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Game Angling
& Fisheries News Update
Dated
Wednesday October 6th, 2009
Photo: L.S.T.P.A. Annual Stream
Rehabilitation trout competition was held on Sheelin on Saturday October 3rd.
In picture Winner: Peter Mc Cardle, Dundalk with a fish of 5.34lbs
and 2nd: Madeline
Kelly with a trout of 4.58lbs.
LOUGH SHEELIN END OF SEASON
STREAM ENHANCEMENT TROUT COMPETITION ATTRACTS A BIG ENTRY
The Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association held its annual
Sheelin Stream Enhancement Competition on Saturday 3rd October.
This is now the largest one day fly- fishing competition in the
country with 266 anglers from Ireland and the United Kingdom fishing
this event. The annual Lakelands trout competition was fished on the
three Westmeath lakes Owel, Ennell and Derravaragh on Sunday last
the 4th of October, There was a result from all the lakes.
Next Monday October 12th sees the end of the trout angling season.
We will have an end of season report next Wednesday.
Best of luck for the last few days!
TIGHT LINES!
NB: Salmon anglers please be aware that you are required by
law to return all logbooks and all unused carcass tags using the
self-addressed envelope that came with your licence. The deadline for
this is October 19th. Thank you.
UPPER
SHANNON
 LOUGH
SHEELIN
Autumn is setting in and the evenings are getting cool with the
first night frost last night. Anglers fishing the lake are getting
the best results fishing with wetflies. Fly hatches are sparse now
as the season nears an end for this year, a memorable angling
season on Sheelin. John Murphy and friend Roughan Ruckley from
Scotland caught and released 11 trout between them to over 2lbs.
P. Orange and friends caught 12 trout on wet flies over the week.
Michael Kelly had 12 fish to 2.5lbs, all released.
LOUGH SHEELIN STREAM ENHANCEMENT COMPETITION
Report by the L.S.T.P.A.
The Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association held its annual
Sheelin Stream Enhancement Competition on Saturday 3rd October.
The top 20 trout averaged 3.15lbs. The overall average weight was
2.4llbs.
This is now the largest one day fly- fishing competition in the
country with 266 anglers from Ireland and the United Kingdom
fishing this event. Such is the scale of the event boats had to be
launched from Chambers Bay, The ShRFB headquarters at Kilnahard,
the public pier at Kilnahard and also from the public pier at
Crover. In order to protect as many young trout as possible a
minimum size of 15 inches was in place for the competition which
is unique and testament to the quality of wild brown trout that
Lough Sheelin produces. Fishing conditions were very difficult on
the day with strong westerly winds, never the less over 40 fish
exceeding 15 inches were weighed in.
The winner of the competition was Peter McCardle with a trout of
5.34 pounds. He was later presented with his prize 19 foot Sheelin
boat by Michael McCabe sponsor of the first prize. Second place
went to Richard McDermott with a trout of 4.68lbs and his prize
was a 6hp outboard. In third place was Madeleine Kelly with a
trout of 4.58 pounds.
Photo: Nigel Greene
Enniskillan.
Photo: L/R Sean Young President
L.S.T.P.A., Pat Foley Committee, Eamon Cusack CEO ShRFB, Winner
Peter Mc Cardle. Albert Berry committee, Eamon Ross Secretary
L.S.T.P.A. and Michael O Callaghan Chairman ShRFB.
Photo: Junior angler
Ciaran Reilly Loughrea Co. Galway.
For further information 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 local competitions and other upcoming news.
For local updates contact Mr Sean
Gurhy, Assistant Fisheries Inspector Lough Sheelin Tel: 049
4336144
LOUGH O'FLYNN & UPPER RIVER SUCK
The weather and water levels were
good for angling. Very few anglers were out fishing though. On
Friday, 86 year old Mickey Maurice from Castlerea, accompanied his
friend Joe Flynn for a session on O'Flynn. Mickey had 5 nice fish
over 1.5lbs, caught on a Green Peter, Claret Dabbler and Daddy.
Joe was spinning with tiny lures and had 1 trout and lost two
others. Two other anglers tried their hand at the dry fly on
Thursday. They observed a big rise of trout and hooked and lost
two trout. The rise finished as quickly as it came on.
For updates contact John Ryan, Assistant
Fisheries Inspector Co Roscommon at 087 2536064.
MID SHANNON AREA
LOUGH OWEL
Week ending 4th
October, 2009
The Lakeland trout
competition was fished on the three Westmeath lakes
on Sunday the 4th of October. There was a very good
turn out and all three lakes produced a result.
The result was as follows,
Lough Owel: 32 anglers fished the lake and 28
fish were weighed in.
LOUGH ENNELL
Week ending
4th October, 2009
Lakeland's competition
results
Lough Ennell: 21 anglers fished the lake and
5 fish were weighed in.
For updates contact
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar
Office Tel: 044 48769
LOUGH
DERRAVARAGH,
Lakeland's competition results .
Lough Derravaragh: 12 anglers fished the lake
and 2 fish were weighed in.
For general updates contact Shannon Regional Fisheries Board
Mullingar Office Tel: 044 48769
PALLAS LAKE CO OFFALY
For updates contact Dinny Coyne Chairperson of
the Pallas Lake Angling Club Tel: 087 2974306.
LOUGH REE
ATHLONE ANGLERS ASSOCIATION NEWS
contact Eamon Cunningham P.R.O. Athlone Anglers
Association Phone
Mob: 087 - 2340815
Trout fishing reports are finished on Lough Ree for
this season. Join us in 2010 for the new angling
season.
LOUGH ACALLA CO GALWAY
No report received this week.
For updates contact John Devaney, Assistant
Fisheries Inspector, Roscommon 087 2266735
LITTLE BROSNA RIVER
Fishery closed to angling on September 30th, 2009 and re-opens on March
1st, 2010.
CAMCOR RIVER BIRR
Fishery closed to angling on September 30th, 2009 and re-opens on March
1st, 2010.
LOWER SHANNON AREA
LOUGH DERG
TJ O'Brien,
TJ's ANGLING CENTRE KILLALOE Tel: 061 376009 Mob 087
8108225 reports on the Mayfly fishing on Lough Derg
Lough Derg is closed to trout angling and re-opens on March
15th, 2010. Tight Lines in 2010.
RIVER MULCAIR CO
LIMERICK
MILLBANK HOUSE AND ANGLING CENTRE MURROE CO LIMERICK report on the
recent fishing on the River Mulcair in Co Limerick
The Mulcair is closed and re-opens on March 1st, 2010
ShRFB reports for the
RIVER FEALE CO KERRY
The Feale is closed and re-opens on March 1st, 2010 - join us then.
NB: Salmon anglers please be aware that you are required by
law to return all logbooks and all unused carcass tags using the
self addressed envelope that came with your licence . The deadline
is October 19th.
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
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