There is a thread on the Salmon fishing Forum looking for details on Salmon over 35 Lbs caught in Irish Rivers and not in Fred Bullers book. There is currently only one Slaney Salmon in the list. This is the large … Continued
Any relevent photos or news of interest relating to the Slaney whether or not to do with fishing are wanted for publiction on the site please email to info@slaneyrivertrust.ie in the first instance
A report in yesterdays Atlantic Salmon Federation news highlights the penalties for illegal fishing in Newfoundland – a man with an untagged salmon got 1 months house arrest and a 5 year ban -see the report on 7 cases of … Continued
Salmon have returned to the Tolka in Dublin after over a hundred years – removing barriers and pollution leads to first arrivals – see IFI press release
Todays IFI press release on a conviction for spearing salmon on the spawning gounds on the Newport river along with a photo of the 3 fish taken highlights the threat to our rivers. A fine of €1,750 will hopefully focus the … Continued
The web cam showing the water level has been down for the past couple of weeks due to a phone line problem. We hope to have it fixed in the next few days.
Last week’s note was about poaching in the UK – the recent conviction of 2 men for netting in the Waterford estuary and lots of comment on the forums about alledged illegal netting on for example the Nore and other rivers indicates that … Continued
The seatrout fishing has slowed down considerably as you would expect given the fact the trout have been in the pools for several weeks now. As far as salmon go there have been no widespread reports of grilse in the … Continued
In light of reports of poaching incidents across the country, the attached article on poaching on the Wye, shows that this is a problem big problem abroad as well. Although it would appear that the widespread netting river pools is more typically a … Continued
The Atlantic Salmon Federation news letter includes reports indicating that Canadian and even Maine rivers are having improved runs of MSW atlantic salmon. See North America. Closer to home the grilse seem to be arriving at last with Simon Ashe at Ballynahinch … Continued