Ballyforan and District Angling Club We cater for all anglers, weather they be Coarse, Pike, Fly or sea. [email protected]
www.ballyforanangling.com
Ballyforan and District Angling Club was formed in February 2012, with the aim of promoting angling within the local community, and improving angling facilities on our local river, The Suck. Membership:
Members of the club are entitled to discount rates for sea fishing trips organised by the club, and will have free access to any of the clubs "training days" where we will teach the basics to any b
07/04/2022
River is in great condition at the moment, the levels are ideal. With the water temps still being fairly low, the coarse fish are still bunched up in their winter shoals, in deep water. Probably 50-60 fish last Saturday morning on the feeder, mainly small Roach, with the odd Rudd, and bigger Roach and Hybrid making an appearance.
03/05/2021
Some good sized Pike caught yesterday for Connacht Predator Anglers "Fish within your County" Pike competition. The Pike were in great condition, and of course returned to fight another day.
11/02/2021
Please support!!
📢****We are looking for your Support****
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE DUBLIN TO GALWAY GREENWAY to go via Ballyforan. This is Corridor Route Option 1 - Ballinasloe, Ballyforan, Mountbellew, Monivea (BAMM).
To do this you can:
Access the public consultation at www.galwaytoathlonecycleway.com and leave
your feedback on the simple form here http://bit.ly/Galway-AthloneCycleway
or
Complete the simple questionnaire on the leaflet sent in the post and return by Freepost.
Remember everyone in your house can make a submission.
We are a small rural community up against some larger towns
Evidence of local support for this route option is likely to be important.
Tell your neighbours and friends!
🚶♀🚶♂Great opportunity to have this amenity on our doorstep for walking, cycling, enjoying nature for all ages if Corridor Route Option 1 (BAMM) via Ballyforan is selected.
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14/09/2020
Best of luck to the lads kayaking and canoeing the full length of the River Suck next weekend, to raise funds for the Noah and Rowan Benson Gately Support Group. I don't know what will be more difficult, two days of rowing, or fighting the urge bring the rods with them! Please support the lads in their challenge, this is the link to donate: https://ie.gofundme.com/f/noah-and-rowan-bensongately-support-group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=Ig5WLZ7IsGY
The suck river challenge in aid of #NoahandRowan The suck river challenge in aid of
14/09/2020
Two nice pike for Alan Corbett this weekend on Lough Ree.
18/07/2020
Great prize, and all the money going to a fantastic cause!
04/07/2020
We had a club day on Toomans Fisheries on Thursday, and what a day it was. Plenty of carp to just over double figures landed. We'll have trouble keeping some of our members away from the place for a while! We look forward to making our return to Toomans again this summer.
10/06/2020
Great to see the youth of the area switching the xbox for the tackle box! Some lovely pike caught over the last few weeks. We have such a fantastic amenity on our doorstep, it's great to see the anglers of the future taking an interest.
25/05/2020
A few weeks ago, our club members noticed a "camp" in the trees just downstream from the bridge in Ballyforan. It was clear that fish were being killed in this spot, as there was a large amount of scales on the ground. Since then, we have been working with IFI to catch these people in the act, so that fines could be issued. Over the course of the weekend, fines were issued on two separate occasions, one for the killing of the coarse fish in the picture, and another for the killing of oversized Pike. We would like to thank IFI for their work, visiting this site, and other sites in the area pretty much every day at different times to try to catch the poachers in the act. Needless to say, these daily visits are to continue from both IFI, and our club members.
IFI staff seized these coarse fish at River Suck, Galway late last night. There was a fine issued for a breach of the coarse fish bye laws for having too many coarse fish- 18 fish in total.
Inland Fisheries Ireland has a confidential hotline number to enable members of the general public to report incidents of water pollution, fish kills and illegal fishing – 1890 34 74 24 or 1890 FISH 24
The river suck is just below the magic 100cm mark in Derrycahill. This means most of the banks will be accessible for the first time in weeks.