People: JP, JD, Marco, Donal Domeney, Ruairi Coleman, Don, Gordy
Duration: 1pm-6pm
Tide: Low water about 3.30pm
Weather: Cloudy, Sunny Spells, Dry
Bait: Lug and Crab
Rigs: Clipdowns and Flappers
Results:
1st Jp Molloy 17 Fish 456 points
2nd John Diamond 14 Fish 322 points
3rd Marco de Kleer 12 Fish 264 points
4th Donal Domeney 9 fish 253 points
5th Ruairi Coleman 8 fish 203 points
6th Donal O’ Neill 8 fish 161 points
7th Gordon Hardman 3 fish 66 points
Report: We all met up in John O’Brien’s on the Tramore Road who was very hospitable with coffee and cinnamon buns! Come noon we drove down the hill to the entrance to the strand, dumped our tackle, and brought the cars back up the hill to near the Post Office.
At 1pm it was line in and it seemed that most had elected to send clip-downs out into the navigation channel.
Some fish started to come in, mainly small codling and whiting, with the odd flounder. Not for me though.
After about 2 hours I got my first scorer, a flounder of 20 cm. Things started picking up with a few doubles and then a treble including a coalie of 33 cm.
I had a few more flounder and small codling and finished up with 14 on my card. No surprise in the winner, Jp, with 17 fish. Marco came 3rd with 12 fish.
Thanks again to Henry’s Tackle Shop for sponsoring the competition.
Our next competition is at the SPA in Kerry on Saturday, May 10th. You may still join up at https://www.saisac.org/about/
