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​ Irish Angling Update​ 05 July 2024​ Despite rainfall totals for the month of June being below their long term averages and sunshine totals for the month of June being about 10% above average, the month was a full 3°C colder on average than June 2023 and colder than the long term mean overall. The first week of July hasn’t been any better, and with cool, gusty, changeable weather to continue into next week, anglers will have to choose their sessions wisely to get the most out of them. Some of the Highlights...​

​ ​ Super surface action on the Inny for Midlands Angling

​ ​ Shark and skate fishing picking up for Silver Dawn

​ ​ Ireland’s FeederKing 2024 – Qualifier 6 round up

​ To sea fishing first and we have news this Friday morning that the Irish men’s and women’s senior teams have both claimed the gold medals at the Home Nations Shore Championships held in Scotland. The under-16 team took silver in their event and the under-21 team took the bronze – well done to all on a tremendous result. Back home, the windy conditions of late have made for uncomfortable boat fishing at sea, or kept some skippers inshore, but reef and wreck fishing has been excellent for those willing to brave the choppy seas. In West Cork, anglers fishing with Courtmac Sea Angling Centre have had a skate bonanza offshore, great conger and ling on the reefs and everything from ray to good size bass inshore, while the Silver Dawn has started to get some shark action to add to their great skate fishing. Closer inshore, Angling Adventures West Cork had fine bass and wrasse on the kayaks before teaming up with Eire Bass in east Cork to land some unusual species on the fly! In Galway Bay, the Brazen Hussy II has done well on the reefs and also landed the first couple of porbeagles of the summer, while on the shore, the Galway Bay SAC held the latest leg of their Master Angler League on Whitestrand where weavers, bass, flounder and some nice turbot kept the anglers busy. In Donegal, Killybegs Fishing Trips had a very rare catch – a torsk – a fish that skipper Michael hasn’t seen since working on a trawler in the nineties, while Adrian Molloy of tuna.ie landed bluemouth, megrim and the first two blue sharks of their season. Before we leave the coast, we have one more offering of interest to the saltwater angler, as Cormac Walsh of the Lure Fishing Podcast returns with a really insightful chat with south east bass expert, Pat Gallagher – this one is not to be missed. In freshwater, coarse angling has been mixed with some late spawning roach deserting the swims, as was the case for the VDE Baggers’ match on Muckno; club members had to work hard to bag a bream or hybrid to be in the placings. It was a similar story for anglers competing in the Ireland’s FeederKing qualifier at the same venue, where skimmers and small hybrids made up the weights, but some bigger bream separated the wheat from the chaff. A handful of the Munster CAC made it to Silvergrove in Clare for a knock up where small weights meant a tight finish, but over on Oaklands, in Wexford, small weights are uncommon and Leo Lynch emptied peg 32 for a weight of 131kg to win the match there. The ever-active Lough Ree Lanesborough Angling Hub have begun their summer coaching series – an initiative that IFI are proud to support. During the series, budding young anglers are taught how to land coarse fish in a safe environment by the club’s fully qualified coaching team of Philip and Mary. If you are interested or know somebody who might be interested in taking part, contact the club at [email protected]. The relatively cool weather hasn’t done the pike fishing any harm, with some great catches on river and lake. In the midlands, well known angler Mick Flanagan – who was kept off the loughs because of high winds – had great sport on the surface as he caught Inny pike with a combination of frog and duck lures. Not too far away on Lough Ree, a grandfather/grandson team took a day’s guided fishing with Chris Scally of Fish Tales, where they broke PB after PB. Also after big pike on a wild lough was well known lure angler Senan Stanley, who fished for all the freshwater predators with pal Daniel; perch, pike and some smashing trout made the day a memorable one for them! Also fishing for trout were father/daughter trio PJ, Rosie (6) and Annie Maguire (9). The trio were only trolling 10 minutes on Inchiquin when the rod Rosie was holding buckled over. Rosie wins our Catch of the Week for the fabulous 9lb trout that she landed single-handed – well done Rosie! Peter Driver of Piscarifly reports that the Nore has been fishing well, but we don’t have reports in from any other rivers this week – apart from the Ireland on the Fly Team who speak with John Buckley about the Irish team’s sixth place finish at the FIPS-Mouche World Championships in France. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ All the angling news Salmon Fishing Reports​ Best week on the Moy so far Grilse appear at Ballinaroone on Munster Blackwater Kerry rivers need water, a few salmon and sea trout from Lough Currane Much improved fishing in Galway for June A few spates saw good June fishing on the Erriff Decent week for sea trout anglers on Moy Estuary Trout Fishing Reports​ Ireland on the Fly: Team Captain, John Buckley, on Ireland’s 6th place at the World Championships Trout to 69cm, pike to 111cm and 130 perch to 35cm all in one day Huge trout from Inchiquin for Rosie Maguire Excellent trout fishing on the Nore – Piscari-Fly update Coarse Angling Reports​ VDE Baggers find the roach AWOL at Muckno Lanesborough Angling Hub kicks off summer coaching Huge 131.620kg catch wins Leo Lynch 5th round of Oaklands summer league Munster CAC fish Silvergrove in Clare Ireland’s FeederKing 2024 – Qualifier 6 round up Pike Fishing Reports​ Super surface action on the Inny for Midlands Angling Trout to 69cm, pike to 111cm and 130 perch to 35cm all in one day Great fishing on Lough Ree for Grandfather/Grandson double act Sea Angling Reports​ The Lure Fishing Podcast – Summer series #1 – Pat Gallagher Rare catch for the Fiona Tee Clean sweep for Irish teams in Home Nations Shore Angling Bluemouth, megrim and some toothy critters for Deep Blue Shark and skate fishing picking up for Silver Dawn Great reef fishing and shark season underway in Galway Bay Bass, wrasse and more in East and West Cork Turbot and bass at Galway Bay SAC competition in Mayo Returning anglers and recaptured fish – incredible skate fishing at Courtmacsherry! ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​