Irish Angling News. Sport Fishing, Longlining and Trolling Updates
#ANGLING - A landowner in Co Fermanagh has blocked access to a slipway and moorings used by anglers on his land, as BBC News reports. Fishermen found the road leading to the site blocked by hay bales after the 10-year…
#ANGLING - 'Gone fishing' is where Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) wants you to be during Fisheries Awareness Week from tomorrow 12 to 20 May. Full details of events taking place country-wide for Fisheries Awareness Week are available on FAW.ie. Most…
#ANGLING - A revolutionary new fly-carrying package aims to eliminate the annoyance of going back and forth to replenish your bait supply, as The Irish Times reports. The Jodea, developed and patented by fly-fisherman Jeremiah O’Dea, can be clipped to…
#ANGLING - Raphoe angler Vincent Walsh did the double in the first rounds in the float and feeder events at the Waterways Ireland NCFFI Irish Team Qualifiers recently. According to The Impartial Reporter, the float qualifiers will be used to…
#ANGLING - Despite the Nor'easterly winds and rain in recent days, anglers on Co Mayo's lakes and rivers have reported good fishing, as Mayo Today reports. Saturday 28 April was the day for the Trout Federation of Ireland's Connacht Cup…
#ANGLING - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has successfully won a court case against a Co Louth man for illegal salmon fishing. John Carney from Dunleer was given a four-month prison sentence, fined €400 and ordered to pay costs of over…
#ANGLING - Inland Fisheries Ireland will sponsor the European Police Coarse Angling Championships on Lough Muckno in Co Monaghan from 5-6 October 2012. According to the Irish Angling Development Alliance (IADA), delegates from around Europe met at the Glencarn Hotel…
#ANGLING - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has had success with two recent court cases in the Drogheda and Dundalk areas, resulting in fines of €1,550 issued and expenses of €2,101 awarded. In the Dundalk district, Vladimir Prokopieve was found to…
#ANGLING - Enniscorthy anglers have reached an agreement with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) over the use of shrimp as bait to catch the Slaney's prized salmon, according to the Enniscorthy Guardian. The Enniscorthy Local Anglers Association has also agreed with…
#ANGLING - Minister for Natural Resources Fergus O’Dowd has confirmed that there is no proposal for the extension of the salmon draft netting season. In response to concerns expressed by the angling community and highlighted by Derek Evans in The…
#ANGLING - Journalists were angling for a different kind of story at Annamoe Trout Fisheries recently as they competed for the Dublin Crystal Perpetual Trophy, The Irish Times reports. The eighth annual event at the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains…
#ANGLING - Days after the tragic death of an angler on Lough Corrib, as previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Collinamuck Angling Club will donate €5 from every entry in the upcoming open wet fly competition on 22 April to the…
#ANGLING - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has appointed Tourism Development International (TDI) to undertake a Socio-Economic Survey of Recreational Angling in Ireland. The overall objective of the survey, which will run over the course of 2012, is to establish the…
#ANGLING - Plans to bring forward the estuary draft net season "would have a detrimental effect" on spring salmon stocks, writes Derek Evans in The Irish Times today. Evans was responding to proposals before Minister of State for Natural Resources…
#ANGLING - Angling Times reports that an Irish angler has caught the biggest carp ever recorded in the country. Andrew Doyle landed the 40lb 2oz monster known as Big Hole at Maynooth Fishery in Co Kildare recently. The intrepid fisherman…
#ANGLING - The Irish Angling Development Alliance (IADA) is running a series of biosecurity awareness evenings at venues across Ireland over the next two months. The evenings follow from the "success" of the IADA's awareness section at the recent Ireland…
