May 12th, 2010. - Archived Salmon & Trout Fishing Reports for the Shannon Region

Game Angling & Fisheries News Update

Dated Wednesday May 12th, 2010

Photo: The Irish record trout of 26lbs 2oz caught on Lough Ennell in 1894 still holds for now but only just! This huge Corrib trout which topped the scales at 25.1lbs was recently caught by visiting Czech angler Karel Sourek. It is the largest trout caught in Ireland in over 100 years. The picture was received from Michael Flanagan - source: Tom Kelly of Oughterard which was sent to Kevin Crowley WFFB.

MAYFLY FEVER CATCHING ON FAST AS SEASON COMMENCES ON LOUGH DERG

Despite the cool week, Mayfly are now hatching on Lough Derg and anglers are starting to get reasonably good results at various venues around the lake, Peter Gleeson reports on the pleasure angling and local competitions on Derg. One of the big stories last week which featured in the national angling press was the huge trout caught by visiting Czech angler Karel Sourek while fishing on Lough Corrib. The massive fish which was released weighed 25.1lbs. Well done to Karel from the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. Fishing has been generally slow on our midland fisheries this week with the exception of Lough Owel and to a lesser extent Lough Ennell, which by all accounts has started to fish of late with good hatches of olives. Sheelin and O'Flynn have been slow due to the cold conditions. Lough Acalla is worth trying for the Rainbow stockies. Athlone Anglers Association reports on the O'Donovan Cup trout competition fished on Lough Ree and announces the up-coming Dapp competition fixtures. Mayfly hatches are just starting on Ree but should take another week before fish switch on to them properly. Good conditions are expected for the evening gnat fishing on Derg from the weekend onwards, with milder weather on the way. TIGHT LINES!

UPPER SHANNON

LOUGH KEY

TROUT OPEN MAYFLY COMPETITION - BOYLE & DISTRICT ANGLERS

Boyle and District Angling Club will hold an open Mayfly competition on Lough Key for the Olbert memorial perpetual cup. The competition will take place over two days, On Saturday 15th May and Sunday 16th May. Fishing on Saturday will commence at 11am 'til 10pm and Sunday from 11 am 'til 8pm. Entries will be taken at the Doon Shore on Saturday morning between 10am and 11am. Entry fee is €20 per angler. The presentation will take place in Wynnes lounge on Sunday evening. If there is any changes to the above, details will be posted on the Boyle & District Anglers Blog See http://boyleanglers.blogspot.com/ . Further details contact the Secretary on 086 8301261.

LOUGH SHEELIN

Trout fishing has been very slow on Sheelin due to the very chilly conditions with northerly winds prevailing all week. Ned Murray from Ardee had 1 trout of 2lbs caught on buzzer at Goreport. Gene Brady LSTPA had one trout. Other than that not a lot to report.

For local information on competitions and news for 2010 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 local updates contact Mr Sean Gurhy, Assistant Fisheries Inspector Lough Sheelin Tel: 049 4336144

LOUGH O'FLYNN & UPPER RIVER SUCK

There was a bitterly cold north, north easterly wind on Lough O'Flynn and River Suck for most of the week which hampered angling. Mayfly hatches have just commenced on the River Suck. Hatches are only sporadic on O'Flynn as yet. We await milder conditions which are forecast over the weekend. This should improve the fishing.

For updates contact John Ryan, Assistant Fisheries Inspector Co Roscommon at 087 2536064.

MID SHANNON AREA

LOUGH OWEL

Trout fishing is good at the moment on Lough Owel. Sooty olive is working well. Weather remains cool for the time of year with grass frosts in the morning time.

Mick Flanagan, Angling correspondent and photographer Mullingar reports Mobile: 087-2797270.

OWEL CRACKER: Anglers are reeling in some super fish on Owel, and we received a super photo of a beautiful 3lbs plus fish caught recently on Owel. Stuart Marry and his angling pal Paul Forde boated a fine fish of 3 .5lbs on a Claret Dabbler. The fish was in mint condition, and in the coming weeks Owel will be worth checking out.

NALLY AND FAGAN: What a pair. Unfortunately in the Angling World we lose some great characters, and this pair would take some beating. Jimmy and Owen will be remembered in the coming weeks on the competition scene. On Saturday May 15th a competition will take place on Owel in honour the late Owen Fagan. Fishing from 12- 4pm check-in Mullally's Shore. Presentation in Clarke’s Bar at 6pm. We just might be Out & About for this competition. On May 30th Jimmy Nally Memorial Cup will be fished on Derravaragh. We pulled an old Black & White picture from a file of Jimmy and Owen in their hay day. I am told it was taken back in 1956.

MOUNT DALTON: Another Jewel in the Crown here in Westmeath is Mouth Dalton Lake near Rathconrath. It's a beautiful lake full of cracking brown trout. It is stocked regularly by the ShRFB but also hold some very colourful wild brown trout. I spent a day last week on Mount Dalton with Uncle Pat, and Frank McKeown who is really enjoying his angling. Frank better known to his angling pals and Golf buddies as Chesty is having a fantastic season, and long may it last.

LOUGH ENNELL

Fishing on Ennell has started to pick up of late with a good hatch of olives. Colin Cahill had fish to over 3lbs, fishing early morning.

ENNELL RECORD STILL STANDS by Michael Flanagan

Here in the Midlands we almost lost our Trout Rod caught record. Yes the Ennell trout still is the top fish in the fishing game records at 26lbs 2oz. Mind you a beauty rattled the scales last week on Corrib at 25.1lbs. The lucky angler was Karel Sourek and Tom Kelly of Oughterard sent the photo to Kevin. Naturally we have to publish the photo of this beautiful fish, and it almost took our record from the Midlands.

For updates contact Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 9348769.

LOUGH DERRAVARAGH,

No trout fishing reported.

For general updates contact Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 48769

FRIENDS OF LOCH AN DOCHAIS TO HOST THE ALL IRELAND TROUT ANGLING MATCH 2010

The Annual All Ireland Trout Angling Match for anglers with special needs run by Loch an Dochais takes place at Loch an Dochais, Kilcormac, Co Offaly on Sunday 30th May 2010. This is the 14th year of this competition and the lake now has the capacity of 43 angling spaces with ample car parking available. Great credit is due to all involved who have brought the lake to the state it is today and running this competition.

Anglers will be competing for the Mary Robinson Perpetual Trophy and other prizes. The usual rules apply for this years match.

Fishing is from 11am to 2.45pm,
Bag Limit: 4 trout per angler per day
All legitimate angling methods allowed
Entry fee: €10.00 payable at the lake shore
The committee's decision is final in the event of any dispute

Presentation of prizes takes place in St Josephs Community Centre, Kilcormac at 3.30 pm. This is courtesy of the Kilcormac Development Association.

A youth trout angling competition follows the All Ireland match. This will be run by the friends of Loch an Dochais and the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. Fishing is from 3pm to 5pm, with a bag limit of 4 trout per angler. The entry fee is €4.00 and all legitimate angling methods are allowed to fish on the lake during this period. Children to be accompanied by an adult.

We wish all anglers the best of luck.

All enquiries for both competitions to Secretary Denis O'Driscoll. Tel: 057 9135328.

PALLAS LAKE CO OFFALY

Pallas Lake opened to angling on Saturday last May 1st.

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

Photo: Eoin and Richard Henry along with Barney Kelly accept the Donovan Memorial Cup from Tony Stacey Bar Manager in Sean’s Bar.

RICHARD SHOWS THE WAY IN DONOVAN CUP ....

It’s that time of the year when a small insect called a Mayfly drives anglers demented and while it may be a little late this year due to the bad winter and spring the effect is still the same as twenty nine boats full of anglers turned up last Sunday to check out Lough Ree for signs of the first hatch. While there was some Mayfly spotted they were very few and far between and it may be another week to ten days before we see them in any numbers and the other thing that was scarce on the day was trout as only two were brought to the scales with Richard Henry producing the goods late in the day.

The weigh in and presentation of prizes took place that evening in Sean’s Bar where Tony Stacey and his staff were fantastic hosts and when the scales came down at eight thirty it was Richard Henry, Eoin Henry and Barney Kelly who topped the leader board and in second place with the only other fish weighed in was Liam O’Sullivan and Noel Courtney.

Thanks to Paul and Timmy Donovan for their generous sponsorship of this competition and to Tony Stacey and the staff on the night for the excellent hospitality and not forgetting Dominic Conway who was the very un-busy Captain of The Day.

THE DAPP COMPETITIONS ...

The following is the schedule for the Dapp competitions over the next month: 16th May 2010 – The Teddy Browne Cup; 23rd May 2010 – The Lough Ree Inn Cup; 30th May 2010 – The Barra Flynn Cup.

The competition for the heaviest trout on the Dapp will run from Sunday 16th May to Sunday 13th June inclusive. Trout caught on the Sunday competitions will count and is open to all members who are automatically entered and no entry fee is required. The cup will be presented at the annual presentation night later in the year.
The money competition will take place from Monday 17th May to Saturday 12th June and trout caught on a Sunday will not count regardless of whether the angler was fishing in a competition or not. The entry fee for this competition is €15 and all entry fees will be given out in prizes as follows 1st – 50%; 2nd – 30%; 3rd – 20%. All anglers must register with Eamon Cunningham for this competition.

FOR YOUR DIARY ...

The following is the schedule of competitions that it is proposed to hold over the next few weeks Please note this list may change due to unforeseen circumstances, however the details of each competition will be published in this newspaper, the Athlone.ie website and sent out to members by text message in the week prior to each competition.

16th May – The Lough Ree Inn Cup,

23rd May – The Barra Flynn Memorial Cup,

30th May – The Teddy Browne Memorial Cup

LOUGH ACALLA CO GALWAY

Anglers reported very good catches on Lough Acalla last week. Fish were caught at all times of the day, however, fly hatches were poor due to the cold conditions. Water levels on the lake remain very high. The average weight of fish caught were 1-1.5lbs. Best flies were Green Olive, Golden Olive, Sooty Olive, Black Pennell, Pheasant tail and Muddlers. A 2.5lb Rainbow was the best reported fish of the week, caught by a Ballinasloe angler. With a good stock of fish in the lake, angling prospects look promising and milder weather is on the way.

For updates contact John Devaney, Assistant Fisheries Inspector, Roscommon 087 2266735

LITTLE BROSNA RIVER

No reports this period.

CAMCOR RIVER BIRR

Fishery opened on March 1st, 2010. Reports will commence as soon as the Croneen runs start in July. Join us then.

LOWER SHANNON AREA

LOUGH DERG
'HOOKED ON FISH' BY PETER GLEESON ANGLING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE NENAGH GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER Mob: 087-6564662.

Report dated May 12th, 2010.

TROUT OF 14LBS LANDED ON LOUGH DERG ....

Photo: Fish of the week last week for Simon Kelly who caught this beautiful specimen size brown trout of 13.91lbs on April 23rd on Lough Derg while Pike fishing.

Simon Kelly of Castletroy in Limerick landed a fine specimen trout of just under 14lbs on Lough Derg while pike fishing in recent weeks, caught on a bulldawg bait. Simon, who normally operates a catch and release policy, kept this monster for mounting purposes. In truth, it was a fish of a lifetime and a conservationist like Simon deserves to keep it. Well done Simon!

MAYFLY FEVER TAKES HOLD ON DERG IN RATHER COLD CONDITIONS ...

Trout fishing on Lough Derg has been reasonably good this mayfly season, despite the unseasonably cold conditions. Many of the best fish are being caught on the dapp and wetflies but anglers are hoping that the weather will soften soon in order to provide some good evening fishing on the gnat.

Garrykennedy Fishing Club held two competitions last weekend and sixteen trout were weighed in on Sunday. The winners of the Gerry Regan Trophy on Saturday were father and son from Garrykennedy Eugene and Ciaran Willis with a trout of 2lbs 9ozs, caught on a wulff. Tommie Moloney won the Matt Kennedy Trophy on Sunday with a trout of 2lbs 15ozs on the dapp.

Donnacha Ryan of Newtown had a fish of 3lbs 8ozs on a silver dabbler from the bottom of Youghal Bay on Friday last and at least four more “keepers” over the weekend. Donal Keating of Portroe had a fish of 2lbs 10ozs on the dapp on Friday last.

Portroe anglers Padraig O’ Brien and Mal McCormack had two fish on the wets on Sunday and John Malone from the same parish had a fish of 2lbs 2ozs on the dapp on Saturday in Youghal Bay. Padraig O’ Brien also had three fish on Wednesday of last week in Williamstown on mayfly emergers and wulffs.

Eddie Hynes had three trout in fifteen minutes on Mayfly emergers in Meelick on Sunday and John Ryan of Newtown had two good fish from Youghal on Saturday and another on Sunday. Interestingly, John discovered a good quantity of daddy longlegs mixed with mayfly in the stomachs of the fish. There has been an unusually good hatch of daddies on Derg over the past fortnight and maybe dapping this insect could prove productive, even though this method of fishing is not a tradition on the lake.

Sean Treacy of Ardcroney had a great outing on the wets on Sunday while fishing out of Dromineer, landing fish of 5lbs and 2lbs. Jodie and William McGrath had a fish of 4lbs 1oz on Monday, May 10, also fishing out of Dromineer.

Nenagh angler Kevin Crosbie had two fine trout of over 3lbs on the wulff on Thursday of last week. As is Kevin’s style, both fish were released. Edwin Morgan of Nenagh and his boat partner had a great outing the same day, taking five on the wets, all released.

I forgot to mention last week the great fish of 3lbs 8ozs caught by Portroe angler Martin O’ Brien. Martin, who is only fishing a few years, hooked his fish on a pearly dabbler at Ryan’s Point – winning the top prize in the Ciss Ryan’s Pub competition for the heaviest trout caught on a fly in April.

There was some very good gnat fishing in Youghal Bay on Saturday evening last. My boat partner Jerry O’ Brien and I had six fish, including a trout of 1lb 15ozs caught by Jerry. I had my own unusual experience when I hooked a small trout of about half a pound. When bringing him to the boat he was grabbed by a pike of about 5lbs which refused to release the trout from his jaws. I eased both the trout and the greedy pike under Jerry’s outstretched net to secure for myself two species in one cast! Both were released, the trout absolutely reefed by the pike’s teeth”, and probably dead at this stage.

Meanwhile, Alan Slattery had a total of three good fish on the gnat in Youghal on Saturday and Sunday. But conditions need to get warmer for this method of fishing to come into its own.

Well done to Frank Moloney, the proprietor of the aptly named Dapp Inn pub in Nenagh, who had two salmon on the Shannon in Limerick last Thursday, one on fly and one spinning.

Two competitions will be staged by the Garrykennedy Fishing Club next weekend. The Caddy Kennedy Trophy competition is on Saturday and the Jackie Whelan Cup on Sunday.

HUGE LOUGH CORRIB TROUT CAUGHT BY VISITING CZECH ANGLER...

Meanwhile, the largest trout caught in Ireland in over 100 years was landed on Lough Corrib by visiting Czech angler Karel Sourek last week – a truly massive fish of 25.1 lbs. Karel was due to return home after his fishing holiday on Corrib but his flight was delayed due to the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud. He returned to the lake and caught the whopper in eight metres of water. Karel released the fish back into the lake, saying “the beautiful warrior” deserved to be freed.

*Send all you fishy stories to Peter Gleeson at
pgleeson@nenaghguardian.ie or contact him on 087-6564662.

RIVER MULCAIR CO LIMERICK

MILLBANK HOUSE AND ANGLING CENTRE MURROE CO LIMERICK report on the recent fishing on the River Mulcair in Co Limerick

No reports received.

ShRFB reports for the RIVER FEALE CO KERRY

Salmon angling remains slow as water levels shrink following a dry but cold week.

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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