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Game Angling & Fisheries
News Update
Dated
Wednesday August 8th, 2007
Photo: Star Angler Terry with a cracking Owel trout 3lbs
4oz Peter fishing last week, photo courtesy of Michael
Flanagan Mullingar.
LIVELY PETER ACTION
REPORTED ON OUR MIDLAND LAKE FISHERIES
It was all action last week on
Owel with lots of fish caught into dark, including many quality wild
fish to 4lbs. Next Sunday the club host the hugely popular
Patti Doolan Shield on Owel for those interested in taking part.
Some good fish were reported by anglers fishing late into the
evening on Ennell. Once fish surface on Ennell it's always worth a a
few evenings to catch some of those elusive large wild trout which
Ennell is renowned for. Sheelin produced some quality fish on sedges
and is worth fishing this week. Due to the Galway races, lesser angling
numbers were evident on Lough Acalla compared with previous weeks
but some good catches were reported nonetheless. The days are
ticking away and the biggest Game and Country Fair of Ireland is
only weeks away. The dates are August 25th and 26th. the venue is
the splendid Birr Castle Demesne Co. Offaly. The Shannon
Fisheries Board will have a stand at the fair and we look forward to
meeting with you there. Meanwhile tight lines and enjoy the rest of the
Peter season. You can join us again for our next update at the end
of August. TIGHT LINES!
FISHERIES NEWS UPDATE
Photo: ShRFB Fisheries Management Workshop recently
held at Lough Owel Angling Centre. A number of Angling Clubs and
Board officials were in attendance
See our
NEWS PAGE FOR MOST RECENT FISHERIES UPDATES
  FANTASTIC
PRIZES FOR THE CASTING COMPETITIONS AND MUCH MUCH MORE AT BIRR
CASTLE FAIR
The Irish Game and Country Fair at Birr Castle, Co. Offaly on the
25th &26th August 2007 will host one of the best outdoor angling
shows ever mounted in Ireland.
The angling section of the Fair is sited in the picturesque
setting of the beautiful lake and is being co-ordinated by Angling
Director Philip Maher, Regional Director of the Countryside
Alliance Ireland and no mean caster and angler himself.
MORE
More info logon to
http://www.irishgameandcountryfair.com/
 URGENT
FINAL STEP REQUIRED TO END THE LONG SAGA OF LOUGH SHEELIN WATER
QUALITY
For
the last 30 years Lough Sheelin has been a barometer of the status
of water quality in Ireland and has received both national and
international attention. The Shannon Regional Fisheries
Board today launched a valuable new report on the phosphate and
nutrient levels entering Lough Sheelin
(“Lough
Sheelin and its catchment Water Quality Status and Nutrient
Loadings 1998-2005”) and clearly concludes that
the lake remains polluted.
SEE PRESS RELEASE
BIRD
WATCH IRELAND - ANGLERS PLEASE BE AWARE
 Farmers of the Shannon Callows in conjunction with
the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and BirdWatch Ireland are
appealing to fishermen to only use surfaced tracks to gain vehicle
access to the waters edge when fishing the river along the Shannon
Callows (meadows in the immediate vicinity of the River Shannon from
Athlone to Portumna.)
UPPER SHANNON
 LOUGH SHEELIN
Poor weather conditions spoiled the
trout fishing on Sheelin over the holiday weekend. During the more
suitable interludes some good fishing was had. Michael Kelly
L.S.T.P.A. fishing with Peter O'Reilly had 22 fish for the week,
all released, best fish 3.5lbs. All fish were caught on dry
sedges. Billy Quale, Co Armagh fishing with Owen Mc Fadden from
Kells had 10 trout last week, best 4lbs, all on sedges. Eddie
Clinton L.S.T.P.A. had 5 trout on sedges, most were released, best
fish 2.5lbs. Gene Brady L.S.T.P.A. had 4 fish on dry sedges, best
2lbs. Frankie Harten, Kilnaleck had the best reported fish of the
week at 9lbs. Well done to juvenile angler N Lynch from Cavan on
landing a fine trout of 6.75lbs. Sheelin is worth fishing over the
coming week - try a range of sedges fished dry, stay with small
sizes, down to 14's and even 16's.
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 information on competitions and other local news.
For local updates contact
Mr Sean Gurhy, Assistant Fisheries Inspector Lough Sheelin Tel:
049 4336144
LOUGH O'FLYNN & UPPER RIVER SUCK
Trout fishing was quiet
on O'Flynn with very few anglers fishing. For updates contact John Ryan, Assistant
Fisheries Inspector Co Roscommon at 087 2536064.
MID SHANNON AREA
LOUGH ENNELL
There were good Peter hatches on Ennell and the lake
has attracted a number of anglers. Some quality fish
were caught late into the evening. Peters are
still hatching as well as Silverhorn sedges and
bloodworm is getting results. Jim Greham from Clara
had a great fish of 6lbs 8ozs. Donal Connolly from
Dublin had a fish of 4lbs. Ennell is worth fishing
this week.
For updates contact
Pat Mc Donnell, Fisheries Officer Shannon Regional
Fisheries Board Mullingar Office Tel: 044 9348769
mornings
LOUGH OWEL
The Peter hatch was prolific on Owel with plenty of
fish reported caught, including many quality wild
fish. Over 100 trout were officially returned to
weekending Sunday August 5th, this being a sample of
the true total catch over the week. Sean Kenny
Drogheda had the best reported fish at 4lbs.
Saturday was a good day with lots of fish caught.
Sean Greene Co Down, Greg Long Dublin, Frank Kenna
Mullingar, Steve Turner Athlone, Noel Bennett
junior, Noel Foley Dublin, Martin Ryan Drogheda, M
Henshaw Dublin, Christy Dunne Rhode, Fran Nugent and
John O'Neill Dublin, P O'Neill Mullingar, P.
O'Donogue Longford and John O'Malley Mullingar were
among some of the many anglers who had good fishing
and submitted their catch returns, well done to all.
The Dan Mullally evening trout competition attracted
22 anglers and 20 fish were caught on Wednesday. Tom
Gorman Mullingar won the competition with a nice
fish of 3lbs 5ozs - see Michael Flanagan's angling
notes for a full report on the competition. The main
Peter hatch is over now but there is still plenty of
sedge around to interest fish. Do get out over the
coming week. Tight Lines.
For updates
contact Pat Mc Donnell, Fishery Officer
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar
Office Tel: 044 48769
Mick Flanagan, Angling
correspondent and photographer for Sunday World
and Topic group of newspapers Tel: 087 2797270:
mick@midlandangling.com
reports on Midland Lakes & Rivers.
Photo: pictured at one of the lakes in Birr
Castle are Game and Country Fair Director Philip
Lawton, and Angling Director Philip Maher.
STAR ANGLER LANDS HIS CATCH ON OWEL..
The last week here in the Midlands has being very
busy on the angling front. The Peter season is in
full swing and some cracking trout are feeding
late into the night. Owel and Lene hosted Peter
competitions early in the week. On the World Cup
scene, plenty of local anglers qualified for the
Final, fished bank Holiday Monday.
My good pal Terry McGeehan of the Irish daily Star
was in town Friday and we landed some beautiful
trout on Owel.
DAN MULLALLY TROPHY....
I fished last Wednesday night August 1st on Lough
Owel. This event hosted by Lough Owel Trout
Preservation Association proved a huge success. On
the night plenty of trout were caught with local
Motor mechanic Tom Gorman powering home
with a cracking trout of 1.62kg, second place went
to Dublin angler Martin Mc Quaide with a fish of
1kg and Mullingar International fly angler Mick
McCormack finished 3rd with a fish .87kg, Pat
Brady finished 4th. The lake is producing some
fine fish late into the night and is well worth a
trip this weekend. Next Sunday the club host the
hugely popular Patti Doolan Shield. This is one of
the biggest club competition of the season.
Fishing is from 11am-7pm. Boat and Engine Hire
Jack Doolan 044- 93 -42085.
STAR ANGLER ON OWEL....
Over the bank Holiday weekend plenty of visiting
anglers fished the Midland lakes. My good pal
Terry Mc Geehan of the Irish Daily Star newspaper
dropped down on Friday evening and we spent a few
hours on Lough Owel. It was a nice bright evening
but the wind was very strong and it never dropped
coming near dark. We struggled in day light to
stir fish and it was not till just dark that the
Owel trout came to the surface. I kept the boat
quite tight to the sheltered shore at Murray's
point and fishing dry Peters we boated six super
trout. It only lasted about
45 minutes but it was certainly heart pulsing
stuff. The night was black dark and we could not
see the trout and the takes were furious. I think
Terry is still a bit dazzled by the flash of my
camera. I hope to spend a few more nights on Owel
this week and you never know what the night will
turn up.
GAME & COUNTRY FAIR 2007....
The days are ticking away and the biggest Game and
Country Fair of Ireland is only weeks away. The
dates are August 25th and 26th. the venue is the
splendid Birr Castle Demesne Co. Offaly. This week
we received a press release from the Angling
Director of this years Fair. Philip Maher is in
charge of the angling events and he has quite a
busy weekend in store for anglers. The casting
competition scene is geared for all standards from
novice to the real pro. The professional
class is sponsored by Hardy, then Philip has
another A class open to all except professionals.
There is also a youths section and lady section
taking place over the two days. Philip Maher has
really done his homework for this years Game and
Country fair. Along with super competitions, which
have serious prizes. Philip has put together an
Anglers Row where you can browse through all the
latest gear and nicknacks in the Angling World.
Philip can be contacted on 087-9377539.
SYMPATHY....
Sadly we have some bad news this week. Well known
Mullingar resident Eamon Boyle sadly passed away.
Eamon was a popular figure in the Castletown
Geoghan area where he delivered the post for quite
a number of years. He was also the brother of
Lough Owel Trout Preservation Association Chairman
Andy Boyle. On behalf of Angling Focus we
sympathize with Andy and all the late Eamons
family members and friends.
HELD OVER....
As I was away for the World Cup Fly fishing
championships some angling news items are on hold
till next week. All going well I will catch up on
these next week.
LOUGH REE
ATHLONE ANGLERS ASSOCIATION NEWS
contact Eamon Cunningham P.R.O. Athlone Anglers
Association Phone
Mob: 087 - 2340815
LOUGH DERRAVARAGH,
For general updates
contact Pat Mc Donnell, Fisheries Officer
Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Mullingar
Office Tel: 044 48769
PALLAS LAKE CO OFFALY
For general updates contact Dinny Coyne Chairperson of the Pallas Lake Angling
Club Tel: 087 2974306.
LOUGH ACALLA CO GALWAY
Due to the Galway races, lesser angling numbers were
evident on Lough Acalla compared with previous
weeks. There was good fishing reported with bag
limits obtained by a number of anglers. There was a
good fly hatch and rise of fish especially during
late evening time and midday. The most successful
flies were Peter Ross, Sedges, Green Peter and
Muddlers. P. Doyle from Ballygar Co Galway had 2lb
fish on a Golden Olive. D. Coffey, Ballinasloe had a
brown of 1.5lbs on an Invicta. Prospects look good
for the coming week.
For updates contact John Devaney, Assistant
Fisheries Inspector, Roscommon 087 2266735
CAMCOR RIVER BIRR
A big flood over the weekend resulted in a few
fish caught along the Chapel bridge section of the
river as the water levels dropped on bank holiday
Monday. Other than this fishing has been
disappointing
overall, - too many floods!
LOWER SHANNON AREA
LOUGH DERG ANGLERS ASSOCIATION NEWS
Lough Derg Native Fish Biodiversity Project
Towards the sustainable management of Lough Derg's
native fish populations
Project update June 2007
The Lough Derg Native Fish Biodiversity Project is
now is now into its second year and it is timely
that we should have a newsletter just to give people
an update on the developments so far. Its been quite
exciting really and we’ve come along way from our
humble beginnings! Just to recap, the Lough Derg
Native Fish Biodiversity Project (Lough Derg NFB
Project) was set up to answer a number of questions
concerning the native fish community using the most
up-to-date and sophisticated scientific techniques.
Such question include;....
RIVER MULCAIR CO
LIMERICK
No report received this
week.
CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT BYE-LAW NO.
814, 2006
This Bye-Law provides for an
annual bag limit of 10 fish for 2007, a season bag limit of
1 fish in the period 1 Jan to 12 May, a daily bag limit of 3
fish from 13 May to 31 August and a daily bag limit of 1 fish from 1 September
to the end of the season. The Bye-law also provides for the use of single hooks
and prohibits the use of worms as bait once the specified number of fish
have been caught in the specified periods and revokes the existing limit Bye
–law.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SALMON ANGLERS - BROWN TAGS
From May 13th, 2007 the Minister introduced a system of Brown Gill
tags for certain rivers where it is considered necessary in the
interests of conserving stocks to closely monitor angling quotas to
ensure river based quotas are not exceeded. The River Mulcair in Co
Limerick is covered by this scheme.
ShRFB reports for the
RIVER FEALE CO KERRY
No report received this week.
NB: Anglers please note the new
Salmon & Sea Trout Bye Laws for the River
Feale for 2007. See
SHANNON FISHERIES REGION (River Feale) CONSERVATION OF
SALMON AND SEA TROUT BYE LAW NO 816, 2007
This Bye-Law provides for a bag limit of 4
fish (being either salmon or sea trout over 40 cm) from 1 March to 12 May
subject to a daily bag limit of 1 fish during the period. The Bye-law also
incorporates the provisions of the existing Bye-law i.e. an overall
annual bag limit of 10 fish for 2007, a daily bag limit of 3
fish from 13 May to 31 August and a daily bag limit of 1 fish from 1 September
to the end of the season. The Bye-law also provides for the use of single hooks
and prohibits the use of worms as bait once the specified number of fish have
been caught in the specified periods.
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.
Anglers have enjoyed good
trout fishing on the River Maigue, best to
2lbs.
For angling updates on
Castleroberts contact Mob: 087 9810817
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