River Moy Daily Reports & Updates

mayo.mick · 15-03-2013 9:49pm #1

For anyone interested in fishing on the River Moy in County Mayo, Moyfisher is now doing daily reports and updates on catch's and river conditions. You can find him at moyfisher.wordpress.com. The site is now live and the first report is now up.

newbie2013 · 19-03-2013 5:47pm

Good site. Have fished the east mayo a few times and would love to join the club but cant afford to. Think its a few hundred euro but first have to buy 14 full day tickets

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I also like fishing the cloongee stretch but cant afford paying the daily day tickets either. Does anyone know why they dont do any yearly tickets like other stretches do.

Ill be joining the foxford stretch this season as ive been told that if i live 10mie radious then its only 100euro for the season. im not to far from the stretch and cant wait to get out on my boat on the moy this year. Im hoping to break my 12lb record and heres hoping the next one is in the 20s lol

Flysfisher · 20-03-2013 12:11am

newbie2013 wrote: »

Good site. Have fished the east mayo a few times and would love to join the club but cant afford to. Think its a few hundred euro but first have to buy 14 full day tickets .

I also like fishing the cloongee stretch but cant afford paying the daily day tickets either. Does anyone know why they dont do any yearly tickets like other stretches do.

Ill be joining the foxford stretch this season as ive been told that if i live 10mie radious then its only 100euro for the season. im not to far from the stretch and cant wait to get out on my boat on the moy this year. Im hoping to break my 12lb record and heres hoping the next one is in the 20s lol

Did you say you we're going to put a boat on the moy??

mayo.mick · 20-03-2013 5:31pm

I'm sure if you drop moyfisher an e-mail he will give you some advise.
http://moyfisher.wordpress.com/contact/

newbie2013 · 20-03-2013 6:13pm

Flysfisher wrote: »

Did you say you we're going to put a boat on the moy??

Yeah, the boat aint that heavy to carry onto the moy and where i fish is deep enough water so wont have any problem with getting stuck anywhere unless i got to some places on the east mayo.

Why did you comment with the confused face. Dont you know people fish from boats in ireland

Chopperdog 2 · 21-03-2013 2:55am

newbie2013 wrote: »

Yeah, the boat aint that heavy to carry onto the moy and where i fish is deep enough water so wont have any problem with getting stuck anywhere unless i got to some places on the east mayo.

Why did you comment with the confused face. Dont you know people fish from boats in ireland

Surely this has to be a wind up?

I'm not even going to get involved.....

Did you not have all the ins and outs of this explained to you last year on another forum?????

Flysfisher · 21-03-2013 8:10pm

newbie2013 wrote: »

Why did you comment with the confused face. Dont you know people fish from boats in ireland

Really? In 40 years of game angling in Ireland I never knew anyone fished from boats, sure I thought those things were magic carpets, thanks for that fulfilling enlightenment

By the way, which moy fishery are launching your magic carpet in?

mayo.mick · 04-04-2013 8:52pm

I see Moyfisher has had his first cast of the year on the river Moy. Should be some interesting reports in the coming days, when the river levels rise's.

mayo.mick · 08-04-2013 2:56pm

Moyfisher has caught his first Salmon of the season!

http://moyfisher.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/moy-report-8th-april-8-am/

Mr Bumble · 09-04-2013 2:41am

Several places where people use boats to fish for salmon in Ireland. I've seen it on the Moy at the Joinings, the Bann, Shannon, Lee and the Munster Blackwater in the tidal stretch. In Scotland, they use a big chain and the gillie pays it out as you go down the best beats while you fish with a double-hander on many of the big salmon rivers. I resume this is about rivers? Plenty of lakes obviously where you can catch salmon from a boat on the fly

tootsy70 · 12-04-2013 2:41pm

Mr Bumble wrote: »

Several places where people use boats to fish for salmon in Ireland. I've seen it on the Moy at the Joinings, the Bann, Shannon, Lee and the Munster Blackwater in the tidal stretch. In Scotland, they use a big chain and the gillie pays it out as you go down the best beats while you fish with a double-hander on many of the big salmon rivers. I resume this is about rivers? Plenty of lakes obviously where you can catch salmon from a boat on the fly

I would agree. I think the poster above is having the wind up because i have also seen boats on the moy, just below foxford when i was there a few years ago for a weeks fishing.

I dont know the laws concerning fishing from boats in ireland but id take a guess that its perfectly legal to fish in a river from a boat, infact i would prefer it rather than having to cross fields,clime fences etc.. that and the fact that ive walked through fields before with my son fishing, and the animals werent to happy we were there so we had to do a bolter.

Just as im typing this, i remember stopping at a bridge just outside of foxford(its the east mayo stretch if i remember correctly) and there was a sign saying boats for hire so clearly its possible to have a boat on this river.

tootsy70 · 12-04-2013 2:42pm

Mr Bumble wrote: »

Several places where people use boats to fish for salmon in Ireland. I've seen it on the Moy at the Joinings, the Bann, Shannon, Lee and the Munster Blackwater in the tidal stretch. In Scotland, they use a big chain and the gillie pays it out as you go down the best beats while you fish with a double-hander on many of the big salmon rivers. I resume this is about rivers? Plenty of lakes obviously where you can catch salmon from a boat on the fly

Where is the joinings, would this be at the start of the river at ballina, if so ive also seen boats here on my way to inishcrone from the foxford direction.

Park Royal · 13-04-2013 2:00pm

As I understand things , its the actual "fishery owners" have the boats , at

eg Foxford and Mount Falcon also in the (Ridgepool for those lacking

mobility usually).

The only other people who put a boat on the freshwater Moy are the Fishery

Officers and recreational canoeists( who usually respect that its a major game

river). I never heard of an individual angler coming along and launching himself

or herself into a fishery with their own craft.( except poachers of course). I

suspect the fishery owner would have alot to say about the matter.

tootsy70 · 13-04-2013 6:14pm

Park Royal wrote: »

As I understand things , its the actual "fishery owners" have the boats , at

eg Foxford and Mount Falcon also in the (Ridgepool for those lacking

mobility usually).

The only other people who put a boat on the freshwater Moy are the Fishery

Officers and recreational canoeists( who usually respect that its a major game

river). I never heard of an individual angler coming along and launching himself

or herself into a fishery with their own craft.( except poachers of course). I

suspect the fishery owner would have alot to say about the matter.

What would poachers be doing with a boat, sure that would just show what their at. Arent poachers suppose to do it without anyone noticing.

Can you tell me why a fishery owner wouldnt be to happy with someone fishing from a boat. Im not big into my fishing but i would have thought you'd get a better fishing experience having a boat and it would also save you from walking through wet fields with all your kit. IMO i cant see a fishery officer telling you to get off the river if your on a boat, maybe if you were acting the maggot but if you werent getting in anyones way, annoying other fisher men then i couldnt see it being a problem.

tootsy70 · 15-04-2013 11:11pm

15lber caught

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the+moy+&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoy.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D19%26Itemid%3D45&ei=93psUerKKLCB7QaT8IDYAw&usg=AFQjCNE0Fe8g6qRWVAZ42MmXwUz8GMpUVg

mayo.mick · 16-04-2013 12:32am

tootsy70 wrote: »

15lber caught

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=the+moy+&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDsQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoy.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D19%26Itemid%3D45&ei=93psUerKKLCB7QaT8IDYAw&usg=AFQjCNE0Fe8g6qRWVAZ42MmXwUz8GMpUVg

And I'll raise you 15.5lbs

http://moyfisher.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/moy-report-15th-april-8-am/

tootsy70 · 17-04-2013 12:35am

Lovely fish , thanks for the pic

tootsy70 · 22-04-2013 11:15pm

just under 19lber caught on the fly. stuff i could only dream about

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mayo.mick · 01-05-2013 12:26am

9lb caught & released on East Mayo Anglers yesterday by moyfisher.

http://moyfisher.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/moy-report-30th-april-8-am/

Flysfisher · 02-05-2013 10:57pm

mayo.mick wrote: »

9lb caught & released on East Mayo Anglers yesterday by moyfisher.

http://moyfisher.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/moy-report-30th-april-8-am/

Excellent stuff, we have a real angler on our hands here.

tootsy70 · 02-05-2013 11:25pm

Nice fish but i think someone is telling porkies. It doesnt look 9lb to me, if it is, excuse me

mayo.mick · 03-05-2013 12:09pm

tootsy70 wrote: »

Nice fish but i think someone is telling porkies. It doesnt look 9lb to me, if it is, excuse me

Moyfisher is a very genuine guy, wouldn't tell "porkies"! I will check it with him, could be a typo in the post?

tootsy70 · 03-05-2013 3:12pm

mayo.mick wrote: »

Moyfisher is a very genuine guy, wouldn't tell "porkies"! I will check it with him, could be a typo in the post?

Does it look a 9lber to you ?

mayo.mick · 04-05-2013 10:09pm

tootsy70 wrote: »

Does it look a 9lber to you ?

was just talking to moyfisher and he reckoned about 8lb 15oz ;-)

runawaybishop · 09-05-2013 11:52am

tootsy70 wrote: »

I would agree. I think the poster above is having the wind up because i have also seen boats on the moy, just below foxford when i was there a few years ago for a weeks fishing.

Probably this spot? There plenty of boats around there, you can see where they tie up if you look closely.

tootsy70 · 09-05-2013 11:56am

runawaybishop wrote: »

Probably this spot? There plenty of boats around there, you can see where they tie up if you look closely.

Come to think about it, i have seen pictures on the internet with boats on the moy on this spot. How much do they hire them out for ?

runawaybishop · 09-05-2013 12:04pm

tootsy70 wrote: »

Come to think about it, i have seen pictures on the internet with boats on the moy on this spot. How much do they hire them out for ?

Not sure and can't see it on any website but i have definitely seen boats out and about with ghillies. I can PM you a local ghillie service if you are interested.

tootsy70 · 09-05-2013 12:15pm

runawaybishop wrote: »

Not sure and can't see it on any website but i have definitely seen boats out and about with ghillies. I can PM you a local ghillie service if you are interested.

Yeah please.

I checked online and seen this

edit.. link not working but its on the downhill house hotel , day out on boat for x amount

runawaybishop · 09-05-2013 12:31pm

That's near the estuary in Ballina probably?

Chopperdog 2 · 09-05-2013 5:13pm

runawaybishop wrote: »

Probably this spot? There plenty of boats around there, you can see where they tie up if you look closely.

That is the mooring point for the boat used by The Foxford Fishery, a private beat that has to be booked in advance.
The boat is not for use for fishing, merely to transport clients to different parts of the beat.

runawaybishop · 10-05-2013 1:22pm

Chopperdog 2 wrote: »

That is the mooring point for the boat used by The Foxford Fishery, a private beat that has to be booked in advance.
The boat is not for use for fishing, merely to transport clients to different parts of the beat.

Are you sure about that, i recall seeing people fishing from it but perhaps they were merely en route.

mayo.mick · 22-05-2013 9:51pm

Nice fish caught on the river Moy yesterday at Oldcastle on the fly.

Chopperdog 2 · 22-05-2013 11:15pm

I had 2 springers yesterday on east Mayo fly stretch on a hothead cascade 1 inch tube.
Water was perfect.
A great day.

mayo.mick · 23-05-2013 3:31pm

Chopperdog 2 wrote: »

I had 2 springers yesterday on east Mayo fly stretch on a hothead cascade 1 inch tube.
Water was perfect.
A great day.

Was that you that moyfisher mentioned in yesterdays post??

http://moyfisher.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/moy-report-22nd-may-8-am/

Chopperdog 2 · 23-05-2013 4:31pm

yup....

every dog has its day....

tootsy70 · 23-05-2013 7:34pm

mayo.mick wrote: »

Nice fish caught on the river Moy yesterday at Oldcastle on the fly.

where is old castle

Chopperdog 2 · 23-05-2013 8:26pm

Tootsy,
Oldcastle is the highest part of the East Mayo Beat, directly below Ballintemple.

Roughly 7 to 8 miles upstream of Foxford and 6 miles downstream of Swinford.

mattcullen · 23-05-2013 8:27pm

Chopperdog 2 wrote: »

yup....

every dog has its day....

Was that you I met in Tiernans Chopperdog? I met you before up at Courtlough and was talking to you about speycasting etc Got a springer just shy of 12 lb on flying c yesterday below ballylahon bridge. Absolutely delighted

Chopperdog 2 · 24-05-2013 1:01am

Hi Matt,

Great to hear that you got a fish. On the black Rolla spinner?

Yup, that was me you met previously at Courtlough and Tiernans.

Good to meet you again, we can talk again about a bit of casting practice.

Give me a shout if you would like to get out to play with the 'big rods'.

Great job on your springer,

C. D. 2

mattcullen · 24-05-2013 9:15am

Cheers, yeah got it on the Black Rolla. My god can they fight. heart was going 90 till I had it on the bank!

mayo.mick · 28-05-2013 9:48pm

Nice 10LB Salmon here;

Full report & more photos here;

http://moyfisher.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/moy-report-23rd-may-8-am/

mayo.mick · 30-05-2013 7:30pm

Another nice Salmon caught yesterday on East Mayo Anglers stretch.

tootsy70 · 10-06-2013 2:31pm

Just looking at this picture of a fish caught on the moy and it looks scared to me. Can anyone tell me why its like this. A friend of mine whos beside me and whos a keen fisherman says it looks like net marks to him, would anyone agree. also why is the tail all in bits.

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Zzippy · 10-06-2013 4:21pm

tootsy70 wrote: »

Just looking at this picture of a fish caught on the moy and it looks scared to me. Can anyone tell me why its like this. A friend of mine whos beside me and whos a keen fisherman says it looks like net marks to him, would anyone agree. also why is the tail all in bits.

Don't think so, a net marked fish would show more damage to the dorsal fin area. Fish often have marks like that, sometimes the angler's line can produce marks that look similar to net marks. Having seen hundreds of fish like that, and many more fish that were clearly net-marked, this doesn't seem to be caused by a net. The tail is sometimes split like that too, but unless a fish reversed into a net at speed that wouldn't be the cause...

mayo.mick · 14-06-2013 12:09pm

7lb caught below Ballylahan bridge a day or 2 ago.

tootsy70 · 14-06-2013 12:20pm

Went fishing for 2 days last wknd on the moy, didnt catch a thing but they were jumping all around us. Needs to learn how to catch a salmon on a rod

Any tips!

Snowc · 14-06-2013 10:37pm

tootsy70 wrote: »

Went fishing for 2 days last wknd on the moy, didnt catch a thing but they were jumping all around us. Needs to learn how to catch a salmon on a rod Any tips!

What other method is there

?

tootsy70 · 15-06-2013 12:28pm

Snowc wrote: »

What other method is there ?

I was thinking of trying to use a few bricks when i seen the wee ****ers jump all around me. Think there was this one salmon that was teasing me because it kept jumping in same spot.

When i said about catching them on a rod. I really meant whats the best method and how do you set a rod up.

mayo.mick · 15-06-2013 5:39pm

Nice Salmon caught by Moyfisher yesterday. A Lot of Salmon being caught now on the Moy, mostly in the east Mayo anglers stretch :cool:

tootsy70 · 15-06-2013 6:36pm

mayo.mick wrote: »

Nice Salmon caught by Moyfisher yesterday. A Lot of Salmon being caught now on the Moy, mostly in the east Mayo anglers stretch :cool:

Is the river not in flood with all that rain. I seen on the net that it was up at 1.6 at ballylaughen bridge, is that ok conditions for it

tootsy70 · 15-06-2013 6:37pm

mayo.mick wrote: »

Nice Salmon caught by Moyfisher yesterday. A Lot of Salmon being caught now on the Moy, mostly in the east Mayo anglers stretch :cool:

What weight? 4-5lb?

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