The third and final day of the 27th Winter Shore Angling Festival got under way this morning at Clones beach in Co. Wexford. After the dull grey day yesterday the weather reverted back to blue skies and brilliant sunshine. Temperatures were also good touching 9 degrees. There were 83 anglers fishing today and Clones beach.
Fishing today took place from 11am till 4pm and with the changes in placings after yesterdays session anything could happen with many anglers and teams still in the running for the leaders positions. As on the previous two days the event started with a flurry of activity with fish being taken at most pegs on the last of the flood tide. The sea was very calm however which added to the testing and challenging conditions. The fishing slowed for a while with anglers picking fish up more regularly after the tide turned. Then it returned to the tough slog for every single fish, each one of which could make the difference in the final placings. Best flat at the mid afternoon stage was a well conditioned 34cm flounder taken by Peadar Taite and there were a number of 32cm flounder as well. We will have to see however if any bigger fish were recorded today when the results are announce later this evening.
With today’s fishing now finished we will just have to wait and see who is victorious after the numbers are crunched by the organising committee. 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.
