Anybody fishing the Moy?

cdublin

Spotted this browsing buyandsell.ie, looks like a beautiful stretch of river.



http://www.buyandsell.ie/holiday-accommodation/holiday-homes-ireland/mayo/fishing-lodge-banks-of-river-moy-foxford-2

dvae

hope to fish it tomorrow for the first time this year.

runawaybishop

Lots of people fishing it in the last week or so, lots of poaching going on too sadly.

cdublin wrote: »

Spotted this browsing buyandsell.ie, looks like a beautiful stretch of river.



http://www.buyandsell.ie/holiday-accommodation/holiday-homes-ireland/mayo/fishing-lodge-banks-of-river-moy-foxford-2

^^ that spot in right in Foxford village, nice and central but thronged usually. You will find some decent spots as you move downriver - i can ask around if you'd like.

SeaFields

I saw a fishing report that said there were 500 salmon caught on the Moy last week.

Surely these kind of catches cant be sustainable?

runawaybishop

Dunno about 500 but there are a lot coming out right now - i have seen people carrying out bags of fish

SeaFields

runawaybishop wrote: »

Dunno about 500 but there are a lot coming out right now - i have seen people carrying out bags of fish

It was on the Inland fisheries ireland website so must be someway accurate. I've never fished the Moy but it sounds like someone took a river out of Alaska and planked in in the middle of the west of ireland!

john mayo 10

The river is fishing pretty ok at the moment despite the water levels rising and dropping every few days. There is still a number of springers still been caught with sealice on them while the grillse have started to run in the last few weeks

ironbluedun

SeaFields wrote: »

It was on the Inland fisheries ireland website so must be someway accurate. I've never fished the Moy but it sounds like someone took a river out of Alaska and planked in in the middle of the west of ireland!

SeaFields wrote: »

I saw a fishing report that said there were 500 salmon caught on the Moy last week.

Surely these kind of catches cant be sustainable?

Dont mind those reports they are fantasy..........I spent two days on it recently and its fishing ok, not as 'great' as the reports say.

BEWARE OF THE REPORTS. Believe nothing unless you see it yourself.

SeaFields

Experience goes with the territory there so. Its the same down south. You'd get the know the reports that are based on reality and the ones based on getting bums into boats

john mayo 10

I was on the moythis morning. river was rising and chocolate brown but still got a 3lb salmon on the worm. The river should fish well at weekend when it clears

mrxireland

SeaFields wrote: »

I saw a fishing report that said there were 500 salmon caught on the Moy last week.

Surely these kind of catches cant be sustainable?

The drift nets where banned 45 years ago and theyre quotas where in the 10s of thousands)if i remember correctly, it was 80000) so all them fish are now getting back up that river.

mrxireland

runawaybishop wrote: »

Lots of people fishing it in the last week or so, lots of poaching going on too sadly.



^^ that spot in right in Foxford village, nice and central but thronged usually. You will find some decent spots as you move downriver - i can ask around if you'd like.

Poaching on the moy, no chance sure the place is covered with baliffs and club members. when you say poaching do you mean people not paying or guys with nets ?

runawaybishop

mrxireland wrote: »

Poaching on the moy, no chance sure the place is covered with baliffs and club members. when you say poaching do you mean people not paying or guys with nets ?

Rodding salmon and then bundling them off in bags into a car that comes to collect them regularly. I see the car every day, saw them with bags 3 times in the last 3 weeks. Last year they didn't bother using bags.

ironbluedun

mrxireland wrote: »

no chance sure the place is covered with baliffs and club members.

I am afraid not.
I fish the moy on average 12-16 days in the year. I can not remember the last time i saw a fishery officer up river, at least 15 + years ago. But of course that may well just be a coincidence.
There is netting going on upriver above kilasser.
Generally club members are not on the river at night time.

Irish Sport Fishing

Just to recount my recent experiences and give some credit where it is due - i've been on the Moy around the Foxford area several times over the last couple of months and have twice met fisheries officers checking for state licences and tags. I have also met them in a tackle shop checking that all the fish in the fridge had tags.




www.IrishSportFishing.com

ironbluedun

Irish Sport Fishing wrote: »

Just to recount my recent experiences and give some credit where it is due - i've been on the Moy around the Foxford area several times over the last couple of months and have twice met fisheries officers checking for state licences and tags. I have also met them in a tackle shop checking that all the fish in the fridge had tags.




www.IrishSportFishing.com

Granted, but there is a lot more to the river than just Foxford downstream.

keyser2012

runawaybishop wrote: »

Rodding salmon and then bundling them off in bags into a car that comes to collect them regularly. I see the car every day, saw them with bags 3 times in the last 3 weeks. Last year they didn't bother using bags.

I find that hard to believe. Where abouts on the moy would this be happening if it is at all.

What does rodding salmon mean

Slasher

Per The Irish Times today, 30th July 2012:

"It was another excellent week in Co Mayo on the River Moy, the best so far this season, with more than 1,000 salmon reported for the system.

Angling effort was very high on some fisheries and, as water levels continued to fluctuate, conditions suited all methods at different times."

That's 143 fish per day over a seven day period. Is that possible?

I suppose you could argue 1,000 salmon is an exaggeration, or it is an understatement, depending on which side of the tourism business you are on.

runawaybishop

keyser2012 wrote: »

I find that hard to believe. Where abouts on the moy would this be happening if it is at all.

What does rodding salmon mean

Catching salmon with a rod ofc I don't see what's hard to believe about it.

keyser2012

runawaybishop wrote: »

Catching salmon with a rod ofc I don't see what's hard to believe about it.

I dont believe you because you still havent said where on the moy it is. In your 1st post about it your suggesting that they are pulling salmon out left ight and centre but we all know it aint like this and you could go days or weeks without a catch

Quiggers59

Tiernan Brothers in Foxford have a daily update of Salmon fishing on their website.its pretty good,fair and accurate,it tells you the good and the bad.As for the fishing returns they would be accurate,if not a little understated.However supp despite the stats it's still damm hard to catch a Salmon in The Moy or any river.The best anglers are the most persistent,but use local knowledge not to flog a dead horse and are persistent at the optimum times.

runawaybishop

keyser2012 wrote: »

I dont believe you because you still havent said where on the moy it is. In your 1st post about it your suggesting that they are pulling salmon out left ight and centre but we all know it aint like this and you could go days or weeks without a catch

I must be lying so, for some nefarious purpose :rolleyes: Having already spoken to both a contact in the fisheries board and the local bailiff I can assure you that it is happening and that the individuals concerned are known to them - and have been known for some time.

I haven't said the location because it would lead directly to my house, which I don't feel like sharing.

keyser2012

runawaybishop wrote: »

I must be lying so, for some nefarious purpose :rolleyes: Having already spoken to both a contact in the fisheries board and the local bailiff I can assure you that it is happening and that the individuals concerned are known to them - and have been known for some time.

I haven't said the location because it would lead directly to my house, which I don't feel like sharing.

How could it lead to your house if you were to say it was in the ballina waters, foxford waters, swinford etc.. I thinbk your making it up. Theres not a chance in hell that someone could get away with poaching on the same spot alll the time on the moy. You also say they are known, so why havent they been caught. The bailliffs would be after them like a shot if they knew where they were poaching.

runawaybishop

keyser2012 wrote: »

How could it lead to your house if you were to say it was in the ballina waters, foxford waters, swinford etc.. I thinbk your making it up. Theres not a chance in hell that someone could get away with poaching on the same spot alll the time on the moy. You also say they are known, so why havent they been caught. The bailliffs would be after them like a shot if they knew where they were poaching.

No skin off my nose if you don't believe me.

keyser2012

runawaybishop wrote: »

No skin off my nose if you don't believe me.

what waters was it in

john mayo 10

runawaybishop wrote: »

No skin off my nose if you don't believe me.

If you know where its happening then grow a pair and post the location here so that something can be done about. There no point posting on here saying that you know where it happens and not doing anything bout it

keyser2012

john mayo 10 wrote: »

If you know where its happening then grow a pair and post the location here so that something can be done about. There no point posting on here saying that you know where it happens and not doing anything bout it

I think hes telling vibs because he would already have said.

runawaybishop

john mayo 10 wrote: »

If you know where its happening then grow a pair and post the location here so that something can be done about. There no point posting on here saying that you know where it happens and not doing anything bout it

I've been on to the relevant bodies about it, as I have clearly stated already. Its between Ballina and Foxford - the paddens/woodpool area.