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Angling
Update 2010
- Shannon Region
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SEVERE NIGHT FROSTS AND BITTER COLD CONTINUES TO HAMPER COARSE
FISHING
Water levels on the Shannon are now almost at summer level after a
prolonged dry spell of very cold and frosty weather.
We have very few coarse angling reports in as yet. Water temperature is
struggling to get to 3C and many of the backwaters in the mid Shannon around
Banagher were reported as frozen over, due to the severe night frosts.
We'll have to wait for
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APRIL
GEARING UP FOR BIG PIKE ACTION IN THE SHANNON REGION
April is gearing up to be an action packed month with some major
events on the calendar. Next Sunday Boyle and Distract Angling Club
host the Paddy Sharkey Memorial Perpetual Cup Pike competition,
at Lough Gara. Fishing from 11am - 6pm.
The club will also hold their Annual Easter Pike Angling Festival on
Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th of April 2010, on Lough Key.
This is a major event and anglers travel from near and far, Ireland,
England, Germany and Holland to take part. See full report for further
details and contacts.
Dermot Killeen at our centre in Shannonbridge reports that three Ballinasloe pike anglers had a number of pike while
fishing the Shannon upstream near Clonmacnoise. Shane Treacy landed
a huge 35lbs specimen pike which he photographed, weighed and released
to fight another day. Finally, we will be featuring a regular column
from Herman Molenaar for the Lough Derg and the lower Shannon area
from mid April. Herman operates an angling tourism business based in
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LOUGH
OWEL AND SHEELIN WORTH TRYING THIS WEEK
It was a cold week for fishing.
There's not a lot of angling activity yet. Lough Owel fished quite
well, despite the cold conditions. There was very little angling
reported on Ennell or Derravaragh. Some good fish to 5lbs were
caught and released on Sheelin. Feature photo shows a fish of over
4lbs being released by Danny Levy. The trout season kicked off on Lough
Derg on Monday last March 15th. Peter Gleeson, angling
correspondent for the Nenagh Guardian newspaper reports on the
opening few days on Derg. Eddie Ryan of
Youghalarra had a magnificent trout of 8lbs 10ozs which he caught off
Ryan’s Point on Lough Derg on the opening day Monday March 15th,
The competition for the Kevin Griffin Memorial Cup as usual
attracted a great entry for Athlone Anglers Association members on Lough
Ree with twenty eight boats taking part. Eamon Cunningham reports
on this and announces the upcoming Quinnsworth Cup trout
competition. An angler pleasure fishing had a good fish on Lough
Ree at over 8lbs.
Salmon fishing has been very slow due to the very low water on the
River Feale and ....
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Luke
Aston 'Clare Dragoon' Angling Column 2010
A NEW SEASON APPROACHES FOR THE CLARE DRAGOON
Report dated March 10th, 2010
As the days get longer and the start of another fishing season
approaches I am busy getting the boat ready. After trying a few
fishing trips over the last few years I have come to the conclusion
that February and March are very poor fishing months in this area.
Which in many ways is strange because, when I was commercial
fishing, they were often the best months of the year when fishing
for whitefish. Maybe it is because the water is so cold or maybe the
fish are just busy spawning! Anyway for what ever reason and even
though they are showing on the fish finder it is very hard to get
fish to take a hook.
So now I have got into the routine of lifting the Clare Dragoon out
of the water early in February, doing whatever jobs and maintenance
need to be done and being ready to go early in April. My season will
start after Easter which is in early April this year and the
bookings are ....
Bill Ryan's
Shore Angling Column 2010 West Clare
To be updated soon. Watch this space
Trevor Kiely fished the flat rock
at Dunlicky in February with just a few fish reported. The winter
fishing was very tough.
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