A committee member of the NCFFI reports on the seventh annual Lisnaskea Water Festival coarse fishing match.
The two day match took place over the weekend on the Rosslea Lakes of Gavin’s, Nayre, Inver and Killyfole. The match utilised the newly developed venues, Lough Nayre and Gavin’s (Unshinagh) lake as part of the CEEB project see www.cloneserneeastblackwater.com The event was fished by 19 anglers who enjoyed excellent weather and fishing conditions, catches made up of mainly Roach, Hybrids and Rudd on the Pole. Thanks to the sponsorship From the Lisnaskea Festival and Fermanagh District Council, anglers were fishing for a total prize fund of £1,240.
Winner of day one was Jimmy Douglas (East Belfast AC) who caught 10.520kgs on Gavin’s peg 6 mainly Roach and Rudd on a 4m whip. Jimmy caught over 400 fish.
Runner up was Ireland Float Team Manager, Mark Theedom (Erne Anglers AC) with 9.700 kgs also on Gavin’s Lake peg 2. Mark also had over 400 small fish. John Heys (Kingfisher) was third on with 7.260 kgs. including some quality roach, again on the whip. Other section winners were David Herron (Erne Anglers) who won Killyfole Lake with 3.650kgs, Tony Kersley (Erne Anglers) who won the newly developed section at lough Nayre with 6.340Kgs and Andy Jackson (Erne Anglers) who won the Inver section with 5.380 Kgs. Day two similar good weights were recorded despite the bright calm conditions.
Individual winner was David Herron (Erne Anglers) who caught over 350 fish for 8.400 Kgs on Gavin’s peg 2, runner up was Junior Ireland international Jordan Hall (Erne Anglers) who won Inver Lake with 6.820 kgs. Third was Ian Dalzell (East Belfast) drawn on Gavin’s peg one with a catch of 6.600 kgs. Other section winners were Mark Theedom 3.420 on Killyfole, Andy Jackson with 5.180kgs on lough Nayre. The event for the first time also included a junior section, which was won by Junior Ireland International angler James O Doherty (Erne Anglers) with a total of 5.970Kgs The overall results were very close with less than a kilo separating the top three anglers. Jimmy Douglas became the Sixth angler to win the Albert Broomhead cup and the £200 first prize with a total of 13.890 kgs, runner up was Jordan Hall 13.520 kgs, Mark Theedom was third with 13.120 kgs.
