Fishing on the Slaney has been quite slow for the first week with only about 10 fish landed. The exception to this rule was rookie salmon angler Matthew Summerfield from the UK who, on his first days salmon fishing on Saturday, … Continued
The Slaney got off to a slow start on the opening day today. At this stage I have only heard of 4 springers landed and about 6 lost or met. Top rod of the day was Eamonn Power with 2 fine springers. Not that many … Continued
The last few months of heavy rain combined with relatively mild conditions should have lead to a decent spread of fish through out the system for the opening on St Patricks day. The high, comparatively warm, water should have meant that there were no thermal or … Continued
No Salmon Farms At Sea (NSFAS) are organising a picket at the B.I.M. National Seafood Conference 2014 on the 2nd April at the Aviva Stadium Dublin. Galway Bay Against salmon Cages are asking all organisations , groups, angling federations, clubs, … Continued
IFI have now updated the draft Slaney Bye Law to clarify that catch and release applies to ea trout over 40cms. The normal national rules of a bag limit of 3 sea trout of less than 40cm will apply to … Continued
We understand that, contrary to the current wording of the draft Bye Law referred to in our earlier posting, it is intended that a bag limit of 3 sea trout under 40cms per 24 hours will apply for the 2014 … Continued
The draft byelaw for the Slaney has been posted on the IFI site. As expected the season runs from 17 March to 16 September inclusive on a catch and release basis for salmon. The surprise is that the draft proposes … Continued
The are reports of 60 to 80,000 1 year old salmon escaping from a Bantry bay based fish farm. If confirmed, it highlights the massive threat to wild salmon fisheries by the proposed expansion of salmon farming. Just imagine if this … Continued
IFI recently published its report on a Pilot Study of the Impact of Seal Predation on the Slaney and Moy. It makes for interesting reading. Counts of grey seals hauled out in the Wexford harbour area ranged from in excess … Continued
The final 2013 redd count has come in just on 2,000 redds which is the highest number in the past 17 years. The count has only exceed 1,500 in 2 other years (2001 and 2007),with an average (mean) over the period of … Continued