Irish Angling News. Sport Fishing, Longlining and Trolling Updates
#ANGLING - Welsh angler Ceri Jones couldn't believe his luck when he fished a record-breaking monster trout from Lough Corrib last weekend. According to The Connacht Telegraph, Jones hooked the 24lb goliath near the lake's biggest island Inishgoll on Saturday…
#ANGLING - Loch An Dochais in Kilcormac will host its annual All Ireland Trout Angling Match for anglers with special needs this Sunday 27 May, as the Offaly Express reports. The contest is celebrating its 16th year in 2012, and…
#ANGLING - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has been successful in a circuit court case against a Louth man who appealed a district court decision over illegal salmon fishing. Pat Smith of Annagassan, who was appealing the severity of the sentence…
#ANGLING - Two Irish anglers were the top sea trout samplers for the Celtic Sea Trout Project in 2011. Martin McKenny from the River Dee and Brian McShane from the Castletown River, plus several other Irish winners, will be presented…
#ANGLING - The Irish Times' resident angling expert Derek Evans was on hand at the launch of Sea to Stream, a new film documenting the salmon and sea trout season on Lough Currane in Co Kerry. The hour-long DVD follows…
#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…
