People: 12 Anglers
Duration: 12:00-17:00
Tide: HT @ 12:00ish
Weather: Fresh Southerly Wind Misty Rain at times
Bait: Everything
Rigs: Various
Results: Turbot
Report: The final leg of the Connaught Gold Medal and West Coast Shore League took place at Keel Beach Achill hosted by Corrane SAC. Conditions looked good but the fishing was slow a few undersize fish were showing with only 4 counting fish landed on the day. Well done to all competitors who took part in both competitions both of which went to the final day to be decided. Thanks to Corrane SAC for a well run comp and for their hospitality afterwards. Congrats to Mike Varley who won the comp on the day with Kevin Crowley & Declan Horan tied for second. The final standings are as follows:
Connaught Gold Medal 2009
Gold Medal - Conor Mountaine
Silver Medal - Declan Horan
Bronze Medal - Mike Varley
West Coast Shore League 2009
Winner - Owen Gilvarry
2nd Place - Kevin Crowley
3rd Place - Fergus Collins
Connaught Interprovincial Team 2010
Conor Mountaine
Declan Horan
Mike Varley
Fergus Collins
Kevin Crowley
Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
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Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
well done lads 
excellent to have 2 members of the club on the team 
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
fair play lads.. congrats..
so conor.. did that little tip I told you get you a counting fish????
so conor.. did that little tip I told you get you a counting fish????
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
well done conor,great to see you on the connaght team and well done to the other lads too
and well done to the other lads toospecies 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
Well done lads.
UP THE DEISE!!!!!!!
If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
KStaff winning matches is the new black.
If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
KStaff winning matches is the new black.
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
Well done Conor, well deserved, you fished well all year. A few nervous moments yesterday but all came good in the end! 
Fishing was really tough yesterday, had 6 undersize fish before pulling out a counter on the very last cast. Fair play to Owen too for winning the inaugural West Coast Shore League, hopefully it will go on and become a much bigger competition.
Fishing was really tough yesterday, had 6 undersize fish before pulling out a counter on the very last cast. Fair play to Owen too for winning the inaugural West Coast Shore League, hopefully it will go on and become a much bigger competition.
Its called fishing, not catching. If it was called catching it wouldn't be fishing!
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
Fair play lads for making the team, great to see the league going strong in the west. Seeing as i was your tutor for many's a year Bradan i think you owe me a pint for this achievement 
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
pete wrote:Fair play lads for making the team, great to see the league going strong in the west. Seeing as i was your tutor for many's a year Bradan i think you owe me a pint for this achievement
Ahh so you are to blame. I should have known. A Pint over the head for him Kev.
UP THE DEISE!!!!!!!
If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
KStaff winning matches is the new black.
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KStaff winning matches is the new black.
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
saltydog wrote:People: 12 Anglers
Duration: 12:00-17:00
Tide: HT @ 12:00ish
Weather: Fresh Southerly Wind Misty Rain at times
Bait: Everything
Rigs: Various
Results: Turbot
Report: The final leg of the Connaught Gold Medal and West Coast Shore League took place at Keel Beach Achill hosted by Corrane SAC. Conditions looked good but the fishing was slow a few undersize fish were showing with only 4 counting fish landed on the day. Well done to all competitors who took part in both competitions both of which went to the final day to be decided. Thanks to Corrane SAC for a well run comp and for their hospitality afterwards. Congrats to Mike Varley who won the comp on the day with Kevin Crowley & Declan Horan tied for second. The final standings are as follows:
Connaught Gold Medal 2009
Gold Medal - Conor Mountaine
Silver Medal - Declan Horan
Bronze Medal - Mike Varley
West Coast Shore League 2009
Winner - Owen Gilvarry
2nd Place - Kevin Crowley
3rd Place - Fergus Collins
Connaught Interprovincial Team 2010
Conor Mountaine
Declan Horan
Mike Varley
Fergus Collins
Kevin Crowley
Conor how did you get on yourself in the comp?
How did owen win the league and not make the connaght team?
UP THE DEISE!!!!!!!
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KStaff winning matches is the new black.
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KStaff winning matches is the new black.
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
pete wrote:Fair play lads for making the team, great to see the league going strong in the west. Seeing as i was your tutor for many's a year Bradan i think you owe me a pint for this achievement
Seeing as I didn't take up sea fishing until moving to Galway, I think I'll take option B, as per JP's suggestion...
Rampent Wreckfish wrote:pete wrote:Fair play lads for making the team, great to see the league going strong in the west. Seeing as i was your tutor for many's a year Bradan i think you owe me a pint for this achievement
Ahh so you are to blame. I should have known. A Pint over the head for him Kev.
With pleasure...
Rampent Wreckfish wrote:Conor how did you get on yourself in the comp?
How did owen win the league and not make the connaght team?
Owen won the Open Gold medal, which counted towards the league but not towards the Closed Gold/team selection. Different scoring system for the closed gold/team too. Don't have the scores in front of me but I reckon that was the difference.
Its called fishing, not catching. If it was called catching it wouldn't be fishing!
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
Just find it strange that the league is five comps and include the four closed gold medal comps but he didnt make the top five in the closed gold medal team.
One of the lads said that Conor won the gold with two blanks out of four. Is this true.
Was the fishing that bad up there this year?
Bring everything to Gurteen, proper fishing ha ha
One of the lads said that Conor won the gold with two blanks out of four. Is this true.
Was the fishing that bad up there this year?
Bring everything to Gurteen, proper fishing ha ha
UP THE DEISE!!!!!!!
If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
KStaff winning matches is the new black.
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KStaff winning matches is the new black.
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
Cheers lads much obliged...
Owen Finished 9th in the 1st leg of the Gold Medal he didn't fish the 2nd leg He was 3rd in the 3rd leg and 4th in the Final Leg. Its the best 3 of 4 in the Gold Medal so in effect Owen had 16 points. He came 2nd in the Open Gold medal and i was 3rd in that both counted for the league but not the closed Gold medal. I won the first two legs of the closed Gold medal and 6th in the final leg (given that only 4 counting fish were caught) giving me 8 points. I had an undersize fish in the last leg which was short by 1cm that would have won me the league also but thats fishing and Owen was a worthy and deserving winner fishing consistantly throughout.... just for the record Michael Curtain won the Open Gold Medal.
No worries with Gurteen i've two wins there this year already
Rampent Wreckfish wrote:Just find it strange that the league is five comps and include the four closed gold medal comps but he didnt make the top five in the closed gold medal team.
One of the lads said that Conor won the gold with two blanks out of four. Is this true.
Was the fishing that bad up there this year?
Bring everything to Gurteen, proper fishing ha ha
Owen Finished 9th in the 1st leg of the Gold Medal he didn't fish the 2nd leg He was 3rd in the 3rd leg and 4th in the Final Leg. Its the best 3 of 4 in the Gold Medal so in effect Owen had 16 points. He came 2nd in the Open Gold medal and i was 3rd in that both counted for the league but not the closed Gold medal. I won the first two legs of the closed Gold medal and 6th in the final leg (given that only 4 counting fish were caught) giving me 8 points. I had an undersize fish in the last leg which was short by 1cm that would have won me the league also but thats fishing and Owen was a worthy and deserving winner fishing consistantly throughout.... just for the record Michael Curtain won the Open Gold Medal.
No worries with Gurteen i've two wins there this year already
Shore Species 2011 (31) Ballan Wrasse, Bass, Bullhuss, Coalfish, Cod, Conger, Corkwing Wrasse, Cuckoo Ray, Dab, Dogfish, Five Bearded Rockling, Flounder, Goldsinny Wrasse, Long Spined Sea Scorpion, Mackerel, Plaice, Pollack, Poor Cod, Pouting, Rock Goby, Shanny, Shore Rockling, Short Spined Sea Scorpion, Thornback Ray, Three Bearded Rockling, Tompot Blenny, Tope, Tub Gurnard, Turbot, Undulate Ray, Whiting
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
does this mean you made the irish team conor, if so well done 
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
eric wrote:does this mean you made the irish team conor, if so well done
Cheers Eric yeah made the Home Nations team fishing in Scrabster Scotland next year massive Flounders up there by all accounts...
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
Give me a shout when it gets closer the time and I will tell about the venues in Scotland.
Dont be thikin big flounder or you will ge burned .
Well done again
Dont be thikin big flounder or you will ge burned .
Well done again
UP THE DEISE!!!!!!!
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KStaff winning matches is the new black.
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
Rampent Wreckfish wrote:Give me a shout when it gets closer the time and I will tell about the venues in Scotland.
Dont be thikin big flounder or you will ge burned .
Well done again
Thanks JP sound man fairplay
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Re: Leg 4 Connaught Gold Medal Leg 5 of the West Coast League
Very well done to you Conor and also to Kev, good weekend for you both. Nice one lads.
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