Written By: Markus Mullar
On Date: 24/9/2015
River Moy For the third consecutive week, angling on the River Moy has been slow with very few fresh fish entering the system. Despite pretty good angling conditions in the middle and upper sections of the Moy, catch numbers were rather disappointing. However, as in previous weeks, the main reason for this was a lack in angling effort. Where anglers put in enough time, success wasn’t far away. That was, for example, the case on the Mount Falcon water where a total of 45 fish (36 released) were reported for the week. On Gannon’s, Swiss lady angler, Ingrid Keller, had a 7 lbs. salmon on worm, while Keith Spence, UK, caught a six pounder on spinner which was released.
A group of German fly anglers did quite well on the East Mayo water catching a number of fish in the 3 lbs. to 7 lbs. range. Successful anglers included Ralf & Lars Hemmersbach, Lutz Koch and Ernst Saubach. Trout Angling
Lough Arrow
Announcement: Lough Arrow Fish Preservation Association & District Anglers will hold a competition in aid of North West Hospice on Sunday 27th September from 11am until 6pm. Entries accepted between 10am and 11am at Flynn's Pier or by texting your details to 086 3825376, 086 8343584, 0879734101 or on Lyttle’s Island between 1pm and -2pm. Entry € 20.00. Weigh in for single heaviest fish will be in McDermott’s Bar, Castlebaldwin, at 7pm followed by refreshments and raffle. All proceeds to North West Hospice. Raffle prizes would be gratefully appreciated. Club T-shirts and fleeces are also available.
Pike Angling Foxford based angling guide, Kenny Sloan, reported good pike fishing for a group of four anglers from Austria. The anglers concentrated on surface lures and the fly and despite difficult conditions they encountered numerous follows and attacks but also caught a good number of hard fighting Mayo pike.
To book a day’s guiding or boat hire contact Kenny Sloan on +353 (0)949256501 or +353 (0)87 9670310. Sea Angling Newport
Declan Moran reports: On Sunday 13th September, Newport Sea Angling Club hosted the Eddie Gibbons Memorial annual sea angling competition. Check in on the day was 9.00am with all anglers enjoying the club’s famous fry up and hot cuppa before heading out to sea. Weather conditions were ideal on the day and catches were good on all boats. All anglers enjoyed a hot cup of soup on their return to the quay. The prize presentation was held in the Bridge Inn in Newport and special thanks go to Seamus and the staff who were on hand with hot food throughout the evening.
The overall winner of the Eddie Gibbon’s Memorial Cup was Declan Gallagher with 39 fish and 195 points. The trophy was presented by Kevin O’Malley on behalf of the Gibbons family. Further results were as follows: 2nd - Darragh McGee, 3rd - Charles Murray, 4th - Joseph Chambers, 5th - Thomas Moran, 6th - Shane Gilvarry, 7th - Gerry Boiling &, 8th - Peter Coyne. Overall winner of the Junior Cup was local junior angler, Matthew Moran, with 14 fish and 140 points. Further results were as follows: 2nd - David Loftus, 3rd - Calum Kennedy, 4th - Jessica Loftus, 5th - Conal Murray, 6th - Clodagh Moran & 7th - Tomas Moran.
Skipper of the Day: Joe Gibbons on board the Finnaun
Largest Bullhuss: Joe Chambers
Largest Ray: Gerry Boiling
Largest Ray (Juniors): Calum Kennedy
Largest Bullhuss (Juniors): David Loftus
The title of Master Angler for the senior anglers section went to local skipper Darragh McGee. Shane Gilvarry finished as runner up. The overall winner of the Junior League was David Loftus and second place went to Matthew Moran. This event brings down the curtain on the Newport SAC season and the club would like to thank all anglers throughout the year for their time and participation in each of the events. The club would also like to thank all sponsors, skippers and of course the hard working committee who make it all happen. Please visit Newport SAC website www.newportseaanglingclub.com for all the latest results, photos and news on forthcoming shore angling events.
Killala Bay On Thursday 17th Sept, a party of anglers from Austria went sea fishing in Killala Bay with charter Skipper Donal Kennedy aboard his boat Leah. The group of anglers, which was staying at Mt. Falcon Estate had previously fished a number of lakes and rivers in North Mayo for pike and salmon and was keen to try their luck at something different – sea angling! The anglers left Killala harbour around 9.30am with the weather a little overcast and some light showers promised. Winds were light from the South West and the wave movement was from the North West. This was to change in late afternoon. The skipper wasted no time in heading out to the first fishing spot after catching plenty of fresh mackerel for bait. Donal decided to fish a sandy area out in about 35meters of water because of the brackish water that was in the bay from all the recent
The party was not disappointed by the skipper’s choice because on the first drift a couple of fine thornback ray were caught and released. The second drift produced a number of lesser spotted dogfish and these were ever present during the day. As the day moved on, the catch included a couple of nice turbot.
The weather changed late afternoon with the wind moving out the North West and the wave motion getting stronger making it very difficult to have a stable drift. However, in the end the group enjoyed a cracking day’s fishing with Donal. In total, 24 ray were caught with all but 2 being thornbacks. All ray were returned. To book a day’s fishing in Killala Bay contact Donal Kennedy on +353 (0)0868174509 or visit www.dkennedyangling
North Western Regional Fishery Report