Blackwater Lodge and Salmon Fishery, Upper Ballyduff, Co. Waterford, Ireland

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Major Price Reduction for 2013
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With the worldwide recession, fishery owners, lodges and guides across the globe are reducing
        their charges so that salmon anglers can keep fishing and new anglers can be attracted to the sport.
In Ireland, the Lodge - in conjunction with its beat owners - is leading the way
by now making salmon fishing more affordable for everyone.
Cast your eye on this...............
For the 2013 season, fishing rates on the Lodge beats will range from €15 per day up to €80 per day
in the prime times.   Some of these rates reflect a reduction on 2012 prices of over 50%.

Highlights of the 2013 Season

                                  February 22: Two Firsts - The First Springer & his First Ever Salmon!
                                      March 15: The First Two Fish on the Fly for 2013
                                             Twelve Springers in the Eight Days from April 21-28
                                  Joint Best Day of Season - May 15. Three fish to 10lb. (2 released).

April 21

John McNulty - 15lb.
Taken on spinner on Woodstream.
April 24

Daniel Kolomanski - 7.8lb.
Taken on spinner on Woodstream.

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Gauge Height & Water Temperature Graphs for Main River & Tributaries

Site	River	Location	Height (Last)			Temperature (Last
1.	Owentaraglin	Ahane Bridge	Day	Week	5 Weeks	N/A	N/A	N/A
2.	Blackwater	Gortageen (Millstreet)	Day	Week	5 Weeks	Day	Week	5 Weeks
3.	Glen	Kanturk	Day	Week	5 Weeks	Day	Week	5 Weeks
4.	Allow	Kanturk	Day	Week	5 Weeks	N/A	N/A	N/A
5.	Blackwater	Mallow	Day	Week	5 Weeks	N/A	N/A	N/A
6.	Blackwater	Killavullen	Day	Week	5 Weeks	Day	Week	5 Weeks
7.	Funshion (Upper)	Kildorrery	Day	Week	5 Weeks	Day	Week	5 Weeks
8.	Funshion (Lower)	Kilworth	Day	Week	5 Weeks	Day	Week	5 Weeks
9.	Blackwater	Ballyduff	Day	Week	5 Weeks	Day	Week	5 Weeks

Fermoy Webcam

Current Situation & Prospects

Weather: Current Rainfall Radar Picture     5 Day Forecast
                 None of the heavy rain expected Saturday night landed in the catchment.
                 The forecast is now dry right up until Friday at least.

River Height:   Ballyduff: May 19:  Down to 0.57m @ 19.30.


Colour/Clarity: Ballyduff: May 19: Clarity ~ 3+ feet @ 18.00.
                          Fermoy Webcam

Temperatures °C: Water @    Ballyduff:   May 19: 9.5°C @ 14.00 & steady.
                              Water @ Killavullen:   May 19:   9.8 - 10.2°C.
                                    Air @    Ballyduff: May 19:    14°C @ 20.00

Run of Fish: Seems to be picking up well at the moment.

Catches: Three fish to 11.3lb today. One each on fly, spinner & prawn. There was also a
huge fish of ~25lb. lost. All the action was on the upper river.

Methods: Good order for all methods. First on prawn today.

Prospects:   Superb for the coming week as we have a dry forecast & a rapidly fining river!
                    There are also spring tides coming for next weekend which will also help
                    to bring fish in.

_{2013
Salmon Catch by Lure}

Method	Feb.	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Total
Fly		2	1	3						6
Spinner	1	1	11	7						20
Worm
Shrimp				1						1
Total	1	3	12	11						27
Released	-	1	4	4						9

Lodge Blog

Highlights
Feb. 22: First Fish of the Season. Sea-liced 9.65lb. on spinner for Gary Byrne (Dungarvan)
taken off the Inches on Upper Kilmurry - his First Ever Salmon!

March 15: First two Fish of the Season on Fly. ~12lb. taken on the Gurteen Stream at
                 Ballyhooly Bridge by Gavin O'Shea on a #8 Cascade. A second of 10.3lb was taken
                 at the Hut Pool on Upper Kilmurry by Terry O'Keeffe.
March 20: A sea-liced 8.7lb on spinner for Mike McCormack from Bass Angling Ireland, Wexford)
                 from the Island Stream on Lower Kilmurry.
April 21: Dave Walsh from Mallow had two fish on Killavullen. His very first ever springer
                with one of 6lb., followed in quick succession by a 9-9½ pounder released - both on
              spinner. John McNulty had a 15 pounder on spinner on Woodstream.
April 23: A 13½ pounder for Barry Kendellan on Bridgetown & one ~8lb. lost on Kilmurry.
April 24: Two 7-8 pounders from the same beat on the upper river. One on fly & one on spinner.
April 25: A 10 pounder reported by midday from Bridgetown on the upper river.
                An 8.6lb with sea-lice taken later at Ballyhooly. Both on spinner.
April 26: One very large fish (15-20lb) on one of our upper beats.
April 27: A 7 pounder released on spinner from one of our upper beats.
April 28: First Grilse, plus two 7 & 11 pounders caught on lower river.
May 1: 4lb. grilse on spinner from the lower river.
May 5: An 8lb. released on fly (lower river) & an 11.3lb Personal Best for Peter Wadding
            on spinner (upper river).
May 6: An 11.4lb. on spinner & one ~8lb. lost on Kents. One lost on fly on Upper Kilmurry.
May 14: A sea-liced 8.6lb. from the upper river.
May 15: A sea-liced 10 pounder on fly from the lower river for 30 mins fishing,
              & two 9 pounders released by one rod for 2 hours fishing on the upper river.
May 19: An 11 pounder on prawn from Ballyhooly, so clarity must be good.
              An 8lb released on fly & another on spinner on Bridgetown too.

The Top Best Days of 2013

	Date	Number Caught	No. Rods	Biggest Fish	Number caught with:
	Date	Number Caught	No. Rods	Biggest Fish	Fly	Spin	Worm	Prawn
1.	April 21	3	10	15.0	-	3	-	-
	April 28		10	10.9	-	3	-	-
	May 15		½	10	1	2	-	-
	May 19		6	11.3	1	1	-	1
2.	March 15	2	2	12	2	-	-	-
	April 24		4	7.8	1	1	-	-
	April 25		4	10.2	-	2	-	-
	May 5		12	11.3	1	1	-	-
3.	February 22	1	4	9.65	-	1	-	-
	March 20		2	8.7	-	1	1-	-
	April 23		2	13.5	-	1	-	-
	April 27		10	7	-	1	-	-
	May 1		2	4	-	1	-	-
	May 6		6	11.4	-	1	-	-
	May 14		1	8.6	-	1	-	-

1997 - 2013 Salmon Catch Statistics

Year	Feb.	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	TOTAL
1997	1	13	8	24	184	140	138	326	834
1998	1	3	10	25	160	296	268	352	1,115
1999	3	15	17	41	129	79	173	266	723
2000	1	3	12	51	216	263	130	283	959
2001	2	Closed F&M		31	160	118	208	254	774
2002	2	4	6	9	132	137	197	282	769
2003	3	13	9	49	80	162	94	143	553
2004	14	8	22	23	49	86	353	524	1,079
2005	5	6	6	29	70	114	108	309	647
2006	1	17	38	39	50	61	47	407	660
2007	1	5	12	8	44	115	273	330	802
2008	5	4	14	22	21	117	422	421	1,025
2009	1	5	11	53	51	87	197	209	614
2010	-	4	2	11	24	169	106	336	652
2011	3	6	3	45	61	71	93	249	529
2012	5	4	8	40	77	153	96	138	521
2013	1	3	12	11					27

The Top Ten Fish of 2013

	Date	Angler	Beat	Lure	Weight (lb.)
1.	April 21	John McNulty	Woodstream	S	15.0
2.	April 23	Barry Kendellan	Bridgetown	S	13.5
3.	March 15	Gavin O'Shea	Ballyhooly	Fly	~12*
4.	May 6	Darren Cranley	Kents	S	11.4
5.	May 5	Peter Wadding	Woodstream	S	11.3
5.	May 19	Barry Kendellan	Ballyhooly	P	11.3
6.	April 28	Kenneth Foley	Kents	S	10.9
7.	March 15	Terry O'Keeffe	Upper Kilmurry	Fly	10.3
8.	April 25	Jim Shanahan	Bridgetown	S	10.2
9.	May 15	Thomas O'Keeffe	Upper Kilmurry	Fly	10

Click here to see the Monthly Reports for the 2012 Season

Met Eireann - Latest Rainfall: Radar

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Superb forecast for Ballyduff
Site for surfers so has forecast for coastal locations. Supposed to be very good.

Radar sequence for British Isles for previous 6 hours.
Superb 5 day forward simulation.
2 & 7 day forecast. Type in location as CORK & select forecast.
Link direct to their Fermoy page.
Direct Link for Cork.
Covers the Blackwater catchment (Cork & Kerry).
The Irish Meteorological Service forecast for Munster.
Yesterdays Weather .
Excellent forecast by region or by city. Works for Fermoy, Mallow, Cork
Absolutely superb 4 day forecast for the Cork area- very concise.

Satellite pictures and 4 day summary for Dublin.

Sunrise & Sunset Times (Dublin)

Very useful for seeing how long the fishing day can be. We have no time restrictions on fishing.

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2013 Fish
First of Season! Feb. 22 9.65lb.	Best so far! 15.0lb.	April 23 13.5lb.	April 24 7.8lb	April 24 ~7lb. Released	May 5 11.3lb.	May 6 11.4lb.	May 14 8.6lb	May 15 10lb.	May 19 ~8lb.	May 19 11.3lb.
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