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Game Angling & Fisheries News, Announcements, Upcoming Events/Notices & Reports: (Salmon & Trout Fishing) Dated Wednesday March 29th, 2006
Photo: Jane Fallon presents the Fallon Memorial Cup to Michael Sheriff and James Kearney while brothers James, Joe and Paul Fallon look on - photo courtesy of Eamon Cunningham, Athlone Anglers Association. TROUT ANGLING EXPECTED TO PICK UP AS DUCKFLY START TO EMERGE IN MUCH MILDER CONDITIONS Wet, mild and windy weather has replaced the prolonged period of bitterly cold easterlies of late. Trout fishing is slowly picking up with milder conditions reminding us that spring has just arrived and that winter has hopefully left. Lough Ree is providing the better fishing with good fish showing in the local early season competitions. Lough Owel did produce a few fish while Ennell is only returning the odd trout so far. The Duckfly season should build up momentum over the coming weeks and attract more anglers. Hopefully the weather will oblige and allow for more comfortable angling conditions on our midland lakes. The odd few salmon are starting to appear on the Lower Shannon. At time of writing rivers are in flood following the heavy rainfall of the past few days We have received news of the new draft Salmon & Seatrout Conservation Bye Law and revised tagging scheme S.I., which we have published for your information - see links in our main report. TIGHT LINES! UPPER SHANNON
A bit of mildness For updates contact Mr Sean Gurhy, Assistant Fisheries Inspector Lough Sheelin Tel: 049 4336144 LOUGH O'FLYNN & UPPER RIVER SUCK There has been little or no angling activity reported yet on Lough O'Flynn. It's generally April onwards that fishing slowly picks up on this fishery. For updates contact John Devaney Assistant Fisheries Inspector Co Roscommon at 087 2266735 MID SHANNON AREA Very few anglers are fishing Ennell presently. The present milder weather should see more anglers out and about by next weekend. Only three trout were officially reported caught this week. Tom Smith, Mullingar had a fish of 5lbs and Tosh Grimes, Mullingar had 2 fish for 4lbs. Some small duckfly are starting to hatch, and prospects look better. For updates contact Pat Mc Donnell, Fisheries Officer Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 48769 mornings With cold easterly winds up to recent days, Lough Owel was very quiet. There has been much milder conditions since the weekend which should get more anglers out on the lake by this weekend. 24 trout were officially returned up to weekending Sunday 26th March, mostly caught on fly. Martin Mc Gorian, Dublin had 3 fish for 4.75lbs, best 2lbs. Pat O'Neill & John Hutton, Mullingar had 3 fish. Also with 3 fish was Simon York, Moate and John O'Neill & Fran Nugent, Dublin. Stuart Murray, Dublin and Mick Finnegan, Kilbride had a fish each. 18 anglers fished the Silver Stream Competition on Owel, 8 fish were caught, J Geary won the event with 2 trout for 4lbs. For updates contact Pat Mc Donnell, Fishery Officer Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 48769 ATHLONE ANGLERS ASSOCIATION REPORTS Eamon Cunningham P.R.O. Email: eamo@iol.ie Ph: 087 - 2340815 THE FALLON MEMORIAL CUP.... The Fallon Memorial Cup is one of those competitions which always generates excitement and interest and this year was no exception as twenty boats took to the water. The competition was held on Sunday 26th March and while the weather in the morning was mild by early afternoon the rain came down and never let up for the rest of the day. However the anglers stuck to their task and a fine catch of fish was returned for the weigh in which took place in Walsh’s pub on Connaught Street. It was also great to see so many new members joining on the morning of the competition, particularly in the junior category, and we wish them all good fishing over the coming season. However when weigh in time approached it was the more seasoned members who came to the scales and for a while it looked like last weeks winner, Tony Doolan, had done it again but then James Kearney and Michael Sheriff came to the scales and surpassed even their own expectations when their fish weighed in at 3lb 13ozs to claim first prize and the Fallon Memorial Cup. This the second time, in the four years since this competition was first run, that James and Michael have taken home the top prize. Tony Doolan and Gerard Lynch were only two ounces behind when their fish weighed in at 3lb 11ozs while Johnny and Hugh Tobin claimed third prize for their trout weighing 2lb 9ozs, an improvement from their fourth place in last weeks competition. In fourth place was Connor Hannon and Sean Kelly, down one place from last week, with a trout weighing 2lb 1oz of which Connor was very proud as it was the only fly caught fish to win a prize. Karl Unwin and George Price claimed fifth place with a trout just one ounce lighter which weighed in at 2lb. The club would like to thank the Fallon family for their generous sponsorship and continued support in running this competition and in particular Paul Fallon who also carried out the Captain of the Day duties. Thanks also to Willie Walsh of Walsh’s pub and his staff for their excellent hospitality at the weigh in and presentation of prizes. THE ANGLERS REST CUP.... The competition for the Anglers Rest Cup will take place on Sunday 2nd April and this will be a home and away competition for trout. The away start will be at the old railway station at 8.30am while the home start will as usual be at Gallagher’s Boat Shed at 10.30pm. As the Anglers Rest pub, called Yates in recent years, has now closed its doors the weigh in and presentation of prizes will take place in Fiddler’s Bar with the scales down at 8.30pm sharp. Our thanks to Tracy Thompson of Fiddlers Bar, which is located beside the Dean Crowe Hall, for taking on this competition which has a long and distinguished history in the club. ShRFB REPORTS FOR LOUGH REE Recent heavy rainfall should bring up water levels on Lough Ree and favour fly anglers. A few nice fish are appearing in the early season competitions. Barry Darby Multyfarnham had the best reported fish of the week at 7.5lbs while deadbaiting. Simon Mullivhill Killenmore Anglers won their competition with a nice fish of 5lbs. 2nd was Joe Mc Taggart with a fish of 4lbs 12ozs and 3rd was Peadar Bartley with a fish of 4lbs. For updates contact Pat Mc Donnell, Fishery Officer Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 48769 No report this period For updates contact Pat Mc Donnell, Fisheries Officer Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 48769 Fishery opens May 1st For updates contact Dinny Coyne Chairperson of the Pallas Lake Angling Club Tel: 087 2974306. Mick Flanagan, Angling Correspondent for the Westmeath Topic and Sunday World Newspaper Tel: 087 2797270: mick@midlandangling.com reports on Midland Lakes & Rivers. UPCOMING EVENTS .... Tonight March 29th Lough Ennell Trout Preservation Association will hold their A.G.M. in the Greville Arms Hotel at 8pm.There has being a change of venue for the Lough Glore social night pencilled in for April. The night will be held in McCormack's Bar & Lounge Castlepollard not the Pollard Arms hotel are stated on tickets. More on this at a later date. You may remember I had a bit of luck on Lough Corrib last April and won the Rocca Cup and a super 19ft Davison Boat. Well it's coming up once again and there are some fantastic prizes up for grabs on the day including another boat and 15hp engine for 2nd place. Entry fee is €80.00. The event is hosted by Collinamuck Angling Club, fancy your chances! Entry fee to Mr Padraic Fahey, Unit 11a, Ballybane Ind Est. Tuam Road, Galway. 091-700900. FINALLY.... We end this weeks angling report on a very sad note indeed. On Monday morning we woke up to the news that Martin (Mo) Gerathy had passed away at a very young age. I got to know the "Mo" quite well when he worked along side his good fishing and shooting pal Brian Conlon formerly of Outdoor Pursuits. The "Mo" is a tragic loss to his family and to the sporting world as we anglers & shooters know it. On behalf of Angling Focus we send our deepest sympathies to the Gerathy family. LOWER SHANNON AREA
ShRFB reports for the RIVER FERGUS Co Clare, Lower Shannon and CASTLECONNELL SALMON FISHERY A few spring salmon are appearing on the Shannon, Longshore at Plassy, O'Briensbridge, Castleconnell, Salmon Fishery. At time of writing water levels are very high following the recent heavy rainfall. Once levels settle there should be a stir a fish. ShRFB reports for the RIVER FEALE CO KERRY There were no fish reported for the week. Water levels were very low for most of the week. Some rain did fall on Friday resulting in a small flood on Saturday but Salmon were reluctant to take. On Sunday there was good angling conditions. A few fresh fish were seen showing but nothing reported caught. At time of writing there is a huge flood on the river. Once levels settle there should be a good angling contingent to test the waters, more on this next week.For up to date fishing reports contact the local Assistant Fisheries Inspector Mr Paddy Halpin Mobile: 087 7729126 Like to Become a Contributor to this Angling Report ! If you have fished any of our game fisheries over the past week and wish to send us in your fishing report to feature on our next update, please CLICK HERE and complete our online form or simply send us an email with your contact particulars and catch details and attach a photo if you have one to Brian Mc Manus Email: info@shannon-fishery-board.ie Readership Statistics to this week - 2,433 visitors have viewed this season, 2006 |
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