Lough Foyle SAC 2 Day Shore Angling Festival

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Lough Foyle SAC 2 Day Shore Angling Festival

#1 Post by Ronan »

People: 24 Seniors & 2 Juniors

Duration: 27th & 28th August

Tide: All states

Weather: A bit of everything

Bait: Everything

Rigs: All Sorts

Results: 498 Fish(Flounder, Eel & Smelt




Report: Only getting the chance now to post the results of the Lough Foyle Shore Angling Festival. We had a brilliant weekend fishing with a total of 498 fish caught. Hopes weren't high for the Roe on the Saturday as we fished a filling tide but we couldn't have been more wrong as mid way through the fill the fish came on the feed and fishing was pretty hectic with a total of 261 fish caught and a fair few fish lost to the bolders! Heavy rain then made bringing fish to measuring stick pretty hard as the bolders became really slippy! 6 o'clock came and signalled the end of the first day and everybody was already looking forward to fishing Longfield on the Sunday! We were only supposed to fish 4 hours on the Sunday but opted to start an hour early as the fishing had been so good on the Roe! I arrived late and was still feeling the effects of the feed of drink i had on the Saturday night but got set up and knew that conditions were perfect for some good fishing as the was was nice and choppy and there was a good colour in the water! First cast i was straight into a double and this set the scene for the day! Most anglers in the low pegs were steady catching fish but the higher pegs weren't doing so well! Longfield produced some of the best fishing that i have ever experienced in a match and by the end of the day i had bagged 32 fish which gave me a first in my zone but i still didn't think i had a chance of getting placed in the prizes as on the Saturday i was 4th in my zone! I have listed the full results below! Looking forward to next year already! Hopefully it will be bigger and better next year and we get allot more anglers!

Saturday - Zone A
1. Dave Roe - 564 points
2. Martin Howlin - 425 Points
3. Johnny Snoddy - 383 Points
4. Ronan Mc Monagle - 323 Points
5.Kevin Barber - 255 Points

Zone B....
1. Sammy Stirling - 454 Points
2. Harry McKee Junior - 447 Points
3. Harry McKee Senior - 431 Points
4. Warren Brown - 324 Points
5. Marc O'Connor - 286 Points


Sunday Zone A....
1. Ronan Mc Monagle - 753 Points
2. John Shiels - 610 Points
3. Johnny Snoddy - 461 Points
4. Liam O'Connor - 455 Points
5. Dave Roe - 411 Points

Zone B....
1. Harry McKee Senior - 352 Points
2. Martin Howlin - 340 Points
3. Warren Brown - 227 Points
4. Harry McKee Junior - 209 Points
5. Marc O'Connor - 178 Points


Overall Senior Winners....
1st - Martin Howlin - 36 Fish
2nd - Harry McKee Senior - 35 Fish
3rd - Ronan Mc Monagle - 46 Fish
4th - Dave Roe - 42 Fish
5th - Johnny Snoddy - 38 Fish

Juniors....
1st - Nathan Davidson - 96 Points
2nd - Mathew McCullagh - 67 Points

2 Man Team....
Dave Roe & Martin Howlin

Longest Fish....
Liam O'Connor - 56 Eel
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#2 Post by Beelo »

It's a brilliant venue, with usually very fair fishing, when the water's coloured the fish really feed. When there is a wind blowing i cant see why anyone would want to pass this venue and fish Benone.
Excellent report ronan, much better attempt than this months sea angler :wink:
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#3 Post by tight lines »

sounds like a great comp well done to all nice fishing
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#4 Post by nicki d »

I was gutted to miss this on fishing this after problems at home. Maybe next year
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#5 Post by kstaff »

Great report Ronan it certainly whets the appetitte for next year. Weldone to all who took part.

All open comp organisers take note!!
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#6 Post by crab leg »

a very good report , it is good to see a club that uses s.a.i to advertise their open follow it up with a report .
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#7 Post by MC »

enjoyed this alot, sorry i was late but your wee brother only get married once (i hope). where did i finish up mate, wasnt that good
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#8 Post by Labyrinthfish »

Beelo wrote:It's a brilliant venue, i cant see why anyone would want to pass this venue and fish Benone.
Ditto !

The Roe Estuary & Long fields are about as good as Match venues get...
The Foyle 2 Day Shore Angling Festival will undoubtedly become one of the main events on the calendar.
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#9 Post by Floater »

Yeh, Longfields is a super fair venue with very good clean pegs to fish from. Cant wait till next year to have another crack at the two dayer. Any sign of a spring comp on it Ronan or does it not fish at this time of year?
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#10 Post by snakewhite »

Brillaint Fair venues, unlike the "lottery" venues of the north coast!

Well run match and looking forward to next years!

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