Salmon and trout angling | Coarse angling
Monday 7th to Sunday 13th May 2007
The Drowes was running at fairly low levels over the week with little rainfall to freshen things up. The river was fairly quiet with only a limited number of anglers fishing. There were 2 salmon recorded however. David McKee and Colin Gardner recorded salmon of 8 and 6lb caught on shrimp and fly releasing both.
It’s the same story again this week with Lough Melvin being quiet with few boats fishing for salmon and less for trout. Most anglers seem to be away fishing the ‘Mayfly’ on Erne. Frank Lilly recorded a 4lb grilse caught trolling from the Planting Shore at Garrison.
The river was running at low levels on Monday but rain overnight raised levels on Lough and River to give good water for the rest of the week. With the fishery closed for salmon this season there has been little fishing effort to date since the sea trout do not arrive in numbers until July. There were no visiting anglers fishing over the week.
There were a couple of freshes on the Owenea Fishery this week on Tuesday and Thursday which saw the gauge rise to 0.29 at its highest. The gauge average for the week read 0.22 metres. 5 visiting rods fished over the week. The fishery has been quiet this season to date and we are still waiting for the first salmon of the season to be recorded.
The following Anglers stayed in the Breffni Arms, Arvagh, Co. Cavan and recorded the following weights. R. Hugill, Doncaster fished Hollybank and bagged 96lb mixed bag, Gulladoo (at neck), plenty of Bream, Tench, Skimmers and Hybrids, Leonards Shore 86lb mixed bag with good Bream. John Twiniclisse, Shefield fished Gulladoo and bagged 60lb mixed bag, Dernaferst 86lb and Holybank 74lb. J. Nichols, Manchester - Gulladoo Upper 16 Bream totalling 122lb. Mr. Patterson bagged 102lb on Leonards Shore, 74lb on Rhodendrum and 56lb on Gulladoo.
The Finn River has been producing good bags of Roach and Hybrids up to 60lb. Trinity is also producing bags up to 50/60lb of Hybrids and Roach. Pike angling is also reported to be quite good on Quivvy up towards Crum on boats with weights of 23/24lb. Clonandra is fishing well with good bags of Tench up to 80lb.
Killykeen (early pegs on grassy bank) is giving good Hybrids and Bream, also the river at Killykeen is giving plenty of fish. Meanwhile Eonish (opposite Sandy Point) and Tullyguide are also reported to be fishing good with good bags of fish mostly Hybrids and some Bream. Garadice D section is producing good weights, also Town lake Killeshandra.
The Northern Regional Fisheries Board presents this web site as a useful guide to salmon, trout and coarse fishing in Donegal, Leitrim and Cavan.