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Fishing News
Irish Angling Update - Weekly roundup
Catch of the Week
French angler Eric Tournaire Wins Catch of the Week with a 6.5lbs brown trout caught on Lough Inagh, Connemara. Want to see more? Visit Catch of the Week.
Mayfly reports
Regularly updated reports on how the Mayfly is coming along this season. Mayfly reports.
There is plenty to report in this week's angling update. With loads of news from coarse, pike, salmon, trout and sea anglers there is surely something for everyone in the audience. There was a small improvement in weather conditions which in turn improved the fortunes of many fishermen, but nonetheless most are still hoping for temperatures to increase so angling can really get going. But the big news in this week's Irish Angling Update is Fisheries Awareness Week... ...read more [updated 10/05/12]
Headlines
- NCFFI Senior Canals Championship held in unseasonably cold weather
- Bream and tench to 6lb and bags of over a ton reported from Arvagh, Gowna, Inishmuch
- Good coarse fishing reported from Co. Leitrim.
- Big specimen bream reported in big catches recorded in the Upper Shannon area.
- Super coarse fishing catches at two recent small festivals on Inniscarra Lake in Co. Cork.
- Good bream and tench fishing for english visitors at Melview Lodge.
- Information Days Promote Fisheries Awareness Event in Carrickmacross
- Fishing for shad by the light of the silver moon in St Mullins, Carlow
- French anglers enjoy good pike fishing on Lough Corrib
- Pike up to 21 lb. for a Belgium party at Melview Lodge
- Kenny Sloan reports on success for Scottish anglers in the Foxford area
- Salmon Continue to win Battles on the Boyne
- Spring salmon fishing continuing at Galway Fishery
- High water and big tides with fish up to 19lbs reported on the Slaney
- 8lb 15oz fish was a prayer answered for Gode at Delphi
- 14.2lb salmon for Tim Harty on the Blackwater
- Killala Bay update
- Good deep sea fishing reported at Courtmacsherry.
- Tope on a kayak – the freedom and excitement of kayak fishing
- Sunshine and a ‘secret’ location led Kevin to his first Bass in forty years
- Good shore fishing reported from the Beara Peninsula
- Sunny Saturday in Galway Bay and fish all around
- Emy Lake Continues to Fish Well
- Good rainbow trout fishing at the Cashel Fishery.
- Mayfly Hatch Greatly Anticipated on the Boyne
- May fly hatching in numbers on Lough Arrow
- Sheelin trout to 7lb on buzzer, mayfly warming up
- Lough Mask Continues to Produce Excellent Sport
- Good mayfly fishing on Lough Corrib
- The Lagan continues to boil with plenty of fish recorded
- Great hatches of Iron Blue Duns on the Suir but North east winds making casting difficult
For daily reports and news read the Irish Angling Update
Additional Fishing Resources
Irish Fishing Tackle Shops
A definitive list of all the fishing tackle shops in the Ireland. Arranged by county, details what each shop sells, an invaluable resource.
Fishing Guides and Ghillies
Here you will find contact details of all the ghillies, Irish fishing guides and casting instructors for flyfishing, coarse and sea angling in Ireland.
Fishing Charter Boats
A list of all registered and insured deep sea fishing, angling charter boats in Ireland.
Irish Angling Regulations
A complete guide to all bye laws and regulations governing angling in Ireland.
Online angling guide for anglers with a disablity
An online angling guide for anglers with a disablity or restricted mobility featuring those fisheries which offer accessible angling.
River Basin District Offices
An introduction to and contact information for the River Basin District Offices.
Fishing in Ireland
Ireland is recognised as being the outstanding fishing holiday destination in Europe. The vast variety and quality of fishing in Ireland makes it the perfect destination for your angling holiday.
The Irish climate is well suited to sport angling. It is temperate and kind to the angler with moderate summers, mild winters and adequate rainfall throughout the year. The warm waters of the North Atlantic Drift lap the south and west coasts, giving us a milder climate than our geographical location would indicate.
The result is a fabulous mixture of cold and warm water fish species, capable of exciting the specialist or casual angler on the annual family holiday. In fresh water, they range from Carp, more attuned to warm waters, to the Atlantic Salmon, which is a north Atlantic species. The marine species range from the cold water Cod and Coalfish to the Mediterranean loving Bass and the mid Atlantic Blue Shark.
Many Irish people enjoy fishing but we are happy to share our "riches" with our fellow anglers from all over the world. Few of us, however, fish for coarse fish (freshwater species other than the salmon and trout family) which means that our magnificent pike, bream, tench, roach, rudd and eel fisheries are largely left to the tourist, as is much of the sea angling, particularly along the south and west coasts.
Lakes, rivers and coastal stretches are surveyed and mapped, fisheries are managed and stocked, while banks and access routes to the waters edge are developed to ensure the visitor gets directly and easily to the hotspots. Most of the angling is organised around recognised angling centres which specialise in catering for the angling tourist. Salmon and trout fisheries are usually the property of an individual, club, organisation or the state and permission to fish is generally required except in the case of the state owned lakes, such as the Great Western Loughs and the Lakes of Killarney.
Some waters have seldom, if ever seen a rod and line but exploration is always an enjoyable part of an fishing holiday, so do not be afraid to "have a go", it might well result in the fish of a lifetime.