For Your pleasure We offer, free range fishing-angling on North Kerry Angler's Association Feale and Smearlagh waters. Relax and fish for salmon and in season sea trout on one of the most prolific fishing waters in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland. see our waters                  I.F.I Hotline Inland Fisheries Ireland new protection hotline launched 1890/347424. Phone line manned 24/7 About Us Photos Contact Us Download Nucleus Angling clubs on the Feale have formed Feale Angler's Alliance. The clubs involved are; Tralee District Angler's, Abbeyfeale Angler's Association, Brosna & Mountcollins Angler's Association , North Kerry Angler's Association and Knocknagoshel Angling Assoc.. Feale Angling Alliance formed Total fish going upstream 8097 for the year 2010 104   22      206     445    551   518    793   1575   2218  1062   210    393  Jan   Feb.   March   April   May   June   July   Aug.   Sept    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. more historical  figures If you are interested in joining as a local or outside member. Please download an application form from the download section of this web-site.  Fill out the application form along with the appropriate fees(see fishing fees page)  and post to The Secretary, North Kerry Angler’s Association, Convent Street, Listowel. New Membership Members, please send photos of your fish to  info@northkerryanglers.com  for inclusion in this web site. Details of where caught, weight and type of lure, if you so wish. Looking for fish? Michael Forrest former Assistant Chief Fire Officer samples the good life .  Fishing the Tea Lane Pool with a flying C in the search for his first fish of the 2011 season. We wish him the best of luck!. Learn about salmon Learn about sea trout Our Waters                        Wake Up To Salmon The angler or writer who could accurately predict salmon taking times would no doubt be addressed as the greatest angler who ever lived. Although I think it extremely unlikely that there is someone out there who has the gift, I sincerely hope they keep it to themselves. I for one would give up the sport, if I knew, when and where all my next fish were coming from. The greatest attraction the sport has to offer, as far as I am concerned, is the aspect of being total uncertain of when I am going to encounter my next fish. read more Do salmon feed in fresh water?. The question of whether or not salmon feed in freshwater is one that has fascinated anglers for many years. It's viewed by many as perhaps the greatest of all of the many mysteries associated with this wonderful king of fish. But is it really such a mystery, given all that we know about the migrating salmon? To answer this question properly we need to take a look at the life of the salmon and its journey from egg to adult fish.    more... HALIFAX - An international conservation organization is warning that large Atlantic salmon could suffer the same devastating collapse as the cod stocks off Newfoundland unless Canada steps up protection efforts and sets a good example for other nations. The Atlantic Salmon Federation says it's especially concerned that fishermen in Greenland have expressed an interest in resuming a commercial fishery next year for the first time in a decade.  .....more Does anything change? Home Fishing Fees The difference between salmon and sea trout Salmon (I) can be distinguished from large sea trout (II) by a more streamlined shape, concave tail, slimmer tail wrist, upper jaw reaching no further than rear of the eye, few if any black spots below lateral line, 10-15 (usually 11-13) scales counted obliquely forward from adipose fin to lateral line - trout have 13-16.   Salmon parr (I) can normally be distinguished from young brown/sea trout (II) by the more streamlined shape, deeply forked tail, longer pectoral fin, lack of orange on adipose fin, smaller mouth, sharper snout, only 1-4 spots on gill cover (often one large spot), well defined parr marks. Salmon Smolts When the salmon parr begin to migrate to the sea, usually in March, April and May, they gradually become more elongated and the fins darken. A layer of guanine crystals is laid down in the skin. rendering the body more silvery in colour and obscuring the spots and finger-marks, except on the gill-covers. They then become Smolts. Scales Reveal Salmon Feeding Grounds Scientists have discovered how to find out where Atlantic salmon spend their time at sea by analysing the chemistry of their scales, in a breakthrough that may help preserve dwindling populations. MORE Wild salmon dying at sea, CLIMATE change is contributing to an “alarming” increase in the numbers of wild salmon dying at sea, but there are indications that stock may prove to be more adaptable than man.New evidence shows that the game fish is able to feed at depths normally inhabited by the sperm whale. It is also travelling close to polar ice fields, according to Ireland’s leading expert on wild salmon, Dr Ken Whelan.“Not only can the fish dive to depths of up to 800 metres, but it will also feed there for up to 24 hours,” Dr Whelan told The Irish Times . “It tends to occur during the winter months, when feeding is less plentiful, but it must be using senses at these depths that we weren’t formerly aware of,” he said.The stock is also moving further north, in response to a warming ocean, and feeding at the very edge of frozen polar ice fields.Ireland is among a group of “southern stock states” where the wild salmon is threatened with extinction if high mortality at sea continues. This was one of the key messages from a salmon summit in La Rochelle, France, attended by some 130 scientists and fishery managers, including Dr Whelan, research director of the Atlantic Salmon Trust and formerly of the Marine Institute. more--- Last fish of 2011 season Paul Sullivan with a fresh 8lb. salmon and Robert (Redford) Downey with a lovely 10lb fresh fish. Both were met with a fly in  town waters Scotland May Restrict Salmon Farms Near Important Salmon Rivers Salmon farming could be banned from some areas around the coast of Scotland in a bid to protect wild fish from the impact of sea lice. Fish farming is worth around £500m a year to the Scottish economy. But anglers and landowners have claimed that lice from farms are at least partly to blame for declines in wild salmon and sea trout. The parasites attach themselves to fish and feed off them, leading to a decrease in immune responses and making them susceptible to other diseases. Interviewed as part of a BBC Scotland investigation into fish farming, environment minister Stewart Stevenson said the Scottish government may follow the example of Norway and restrict the spread of farms. When asked if new legislation planned for later this year might see farms banned from areas that are important to wild stocks, he replied: "Of course it may do - and we'll consult on that. Everything is open for discussion. "But we have to have the consultation, we have to understand in the environment we have in Scotland what the effects of different options would be." Mr. Stevenson also revealed he is considering forcing salmon farmers to publish information about lice levels on specific farms, a measure which has been called for by critics of the fish farm industry and which has been implemented by the Norwegian government. However, Steve Bracken from Marine Harvest, Scotland's largest salmon producer, said there was not enough evidence to suggest that parasites were responsible for any declines in wild fish stocks. "We can't say that we're not having an impact. It's just knowing how much of an impact we've got," he said. "And that's why I think it would be wrong to say 'well, we don't know, we don't really like this but we think you should go out of the loch'. We don't think that's a reason for moving last updated   22/01/2012 Membership cards for qualifying members will be available at Jim Halpin’s from the 1st Feb. 2012 Last date for paying 01/05/2012 You are not entitled to fish until you pay your fee Wan’t to make friends with other fishermen www.friendsinfishing.com