Tralee Bay Sea Angling Club reports on their third competition of 2025 fished at Stradbally on 09 March…
So on Sunday evening we held our 3rd Master angler competition. The day was Glorious but we all agreed it would be a tough day at the office with such bright conditions.
Lines in at 4pm and it wasn’t long until the first fish was landed by Finn, a little turbot. Hopes began to get a bit higher with young Caiden landing a nice bass and a fine seatrout soon after. Things became quiet for the next hour then there was some scampering up and down the beach on the higher pegs with Shane Mc and Terry getting tangled up with each other and a double shot of bass and flounder on for Shane.
Shane decided to make a meal of landing and he dropped the bass and had to gather him with his hands in the surf and running back to his bucket of water bass in one hand rod in the other with a flounder still attached only for the flounder to fall off mid jog all ok in the end the fish were counted and returned safely even after the juggling show.
Meanwhile David was tipping away nicely with some nice bass on his card and new member Terry landed a monster flounder of 42 cm which would eventually go on to win the flat fish pool.
Chris on one of the end pegs was off to a disaster leaving all 8 of his lovely rigs at home on the kitchen counter, so a few phone calls home were made and his lovely wife done her good deed for the day and shipped them down to the beach to him crisis averted
While all this was going on David Griffin landed a lovely picture perfect painted ray. Darren, Jason, Stephen and Richard were also all off the mark with flounders and turbots all making an appearance.
As darkness fell we all thought the fishing would pick up sadly it didn’t. It finished up at 8pm.
Results
SENIOR
1st David O Sullivan 6 fish 253 points
2nd Shane McMahon 4 fish 141 points
3rd Chris O Sullivan 4 fish 125 points
JUNIOR
1st Caiden Moriarty 2 fish 93 points
Best round: Shane McMahon & David O Sullivan 49cm Bass
Best flat: Terry Caffery 42cm flounder
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