It has been generally quiet from what I can gather but here is the latest angling news from the area around me here in Mayo.
Loughs Carra and Mask are turning up the odd brown trout but the sport is far from hectic by all accounts. Evenings are best. Lough Conn is patchy with some anglers finding feeding fish and catching good numbers while others fish hard and fail to even see a trout all day.
I heard (third hand, so don’t take this as gospel) that one lucky angler had 20 grilse in the space of a couple of hours at Pontoon Bridge. It is highly likely these would have fallen for the charms of a prawn, or at best a bunch of worms. Certainly some grilse were jumping in Lough Conn on Sunday evening when I ventured out with Ben for a couple of hours. Despite our best efforts we failed to contact any fish but some perseverance should result in a fish or two.
Sea fishing seems to be picking up a little with some large mackerel beginning to show up. I hope to be out doing a bit of boat fishing later this week so watch this space for a report.
Claretbumbler 
Can you fish Loch Carra with ground worms
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I will be honest, I have never seen anyone fishing worms on Carra. The big problem is the soft and often dangerous nature of the banks. I suppose in theoy there is no reason why you couldn’t leger worms. Might be a problem with the end gear simply sinking into the marl and being hidden from the fish. Lots of anglers fish the worm from the west bank of lough Mask early in the season and big trout are landed there every year.
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