Bumper year for salmon anglers on the River Moy
The 2010 season on the River Moy will be remembered as a bumper year for salmon anglers. With a reported catch of over 12,000 salmon, now confirmed, this year is almost on par with 1996 when the reported catch exceeded 12,500. Angling effort on the river at certain times was extreme resulting in unprecedented weekly catches. Despite this, even when angling effort was low, many anglers enjoyed great sport, with weekly angling returns often exceeding expectations. Some private fisheries on the system have also reported a growing trend towards catch and release, with some stating that this year’s release rate was very close to 50%.
The final few days of the season were extremely quiet on the Moy Fishery, with only a few fish reported. However, the fisheries upstream of the weirs, enjoyed great angling during the closing sessions. Ballina Salmon Angers water enjoyed a great close to the season, with an excess of 100 salmon reported, 44% of those being released, while the Mount Falcon Fishery also fished extremely well, with 85% of their catch being returned for the remaining days.
Knockmore also closed the season on a high with good catches reported, with Attymass and Coolcronan also enjoying a successful end to the season. At Coolcronan, James Goose, U.K. had two salmon for the closing days, while John Brookebank caught a total of four over the final four days.
Byrne’s Fishery had several salmon, with Armstrong’s and Gannon’s fishing well, including a fine fish of 13.5lbs for Jurg Gasser of Switzerland caught at Gannon’s. The Foxford Fishery reported relatively good angling for the time of year, and at Rinanney great sport was had by anglers. The Foxford town fisheries finished the season well as did Cloongee, where William Klaesla, Germany, caught one of 11lbs on the spinner and Tietze Bendix also having success catching one of over 7lbs. The East Mayo Angler’s water fished well for the final days, with their daily average catch exceeding 10 per day. Roy Wilson, N.Ireland, had two on the fly at East Mayo, while Lother Deeg, Germany, caught three. Ballintemple Fishery reported two for the closing days, with Michael Burgert accounting for both.
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