November Ullcatch Competition

The winner of May’s Nominated Species Hunt was Steven O’Neill with his report on fishing for Plaice in Cork Harbour resulting in the  4.2lb fish pictured.  You may read about it here. The nominated species for June are Smoothound and Stingray. More details here As an overall prize for the year, Bryan O…

  The winner of the December Species Competition was Frank Murphy with his report of fishing for Cod in the Youghal area.  Pictured is his best fish of the session – a cod of 6.5 lbs. More here. Many thanks to Ullcatch for sponsoring this competition

Jim Clohessy attended a stakeholder forum in Dublin (23/03/23) under the banner of Sea Angling Ireland. This was a continuation of the process that began with video consultations in 2020 culminating with the publishing of the report on Marine Protected Areas. You may read more about it on the forum

SEA ANGLING IRELAND SAC will again host the HENRYSTACKLESHOP.COM ALL-IRELAND OPEN SMOOTH HOUND CHAMPIONSHIP on July 16th in the Roney area. FISHING FROM 2pm to 7 pm CHECK IN UPTON COURT KILMUCKRIDGE 11:30 am to 1:00 pm500 EURO CASH PRIZE AND PERPETUAL CUP FOR LONGEST HOUNDMATCH PRIZES FOR EACH ZONE€25…

IFI has established a National Bass Programme to collect data on bass in order to provide scientific advice to support management and conservation of Ireland’s bass resource. Bass is Ireland’s only marine fish species which is managed for angling. The programme is being developed to determine the status of bass…