However, Nigel Houldsworth put in a brilliant performance to dominate Rockfield with a net of bream and skimmers to weigh in over 10kg and win the match overall.

Mariusz Killan won a very difficult Kevin’s shore with just under 2kg, consisting of 3 hybrids.

Again, fishing was very hard on Emma’s shore with Irmantas Sriupsa (bream weather) winning the section with just under 2kg which consisting of a bream, roach and a hybrid.

RESULTS

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS

• Nigel Houldsworth 10.375kg Rockfield
• Mariusz killan 1.850kg Kevin’s shore.
• Irmantas sriupsa 1.970kg Emma’s shore.

SECTIONS

• A Nigel Houldsworth/Rory O’Neil
• B Mariusz Killan/Andy Butterfield
• C Irmantas Sriupsa/Mark Leonard

Well done to the Golden ticket winners. The next Feederking qualifier (Q2) is on the Blackwater River, Dungannon on May 18^th and there are still tickets available – so contact the organisers to get your hands on one!

GOWNA coarse angling centre

Family Friendly Angling Fair Reels In Angling Novices & Enthusiasts

Don’t miss what has evolved into Ireland’s largest and only angling show of its kind this May. Building on the success of previous years, this year, the Irish Spring Angling Fair promises to be bigger and better than ever! The two day event takes place on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th May 2024 at Ardaire Springs Angling Centre, located just outside Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny (Eircode: X91XTY7). Once accompanied by an adult, children under 14 years of age can attend for free making this an ideal family day out. Parents can browse the stands, attend talks and demonstrations, while children can enjoy a dedicated Kid’s Zone and avail of free fly tying and casting lessons, and the opportunity to catch their very first fish!

The Irish Spring Angling Fair has become a big hit with angling novices and enthusiasts who value the opportunity of meeting with and learning from a host of world renowned celebrities such as Scott Mackenzie, Glenda Powell, Peter Driver, Craig Barr, Jason 0’Riordan, Maurice Cahill, Stuart Wylie, Martin Barrera Oro, Marcin Kantor, Cormac Walsh and more.

The two day weekend schedule is packed with interesting talks on various angling related topics and free demonstrations, such as salmon, trout, saltwater and pike flies being tied by some of the best in the business. Game, sea and pike angling are also hot topics and there is guaranteed to be something for everyone, as well as onsite catering for refreshments throughout the day.

Ardaire Springs Angling Centre has been run by Ned Maher for many years and the site has over 4 acres of lakes, stocked with rainbow and brown trout ranging from 2lb to 20lb. As angling fairs go, this is a venue like no other, as it allows world renowned celebrity anglers to showcase their skills and leading tackle manufactures to provide fishing tackle and boat demo’s on the lakes.

With a broad range of exhibitors lined up for this year, anglers will be presented with a fantastic opportunity to immerse themselves in all things angling, pick up some of the latest tips and techniques and add to their tackle collection. Some of the exhibitors in attendance will include tackle suppliers and stands from fisheries as well as international angling holiday promoters and much more.

Don’t miss this landmark family-friendly Angling Fair at Ardaire Springs Angling Centre and the opportunity to meet celebrity anglers and fellow angling enthusiasts for what promises to be a great weekend!

For more information, please see www.irishspringanglingfair.com or contact Ned Maher on 086 8128937 or info@irishspringanglingfair.com

With river running slow, fishing was better around the town area and some nice big fish were caught. The day three winner was Lee Symonds and he had a mega 16kg of bream and roach from Broadmeadow peg 7.

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The weight table was very tight for the last day but Gary Johnson fished a consistent match averaging 10kg per day and managed to win this year’s Erne Easter festival with 31.325kg.

Runner up was Aaron Hutchman with 26.185kg and third Lee Symonds with 25.650kg.

Final scores

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Not every day do you get over half the field getting in to the prizes but this weekend’s match was a bit a of a exception with 7 dry nets over the two days and every angler left frustrated and wondering what to do to get a bite!

Normally Lough Bridget fishes well this time of year with lots of small Roach ,Rudd, Hybrids and Skimmers not this year alas. In fact the Silvergrove section was almost devoid of anything only two small fish caught on day one and on day 2 only two anglers managed to put a few in the net.

Likewise Swan Island was not much better a few fish on the feeder in the first couple of hours and then nothing. Swan Island peg 4 produced small rudd and a inevitable battle with Pike the most consistent over the two days

• 1st Paddy Patrick O’Neill 3lb 13oz
• 2nd Trevor Platt 3lb 1.5oz
• 3rd Liam & Kevin 2lb 8oz
• 4th Martin & Ray 2lb

Go fishing…

Anyone who would like to fish the Munster Coarse Anglers Festivals or Leagues can contact us by commenting on our Facebook page

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Munster Coarse Angling Club are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting sport as recognised by Sport Ireland and Sport NI. www.ncffi.ie

Tulla Coarse Angling Centre

On Day 4 the biggest weights came from the Town stretch again with all anglers getting over 30lb and 4 of them getting good bags to well over 40lb.

1. 1st Dave Brooks 54lb 3oz
2. 2nd Paul McCaul, Ian Kelsey 47lb 12oz

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The last day saw Stick Ups come alive and Dave Brooks had the best of it. Town did not  fish well at all with a number of Did Not Weighs and some anglers left the bank early at Stickups either the rain or the excitement? Dave had this to say.

It’s blown an absolute hoolie and lashed it down like you wouldn’t believe. I kept it simple – two feeder rods both at 30 turns. Had bites steady all match catching hybrids and roach on 3 dead red maggots. Probably fed 3 pints caster and 1.25kg worms. Mix used was ever faithful Sonubait black river and deep water (left over from yesterday).

At 1pm looked up the section and everyone had gone home leaving only me and Ian Kesley on the end!

Final results

• 1st Dave Brooks
• 2nd John Deakin
• 3rd Sean Brereton
• 4th Bruce Pennell
• 5th Richard Pulford
• 6th Joe Nolan
• 7th Stu Blunsom

Pair’s

• 1st Dave Brooks, Steve Williamson
  276lb 14oz
• 2nd Bruce Pennell, Richard Pulford
  264lb 15oz
• 3rd Ian Kelsey, Sean Brereton
  262lb 5oz

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The organisers gave huge thanks to their sponsors – Boathouse bar , Finns daybreak, Oaklodge B&B, Ferry Inn. And not forgetting Ronnie Goldwater and Paul McCaul for doing the results, running the Pair’s and the superpool.

Go fishing…

Hopefully see most of you back for the September festival which starts Monday the 22nd

Next April Festival will start on Monday the 13th of April 2026

Portumna Coarse Angling Club

For information about the Portumna Festival and other matches in the area check in with the club on their Facebook page.
Contact: Bruce Pennell
Email: brucepennell1966@gmail.com
Website: Portumna Coarse Angling Facebook

Day 1 results

The Dave Bacon Feeder Festival got off to a sunny start today, with 30 anglers drawing their pegs from O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House

Henk Roskam set the pace early, winning Day 1 at Garden Centre (A) with 13.380kg. Not far behind, Neil Richards secured second place from Cable Buoys with 12.810kg—slightly improving on his weight from the same spot yesterday. Rounding out the top three was JP Molloy , also at the Garden Centre, weighing in at 12.710kg.

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Day 2 results

Rimantas wins todays match with 13.750kg, followed by Paul Leese with 10.850kg and third, Alan Larkin 10.210kg all from the Garden Centre.

Its going to be a tight competition as Neil Richards leads the way going into the final day.
Join us at the presentation at O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House this Good Friday evening to celebrate the winners and thanks our hosts and organisers for the week.

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Day 3 and Overall results

Massive congratulations to Neil Richards – a true legend on this venue – for taking top honours in the Dave Bacon Memorial and completing a stunning double by winning both festivals back to back this week!

A big shout-out to runner-up Chris Haigh, who finished second with 31.480kg on the scales. It was a tight battle for the next few places: Paul Leese came in 3rd, Rimantas Kondrackas took 4th, and Henk Roskam rounded out the top five.

As an added bonus, 1st and 2nd placings in the rotation, were rewarded. The prize fund was spread more evenly across the field, giving more anglers a well-deserved share of the rewards.

It’s been a week of all seasons – sun, wind, and wrapping up with a soggy finish today!
Huge thanks to Kevin & Chris for their tireless work behind the scenes organising the festival, and to our brilliant hosts Eileen & all the staff at O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House for their warm hospitality.

𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘂𝗽… 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻!

Next up is the Sensas Ireland pairs match over the May Bank Holiday weekend.
The format is a 2-day match Saturday & Sunday and in addition there will be opens on Friday and Monday. The World Club Float Championships 2025 is being held on Inniscarra Lake in August. The Sensas Ireland 2-day pairs match offers those fishing the World Float Champs the opportunity to sample the venue and locality. Places still available, enquiries via their facebook page.

Starting 17th May, we kick off another 7 days of match fishing (any method), beginning with the one-day ‘Hogans’ Open, followed by the O’Callaghans Cup and the Ottewill Trophy. Contact Kevin Gray to get your name on the list – you won’t want to miss it!

Go fishing…

With Daily flights from the UK and Holland to Cork, and regular flights from many other countries it no hardship to find your way to Inniscarra.

Inniscarra Lake TDL

Inniscarra Lake TDL are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting sport as recognised by Sport Ireland and Sport NI. www.ncffi.ie

For details of the all the events, venues and more, a downloadable copy of the events calendar, 2020 festival results and a directory of angler friendly accommodation in the local area please visit www.ncffi.ie/inniscarra-angling.

On Sunday, April 20th, the club hit up a local lake in Cavan for the third round of the Spring League 2025.  Surprisingly though, the fishing was seriously tough – despite promising conditions, with bites few and far between.

Still, a few of the lads managed to grind it out and put together some decent bags – fair play to them!

Tough going for round 3

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Top 3 on the day:

• Dykun Pavlo – 5.650kg
• Pavel Tkachenko – 4.530kg
• Tomas Juknevicius – 3.100kg

Well done to everyone who took part – onwards to the next round! Let’s hope the fish are a bit more cooperative next time! Tight lines!

Coarse angling in Cavan

There will be 35 top Irish match anglers taking part and the headquarters for the weekend will be the Blackthorn Inn.

Meeting up for registration and draw 12 o clock

Fishing 2pm until 6pm

Entry fee

• €10 adults
• €5 Juniors

Booking is essential. Please contact 0879383553 or go to the Belmont anglers Facebook page for more information or to register.

All are very welcome to participate

Join the Club…

Belmont Anglers is taking new members.

Belmont Anglers is a Coarse Angling club based in the Irish midlands. Competitions are held regularly on the Grand canal and river Shannon. All are welcome to participate.

For details of this and all their news and up coming events check out their facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1691060974490981