1st East Coast Radiers MA ennereily

[eric]

People: 21 faithfull memebers

Duration: 4-9pm

Tide: didnt check, its was there though

Weather: realy nice if not a little cold later on

Bait: didnt bring any

Rigs: didnt use any

Results: coalies, codling, whiting, flounder, dabs and rockling




Report:

well usually im one for a fairly epic report, but seeing as a didnt fish i really couldnt be bothered doing one, but then again thats not a fair attitude is it? so i better do one so.
we kicked our second year off today with a record turn out with some old and new faces, and i must say its a great feeling to see the club grow and go from strength to strength. not fishing myself i decided to perfom committee extrodinaire and make sure everyone was having a feel good time, taking some action shots and helping the newer members get into the match fishing swing of things along the way. the fishing was sporadic and poor to say the least, no real pattern emerged as the day went on and the numbers of fish never really rose above single figures for the majority of anglers. a few nice fish did showed their heads though, with mark sinnot taking two nice flats of 27cm and 32cm at distance on sandeel aimed for invisible dogfish (where have they gone?). graham keane also managed a nice late season flat of 32cm and respectivly took the longest flat pool with it on his last cast. two new members harry catchpole and john hughes eventualy ran out clear first and second and well done to them. i have a fu list of result up tomorrow and roger should upload some of the pictures when he gets a chance. once again thanks to everyone for making today a huge succes and see you at arklow!

special thanks to viking angling bray for sponcering our prizes

1st john hughes 207pts
2nd harry catchpole 180pts
3rd paul heffernan 149pts
4th karl whelan 138pts

longest round- anthony morris 31cm whiting
longest flat- graham keane 32cm flounder

[wayne riley]

well done john, harry, paul and karl.
sick i couldnt make but ill be there for arklow

[roger de dodger]

here,s a few pics for the record.was hard going to winkle out a few fish and a bit cold by 8 o,clock,beach buddys sparkling with frost and one lad so cold he finished an hour early thank god it wasnt windy or i think alot more would have followed him

[roger de dodger]

more

[dbrock]

that would be me finishing an hour earlie
couldn get a fish lost 7 rigs, hands were so cold, the last leader i tied on fell of half way through the cast,

well done to the lads who picked up a few fish, esp the newbies

as usual great craic, great turn out,
really enjoyed myself esp the last hour snuggling up to a heated seat

roll on arklow

[dfella25]

Well done to John and Harry setting the standard for all the newbies! It was a lovely day weather wise and I didn't feel the cold with thanks to penny vests and long johns So much so at the end when I picked up my coat it was frozen. And the last pic that Rodger posted is of me with three fish. These fish did not count though as I'd lost the rig and got it back on my next cast. I was gutted and I think two of them were counters too.

[bigsod]

Big well done to John and Harry, hats off good fishing on a slow day. Great to see so many anglers out yesterday, the only bad thing is the longer walks to your peg

[Al and Jordan]

fair play to all who made it guys . that wee flounder is a lefty. have'nt seen one of those in ages. only about a quarter of the flounder larvae develop into leftys where the eye moves to the other side during development . so fair play to whoever got it. i managed 111 flounder last year and not one of them was a lefty

[eric]

the flounder was not a lefty al, it was double sided, thats his belly

heres the full results and ma points for yesterdays leg
pos-name------------pts---------ma pts
1st- john hughes----- 207pts----- 30pts
2nd- harry catchpole-- 180pts---- 29pts
3rd- paul heffernan---- 149pts---- 28pts
4th- karl whelan------- 134pts---- 27pts
5th- alby allen--------131pts----- 26pts
6th- shane o'dea----- 128pts-----25pts
7th-mark sinnot------ 122pts----- 24pts
8th- tony morris----- 104pts----- 23pts
9th- roger buggy----- 99pts------ 22pts
10th- gordyh---------- 92pts----- 21pts
11th- kevin----------- 89pts----- 20pts
12th- fintan kavanagh- 88pts----- 19pts
12th- graham keane----88pts----- 19pts
14th- john keane------ 82pts----- 17pts
15th- eric salmon------ 78pts----- 16pts
16th- dimitri----------- 65pts----- 15pts
17th- pat-------------- 60pts---- 14pts
18th- conor fuller------- 52pts---- 13pts
19th- shane horan------ 40pts---- 12pts
20th- keith stafford----- 15pts---- 11pts
21st- denis brock------- 5pts----- 10pts

[Al and Jordan]

[eric]

seriously. ive only ever seen one before, but mark betty caught this one yesterday, was the same colour on both sides

[cretekos]

Great day out.Well done to John and Harry and the rest of the lads that picked a price.Cant wait for Arklow.

[Al and Jordan]

seriously. ive only ever seen one before, but mark betty caught this one yesterday, was the same colour on both sides

jaysus,,, double congrads in that case. i've never even heard of one of those before . never fails to amaze me the odditys you come across when out fishing i wonder who'll be the first site member to bag a blinky the 3 eyed fish then

[dfella25]

It was a mad looking fish alright. I thought he was taking the mick till I seen it.

[JOHN1]

Big well done to John and Harry, hats off good fishing on a slow day. Great to see so many anglers out yesterday, the only bad thing is the longer walks to your peg

Thanks lads, things were slow for me aswell, i settled in after i got my first counter on the card a dab of 22 cm after that i could relax as the blank that haunted me from the same beach the week before was now at the back of my mind
after i had the first fish i heard harry had 2 counters so happy days we were both off the mark.
all i can add is we were 2 happy lads heading home in the jeep, it's be a very long time since either of us fished against more than 4 lads on a beach, and to come out first was a fantastic result for me ,and to have harry coming a close second was the icing on the cake for both of us
great bunch of lads and a great turn out, looking forward to the next one already

[alby]

great bunch of lads and a great turn out, looking forward to the next one already

Tune in on the 27th Feb for the next installment of the John & Harry benefit show!!! Well done men, great performance.

Fair play to Kevin, Pat & Dimity too, first comp they all caught a few fish on a tough day

Also great to see Brock's bubble burst so dramatically, is that 3 blanks in a week DB?

[dbrock]

i caught 1 fish thats not a blank
well done john and harry

[roger de dodger]

for once i actually felt sorry for denis he was all on his own on the last peg infront of a lovely snag that eats rigs :twisted:then again with an empty peg next to me and then denis i had a long walk to get my card marked

[keanser]

the flounder was not a lefty al, it was double sided, thats his belly

heres the full results and ma points for yesterdays leg
pos-name------------pts---------ma pts
1st- john hughes----- 207pts----- 30pts
2nd- harry catchpole-- 180pts---- 29pts
3rd- paul heffernan---- 149pts---- 28pts
4th- karl whelan------- 134pts---- 27pts
5th- alby allen--------131pts----- 26pts
6th- shane o'dea----- 128pts-----25pts
7th-mark sinnot------ 122pts----- 24pts
8th- roger buggy----- 99pts------ 23pts
9th- gordyh---------- 92pts----- 22pts
10th- tony morris----- 89pts----- 21pts
10th- kevin----------- 89pts----- 21pts
12th- fintan kavanagh- 88pts----- 19pts
13th- john keane------ 82pts----- 17pts
14th- eric salmon------ 78pts----- 16pts
15th- dimitri----------- 65pts----- 15pts
16th- pat-------------- 60pts---- 14pts
17th- conor fuller------- 52pts---- 13pts
18th- shane horan------ 40pts---- 12pts
19th- keith stafford----- 15pts---- 11pts
20th- denis brock------- 5pts----- 10pts

ahemmmmmm aheemmmmmmmmmm

[gordyh]

well done to john harry great day.see all the lads at arklow