Danny Kane, Cobh SAC, has won the Cobh International Deep Sea Angling Festival, held in Cork Harbour last week. This is Danny’s second year in a row winning this event and comes just two week’s after finishing third in the National Boat Masters. Well done Danny!!!
Danny, didn’t have it easy, though, and was lying in 6th position coming into the final day. He beat off stiff competition to reach the top spot, narrowly squeezing past Steve Williams of Wales by only 55 points!
This year’s competition was a superb event with numbers up on last year. 52 anglers from 6 nations participated with a few new faces amongst the hardy annuals. Some of the international anglers have now been participating year on year. In fact one group of Dutch lads have now fished the Festival 36 years on the trot! That’s dedication for you but is also a testament to what a great event this Festival is.
As is the case every year, the boats used were from the Cork Harbour Angling Hub fleet. This year the following boats were used; the John Boy, the Lee Star, the Naomh Cartha, the Cuan Ban, the Wreck Hunter, and the Lagosta II. Many thanks to the skippers whose facilities and expertise were second to none. Indeed, with the tough conditions that prevailed their expertise was called upon. Weather conditions for the week were extremely tough with frequent gale force winds, intermittent squalls, and sea-states at times exceeding three to four metres. Despite this the skippers did put the anglers on fish.
Courtesy of the Cork Harbour Angling Hub – for full report visit http://corkharbouranglinghub.blogspot.com
