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Huge bags at Open and Feeder Festival on Inniscarra

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Easter festivals are popular fixtures in the coarse angling match calendar and Inniscarra is a popular venue. With big bags always a possibility there’s no question as to why…

Feeder Only Open

The Easter weekend kicked off on Friday with the this popular Open competition. The best of the fishing was on the Garden Section which produced some big weights. No less than 5 anglers broke 20kg, but Marcin Bobka did best and won with an impressive 28.300kg

Top 4

  1. Marcin Bobka 28.300kg
  2. Stephen Whyte 23.280kg
  3. Stuart Blunson 22.580kg
  4. Richard Pratt 22.300kg

O’Callaghan’s Feeder Festival

The next day saw the start of O’Callaghan’s Feeder Festival, fished on the 17th, 18th and 19th of April. The previous day saw Cathal Hughes on 5th place in the Open with 21.130kg.

Cathal Hughes
Cathal Hughes, winner of O’Callaghan’s Feed Festival

He obviously put that fifth place finish behind him as he was the eventual winner of O’Callaghan’s Feeder Festival with 69.120kg, followed by runner-up and junior international Charlie Richards (17yrs) with 63.420kg!

Charlie Richards
Junior angler, Charlie Richards, took second place with 63.420kg

Great fishing from Inniscarra Lake‘s match sections, including the Greenway, Garden Centre and Graveyard, which produced an average match weight of over 36kg for the 40 anglers.