehabilitated and enhanced by IFI with the work funded by the local angling club, the L.S.T.P.A. This work involved the introduction of 80 tons of spawning gravel, the construction of pools, deflectors and vortex weirs, fencing off animal access areas and putting in bank protection to control erosion. All of this instream work will radically improve habitat for both juvenile and adult trout. Without funding from the local angling club this project would not have happened. Rehabilitation of this nature is the life blood of Lough Sheelin by effectively protecting, enhancing and nurturing her natural wild brown trout habitat. This is where some of the L.S.T.P.A membership money goes and it is a very worthwhile and productive way to spend members hard earned cash.
Please remember anglers to abide by BYE-LAW 949 which strictly prohibits from
June 14th, 2017 onwards:
John Mulvany johnmulvanyfishing@gmail.com 086 2490076
Heaviest trout: an 8.5lb trout caught by Tommy Donovan on a Colga Bumble
Number of trout recorded: 35
Selection of catches:
Gary McKiernan, Cavan – 1 trout at 5lbs on a spent gnat pattern
Tommy Donovan – 4 trout between 4.5lbs and 8.5lbs all on Bumbles and Dabblers.
John Murray – 3 trout all over 3lbs.
Trevor Goulden – 1 trout at over 4lbs on July 6th on Dabblers
Eamon Ross, Cavan – 1 trout at 6.5lbs on Dabblers.
Paul McMennamin, Northern Ireland – 1 trout at 2lbs at Merry Pt. on a Chocolate Drop
Donal Harten, Cavan – 1 trout at 3lbs on wets.
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