Game Angling Reports - Shannon River Basin District

Dated Wednesday September 15th, 2010

Photo: A fine 8lb Lough Sheelin Trout caught by regular angler to the lake, Michael Kelly, Balbriggan, Co Dublin.

GOOD TROUT FISHING REPORTED ON OUR MIDLAND LAKES

Few anglers fished Lough Sheelin last week. Those who fished the lake reported good fishing, including this feature trout of the week of 8lbs caught by regular angler to the lake, Michael Kelly. There was some good trout fishing reported on Lough Ennell when conditions were favourable and this is expected to continue for the remainder of the season, weather permitting. Lough Owel has also fished quite well. There has been a good rise of fish on Lough Derravaragh and the lake is reported to be full of Daddies with some good fish caught.  Angling conditions have been unsuitable on Lough O'Flynn with high floods. Athlone Anglers Association reports on the trout competition for the Wykes/Gaffey Memorial Cup which took place last Sunday on Lough Ree.

The Mulkear River didn't come up to expectations, considering all the high water during the week.  Anglers had to fish hard to catch the odd Salmon. The River Feale  fished well midweek with good runs of Salmon into the system. Successions of floods over recent days is hampering the Salmon fishing though. Water levels are expected to settle down in the coming days with drier weather on the way and fishing should pick up in the improving conditions. TIGHT LINES!

NB: Anglers please be reminded that there is only one Salmon per day allowed in September, subject to the total allowable catch. Also Shrimp and Prawn fishing for Salmon is not permitted in the waters of the Shannon Region.

MulkearLife Project: Anglers please be aware that the second talk in the new Autumn 2010 series of illustrated talks by the MulkearLIFE project will take place tonight @ 8pm in Cappamore Community Centre, Cappamore, Co. Limerick. See full report for details.

Lough Sheelin, Co Cavan

Week Ending Sunday September 12th, 2010

Not many anglers ventured out on the lake during the week although for those who did fishing was good. A lot of fish were observed rising , particularly around Church Island. Most fish were released.

35 fish were recorded for the week.

Best Catches:
Thomas Harten, Kilnaleck had one trout of 4¼lbs on Friday September 10th at Orangefield using a small dry sedge, this fish was in excellent condition.

Peter McArdle, Dundalk had 5 trout on Sunday September 12th, wet fly fishing, best fish was 2¼lbs, all fish were released.

Michael Kelly, Dublin  had two trout on Tuesday, 1¼ and 1½ lbs, 5 fish on Wednesday best was 2 and 2½ lbs, 5 fish on Thursday, best was 3 lbs, 4 fish on Friday, best were 2 and 2½ lbs. All fish were released. He caught our feature trout of the week at time of writing, well done Michael!

Lough O'Flynn, Co Roscommon

Water levels are now near high winter level and very windy and this has negatively impacted on angling. Only 4 anglers fished the lake. John Connolly and John Meagher had 7 fish between them over two days dapping the Daddy, best 1.5lbs. The River Suck system is in flood and prospects don't look promising until water levels recover and conditions improve. This is expected hopefully by the weekend.

Lough Ennell, Co Westmeath

Photo: Ray Mc Entyre with three nice Ennell trout, photo courtesy of Michael Flanagan.

There has been some good returns coming off Lough Ennell.  Mattie Wheeler from Sligo fished over two days. He had 4 fish, heaviest over 2lbs. Johnny Grimes, Mullingar had 5 fish for three days, fishing midweek, heaviest 3lbs. John Brennan from Longford fished over 4 days and had 5 fish, heaviest 3lbs, kept two, others released. He caught his  fish on a Silver Dabbler. Dave Mc Bride, Dublin had a 2lb fish. Alan Mc Gory had a fish of 1.5lbs. Tosh Grimes fished over the week and had 6 fish, best 3.5lbs.

ENNELL TROUT: Lough Ennell is still producing some great trout on the troll and fly. It can really be a case of hit and miss on Ennell, but if you hit it right the lake will produce super fish. Mullingar Anglers Noel and Ray McIntyre were out for days trolling last week and landed three big trout. Prospects look promising for the coming week and beyond.

O'MALLEY CUP: Staying with Ennell, next Sunday September 19th Lough Ennell Trout Preservation Association will host the O’Malley Cup. This popular event will start at 11am from Whitebridge Bay. Hopefully conditions will be good for this fly-fishing competition, and we will see a few quality Ennell fish landed on the day. This is a club competition and new members are more than welcome on the day.

OCTOBER IRISH ANGLER:  Just got copy of October Irish Angler. Lough Owel has a very colourful 4-page feature. Local anglers Pat Liddy, Chris Mc Keown and the winners from the Dan Mullally Shield are featured. Next months magazine is a pike special we believe, and will be packed with tips on winter piking.

Mick Flanagan
Angling correspondent and photographer.
Sunday World and Topic group of newspapers.
Mobile: 087-2797270. Web:  http://www.midlandangling.com
 

Lough Owel, Co Westmeath

Lough Owel has been fishing quite well.  Brendan Murray had 3 fish, average 1.75lbs, all released. Dave Martin, Dublin had 3 fish, best 1.75lbs. Graham Farrell, Dublin had 8 fish in two day, heaviest 2.25lbs, all released. Michael Tyvoid had 6 fish, all released. Carl O'Toole, Dublin had 4 fish over a couple of sessions, the two heaviest fish were 1.75lbs.

The Leixlip Anglers fished the lake, 18 anglers took part. 14 fish were weighed in, heaviest 1.75lbs, average weight of fish was 1.5lbs. Midweek the Dundalk Anglers held a competition. 8 anglers took part. 9 fish were caught, averaging 1.5lbs, heaviest 2lbs.

Lough Derravaragh, Co Westmeath

Photos: Richard Mc Cabe with two nice trout from Derravaragh - pic courtesy of Michael Flanagan

Photos: Christy Cox and Liam Gilsenan on a drift on Lough Derravaragh, pic courtesy of Michael Flanagan

Joseph Keena, Dublin reports that local anglers Liam Gilsenan, Richard McCabe and Christy Cox fished Lough Derravaragh on Wednesday 8th September. The three well known anglers landed three great trout for their days fishing. The lake is reported to be full of Daddies at the moment. Fish are also reported to be feeding on fry. Liam and Christy also reported that they rose many more good trout.

Athlone Anglers Association News

Photo: Leo Behan and John Mulligan accept the Wykes/Gaffey Memorial Cup from
Nancy Gaffey and Gerry Wykes after the Athlone Anglers Association competition.

LEO AND JOHN TRIUMPH IN WYKES/GAFFEY CUP....

The penultimate trout competition of our season took place last Sunday when thirty one boats took to the water to fish for the Wykes/Gaffey Memorial Cup. As usual in September, when the kids go back to school, the weather was good and with a nice southerly breeze even the fly men were happy, but, and there is always a but, the trout decided to have a lie in and very few were brought to the scales.

The presentation of prizes took place that evening in Potters Bar where Paddy Martin and his staff were fantastic hosts and where, when the scales came down, Leo Behan and John Mulligan were declared the winners of the Wykes/Gaffey Memorial Cup. It was a very close finish as only three ounces separated the first two places and second place was taken by James Green Jnr, Thomas Gaffey Jnr and James Green. The battle for the other places was also very tight with third place going to Paul, Richie and Joe Fallon and they were separated by only an ounce from Eoin Henry, Richard Henry and Barney Kelly who took fourth place. The fifth and final spot went to George Price and Karl Unwin. All the fish in the prizes were caught, weighed and released unharmed on the lake during the day.

Thanks to the Wykes and Gaffey families for their very generous sponsorship of this competition and to Eoin O’Neill and Liam O’Sullivan who were the Captains of The Day.

HALLIGAN'S CUP ....

The next competition is for the Halligan Cup which is a fund raiser for the Lough Ree Fish Hatchery and we will publish full details of this competition in next week’s paper.

Eamon Cunningham PRO
Athlone Anglers Association
Mob: 087 - 2340815

Lough Acalla, Co Galway

No report this week. 

Little Brosna and Camcor River, Co Offaly

There has been a succession of floods on the Camcor River during the week and those who know the river will vouch that with river levels constantly up and down is not the best for fishing. Some anglers fished the dropping floods with some limited success.  Following heavy overnight rain on Monday night, the river is once again in flood, but dropping well at time of writing. More next week.

River Mulkear, Co Limerick

The week didn't pan out as expected on the Mulkear River, considering the ideal angling conditions with lots of water. Most anglers did manage to get the odd fish, but had to fish hard for their Salmon. Two French guests of Millbank House and Angling Centre had a fish apiece on Thursday, c. 4lbs, 6lbs, spinning the flying C.  Another Italian guest had a nice fresh run 8lb Salmon. The water level is well up again following more heavy rain on Monday night and is not expected in order for fishing until  tomorrow Thursday. The Newport River should recede and clear sufficiently to allow fishable water, today Wednesday. TIGHT LINES!

Richard Keays
Millbank Angling Centre,
Web:  http://www.millbankhouse.com

MulkearLife Project - Illustrated Talks

Please be aware that the second talk in the new Autumn 2010 series of illustrated talks by the MulkearLIFE project will take place tonight @ 8pm in Cappamore Community Centre, Cappamore, Co. Limerick. The free illustrated talk form part of MulkearLIFE’s Environmental Educational Programme. Mr. Oisin Naughton, Catchment Management Officer for Inland Fisheries Ireland (Shannon River Basin District) will guest speak tonight. His talk entitled “Fish & Fishermen – Understanding Catchment Management” will focus on the importance of involving all stakeholders in catchment management to ensure the long-term sustainability of rivers and fish stocks. He will also outline the Management Plan for the Shannon Salmon Restoration Project in which he will outline the major impacts on salmon stocks and work underway to address these concerns. His talk should be of particular interest to local anglers. Full details of all illustrated talks are available by clicking the link below:

http://www.mulkearlife.com/recent-news.php?newsid=22#details-of-four-free-illustrated-talks-in-september-2010-announced

River Feale, Co Kerry

There has been a good run of Salmon into the River Feale. Fishing was mixed due to the successions of floods and at times unsuitable angling conditions - water too heavy and dirty. Wednesday and Thursday seemed to be better days with anglers reporting good catches. There was a big dirty flood again yesterday Tuesday. Prospects look promising over the coming days and the weekend, with drier weather forecast. TIGHT LINES!

NB: Anglers please be reminded that there is only one Salmon per day allowed in September, subject to the total allowable catch. Also Shrimp and Prawn fishing for Salmon is not permitted in the waters of the Shannon Region.

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