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Wild Brown Trout in Rivers, Lochs and Reservoirs
Northern Ireland
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Go Fishing with Charlie Whelan
Salmon and Sea Trout Season Dates UK & Ireland
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Strict Controls on Salmon Fishing in Ireland See Rivers Closed for Fishing
Scottish Record Rod Caught Freshwater Fish
Weird Creatures Discovered in Scottish Loch
Deveron Days and Spey Day Tickets
Useful Fishing Facts to Know Before You Start to Fish in the UK.
Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, the bill will soon be law, but does it do enough to address the issues of fish farming and Gs?
SANA Annual General Meeting, The SANA AGM was held on the 11th March 2007, presenting those in attendance with some ominous news.
Six Flies For the Highlands The only flies you need for fishing in the Highlands, they make a deadly combination
What to do When a Salmon Takes the Fly Part 1
What to do When a Salmon Takes the Fly Part 2
Cormorant, Why do Fisheries Have to Put up With Them?
Scottish Fisheries Board Salmon Catch Statistics, 1955 - 2004
Book Reviews
Angling News:
The Gyrodactylus salaris Threat
Go on, Go on, Go on, The Irish Drift Nets are Gone!
Features:
The Berwick Angling Association Beat on the Whiteadder at Allanton.
SANA, Scottish Anglers National Association
Fishing Reports:
Angling Rambles:
When Everything Goes Tickityboo!
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The Autumn Run on the Dulnain, Autumn 2003.
Catch and Release, Don't Play with your Food!
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Some people would say that Sheelin is the best trout lough in Ireland, some might say it is the best anywhere, the statistics tend to bear this out. In a recent study the lough, which is only 4 miles long and 1 mile wide (4654 acres), was found to hold over 100,000 fish over 8 inches of which 40,000 were between 2 and 4lbs. Now that is phenomenal. The average for the lough is 3lbs with fish up to double figures taken every year. What makes Sheelin so productive? As with many of the famous loughs, Sheelin lies on limestone giving the water a high Ph. Alkaline water ensures fertility which means everything grows fast, there being so much to eat that the lough sustains a fish population way above what its size would suggest. The lough doesn't just hold trout, there are substantial pike and a large population of course fish which becomes important to the trout angler later in the season. Off course there is the fly population which is plentiful making Sheelin a top dry fly venue, then there is the Mayfly which brings the lough to the boil. The fishing season extends from 1st March to 12th October. Given the statistics you would think that you would be into good bags of fish, well it does happen but Sheelin also has a reputation for being hard going. Maybe it because there is just so much for the fish to feed on. The fishing starts in March with trout feeding on shrimp and water louse along the rocky shores. By mid April the Duck Fly starts in the eastern side of the loch for about four week. Olives start in early May followed by the Mayfly hatch and a hatch of green and olive buzzers. The Murrough, a big red sedge, hatches from the start of May of about 6 weeks and can attract the big fish of an evening. Caenis appear in June and July in amazing numbers which can drive the fish into a feeding frenzy (and the angler to despair) where they are next to impossible to catch. I've seen trout cruising along with their backs out of the water filtering out the caenis like mini basking sharks, the only way the catch them is to put the fly in their mouths. By mid June the coarse fish fry are around in great numbers and the trout hammer into the shoals. August sees an other olive hatch and hatches of sedge fly, towards the end of the season dapping with grasshoppers or daddies is exciting and effective. There is a positive feast of food for the fish throughout the season representing serious challenges for the 'match the hatch' fisherman, the best kind of fly fishing, where hard work, good presentation, knowledge of flies and fly life and a bit of luck can combine to give a rewarding fishing experience. Best fly patterns are: March, GRHE, Mallard and Claret, Sooty Olive; April, Duckfly Pupae, Sooty Olive, small Mallard and Claret, Dunkeld; May, Olive Nymph, Spent Gnat, Murrough; June / July Green Nymph, a light coloured Greenwells Glory, Sooty Olive and silver and gold bodied flies or white lures to represent the perch and roach fry; August to October, Bibio, Green Peter, Sooty Olive, Connemara Black. For all of that the fishing permit is only 10 Euros per day or 18 Euros for 21 days and is one of the fisheries covered by the Shannon River Board permit. There is 14" size limit and a 4 fish per day bag limit. Boats can be hired for about 40 Euros per day and their are several Ghillies you can hire to guide you round the lough and advise you on flies and techniques. Kilcoleman Fishery, salmon and trout fishing over 1.2 miles with 10 named pools on the Bandon river in the 240 acre Kilcoleman Park Estate, County Cork just 20 miles from Kinsale. Fishing costs 180 euros per week, accommodation available on the estate. Call 00353 23 47279 (outside Ireland) or 023 47279, email gamefishing@eircom.net The Blackwater has a justifiable reputation for being one the best salmon fishing rivers in Ireland and one of the top in Europe with catch statistics of 6000 - 8000 rod caught salmon per year. The river has fish running throughout the year with spingers in the 8 to 20lb range coming in from February to April, grilse arriving from April to July, the early fish being bigger, in the 5 to 7lb range, while later fish are in the 2 to 4lb range. Summer fish arrive over a 3 week period late May into June and are in the 10 to 15lb range. By far the biggest runs arrive in the back end of the season, through August to September, with as much as half of the seasons total catch being landed at this time. Black Water Lodge Fisheries have extensive fishing including 16 named beats from just above Lismore to the Mallows. Their 5 year average 2002 to 06 is an impressive 740 fish. Ghillies are available by arrangement and charge about 120 Euros per day. Fishing tickets range from £25 Euros per day in February to 120 Euros in September. The lodge offers a wide range of services including accommodation. For more information call Ian Powell the proprietor on 0871 4740135. Finn River a fast flowing salmon spate river rushing from the Blue Stack Mountains for 25 mile to its confluence with the Mourne (sounds like a line from a song). The best fishing is around Clonghan and day tickets are available on what is reputed to be to notch fly fishing water, call Thomas McCreedy on (353) 74 320075 or David Wilde on (353) 74 33003, permits cost 17 to 30 euros.
Loch Derg, (not to be confused with its more southerly name sake)a fairly large lough (2000 hectares) part of the Erne system, nearest town being Pettigo. Wild brown trout averaging 12 to 14 ozs with fish over 3lbs regularly coming off the lough. Best April / May. Best patterns are traditionals, grenwells, black pennel, butchers as well as buzzers. There are some salmon and sea trout which run up the Upper Derg river from Lough Erne when there is a spate. The Upper Derg river is 3 miles long. The area also offers sea trout fishing on the Termon river from august onwards. Some of the fishing is covered by the DCAL permit and by the Pettigo and District Angling Club. For club permits call 028 6863 1591. Drowes is short river which drains Loch Melvin but it is rated as a premier spring and summer salmon water and not without justification as it can produce in excess of a 1000 fish a year. There are few sea trout but the brown trout can be very good. The Drowes opens the earliest in the UK and Ireland, you can go fishing here on New Years day if you are sober enough and it produces the the first fish of the year most years often on opening day. Drowes Fishery call 00353 (0) 719841055 for further information of permit costs and bookings (the cost of the fishing is relatively inexpensive for such a productive fishery). Rossinver, top beats for salmon fishing on the Drowes and Loch Melvin call 00353 (0) 719841451. Bunowen Shannon Fisheries Board water holding brown trout averaging about 1lb. the fishing is fly only above Ahascragh Bridge. Delhpi Fishery This famous west coast salmon fishery offers fishing on the river and lough on a daily rotation, maximum 12 rods per day. 10 year average 538 fish approximately 50:50 river and lough. Costs, 1800 euros for 7 night including fishing accommodation and all meals, government license and ghillie are extra. call +353 95 42222. Killian River covered by the Shannon Fisheries Board permit the river ha good stocks of trout in the half to three quarters of a pound range (size limit 10", max bag 6 fish). Kylemore Salmon fishing on this west coast fishery which has a very good back end run call, Nigel Rush on 00353 95 41178. The name Corrib is know to every fly fisherman, synonymous with Mayfly, Corrib produces prodigious bags of fish every year. At 30 miles long Corrib is massive stretching from Galway City to Maam Bridge, a daunting task to fish this lough. The trout season starts early on Corrib commencing on the 15th of February when fishing is mostly trolling although some fish can be picked up on the fly fishing in sheltered bays. The real trout fishing with fly starts with the Duck Fly in March where shallow sheltered bays can be most productive. Flies recommended are in the size range 10 to 14 and include; Blae Sooty Olive, Red Arrow, Fiery Bow, Mallard and Claret, Connemara Black, Peter Ross and the Bibio. The best of the fishing is along the west shore from Birchell Bay to Rinerroon Point. In April the olives start, fished both dry and wet, Greenwells Glory, Blae and Sooty Olive, Olive Bumble. Sooty Olive, Invicta and Green Olive. May is anglers heaven when the Mayfly hatch in droves starting about the 20th of May for about 4 weeks. Dapping the natural fly is considered the best method and local school kids still earn a few Euros catching these flies and selling them to anglers. Reports are that up to 5,000 trout can be taken at this time and Corrib is renowned not just for the quantity of fish produced it is known for the size of the fish landed. Mid June and July sees the fishing go into a bit of a Doldrums but it picks up again in mid August when dapping a daddy or a grasshopper can be very effective. By September fish are back on the wet fly, Green Peter, Invicta, Balck Pennel, Murrough,Bibio and Wickhams Fancy. Corrib also has a good run of salmon taken mostly on the troll using tobies and silver or copper spoons. The best of the fishing is around the Cong / Carrick shore in the north of the lough. June sees a good run of grilse giving sport to the spinner, bait and fly. Best areas for grilse in the lower lough are around Billybeg, Muckrush, Rabbit Island and the Narrows. On the upper lough the west shore from Inishgaran to the Fallomer river mouth with hot spots in Bog Bay, Ougterard Bay, Inishdawee and the west side of the Doorus Peninsula especially the Hut Bay. Flies recommended are Green Peter, Silver Doctor, Black Doctor, Thunder and Lightening sizes 8 to 10. This lough is massive and as with any big water you need local help to guide you around the lough. Knowing the name of a good bay doesn't mean you know the best spots to fish in the bay and you could waste a lot of time searching, these bays are as big a many lakes and loughs!. There are a number of angling centres around the lough where you can hire boats and engage ghillies who can handle the boats for you, remember big loughs can kick up rough in a storm and a bit of local know how will get you out of sticky situations. The main centres are Ougterard, Cong, Cornamona, Headford, Knockferry and Annaghdown. As a guide to costs boats with an outboard cost about 45 Euros per day and a ghillie will cost you about 100 euros. The salmon season start 1st February and the trout starts 15th February both finish on the 30th of September. Shiven River a Shannon Fisheries Board water with good trout averaging about a pound with good pike and course fish in the lower reaches of the river. Tirur River an other Shannon Fisheries Board water with trout averaging about a half a pound. Size limit 10" max bag 6 fish. |
spots are behind the Dolman Hotel in Carlow, between Gorebridge and
Graiguenamanagh and at Milford. The weir pool below St Mullins
Weir has lots of fish in the half pound range. Pike fishing is
especially good between Athy and St Mullins and course fishing for
bream and hybrids as well as rudd some tench, roach and perch is
good at Bahana Woods and Graiguenamanagh.
There are 5 custom built fishing
stands for wheelchair users as well as well made paths in
Bagnelstown which was chosen as it offers the full range of Barrow
fish. Course fishing is free and permits for salmon and trout can be
had from local tackle shops.
The local fishery board has taken steps to improve access to rivers and loughs in the area, licenses and permits can be had from tackle shops, hotels and guest houses in the area
Black Water river is a short spate river of some 8 miles in length which drains one of the Killarney Lakes. Salmon and sea trout fishing available, permits cost about 5 Euros.
Fearle, rated as one of the most productive rivers in Ireland the Fearle offers up great angling for salmon and sea trout with over 1500 salmon and 2000 sea trout coming to rods in an average year. The river is 46 miles long and the North Kerry Angling Association controls much of the fishing including the newly redeveloped town water stretches at Listowel. The river has excellent fly water handled with a 14 foot rod and a bit of wading. Day and week tickets available, contact Jim Horgan on +353 6823848 for further information.
Flesk a medium sized spate river offering fishing for salmon, grilse and brown trout.
Gar of Dunloe / Black Valley, an area of great scenic beauty studded with many small lakes full of small brown trout for a fun day out.
Killarney Lakes salmon, sea trout and brown trout fishing on on three lakes, Leane, Middle lake and Upper lake set in stunning scenery. Fishing is I believe free but it is best to check, best flies, Bibio, Black Zulu, Bog Fly, Alder and when in season the Hawthorn and Duck Fly.
Luane a lightly fish river of about 18 miles which flows from Lough Leane, the largest of the Killarny lakes. The Luane has good fly fishing water for salmon, sea trout and brown trout.
Lough Currane reputedly the best sea trout fishing venue in Ireland (average 1.5lbs with fish up to 7lbs and more, 90% of Irish specimens come from here) Currane holds good stocks of salmon and brown trout as well. The lough is 2500 acres and is almost at sea level and connected to the sea by the very short, 500 yards, river Cunneragh so the fish do not have far to travel hence they are in prime condition and fight like fury. The salmon fishing starts early, Feb to April and mostly they are trolled for. The sea trout arrive from May onwards with the biggest fish coming early and the smaller fish arriving with the grilse from June onwards. Recommended flies are bright and bushy, for salmon try Hairy Mary, Blue Charm or Thunder and Lightening, for sea trout and try claret bumble, Fiery Brown, Peter Ross, Wckhams, Connemara Black, Bloody Butcher, Bibios work for the trout which average about .75lbs. Fishing is free on the loch and boats and ghillies can be hired locally.
Smearlagh a short river of about 10 miles, a tributary of the Fearle the Smearlagh offers good angling for migratory fish if the angler is willing to be adaptable. The fishing on 9 miles of the river is run by the North Kerry AA who offer day and week tickets, contact Jim Horgan on +353 68232848 for further information
The rivers Dee and Glyde. The Dee and Glyde Fishing Development Association control fishing on these two rivers. Sadly both are on the closed list for salon fishing however they both rivers hold good stocks of trout. The Dee rises in Co Cavan an flows 30 miles to the sea at Annagassan. A fertile river, the Dee has good fly life including Mayflies, olives and sedges. The Glyde is slightly longer at 35 miles. Day tickets are available from tackle shops in Dundalk and Drogheda.
Lough Carra
Lough Carra lies just to the north of Mask and is a smaller water, but at 6 miles long and up to a mile wide it is still quite a specimen. A limestone lough of high fertility Carra is rated the best of the loughs in the area, so popular it is stocked on an annual basis by the fisheries board to keep the numbers up. The water is gin clear and when fishing in shallow water over the white marl bottom it is possible the sight fish for trout which is an exciting prospect as there is a report of an 18lb fish taken once and of many double figure fish being present. Mayfly time the when the anglers have the best chance of a big fish and the hatch is earlier on Carra, the last week of April to the end of the second week of May. Fly life and fly patterns are as for Corrib.
Lough Conn drained by the river Moy, Louch Conn is a large fishery some 9 miles long by 2 to 4 miles wide covering about 12,000 acres with many islands and bays. The lough holds a very good stock of brown trout (average annual catch about 8 to 10,000 fish), estimated at over 500,000 fish and has good runs of salmon and grilse.
Spring fish start to arrive in march through to May when the grilse start to move fro May to July. Brown trout fishing starts in March with the Duck Fly followed at the end of may early June by the Mayfly hatch. Fishing is mostly with wet flies ( three fly casts) although dry fly is growing in popularity. Dapping is also very effective and locally this is often done with live Mayfly, daddies and grasshoppers. There is no requirement for a permit, you do need a rod license, size limit is ten inches and C & R is encouraged. Boats and ghillies can be hired locally.
Lough Mask
Lough Mask is a near neighbour to Corrib, a limestone lough of high fertility which produced top notch baskets of trout averaging 1.25lb with fish over 3lbs not uncommon at all at all at all. Smaller than Corrib, Mask is never the less a big lough of 20,000 acres, 10 miles long and 4 miles wide. Mask offer the angler opportunities to fish from both bank and boat with the area around the mouth of the canal recommended for bank fishing with sedges and the bays on eastern shore with wet olives.
The tactics and flies used on Mask are very like those employed on Corrib with wet and dry flies doing well and dapping the Mayfly, daddies and grasshoppers in their season being both productive and exciting. Mask also hold a number of ferox up to the twenty pound mark and these are fished for by trolling the deeper waters around the islands in the middle of the lough.
The major angling centre is Ballinrobe although there are several other places and boats and ghillies are available for hire all round the lough. The loch is unkind to the foolhardy with many shallows and rocky reefs just under the surface waiting to break a boat. Even if you are launching your own boat it is advisable to hire a guide. The fishing is free.
At approximately100k long the Moy is one heck of a river for salmon producing enormous rod catch figures each year. The Moy Fishery in Ballina (just 2.5 miles long) has an average of 5,000 fish per annum! Internationally renown for its fishing you are advised to book well in advance for the fishing as there is a high demand. The whole system can produce over 7000 recorded fish per year (although reading the reports on individual beats the numbers do not add up so low, relatively speaking). The Moy suffered from human intervention decades ago which has resulted in long deep channel stretches of river which do produce large numbers of fish however the river is not generally a fly fishing water. Many beats have carried out reinstatement and improvement work to the river creating streamy beats with new fly water. Spinning (Flying Cs) worm and fly and bubble float are common methods of fishing so the beats that do offer fly water are in high demand. Best flies; Ally Shrimp, |Ban Special, Foxford Shrimp, Green Highlander, Hairy Mairy.
It should be noted that fishing on the Moy and its tributaries upstream from the junction with the Gweenston river is free (in other area the fishing on tributaries is at a nominal sum for such quality fishing)
Moy Fishery at just 2.5 miles long the fishery is not the biggest beat in the world but but is the most productive in Europe returning over 500 fish per annum. The fishing is within the boundaries of Ballina town and consists of 8 beats much of which is tidal resulting in it being unfishable at times. Under the management of the North West Fishery Board who acquires the fishery in 1987, the nets and fish traps have gone allowing fish to run freely. The fishery is managed by the Moy Fishery Office, Ardnaree House, Abbey St, Ballina, Co Mayo. Call 096 21332 for bookings and information.
The 7 beats are:
Beat 1 Ridge Pool, possibly the most famous fishing beat in Ireland (or anywhere) the pool is so popular the fishing is divided into two session per day, 5 rods per session and now includes the Weir Pool since the fish traps were removed.
Beat 2 Cathedral Pool next pool down from the Ridge Pool beat, averages 1500 salmon pa! Takes 8 rods in 2 daily session.
Beat1 Polnamonagh, 2oom upstream of the Lower Bridge this pool is more a a spinning and bait water.
Beat 2 Spring Beat, good fly water, takes 8 rods.
Beat 3 Ash Tree Beat, by the town park, there is a boat and ghilllie for two rods plus 2 bank rods available.
Beat 4 Point Beat at the mouth of the Brusna river, a public beat with no restrictions on the number of rods, good sea trout fishing. Day week tickets available.
Freshwater Beat, 300 metres single bank, recently improved giving good access for persons with disabilities.
Gannon Fishery 1.5 miles single bank, mostly bait or spinning but with good fly water in low water conditions around Moran Rock and Two Bends. Average pa 7-800 fish. Call Foxford PO on 094 56101.
Armstrong Fishery 1.5 miles single bank fishing on the left bank, mostly bait or spinning with some good fly water, average pa 600-800 fish. Call 094 56580
Rinnaney Fishing run by Foxford AA, 2.5 miles single bank, mostly bait or spinning, average pa 1500 fish, call 094 56731
Byrnes Fishery half a mile single bank on the left bank up from Mount falcon, bait and spinning, call 096 36733.
Coolcronan Fishery 1 mile double bank fishing from the Bunnifinglas river to the Yellow river, 12 rods over 3 beats, bait and spinning although the fly does well in low water especially around the Rocks. Call 094 57055 or 0872398019.
Attymas Fishery run by the Attymas AA there are 2 beats, one of 1.5 miles right bank from opposite the Corroy river mouth down to the Wall Pool and from the Wall Pool up the Bunnifinglas river (does not include the Wall Pool). Bait / spinning. Call +353 (0) 94 58151 / 58147 / 58146.
Mount Falcon 1.5 mile double bank including the famous Wall Pool which is reconned to be the single most productive pool on the Moy, mostly bait and spinning but there is some fly water. Call 096 74472.
Ballina Salmon Angler Association. 3 miles double bank from the weir at Ballina to the junction with the Corroy some of which is good fly fishing water and a further 2.5 miles more suited to bait, spinning and the fly on the bubble float. Annual catches can be 1 to 2000. There is good sea trout fishing too. No restrictions on rod numbers and permits are very reasonable priced. Call North West Fisheries Board on +353 (0) 9621332 or obtain permits from the tackle shops in Ballina.
East Mayo AA have fishing on 8 miles double bank from 1 mile upstream of the junction with the Cross river to the joinings with the Killeen river on the left bank and 1.5 miles down from the Ballyahan Bridge on the right bank. Some good fly fishing plus worm and spinning. Good from March when it can average 40 fish per week.
Congee Fishery, 2 miles double bank 1 mile left bank including a stretch of the Cross river and the Joining Pool. Good fly fishing water, permits cost 50 euros per day on beat one with reductions for 2, 3 and 5 day bookings and 40 euros per day for beat 2 also with reductions for longer bookings. call 094 56534
Foxford Salmon Angler Fishery 1 mile double bank from Foxford Bridge, good fly fishing, call 094 56731.
Bakers 400 metres of fishing downstream from Eel Weir at Foxford, recenty redeveloped to produce two very good fly fishing pools that hold fish.
Foxford Fishing 1 mile double bank downstream for Foxford Bridge call 00353 (0) 96 49989.
The Shannon is so vast a river system it merits its own entry simply because it extends from Co. Offaly all the way down to Limerick. While this vast catchment has many privately owner fisheries and angling club waters the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board controls the fishing on 27 waters in what they class as the 'Midland Fisheries'. These waters carry a variety if fish species from salmon and trout to immense pike and first class course fishing. Sadly the Shannon is one of the rivers that has suffered for the drift netting and is now closed for salmon fishing except on the Feale and the Mulkear, a great loss to the angling world it is hoped that the Shannon recovers quickly. Still, the trout, pike and course fishing can be exceptional.
To fish on the Shannon Board waters you need a National License (or a Shannon Regional License which costs 60 euros) and a Fisheries Board permit which costs 35 euros for a year or 18 Euros for 21 days. To buy permits and licenses on line and for loads of information on the waters log on to www.shannon-fishery-board.ie
Clodigh River Shannon River Board water with brown trout in the 0.75 to 2lb range, size limit 9" max bag 6 fish.
Gageborough River a Shannon River Board fishery. hold good trout averaging about 1lb with a few salmon and pike.
Kilcormack River Shannon River Broad fishery trout average about half a pound, some salmon and pike.
Pallas Lake Fishery Shannon Fisheries Board permit, near Tullamore. Rainbow and brown trout fishing, bank only, fly only. Good pike but you can only fish for them with the fly.
River Brosna, a Shannon Fisheries Board water offering fishing for brown trout up to about 3lbs and and migratory Lough Derg trout, the croneen, which come in at about 1.5lbs.
River Camcor near Birr, Shannon Fisheries Board permit, brown trout averaging about half a pound and croneen to about 1.25lbs.
Tullamore Silver River Shannon Fisheries Board for brown trout averaging about half a pound.
Island River, covered by the Shannon Fisheries Board permit this river holds stocks of small brown trout in the half pound range. There are also some salmon, pike.
Killeglin River Shannon Fisheries board water with good stocks of trout of half to three quarters of a pound.
Lough O Flynn, Shannon Fisheries Board permit, bank and boat fishing, fly and spinner. Pike fishing is allowed all year but no course fishing. Trout average about 1.5lbs, size limit 12" and max bag 6 fish.
Lough Glore Fishery, Shannon Fisheries Board permit, fly and spinning for brown trout and pike. Trout average about 1.5lbs.
Mount Dalton Fishery, Shannon Fisheries Board permit, brown trout fishing average weight 1.5lbs to 3lbs. Boat fishing only fly only. Limit 12 ", bag 6 fish.
Upper River Suck sadly the Suck is closed for salmon fishing however it does have good stocks of brown trout (10" size limit max bag 6 fish) plus pike perch and roach.
Little River Brosna passing through both Tipperary and Co Offaly the fishing is controlled by the Shannon River Board. A highly rated river it holds good stock of wild brown trout and croneen to 1.5 to 2lbs.
The Blackwater has a justifiable reputation for being one the best salmon fishing rivers in Ireland, and one of the top in Europe with catch statistics of 6000 - 8000 rod caught salmon per year.
The river has fish running throughout
the year. The spring salmon in the 8 to 20lb range and run from
February to April. The grilse run from April to July, with the run
peaking at the end of June. The early grilse are larger (in the 5 to
7lb. range), while the later fish are in the 2 to 4lb range. This
said - now the drift nets are gone, there was an approx. 50%
increase in the average size of grilse & summer salmon in 2007.
There is a run of large May fish (distinct from the spring run)
which comes in over a 3-4 week period from late May into June. These
are in the 10 to 18lb range.
By far the biggest runs of salmon arrive in the back end of the
season, through August and September, with as much as half of the
seasons total catch being landed at this time.
Black Water Lodge Fisheries
have extensive fishing including 16
named beats from just above Lismore to the Mallows. Their 5 year
average 2002 to 06 is an impressive 740 fish. Ghillies are available
by arrangement and charge about 120 Euros per day. Fishing tickets
range from £25 Euros per day in February to 120 Euros in September.
The lodge offers a wide range of services including accommodation.
For more information call Ian Powell the proprietor on
Westmeath
Lough Derravaragh, Shannon Fisheries Board permit, a mixed trout, large pike and course fish predominantly trout. The size limit here is 12".
Lough Ennel near Mullingar, Shannon Fisheries Board permit, brown trout in the 1.5 to 6lb range averging about 2lbs. 12" size limit and max bag 6 fish.
Lough Owel, Shannon Fisheries Board permit, near Mullingar with good stocks of trout in the 1.25 to 2lb range and some fish to 7lbs known to be about.12" limit and max bag 6 fish.
River Inny, the Shannon Fisheries Board permit covers fishing on the Inny where brown trout to 3 and 4lbs can be had. Closed to salmon angling at present there are good stocks of pike, bream and roach.
If you do one thing this year you should learn to Spey cast with a single handed or double handed, it will change your angling life, for further information email Alistair Huskie at huskie@spinfish.co.uk
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