The members of South Shore SAC had a bit more than they bargained for at the latest round of their master angler competition at Newcastle last weekend, as a pair of light aircraft on a training run continually buzzed the beach, making anglers tuck their necks in each time they zoomed over.
Anglers were also tucking their necks in from the biting northerly that swept along the beach, always a bad omen for east coast shore anglers. So there were no surprises when rods didn’t bend, and to make matters worse, their rigs regularly returned stripped of their bait by the numerous shore crabs patrolling the ground.
So, it made for a tough day out, only briefly lifted by a bit of a flurry as darkness descended, and in the final reckoning, Frank Lawlor took the win with 9 fish while Alby Allan took Zone B with 6 fish. See the South Shore SAC Facebook Page for their full report.
