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 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 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 Listowel Waterdog Remembers I remember well the first day i went to school in 1886, seventy-four golden years ago.   I passed from petticoats to trousers.   Boys in those days used to wear petticoats until school age.   I slept with my first pants ready folded under the pillows and thought the day would never dawn.   At least five neighbouring  women came into my house that first morning to admire and encourage me.   Some time after this I had occasional days off school, suffering dreadful  inward pains in the morning, which passed off by eleven o'clock and were completely gone by twelve.   My mother soon got to know my tricks, however, and i was marched up to Barney Mcginley's  corner by my father when i began to show morning pains. After school in the evenings we went "forking" fluke at the back of Latchford's mill on the Feale.   You couldn't find a dinner fork in any house in Convent Lane.   We used to hide them in the lining of our coats from our mothers.   We beat the mill stream coming down from the weir with hoops in the shape of swords, with our shoes off to capture the white trout.   One evening two youths fought in mid-stream over a trout.   As a result one of them arrived home with half a toe due to a sword swipe.   That night all our swords were confiscated and we were left with nothing but forks after that.   When we would be tired after an evenings fishing and late for school in the morning, the school master would stare at us and say " here comes another of the waterdogs".   I have remained one of the 'waterdogs' all my life since then.                                                              Maurice Browne: memories of Listowel (Shannonside annual 1960) 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 A bit of good news for a change We again have pegged all our Fishing Fees to last year rates in fact we have not risen our rates for seven years. 2013 Membership Cards will be available from Jim Halpin Tackle Shop on 2 Feb 2013 Daily fishing water levels will be available here, starting on the 28th Feb. 2013 Membership Forms for 2013 season are now available from download page Outside and Overseas Applicants welcome Water Update Water Weather Date - Time  Good fishing water - clear  - 620mm. Sunny now -15 C- light wind. 18/06/13   10.20 620mm Breaking News North Kerry Anglers wish to inform Members that we have secured the lease of 1.1 miles of additional fishery known locally as Cooke’s Fishery for the additional pleasure of our members and all those that want to join our club. The fishery runs westward from Listowel Town and adjoins our existing fisheries. A two bank fishery it runs on the North bank for .06 Miles and on the South bank for .05 miles towards Finuge Fishery taking in the “Cot Hole”. Fishing News Caught in the Joinings  on an Ally Tube, caught & released without any harm. * Fish weight 12llb 2oz's Thanks a million!! my first year & first day Fishing the Feale what a beautiful river. Thanks once again, Darra O'Connell Watch this Video Expert Warns Irish Minister on Fish Farm Risks Galway Independent A leading expert on Marine Ecology has written to the Minister for Food, Agriculture and the Marine to warn him of the potential danger of sea lice posed by offshore salmon farms. May 16, 2013 by Conor Harrington A leading expert on Marine Ecology has written to the Minister for Food, Agriculture and the Marine to warn him of the dangers of sea lice emanating from offshore salmon farms.  Read more