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Game Angling & Fisheries
News Update
Dated
Wednesday August 1st, 2007
Photo: Young Daniel Shaw of Collage Vale Mullingar. Young
Daniel is really keeping the Shaw angling tradition on line. Daniel
was fishing with dad Nickie on Lough Owel, photo courtesy of Michael
Flanagan Mullingar
LOUGH OWEL AND ACALLA
THE FORM TROUT FISHERIES THIS WEEK
It was a good week on Owel with
plenty of action and good returns. Anglers have reported observing
fish feeding well on fry late in the evening and these fish will
take if covered with a fly. Lough Acalla is in form with good
returns from the fishery. There was a good rise of fish on Sheelin
with good sedge hatches on the lake.
Those who are are fishing the lake are reporting some nice fish and
anglers are encouraged to fish even during daytime. Lough O'Flynn is
not fishing as well as it did over recent weeks. Water levels in the
system are very high. Few enough anglers fished
Ennell last week, but anglers who are prepared to stay late into the
evening can get good results on sedges. Salmon fishing has
stepped up a gear with good movement of fish but fish seem to be
elusive and difficult to catch. TIGHT LINES!
UPPER SHANNON
 LOUGH SHEELIN
There was a good rise of fish on
Sheelin and good sedge hatches on the lake. Peter O'Reilly
fished with Michael Kelly on Thursday last and caught and released
9 trout on dry sedges, fish averaging 1.5lbs to 2lbs. Gene Brady
L.S.T.P.A. had 4 fish on sedges ranging from 1.5lbs to 3lbs.
Adrian Mc Grane L.S.T.P.A. caught and released 4 fish up to 2lbs.
Eamon Connors had 2 fish averaging 2lbs on sedges. Anglers are
encouraged to try the lake even during daytime.
Contact Thomas Lynch L.S.T.P.A. Mobile: 087
9132033 or logon to the L.S.T.P.A website
http://www.loughsheelinanglers.ie/
for information on competitions and other local news.
For local updates contact
Mr Sean Gurhy, Assistant Fisheries Inspector Lough Sheelin Tel:
049 4336144
LOUGH O'FLYNN & UPPER RIVER SUCK
Water levels remain
very high and temperatures were very cool on some
evening, especially over the weekend. Consequently
fishing was slow over those evenings. There were six
to eight anglers out on O'Flynn most days. The best
returns were from Philip Mc Goldrick, Ballyhaunis.
He had three fish on Thursday. Anthony Baggot had
one fish over two sessions. Fish were observed
rising but elusive and difficult to catch. Catch of
the week went to Matt Foley. He had one fish of
3.5lbs caught on the River Suck in the Ballymoe
area. He had another fish of 2.75lbs on a Deer hair
sedge. For updates contact John Ryan, Assistant
Fisheries Inspector Co Roscommon at 087 2536064.
MID SHANNON AREA
LOUGH ENNELL
Few enough anglers fished Ennell
last week, but anglers who are prepared to stay late
into the evening can get good results. There were
quite good hatches of sedges, Peters and some buzzers.
Joe Brennan from Longford had the best reported fish
of the week at 3.75lbs on sedge. Declan Brearton,
Edenderry and Seamus Eighan from Rochfordbridge had a
fish each of 2.5lbs on Peter and sedge respectively.
John O'Donoghue, Dublin had a fish of 2lbs on fly.
Jack Bell, Tullamore had a fish of 1.5lbs.
For updates contact
Pat Mc Donnell, Fisheries Officer Shannon Regional
Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 9348769
mornings
LOUGH OWEL
It was a good week on Owel with
plenty of action and good returns. Anglers have
reported observing fish feeding well on fry late in
the evening and these fish will take if covered with
a fly. There were hatches of Silverhorn sedges and
Peters and most of the fish were caught on a range
of sedges. Nearly 160 fish were officially returned
to week ending Sunday July 29th. On Sunday 22nd July
two Welsh anglers had 5 fish between them, best
2.5lbs on Golden Olive. The Doherty brothers from
Clane had 8 fish between them on Wednesday July
22nd, best 2lbs, they released 4 fish. Brendan
Murray, Mullingar had 5 fish for 7.5lbs. Eugene
Fagan and angling partner Andy Young had 9 fish to
2.5lbs, released 6. On Friday John Plunkett and
Billy Darby had 4 fish for 6lbs. Michael Mc Mahon,
Drogheda had 9 fish in three visits, best 3lbs. Mick
Mc Cormack, Mullingar had 8 fish (returned 4) on
Saturday July 28th, best 4 fish at 2lbs each. Paul
Dunne from Clane had 7 fish (returned 5) kept the
best two fish of over 2lbs. We had lots of other
returns, too many to publish, well done to all who
returned their catches. On the competition front -
two competitions were fished. 18 anglers caught 11
fish in the Leixlip Anglers competition, best
2.5lbs. Gerry Heaslip won the Dargle Anglers
competition. 16 anglers caught 14 fish, best fish
2.5lbs. Prospects look good again on Owel for the
coming week.
For updates
contact Pat Mc Donnell, Fishery Officer
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar
Office Tel: 044 48769
Mick Flanagan, Angling
correspondent and photographer for Sunday World
and Topic group of newspapers Tel: 087 2797270:
mick@midlandangling.com
reports on Midland Lakes & Rivers.
DANIEL BOY....
We got a cracking photo this week sent in of
young Daniel Shaw of Collage Vale Mullingar. Young
Daniel is really keeping the Shaw angling
tradition on line. Daniel was fishing with dad
Nickie on Lough Owel, where he landed some fine
trout and
a few good Perch. Here we have Daniel pictured
with one of his cracking trout from Owel. I was in
with Nickie last week in Shaws hardware and he has
a splendid selection of outdoor clothing. There is
that much camouflage clothing around at present,
the fish can't see us out on the lake.
OWEL COMPETITIONS....
Tonight Wednesday 1st August Lough Owel trout
preservation Association will host the Dan
Mullally Trophy. This fly fishing competition will
be fished from 7pm-11pm. It's a club competition
and new members are more than welcome on the
night.
The weigh-in of the Dan Mullally will take place
at Mullallys and the all fish weighed in must be
over the 13inch limit for club competitions. Plus
a four fish limit is in place. The lake has being
stocked recently with some top quality brown trout
and these fish should provide some rod bending
action in the coming weeks. On August 12th
the club will host the Patti Doolan Perpetual
Shield. More on this in the coming weeks.
GLORE- ALL SPECIES.....
Lough Glore anglers are holding their all- species
competitions. Sponsored by Castlepollard Angling
centre, this event should draw quite a few
anglers. On the membership card the venue is the Inny
River. This may change before the the competition
morning as the River is quite high and very
overgrown with weeds in some stretches. The
competition is next Sunday August 5th and fishing
is from 9am-4-30pm. Please check with
Castlepollard Angling Centre before travelling
Sunday morning Mob: 086-3686146.
LOUGH REE
Liam Reilly from Foxford, Mayo fished Lough Ree from his cruiser on
the 24th July using a medium size Toby lure with green markings to
catch a brown trout weighing 6lbs 2 oz - report by Dermot Killeen,
Shannonbridge
ATHLONE ANGLERS ASSOCIATION NEWS
report courtesy of Eamon Cunningham P.R.O. Athlone Anglers
Association Phone
Mob: 087 - 2340815
THE JOHN MORAN MEMORIAL CUP....
The August Bank Holiday weekend is reserved every year for one of
the largest Trout competitions of the season, the John Moran
Memorial Cup, which is run and sponsored by Ganly’s Homevalue
Hardware and also the Ganly, Monaghan and Doherty families. This
will be the eighteenth year this competition has taken place and is
held to remember John Moran who passed away so tragically on the
lake. While the fishing competition is the main event there will
also be plenty of other activities over the whole weekend to keep
everybody busy.
The fishing competition, which will start at 10.30am on Sunday
August 5th from Killeenmore Harbour, is open to members of invited
clubs some of which are Athlone Anglers Association, Ballykeeran and
Killeenmore Anglers, Camlin and District Anglers, Cashel Anglers
Association, Coosan Anglers Association, Elan Angling Club,
Lanesboro Pike Anglers, Portlick Anglers Association and Roscommon
and District Anglers.
While standard trout fishing rules apply and both fly and troll
methods can be used please remember that there will be around two
hundred anglers taking part which means that in all probability it
will be a large fish which wins so please let the smaller ones back
unharmed if possible. The competition finishes back at Killeenmore
Harbour at 6.00pm where only ticket holders will be allowed to weigh
in their fish. Tickets will be issued at the start of the
competition by each clubs Captain of the Day which for the Athlone
Anglers Association will be Angela Sloane, normal competition entry
fees will apply and competitors may only start from Killeenmore
Harbour. As there are so many clubs taking part please make sure and
get there early as it is going to be extremely busy.
Apart from the main fishing competition on the Sunday there are also
a number of other events taking place over the weekend starting on
Saturday August 4th at 2pm with the Children’s Fishing Competition
followed by a barbeque. On Sunday if you don’t fancy going to the
Lake for the fishing then there will be a fantastic Bingo session
starting at 2.00pm and after the weigh in of the fishing competition
there will be a barbeque followed by entertainment.
Monday has been designated as sports day with many events taking
place for both the adults and the kids including the traditional Egg
and Spoon Race, the Wheelbarrow Race, Football Competition plus
many, many more events throughout the day and evening to keep
everybody entertained.
The competition and all the other events are open to members and
their immediate families of all the invited clubs and is one of the
few occasion in the year when practically the entire local angling
community get together to swap stories with old friends and renew
acquaintances. All in all it promises to be a great weekend and our
thanks to the Ganly, Monaghan and Doherty families for all their
hard work and dedication in making this event so enjoyable for
everyone and we look forward to seeing you all there.
LOUGH DERRAVARAGH,
For general updates
contact Pat Mc Donnell, Fisheries Officer
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar
Office Tel: 044 48769
PALLAS LAKE CO OFFALY
For general updates contact Dinny Coyne Chairperson of the Pallas Lake Angling
Club Tel: 087 2974306.
LOUGH ACALLA CO GALWAY
It was another good angling week on Lough Acalla
with prolific hatches of sedges. On average about 12
anglers per day fished the fishery with good results
achieved. D Ward from Kilconnell had a 3lb Brown
trout on a Golden Olive. K Dowd from
Ballinasloe had a 2lb Brown trout on a Peter Ross.
The most successful flies were Golden Head olive,
Peter Ross, Black Pennell and Muddlers. Prospects
look favourable for the coming week.
For updates contact John Devaney, Assistant
Fisheries Inspector, Roscommon 087 2266735
CAMCOR RIVER BIRR
The night fly fishing on the Camcor River has been
slow considering the amount of effort put in by
local anglers. A few fish were caught along Palmers
flats and Sandymount at dusk.
LOWER SHANNON AREA
LOUGH DERG ANGLERS ASSOCIATION NEWS
Lough Derg Native Fish Biodiversity Project
Towards the sustainable management of Lough Derg's
native fish populations
Project update June 2007
The Lough Derg Native Fish Biodiversity Project is
now is now into its second year and it is timely
that we should have a newsletter just to give people
an update on the developments so far. Its been quite
exciting really and we’ve come along way from our
humble beginnings! Just to recap, the Lough Derg
Native Fish Biodiversity Project (Lough Derg NFB
Project) was set up to answer a number of questions
concerning the native fish community using the most
up-to-date and sophisticated scientific techniques.
Such question include;....
RIVER MULCAIR CO
LIMERICK
Over the last week, lots of
Salmon have been observed moving through the
Mulcair and Castleconnell systems. With the
presence of many anglers on the banks of the
Mulcair, the salmon have proved
elusive. For some anglers the week has
proven to be very successful with local
angler Dermot Darcy landing three fish in
the long field area of the Mulcair, the best
being a grilse of 8lbs. Water levels should
be favourable this week for the fly angler
as water levels drop back. Anglers are
reporting a good number of Salmon showing at
Plassy on the Shannon.
CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT BYE-LAW NO.
814, 2006
This Bye-Law provides for an
annual bag limit of 10 fish for 2007, a season bag limit of
1 fish in the period 1 Jan to 12 May, a daily bag limit of 3
fish from 13 May to 31 August and a daily bag limit of 1 fish from 1 September
to the end of the season. The Bye-law also provides for the use of single hooks
and prohibits the use of worms as bait once the specified number of fish
have been caught in the specified periods and revokes the existing limit Bye
–law.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SALMON ANGLERS - BROWN TAGS
From May 13th, 2007 the Minister introduced a system of Brown Gill
tags for certain rivers where it is considered necessary in the
interests of conserving stocks to closely monitor angling quotas to
ensure river based quotas are not exceeded. The River Mulcair in Co
Limerick is covered by this scheme.
ShRFB reports for the
RIVER FEALE CO KERRY
Report to follow.
NB: Anglers please note the new
Salmon & Sea Trout Bye Laws for the River
Feale for 2007. See
SHANNON FISHERIES REGION (River Feale) CONSERVATION OF
SALMON AND SEA TROUT BYE LAW NO 816, 2007
This Bye-Law provides for a bag limit of 4
fish (being either salmon or sea trout over 40 cm) from 1 March to 12 May
subject to a daily bag limit of 1 fish during the period. The Bye-law also
incorporates the provisions of the existing Bye-law i.e. an overall
annual bag limit of 10 fish for 2007, a daily bag limit of 3
fish from 13 May to 31 August and a daily bag limit of 1 fish from 1 September
to the end of the season. The Bye-law also provides for the use of single hooks
and prohibits the use of worms as bait once the specified number of fish have
been caught in the specified periods.
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.
Anglers have enjoyed good
trout fishing on the River Maigue, best to
2lbs.
For angling updates on
Castleroberts contact Mob: 087 9810817
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