Danial Brosnan PRO for Tralee Bay SAC reports on their recent Winters League:
We all taught it would be a washout and it WAS for the first hour. The beach was situated in our favour because the wind was to the back of us. Ballyquinn is a very steep beach something we are not used to in Kerry. It is obviously very deep a couple of feet out and this was what we wanted to try and target some winter species. Cod was on our minds and the holy black sole….
The anglers got to be thanked for coming out because if people were to go on the weather forecast, fishing would have looked like a mad act. The weather played ball tho as the clouds opened up and dispersed after about 40 mins. We had a good two hours of lovely calm weather. The usual suspects again of Phil Ord, Eugene Farrelly and Chris o Sullivan, where hard to keep up with. Chris had a double in his first few casts which included a dog and with the new Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club rules, dogs will be very valuable. People can complain about the rules all they want but they are the rules and you can’t change them now for the year….
Phil Ord had a double also in his second cast and whoever says fishing is luck, can throw that statement out the window. Paul O Sullivan who travelled all the way down from limerick to fish and an unbelievable start with four flats in the first hour. Myself and a couple of others were struggling and the bad starts cost us….
Martin McGowan was starting to catch and Anthony Foley had a few nice rounds. Connie had a few also. With the last two hours John Sheehan who was getting worried started flaking them in and Eugene had three trebles. You can’t beat a lucky peg… LOL…
On the last hour mark, there was a shitty bum moment, as fellas dropped from all angles… There was a clap of thunder which was like the gates of heaven opened and there was lads lying flat to the sand. Lighting was belting from all angles and anglers were inclined to leave the bait out that couple of extra minutes….
As I said before the usual suspects were in the running in the last half an hour, Phil, Eugene and Chris were playing for the big spots…
We got to hand it to, Chris O Sullivan, who pulled out a double dog last cast to cement his number one spot… Top notch angler who has the chance, next weekend, to fish for Ireland in the Home Nations… Every competition that is on in Kerry, affiliated or not, Chris will be there and it stands to him in his angling…
Thanks for everyone coming out and I myself seriously enjoyed it, there something about fishing in the elements and I can guarantee in the summer time there still be lads complaining about something…
I would like to wish Chris well next weekend and please god he can fish for Ireland and represent the club..
We gonna give the winter league a break till the weekend after the club comp and we will try and finish it off in Feb…
VENUE, BALLYQUINN BEACH, BRANDON….
DATE : 6/01/2014….
TIME : 1500 – 1900….
CONDITIONS : LIGHTENING, THUNDER, MILD, CALM, GALE FORCE WIND AND NO WIND…
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RESULTS
1ST, CHRIS O SULLIVAN, 522 POINTS, 19 FISH….
2ND, PHIL ORD, 403 POINTS, 15 FISH….
3RD, EUGENE FARRELLY, 385 POINTS, 16 FISH….
4TH, MARTIN MCGOWAN, 273 POINTS, 11 FISH….
5TH, JOHN SHEEHAN, 263 POINTS, 10 FISH….
6TH, DANIEL BROSNAN, 138 POINTS, 6 FISH….
7TH, PUAL O SULLIVAN, 121 POINTS, 4 FISH….
8TH, ANTHONY FOLEY, 102 POINTS, 4 FISH…
9TH, CONNIE O SULLIVAN, 79 POINTS, 3 FISH…
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POOLS
TOTAL FISH : 88 FISH…
BIGGEST ROUND : 28 CM, COD, EUGENE FARRELLY & PHIL ORD…
BIGGEST FLAT : 32 CM, PHIL ORD…
OVERALL POOLS HAVE NOT BEEN BEAT…
OVERALL BIGGEST ROUND : 60CM EEL, MARTIN MCGOWAN..
OVERALL BIGGEST FLAT : 37 CM BY 3 ANGLERS…
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DISCUSSION
AS THE WINTER LEAGUE IS BEEN RAN ACCORDING TO THE NEW TRALEE BAY SEA ANGLING CLUB RULES…
EVERYTHING THAT IS SET OUT IN THE FIRST POST OF THE WINTER LEAGUE HERE ON FACEBOOK WILL BE STRICTLY ACCORDED TO…
DOGS ARE NOW REGARDING AS TOTAL SCORE FISH…
THERE IS NO MORE SET SCORES FOR DOGS, THIS WAS VOTED IN AT THE AGM…
WHAT WASN’T CONSIDERED WAS, ARE THEY NOW CONSIDERED ROUND FISH???
ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THE ROUND FISH POOLS, I GOT ONTO EUGENE WHO WAS NEARLY 100% SURE THERE WERE NOT BUT I CANT REMEMBER IT BEEN DISCUSSED, SOMETHING FOR THE ANGLERS TO DISCUSS… WHATEVER THE RULES ARE WITH TRALEE BAY WILL BE THE SAME WITH THE WINTER LEAGUE…
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