The guys from South Shore SAC have a great report on the final round of the 2024 Leinster League on their Facebook page, which we have summarised below:
After a couple of days of strong winds, storm Darragh had just blown through when the competitors lined out for the final round of the Leinster League last weekend. They were fishing over two zones on Dodd’s Rock and Roney Point, and the two anglers in the running for the title, Ciaran Fogarty and James Ryan, were pegged at opposite ends of the peggings.
With the seas well churned following the recent storm, it was a bit uncertain how the fish would react, but the decision to fish deeper venues paid off, as fish were biting confidently from the off. James Ryan, fishing Zone B, got into his stride quickly as a couple of double shots of decent whiting moved him towards the top of the leaderboard. Zone A was a bit slower, as a number of the pegs were hampered by a lot of sand suspended in the water column, which tends to drive fish away. Some of the whiting being landed were 30cm+ and would make a fine dinner with a few spuds and veg… Spurdog were also showing well along the beach with a number of 50cm+ fish landed.
In the final shake up, all of the bigger bags came from Zone B, with a number of anglers hitting the forties, but nobody could catch up with James Ryan, whose impressive bag of 49 fish saw him win out on the day, ending a run of second placings for him 👏 👏 👏. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to see him take the shore league title, though, as he was just pipped to the title by a single point as Ciaran Fogarty took the honour by a single point. Hats off to Ciaran 🎩 🎩 🎩
Southshore will be running their Annual Heart Children Ireland Charity match on 28th December, Venue & Time TBC in the coming days. Also – first leg of 2025’s Leinster League is on Sunday 5th January, with the Eddie Bermingham Memorial Open.
