Double-figure sea-liced fish caught just as lower river starts to rise!

Damien Maher from Roscrea was practically the only rod out on the river today. He caught this spanking bar of sea-liced silver on Flying C on Kents on the lower river – the first of the May fish. Short, thick & deep – it weighed in at 10lb.

Conditions.
The forecast heavy rain didn’t materialize, but we did have rather persistent rain for much of the day. By this evening, I have another 15mm rain on my gauge on top of the 9mm I had recorded over last night.

The upper river at Millstreet peaked at 08.00 this morning – up 27cm on yesterday’s level. It then fell until 14.00, but is creeping up again this evening.

The upper river at Killavullen is up 25cm to 1.51m & is not too far away from peaking.

The lower river at Ballyduff is up 10cm to 0.44m & is rising rather fast at 19.00.


Water temperature at    Ballyduff: 9.4ºC / 49.2ºF @ 20.00 today.
Water temperature at Killavullen:   10.0 – 9.4ºC / 50.0 – 49.2ºF.
Water temperature at Killavullen:  9.4 – 10.4 ºC / 49.2 – 50.8ºF.

Prospects.
We won’t be having a very big flood on the river but at least it has risen a moderate amount. High water combined with tides peaking at 3.8m at Youghal from Monday to Thursday next week should help to bring in fresh fish.
Conditions should also be much more pleasant with daytime temperatures of 13-15ºC & nighttime temperatures of 5-6ºC.