The stormy circumstances of late have given away to much more settled climate this week with afternoon temperatures sometimes rising to the low teenagers and truthful quantities of sunshine in locations. Nevertheless, this hasn’t actually been mirrored in elevated angling exercise which might be no marvel as many waters nonetheless want time to settle after the latest run of storms and heavy rain.
This has been the case for Lough Conn the place trout anglers, after a reasonably promising opening day, have been struggling over the previous few weeks. The state of affairs on Lough Corrib is analogous with fly hatches not but underway, and trolling or lure fishing nonetheless the strategies of alternative for many anglers. Nonetheless, Tomi Kurman of Tomi Guided Fishing had a visitor out on Corrib for under his third day attempting for ferox to date, and what a day they’d with 5 takes and 4 trout landed, all between 64 and 78cm. This absolutely deserves our Catch of the Week!
Many midland anglers, like Mick Flanagan, put the pike rods again within the shed for some time this week as trout fishing started on the midland loughs. Mick reported good fishing from Lough Lene the place rainbows and over-wintered browns have been the goal.
Salmon fishing has additionally been on the sluggish aspect with just a few fisheries producing fish for the reason that begin of the season. On the Moy, anglers are nonetheless ready for the primary salmon of the brand new season, whereas boats on Lough Currane additionally drew a clean for the week. Additional north on the River Drowes, nonetheless, dropping water ranges after the latest floods resulted in a lot better angling circumstances, and anglers have been rewarded with some good catches, a few of them into double-figures.
Staying north, we obtained a report of a positive spring salmon caught on the River Lennon which has produced early fish previously.
Not solely salmon anglers will likely be delighted to listen to that Inland Fisheries Eire has revealed a brand new e book on historic salmon flies. This new e book that includes the ‘1902 Cork Assortment of Salmon Flies’ will convey a “long-lost treasure” of Irish angling to new generations around the globe. The splendidly illustrated publication is accessible on-line in numerous codecs.
It’s hoped to place the gathering on show as soon as extra and members of the general public are being inspired to contact IFI with any ideas they might have.
Over to pike fishing, which has additionally been affected by excessive water ranges. We obtained plenty of competitors studies from across the nation. O’Casey’s Pike Membership held their 2nd warmth of the 2022 league final weekend on a lake in Co. Monaghan, whereas Limerick County Pike Anglers have been out and about final weekend as they continued their winter competitions. Leinster Pike Anglers additionally held their first competitors of 2022 final week on three lakes in Cavan.
Coarse anglers have additionally been engaged in varied matches throughout the previous week together with the Leinster Coarse Anglers who have been again on the banks for spherical 4 of their winter league. Elsewhere, C/M Lakelands held a feeder solely membership match on the weekend which was received by Brenton Sweeney with a pleasant bag of skimmers.
Lastly over to sea angling, the place studies have been scarce for fairly a while because of the three storms which pounded the nation briefly succession. Nevertheless, members of Killybegs Mariners SAC have been out once more and managed to catch some extra mini-species and some respectable pollack and coalies from plenty of rock marks in Donegal.
In Different Information
The Irish Specimen Fish Committee wish to replace anglers on progress with the 2021 Annual Report and Awards Day. The report is being finalised now with a view to being revealed in April. The same old Awards Day occasion held in February yearly was postponed because of the COVID-19 state of affairs, however it’s deliberate to have an occasion in the course of 2022. There are additionally some new Specimen fish guidelines for 2022. Additional data is accessible right here.
Inland Fisheries Eire along with Blackrock Schooling Centre wish to invite main college college students across the nation to design a poster that encourages higher conservation of Eire’s native fish. This nationwide poster competitors is a part of the ‘One thing Fishy’ instructional programme and formally kicks off this month. Free assets with additional particulars concerning the competitors can be found from www.somethingfishy.ie
And now the climate
It would stay typically dry and clear tonight with widespread frost and icy patches forming as temperatures fall again to between minus 3 and 0 levels. The weekend will keep largely dry and sunny with afternoon temperatures ranging between 7 and 10 levels in mild to reasonable northeasterly winds. The beginning of the week, nonetheless, will see cloud increase with patches of rain or drizzle, mainly affecting southern and western counties. Present indications counsel Wednesday and Thursday will flip more and more windy with outbreaks of rain possible.
Secure fishing to all and tight traces, particularly right here in Eire.
Markus Müller
Catch, Picture, Launch
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