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Tuesday 15th May
There have been a number of salmon and grilse caught over the last
few days.
The well known fishing writer, Brian Harris, fishing with his good friend
John Allen caught a nice grilse on the fly.
Guy Bowden of the UK caught his first ever Sea Trout on the fly in Ireland, a fish of 2lbs and on his first ever trip to Ireland. He said it certainly wont be
his last! Dr. Jim Comerford also caught a Salmon earlier on in the week.
James Hinchey and his good friend, both from the UK, caught a fine
14lbs Salmon on the troll at 8.30 this morning with their gillie Dominic
McGillicuddy. A 3.5lbs Sea Trout was caught on the troll by the Rocketfishing with his gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly.
Also Tom Nugent and Tom Duggan both out trolling with Dominic had two
salmon for the day!
Tom Nugent and Tom Duggan both with fine salmon caught on the troll with Dominic McGillicuddy
Saturday 12th May
Neil O'shea reports that his client Michael Shultz from Berlin caught yet
another salmon on the troll. A very fresh fish, with sea lice still attached,
of 6.5lbs. Well known local ghillie Vincent Appleby was also in the action!
He had a lovely salmon on the troll over by Copal Bay. It should be noted
that Vincent provides most of the photos for this website so its great to
see him featuring in the catches too!!
Vincent Appleby with a great salmon caught on the troll
Thursday 10th May
Michael O’Sullivan reported that his client Mr. Dessie Menice of Belfast, fishing in a hired out boat
from Michael, caught a fine Specimen 7 1/2lbs seatrout on the fly, which he released. John Louis,
also fishing in a hired out boat from Lakelands, caught a fine 3lbs Sea Trout anda nice Grilse of 5lbs on the fly
Tham Hitmiangsong, caught a 7 ¼ lbs Salmon and also lost another Salmon at the net. It is Tham’s
first ever Salmon he has caught whilst fishing independently! Michael Schultz of Berlin Germany who
caught a cracker of a Salmon, weighing at 15 ¼ lbs on the troll whilst fishing with his Gillie Tom O’Shea
Michael Schulz with his 15.25lb Salmon
Tham Hitmiangsong with his first salmon
Tuesday 8th May
Despite continuing poor weather and cold easterly winds more salmon have been caught today!
Michael Fish out with ghillie Mike O'Dwyer had a fresh 9lb fish on the fly. Local angler Liam Ellis
also had a salmon on the fly whist drifting - 6lbs. Gerry O'Sullivan out with ghillie Vincent Appleby had
a seatrout of 2.5 lbs and Vincent had the second grilse of the season on the troll.
 
Michael Fisher and Liam Ellis with two fine salmon caught on the fly
Sunday 6th May
As predicted the seatrout are starting to show up in the catches on Lough Currane!
Alistair Dunbar, a visitor from Scotland had seatrout of 2lbs and 4lbs on the fly fishing
with ghillie Dominic McGillicuddy. Ger McCarthy out with ghillie Neil O'Shea had also had a 2lb
seatrout on the fly, whilst a visiting angler, out by himself, had a seatrout of 2lbs and also lost
two salmon!
More rain is promised overnight with further rain tomorrow afternoon. Lets hope this fresh water
will bring in more seatrout willing to take the fly!
Friday 4th May
Two more salmon caught in the last couple of days. Eric Jouen of Waterville had a salmon of 7lbs on
the troll and ghillie Bob Priestly reports that he and his client, Steve Cameron, caught the first grilse
of the season, again trolling, which weighed 4lbs. A good run of seatrout was witnessed last evening
as they came over the counter at Waterville House. Many were in the the two to four pound bracket
Rain is promised for later tomorrow and Sunday which should liven things up a bit and give a chance
at these fresh seatrout!
Eric Jouen of Waterville with a fresh 7lb fish caught on the troll
Tuesday 2nd May
Weather conditions have been very mixed this last few days, with alternate days of brilliant sun and cold
winds. Today has been a lot milder, with a warmer south easterly breeze with the result that a couple of nice
fish have been caught. Regular angler, Dave Ecclestone, out with ghillie Vincent O'Sullivan had a fine fish of 9lbs
on the fly whilst Jim Sayers had his second good seatrout of the season.
Rain is promised for tomorrow, with light winds, so we expect some more action!
Saturday 28th April
Today has been extremely windy, blowing galeforce at times, nevertheless a few hardy souls ventured
out! Michael Schultz again out with ghillie Neil O'Shea had a nice salmon on the fly at the mouth of the
Copal. James Hinchey had one of the first salmon of the season fly fishing the Butlers Pool, a fish of 7.5 lbs.
Friday 27th April
A few more salmon have been caught in the last couple of days.
Michael Schulz is having a good week out trolling with Neil O'Shea with a 7.5 salmon yesterday
and a lovely fresh fiah of 6lbs today. Dominic McGillicuddy reports that his regular guest, Mark Knowles,
Had a nice salmon of about 7.5lbs and a beautiful very fresh seatrout of 3.5 lbs, both caught on the fly.
Mark followed that last evening with a seatrout of over 5lbs.
Wednesday 25th April
A day of high cold winds from the East making fishing conditions difficult. Nevertheless Michael Schulz out with ghillie Neil O'Shea had a salmon of 8lbs this morning.
Monday 23rd April
Tim Van der Laan had another salmon today whilst out trolling with ghillie Terence Wharton
Senior- 8lbs. Mark Knowles out with ghillie Dominic McGillicuddy released a nice Sea Trout of
between 4 and 5lbs.
Sunday 22nd April
Axel Zurbugge of Germany caught a 6lbs Salmon on the troll, Gillie Mr. Sylvester Donnelly,
Paul McGovern of Cork caught a 8lbs Salmon on the troll, fishing with regular Angler to the
Waterville Fishery, John Curnow of Kinsale, Co Cork, John said that when Paul was playing the
Salmon the reel broke! John had to cut the line and tie it to the other trolling rod!The pair also
lost 2 other Salmon. Visitor Tim Van der Laan of Holland had an 11lbs Salmon on the fly in the
Mouth of the Commeragh fishing with his Gillie Terence Wharton. Liam Ellis caught 3.5lbs Seatrout.
Friday 20th April
The first specimen Sea Trout of the seasom caught on the troll today by local fisherman Jim Sayers.
8.75lbs and very fresh! Mark Knowles, a guest out with ghillie Dominic McGillicuddy released a nice
seatrout of 2.5lb on fly.
The Upper Lakes
Loughs Derriana and Cloonaghlin continue to fish well with good bags of brown trout being caught.
A day on either lough should produce fish up to and over the pound mark and they are in first class
condition!
Over the last week the water temperature on the Upper Lakes has dropped considerably and was noted
at only 9 degrees at Lough Namona on Sunday. This has understandably slowed the fishing, but
the trout remain in fine condition and with some milder conditions the brown trout fishing will
pick up again. Watch this space!
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