Brian Reidy reports that Galway Bay SAC held a successful rig-tying workshop last night in Salthill Aquarium, where novice anglers picked up some great tips on tying their own traces, and improving their sea fishing. Great to see this kind of initiative, and to hear some novice anglers turned up after reading about the workshop on here!
The club is holding the first leg of the Western Tackle West Coast Shore League on Saturday, 23rd February. The venue is Renvyle Beach (past Renvyle House Hotel), with fishing from 18:00-22:00. Check in at the car-park by the road at 17:00, (satnav co-ordinates 53.6064, -10.0174). Pre-entry is essential for this competition to reserve a place, call Brian at 085 7339040 or email [email protected] to confirm.For club members, this is also the first leg of the Club Master Angler, which includes the 6 West Coast League and 2 club comps, best 6 of 8 scores to count.
I know from fishing this comp in the past that fishing can be excellent at this time of year, with plenty of coalfish, dogfish and thornback ray to be caught. I had thornies 20 metres out from the shore last year, that’s how good it was! It’s certainly a great start to the competition season for shore anglers and one I hope to fish myself.
