

Thanks to them for giving me a bowl of soup though the kitchen had closed. Most of the SAISAC crowd had arrived and Eugene and Martin from Ullcatch were also around too


Day 1 Banna Strand
People: Keith Murphy , Donal O'Neill , JP Molloy , Kevin McClean , Sean Ivory , John Diamond , Al McGrane , Donal Domeney , Ian Bonney , Mick Flynn , Jay Fowler , Gordon Hardman , Dave Costello , Dan Prunty , Kevin Barber , Gareth Flynn , Ruairi Coleman
Duration: NoonISH - 5pm
Tide: In at 2ish
Weather: Squally Showers

Bait: Lug,Crab, Maddies etc
Rigs: Flappers and Clip Downs
Results: 30 Fish, mainly Bass, Flounder, a Turbot
Report:
We all met up in the West End the next morning, 16 of us plus MAC who had got a pass at short notice

We quickly realised that things were against us yet again, as the water in front of us was full of small sea weed. Nothing to do but keep the head down and fish through it. Some of the lads were fishing straight through without a shock, but I hadn't come equipped with a suitable spare spool


40 cm and back he went. 2 casts later I followed that with a 22cm flounder. That was it for me ...
Place Peg Name Fish Total MA Points 1 15 Keith Murphy 8 218 30 2 3 Donal O'Neill 4 156 29 3 14 JP Molloy 4 100 28 4 17 Kevin McClean 3 92 27 5 8 Sean Ivory 3 84 26 6 6 John Diamond 2 72 25 7 12 Al McGrane 2 54 24 8 10 Donal Domeney 1 45 23 9 9 Ian Bonney 1 40 22 10 16 Mick Flynn 1 38 21 11 5 Jay Fowler 1 31 20 12 1 Gordon Hardman 0 0 10 12 2 Dave Costello 0 0 10 12 4 Dan Prunty 0 0 10 12 7 Kevin Barber 0 0 10 12 11 Gareth Flynn 0 0 10 12 13 Ruairi Coleman 0 0 10 Biggest Round: Donal O'Neill Bass 45 Biggest Flat: Kevin McClean Flounder 39We all met up again in the West End to hand in the match cards, have something to eat and a few drinks. I must also thank Eugene Farrelly for making us all feel welcome. And for managing to stay upright while walking around in heels



Day 2 The SPA
People: Keith Murphy , Donal O'Neill , JP Molloy , Kevin McClean , Sean Ivory , John Diamond , Al McGrane , Donal Domeney , Ian Bonney , Mick Flynn , Jay Fowler , Gordon Hardman , Dave Costello , Dan Prunty , Kevin Barber , Gareth Flynn , Ruairi Coleman
Duration: Noon - 4pm
Tide: In at 3ish
Weather: Overcast some showers
Bait: Mainly Crab, some lug
Rigs: Clip Downs and Flappers
Results: 15 Fish: Bass, Flounder, a whiting (!) and a Dragonet (!!)
Report: Most of us (!) met up at the West End again at the appointed time for check in. The stragglers caught up with us down in the SPA itself. I wasn't sure what to do myself, conditions didn't look too promising for Stingers, or any ray really. Nevertheless I decided to try a clip down with 2 crab and 1 sand eel. Off I went for my first cast. Crack-Off.. Feck. Nothing else ready. 5 minutes or so wasted before I had any bait in the water.
Things were rather slow, I kept with the clip downs. Then Gordy had a double of flounder. Maybe time to rethink my tactics, I had lost a few rigs at this stage. Out with the flappers. Anyway a few more fish were coming in, Gordy had another flat, while Al felt pity for a poor lost little whiting, took him in a for a few minutes, and then pointed him in the direction of home. I wasn't having much luck, and decided to pack up at about 20 minutes before lines up so as to be ready to get the scoring etc done as quickly as possible. On the way to the car I saw JP hook into a bass, but he was snagged up as he brought him in. Like Xavi to Alba later on that night, I passed him my bucket and the Bass was scooped out of the water. At least I had an assist

Place Peg Name Fish Total MA Points 1 3 JP Molloy 3 122 30 2 12 Al McGrane 4 96 29 3 5 Gordon Hardman 3 77 29 4 10 Keith Murphy 2 71 27 5 8 Sean Ivory 1 33 26 6 6 Ruairi Coleman 1 28 25 7 17 Mick Flynn 1 10 24 8 1 Donal O'Neill 0 0 12 9 2 Ian Bonney 0 0 12 10 4 Kevin Barber 0 0 12 11 7 John Diamond 0 0 12 12 9 Donal Domeney 0 0 12 13 11 Kevin McClean 0 0 12 14 13 Dave Costello 0 0 12 15 14 Gareth Flynn 0 0 12 16 15 Dan Prunty 0 0 12 17 16 Jay Fowler 0 0 12 Biggest Round: JP Molloy Bass 39 Biggest Flat: JP Molloy Flounder 35 Mini Pools Overall 2 day: JP Molloy Team: Al McGrane & Keith Murphy Biggest Bass: Donal O'Neill Most Species: Keith Murphy Smallest Fish: Mick Flynn (6cm Dragonet)Thanks again to Henry's Tackle for sponsoring our competitions
I'm sure some of the lads will add their recollections of the weekend..