Fishing at Portumna has been something special over the last month. At the weekend the Portumna Coarse Angling Club had a club match in which both the first and second placed anglers caught over 20lb. The competition up was held on the Salmon Run where Richard Pulford had 23 lb 14oz and Larry had 22lb 50z, 3rd placed Stuart also did well with 14lb 9oz.

The previous week the club fished match at Rodgers Island. The top 3 were as follows

  • 1st Gary McCay 18lb 2oz
  • 2nd Bruce Pennel 13lb 11oz
  • 3rd Patrick O’Neill 11lb 11oz
Gary McCay at Portumna
Gary McCay at Portumna

Boathouse Pub Portumna Fishing Festival

All this fishing comes after the very successful Boathouse Pub Fishing Festival which was fished by 34 anglers on 4 venues over 5 days. The festival finished on September 20th after some very exciting match angling displays. There were huge nets weighed in over the competition. Bruce Pennell got the ball rolling on day 1 with a massive 68lb 6oz, an incredible 26lb more than the next biggest catch.

Day 2 proved to be a busy day though and 5 anglers went over 40lb with John Deacon amassing 53lb 14oz for the daily win but Bruce took another section win to go two points ahead of the field.

On Day 3 Geoff Walker emerged as the clear winner with 50lb 4oz. There was a big shake up at the top the leader board with Richard Pulford going into 1st on 5 points, while Paul Caygill kept hold of the second spot and Gary McCay moved into 3rd position both on 7 points with 4 anglers lying behind them on 8 points.

Day 4 saw Paul Caygill weigh in 45lb 13oz on the Town stretch for a win. Richard Pulford had another section win himself so the leader board remained much the same; Richard in first on 6 points, Paul Caygill in 2nd on 8 points and Geoff Walker in 3rd on 9 points. With one other angler on 9 points, 3 on 11 and 3 on 13 the field was still wide open.

Helen Dagnall
Helen Dagnall, Pairs winning team

The last day was probably the most dramatic. Dave Brooks took the daily win with 65lb 6oz, followed by Pawel on 49lb 7oz and Macca in 3rd on 46lb 5oz. However Richard Pulford did enough with a 2nd place on his section to emerge as the over all champion with 5 points (final positions are based on your 4 best days).

In this incredible festival 7 anglers caught over 100lb in the five days with the overall 3rd place winner Pawel Mlecka catching 125lb 14oz.

Final results
  • 1st Richard Pulford 5pts
  • 2nd Paul Caygill 6pts
  • 3rd Arunas Mlecka 8pts
  • 4th Geoff walker 9 pts
  • 5th Ronnie Goldwater 9pts
  • 6th Wayne Hall 9pts

Pair’s Results
  • 1st Dave Brooks and Helen Dagnall
  • 2nd John Deakin and Geoff walker
  • 3rd Bruce Pennell and Richard Pulford

Go fishing…

For information about the Portumna Festival and other matches in the area check in with the club on their Facebook page.

Portumna Coarse Angling Club
Contact:
 Bruce Pennell
Email: [email protected]
Website: Portumna Coarse Angling Facebook

Portumna Coarse Angling Club are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland and are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling as recognised by Sport Ireland and Sport NI. www.ncffi.ie

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