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The 2018 angling season started of cold and wet. From the previous mid-July there was constant rain which led to high levels of water in the loughs and rivers and very wet ground conditions. The weather was cold with North and East winds, bringing heavy snow to the eastern parts of Ireland and only a…
Angling guide Brian Curran with 5 anglers from Holland on their annual visit to the south Connemara area. While the weather was inclement they still managed to catch 133 brown trout over three days.
Galway Bay may now be infected with a deadly fish virus called Pancreas Disease (PD), due to the illegal and criminal dumping of farmed salmon carcases on Spiddal beach last week and and a number of other occasions in the recent past. Galway Bay Against Salmon Cages (GBASC) were first notified about this illegal dumping…