Duration:5 - 9.30pm
Tide:HW 10pm
Weather:increasing south easterly wind & very wet rain
Bait:you name it...
Rigs:all kinds of weird concoctions
Results:whiting, dabs, flounders
Report:
It was an interesting cross country excursion for most of us, We were diverted up the Wicklow mountains into redcross and back down onto the N11 for the first leg of the 2009 Shore MA (Bad accident on the N11).
As 20 hardy anglers trapsed onto Donoughmore Beach conditions were flat calm, no wind of which to speak and very mild as we got off to a start at 5pm, (an hour late due to the traffic diversions). The fishing was consistent from the off with most people picking up a few counting dabs or whiting in the early stages, things looked good for big numbers of fish to be caught.
About an hour in, as forecast the wind began to strenghten from the south east and the surf began to build, a change over to heavier lead was needed to stop gear being washed back up on the beach and the usual crossed lines began to become a problem, all sorted in good natured way “I think that’s my trace” as whiting laden gears were dragged from the surf.
The weather got steadily worse with the wind freshening & driving rain but word on the beach was Dennis was doing his impersonation of “the atlantic dawn” bringing in fish to beat the band on peg 17. He ended up with 44 fish in total and 30 of them over the 20cm limit, an excellent haul and making him a clear winner.
Marco was also picking up numbers at a steady pace, as were Neil & Keith. In the end Dennis was a clear winner, with Marco finishing second with 16 counters, Neil third with fourteen counters and Keith pipping me as we both had 13 in and a good few out.
Very wet scorecards were given to JDizzle back at the schooner before the scores were totalled. As usual tales of woe were exchanged about lost fish, problems etc. none more so than Mark Sinnott (Fishaholic) who broke 2 rods on the beach...expensive comp!!!
Great to see new faces too, I hope George, Cormac, Neil & Declan enjoyed their first SAI Comp. Hopefully we'll see you all in Arklow on 21st Feb.
Full Results -
Peg Name Fish Points Master Angler Points
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17 Dennis Brock 44 868 30
5 Marco De Kleer 25 480 29
4 Neill Burrell 23 432 28
19 Keith Murphy 19 420 27
11 Albert Allan 21 407 26
1 Kevin McClean 24 356 25
13 Eric Gasparro 23 343 24
24 Andy Boyce 15 327 23
10 Declan Foley 14 258 22
7 Donal Domeney 13 253 21
2 George Tilly 17 219 20
23 Mark Sinnott 11 177 19
12 Cormac Walsh 8 173 18
20 Jacek Chrobak 6 168 17
16 Steve Turner 7 151 16
21 Brian Kinsella 7 147 15
8 Don O' Neill 11 144 14
14 Keith Stafford 6 130 13
22 John Diamond 8 109 12
9 Conor Montaine 2 33 11
nice report alby sums it up nicely.
good to see a few names i fish with in the top 4 ,and great to see marco chatching shome kind of shea fish 
well done lads 
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