Fishing

Lough Sheelin proved yet again worth its weight in gold at last weekend’s double-header fly-fishing competitions during which the lake gave up quality wild brown trout the likes of which you’d be hard-pressed to find in other lakes in Ireland, Europe and, indeed, the entire northern hemisphere. The late and great Peter O’Reilly, in his book Loughs of Ireland, wrote: …

HOPEFULLY you’re all enjoying a summer of fishing. The changeable weather has made for some superb conditions in between the storms. My pal cried off a road trip last week, settling for painting duty in the house to avoid heavy rain that thankfully didn’t appear until after the rest of us had landed a bag full of bass and were …

THE weather’s a bit changeable, double figure temperatures one day and snow’s forecast the week after but hopefully the fish are still biting for you. I was afloat this week on my local looking for big pike on big lures. We’d planned a lot of trolling in between the hotspots, so I’d got the big outboard rather than my wee …

Police have formally named the 20-year-old man who tragically died onboard a fishing vessel on Friday. Conor Moseley died in what has been described by police as an industrial incident at Newlyn Harbour on Friday (November 15). All the emergency services and Cornwall Air Ambulance attended the scene after the alarm was raised at about 4.15pm.  Devon and Cornwall Police …

A keen angler died in hospital two days after he collapsed while fishing alongside an old friend, an inquest heard today. Wayne Edward Lewin, a 69-year-old retired engineer from Ratby, suffered a cardiac arrest while sitting a short distance from his pal by a lake near Foxton Locks, Leicestershire earlier this year. Mr Lewin, who walked with the aid of …

Some enormous tuna fish have been filmed grabbing a bite to east off the Cornish coast. The impressive beasts were captured on camera off the coast of St Ives by local fisherman Stuart Clary-Brom. He was out fishing for mackerel when he came  across a group of Bluefins, which you’re not allowed to net in the UK. “I didn’t catch …

Fishermen have been hunting sharks off the coast of Cornwall. The three day shark angling festival, held annually in Looe, is now in its final hours. This morning, two of the competitors were tied after catching five sharks each over the first two days. In 2018, a staggering 71 sharks were caught, and released, by the 45 anglers that took …

A fishing club with a difference is casting its net to catch new members. The Reel Friends and Family Fishing Club is open to everyone and is free to join. You don’t need to be an expert on angling, and you don’t even need to have your own fishing gear. The club will happily lend you a rod, reel and …

Women are getting hooked on fishing thanks to a glam angling expert. Marina Gibson hopes to prove the sport is no longer just for older men. She already has 40,000 followers on social media and is sponsored by an angling equipment maker. Despite her skills, Marina still gets tackled by those who think she has no place down by the …

A fishery and holiday park has been hit by a deadly fish disease which has infected its lakes in Lincolnshire. The Government has imposed strict controls on Froghall Fisheries, in Furze Lane, Louth, after it confirmed the presence of the highly contagious Koi Herpesvirus (KHV). According to the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, the disease which affects common …