Galway Bay Sac held the latest lef of their club Master Angler league on Fanore Beach, Co. Clare on 21st March. Club PRO Tom Keal has another great report which we share here.

 

On the 21st of March 6 of our anglers made the journey to Fanore beach for leg 3 of our Master Angler league. Upon arrival at the beach we were met with a full car park and a beach full of people. We must be cursed, as every year we fish here it always seems to fall on a day with amazing weather and a packed beach. Thankfully as we made our way down to the pegs the beach cleared and our match went ahead as scheduled.
The 6 anglers were split in 2 groups of 3, allowing for each angler to get clean ground for the match. The first casts were made at 5pm, 2.5 hours before sunset and 3 hours before the tide.
Pegs 1-3 were almost instantly plagued with weed from recent storms which caused them a few tangles and delays. It turns out this wasn’t all that bad as no fish were caught until later in the match.
With just over an hour to go Tom Keal on peg 4 got things going with a flounder. Soon after both Brian Reidy and Kevin O’Hara joined in with a schoolie each. Fionn O’Higgins on peg 6 joined in with a schoolie himself, creating a 4 way tie with an hour left to go. Keen to get involved, Stephen Quinn landed himself a schoolie, just as Kevin O’Hara landed his second for the night.
With only half an hour left things got tight. Brian landed a fish and soon after Stephen landed a double shot putting him in the lead. Soon after Fionn landed his second, just as Kevin, Tom and Brian landed their third, to tie on fish with Stephen.
Last cast magic made the difference with Kevin and Tom landing fish each, putting them ahead of the group.
Results
🥇1st – Kevin O’Hara – 4 fish (161 points)
🥈2nd – Tom Keal – 4 fish (143 points)
🥉3rd – Stephen Quinn – 3 fish (122 points)

 

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