Fishery Report » Grasshopper Cottage
[ May 2010 ]
The 2010 season got off to a mixed start with the after effects of an unusually cold Winter lingering in to the Spring and impactin on fly hatches and fish movement. The lough was frozen from the Dooras peninsula over to the Carrick Shore at one point in January something not seen in decades.
The “duckfly” hatches were somewhat patchy and were down in number but continued longer than usual. The last ten days or so of March saw strong winds on most days, rain and sleet with fishing abandoned on one day. However Geoff Challis and Tony Corpes (UK) persisted despite the cold conditions catching a total of 36 trout between them including fish weighing 5.25lbs, 5lbs, 4lbs. and 3.75lbs. All their fish were taken on red/black buzzer or a brown Diawl Bach. Hugh Sinclair (NI) had is best trout from Lough Corrib weighing 4lbs and Nick Sharp (UK) had three good fish on the last day of his short visit.
Moving in to April the catches remained varied with some anglers doing better than others. The highlight of the Easter visit of young Stephen Ho (aged 13 years and 11 months) and his father, David (UK), was the catching of 10 trout in one day - 8 of them keepers.
As we continued in to April, the fine dry weather we have experienced has made for challenging. Notwithstanding that, a local angling club competition on April 11, saw some nice trout being taken with local man, Peter Walsh, the overall winner and Mike Shanks (2nd) and Roy Peirce (3rd) featuring in the prizes. However, for Mike winning 2nd prize was superseded by the fact that he caught a total of 9 trout on the day (all on buzzer) - his very best day ever on Lough Corrib and one to remember for a long time to come.
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