Sensas Ireland held 3 matches over the long weekend. They fished an OpenΒ on Friday, a 2 day pairs event on Saturday and Sunday and another Open on Monday.
Friday’s competition was won by Phil Wood who beat a field of 31 anglers with a catch of 14.560kg.
The Pairs event kicked off on Saturday. The 40 anglers taking part fished from 12:00 to 17:00 on either the Garden Centre & Jellets (Section A) or the Graveyard and Fountain House (Section B). the best weights came from Section B where the higher number pegs fished really well.
Day 2 saw some incredible fishing with a huge weight returned by Cathal Hughes. Here’s his report on the event…
Thatβs a wrap on the Sensas Pairs for another year.
With water levels higher than Iβve ever seen on Inniscarra, pegging for the organisers was a nightmare, but credit where itβs due, they found enough here and there for the match to go ahead.
Day 1.
I was off to peg 22 on the five peg Jellets section, while my partner Shane Dunne headed for peg 39 on Fountain House. With both of us having fished our respective sections on the open, weβd a fair idea of what to expect.
Long story short, I plugged away all day catching hybrids and roach on long pole, in what I can only describe as the most uneven swim Iβve ever fished, full of massive boulders I think . Anyway my 15kgs put me 2nd, behind Sensas Ireland stalwart Gavin Walsh who weighed 18kgs beside me. Shane also finished 2nd on Fountain House with 20kgs, which put us on 4 points and in second place after round 1.
Day 2.
My first job was to avoid the long walk on the out of sorts Graveyard section and draw the more favourable Fountain House section, the sigh of relief was very audible οΏΌwhen I pulled 38 from the bag , next to where Shane fished the previous day.
Shane wasnβt so luckily drawing 18 on Jellets, which in my opinion is the second worse peg there, with only 19 being worse. After a quick chat we headed on our way, with me really feeling concerned if weβd be able get into the overall off Shanes draw.
I neednβt have worried, the man fished an absolute blinder on pole and slider to take the section apart with over 13kgs. In all honesty, I believe that was the best result of the weekend, unreal performance.
My match was less complicated, balled in, caught a load and weighed 34kgs , for that all important 1 point.
So adding to our day 1 tally we finished on 6 points which crowned us 2025 champions, happy days.
Team mates Conor Browne and Enda Hickey finished 2nd on 8 points, well done lads, while Vincent Walsh and Rob Hewison completed the top 3.
Next up, Inniscarra May festival in 2 weeks time.
Bu that wasn’t the end of it. There was still the second Open competition on Monday to go. In the end that was won by andrew Pirchio with 18.100kg in a competition where almost half the field caught more than 10kg
Go fishing…
Starting 17th May, Inniscarra TDL kick off another 7 days of match fishing (any method), beginning with the one-day βHogansβ Open, followed by theΒ OβCallaghans CupΒ and theΒ Ottewill Trophy.Β ContactΒ Kevin GrayΒ to get your name on the list β you wonβt want to miss it!
Inniscarra Lake TDL
Inniscarra Lake TDLΒ are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland, NCFFI the National Governing body for coarse and predator fishing and casting.Β www.ncffi.ie
For details of the all the events, venues and more, a downloadable copy of the events calendar, 2020 festival results and a directory of angler friendly accommodation in the local area please visitΒ www.ncffi.ie/inniscarra-angling.
With Daily flights from the UK and Holland to Cork, and regular flights from many other countries it no hardship to find your way to Inniscarra.
