It’s festival season once more in co. Cork. Inniscarra TDL report on the Hogan’s Open and the 3 day O’Callaghans Cup…
Hogan’s Open
It was tough going at the Hogans Open for the 22 anglers fishing the warm up to our May Festivals. A combination of high water and bright sunshine kept the fish away. Still, it’s great to be here enjoying such glorious weather.
Geoff Grant wins the match from Garden Centre B section with 6.360 kg. Thank you to the generosity of John & Siobhan of Hogan’s Oaklands whose €150 sponsorship is shared between the top 4.
O’Callaghans Cup Festival
Day 1
After a lively evening in O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House for the Hogan’s Open presentation, we were back out this morning for the start of the O’Callaghan’s Cup 3-day festival.
Cathal Hughes wins today’s match with 8.120kg from Garden Centre B section. Second today was Gary Doyle with 7.460kg from Garden Centre A and third Paul White 6.500kg at Cable Buoys.
Cable Buoys on the Greenway showed some improvement but all catches today were hybrids, only the odd skimmer/bream showed. All methods pole/feeder/slider were at play.
Day 2
Day two saw the skimmers beginning to show, with the top three weights coming from different sections. Henk Roskam took the win on the day from Garden Centre B, starting with a few hybrids before switching to skimmer/bream all on the feeder, finishing with 9.200kg. Cathal Hughes secured second place with 8.490kg from Cable Buoys C, narrowly edging out Jeff Grant, who finished third with 8.480kg from Garden Centre A.
Cathal remains in pole position on the leaderboard heading into the final day.
Day 3
Congratulations to Gary Doyle, who claimed victory in the O’Callaghan’s Cup with the heaviest catch of the festival — a remarkable 22.510kg haul at the Garden Centre peg on for what was for him and incredible Day 3. His impressive performance secured him the top spot by a margin of 15kg.
Henk Roskam finished as runner-up, thanks to consistent fishing across all three days and a strong finish. Henk weighed in 10.740kg on the last day for a total catch of 21.910kg.
Geoff Grant secured third place with a solid 20.890kg, followed closely by Paul White in fourth with 19.970kg. Cathal Hughes, who led after the first two days, finished fifth with 19.950kg.
It’s been an exciting and closely fought festival, with high water levels and hot temperatures adding to the challenge.
Go fishing…
We now look forward to the next three-day event — the Ottewill Trophy, starting today!
Inniscarra Lake TDL
Inniscarra Lake TDL are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting. www.ncffi.ie
For details of the all the events, venues and more, a downloadable copy of the events calendar, festival results and a directory of angler friendly accommodation in the local area please visit www.ncffi.ie/inniscarra-angling.
With Daily flights from the UK and Holland to Cork, and regular flights from many other countries it no hardship to find your way to Inniscarra.
