Sea Angling Ireland

Henry’s Tackle Shop
ALL-IRELAND OPEN SMOOTH HOUND CHAMPIONSHIP
Hosted by SEA ANGLING IRELAND SAC
KILMUCKRIDGE AREA, SATURDAY JULY 20th
FISHING FROM 6 PM to 11 PM
CHECK IN “THE CROSSES” KILMUCKRIDGE 3 pm to 5 pm The Crosses Pub
500 EURO CASH PRIZE AND PERPETUAL CUP FOR LONGEST
HOUND
MATCH PRIZES FOR EACH ZONE
€25 + €5 optional pools. (Longest Flat, Longest Round excluding
Hounds, Longest Ray)
Juniors €5 + €5 optional pools
Non Ifsa members have to pay an additional 20 euro for an Ifsa visitor’s ticket
Entries to: John 087–7413964, Marco 087-1672633
by Friday 19th July 7 pm.

Updates in the forum

Inland Fisheries Ireland, through its newly announced national barriers programme, is addressing the issue of water quality and particularly in reference to hydromorphological impacts as outlined in Ireland’s third cycle of the river basin management plan. Government funding of €110 million has been approved for this initiative to remove, mitigate and where possible lessen the ecological impact of river barriers on migrating and resident fish species. This is critically important for Atlantic salmon, European eels and lamprey. European eel numbers have fallen dramatically and wild salmon numbers returning to Ireland have dropped from 1.7 million in 1975 to just over 170,000 in 2022. This is a catastrophic decline in less than one generation. More on the Oireachtais Web Site

2023 Henrytackleshop.com Cod Champion was Donal Domeney with a codling of 67 cm (6.8 lb)

Match score winner was Stephen O’Donovan with 6 fish for 240 fish Points

Longest Round: 42 cm Bass by Kevin Roche

Longest Ray: 72 cm Ray by Pete Davis

Longest Flat: 31 cm Flounder by Mochara Fraher

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