15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
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15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
Duration:loads Tide:
Weather:sunny and hot
Bait:all sorts
Rigs:all sorts and shapes
Results:pleanty of fish
Report:Well where do i start,, the venue galway bay, the comp the first boat master comp of the year... set off around 9am into a magacial sunny flat calm galway bay a board the wounderful madagaine mara skippered by the Kevin The Lad.. crew members on the day myself and Cian... the first stop was one of the best ive seen for a long time with pleanty of pollock,some in the 7pound mark and colies to around 4 pound mark,, the first drift produced,pollock,coalies,cucko wrasse,poor cod,haddock,launce,mackeral,almost all fishing where hitting fish at soon time over the drift,,,, so the first half had Danny in the lead,, with Neol following in second place followed closely by Steve... if i where to report everything i would be here till tomorrow so i will leave room for the other lads to add,,, all in all a fantasic days fishing fishing with 11 species i think where recorded.... hopefully the other lads will add there own bit ,,if so should make for a good read.....
CONGRATS TO DANNY HOW HELD THE LEAD THROUGH THE DAY AND CAME OUT ON TOP... WELDONE MATE.....
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SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: 15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
a few more photos... not sure what is wrong with my computer but the pictures are posting first then the report......
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SHORE SPECIES 2012... coalie,
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
boat species09~~~pollack,cod,haddock,whiting,doggies,bullhuss,tope,john dory,thornebsck,blonde,blue shark,spur dog,wrase,gunnard,pouting,
shore species 2010~~~ dab,flounder,thorneback ray,pollack,plaice,coalies,turbot,wrasse,bull huss, lsd...
boat trips 4 result..pouting,, spurdog.pollack,
shore trips 2010.... 36.....
wish list 2010..sea trout....
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Re: 15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
Some nice fish there, looked like a great day. 

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Re: 15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
well done lucky, looks like ye had a good day out there.few old faces i see
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Re: 15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
less of the OLD eh..smiliejp wrote:well done lucky, looks like ye had a good day out there.few old faces i see


good day alright, that thorny secured my second place in the comp on the very last lift of the competition, more thornies were caught after that too, good to see plenty of them about,
I didnt have many in numbers but i did have plenty of species though..
some good fish were landed and i cant wait till the next one..

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Re: 15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
Great fishing & report. Well done lads. Hope to get over there again in near future
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Re: 15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
Thanks for the report Alan, as i was dying to know how ye got on....
Sound's like a cracking day out and fair play to the Skipper and Crew men.
Good report & photos - hopefully more to come from the lads on this who fished the day......Lads?
Mick
Sound's like a cracking day out and fair play to the Skipper and Crew men.
Good report & photos - hopefully more to come from the lads on this who fished the day......Lads?
Mick
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Re: 15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
hi Alan thats a good write up and great pics... it was a great day out with brilliant fishing great banter and good laughs. some massive pollack got, with john getting the best of the day it was a beast , well done to the skipper one of the best ive been out with, and the crew on the ball for the day.it was a great day out with the club , cant wait for the next session .
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Re: 15ht april madagaine mara spiddal master boat comp.....
it was a cracking day out,with the weather gods smiling on us,sun splitting the deck,and a lake like sea..flat calm,before the comp officially started we went mackie bashing,and a few were got,but not in any numbers,the first drift of the comp producing loads of coalies and pollock for nearly everyone,with steve concentrating on other species,and suceeding!
four cookoo wrasse in quick sucession,
after maxing my pollock quota i changed rigs and pout and poor cod was the result..even though i REALLY wanted a cookoo! we changed marks,and the fishing steadied...with fish being landed,but not in the same numbers,martin got a nice haddock,and hopes were lifted,but alas it was the only one,then we hit grey gunard,small ones,but new species...
...another drift over a new spot did not produce much,and the last mark of the day was hit,with thornies being the target,dan got the first,then i got a run,i left it too long and then steves rod rattled...but so did mine!
same bloody fish!! two hooks one fish..so it was disqualified as a counter in the comp....that turner will do ANYTHING to win a comp!
he finally got HIS on the last drop of the comp...and beat me by ONE POINT
CONGRATS to dan sweeney for winning the first Galway Buccaneers boat comp of the year.....bring on the next one! 









species 2012.........(12)seatrout,bass,turbot,flounder,brill,lsd,coalie,shore rockling,pollock,pout,poor cod,gray gurnard
species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
species 2010,(27)
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species 2011 (20) flounder,whiting,poor cod,5 beard rockling,lsd.coalie,thornie,three bearded rockling,shore rockling.seatrout.turbot,plaice,brill,pollock,ballen wrasse.huss,pout,cookoo wrasse,corking wrasse,dab.
species 2010,(27)
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