Killybegs Mariners fished the 6th leg of their Shore League at the weekend…
26 October: League outing number 6 took place yesterday as a daylight event on Streedagh beach famous as a crash site of the Spanish armada in 1588 and the recent September anniversary saw the freshly erected Spanish flags on the memorial being tested to the limit as a stiff north westerly ripped in from Donegal Bay.
There was a roaring white surf crashing in but thankfully it was weed free and wasn’t pulling tackle to a side so fishing was enjoyable when wrapped up and there was a run of flatties from the start. Some good turbots including 33cm and 27cm for Cara, a 30cm for Stefan, a 28cm for Daragh and a 27 and 26cm for Brendan.
Good flounders of 37cm, 33cm and 32 for Gavin and a 34cm for Darran were the pick of the fish including a few double hauls and even a nice treble of two turbot and a flounder for Stefan (30cm, 22cm and 28cm).
There were 4 species caught on the day by the 14 anglers including turbot, flounder, weever and trout.
We also had a friendly Inland Fisheries Ireland inspector checking for bass and trout along the beach which was good to see the stock being protected.
Longest flattie prize on the day was a 37cm flounder winning €42 for Gavin Dorrian
2nd overall with 218 pts with a good fishing of flounders and turbot winning €42 was Cara Boyle
And in 1st place with 226 pts with 4 species of flounder, turbot, weever and trout winning €85 well done to Daragh McGuinness.
And the lucky peg draw Daragh McGuinness drew his own number out winning another €28 well done.
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