Given favourable conditions the trout can feed hard on fry and shrimps and some quite large trout can be caught. March signals the start of the fishing on sheelin, during this month fishing can be enjoyed in isolated areas of the lake. Should you have any questions please don't be afraid to drop me an email get in touch via our contact pageĪgain thank you everyone for your continued support.
Cavan p&b association free#
Alternatively the fleeces will be available from Thomas or myself.Īnother incentive to increase our club membership was to issue every member with a boat decal, free of charge, we are hoping anglers will stick these decals on their boats to support the work we all as a club are doing.
Should you like to purchase a fleece you can use the PayPal donate button, enter the amount 35 Euro and I will email you requesting the size and postal address.
We hope this will add to the coffers and also have the added benefit of promoting the club. We have now brought out a new fleece which we are selling at 25 Euro cash or 35 Euro posted. We are trying to find ways of fund raising and trying to grow our membership base whilst trying to keep our annual subscription low at 30 Euro. As a club we are going to have to invest more of our own funds into trying to prevent the rapid decline Lough Sheelin will suffer if we let this happen. It is also important to use a type of net that is not abrasive to the fish (such as a rubber coated net or lightweight mesh),īecause fish can easily damage themselves in a hard plastic-style net while thrashingĪfter our recent meetings with the IFI it has become very clear that the funds available to protect Lough Sheelin are becoming ever more squeezed.
Cavan p&b association skin#
Over recent years there has been an emphasis on the development catch and release practices to increase the likelihood that released fish will survive.Įffective catch and release fishing techniques avoid excessive fish fighting and handling times, avoid damage to fish skin, scale and slime layers by nets,ĭry hands and dry surfaces (that leave fish vulnerable to fungal skin infections), and avoid damage to throat ligaments and gills by poor handling techniques. With the steady growth of more anglers practising "a catch and release policy" within recreational fishing, not just on Sheelin but on all fisheries This is due mainly to the work of the Inland Fisheries Ireland along with the work of The Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association combined Catch and ReleaseĪfter coming through some very dark times in the past, Lough Sheelin is now again one of the top brown trout fisheries in the world. Off course there is the fly population which is plentiful making Sheelin a top dry fly venue, then there is the Mayfly which brings the lough to the boil. The lough doesn't just hold trout, there are substantial pike and a large population of coarse fish which becomes important to the trout angler later in the season. Alkaline water ensures fertility which means everything grows fast, there being so much to eat that the lough sustains a fish population way above what its size would suggest. What makes Sheelin so productive? As with many of the famous loughs, Sheelin lies on limestone giving the water a high Ph. The average for the lough is 3lbs with fish up to double figures taken every year. In a recent study the lough, which is only 4 miles long and 1 mile wide (4654 acres), was found to hold over 100,000 fish over 8 inches of which 40,000 were between 2 and 4lbs. Some people would say that Sheelin is the best trout lough in Ireland, some might say it is the best anywhere, the statistics tend to bear this out. Lough Sheelin (from Irish: Loch Síodh Linn meaning "lake of the fairy pool") is a limestone freshwater lough (lake) in Ireland located in County Westmeath, County Meath and County Cavan near the village of Finea and the town of Granard County Longford.