Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club reports on their second competition of 2025 fished at Ventry on Sunday…
Our second master angler competition of the year was held in Ventry last night Saturday 22nd of February 6 pm to 10pm. Thirty anglers attended the well anticipated competition.
Lines In was at 6 pm and it wasn’t long before the first couple of dogs made an appearance along the beach. Martin McGowan and Figgs were off the mark on the high pegs while Shane McMahon was off the mark on the lower pegs. Connie, Caiden, Brahim were also off the mark early with dogs and coalies coming in off the reef.
As the match progressed the weed in the water was making the fishing very difficult for some anglers, with that the winds picked up making the night a bit of a nightmare. But the determination of the anglers was winning, picking off dogs, pouting, conger and coalies. Wilbert Sison picked up a beauty of a flounder in the cover of darkness.
As lines came in at@ 10pm numbers on cards were being thrown around but it was a very tight match in the end. There were 214 fish were caught over the course of the evening which included dogs, coalies, conger, pouting, flounder and whiting. JP Molloy won with an impressive 23 fish, Martin McGowan picked up 2nd place 18 fish and Figgs took 3rd place with 18 fish.
30 anglers fished with penn points available.
Official results
JUNIOR
3rd : Bobby Fitzpatrick 2 fish 100 points
2nd : Chris Sanbak 3 fish 131 points
1st : Caiden Moriarty 4 fish 200 points
SENIOR
3rd : Fiachra Cronin 18 fish 881 points
2nd : Martin McGowan 18 fish 900 points
1st : JP Molloy 23 fish 1072 points
BEST FLAT : Wilbert Sison 35cm flounder
BEST ROUND : Shane McMahon 50cm conger
Thanks to everyone that fished in testing conditions it was a great turn out.
On to the next
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