The third and final day of the 26th Irish Winter Sea Angling Festival got under way this morning at Kilgorman beach in Co. Wexford. As is usual, the Irish weather provided an interesting and mixed bag for competitors. Strong winds whipped up a good swell on occasions and sending a number of anglers bivvys skating down the beach. Thankfully the winds did not last the whole day and conditions did change from hour to hour.
Fishing today took place from 11am till 4pm and a number of interesting duels were in the offing. The individual title is particularly interesting with Paul Tyndalls performance yesterday putting him in the runing with Dave Roe and others. As on the previous two mornings the event started with a good flurry of activity with lots of fish being taken. As the fishing slowed anglers changed tactics regularly to try to keep in touch with the fish. There were lots of undersized fish as well with one angler recording 11 undersized fish in a row. With three hours gone Paul Tyndall was having a cracking day and was on 16 fish. A number of other anglers were well ito double figures as well and everything was still to fish for. Best flat at this stage was a well conditioned 34cm flounder but this was beaten later by a 36cm flounder.
With todays fishing now finished the speculation has started as to the final placings. The final results of the competition will be announced later this evening at the presentations at Sean Ogs in Kilmuckridge and these will be posted as soon as they become available.
This years event (the 26th since its foundation) saw increased numbers of anglers from overseas and it is expected that this will continue to grow in the coming years especialy in the run up to the world championships. The field of competing anglers increased for todays event with an additional 7 anglers taking part.
