Sea Angling Ireland SAC

Report by Ruairi Coleman

People:Sean, J.P, Kevin, Jay, Don, David, Gordy, Neil, Ruairi

Duration:Saturday 12 to 5, Sunday 12 to 5

Tide:

Weather:

Bait:Mack, Sandeel, Lug, Rag, Crab,and Maddies

Rigs:Clipped, Flappers,

Report
9 of us fished our Kerry comps on the 9th and 10th of August.
We fished the SPA on the Saturday from 12 to 5.
I drew the end peg near the sea and had a decent start with 5 flounder and a small stinger in the first two hours
while the rest of the lads struggled to get into fish but as the tide turned the fish seamed to move down the pegs and everyone was soon into decent sized flounder and dabs. J.P made the most of it and pulled in a nice Bass followed by 11 flounder in quick succession giving him the win. I had another couple of flounder to hold on to second and Neil finished strong to clinch third from jay.

After a few quite pints that night for most of the lads we fished Ventry on Sunday from 12 to 5 again.
David and kevin started strongly with three dogs each in their first few casts with the rest of us picking up a dog or two aswell. I then picked up a huss and dog double but while the fishing then slowed for most of us jp and kevin kept catching, picking up dogs, huss and a couple of strap congers. In the end it came down to the last cast with kevin leading by a fish and catching a strap on his last cast to secure a well deserved win. J.P was a close second and I held on for third.

Overall the weather was good and fishing was decent enough, We had flounder, dabs, Bass, whiting, dogfish, huss, strap congers, and stingray in the comps and mackeral, pollock, sandeel and launce while fishing for bait beforehand.

airs Pts
Kevin/Neil 14 1st
Jay/Ruairi 16 2nd
Sean/David 25 3rd
Don/Gordy 32 4th

Overall
1st JP
2nd Ruairi
3rd Kevin

Variety Kevin 6 Species

Best Fish Ruairi 74cm Huss

Smallest fish David 7cm Flounder

Sat
Longest Flat Ruairi 37cm Stingray
Longet Round JP 58cm Bass

Sun
Longest Flat David 7cm Flounder
Longet Round Ruairi 74cm Huss

People:JP Molloy, Gordon Hardman, Sean Ivory, Neil Burrell, John Diamond, Ruairi Coleman, Keith Murphy

Duration: 7pm-11:30pm

Tide: High about midnight.

Weather: Sunny! On shore breeze.

Bait: Crab, sand eel, lug rag etc

Rigs: Flappers and Clip downs

Results: 31 Fish – Hounds, Dogs, Flounder, Dabs, Tub Gurnard, Ray, Whiting. Also weevers were around.

Report:

This was originally scheduled for Courtown, but was moved due to the great weather we are having. However when we arrived in Toberpatrick we saw that even here was quite packed. Eventually at about 5:30 a gap became available on the beach and it was claimed with tackle Boxes Rod rests etc. At 7pm we were all ready and the baits were sent into the water.

First to score was JP with a small (!) ray, and soon after I had a 27cm flounder. Neil achieved his goal for the day – his first ever smooth hound.

I then ahd a double of a small tun and a flounder. The fishing was generally slow, and as it got darker Ruairi started picking up a few dogs. JP then managed a specimen hound of 102 cms, and then a few dogs after that.

At the end of the night, JP was the winner, with Ruairi close behind.

1st (1) JP Molloy 9 fish 440 points
2nd (7) Ruairi Coleman 8 fish 394 points
3rd (5) Neil Burrell 2 fish 183 points
4th (6) John Diamond 6 fish 109 points
5th (4) Sean Ivory 3 fish 103 points
6th (8) Keith Murphy 3 fish 58 points
7th (2) Gordon Hardman – –

Longest Round JP (Specimen Hound 102cm )
Longest Flat John Diamond |(Flounder 27cm )

Thanks again to Henry’s Tackle Shop for his kind sponsorship.

People:Donal Domeney,John W,Brendan,Don ,Donogh ,David C,JD,David M

Duration: 9:30 am – 4 pm

Tide: High Water at 4pm

Weather: Cloudy, the brightening up nicely.

Bait: Rag,crab,mack etc

Rigs: Various

Results:Pollack,Balllan Wrasse,Cuckoo Wrasse,Pouting,Cod,Ling,Coalfish,Dab,Grey Gurnard (174 fish total)

Report:

We had decided that we would try as a club to get our boat trips going again and we have booked 3 trips this year. First trip was with Dick Hayes on The Enterprise at Kilmore Quay. I had a short run from my parent’s house in Wexford but others had been up early to make the trip down. In at least one case after a rather late night 

We eventually were all on the boat and it wasn’t long before we started our first drift. Donogh and Brendan both managed a nice cod, with Brendan also managing a ling. I was struggling, and ended up with just 3 fish for the morning  Totting up the scores in the cabin Donal Domeney was ahead, having caught 10 fish and 4 species.

We started the first afternoon drift with the day brightening up nicely. I started picking up a few wrasse and pollack, and then a nice coalie, with a nice dab soon after. Tipped bloodworm rigs worked well for me, sometimes with a long flowing trace above. We were all quite happy to keep going until 4pm when we took our lines in.
I was a point ahead of Brendan for the afternoon, but overall Donal Domeney took the honours for the day.

Donal Domeney	189		
Brendan O'Dwyer	181		
John Waldron	164

Well done to Brendan, coming second and also picking up six species.
I’m sure the others will add their reports to this thread .

Many thanks to Dick Hayes, and to Shamrock Tackle for the sponsorship.