A pattern seems to be developing over the last few years when fishing any opens on the Hook peninsula, one is it’s hard there to get the weather to play ball for a few days in a row and the other is you can guarantee Brendan Butler will be in the mix at the end of the competition.
The first day of the event the decision was made to fish the Slade side of the peninsula and it didn’t disappoint with fish being caught right from the start. Rumours trickled through that Joe Ryan had landed a nice bass and lost a bigger one!! But not to be out done, Brendan Butler landed a super fish of his own – a 50cm specimen wrasse. A steady flow of dogfish were being landed the full stretch of the rocks.
In the Junior section, Kai Butler wasn’t going to be out done by his dad and landed a nice bag of wrasse, pollock and dogs to eventually win the section with Philip Kennedy Ryan hot on his heels all weekend.
Day 1 results
- Brendan Butler
- Les Arnold
- Jimmy Whitty
- Pat Kehoe
- Mick Mythen
- Junior – Kai Butler
- Pool – Joe Ryan (Bass 65cm)
Day 2 was scheduled to be fished at Hook Head, but unfortunately the weather didn’t play ball and the decision was made to fish Churchtown. With the wind howling from the east, it may have dampened the fishing but it didn’t dampen the anglers’ spirits. What was totally unfishable at the Hook was like a different country in Churchtown, with the wind blowing off the land, the sea was flat calm and the sun was up.
As stated the fishing was slow, but the cream always rises to the top and that man Brendan Butler was at it again, landing a fine Bullhuss of 1m to lead the charge. The stand out performers on day two were definitely the two juniors – Philip Kennedy Ryan landing an impressive bag of 13 fish in very difficult fishing but unfortunately this was just short of Kai Butler, who had a savage 2 days fishing winning both days. Well done Kai.
Day 2 results
- Brendan Butler
- Joe Ryan
- Peter Onderjack
- Mick Mythen
- Les Arnold
- Junior – Kai Butler
- Pool – Brendan Butler (1m Bullhuss)
