Pike fishing

 

Jean Aibegany from France had a good weeks pike fishing on Eonish Lake. Jean fished from the bank and caught pike every day. Jean stayed in Eonish Lodge bed and breakfast with his wife and two friends. Pike returned to the water alive and unharmed.

Bream fishing

Michael Granger and friends from Birmingham England have just returned home from a ten day fishing trip to Eonish Lodge bed & breakfast accommodation. Bream and skimmer bream were in good supply and on most days catches were good.
Pictures shows Frank, Norman, Bernard and Mike before returning home .

 

 Norman’s  bream caught on the private stretch in front of accommodation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And as picture shows Mike had more to catch than fish as he makes friends with Sally and Jessy our donkeys

Another Good Weeks Fishing at Eonish Lodge.

Craig Mc Donald and friends from Accrington Lancashire England had a good weeks fishing holiday at Eonish Lodge Killeshandra.   Most of the fish caught were Bream and Skimmer Bream with some Roach and Hybrids. They were all caught on the feeder on the private stretch in front of accommodation.

Gary’s Fish

Gary Taylor and his family had a two week stay in our self catering and experienced the rainy season during that time. The lake level rose by 5ft during the second week. Gary been the dedicated fisherman was on the bank from 6am and weather conditions never seemed to stop him. Gary’s efforts paid off and he had some great catches He had a mixture of bream and roach with the bulk of the catch been bream, (93 bream in total). His weights varied from 14lb to 62lb. His total weight was 347 lb.

More Good Fishing

Killykeen

Excellent fishing is reported in all areas this week. The footbridge section and swimming pool area at Killykeen have been giving good mixed bags including Roach, also Bream and skimmer Bream.

Killeshandra

Fishing at Trinity is proving good also with good mixed bags with plenty of Bream and Town Lake Killeshandra at outflow at the river is showing plenty of Tench. Good Bream are also being caught at Bells Shore on Bawn Lake, with mixed bags including Bream being caugh at Aghabawn.

Rockfield and Glasshouse are also reported to be giving good bags of fish. One angler who fished Gubdoo on the Finn river bagged 140lb of Bream in one day. He also fished Kiltybarden and bagged 70lb of Bream.

Good bream catches in Lough Oughter

For the second weekend in a row, Zoltan Bodnar, a Hungarian angler living and working in Dublin fished Lough Oughter in Cavan.   All fish were carefully returned to the water.

 

 

Fishing in Killeshandra and surrounding area

 

Killeshandra, Belturbet, Cavan

Fishing is very good in the general Lough Oughter system with Derries and Trinity giving very good returns.  Ken Irving (Manchester) had 162 fish for 119 lbs in one days fishing on pole at Trinity.  Aughabawn Lough is giving steady returns and some big bream to 7½ lbs showing.

Arva, Lough Gowna, Carrigallen

In the Arva, Lough Gowna, Carrigallen areas the numbers of visiting anglers was generally small in the past week but there was some very good catches of bream and hybrids reported from “Kevin’s Shore” at Rosduff on Lough Gowna and “Steps” at Gulladoo Lough.  Mr. Thomson (Rotherham) had 74 lbs. at Gulladoo, 96 lbs at Kevin’s Shore (Lough Gowna) and 63 lbs at Hollybank Lough over 3 days fishing.  Three anglers (guests at The Breffni Arms) took a total of 900 lbs over 6 days fishing, mainly at Rosduff and Gulladoo.  Anthony Holby (Northampton) had 86 lbs off Kevin’s Shore and 72 lbs at Corfree. 

There are few anglers in the Carrigallen area and Rockfield and Glasshouse Loughs are described as quiet at present.

Fishing around Killeshandra

In the Killeshandra, Belturbet Cavan areas there were good numbers of anglers fishing in the Killykeen area and good angling is reported.  Anglers fishing in the early morning are reporting big bream at Aughabawn, Town Lake and Tawlagh with bags to 120 lbs. plus.

Some good mixed bags with tench showing on Town Lake at Killeshandra and at the swimming area and restaurant section at Killykeen.  Good mixed catches to 70 lbs. were reported from Lough Oughter at the Trinity section and Sean’s shore on the lower Derries.

Angling Marketing Workshop

The Marketing & Promotions workshop took place today 19th May.  We had a full attendance once again which shows the dedication Killeshandra has of making this project a success. Today we discussed on how to market and promote our area to the anglers. We are confident that Killeshandra is an angler’s paradise and we know we can give them an angling holiday of brilliance

  We had good interaction with each other, learning how to put holiday packages together. Anglers will sometimes want to bring their families and we will aim to provide families with a package holiday to include walking golfing canoeing, tennis , crazy golf and guided  nature trails, to name but a few. We are lucky now to have a number of qualified angling guides in the area to assist first time anglers and set them on the right path to catch that fish.

They hub group are meeting next week to expand on what we have learned and put into action some of the ideas discussed at the workshop.

Are you planning a fishing holiday in Ireland? Come to Killeshandra and let us at Eonish Lodge  look after you.

Angler’s welcome workshop

The first “Anglers Welcome” workshop in Killeshandra took place today. The Theme of the workshop was “Servicing your Angling Customer”. Those attending were made up of accommodation providers, fishing tackle shops proprietors, publicans, retail and restaurants proprietors. The enthusiasm of these people of Killeshandra to make sure anglers have a good experience and enjoy their stay in the area was encouraging.

The Northern Regional Fisheries Board spoke with us about the importance having up to date angling information for the angler and being aware of the needs of the angler. Failte Ireland also issued a charter to ensure each premises welcomes anglers and ensures that their stay is a comfortable, safe and enjoyable experience.

We also had a presentation on good customer care and the necessity of providing the visitor with a service beyond their expectations. By working together we know we can provide the angler with a consistent service of high quality that we will want to deliver and the angler will benefit from.

 Our next workshop is on “Marketing / Promotion skills” and takes place on the 19^th May.