Great craic and great fishing at Inniscarra festivals
Inniscarra Lake TDL report on the start of their three weeks of match fishing on Inniscarra Lake which started on Saturday with the O’Callaghan’s Open ahead of the Celtic Shield 3-Day festival.
27th August: Great fishing on Inniscarra today! The Garden Centre section produced the best weights and today’s winner Trev Platt with 27.180kg.
Second was John Bohane with 23.780 and third was Chris Rushton with 19.340 all from the Garden Centre.
Rooves Bay section fished well and we hope with some bait in the Graveyard section will pick up for the Celtic Shield 3-day match commencing tomorrow.
Pictured Inniscarra TDL members Trevor Platt, Mike Stone and Peter Turner
The prize giving for the day took place at O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House in the morning.
28th August: Celtic Shield Day One : Pete Townsend, Swindon got off to a great start for the Celtic Shield 3 Day festival which commenced today with 23.340kg of roach and hybrids on the pole at Rooves Bay. There was great fishing all round with the Garden Centre section once again producing for second place Alistair Ogilvy with 20.100kg and 3rd George Knight with 18.500kg.
O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House, Coachford provide €1,000 sponsorship for this festival.
29th August: Anglers posing for the camera whilst setting up for the second day of the Celtic Shield Festival this morning in Coachford Co. Cork.
It’s super to see many returning faces from overseas along with those new here to fish the first of our series of coarse angling festivals at Inniscarra as always supported by the locals and anglers from across Ireland.
There is still time to book in for the following events which are all 100% payout on entry supplement by some fantastic sponsorship locally.
Aug 31st – 3 day Vintners Cup
– sponsored by O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House
Sept 3rd – 1 day Inniscarra Open
Sept 4th – 3 day Lennox Cup
– sponsored by Jackie Lennox Chip Shop
Sept 7th – 3 day Coolcower Cup
– sponsored by Coolcower House
Sept 10th – 1 day Guinness Cup
– sponsored by Hogans Oaklands
Sept 11th – 3 day Granvilles Cup
– sponsored by Granvilles Bar & Restaurant
Sept 14th – 3 day Hackett Cup
West Cork Tourism Inland Fisheries Ireland
30th August: Celtic Shield Day 2: Alister Ogilvey leads the Celtic Shield after two days with just over 38kgs!
Great fishing again yesterday with James Carty, Thatchers taking the top weight of the day with 23.600kg from Rooves Bay followed closely by local angler Pawel Swistun wth 23.140 at the Garden Centre Stretch. The third weight of the day coming again from Rooves Bay for Paul Davies of Shrewsbury with 20.800kg.
O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House, Coachford Co. Cork provide €1,000 sponsorship for this festival which closes today.
31st August 2016 The fantastic fishing continued for day three of the festival with Julian Kendrick winning the day at Rooves Bay with 19.760kg placing him first in the festival. In second place today was local angler Pawel Swistun with 17.260 and in third Josh Smith with 16.740. Josh is an English Youth International with the Under 20’s sampling the venue ahead of the Youth Championships next year. Well done Josh.
Julian of County Offaly wins the festival with a top weight of 51.900kg. Just ahead of Alistair Ogilvy, last years Celtic Shield and Vintners Cup winner with 49.140 and in 3rd was local man Pawel Swistun with 45.380. .
At the presentation this evening Tommy Lawton, Inniscarra TDL thanked all the anglers for supporting the festival praising Eileen Martin and O’Callaghans Bar & Guest House of Coachford Co. Cork for their on-going support and sponsorship.as well as acting as the anglers HQ throughout the year. Thanks too to Mike Stone, Kevin Gray and Trev Platt for their assistance and to Peter Turner our photographer.
Everyone is now looking forward to the next three day event the Vintners Cup where the winner will additionally win a week’s stay at O’Callaghans.
Report by Tommy Lawton of Inniscarra Lake TDL an affiliated club of the National Coarse fishing Federation of Ireland www.ncffi.ie. You can follow them at www.facebook.com/inniscarralakeTDL
Reaching the launch point I was delighted to be greeted by a glassy bay with not a wave or ripple in sight. This was going to be easy, so I thought. On rounding the point I found the complete opposite; large swells that were fine for drifting and jigging but not the best for dropping anchor and sending baits to the bottom. I took the sensible option and sought out the sheltered water in behind an island where anchoring would be a little more comfortable.
I started out by jigging and that produced the expected few mackerel for bait and a few small pollock for sport. Nothing sizable though as the swell prevented me from getting in too close to the rocks. Once I had a couple of fresh mackerel to use as bait as a compliment to the peeler and sandeel I was carrying it was time to drop anchor.
The next few offerings of peeler crab, sandeel, mackerel and combinations of all three produced nothing but dogfish for the hour that I sat over them. I am not a fan of feeding dogfish but at least they kept me busy for the short time I had on the water. I hauled anchor and headed for home and to greet the visitors that had already arrived by the time I made it back.
With a hurricane allegedly approaching due to hit at the weekend, it looks like a trip out on the sea will be off the cards. Inland freshwater fishing is the alternative option; it may even be land based!!!
