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The river came up yet again after heavy rain in the last 2 days.
Graph above shows the height up & down river.
The upper river has already fallen well back, but is still very dirty.
The lower river peaked in the early hours of this morning, & is falling albeit rather slowly.
Clarity throughout is about 6 inches as of now.
This graph shows height of the lower river for the last month.
Very variable in both height & clarity which means unsettled fish - not usually good takers.
Not withstanding difficult conditions, we've managed to catch 197 fish for August for 351 rod days.
When conditions improved, we had some good days in the last few days.
On the 27th., 10 fish to ~9lb were caught.
The Best fish of the Season was taken on August 28 by John Purslow from the UK. It weighed 16.3lb.
11 fish were caught in total for the day.
On the 29th., 7 fish were caught to 9.8lb.
On the 30th., we landed 14 fish. Best was a First Ever salmon for Ian Hunt (UK)
which weighed ~15lb & was returned as it was slightly coloured.
29 of the fish caught were over the 10lb mark, & 93 were above 6lb.
Due to the high water conditions, the most successful method has been spinning,
which accounted for 131 of the fish caught.
28 anglers have caught their first ever salmon so far this season,
of which 12 were caught in August.
The total for the season to date is 405 fish for 1,096 rod days.
Current Situation & Prospects
With all the recent high water, the river is tending to clear off quite quickly after each flood.
There is more rain forecast for tomorrow, but the next 2 weeks are forecast mainly dry by Metcheck.
With these high water levels, we should see excellent runs of fish continuing in the coming weeks.
There are rods available throughout the month.
Ian is proprietor of Irelands premier salmon fishing lodge with his wife Glenda (APGAI-IRL Salmon & Trout) – one of the world’s highest qualified female fly-casting instructor & Emerald World Masters Ladies Salmon Distance champion.
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Lodge regular Gavin Wishart from Newcastle, Co. Down came down to celebrate his 40th. birthday
this weekend & scooped the First Salmon of the 2010 season to be caught on the Lodge Fishery.
He was fishing yesterday (March 6th) with Connie Corcoran on Ballinlovane and took the fish on Flying C at Cloonbeg.
The fish would have been released, but was bleeding from the gills so had to be kept.
The cast before he lost what they both believe was another springer, so there were definitely a few about.
It was hardly surprising that it took us until now to catch a fish as there were only 64 rod days
for the whole month of February. There would certainly be more springers caught if there were
more rods out on the river each day.
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There are more fresh fish being seen in the river in the last few days.
The river is in absolutely cracking order at the moment - even for the fly.
0.44m on the gauge so perfect fly height & clarity a good 4 feet.
The weather forecast (Metcheck) looks dry for the next 2 weeks apart from about 6mm on the 15th.
Daily Updated Fishing Report: [url">http://www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/fishingreport.htm
Ian is proprietor of Irelands premier salmon fishing lodge with his wife Glenda (APGAI-IRL Salmon & Trout) – one of the world’s highest qualified female fly-casting instructor & Emerald World Masters Ladies Salmon Distance champion.
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There was nothing to report in the last 2 days as there were no rods out so
- needless to say there was no fish caught.
Three of us went out to Lower Kilmurry for an hour or so at lunchtime today and saw half a dozen fish
running through - mostly fish of 7-8lb but including one which was well into double figures.
We all persisted with the fly but no takes so had a few casts with spun shrimp & caught & released
this one almost immediately on the Island Stream.
Met two more, but only half-hearted takes & didn't connect, then had to get home to pick the kids up from school!
Would've loved to stay longer as I'm sure we would have met more fish.
This, together with reports of good runs of grilse & salmon running from other beats on the lower river means the prospects in the coming days are looking good. Very little rain forecast for the coming week, certainly not enough to have any significant effect on the river.
For the latest info: Fishing report page [url">http://www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/fishingreport.htm
Ian is proprietor of Irelands premier salmon fishing lodge with his wife Glenda (APGAI-IRL Salmon & Trout) – one of the world’s highest qualified female fly-casting instructor & Emerald World Masters Ladies Salmon Distance champion.
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Gavin Wishart (Newcastle, Co. Down) caught a slightly coloured May fish
on a small gold shrimp pattern on the Lug Pool on Lower Kilmurry gillied by Connie Corcoran.
Connie estimated the fish @ 14-15lb. and it was quickly released.
Gavin & Connie caught five fish for the day, releasing four.
There were eleven fish caught for 10 rod days yesterday - the best day so far for August.
Martin Heffer (UK) caught his first ever salmon and it was on fly on a guided day with Glenda.
Total for the month is 31 fish for 41 rod days.
Gauge height is 0.15m & clarity around 5 feet.
Plenty of fish showing in the pools on the lower river and some fish running every day.
Ian is proprietor of Irelands premier salmon fishing lodge with his wife Glenda (APGAI-IRL Salmon & Trout) – one of the world’s highest qualified female fly-casting instructor & Emerald World Masters Ladies Salmon Distance champion.
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Finally, I have completed a report on the 2010 Season on Blackwater Lodge Salmon Fishery. This can be found on:
www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/Old/2010/2010season.htm
For more detailed reports by Month please go to:
www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/Old/2010/2010monthly.htm
2010 Season Highlights
...............................Season Total: 652 for 1,342 rod days (0.49 fish/rod day).
....................................July Total: 168 for 183 rod days.
........................................................(The Best July since 2000 when 263 were caught for 750 rod days)
...............Best Day of the Season: September 26 - 26 fish to 16lb.
...............Best Catch for One Rod: Eleven fish on September 21st.
......Number of First Ever Salmon: Thirty-five in total for the season.
Proportion of Fish Caught on Fly: Second Highest Ever for the Total 2011 Season.
........................................................Highest Ever for the months of May & June.
........................................................Second Highest for the month of September.
........................................................Fifth Highest for August.
........................................................Eighth Highest for July.
The Draft Proposals for the Wild Salmon & Seatrout Tagging Scheme Regulations for the 2011 Season
were issued on Friday, November 19.
The quota for the Blackwater has been raised to 5,859 from the 2010 quota which was 5,054.
The number of tags for the spring (February 1 to May 11) has not been confirmed yet.
Last year, it was one tag for the Blackwater but this was only announced in a Byelaw issued on December 17, 2009
so we are still waiting to hear if it will be one or three tags.
The Huge Run of Fish continues
I was talking to Fishery Board staff at the excellent Irish Fly Fair in Galway last weekend
& got the latest on the runs of fish into the Blackwater.
There were reports of 7,500 fish that had run into the river in the 8 days from October 27.
Just before the Fair on the weekend of November 13/14, this figure had jumped to over 15,000....................!
This bodes well for our future stocks of salmon.
Ian is proprietor of Irelands premier salmon fishing lodge with his wife Glenda (APGAI-IRL Salmon & Trout) – one of the world’s highest qualified female fly-casting instructor & Emerald World Masters Ladies Salmon Distance champion.
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