Pete Davis of West Cork and District SAC reports on the first match of the clubs new Midweek League…
Wednesday evening, 28 February, we held the first leg of our midweek league. This is a new type of competition for us. Each angler is supplied with two frozen Mackerel for this match which is included in the entry fee. This is the only bait allowed so it’s up to the angler how they want to manage their bait for the 3 hour match.
Youghal beach was the venue and there was a good entry of 19 anglers. First casts went out at 6:30pm, Neil Griffin and Niall Forrest were the first lad’s to get fish on their cards. Noah Taharn started to find a couple of Dogfish at distance in the second hour of the match.
Results
Danny O Shea new to match fishing had a good night finishing 4th overall. Colin Kilbride on peg 19 would end up winning the big fish pool with a 27cm Whiting which was worth €94:50 on the night. Well done Colin 👏 Colin also finished 3rd overall.
Neil Griffin took second place and Stephen O Donovan got the win with 3 Whiting and 3 dogfish. Species caught consisted of Dogfish, Whiting and Rockling
1st – Stephen O Donovan – 6 fish = 229pts
2nd – Neil Griffin – 5 fish = 143pts
3rd – Colin Kilbride – 4 fish = 136pts
4th – Danny O Shea – 3 fish = 125pts
5th – Noah Taharn – 2 fish = 100pts
Pool
27cm Whiting – Colin Kilbride
Thank you to Noel Kavanagh from The Tackle Shop for sorting us out with bait and Sean Healy and James O Connor from Seamax tackle for sponsoring a prize for the first leg of the midweek league.
Go fishing…
Leg 2 takes place on Wednesday the 13th of March on Youghal beach again 6:30pm-9:30pm, remember these matches are opened to IFSA members. They are pre-entry only through Revolut, this is the easiest way for us to run these matches hassle free, more information is available on the WCAD Midweek League facebook group.
Pete Davis
West Cork and District Sea Angling Club
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.
Web: http://westcorkanddistrict.webs.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Cork-and-District-SAC/201776589958897
