Early News From Ballybrannigan

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#1 Post by **JimC** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:16 pm

Good turn out of anglers in difficult conditions on Ballybrannigan. Sunny at times but horrible squals in a strenghting wind made for tough fishing. There were certainly some quality fish being caught though numbers of fish were not great:

#2 Post by **JimC** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:18 pm

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paulocallaghan · #3 Post by **paulocallaghan** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:21 pm

the state of the pose on donal :lol: :lol: :lol: nice smig by the way :lol: :lol:

#4 Post by **Pat** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:29 pm

I see Donal is pegged near his favourite spot :D :wink:

#5 Post by **mickeyfish** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:21 pm

thats some nice quality fsh being caught, so what was the final standings

#6 Post by **donal domeney** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:30 pm

paulocallaghan wrote:the state of the pose on donal :lol: :lol: :lol: nice smig by the way :lol: :lol:

Even manager a :lol: when that 40cm flounder won the longest flatfish

The beach looked primed for bass but sadly only one was caught.
Did the illegal netting of bass there in December do the damage on the bass stocks, 159 bass is a lot of fish out of the area

#7 Post by **wayne riley** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:10 pm

dont you just hate ppl dat illegal net.
bring back capatil punishment, name and shame all involved.
could any 1 tell me, ive done da shopping a few times and wen goin by fish counter i noticed all bass wer under size, jus wan 2 no if dis is illegal???
i read some were it is but jus wan 2 ask if any 1 here no`s 4 defo.
love bass fishing and would love 2 see stocks been looked after as wen der gone its 2 late.
wayne..

#8 Post by **wayne riley** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:15 pm

sorry got all caught up in illegal netting.
well done lads super fishing all, well done.
wayne

Liamport · #9 Post by **Liamport** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:49 pm

Asked manager in large supermarket chain about undersize bass being sold in shop, he told me all bass in the shop were farmed fish and imported from spain :?:

#10 Post by **eric** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:24 pm

love to fish or should i say love to dive stole the day with his antics :lol: :lol: :lol: overall winner and longest round, well done mate :D

donal ya jammy.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: 1cm :evil:

#11 Post by **wolfman** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:44 am

good days fishing lads caught a 37cm flounder myself roll on the next one

#12 Post by Al » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:08 am

Just home now..feckin shattered! I blanked :( but just glad i wasn't the only one :roll: Went to Ballycotton for congor with Dbrock, croppyboy & roger de dodger! I blanked again :lol:

#13 Post by MC » Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:42 am

sorry i missed this one lads, looking at the photos maybe i am not :lol: , you boys look cold, nice bass and flounders, Donal have you lost weight mate?

#14 Post by **dbrock** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:10 am

did bad in this one myself had 1 flounder 27cm
glad not to blank tough,,,

have to say loving the 7ht mag its unreel even in that wind yesterday casting into it was easy,,,

Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:03 am

went all the way to cork and blanked :cry: well on one mark anyway managed a few whiting on the way home just to fix my cravings (even popped on a bell too :D )dennis loves em well done to all who attended and all who managed a fish or two was suprised more bass didnt show as conditions where good for em , ah well thats the FUN of our sport :shock:

#16 Post by **petewex** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:22 am

well done lads ,some nice fish good pics

#17 Post by jd » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:31 am

I blanked..'nuffsaid

More photos etc here
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... p?p=113703

#18 Post by **thescotsman** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:38 am

good stuff, hard fishing, but fun despite my first competition blank. Makes a mockery of the 2.5 hours I spent digging lug with Pete :cry:

Probably not the best time to tell you, but De Wall (our proposed original venue) fished very well on Sunday. Myself and Marco got a good few cod out of it in a short space of time (see report). Still it was the right decision to fish Ballybrannigan given the numbers I think.

#19 Post by **petekd** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:29 pm

Aye, was a tough days fishing alright. I managed 3 flounder in the first hour or so and it died a complete death after that. Thought we were going to bag up, particularly after looking down the beach and seeing a few more early fish coming in. However, it wasn't meant to be. It took until around a half hour or so to go before I managed another flattie to finish with 4 for the day. All small fish it has to be said at 20,21,24 and 25cms and deservedly beaten on the day (well done Paul) by Pauls Bass and 2 flounder.

I had it easy enough at the top end of the beach having brought the jeep down so no walking, a nice base to fish from and somewhere to hop into when the weather got really tough, it would have been a serious struggle otherwise. The tide rip made life difficult for a lot, especially combined with the strong winds. A tough day, well done all who turned out in that and had a go regardless.

Headed to De Wall yesterday for a Rambler Comp with Crosshaven SAC and finished 2nd again with a mixed bag of Codling, Whiting, Dabs and coalies. Plenty of fish running but there were plenty of bodies around later on too that would have made life very awkward trying to peg a 25 man comp there so probably the correct decision.

#20 Post by **donal domeney** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:59 pm

Went back to Ballybrannigan again on Sunday to Fish the Cloyne Open sponsored by the Cork Angling Centre. On Sat we had the sea running right to left, Sunday it deceided to go the other way. With 8-10 foot waves breaking about 200 yards off shore the water in front of us was in a constant boil making the fishing almost impossable.

Of the 23 angler that fished only 2 anglers had fish. The comp was won by Richie Dalton, peg 2, with a 47cm bass and a 32cm flounder second was Johnny Mc Evoy, peg 15, with a bass of 33cm.

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