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Post by bwlodge on Feb 21, 2010 12:13:16 GMT
Free Fishing again next week on the Blackwater Lodge beats Blackwater Lodge beat 7 – Upper Kilmurry on Wednesday, February 17.The Lodge will once again offer free fishing from Monday Feb. 22 to Friday, Feb. 26 inclusive. This graph should update itself each time you log in until the end of February.The river is in superb fly order. We’re still waiting for our first springer to be caught, but are seeing some fresh fish running through every day. If you missed The Nationwide programme on Friday, February 19 - which was entirely dedicated to fishing - you can access this on the Internet for 21 days after broadcast on www.rte.ie/player/. Took a few pics at Swords Show last weekend & put them up on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ib-WLdmd8
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Post by salarv on Mar 3, 2010 9:39:09 GMT
Connie's beard is looking quite grey nowadays!
Please don't let Barrowboy (Ian Mc) catch the first fish
JS (Kelly Kettle Krew)
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Post by bwlodge on Mar 8, 2010 10:47:20 GMT
The First Springer is Caught on the Blackwater Lodge beatsLodge 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 (beard's even more grey now!) 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. ProspectsThere 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: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/fishingreport.htm
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Post by bwlodge on Mar 11, 2010 18:40:26 GMT
The Second Springer is Caught on the Blackwater Lodge beatsBass fishing guide Michael McCormack from Wexford with the second fish of the season from the Lodge beats. It was sea-liced & weighed in at 10.2lb. It was taken on Silver Bullet on the Green Bank on Upper Kilmurry. Michael saw 3 or 4 more fresh fish as well during the day. He was the only rod out on the river today - one springer for one rod day cain't be bad!
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Post by underghillie on Mar 11, 2010 22:19:24 GMT
Do all the irish salmon come in from the sea with the blue thing through their gills
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Post by hagar on Mar 11, 2010 22:24:59 GMT
Do all the irish salmon come in from the sea with the blue thing through their gills In Norway they have them round their tails ;D
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Post by underghillie on Mar 11, 2010 22:28:24 GMT
Do all the irish salmon come in from the sea with the blue thing through their gills In Norway they have them round their tails ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by underghillie on Mar 12, 2010 22:31:23 GMT
I here the river forth get a run of these fish aswell
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Post by bwlodge on Mar 15, 2010 12:39:42 GMT
Third Springer is caught on the Blackwater Lodge beats The third springer of the season was taken on Sunday, March 14 by Larry Sheridan (Dungarvan) who gillies for the Lodge. He released the fish which weighed about 12lb & was taken on black Flying C at the top of the Island Stream on Kents. It didn't have sea-lice but very fresh. He saw a couple more springers there as well. Unfortunately no picture as he doesn't carry a camera with him. The river is now at summer level - 0.36m on the Ballyduff gauge. Perfect fly order. Lots of kelts being caught on flies as small as size 8. For the latest info: Fishing report page www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/fishingreport.htm
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Post by hagar on Mar 15, 2010 14:49:23 GMT
The third springer of the season was taken on Sunday, March 14 by Larry Sheridan (Dungarvan) who gillies for the Lodge. How many rod days has it taken to catch the three fish ?
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Post by bwlodge on Apr 12, 2010 0:50:01 GMT
[/quote] How many rod days has it taken to catch the three fish ?[/quote]
Four fish were taken between March 6 & 17th for 21 rod days.
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Post by bwlodge on Apr 12, 2010 0:50:47 GMT
Here's the current water level on the Cork Blackwater at Ballyduff on April 10th.Source - Blackwater Lodge Fishing Report page: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/fishingreport.htmThe river is falling slowly but steadily. The clarity has improved dramatically & is now about 5 feet on the lower river. It's still a bit too high to fish the fly comfortably. The 5th. springer of the season on the Lodge beats was caught on spinner on Beat 5 - Inchinleama last Sunday (April 4th.) before the last flood hit the river. One kelt was caught today - surprising that there are still some present in the river this late in the season.
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Post by bwlodge on Apr 12, 2010 0:51:29 GMT
Fishing the Fly at Last!With such a beautiful balmy evening this evening, four of us decided venture out to the river about 6.00pm this evening. We opted to go to Upper & Lower Kilmurry, the best of the Lodge's seven beats below Careysville with the gauge height having dropped to 0.80m. Glenda & I headed for Lower, and the picture above is her at the Lug Pool at 7.15pm. She was able to wade & fly-fish the whole way down the pool even at this height. I headed down below to the Island Stream. This was about 10cm too high to be able to wade, though could be fished from the (rather high) bank with a shooting head. The picture above was taken looking downstream at the Island Stream at 7.45pm and this picture was taken looking up the Island Stream to the Lug Pool on the bend in the distance. We didn't see or touch any fish on Lower Kilmurry, but when we went back up to Upper Kilmurry, the other two had seen three large fresh fish moving through the Sand Gap & the Hut Pool and Daniel (a student on work experience at the Lodge from the Swedish Sport Fishing Academy) had briefly hooked one of them just after it showed. The clarity is about 5 feet & the level is falling steadily, so the prospects for the coming week look good. For the latest information, see our daily updated Fishing Report page: : www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/fishingreport.htm
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Post by bwlodge on May 2, 2010 21:00:15 GMT
The First Springer on Fly is Caught!Denis O'Donnell from Cahir caught this lovely sea-liced 8.4lb fish on a ½ inch cone-head Cascade tube on the Island Stream on Lower Kilmurry today. He saw a fish running through the stream & caught this one 3 casts later, so there were definitely a few fish moving. Late report (21.00)Kieran Conlon from Cork lost a similar fish at the net with Denis in the Island Stream after about 6/7 minutes - he could even see the sea-lice on its back, & lost another after about a minute on the Hut Pool on Upper Kilmurry. They saw at least half a dozen fish moving through. ProspectsThe lower river is rising slightly (a couple of inches) after yesterday's showers, but the clarity is still excellent. The upper river came up about 6 inches & peaked during the night & is already falling. The weather forecast is dry for the week, so fly-fishing prospects are excellent. There are rods available for the coming week. For the latest info: Fishing report page www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/fishingreport.htm
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Post by bwlodge on May 4, 2010 1:29:53 GMT
The Best Day so Far this season with two sea-liced fish caught for only 10 rods fishing. Brothers Larry and Michael Sheridan from Dungarvan fished the Lodge's lowest beat (only about 4 miles above the tide). Larry caught a 9.4lb. on #8 Ally's on a slow-sink tip & Michael a 6.4lb on FC. A number of running fish were seen & two met, one on fly & one on spun prawn. Interestingly, I also heard today (from anglers fishing Fermoy Trout club's competition today which weighed in at the Lodge this evening) that two fish were caught in the Ballyhooly area & a grilse up at Lombardstown in the last day or so. The run is definitely picking up, & with dry weather for the week, the fly-fishing prospects look excellent. The river was down to 0.38m today with clarity 5-6 feet. For the latest info: Fishing report page www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/FishingReport/fishingreport.htm
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