River Moy Daily Reports & Updates

tootsy70 wrote: »

Never knew you could fish for salmon at night. When you say night, was it dark , to me it does look it in that pic.

Flysfisher wrote: »

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

Zzippy wrote: »

OK I don't know where you heard this but night fishing is certainly not illegal. It may be against fishery rules on some private or club fisheries, some places do have specified times for angling in their rules, but there is no law against fishing at night time. The best sea trout fishing is often in the dark. Ditto brown trout fishing on rivers in warm summer weather. There is also no law against the lures you mention, I've never heard of them being used here but they are certainly not illegal - again there may be local rules, such as fly-only stretches, where they would be against the rules, but on a national basis they are not illegal.
Please familiarise yourself with the fishery laws before you post information as facts on a public forum.

newbie2013 wrote: »

Have been away and only back. Was at the river up at cloongee/EM on Tuesday to Fri and not even a bite. Very unusual for this time of year. Was at pontoon and the same there. I'm wondering why it's so quiet. I'm thinking some of them poachers must be cleaning that river out up near ballina. Was even chatting to a guy who said there's a 5 mile net out in the sea somewhere, if true this is madness!!