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Irish Angling Update
26 March 2009
Editor: Paul Bourke, Angling Information Officer
email: Paul Bourke
Ph: 00 353 (0) 1 8842600
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Salmon and Trout Angling
- Some good spring salmon reported from the River Nore.
- First specimen sea trout of nearly 9 lbs. from Lough Currane is our catch of the week
- Good trout fishing reported from Loughs Owel and O'Flynn
- Anglers all set for the buzzer on Loughs Mask and Corrib in the west.
- Some fine salmon reported from the Galway Weir
- Spring salmon running the River Moy
- Salmon to 16lb from the River Drowes in Co. Donegal.
Coarse Angling
- Good catches of roach, hybrids and rudd reported from the upper Shannon.
- Report from the Waterways Ireland Junior Angling Classic on the River Erne at Enniskillen.
Pike Angling
- Some nice pike fishing reported from Carrickmacross in Co. Monaghan.
- Pike to 23 lbs. 8 oz reported from Lough Gara.
- Several pike up to 26 lbs. reported from the River Suck and nearby River Shannon at Banagher.
- The Federation of Irish Pike Clubs announce the Pike Championship qualifiers for the coming season.
Sea Angling
Game Angling Update
Southern Region
John Flynn reports:
E-mail: enquiries@srfb.ie
23/03/09
River Nore
Angling guide Jim Browne gave me a short report of salmon fishing from the River Nore.
Keith Wenam caught and released a 16 lbs.+ fish on the fly just up stream from Inistioge. A second springer was caught in the Thomastown waters which was a fish of about 8 lbs caught by Tom Moylan.
I got a report from Edward o Connor from the Kilkenny Anglers, that about 30 kelts were caught and all returned safely on the opening day.
Ian Forde fishing the Mount Juliet water on the opening a very brief encounter less than 30 sec. but the other one was lost at the net, Ian put it at 10 or 12 lbs.
I have not wet a line yet (scoring brownee points)
but hope get out soon.
Jim Browne
Salmon and
Trout Ghillie
Address: Rosebank Lodge, Mount
Alto, Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny.
Telephone:
+353-56-7758419
Email: jimmbrown@eircom.net
Web: http://www.noresalmon.com
South Western Region
Eileen Carroll reports:
E Mail: swrfb@swrfb.ie
FOR WEEKENDED SUNDAY THE 22ND OF MARCH 2009
KILLARNEY LAKES including LOUGH LEANE
Two salmon caught on the Lakes averaging 8.5 lbs. in weight.
LAUNE ANGLERS WATERS AND BEAT 3
(REPORT OF BILLY DOWNES, CLUB SECRETARY): Very little fishing effort. No news of Fish from Laune Anglers waters. Water level now very low for Spring time rain needed to tempt a few salmon to run the system.
Well known member, Dan Joy caught the first salmon of the year of the Laune Anglers waters on 02 March. He caught the “bar of silver” on the fly at Coffey’s Flat.
RIVER BANDON
No report of any salmon catches. Brown trout fishing is slow.
Lough Currane
Vincent Appleby reports on the fishing on the LOUGH CURRANE system.
22/3/09 Our Manger Mr John Murphy and of www.loughcurrane.com reported to me that there were two salmon caught on the troll, one by Mr Terence Wharton Jnr. and his weighed in at 10 lbs. and a Cork angler fishing by himself. Bright sunshine through out the day, Wind NW then veered NNW late this afternoon and by 5.45 pm the Lake was flat calm, air temperature 11.5˚C.
21/3/09 Well there may well have been action yesterday, but my noble salmon left all the action to the Irish rugby team who were playing at the millennium stadium in Cardiff and won the Grand slam for the first time since 1948 so congratulations to them, and I can tell you there were quite a few liquid libations consumed so it wouldn’t surprise me if there is a lack of boats on Lough Currane tomorrow? Wind NNE light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover, max air temperature 11.5˚C.
20/3/09 Well it may have been bright and sunny and a strong SE wind blowing and very little chance of a Salmon but you try and tell that to Mr Walter Rushe of Switzerland who caught a lightening fresh 10 lbs. salmon on the troll on the North side with his Gillie Mr Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com and I would like to quote Frank, I don’t know what you Gillies are complaining about, its just my third day out on the Lake and my client catches a fine Salmon, all I can say is, you must have the wrong lures. Wind SE fresh to strong this morning and light to calm this afternoon, max air temperature 16.6˚C.
19/3/09 Another bright sunny day and very little action and what would you expect with real bright conditions all I can say is thank God we anglers always have a good excuse. Wind SE light to fresh, max air temperature 17.7˚C.
18/3/09 the same today as yesterday, in all departments. Air temperature 18.9˚C.
17/3/09 It may have been St Patrick’s day but I can tell you that we anglers had nothing to celebrate in the Salmon department. Bright sunshine all day, wind SE fresh to strong. Max air temperature 16.8˚C.
16/3/09 There was a nice southerly wind blowing across the lake, plus there was good cloud cover, air temperature 11.3˚C, but alas we Anglers drew a blank but it was a different story at Waterville’s St. Finian’s Parish Church which was celebrating 150 years, and the reason I mention this is because Mr Michael O’Sullivan representing the Waterville Anglers presented a fly rod at the altar to the Bishop of Kerry the very Rev Bill Murphy.
That’s all the news from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery. No Spin No Fly’s just Facts.
Vincent
Angling Guide and Accommodation
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel
Email: salmonandseatrout@eircom.net Web: /www.salmonandseatrout.com/
Stop Press
First specimen sea trout of nearly 9 lbs. recorded on Lough Currane
The first Specimen
sea trout of nearly 9 lbs. was caught by regular UK visitor, Mr Dave Ecclestone
on fly while fishing with his gillie Mr Vincent O'Sullivan on Monday last on
Lough Currane. This fish wins our catch of the week.
Shannon Region
Brian McManus reports:
info@shannon-fishery-board.ie
25/11/09
UPPER SHANNON
LOUGH SHEELIN
There's not much to report this week from Sheelin. It has been cold enough on the lake of late. K O'Keefe had one fish of 1.75 lbs. Michael Kelly had two fish of 1.5 lbs each, all released. An angler from Northern Ireland caught and released 4 trout averaging about 2 lbs. Weather has got colder and windier which could hamper angling over the coming days.
Meanwhile catch up on angling news from the L.S.T.P.A.
from their website at: http://www.loughsheelinanglers.ie/
Mr Sean Gurhy,
Assistant
Fisheries Inspector
Lough Sheelin
Tel: 049 4336144
LOUGH O'FLYNN & UPPER RIVER SUCK
It was a lovely week weather-wise with pleasant
conditions for fishing on O'Flynn. Fishing results were mixed, lively at times
but also patchy at times also. The best report was from Matt Foley and Bernard
Mannion. They had 7 trout between them last Saturday, best 2.25 lbs. on golden
dabblers. Some anglers were shore fishing which has become popular over the
past year. The best shoreline is on the eastern side of the lake. This
area has suitable under foot conditions allowing for safe and comfortable
fishing. Recent breezy weather has hampered fishing especially last Monday.
Weather permitting O'Flynn is worth trying over the coming weeks.
John Ryan,
Assistant
Fisheries Inspector
Tel: 087 2536064
MID SHANNON AREA
LOUGH ENNELL
Anglers reported limited success on Ennell. A few fish
are being caught, mainly on buzzers. No sign of any Duckfly hatches yet. Dublin angler Norman Greene fished Ennell recently from the float tube out of Whitebridge
bay. He reported one other boat visible on the lake in the area, out trolling.
The only trout seen were the odd fish rising sporadically (after dark) to
small black chironomids which accumulated into small numbers as a flat calm
conditions came on at sunset.
Mullingar Office
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board
Tel: 044 9348769 mornings
LOUGH OWEL
Trout fishing has been good on Owel over the past two weeks. Robbie Minnock has had 35 trout since the start of the season, best 3.5 lbs. Joe Mc Carty had 2 fish for 3 lbs., all released. Buzzer patterns are working well. Weather is much colder now which could hamper fishing over the coming days.
LOUGH REE
ATHLONE ANGLERS ASSOCIATION NEWS
ANTHONY LANDS BIG ONE TO WIN THE QUINNSWORTH CUP: What a weekend for sport we had with the rugby team finally clinching the Grand Slam after sixty one years of trying and Bernard Dunne becoming World Champion in one of the best boxing matches ever seen on these shores, not forgetting Athlone Town’s great draw against Limerick ensuring an unbeaten three match start to this year’s First Division, Manchester United losing again which has blown the Premiership wide open and all this topped off with a great days fishing on Sunday when Anthony Moran landed the big one to win the Quinnsworth Cup.
As usual, at this time of the year, the winds were blowing from the west which made for a cold day on the lake but that didn’t deter the twenty five boats full of anglers who turned on the shoreline eager to get going. Everybody was hoping for as good a day’s fishing as we had the previous week and while some were not disappointed there were still quite a number of boats that blanked on the day.
This was the first competition this year for which the weigh in and presentation of prizes took place on the shoreline at the compound and with the scales down at 6 pm Captain of the Day Sean Kelly was kept busy weighing the fish and working out the order of the winners. Anthony Moran easily claimed first prize for his trout which was 14 ounces heavier than that of Eamon Conway and Ray Dowling who claimed second prize. Third place went to Patsy McCallan whose trout weighed in fifteen ounces lighter and fourth place went to Bernard Kelly for his trout which was only three ounces further behind. The fifth and final spot went to Leo and Robert Joyce for their trout which was only one ounce lighter.
Finally our thanks to Sean Kelly who was our Captain of The Day and his young assistant Connor Hannon for their hard work.
THE ANGLER REST CUP RETURNS HOME! The competition for the Angler’s Rest Cup will take place next Sunday starting from Gallagher’s Boat Shed at 10.30 am and finishing with lines up at 5.30 pm. Captain of The Day will be Richie Fallon and catch and release will be facilitated. The weigh in and presentation of prizes will take place in The Snug with the scales down at 8.30 pm sharp. For those of you that don’t know The Snug is the old Anglers Rest and it is great to see this competition returning to its spiritual home thanks to two local Kiltoom men and new owners Paul Brennan and Justin Naughton. They took over last year and have completely renovated the premises but have maintained its charm with the wooden floors and brick walls reminding us of the old days. They have added on a fantastic beer garden and BBQ area where, along with Bar Manager Clayton Good, they can cater for parties of any size and with live music on Thursday and Sunday nights and all sporting events shown on the big screen it has fast become a destination of choice in Athlone’s left bank area.
FOR YOUR DIARY: The following is the schedule of competitions that it
is proposed to hold over the next few weeks Please note this list may change
due to unforeseen circumstances, however the details of each competition will
be published in the local newspaper, on the www.athlone.ie website and sent out to
members by text message in the week prior to each competition. On the 29th
March, the Anglers Rest Cup, trout Lough Ree and the 5th April, the
Fallon Memorial Cup, trout Lough Ree
Eamon Cunningham
P.R.O. Athlone Anglers
Association
Mob: 087 – 2340815
PALLAS LAKE CO OFFALY
The
season opens on May 1st, 2009.
Dinny Coyne
Chairperson of the Pallas Lake Angling Club
Tel: 087 2974306.
LOUGH ACALLA, CO. GALWAY
The
season opens on May 1st 2009.
John Devaney,
Assistant
Fisheries Inspector
Tel: 087 2266735
LITTLE BROSNA RIVER
Very few fishing on the Little Brosna River at present.
CAMCOR RIVER BIRR
No fishing reported as yet - too early in the season.
LOWER SHANNON AREA
LOUGH DERG
No reports this period.
RIVER MULCAIR, CO. LIMERICK
Season opened on March 1st 2009.
RIVER FEALE, CO. KERRY
Water
levels are very low on the River Feale. There's very little angling going on
and prospects won't improve until there's a flood to move fish.
Mr Paddy Halpin
Assistant Fisheries Inspector
Mobile: 087 7729126
RIVER MAIGUE
Season opened for trout fishing on February 15th.
For angling updates on Castleroberts contact Mob: 087 9810817
Western Region
Kevin Crowley reports:
E-mail: kcrowley@wrfb.ie
25th March 2009
Galway Weir
The water levels have dropped away to just 2 gates open on the weir, and this has resulted in a big improvement in the fishing. Last year the first salmon wasn’t caught until April, but this year there are 14 salmon already landed. Over the St. Patricks holiday weekend there were 3 fish landed, with Denis Quill taking a 7.5 lbs fish on fly, and David Lenihan landing his second of the season, a 7-pounder, also on fly. Declan Brigs from Dublin tried spinning and landed a fine 12 lbs. fish. Since then, the fishing has continued to provide good sport, with Brian Howard taking a 9 lbs. fish on fly, while John McEvoy landed a 10-pounder while spinning. Flyfishing has been very good over the last few days, with fresh springers for Stephen Cullinane from Galway (10 lbs), local man Sean O’Toole (10 lbs.), Dublin angler Lorcan Buckley (11 lbs.), and Eddie Corry from Limerick, who landed 2 fish of 10.5 and 9 lbs. Simon Lenihan also had a fish of 6 lbs spinning.
Heavy rain is forecast later this week, which may bring water levels up again, but it is encouraging to see such good fishing so early in the season, and hopefully another good spring run is in store.
Western Lakes
Lough Mask fished fairly well over the last week, with good duckfly hatches present. Duckfly patterns were most successful, particularly in the shallows around the islands, although the noted buzzer nymph locations are not fishing as well this year as previously.
Cushlough resident Tom Foley bagged a fine trout weighing 2lbs just off Long Island on Saturday just before heading in for the Grand Slam rugby match. Kevin Sheridan from Kilmaine had 2 nice trout while fishing one day over the weekend. Maurice Devane from Cavan Town staying in Ballinrobe for the weekend caught and released 6 fish over 2 days fly fishing using size 12 various duck fly patterns. Daragh O'Connor and son from Sligo had 2 trout trolling around the Tourmakeady shoreline on Sunday. A lot of fish were seen around Cahir Bay and Ballahalla Bay but seem hard to catch.
The lake is still quite low for the time of year so anglers are requested to take care on the lake, although heavy rain is promised midweek which should bring the lake up to usual spring levels.
Over on Corrib, the fishing was relatively quiet, with duckfly hatches just beginning and fish just starting to move to flies at the surface. Peter Walsh had 2 trout on wetfly of 1.5 and 1.75 lbs. Peter Curran landed 5 trout on the troll, all between 1.5 and 2 lbs. Paddy Gargan, Moycullen landed a couple of trout on duckly patterns up to 2 lbs.
Regulations
Anglers are reminded that this year new byelaws are now in place on the western lakes and all tributaries.
A 4 fish bag limit now applies, as well as a 13-inch size limit. It is also prohibited to take more than one fish over 10 lbs. weight.
There are also restrictions on the numbers of rods that can be used by individual anglers. Full details of the byelaws are available at www.wrfb.ie
North Western Region
Rory Sheehan reports:
E-mail: info@nwrfb.com
River Moy
The spring salmon have started to run in to the River Moy in earnest and are now being caught by anglers. Water levels have been ideal for angling on most of the river with some fisheries reporting perfect fly fishing conditions. Very little rain over the past number of weeks has meant that the Moy has had unseasonably low water levels.
As is the norm each year, the Ballina Salmon Anglers Fishery is the first stretch of the river to start producing salmon. Pappy Marshal, besides catching the first fish of the season on the Moy, has also caught another salmon of 2.7 kg. (5 lb.), Martin Conroy and Albert Bradley have caught two salmon each, all four fish around the 3.2 kg. (7 lb.) mark. Paddy Dempsey banked a lovely silver 4.5 kg. (10 lb.) spring salmon while Mark Beattie also landed a fine fish.
Up river, on the East Mayo Anglers Association Fishery, local angler, Jimmy Kilcoyne, landed the first salmon of the season from this stretch of the river. A beautiful fresh fish of 3.2 kg. (7 lbs.), that took a spinner. Water levels on this fishery, at the time of compiling this report, are good for fly fishing.
Callow lakes
There has been some good early season trout fishing was to be had on the Callow lakes which are located just east of Foxford. Weather conditions made angling patchy, with a mixture of bright sun and blustery winds, but when the right conditions were present, good catches of hard fighting wild brown trout to 0.5 kg. (1 lb.), were reported. Boats can be hired from Tom Deacy at the lakes (tel. 094-9256266).
Northern Region
Lindsey Clarke reports:
E-mail: info@nrfb.ie
Monday 9th to Sunday 15th March 2009.
RIVER DROWES
The weather was fairly settled
throughout the week and the river was at a nice for height for angling over the
week. There were fair numbers of rods fishing and fair numbers of salmon
caught. On Wednesday, Christy Jacob recorded a 9 lbs. salmon caught on the fly
from the Island Pool. The following day, Jonathan Kerr accounted for a 10½ lbs.
fish caught from Briney’s Pool on a Willie Gunn Waddington fly. On Saturday,
Brian McEvoy recorded a fine 16 lbs. salmon caught from the Old Sea Pool on a
black Flying ‘C’. On Sunday, Sean O’Neill accounted for a 9 lbs. fish caught
from the Old Sea Pool on prawn. Tony Parker recorded a 6 lbs. fish caught from
The Meadow on the fly.
There is a touch of spring in the air at this time of writing with warm air temperatures for the time of year. Prospects look good for the coming week with the Drowes running at good levels and settled weather forecast for the week.
For info/bookings etc on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/
LOUGH MELVIN
Despite fairly settled conditions, Melvin was fairly quiet over the week with less boats out fishing than would be expected. To date I have heard of no salmon being caught. Darren Maguire lost a good salmon on Friday after playing the fish for 15 minutes! There certainly a lot of salmon showing in the Lough at times, especially around the Garrison area.
Northern Ireland
Lionel Knobbs reports:
E-mail: lionel.knobbs@loughs-agency.org
20 March 2009
River Finn
Reports from the Finn remain positive but as water levels have now dropped to unfavourable levels for angling I recommend you try your luck on the lower stretches of the river and concentrate your efforts early morning and late evenings!
Present water levels are set to remain low over the weekend and are likely to last at least another week, so I suggest anglers check water conditions before you travel to the Finn over the next few days - contact the Loughs Agency (details below) for an up to date report or else visit our web site for a weather report and tide conditions.
Recommended Fly this week (Cascade).
Lionel Knobbs
Angling Development Manager
www.loughs-agency.org
Tel: +44 (0)77 3637
4131 or +44 (0)28 71 34 2100 (from ROI 048 7134 2100)
23rd March 2009
Cashel Trout Fishery
What a beautiful weekend with glorious sunshine, mild winds and ideal conditions for the dry fly. Brothers M Mellon (Portglenone) and B Mellon (Maghera) tied with twenty-four trout each which fell mainly to dries and buzzers. Maurice Whiteman (Ardmore) did amazing well on dries also banking fourteen great trout while his mate Frank Kearney (Maghera) did well banking a couple of trout also on dries. John Hasson (Dungiven) released eleven trout in a while of an evening using small spiders and daddies. Stephen Canavan (Bellaghy) released ten beauties which took sedges while Paul Ford (Derry), Jimmy Mc Cay (Derry) and Willie Lowry (Limavady) all banked nine trout each which took buzzers, f-flies, cat’s whiskers with a flash tail. Roland Mullan (Feeny) released seven trout which took the olive cat’s whisker while Declan McAteer (Claudy) bagged two weighing 4 lbs. 8 ozs. and released two others which fell to the daddy and the cat’s whisker. Keith Nicholl and Stephen Gurney (Limavady) released five and four trout respectively using dries like the black snail and the black gnat. Lexi Stewart and Adrian Guy also from Limavady banked nine trout between them which took green and black lures.
Breakfast is now being served at Cashel in the comfort of an open log fire with plenty of craic.
River Licences are on sale at Cashel Trout Fishery.
We are now taking group bookings for any angling club or corporate groups interested in a fun day. Catering facilities are available in the adjacent Cashel Fishing Lodge.
Marlene Mc Laughlin
Tel/Fax 028777 42159,
Email: casheltrout@hotmail.com, Website: www.cashellakeview.com
Moyagh Trout Fishery Donemana
Moyagh was restocked last Wednesday and catch reports are reflecting this, with good catches reported from all visiting anglers.
Kevin Burke (Claudy) 4 on Buzzers, Eamon McGonagall 3 on Buzzers, James Gallagher 7 on Black Fritz, Martin Moor 4 on White Fritz, Arthur O'Neil 5 on Fritz, Junior O'Neill 3 on Bubble and Fly and Gary Johnson 4 on Worms.
Fish are rising freely and fish that have been spooned have been stuffed with cased caddis and midge.
Moyagh is now available weekdays but you must pre book.
Contact Stephen +44 (0)781 707 9946
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Coarse Angling Update
Shannon Region
Brian McManus reports:
info@shannon-fishery-board.ie
25/03/09
UPPER SHANNON
LANESBORO
There are very few anglers about on the hot water other than the odd local angler. Water levels are ideal for fishing with low water. It has been a bit cooler and breezier than of late.
MOHILL and CARRICK ON SHANNON
Coarse
fishing has been resumed over the weekend after the long winter. I fished
feeder and ended up with some nice hybrids, Roach and Rudd. Weather was
nice and warm at the weekend, water levels are low. Monday has turned a little
cold. Fish have now moved from the deeper parts of lakes into the shallows.
Brian Bohan
CHAFLYNNS COTTAGE & GUIDING SERVICE MOHILL
SHEEMORE ANGLING CLUB REPORT
Match Mens Cup - Houghton shore
1st Place:
Paul Lee with 11 lbs.
2nd Place: Chris Ward with 9 lbs. 11 oz.
3rd Place: Ray Carpenter 8 lbs. 10 oz.
4th Place: Larry Parkes 8 lbs. 1 oz.
5th Place: Stuart Lear 7 lbs. 11 oz.
LONGFORD AREA and the STROKESTOWN LAKES
No
coarse fishing going on at present. Coarse fishing reports will commence in
April. Watch this space.
Kevin Lyons,
MELVIEW LODGE GUESTHOUSE,
Drumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Co Longford
Tel : 003534345061
Email: info@melviewlodge.com Web: http://www.melviewlodge.com
MID SHANNON
BANAGHER
Coarse anglers are only starting to fish now with the recent good
weather. Angling conditions are good for this time of year. It's got a bit
chillier though since Monday last.
Ray Duthie
Old Forge Banagher,
Bait Stockist, Tackle and ACCOMMODATION PROVIDER
Tel: 057
9151504
TOM FOXES ANGLING STRETCH and lower RIVER INNY
Bream and hybrids are starting to show at the Bog hole on Tommy Foxes
stretch of the River Inny. Angling conditions are good and now near summer
level following the recent dry period.
Tommy Foxe
INNY BAY B&B
Mob: 087 9960173 for enquiries and boat hire
MULLINGAR AREA
Mullingar Coarse Anglers fished the River Inny at Float Bridge and reported poor enough catches, mainly Roach in small numbers. Temperatures and weather has deteriorated with frost at night.
Northern Region
Alice Murtagh reports:
E-mail:northfisheries@eircom.net
23/03/09
River Erne
Jack Tisdall reports on the recent Waterway's Ireland Junior Angling Classic held on the River Erne at Enniskillen.
Round one of the Waterway's Ireland Junior Angling
Classic took place on the River Erne Enniskillen on Saturday. The large entry
of 30 anglers between the age of 10 and 18 enjoyed good conditions and
reasonable fishing on the Derrychara and Broadmeadow sections of the River.
The first match in the 3 match series was won by Devenish College angler Dougie Carson from Bellanaleck, he drew fancied peg 18 at Derrychara and proceeded to catch Bream and Hybrids for an excellent 5.600 Kgs winning catch.
David Burke (Erne Integrated) from Florencecourt was second with a catch of more than 30 small fish for 2.820 Kgs, while Nathan Donegan (St Joesph's) from Enniskillen was third with 0.870 Kgs of small fish.
While Dougie Carson won the older age group the
11-13 age group was won by Daniel Wright (Portora) from Bellanaleck with a
section win on the low numbers at Derrychara.
The team event was very close with 4 points separating the top 4 teams after the first round. Devenish College A team on 7 points lead the way from Portora on 8 and St Pats Cavan on 10. A total of 13 teams from 7 different schools were taking part.
The second event in the series will take place on the same venue on Saturday; Draw will be at 9.00am at the Lakeland Forum car park.
As it is best two of three results to count it is not to late to register and take part in the league.
Entry forms are available from Cloughbally Mill Angling Centre (02866 322008) forms have also been sent to all schools in the county.
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Pike Angling Update
Eastern Region
Ashley Hayden reports:
E-mail: info@fishingireland.net
no report
County Monaghan
Ashley Hayden and Peadar O’Brien enjoyed
a St Patrick’s Day session after Pike on an out of the way County Monaghan water. With Pike getting ready to spawn fishing can be a bit hit and miss at
this time of year. So it proved, but hard work and a couple of tactical changes
paid off, with half a dozen Pike coming to the net on what was an enjoyable day
afloat.
Trolling and spinning various lures resulted in only one jack to the boat. After lunch a change was made to float trolling dead baits along a steep drop off. A flurry of action quickly followed with five more Pike being landed along with a couple of runs. To cap it all the sun shone, fly life appeared on the water, and summer signalled that it isn’t too far away.
Peadar O’Brien is a Pike and Coarse fishing guide with over thirty years experience, based in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Peadar knows the waters around Carrickmacross intimately and can be contacted by email at obrienmariapeadar@oceanfree.net Tel: 087 926 5867.
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Shannon Region
Brian McManus reports:
info@shannon-fishery-board.ie
25/03/09
UPPER SHANNON
Lough Gara
Bodo Funke reports that the Boyle & District Angling Club held the Paddy Sharkey Perpetual Memorial Cup on Lough Gara on Sunday last. March 22nd. Some good fish were caught with the winning fish tipping the scales at 23 lbs. 8 oz, caught by Boyle man John Keenahan. A few more good pike in double figures were caught along with many jack-pike. Conditions were almost perfect although the water levels are more like what one would expect in mid-summer.
Once again coming up soon is Boyle & District
Angling Clubs Easter Pike Angling Festival on Lough Key over the Easter
weekend. Dates April 11th and 12th 2009. Over €10,000
worth of prizes are waiting for the winners. With the first prize of €3,500. +
Moonstone Jewellers Perpetual Cup for the heaviest fish. Entry fee: €60 per
angler for the two days. For more information contact Club secretary Jane
Suffin on 086 2202202 or E-mail: info@boyleangling.com
or visit: www.boyleanglers.blogspot.com
Bodo Funke,
Angling Services Ireland,
Boyle, Co
Roscommon
Web: http://www.anglingservicesireland.com/
MID SHANNON AREA
Midlands
John Brookes a regular UK visitor reports on a
recent Pike trip to the Midlands fishing for Pike.
“On this trip we had a number of pike but mostly in the lower double range. Our biggest was a thirteen pounder, which was disappointing as we usually at least take a couple of 20+ fish.
I think the pike are spawning on the Suck and on other lakes at present. All in all we enjoyed
our visit [we always do] we are always made so welcome.”
SHANNON & DISTRICT ANGLING CLUB
ANNOUNCES THE ALL IRELAND BOAT PIKE FISHING CHAMPIONSHIPS DETAILS FOR 2009
The championship to be run over 8 Competitions. Points will be awarded to the Top 5 Boats each day. (Boats that attend every day will receive 5 points). Entry Fee: €60 per Boat per Day. Half of each days proceeds will be given in prizes. (Other half to be pooled until last day and Top 8 Boats to receive prizes, 30% of overall fund goes to Winner.) Overall Winners will receive Perpetual Trophy & Medals, and will be crowned All-Ireland Champions 2009. Prizes will depend on entries, but is expected to be in the region of €5,000 - €10,000. This will increase if we obtain the sponsorship we are seeking. This is the first time an event like this has been held for Boats and is already generating huge interest.
Due to the numbers of various Competitions being held, some of these
Competitions
may be held on Saturday’s or Bank Holiday Monday’s. A New Club, Shannon &
District Anglers, has been set up to run this Competition and a membership fee
of €10 will be sought to cover insurance etc. This Club will also be donating
money to Hospice, Carers for Cancer Sufferers.
ALL IRELAND BOAT COMPETITION - 8 NO. HEATS
1st Heat: Sunday 29th March on River Shannon at Lanesborough. Fishing 11 am ‘till 5 pm. Check-In at Duck Pond from 9.30 am. Entry €60 per Boat. Payout 50% on day - 50% pool for Final
For further information on above events phone Pat on 087 2045536.
BANAGHER
Water levels are ideal for fishing in the mid Shannon region following the recent dry mild weather. Three Birr anglers had 7 pike fishing
from Ray Duthie's boats upstream of Banagher on the Shannon. Best fish was 20 lbs.
Fish were caught trolling lures and plugs. The hot water stretch has also
been a hot spot for pike fishing lately.
Ray Duthie
Old Forge Banagher,
Bait Stockist, Tackle and ACCOMMODATION PROVIDER
Tel: 057
9151504
RIVER SUCK VALLEY - Mid River Suck.
An angler from Ballinasloe had a 26 lbs. pike fishing on the
lower River Suck.
Mr John Ryan,
Assistant Fisheries Inspector
Tel: 094 96 40103 Mob: 087 2536064
John Devaney,
Assistant Fisheries
Inspector,
Lower River Suck
Tel: 087 2266735
SHANNONBRIDGE area
March 20th, 2009: The weather has been good this past week or more and the forecast is
also good. A few anglers were in action and five double figure pike were caught
mostly on dead bait
Dermot Killeen
Shannonbridge
Tel 090 96 74112
Email: derry.killeen@gmail.com
FEDERATION OF IRISH PIKE ANGLING CLUB
From the FEDERATION OF IRISH PIKE ANGLING CLUB, Chairman John Chambers announces the Venues and dates for 2009/10 National Pike Championships. You can view all related matters to these competitions on their website at: http://www.angling-in-ireland.com
April 5th River
Inny near Legan
May 10th Dromore River near Ballybay
June 7th River Shannon at Castleconnell if we get ESB permission
July 5th Lough Egish
August 9th River Suck above Ballinasloe
Sept 6th Killybandrick lake near Ballyconnell
Oct 11th Levanree Lake in Co. Mayo
Nov.1st Lough Na Blaghy in Co. Roscommon
Dec 6th Lakes and river at Carathraw and Bakers Bridges at
Butlersbridge.
Jan 3rd Clea Lake
Stewards qualifier will be held on Shantona Lake near Shercock on Jan 17th
2010
There are 4 new venues included in this years qualifiers
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Sea Angling Update
Shore Angling
Anglers up and down the coast are experiencing mixed results, but there have been some very positive reports this week. Pin whiting, rockling and dogfish seem to be dominating at many venues. Some larger flounder have been taken from East and West Cork marks. Anglers targeting thornback ray in the Shannon Estuary are having some success with a report of 5 ray in one evening to one angler. Bass are being caught at a number of marks from Wexford to West Cork on lug and cocktails with night tides giving best results.
Boat Angling
Small boat and charter boat angling has been curtailed by the North Westerlies still hitting our shores. However Cork Harbour is providing some sport during the lulls.
