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THE recent sweltering weather has taken its toll on trout and salmon fishing.
Inland Fisheries Ireland suspended salmon angling at the Moy Fishery in Ballina and Galway Fishery as water temperatures exceeded the 20⁰C threshold in both over a number of days.
Freshwater fish species such as salmon and trout can suffer thermal stress arising from the impact of adverse warm weather on them.
Details of the reopening of both fisheries will be published via IFI’s website fisheriesireland.ie and on its Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram social media channels.
Anglers with bookings on the Moy Fishery can contact (096) 21332 or [email protected] for more information.
The prolonged warm and dry weather conditions are also reflected in the few salmon reports received by IFI for the past week. While conditions on the Moy were far beyond favourable for salmon fishing, the Moy Estuary produced some nice sea trout up to 4 lbs.
Trout anglers were also struggling due to the adverse conditions. On many of the lakes such as Lough Conn angling remained most challenging with only smallish trout been caught during the day.