The following report is taken with courtesy from the Ulster Krakens SAC Facebook Page:
Ulster Krakens – Master Angler League Qualifier Leg 6 Report
Saturday, 7th June saw the Krakens head to Waterfoot Beach for the 6th leg of their master angler qualifier match. Fishing was from 7pm-12am on a filling tide, over the top, and down. The weather had been forecasted for rainy showers and a brisk NW wind with wind gusts of around 23mph.
6pm approached with the beach pegged at the flat roof (even though the flat roof house is no longer). The beach looked in good shape, the only thing that stood out was that the may bloom seemed to be thick in tight. With the pegs drawn, off we went. I’m not sure many of the boys fancied this one to be honest. Whispers in the car park before we headed down began with dogs, dogs, dogs…
For the second match in a row, Craig and Raymond were pegged beside each other, David drew the end peg up towards the play park. 7pm came around quickly and first casts went in, Raymond got off to a flyer with a treble shot on his first cast however things slowed down very quickly with the odd fish being landed, you could hear the groans down the beach with the weed playing havoc with baits being masked within minutes of being in the water.
Gavin was winning the award for most species on the night with 5, Bert on peg 2 battled away to find a couple of counting fish, Ally on peg 1 was getting a few fish early on, but the fish seemed to switch off in front of him as the match progressed. Andy on peg 5 was going strongly, also with whispers of 6 fish at the midway point. Stephen Kinning in true fashion, kept plugging away on peg 6. Neil was quietly getting fish on the card, too. As darkness approached, everybody’s attention turned to dogs. Craig had been going for them since early with no success; however, Raymond’s first cast produced a dog… Craig could be heard down the beach, not sounding too happy.
In the end, it wasn’t grea,t but there were a few fish and good banter on the night.
At the halfway point, David Rainey is leading the flat fish of the year award, and Stephen McGarrell is leading the race for the biggest round fish of the year.
Species caught were: flounder, dab, turbot, weaver, whiting, poor cod and dogfish.
Results as follows:
1st Raymond “fish whisper” McCann 14 counters +5 unders for 451 points
2nd David Rainey 9 fish for 341 points
3rd Stephen Kinning 8 counters +unders for 222 points
4th Craig Henderson 7 counters +2 unders 219 points
5th Andrew Mc Callion 8 counters + 1 under for 188 points
Biggest Fish on the night was Raymond with a 23cm flounder 
Apologies for the lack of photos. It wasn’t a night to be taken pictures!
