SAISAC #1 Feb 28th Ballyhealy 16:00-21:00

[donal domeney]

Fished this competition from 16:00 to 21:00 with pleasant sunshine and a slight easterly breeze
Longest round: John Diamond, Coalfish 48cm
Longest flat: Donal Domeney, flounder 29cm

JP MOLLOY 577
JOHN DIAMOND 364
RUAIRI COLEMAN 332
DONAL DOMENEY 299
DONAL O'NEILL 190
MARCO DE KLEER 149


Fish Returns: 70
Flounder: 28
5b Rockling: 26
Bass: 9
Dogfish: 3
Coalfish: 3
Turbot: 1

Full results sheet attached

Added 1 pic
jd - added 3 more

Competition No. 1 results.docx

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[kieran]

9 bass! wow, to be in the south east, even if they were all schoolies... Nice coalie John, well done. Any pics?

[Al]

Nice one lads, great coalie John

[Seaniebo]

Well done men. Looked a nice evening.

[donal domeney]

For anyone thinking of giving the beach a go.

This was fished about 100yds down to the right of the car park. I was the last peg on the beach next to the big boulder that is high up the beach. I was hiding behind the Pajero beach buddy so I'm not sure how the others were fishing and at what stage of the competition their fish were caught. I had my first fish at 18:30 and only reeled in twice after that without a fish on. Ruairi, who fished on the next peg, and myself used a bucket of water to keep them alive while waiting to record them. I can guarantee that all the fish went back alive. This should be compulsory in all competitions.
Best baits for me were lug and crab on a 3 hook flapper and size 4 hooks. For the last cast I did change to size 1 hooks and a lump of mackerel for a dogfish. I love it when a plan works . All baits were cast out between 20 and 30yds.

[Don]

I spent my night marking up JP's card............I got one or two casts in between doing that.....

[corbyeire]

For anyone thinking of giving the beach a go.

This was fished about 100yds down to the right of the car park. I was the last peg on the beach next to the big boulder that is high up the beach. I was hiding behind the Pajero beach buddy so I'm not sure how the others were fishing and at what stage of the competition their fish were caught. I had my first fish at 18:30 and only reeled in twice after that without a fish on. Ruairi, who fished on the next peg, and myself used a bucket of water to keep them alive while waiting to record them. I can guarantee that all the fish went back alive. This should be compulsory in all competitions.
Best baits for me were lug and crab on a 3 hook flapper and size 4 hooks. For the last cast I did change to size 1 hooks and a lump of mackerel for a dogfish. I love it when a plan works . All baits were cast out between 20 and 30yds.

good to be let in on the details - totally agree on the bucket - definitely increases the survival rate - the problem is when its speed fishing anglers will never slow down to disgorge properly - you always see buckets with the tinge of claret in them

[ste c]

Ballyheally is best fished in darkness id say thats when the fish came on a mark i put alot of time into in summer for bass hounds and tope its 1 of my favourite beaches to fish well done on the few fish