On Sunday 06 September, 61 anglers entered the IFPAC qualifier which was fished near Shannonbridge. The Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs (IFPAC) has the full report below…
We had 61 anglers competing in this leg f the qualifiers, fished near Shannonbridge. Between them they caught 260 pike to 15lb 09oz. We fished a 5 mile stretch of river on both banks. Fishing was pretty patchy apart from one section which fished really well. Five of the 6 anglers were lucky enough to have picked this section.
Results were calculated in Lukers Bar in Shannonbridge where the tired anglers enjoyed lots of sandwiches and cocktail sausages.
The top 6 who qualified to fish in the Final were
- 1st Sean Markey 15 pike 40-05
- 2nd Sean Dimbylow 13 pike 37-09
- 3rd Mark Kiernan 11 pike 32-11
- 4th Gerry Keenan 11 pike 31-10
- 5th Ian Church 13 pike 28-00
- 6th Brendan Jervis 9 pike 27-02
Pool winners
- 1st Paddy Dimbylow 15-09
- 2nd Damien Gleeson 14-02
- 3rd Marty Lawlor 12-10
Go fishing…
The Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs (IFPAC) is a body representing pike anglers in Ireland, North and South.The IFPAC was founded on 17th January 1988 at a meeting held at the Ardboyne Hotel, Navan. The membership for that year stood at fifteen clubs representing six hundred anglers, today membership of IFPAC is approaching 100 affiliated clubs representing in excess of seven thousand anglers from all walks of life.
