Three members of a Belfast family featured on the Ireland team that banked triple gold, two silver and a bronze at the World Shore Fishing Championships in Co Wexford!
Lisa Gormley, from Glengormley, was a silver medal winner on the ladies team that also included her mum, Janet, and manager by dad Jim Snoddy.
There were gold medals for both the mens and ladies teams and in the individual contests, Alan Mulcahy landed gold, Ulster anglers Harry McKee Jnr and Lisa Gormley both netted silver and Anne Whitty hooked bronze!…
It was double gold for Ireland’s men and women at the World Shore Angling Championships in Wexford this week, as the Irish Examiner reports.
And it’s a result that’s put the sport of shore angling firmly “back on the map” in Ireland, according to the Irish Federation of Sea Angling’s Brian Reidy.
Top prize for the men’s team saw them leap up two spots from their bronze-medal finish at last year’s event in Portugal’s Algarve, their best placed finish since winning in 2010 (they also came third in 2012)…..
World Shore Angling Competition at Wexford. Photo: IFSA
With a historic super moon shining down, the beaches on our Wexford shoreline is an ideal setting for this year’s World Shore Angling competition. The so-called ‘supermoon’ means the planet will be closer to Earth than it has been since 1948 and our super men’s and ladies’ teams will be on home ground. Indeed this is the first time we have a ladies team competing. This event will showcase Wexford and bring significant angling tourism to our country….
The latest results available are from yesterday day 3 which saw the Irish Men 4th on the day and 2nd overall and the Ladies 2nd on the day and holding 1st overall. Lisa Gormley 3rd overall and Anne Whitty 4th, while the men are Alan Mulcahy 2nd and Harry McKee 4th overall. The final day is today. We wish all the 11 Ladies Teams and 18 Mens teams which are competing the very best of luck and especially our own Irish team.
Our Irish team….
An interesting article caught my eye during the week when I realised that three members of one family are competing on an international team. Janet and Jim Snoddy and their daughter Lisa Gormley, from Glengormley, travel as members of the Irish Ladies team. Janet and Lisa battling some of the top shore anglers from around the world while Jim is the team manager!
Leaving the east coast and heading up the country it was a case of wooly jumpers and Winter fishing keeping the Killybegs Mariners SAC busy at their league outing on Friday night. Conditions were difficult after heavy rain dumped tonnes of leaves on the beach from the swollen river Eany. A wise Stefan Martin cast out well past the obstruction and was rewarded with a nice treble shot of 37cm and two 31cm flounders. This gave him the longest fish and a prize of €80.
Cork Bass guru, Richie Ryan made us all jealous at the weekend with 10 bass on one short afternoon session with a further 12 the following day. Leave some for the rest of us Richie!
A delighted Martin Moffatt raised the Murtagh Cup high on Lough Derravaragh. A long wait and well deserved. No monster pike on the day of the competition but the craic was great. Across at Longford, Melview Lodge guests were very pleased with their catch. Pike measuring up to 107cms using both lures and dead baits were the order of the day.
The Newbridge and District Pike angling association are holding an open pike competition at Poulaphouca lake in Blessington, Co. Wicklow on Sunday 27th Nov with a prize fund of €750, so that gives you all an opportunity to catch your own monsters. Christopher Delaney can sit back on his laurels because he already caught his giant at the weekend. His Killinarden Angling Initiative friends caught the full event on video and watched Chris sweat as he landed a super 22lb specimen pike on a 6lbs line on a drop shot rig. Well done KAI angler, you are our ‘Catch of the Week’ winner.
Christopher Delaney KAI with cracking 22lb pike is our ‘Catch of the Week’ winner
The Shannon was invaded by the Portumna Coarse Angling Club for their annual knock-up. 20 bream and some good hybrids on the tip saw popular angler Bill Cassidy take first prize, followed in 2nd place by Kevin Leahy with 15 bream. At Inniscarra, the Sensas Challenge took place last weekend. Cathal Hughes took the individual winner title and the Sensas Dennetts team bagged the team prize. Another competition on Sunday was the Oaklands Fishery event at New Ross. This turned out to be a tough day for the competitors, but yet great weights were eventually recorded for this time of the year.
Guide Michael Flanagan caught some cracking perch on Lough Ennell. He had to fish jigs very slow as the fish weren’t easy to find. A lovely little beauty weighing 1lbs 8oz brightened his day, a quick photo and off it went.
A super photo from Michael Flanagan
If it’s trout fishing your prefer, then a trip to Ballyshunnock reservoir which is run by the Waterford and District CAC. They inform us that the lake is now re-stocked and some excellent rainbows await. Many of you back from the recent Irish Fly Fair at Salthill will be eager to try out new equipment and practice all the advice given at the show.
In other news Aasleagh Lodge, Leenane, Co Galway will see a visit from Freshwater Detective Ken Whelan on 18th to 20th November. Annamoe in Wicklow has a Single Hand and Double Hand Spey Casting Workshop on Saturday 19th which will be given by the capable Paddy Mc Donnell from Co. Mayo who is a fully qualified and experienced Casting Instructor and Salmon Fishing Guide.
Or take a friend fishing and head to the Mossy Roche open competition on Woodstown beach on Sunday Nov 27th run by the Tramore-Waterford SAC.
This weekend will see the weather turn quite cold, so layers of clothing advised. It looks like there will be a lot of dry weather on both days with sunny spells and just light winds. Most of the shower activity will be in coastal regions of the west and north. The nights will be very cold with widespread severe frost on Saturday and Sunday night and air temperatures as low as minus 3 or minus 4 degrees. Daytime temperatures will be low as well, between 4 and 7 degrees at best.
Nothing gained too easy at Oakland Lake Fishery in New Ross at their competition last Sunday Nov 13th. Owner Adrian Browne tells us “The bites where harder to come by at the match at Oaklands. Still there where some good weights for time of year.
Results
1st Danny Murphy 32 Kg
2nd James Foley 22 Kg
3rd David Minogue 15 kg
Go fishing…
Adrian Browne
Oaklands Lake,
Marshmeadows,
New Ross, Co. Wexford. Telephone: +353 (0)51 445348 Mobile: +353 (0)87 6988979 Web:Oakland Lake Fishery
Single Hand and Double Hand Spey Casting Workshop
@ Annamoe Trout Fishery on Saturday 19th November.
This workshop will be delivered by Paddy Mc Donnell from Co. Mayo who is a fully qualified and experienced Casting Instructor and Salmon Fishing Guide.( see his web site http://www.paddymcdonnell.ie/ )
This is an opportunity not to be missed if you want to learn or improve the skill of Single Hand and Double Hand Spey Casting techniques.
Spaces are limited. For further details and bookings contact Brian Nally @ 086/2598563
Annamoe Trout Fishery is a 4 acre lake set on the banks of the Annamoe River. The lake is filled with trout up to 20lbs weight, where fly fishing only is permitted.
Annamoe Fishery is also specialised in providing fly fishing classes. Learn how to fish with our qualified instructors.
Waterford & District Coarse Angling Club have been busy on their managed fishery the Ballyshunnock Reservoir
The lake has been stocked with Rainbow trout and the water is rising to the usual levels. Anglers are asked to please fish with barbless hooks as brown trout and coarse fish must be released unharmed ” The season for rainbows ends on the 31st of December.
Yesterday morning an angler had this 1kilo rainbow caught on an orange blob fished very slowly on the bottom.
Go Fishing….
Ballyshunnock Reservoir- Kilmeaden: This is a mixed coarse and trout fishery with angling access for individuals with disabilities. Permits are available in the Centra Shop in Kilmeaden.
Angling Guide Kevin Lyons reports on the pike fishing from Melview Lodge:
John Grace and friend James Smith were once again staying with Kevin at Melview Fishing Lodge for a long weekend’s Pike fishing trip, deciding on the use of dead baits proved to be a good call. Kevin said the guys produced some very good fish during their sort stay but I’m sure we will be seeing them again soon for a spot of winter Pike fishing, thanks lads see you again soon.
All fish returned unharmed.
John Grace with a nice PikeJames Smith off to a good start
Pascal and friend Dominque from France were over for a week’s Pike fishing and decided to stay with Kevin and Jane at Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford, it was their first visit to the area and what a great week it was for them. Using both lures and dead baits they managed to catch some cracking fish to 107cm, Kevin said “I had the pleasure of guiding them on my boat for the first day and it could not have started better for them with a good number of fish to 102cm.”
Dominque with his cracking Pike of 107cm
The days that followed produced fish 97cm to 100cm, but once again the best was saved until last with a cracking Pike of 107cm for Dominque. We are looking forward to welcoming them back next year, thanks guys for the nice days fishing and the company see you next year.
Nine teams took part in the Sensas Challenge Ireland team event on Inniscarra last weekend. The event organised by Sensas Ireland saw teams travel from across Ireland, France and England to take part. Congratulations to the Sensas Dennets team on their win!
Top three winning teams;
1st Sensas Dennetts 22 points
2nd Sensas Ireland Black 25 points
3rd Team England U25 26 points
Well done to Eoin Rogers who was out for some practise ahead of representing Ireland in the Youth U15 squad for the championships on the venue this year. Eoin came second in his section of 9!
Cathal Hughes was top Individual Cathal Hughes just grammes ahead of second placed Aiin Alphidean.
Report: The annual Irish Sensas Challenge finished for another year.
This event , fished to international Cips rules, saw teams compete including current U25 Team world champions England alongside the mighty Team 28 from France and 7 other teams from Ireland. These 7 teams however consisted of 2 teams from Tubertini ,made up of anglers with lots of international experience on the world stage. There was also 2 teams from Sensas Ireland with lots of experience of these types of events and 2 very good teams from Ballyhaunis and Cork , who have both represented Ireland at recent World club championships.
However, it was the very impressive Sensas Dennetts team that took the accolades from this outstanding field. The team consisting of Philip Jackson, Cathal Hughes and Shane and Rory Dunne were always going to be difficult to beat as they are simply an awesome collation of pure natural fishing talent combined with years of experience. Scoring 10 points on day 1 , they led from Team England by 5 on 15 points and Team 28 on 16 and Sensas Ireland Black on 18 points in 4th.
Day 2 really was a bit of an anomaly and one which nobody could have predicted.
Basically among the 4 sections most of the fish had abandoned the pole line and backed off into the deeper water of the slider line. A lot of teams and anglers had anticipated a bumper day on the pole and hadn’t even put up slider rods , myself included!!
However there was still a match to be won and overall positions to be jockied for.
It was the usual calculation of points along the shoreline and contrasting tallies of opposing teams mixed among team mates phone calls that kept it interesting right till the end.
Sensas Dennetts finished day 2 on 12 points with Team England pipping them by 1 point on 11 points but it was our own Sensas Ireland Black who won day 2 with an amazing total of 7 points. This helped them leap frog both Team England and Team 28 into second place overall. So here’s the points for the top 3 teams.
Sensas Dennetts 22 points
Sensas Ireland Black 25 points
Team England U25 26 points
On the individual front , it was Cathal Hughes who finished top , pipping Alin Apahidean on weight with them both finishing on 3 points each.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every angler that travelled mostly long distances to support this event . Without your appetite for such events , they simply wouldn’t happen. I would also like to thank Tommy Lawton and Mike Stone for their help over the weekend. Also without Eileen and her staff at O’ Callaghans pub and bed and breakfast, there wouldn’t be the same friendly warm atmosphere which contributes massively to the good spirits and banter , in making these events a possibility.
Lastly, a big thank you to all my own team mates for helping with everything from pegging to computer skills !!
Roll on next year
Congratulations to Rinn Shannon & District Angling Club junior member Charlie Richards on his recent success in the Junior All Ireland Championship in which he took the silver medal.
Charlie is a committed angler and is more than often spotted on Lough Rowan out in his kayak or fishing from the shore. It is always a joy to meet this young man who always is keen to learn and share a few of his own snippets of angling knowledge….
Well done to Eoin Rogers who was out for some practise ahead of representing Ireland in the Youth U15 squad for the championships on the venue this year. Eoin came second in his section of 9!
Report: The annual Irish Sensas Challenge finished for another year.
A lot of teams and anglers had anticipated a bumper day on the pole and hadn’t even put up slider rods , myself included!!
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank each and every angler that travelled mostly long distances to support this event . Without your appetite for such events , they simply wouldn’t happen. I would also like to thank Tommy Lawton and Mike Stone for their help over the weekend. Also without Eileen and her staff at O’ Callaghans pub and bed and breakfast, there wouldn’t be the same friendly warm atmosphere which contributes massively to the good spirits and banter , in making these events a possibility.
