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From the Central & Regional Fisheries Boards
18 June 2008 (Two Week Report)
Editor: Paul Bourke, Angling Information Officer
E-mail: paul.bourke@cfb.ie
Website: www.cfb.ie
Webmaster: Myles Kelly
Phone: 00 353 (0)1 8842600Fax: 00 353 (0)1 8360060
· Two Specimen Sea Trout of 6.5 lbs. and one of 9.5 lbs. taken by visiting Anglers on fly at Lough Currane.
· Some Mayfly fishing still producing Brown Trout to 5 lbs. on Lough Sheelin.
· Super Salmon fishing at the Galway Weir Fishery.
· 13 year old Bobby Geraghty catches a Brown Trout of 5.534 Kilos (12 lbs. 3.2 oz.) on the troll on Lough Corrib – Catch of the Week for the 13 June 2008 – see www.cfb.ie for photo and story.
· 1078 Salmon for the year to date from the River Moy.
· Good Trout fishing reported from Lough Conn.
· The Welsh team pips the Irish Team at the home international Trout competition held last weekend on Lough Melvin.
· Super Coarse fishing in the Upper Shannon catchment for visiting English Anglers.
· Very good Bream and Tench fishing reported from Shannonbridge and Banagher.
· 10.5 lbs. Brown Trout taken by English angler while landing a skimmer Bream at Shannonbridge. The huge Trout was carefully returned to the water.
· Very good Bream fishing reported from the ARVA, Killeshandra, Carrigallen and Gowna areas in Cavan.
· 10 lbs. Bream reported from Killeshandra.
· Very good catches reported at the Stena Challenge Festival in the Arva area.
· Very good Pike fishing reported from the River Suck.
· First Blue Shark of the season taken at Castletownbere in West Cork.
· Excellent shore fishing from west Cork (Beara) and from Clare.
· 23 species reported for deep sea anglers fishing out from the Shannon Estuary including some fine Tope.
· 200 lbs. Skate for angler fishing out in Clew Bay.
· Excellent Tope and many other species reported from the Carlingford Lough area.
· A one pound Herring taken in north Antrim is a possible new Record for skipper Hamish Currie at Red Bay and is our catch of the week for the 20 June 2008. See www.cfb.ie for photo etc.
GAME ANGLING
Eastern Region: Web: http://www.fishingireland.net/ E-mail: info@fishingireland.net Des Chew reports:
Godfrey Donohue Managing Director reports from the CORKAGH PARK FISHERY near Clondalkin in Dublin. Ph: +353 (0)1 4592622 mob: +353 (0)87 2650495 E-mail: fishing@ireland.com Web: www.CorkaghParkFishery.com
On the trout lake we have had excellent reports this week. John McPhillip had 10 trout averaging from 5 to 10.5 lbs and he lost one of at least 20 lbs (stripped all the line off his reel). Dirk Hodson had 9 trout tonight up to 20 inches in length – he had a super evening’s fishing. He was fishing with his friend David Francis who also had a good night’s fishing. Pepe and Luca, our Italian friends, also caught some lovely trout today.
Darios, who has visited us three times this week, had his best evening’s fishing tonight with 12 trout to about 12 lbs. Jimmy Duggen is also having some good fishing on the lake this week, with some nice trout to 5 lbs. The Trout Lake will be stocked at the end of the week with fish from 4 to 10 lbs.
South Western Region: Web: http://www.swrfb.com E Mail: swrfb@swrfb.ie
From Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel, angling guide Vincent Appleby reports on the past week’s fishing trends on the LOUGH CURRANE system:
Email: salmonandseatrout@eircom.net Website: http://www.salmonandseatrout.com/
15/6/08 What can I say? Not a lot in the Salmon department but at least Mr Mike O’Dwyer and Family caught a few nice Sea trout on the troll along the north shore. Wind NNE light then veered N late in the afternoon light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover. Amount of rain fall 0.1mm, max air temperature 15.6C/60.08F. 14/6/08 There was a fine Grilse caught on the troll and sportingly put back by Mick from Cork, in the Sea trout department I didn’t here of any real rod benders, even though I am sure there were a few sea trout caught on the drift because at times the conditions weren’t bad. Amount of rainfall 0.1mm, max air temperature 16.7C/62.06F. 13/6/08 Much of the same today as yesterday so the least said the soonest mended, wind NNE max air temperature 15.3C/59.54F and personally I am glad because today was a special day for my Father who reached the grand age of 80 and who I might add has fished the Waterville Fishery for 45 years and I can tell you he has the record for the Inny and Butler Pool which he has had for over 40 years and as one Fishery Officer from Galway asked? You’re not the Famous Appleby that fished out of the Butler Arms Hotel in the sixties and seventies? and my Father replied, Guilty as Charged and on that note here is to the next eighty years. 12/6/08 All quiet on the SW front. Wind NNE light with reasonable cloud cover but with all that my noble Game Fish wouldn’t contact fly or lure. Amount of rainfall 0.1mm, max air temperature 16.1C/60.98F. 11/6/08 Mr Sylvester Donnelly, hit’s the head line again in the salmon department when he caught a 7 lbs. on the troll in Edere Bay, on the sea trout front Mr James Hinchly of the UK caught two fine Sea Trout of which the biggest weighed in at 5 lbs. and I see on www.loughcurrane.com our Manger Mr John Murphy has reported that an angler in a hired out boat, caught a Sea Trout in the 3 lbs. class, plus there were few more Sea Trout taken by other anglers. Wind NW light to fresh and overcast, amount of rain fall 0.7mm, max air temperature 16.1/60.98F. 10/6/08 to day was a perfect example of why Co Kerry is a good sporting destination and my reason why, there isn’t many places where you can catch a Salmon in the morning then try for a hole in one in the afternoon and that is exactly what two Anglers from the USA did, fishing with their gillie Mr Michael O’Sullivan of Waterville Boats and lobsterb@iol.ie well put it this way they got the first part right, where the hole in ones is concerned I will leave that to your imagination, also in good form were guests fishing with their Gillie Mr Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com when they caught a Grilse on the troll, there was also another Grilse taken on the troll by Mr Sylvester Donnelly and on the Butler Pool Mr Mike O’Dwyer caught a Grilse on the fly. Wind NW light to fresh, max air temperature 16.7C/66.06F with reasonable cloud cover. 9/6/08 They say the early Bird catches the worm, or in fishing terms it’s the early fly that catches a specimen Sea trout and that is exactly what Mr Alcester Martin of Inverness Scotland did, when he caught himself a 6.5 lbs Sea trout on a Dark Mackerel Fly early this morning and in the trolling department all quiet on the SW front. Wind SW then veered NW light to fresh and overcast, max air temperature 18.9C/66.02F 8/6/08 A fly mans nightmare because of the flat calm conditions and my noble troller didn’t fair much better. Heavy cloud with the odd bit sun of breaking through at times. amount of rain fall 0.1mm. Max air temperature 17.1C/62.78F. 7/6/08 Mr Henry fishing out of the Butler Arms Hotel and of www.butlerarms.com caught a fine Salmon on the troll with his Gillie Mr Bob Priestly and on the sea Trout front, there were a few caught but nothing worth photographing for the photo gallery in the Famous Lobster Bar. Now to the Butler Pool where Mr Mike O’Dwyer and his guest caught a Grilse. Wind S light to calm and overcast with light rain all afternoon., amount of rain fall 3.5mm, max air temperature 16.7C/62.06F. 6/6/08 the Early shift produced a nice Grilse caught on the fly by Mr Tim Loxton of the UK fishing with his Gillie Mr Kevin Brain of www.kbfishingireland.com onto the day shift no comment. Wind first thing this morning was NE then veered NW and went SW after lunch light to fresh, with bright sunshine throughout the day. Max air temperature 16.7C/62.06F, amount of rainfall 0.7mm. 5/6/08 Lough Currane was a bit on the tame side in the Salmon department and on the Sea trout front Mr Marcel Gilliou caught three Sea trout with his gillie Mr Vincent O’Sullivan and of Vincentsfishing.com. Wind NW fresh with reasonable cloud cover, amount of rainfall 0.1mm, max air temperature 14.9C/58.82F. 4/6/08 It made a nice flood this morning with 21.2mm of rain fall. The majority of anglers had slack lines but it was a different kettle of Fish for Mr Marcel Gilliou of the UK who caught a fine 10.5 lbs Salmon on the fly at the point of the Grassy Island and finished the day off with a fine 3.5 lbs Sea Trout also caught on the fly and just for the record Marcel was with his Gillie Mr Vincent O’Sullivan of www.vincentsfishing.com also in good form this evening in the Salmon and Sea trout striking zone was Mr David Wallace and Mr Tim Loxton of the UK who shared a nice mixed basket of four Sea trout and one Grilse all in the 2 to 3 lbs Class, with their Gillie Mr Kevin Brain of www.kbfishingireland.com Wind NW fresh with bright sunshine throughout the day, max air temperature 15C.59F. 3/6/08 again all quiet on the SW front even though I am sure there would have been the odd Sea trout caught. Wind WSW light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover, amount of rainfall 1.1mm, max air temperature 16.0C/60.8F 2/6/08 I start with three back dates, on the 25/5/08 Mr Peter Maxey of the UK caught a fine 6.5 Specimen Sea Trout on the fly with his Gillie Sylvester Donnelly, next in the firing line was Mr Martin Evans of the UK who caught a fine 9.5lbs specimen Sea tout on the fly on the 30/5/08 and last but not least Mr Alcester Dunbar of Scotland caught a nice mix basket of Brown Trout and Sea Trout in the two to three lbs class and just for the record both Martin and Alcester were fishing in hired out boats from Mr Michael O’Sullivan of O’Sullivan Boats and lobster@iol.ie now back to the present very little action in all departments. Wind SW light to fresh then veered NW around 5.30pm after a very heavy shower, max air temperature 18.6C/65.48F. That is all the news from your gillie and the Waterville Fishery. No Spin no fly’s just Facts.
Eileen Carroll reports: FOR WEEKENDING SUNDAY 15th OF JUNE 2008
RIVER LEE Some Salmon were reported taken during the week.
RIVER LEE (ESB FISHERY) Wednesday 11th June Michael O’Riordan, Cork caught an 8.5 lbs. fish on a shrimp and released it.
1 fish caught on the Bandon Anglers Waters. Fishing is very slow.
RIVER ILEN No catches to report.
RIVER LAUNE BEATS 1 AND 2 Water levels on the Laune very low.
KILLARNEY LAKES AND LOUGH LEANE 2 fish caught on the lakes averaging 7 lbs. each
LAUNE ANGLERS WATERS AND BEAT 3 (REPORT OF BILLY DOWNES, CLUB SECRETARY) Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers' Association waters and Beat 3. Water extremely low and prospects of fish few and far between. Despite this there were two small grilse and one fish of 11 lbs. caught on Laune Anglers Waters for the week.
RIVER BLACKWATER (KENMARE) River at its lowest for a long time. Fish are being seen in the bay waiting for a flood, if we get a lot of rain it should fish well.
FOR WEEKENDING SUNDAY 8th OF JUNE 2008
RIVER LEE Some Salmon were reported taken during the week.
RIVER LEE (ESB FISHERY) Monday 2nd of June 1 salmon of 13 ¾ lbs. landed by Robert Flynn on a spinner and released. Salmon fishing very slow with river levels low.
RIVER ILEN No catches reported but fish are present in the estuary.
4 salmon landed on Beat 2 of the Laune averaging 9 lbs.
KILLARNEY LAKES AND LOUGH LEANE 2 salmon landed on the lakes weighing between 11 lbs. and 12 lbs.
LAUNE ANGLERS WATERS AND BEAT 3 (REPORT OF BILLY DOWNES, CLUB SECRETARY) Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers' Association waters and Beat 3. Water extremely low and prospects of fish few and far between. No news of fish from our waters or Beat 3.
RIVER BLACKWATER (KENMARE) No report.
E Mail: info@shannon-fishery-board.ie Brian McManus reports:
http://www.shannon-fishery-board.ie/guides/game/fishing-reports.htm
June 18th, 2008 UPPER SHANNON The Mayfly continues to hatch in abundance on Sheelin and the spent fishing is expected to go on for another week or more. When conditions favoured anglers reported seeing trout rise and take the spent. As fish are now gorged with fly they tend only to rise once or twice and then go down, making hem difficult to catch. Hatches of sedge and buzzer were also evident. Eugene Mc Guinness from Co Louth had 12 trout over the week, best 5 lbs, most fish were released. Mr Paddy Lyons L.S.T.P.A. had 8 fish for the week, best over 5 lbs, most fish were released. Thomas Lynch L.S.T.P.A. had 10 fish to 4 lbs, all released. Michael Kelly from Balbriggan had 5 fish to 2.75 lbs, all released. All catches above were on the spent gnat. Other anglers reported releasing over 200 fish for the week ranging from 0.5 lbs. to 3 lbs. Catch up on the latest news from the LSTPA at http://www.loughsheelinanglers.ie/ For local updates contact Mr Sean Gurhy, Assistant Fisheries Inspector Lough Sheelin Tel: 049 4336144 LOUGH O'FLYNN & UPPER RIVER SUCK The conditions were against fishing with a cool northerly wind last week on O'Flynn. The fish are now gorging on Perch fry and the more skilled anglers are having a few trout per visit using Perch fry fly imitations and Muddlers. Regular anglers to the lake Anthony Baggott, Declan McGoldrick and Bernard Mannion are all reporting 2 to 3 fish per visit during the week. With a change in weather conditions, fishing should improve if temperatures recover. Minster Michael Finneran officially launched the newly formed Ballinlough Angling Club last Friday. The new club will be representative of many different water, angling, sporting, education and environmental groups in the parish. For updates contact John Ryan, Assistant Fisheries Inspector Co Roscommon at 087 2536064. MID SHANNON AREA Fishing has been poor with little to report with conditions less than ideal. For updates contact Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 9348769 mornings Trout angling has been very slow on Lough Owel with very few anglers fishing mid week. For updates contact Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 48769 For general updates contact Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 48769 The Mayfly season has now ended for another season and while some good fishing was had it was overall a disappointing season. For general updates contact Dinny Coyne Chairperson of the Pallas Lake Angling Club Tel: 087 2974306. Report to follow next week. For updates contact John Devaney, Assistant Fisheries Inspector, Roscommon 087 2266735 We expect the Croneen Run to commence soon, we'll keep you posted. We expect the Croneen Run to commence in about a months time, we'll keep you posted. LOWER SHANNON AREA River levels too low for Salmon fishing on the Mulcair. ShRFB reports for the RIVER FEALE CO KERRY River levels on the River Feale are very low - no Salmon fishing reported. For up to date fishing reports contact the local Assistant Fisheries Inspector Mr Paddy Halpin Mobile: 087 7729126 ShRFB reports for Castleroberts Fishery RIVER MAIGUE. For angling updates on Castleroberts contact Mob: 087 9810817
Western Region: Web: http://www.wrfb.ie/ E-Mail: kcrowley@wrfb.ie Kevin Crowley reports: Report to 18th June, 2008 Galway Weir Grilse and some bigger fish are being caught aplenty at the Weir this week, with 144 fish landed and more hooked and not landed. Water conditions are perfect at the moment for fly fishing, and fly anglers are having tremendous sport. Sean Moore from Laois had a grilse and a 9 lbs salmon on fly, while John Liddy from Clare had 3 grilse between 5 and 7 lbs, also on fly. Paul Smyth from Offaly had a 7.5 lbs fish on shrimp, while Simon Lenihan had a 9.5 lbs salmon, also on shrimp. Michael Barry from Galway had 2 fish of 5 and 9 lbs on fly, and Brian Howard from Dublin, a regular visitor, had a cracking summer fish of 13 lbs. on fly. Seamus Ryan from Tipperary had 3 grilse on fly, while Eamon Power from Waterford had a nice 7.5 lbs. fish on fly. Gordon Sheedy from Limerick took a fine 11.5 lbs. salmon on shrimp, and Michael Rogers from Dublin had 2 grilse on fly. Declan McInerney from Clare landed his first ever salmon on fly, a nice fish of 6.5 lbs., under the expert tuition of James Quinn, and I’m sure Declan will be doing more fly fishing in future. Brothers Dave and Declan O’Reilly from Dublin had 5 fish between them, with Declan out fishing the brother on this occasion. Bragging rights are very important there! Father and son Joe and Paul McNamee from Dublin had 2 fish each for their visit, with paul taking a fine fish of 9 lbs. on shrimp. Fintan Murphy from Galway had 3 grilse on fly and shrimp, and Tom Tynan from Kildare had 2 fish on fly, with a cracker of 12 lbs. his best. Colm Adams from Dublin had 5 fish over 2 sessions on fly and shrimp, while Ballynahinch fishery manager Simon Ashe landed 2 nice grilse and returned another fish. The best fish of the week was landed by Joe McElduff from Dublin, who followed his 4.5 lbs. grilse with a beautiful 15 lbs. salmon, caught on shrimp. It would be hard to improve on the fishing in Galway this week, but I’m sure anglers booked in over the next few weeks will do their best. With water conditions as they are and lots of fresh salmon in the river, prospects are excellent.
Western Lakes The western lakes are very quiet at the moment, with few anglers venturing out. Hatches are confined to early morning Caenis and late evening buzzer and sedge at the moment, but fish are hard to tempt to the surface. Best results at the moment are from trolling, and 10 year old Kevin Vahey from Ballinrove proved this on Sunday when he landed a fine 4.5 lbs trout on a Rapala. Denis Kelleher from Ballinrobe also landed a fish of 2.4 lbs. on Sunday. On Carra the lake has been deserted by day, with a few anglers going out towards dark and taking advantage of the late hatches. Scottish visitor Stephen Holmes had 3 trout over 2 nights to 3.5 lbs. on dry fly. With it being so quiet on the lakes, I have no other reports to hand. With rain forecast, we may get a small flood in tributary rivers this week, and a lot of fish would be expected to start running upstream, so river fishing may pick up very soon.
Report to 11th June, 2008
Galway Weir Grilse are really starting to run in Galway now, with more and more being seen every day. There were 35 fish landed for the day, with a good few more hooked and lost. About half the fish were caught on fly, as water conditions are now perfect for fly fishing. Regular angler Michael Leonard landed fish of 8 and 5 lbs. on shrimp, while Paul McNamee from Dublin had fish of 6 and 7 lbs., also on shrimp. Patrick Cotter from Clare had grilse of 5 lbs. and 4.5 lbs. on fly and shrimp, while Eoin Cosgrove from Tuam had 3 grilse of 3.5, 4 and 5.5 lbs. on fly. Local angler Enda Scahill had a grilse of 5 lbs. on shrimp, as did Michael Griffin from Clare, and Fintan Murphy from Galway had 2 grilse of 5lbs and 4.5 lbs. on fly and shrimp. Dave Jackson from Galway had a 5-pounder on fly, while Jimmy Dunne from Bushypark had one of 5 lbs. on shrimp. Louis Brennan from Tuan had a 4 lbs. fish on fly, and Galway man Michael Barry had a 5 lbs. fish on fly. Noel Kelly from Galway landed a 6-pounder on shrimp, and Stephen Buchanan from the Naul, Co. Dublin landed a 5.5 lbs. fish on fly. Finally regular angler Henry Cosgrove landed 2 good fish of 8 lbs. and 5 lbs. on fly. The weir is now fishing very well, and as grilse continue to run in increasing numbers, the prospects for the weeks ahead are excellent.
Western Lakes The western lakes have been very quiet this week, with dry bright conditions keeping many anglers off the lake. Hatches are confined to early morning and late evening now, with trout feeding mainly at these times. Caenis hatches in the early morning can provide good sport to dry fly, and buzzer hatches late in the evening into dark will also bring up some fish. On Mask, fish have been very slow to come to the surface, and trout are concentrating more on the large shoals of perch and roach fry in the shallows. Local guide Kevin Sheridan had 5 fish for 4 rod days to 2 lbs, while Ronan Cusack from Ballinrobe and John Young from Kerry had 2 fish for a day to 1.75 lbs. Brian Hall landed 2 trout to 1.5 lbs., while Brian Healy had a trout of 1.5 lbs. Some anglers were also having good early morning fishing on Caenis and buzzer patterns, but I have no reports of their catches.
Further Report from Lough Corrib: 13 year old Bobby Geraghty from Ashbourne in Co. Meath was fishing in upper Lough Corrib with his dad and while trolling a dead roach, he caught a huge Trout a specimen of 5.534 Kilos (12 lbs. 3.2 oz.) after a great battle. Bobby wins our catch of the week award for the week of the 13 June 2008. Bobby has submitted scales from the fish and paperwork with the Irish Specimen Fish Committee for a specimen award. See www.cfb.ie for the great photo.
North Western Region: E Mail: info@nwrfb.com Web: www.northwestfisheries.ie Rory Sheehan reports: Angling Report w/e 15 June, 2008
River Moy.
The River Moy continued to produce some very good salmon angling over the week, with a large average size of fish reported, despite the dry weather. The reported catch was 125 salmon, bringing the total for the year to 1078.
The Ridge Pool produced a fine salmon of 12.29 lbs. for visiting Welsh angler Mark Roberts, while Jeffrey Hatt from Sligo landed an 11.55 lbs fish. Local angler, Declan Hennigan, had a 9.59 lbs salmon while Sean Maye from Sligo caught and released a 5.5 lbs. fish. On the Weir pool, Northern Irish angler, Alan Dunlop, caught 2 salmon, for 3.34 & 3.36 lbs., while fellow Northern Irish angler, Ivor Trimble, caught a 5.54 lbs salmon. The Cathedral Beat fished well during the week with UK angler, Paul Ashworth, landing two fish one for 10.5lbs and the other which he released for 12 lbs approx.
Up river at Armstrong’s, Welsh angler, Gareth Jones, banked a 6 lbs fish. The Foxford Fishery produced 3 salmon for Seamus Darby and friend from Co. Meath, fishing worm. Two of their fish weighed for 8 lbs each with one at 6 lbs. French angler, Stephane Beuoel, landed a 9 lbs salmon while fishing at Foxford Salmon Anglers water, Rinanney. Monaghan angler, Brendan Doyle, caught a 3 lbs salmon while Thomas McKeown and friend had two salmon of 4.5 and 4.75 lbs on the Cloongee fishery.
Lough Conn.
Angling on Lough Conn was a little slower then previous weeks but is expected to pick up with the arrival of some more unsettled weather. Sixty anglers reported a catch of 60 trout for 120 rod days with an average size of 0.9 lbs.
Pat Forde and Jason McCormick from Limerick each had 2 trout each. Lawrence Mc Fadden and Gerard Cottle had 5 trout for 8 lbs, the best a 2 lbs fish. Mary Branson and Alan McIntee took 3 trout for an evenings fishing. Pieter Haraldson and his Swedish friend caught 3 trout.
The most productive fly patterns for the week were Wulffs, Green Peters, Watson’s Fancy, Fan-winged May Fly and Claret Bumble. Lough Furnace. Lough Furnace opened to angling on the 12th of June. Two salmon (both wild) were caught and returned by the Fishery manager Pat Hughes. The Lake is showing very good numbers of salmon building up at the salmon leap. To arrange angling on Lough Furnace, contact, Pat Hughes, Fishery Manger, Tel: (098) 42300 Lough Arrow. Angling has picked up again on Lough Arrow after the May Fly and is expected to improve further when the Green Peter fishing starts. It produced a very good size of fish over the week to anglers willing to fish the Murrough late in the evening. Michael Gunning caught 2 fish of 3.5 & 2.75 lbs. Sean Kelly had a lovely trout of 4 lbs and a 1.5 lbs fish. Moy Estuary. The Moy Estuary continues to fish extremely well. Good catches of Sea trout were reported over the week with fish up to 3.5 lbs taken and anglers catching large numbers of fish in general. Andy Banks from Scotland caught over 20 trout on mackerel strip, and returned most of the fish. Ballin Lough.Angling on Ballin Lough was very good over the week. The stocking of 250 Rainbow Trout in to the lake the preceding week lead to very positive reports from anglers about the size, quality and quantity of fish. Thirty six anglers fished for the week catching 52 trout, the best 5 lbs. Jim Muldoon and boat partner had 5 fish with 5 lbs. the biggest. Ronan Greane from the USA and Anna Mabrey from Ireland also had 5 trout with the best a 5 lbs. fish. Pat and Denis Murphy, Castlebar, boated 5 fish.
Popular flies over the week: were Grey Ghost, Damsel patterns, Nymphs and Buzzers.
To book fishing on this popular and productive Rainbow Trout fishery, anglers should contact Mrs. Gill on 098-26128.
Angling Report w/e 08 June, 2008
Dr Gordan Gavrilovic, from Serbia with a fine Sea trout from the Moy Estuary.
River Moy.
There was some excellent angling on the River Moy, with a reported angling catch of 203 salmon for the week, which was up on the previous week, bringing the total for the year, so far, to 953 salmon. The break in the dry spell during the week saw some fresh water enter the river. Heavy rain showers in the East of Co. Mayo helped to raise water levels, in the upper reaches, to a moderate flow for this time of year, with some colour in the water. This saw a number of fish moving to the upper beats of the river.
The angling so far this year on the River Moy has been very good considering that the grilse run has not yet started. The number of fish caught is ahead of this time last year, but it is the quality of the fish that is of most interest. A good general size of salmon has been caught with many fish in the 8 – 10 lbs. range, and a good number much larger.
The Moy Fishery had a good week with some fine salmon up to 13.39 lbs. being taken by anglers. Selby Knox of the UK had a 10.11 lbs. fish on fly while James Doran had two salmon for 7.71 and 12.37 lbs. on the Ridge Pool. The Cathedral Beat was productive for visiting Spanish angler, Fernando Fernend, who landed salmon of 10.5 lbs. and 12.5 lbs.
Up River, the Mount Falcon Fishery produced a 5.5 lbs. salmon for Mullingar angler, Noel McEntyre, while Gannon’s Fishery produced a fabulous salmon of 14.5 lbs. for Alan Lendrum from Northern Ireland. Chris Goodenough from the UK caught his first Moy Salmon, a 6 lbs. fish at the Foxford Fishery. Rinanney produced some fine fish for Northern Irish anglers, Stephen Scott and Neil Shields, of 12.5 lbs. and 12 lbs. respectively.
On Cloongee Fishery, Paul Wymes from Dublin banked 4 salmon, keeping 2 fish for 7 and 9.5 lbs. Pat Sherry from Wicklow had a 4.5 lbs. salmon, also on the Cloongee Fishery.
East Mayo Anglers waters produced a stunning 18 lbs. salmon for Dermot Drain from the North of Ireland. Lough Conn. The angling on Lough Conn improved when compared to the proceeding week. The westerly winds and more un-settled weather helped encourage fish to rise more freely to the fly. One hundred and forty four anglers accounted for a reported catch of 110 trout, with an average weight of just under the 1lb. mark. Sporadic hatches of May Fly were reported over the week with some fish still falling to dry May Fly patterns. Green Peter, Watson’s Fancy, Golden Dabbler, Yellow Wolf and Spent Gnat were productive patterns for the week. Dermot Dunne from Offaly and Seamus Kelly boated 4 nice trout for 7 lbs. while Spent Gnat fishing, the best a 3 lbs. fish. Sam and Gerard Lynch of Cork had 6 trout over two days, returning all of them. Welsh anglers, Karl Jenkins and Alien Wade, took 4 trout for 6.5 lbs., the best a 2.75 lbs. fish. The Foxford Angling Club fished for their annual Presidents Cup, on Sunday the 8th of June on Lough Conn. Twenty five anglers competed with first prize taken by Ray Stewart with 2 trout. Second was Peter Roche, with 2 trout, while John Burke was third, also with 2 trout. The prize for best junior angler went to Michael Tiernan who finished 5th over all. Ballisodare River. Angling on the Ballisodare River over the week was extremely good. Catch and release was very much to the fore with 50 salmon caught and 40 of these fish being released. The grilse run is well under way, with a good number of salmon in the 3-5 lbs. range falling to anglers. Local angler, Jimmy Cuffe had a good week’s fishing on the system catching a 9 lbs. fish, and releasing several others, including an 8 and a 6 lbs. salmon. Carrowmore Lake. Angling on Carrowmore has slowed somewhat, compared to other weeks, but is expected to pick up again with the imminent arrival of the Grilse run. Franz Kaiser from Bangor Erris, boated a fine salmon of 13 lbs. Moy Estuary. The Sea trout angling continued to be extremely good on the Moy Estuary over the week. Anglers were rewarded with good catches of trout in the 1.5 – 2 lbs mark. Dr Gordan Gavrilovic from Serbia and a party of visiting anglers boated 40 trout for 2 days angling, with guide Judd Ruane, with most of the fish released. Ballin Lough.Ballin Lough was stocked with 250 Rainbow trout during the week. The fish are of fantastic quality with a mean weight of 1 kg. The Lough provided some challenging but enjoyable sport over the week, with a good number of trout encountered. Bill Flynn Jnr. from Castlebar boated 6 trout, keeping one fish. Louis O Brien and boat partner caught 2 fish the best a 3 lbs. Rainbow trout.Popular flies for the week were: Black Bomber, Claret Bumble, and Dabblers.To book fishing on this popular and productive Rainbow Trout fishery, anglers should contact Mrs. Gill on 098-26128.
Northern Region: Web: http://www.nrfb.ie E-mail: info@nrfb.ie Lynsey Clarke reports:
RIVER DROWES – Monday 9th to Sunday 15th June 2008.
There’s no change this week. The sun still shines and the drought continues! The river ran at very low summer levels. No rods were fishing apart from visitors booked into the fishery cottages and most of these fished Lough Melvin for trout rather than the river for salmon. There is no reported catch of salmon to date.
LOUGH MELVIN – Monday 9th to Sunday 15th June 2008.
Conditions on the Lough were variable over the week with some nice overcast days and decent breezes. We did not receive any rain however and the Lough remains at very low levels. There are some rocks showing that are never normally seen! Local anglers are navigating known areas slowly and caution is wise! Some rain would liven up the Lough. Nobody is out fishing for salmon at all. There were variable reports for the trout fishing with some anglers reporting good catches and others, very poor catches. The Home International Trout Competition was held on Lough Melvin this week fishing out of Breffni Pier with Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales competing. Wednesday and Thursday were practice days with the actual competition taking place on Friday. The fishing was fairly good over the practice days with good numbers of trout caught. These were mainly sonaghan. However, the fishing was harder on Friday with the fish being less responsive and harder to come by. The competition was fairly close with the Welsh teaming winning with 20 fish. In second place was Ireland with more fish at 21 caught but weighing less than the Welsh catch. In third place was Scotland with 18 fish and bringing up the rear was England with 15 fish caught. Also, the local competition for the O’Connor Cup was fished on Sunday. 17 boats fished out of Breffni Pier in the boat (2 man) competition. The fishing reflected Fridays result with fish somewhat hard to come by. The winners were Jacquie Mahon and Mark Deavin with 3 fish caught. In second place were the father and son team of Sean & Darren Maguire with 3 fish caught. Third place went to Bernie & Vincent Kilkenny with 2 fish caught. We received some rain this week and the forecast is for some more rain but at the time of writing, this has not been sufficient to raise the Lough by any discernible amount.
OWENEA FISHERY – Monday 9th to Sunday 15th June 2008.
The weather was sunny and there was little rainfall once again this week. The river ran at very low summer levels all week. The gauge average for the week read a very low 0.09 metres! There were no rods fishing and consequently no recorded catch.
EANY FISHERY – Monday 9th to Sunday 15th June 2008.
The report for the Eany is much the same as the Owenea with no rainfall, sunny weather and very low water all week. The gauge average for the week read a very low 0.09 metres. There were no rods fishing and consequently, no catch to report!
RIVER DROWES – Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June 2008.
With very little rainfall for the week, the Drowes remained at low levels with bright sunny conditions still prevalent. This meant very few rods were fishing save for those anglers already booked into the fishery cottages. One of these anglers, Urs Frei, recorded 2 grilse for the week however. The fish weighed 3 & 4 lbs. and were caught on the fly and the worm. We hope for rain to raise levels on the Lough and River!
LOUGH MELVIN – Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June 2008.
The Lough remains at low levels with little rainfall this week. There were no anglers fishing for salmon it seems and so little to report on this front. The trout fishing was very good however with good catches of fish, both sonaghan and gillaroo on wet flies and dry flies. Anglers reported catches of up to 8 good fish per angler. Around Bilberry Island and Kinlough Bay fished particularly well with fair hatches of mayfly in Kinlough Bay and good hatches of buzzers around Bilberry and over other areas of the lough. The Ireland, England, Scotland & Wales international competition takes place this coming week with practice days on Wednesday and Thursday and the competition on Friday. It will be interesting to see how the Lough fishes.
ERNE ESTUARY – Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June 2008.
The Erne Estuary fished well once again this week. With the dry conditions, there is little water coming through the power stations and this always equates to better fishing. Also, there are now good numbers of ‘Sprit’ in the Estuary, There were good numbers of sea trout caught to 4 lbs. plus on spinners, flies & sand eels.
OWENEA FISHERY – Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June 2008.
The weather was dry and sunny except for a little rain on Wednesday evening. Consequently the Owenea ran at low summer levels again this week except for a small fresh on Thursday reading only 0.16 metres on the gauge. The gauge average for the week only read 0.10 metres. With the low conditions, only 3 visiting rods were fishing for the week and the only reports are of sun burn and no fish!
EANY FISHERY – Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June 2008.
The Eany River ran at low levels for the greater part of the week except for a small flood of 0.60 metres on Wednesday. This was a very dirty flood however, since the river had ran at low levels for some 2 months! It did however encourage a number of salmon to ascend the fishery. The gauge average for the week read 0.22 metres. The river was however quiet this week with no visiting rods in attendance and we await news of the first salmon of the season.
Lough’s Agency: Web: http://www.loughs-agency.org E Mail: Lionel.knobbs@loughs-agency.org Lionel Knobbs, Loughs Agency Angling Manager reports: LOUGHS AGENCY ANGLING REPORT 12 JUNE 2008 As I mentioned in last weeks report, sea trout fishing is becoming topical! With the continuing dry weather and low water levels, anglers wishing to land one of these fine fish should concentrate their efforts on tidal stretches of rivers and the first holding pools upstream. Dawn and dusk offer the best opportunities for brown trout but as darkness falls sea trout become more active and will more readily fall prey to an anglers fly. In the early part of the night floating line seems to work best, working either the tail or neck of pools. A little after midnight (at midsummer) switch to sink tip line and fish the deeper, slower mid-sections of a pool. As the eastern horizon tinges moving into the last hour of darkness, revert to floating line and again fish the neck and tail of the pools. Recommended trout flies are Peter Ross and Alexander for dawn and dusk and Teal Blue Silver during the hours of darkness. Although we are all enjoying the recent fine weather, many anglers will share my concern about low water levels in rivers and lakes. We must all do our part to conserve water - the less water coming out of your tap, the more water is left in the rivers and lakes! Remember that only some water supply is sourced from reservoirs - a lot is abstracted from rivers and loughs, so let us all work to leave water for the fish. Do not wash your car, don't irrigate your lawn, take a shower not a bath and turn that tap off! Consider rainwater harvesting - it is as simple as placing a barrel (or even just a bucket) under one of your downpipes. Anglers are obvious ambassadors for water conservation. Fish and other water creatures need water - water is life, not just a lifestyle!
With the help of a few clouds and a slight breeze at times, Cashel anglers were doing the business once again. On Friday night we had our first ever 'night fishing' event beginning with a BBQ at 8pm. An excellent turnout of anglers as expected banking an average of three trout each with weights up to 6 lb. We fished all night using bright coloured flies with silver/fluorescent bodies as well as muddlers and white fritz lures. Limavady's Lexi Stewart and Willie Lowry had a great day taking home a real beauty each which weighed 5 lbs. 7 ozs. and 5 lbs. 9 ozs. respectively. Young Ciaran Guy, also from Limavady bagged himself one lovely trout weighing 3 lbs. 7 ozs. These anglers were using assorted lures. Arnold Boreland (Limavady) used white or fluorescent buzzers to bank nineteen trout while Mr B Mellon (Maghera) had sixteen trout over two days. Ciaran Mellon (Swatragh) bagged two weighing 5 lbs. 6 ozs and released another three which took the black buzzer. Jason Mc Clean (Largy), a newcomer to Cashel, released nine trout which took lures and dries with the varying weather conditions. Don Mc Arthur (Limavady) released eight excellent trout which weighed on average of three and a half pounds each. Don used the wee dry black spider. Aidan Feeny, Kevin Cassidy and Colin Fox (Derry) banked nine trout between them using CDC bloodworms and foam back lures. Shaun Duggan (Gulladuff), Aidy Askin (Derry), Kevin Burke (Claudy), Caolan Mc Nally (Portglenone) had thirteen trout |