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Master Angler Winner 2011

#1 Post by Labyrinthfish »

Massive congrats to Martin Howlin on winning the MA 2011, after years of accumulating hideous Silver medals :roll: at this event Mr Howlin now has his MA title and is the proud captain of Team Ireland 2012.

Runner up was John o Brien , Cracking result for 2 of Irelands Top Rods...

Big well done to Peter Atkins , Mike Curtain and the Connaught Council for putting in the much needed effort that produced one of the best Connaught MA's in a long long time !

Roll on the Fish- Offs...

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#2 Post by kstaff »

Brilliant result and a very worthy winner. Weldone Martin and all who made the fish offs.

Great to see the top rods at the top!!!!
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#3 Post by paul mason »

Well done Martin you fished well and deserved your win, especially after pulling it out of the bag on the night session!
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#4 Post by junior conger »

well done martin great win :D
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#5 Post by Seaniebo »

Well done indeed Martin. Fished very well, had the pleasure/pain of fishing the peg between Martin and John on the last session. A very worthy winner.

Fair play to all the stewards too.

And to our own jd for finishing 10th and making the fish offs. Brilliant result John.
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#6 Post by keith »

Congrats Martin great result and John too. Well done to the organizers and the stewards on a well run weekend all the venues produced fish, I enjoyed it :)
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#7 Post by kstaff »

Great result John weldone.
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#8 Post by zziplex »

well done martin thoroughly deserved :D also well done to john and the rest of the lads who made the fishoffs well done to all :D
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#9 Post by jd »

Delighted for Martin, I've always enjoyed fishing with him too.
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jd wrote:And of course I've very happy with how I did..
Great result John.... Irish International John Diamond could be only around the corner :idea:
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#11 Post by triplex »

well done martin great result
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#12 Post by Al »

Fair play to Martin on the Win, and to JD on his placing, great result for a 'rookie' :D :lol:
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#13 Post by corbyeire »

well done to martin on his win and all who made the fish offs

i would also like to congratulate Mullaghmore SAC and the Connaught council for the amazing effort that went into this event

i am delighted for them that it all went smoothly and successfully
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#14 Post by donal domeney »

the top 10 go into the panel, of 30, but with 3 from the masters already in the panel the next 3 are move up.

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Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
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#15 Post by bazzer74 »

well done to the lads who got plates, medals or made the fish offs!!!! BIG well done to mullaghmore SAC. I was told 6 months ago that they werent naming venues cos "they were gonna put us onto fish"! Very impressed! Plenty of walking but plenty of fish. Connaught is definately not the black sheep of the shore angling scene as I was advised fer the past 9 months!!!
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#16 Post by Beelo »

well done martin and all the qualifiers. have to say first time to fish a masters and it was excellent. well ran with some very good fishing.
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#17 Post by petekd »

Well done to Martin, great achievement in what were albeit tough conditions, a good spread of venues that all threw up fish in numbers with very few blanks. Massive well done to all involved in Connacht who put in a massive amount of work in organising this comp. Hats off boys in what were very difficult conditions. Well done also to JD on a strong showing throughout on his debut at the masters.
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#18 Post by Boycie Senior »

Well done martin, delighted for you fella. Congrats to all the lads that made the qualifiers under those tough conditions.ju
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#19 Post by willie bendit »

Well done everybody. :) :) winners all
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#20 Post by donal domeney »

Well done to the organisers for making the plan work. :D :D :D

A bit of driving to be done but when you are put on fish you have nothing to complain about.
The GPS numbers were spot on and took the stress out of the drive to each venue

1 edit :oops: :oops: well done to Martin an excellent return of fish not much time to breath in between casts
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm

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