Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

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Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#1 Post by Drew »

People: Harry McKee Snr, H McKee Jnr, Andrew Bingham, David McCormick, Danny McMinn, Drew McMinn - Millisle SAC

Duration: 1900-2200

Tide: pushing, beautiful surf,

Weather: Very Windy, Dry.

Bait: Various

Rigs: Various

Results: 1st - H McKee Snr 92cm, 2nd - H McKee Jnr 47cm, 3rd - Andrew Bingham.

Longest fish 28cm Flounder - H McKee snr
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First club meeting of Millisle Sea Anglers Shore Section, and I've got to say it was a total success! The McKees sorted the pegging out and we drew Pegs @ 630pm, and were setting up by 640.

Fishing began bang on 7pm, I got a rockling first chuck and wasn't sure how the rest of the club were doing later heard reports of Codling in the Mid 20s range being caught mid beach. The next 3 hours were painstaking for me, as I kept catching fish in the 17-18cm Range. 11 in total.

Meanwhile other club members were bagging up and a respectable 92cm won the competition for Harry McKee Snr.

All in all, a great first comp and can't wait for the next one!
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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#2 Post by roger de dodger »

nice to get something new up and running and get it right! its not easy picking marks in advance the way fishing can turn on and off so quickly ,not to mention the weather :roll: well done lads 8)
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#3 Post by mitch »

Congrats on the new club lads and well done on your 1st comp ,not a bad result
considering the conditions 8)
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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#4 Post by fishermannum1 »

a big well done guys on your first comp with the new club, nice one 8)
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#5 Post by dbrock »

well done lads hope you have great success with the new club
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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#6 Post by Jonny »

Well done 8) Would have loved to have headed down but done my shoulder in. Maybe next time :cry:
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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#7 Post by dan »

wasnt bad, i could get totally focus because of the weed, and i burlied both my multiplyers, sure, hopefully do a bit better in 2 weeks time.
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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#8 Post by BigPhil »

what sizes are you planning to use in the club?
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#9 Post by bingham »

great first meet,just a pity there wasnt more counters,as drew said the majority of the fish were 17-19 cm :evil: still happy with my wee 21cm rockling :D roll on the next one
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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#10 Post by davy mccormick »

BigPhil wrote:what sizes are you planning to use in the club?
As far as I know Phil its 20cm for everything but dogs which are 45cm.
It made a nice change from fishing on a boat but that sand gets everwhere :D. I wasnt in the competition myself as it was my first beach fishing session in years but it was good craic. It was nice to get a few fish off the shore again, looking forword to the next one 8)
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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#11 Post by Drew »

Thanks for the comments lads.
Hope to get more interest when we have a few more comps.
Gotta be happy with a first comp like that.
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#12 Post by dan »

would love to get a few more sessions at ballyholme to get an idea of what its like, that was my first sesh at it. still was good for the first comp anyway...
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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#13 Post by Drew »

Loads of weed down our End Dan, saw that was causing you problems, When its like that try to keep the rod tip up as much as possible. Think it was a good idea getting my 16ft Rod, lol.... This is the first oppertunity I have had to talk about the session as I've been posting on my phone.

I have to say I didn't think Ballyh could fish like that and believe it would be a perfect practice venue for us.

Looking foreword to Ballyhalbert in a couple of weeks.

Once again I'd appeal for anyone in the North Down area to consider joining us.

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Re: Ballyholme Beach, Co Down, 30/12/09

#14 Post by rodbender »

Well done lads on getting a new venture up and runnin and congrats on the first outing. Good luck to all on future outings and I wish the club every success. Ivan
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