West Cork and District SAC fished their latest competition in Caliso Bay on Sunday…
Our latest club match of the season was in Caliso bay. Weather conditions were on our side for a change and no back up venue was required. 2pm-6pm was the match time. This venue is a sandy beach with a reef running parallel to it with the odd sandy patch in between the reef.
Lines out at 2pm and not long afterwards most anglers had fish on their match cards.
This continued for the duration of the match. There was no clear leader for the first few hours of this match but going into the last hour Fiona Ryan, Aidan O Sullivan and Stephen O Donovan had pulled away from the pack.
All three anglers were in the high teens on fish count and it was looking likely one of these three were going to win it.
With about 45 minutes to go Stephen had a nice Ballan Wrasse of 41cm which would eventually go on and win the round fish pool.
Troy Francis was unlucky not to win the pools. Troy lost something substantial and was only left with the head of a Pollock on his hook when he retrieved his trace. The culprit could have possibly been one of the resident Conger.
Line’s up at 6pm and all three leading anglers ended up with 21 fish on their cards no one was sure who won it but when the cards were eventually added up Fiona Ryan got the win.
Well done Fiona this win pushed Fiona up our master angler league table and puts her in with a chance of winning the title at the end of the season. Aidan took second place and Stephen finished third.
Results
1st-Fiona Ryan 21 fish – 430pts
2nd-Aidan O Sullivan 21 fish – 408pts
3rd-Stephen O Donovan 21 fish – 404pts
4th-Troy Francis 15 fish – 315pts
5th-Mark O Sullivan 16 fish – 298pts
No flat fish were caught so we give the flat fish pools to the second biggest round fish, therefore, Alan O Dowling won the pools with a 30cm Ballan Wrasse. Well done Alan.
Round fish pool
41cm Ballan Wrasse, Stephen O Donovan
Flat fish pool
30cm Ballan Wrasse, Alan O Dowling
*No flat fish caught*
Species on the day consisted mostly of Corkwing Wrasse quite a few over the specimen size. Other species that were caught were Ballan Wrasse, Pollock, Coalfish, Shore Rockling, Dogfish and Scorpion fish.
Go fishing…
All about West Cork and District SAC…
The club was formed on march 19th 2009, in the small picturesque harbour town of Kinsale County Cork. We’re an inclusive club, this can be seen in our membership profile; from anglers who are new to match fishing all the way up to members of the Irish World Shore Team 2010, two of which are in the club! The club holds circa 10 competitions per year, members are encouraged to practice a catch and release policy in the interests of conservation. Anybody wishing to join our club is always welcome, just use the contact us page and we will give prospective members full details.
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