Results of Castleconnell Qualifier. Twenty seven anglers attended 4th Qualifier of the 2023/24 season. Water levels were high with angling patchy depending where you fished. Although there was two doubles caught. Results were as follows: 1st Sean Markey 48Ib, 9 fish 2nd Mark Quinlivan 35Ib 6oz, 6 fish 3rd Dave Murphy 28Ib 5oz, 8 fish 4th Seamus Coffey 27Ib 3oz, 6 fish 5th David Walsh 21Ib 1oz, 5 fish Pools: 1st Seamus Coffey 14Ib 11oz 2nd Mark Quinlivan 13Ib 10oz 3rd Sean Markey 9Ib Total fish: 75 Total weight: 348Ib 13oz Average bag: 12Ib 15oz

O' Casey's were out today at their 5th 2023 league heat. They fished a lake in Co. Monaghan. Results were as follows: 1st Fergal Bell 23Ib 13oz, 7 fish 2nd Paul Reynolds 22Ib 9oz, 10 fish 3rd Daron Reynolds, 20Ib 9oz Heaviest fish: Fergal Bell 10Ib Total fish: 43 See insights and ads

The Irish Federation of Pike Angling clubs held its junior all Ireland final Saturday on the Dromore system at Baird shore . Weather conditions eased of which turned out to be a fine day for both angling and the kids to enjoy it . Forty-seven young enthusiastic anglers turned up catching 50 pike . The biggest one on the day falling to young Jamie Hunter of Newbridge weighing 7lb 9ozs . We had 16 under 18s which is a great sign to come for our sport and these your lads and women had no problem catching 40 of the 50 pike caught on the day . We had 18 under 13s and 13 under 8s . In the team event it was dominated by a newly formed club this year Whitewood PAC , who claimed 1st and 2nd spot . These young anglers are brought out regularly and consistently show their skills at our sport and showed it on the day. Results were as follows. 1st Whitewood team A . Alex kiernan, Eoin Sheenan, Brian Kiernan and Declan Rooney 22 fish for 38lb 2 ozs. 2nd Whitewood Team B . Adam McCabe ,Sean Wakeley ,Charley McCormack and Ciaran Reilly 16 fish for 31 lb 8ozs . 3rd Newbridge A: Ollie Whiteley, Cian Dunne, Rocko Morgan and Jamie Hunter 3 fish for 12 lb 11ozs . In the individual under 18s the winner was Alex kiernan, Whitewood Pac 9 fish for 20-9 . Well done to Alex on his win . 2nd place Declan Rooney Whitewood PAC 9 fish for 17-6 and 3rd place Sean Wakeley Whitewood PAC 8 fish for 14-2 In the under 13s the winner was Jamie hunter of Newbridge with 1 fish 5-2 well done on your win young man . 2nd place Ollie Whiteley of Newbridge 1 fish for 5-2 and 3rd Shannon Gumley of north Longford pike anglers with 1 fish for 4-13 . In the under 8s: The winner on the day was young Scott Craney from Newry with 2 fish for 2-7 well done on your win young man . 2nd was Lucy Murray from Cootehill 1 fish for 2-5 and 3rd went to Liam Cullen from Newbridge with 1 fish for 1-6. I’d like to sign of the year with a few thanks to a few people first to Tommy Coffey who helped out this year and took over 1 of the kids competitions . Thanks also to all our senior pike anglers last year at our final who raised €500 to put towards the kids this year . Another big thanks goes to Dave up in Southside Angling for his continued support and for all the fishing tackle this year . A huge thanks to Big Pat Sheenan who yet again pulled out all the stops and done a fantastic BBQ for all the kids and parents on Saturday. Pat has been doing this as far back as when I was fishing in the juniors fair play to him . I’m looking forward to even more kid’s competitions next year and we will try and get the ball rolling earlier on on the year . Thanks to all the kids that fished our comps this year . Junior officer Jody kiernan .

Whitewood pike anglers were out on the tubes yesterday. Not been put off with the high wind and water they fished a river over in the north west . The fishing on the day turned out quite good and there were 141 pike caught up to 8Ib-09oz . Results on the day were as follows Pairs winners: Jody Kiernan and Sean woods 39 fish for 117lb 8oz. 1st place Jody 29 fish for 85Ib-10oz. 2nd Sean Markey 17 fish 56Ib-15oz. 3rd Mark Byrne 16 fish 49Ib-8o

Whitewood pike anglers were out on the tubes yesterday. Not been put off with the high wind and water they fished a river over in the north west . The fishing on the day turned out quite good and there were 141 pike caught up to 8Ib-09oz . Results on the day were as follows Pairs winners: Jody Kiernan and Sean woods 39 fish for 117lb 8oz. 1st place Jody 29 fish for 85Ib-10oz. 2nd Sean Markey 17 fish 56Ib-15oz. 3rd Mark Byrne 16 fish 49Ib-8o

IFPAC in conjunction with Newbridge District Pike Anglers held their junior comp on Saturday 19th July 2023. Fishing was slow with only a few pike caught however that said, the wee ones were still kept busy catching small bags of coarse fish while waiting for the pike to take .The weather turned out quite nice considering the storm the previous night and the kids enjoyed themselves immensely. Results on the day were as follows. U8's 1st Shane Beacom. 2nd Liam Callen . U13's 1st Jamie Hunter. 2nd Padraig Coffey . 3rd Lilly Coffey . U18's 1st Cian Dunne 2nd Oille Whitely

IFPAC in conjunction with Newry and keady pikers held there junior competition today on kiltyban lake . 26 juniors turned out today . Fishing was slow to start , with a lot of fish lost close to the bank some of them been what looked like low to mid doubles . However in tough conditions and the weather not been to bad 8 pike was landed . The heaviest falling to Eoin Sheenan at 3lb 7ozs . Results on the day were: Under 18s. 1st Eoin Sheenan 2 fish for 6lb 9 ozs 2nd Declan Rooney 1 fish 3lb 5 3rd Adam McCabe 1 fish 2lb 14ozs Under 8s 1st Lily Sheenan 1 fish 2-10 2nd Tommy mcparland 1 fish 2-4 3rd Scott Creaney 1 fish for 12 ozs

Whitewood P.A.C. held there first float tubing competition of the year. Fourteen members on the day turned up and were split into 4 groups . There was great banter and crack had by all starting off , fishing was relatively good and the lads landed 160 pike . The biggest falling to Francie O' Hare's wee mouse lure at 8Ib-14oz. Winners on the day were: 1st Mark kiernan 20 fish for 66Ib 9oz 2nd Sean Markey 17 fish for 63Ib 7oz and 3rd Jody kiernan 18 fish for 58Ib 9oz. The pairs winners which was drawn up before the comp went to Sean Markey and Francie O' Hare with 32 pike for 120lb 6oz

Details of IFPAC Junior May Qualifier 2023 IFPAC held their first Junior Competition of the year. With good weather and the sun shining we were not expecting such a good day's fishing, Juniors from Cavan, (with Cavan catching the most) Monaghan, Meath, and Louth arrived and 20 young pike enthusiasts arrived to fish the competition catching 45 pike up to 16Ib 3oz. Winners on the day were: Under 18's 1st Adam Mv Cabe 11Ib, 2 fish 2nd Ciaran Reilly 8Ib 1oz, 5 fish 3rd Eoin Sheenan 7Ib 10oz, 3 fish Under 13's 1st Enda Mc Cabe 36Ib 15z, 8 fish 2nd Gerard Connolly 18Ib 3oz, 6 fish 3rd Tammy Rose Mc Gerty 8Ib 7oz, 2 fish Under 8's 1st Lilly Sheenan 10Ib 8oz 2nd Noah Clarke 4Ib 1oz, 1 fish

Eddie The "King" was conspicuous by his absence! Whitewood PAC held there first leg of there league today on a river in Cavan fishing was patchy for some but however there was some nice fish caught . There was 62 fish caught the biggest falling to Dodger smith with a weight of 11-12 . Alex kiernan had an 11-6 also and 9-8 also . Results were, 1st Alex kiernan 6 fish 39Ib-5oz 2nd Tucker McCabe 12 fish 35Ib-5oz 3rd Sean Markey 5 fish 23Ib-15oz Pairs pools went to Alex and Tucker Mc Cabe with 18 fish for 74Ib-10oz

IFPAC held it's 1st Qualifier of the 2023/2024 season today on the River Inny. Turnout was encouraging as 60 anglers attended. Fishing was good (total of 201 fish caught) with 5 doubles landed, the largest being a whopping 19Ib 04oz caught by Eddie the Queen (now promoted to "The King"). Also there was four 9Iber's, six 8Iber's and five 7Iber's caught. The top 5 were as follows: 1st Mark kiernan 63Ib 12oz, 14 fish 2nd Eddie Mc Guirk 47Ib 11oz, 8 fish 3rd Dodger 45Ib 5oz, 8 fish 4th David Quinlivan 34Ib 7oz, 10 fish 5th Mark Mc Kenna 31Ib 4oz, 7 fish Pools: 1st Eddie Mc Guirk 19Ib 4oz 2nd Mark Kiernan 11Ib 13oz 3rd Derek Mohan 10Ib 5oz Total fish: 201

The 9th Qualifier was held today on Whitewood and Ervey lakes in Co. Meath. Results were as follows: 1st Tommy Mooney 15Ib 212oz, 4 fish 2nd Chris Maguire 12Ib 12oz, 1 fish 3rd Paddy Dimbylow 9Ib 15oz, 5 fish 4th John Sheenan 8Ib 11oz, 4 fish 5th Larry Mulvanny 8Ib 8oz, 2 fish Pools 1st Chris Maguire 12Ib 12oz 2nd Ben Rielly 7Ib 14oz 3rd Pat Brady 6Ib 2oz Total fish: 28

Today's qualifier was held on a lake in Co. Cavan. Water levels were very high which impacted the catch rate. Results were as follows: 1st Ciaran Sullivan 34Ib 1oz, 4 fish 2nd Ronan Murray 17Ib, 4 fish 3rd Kevin Mc Partland 10Ib 14oz, 2 fish 4th Anthony Mc Cabe 9Ib, 1 fish 5th Sean Dimbylow 8Ib 3oz, 2 fish Pools: 1st Ciaran Sullivan 11Ib 4oz, 2nd Anthony Mc Cabe 9Ib 3rd 8Ib 2oz Sean Woods Total fish: 22

Chris landed a huge pike yesterday 28Ib 2oz. Chris' new PB!!

Qualifier was held on the Shannon with 38 anglers competing. Fishing was patchy depending were you where fishing. However, there was bags from 21Ib to 37Ib 2oz landed totalling 92 fish caught. Results were as follows: 1st Derek Mohan 37Ib 2oz 7 fish 2nd John Woods 30Ib 10oz 3rd Kevin Foley 22Ib 5oz 7 fish 4th Tommy Coffey 22Ib 1oz 6 fish 5th Eddie Mc Guirk 21Ib 7 fish Pools: 1st Derek Mohan 8Ib 14oz 2nd Frank Leonard 7Ib 7oz 3rd John Woods 6Ib 15oz John Woods and Kevin Foley missing from photo.

Thirty brave souls battled the elements yesterday to attend IFPAC's Junior Final 2022. Fishing was poor due to high water temperatures. But, this did not deter the attendees from having a fun day out with their parents. Results were as follows: All Ireland Team Winners Newbridge Left to right Ollie Whitely, Cian Dunne, Brendan Jervis Junior, Matthew Jervis All Ireland Team Runners-Up - Whitewood Ramblers Left to right: Kelsey Dimbylow, Brian Kiernan, Lucy Kiernan, Alex Kiernan. Under 18 Champion Aidan Walsh Under 13 Champion Cian Dunne. Under 8 Champion Lucy Kiernan The Newbridge Crew Newbridge Team Under 18 Winner Cian Dunne with his fish. Lucy Kiernan with her fish. Lucy and her dad Ronan. Stephen Whitely with his son Ollie. Peter with his son. Mickey Mc Kenna's two daughters. Mick O' Connor with his sons.