The last leg of the Cobh SAC Light Lines Competition was held on Sunday in Cork Harbour. Here’s their report on this popular competition…
Thirty-one anglers competed from 4 boats in calm and sunny conditions. Fishing on the day proved to be very poor with low number’s of fish recorded.
Tim O’Herlihy fishing on the Lagosta was best in the boat with 14 fish. John Angles also won his boat Deora de with 19 fish as did Paul O Callaghan on Camden Mist with 21 fish.
The top angler on the day was Dave Jolly with 61 fish fishing from the Osprey that encountered a lot of fish in the last hour of the competition.
But the day itself belonged to Stephen Hurley his 6th place was enough to crown him as overall champion of the League, winning it three years in succession. That’s some feat well done to Stephen.
A close second was Tomasz Kujawa, just 1 point behind and followed by Dave Jolly 3rd with Dan Lynch 4th.
Sarah Lynch, 6th placed overall, captured the under21 trophy with Jack Walsh 8th overall and Bradley Kirwan 12th overall in 2nd and 3rd place.
The presentation of prizes took place at the Commodore Hotel. Sean Og McShane club Secretary presented the prizes to the top 25 anglers in the league table in addition there were 3 loyalty prizes to the best three scoring anglers that fished all of the competitions and that were outside the top prizes these were as follows Mick O Callaghan, Padraic Mullaney and Bob Creber.
The Longest Fish prizes went to Tom Johnson 45 cm Whiting, Conor Purcell 72 cm Ray, and Stephen Hurley and Graham Walsh 30 cm Dab.
On behalf of Cobh S.A.C, we would like to thank all the anglers that competed and especially those who had travelled long distances. We had anglers that travelled from Wicklow, Dublin, Waterford Mayo, Kilkenny and Castletownbere.
We would like to thank again our excellent boat skippers.
And finally we would like to thank our Main Sponsors Tackle Direct/ Halfway Angling and also the Commodore Hotel for their continued sponsorship of the club.
That it for this year hope to see everyone again for the 2025/2026 Light Lines League.
Go fishing…
Cobh SAC is a very active club with a great series of competitions across the year.
The club is very welcoming to new members.
If you are interested in joining the club or fishing any of their competitions contact them via Facebook.
Offshore 105. 380 HP Iveco Skipper: Alan Kennedy Licence: 713 Base: Crosshaven/Cobh Operational Area:
40 Miles out of Cork Harbour, Ballycotton, Kinsale.
Notes: Lagosta II has a complete inventory of electronic and safety equipment. Fishing in the rich offshore waters of south-west Ireland, Alan specialises in wreck, reef and shark angling. Even in the worst of weather, anglers can fish for rays, flatfish and conger in the extensive and sheltered waters of Cobh harbour.
Pro Fisherman 33 Skipper: Pat Condon Licence: 1350 Base: Crosshaven and Cobh Operational area: 30 miles from Crosshaven, Kinsale, Cobh, Monkstown and Ballycotton.
Notes: With more than 30 years Sea angling experience in hand and having won several national & international sea angling competitions, Pat Condon offers his clients the wealth of his angling skills as part of their experience.
Anglers can fish many reefs near the Cork harbour for ling, cod, conger eel, pollack and coalfish. Shark fishing off Cork Harbour is from mid june to september.
Even if the weather is poor you can fish within Cork harbour for species such as bass, blonde ray and thornback ray, plaice and dabs.
35′ Offshore 105. 400 HP Iveco Skipper: Jim Linehan Licence: 147 Base: Cobh Operational area: 30 nautical
miles of Ballycotton – Cork Harbour – Kinsale.
Notes: Deora Dé is a fast modern charter boat,
built to the skipper’s own specifications and exceeding the current
safety standards. Species of fish caught include: Blue Shark, Mackerel, Pollack, Cod, Whiting, Conger Eel, Ling, Wrasse, Gurnard, Garfish, Dogfish, Coalfish and many more!Full rod & tackle hire available with free tuition given. Free tea & coffee onboard.
Skipper: Anthony Lane. Licence No.: 1401 P5 30miles. Base: Crosshaven Operational area: Ballycotton to Kinsale
Notes: Cork Harbour offers a wide variety of fish including ling, cod, pollock, whiting, wrasse, ray, conger eel, bullhuss and many more. The harbour can be fished in most weather conditions offering a wide variety of sheltered locations for both the experienced and novice angler. The boat comes fully equipped with all modern navigational aids. Full safety equipment as per licence. Rod and tackle hire are available on board and all assistance will be given to the novice angler. Full galley and toilet facilities on board
Cobh SAC is a very active club with a great series of competitions across the year.
Osprey
Camden Mist
Sea Otter is a safe and fast 30′ Evolution boat with a 420hp engine that can fish 8 anglers or can take 11 people out for scenic trips.
