upc open gold medal benone sunday 7th jan

[BigPhil]

didnt make it the competition myself due to other commitments

just got word that the winner was forum member norfolke n goode
so congratulations to steve hewett!

by all accounts it was a decent days fishing with quite a few leinster anglers coming up and getting amongst the prizes too.

[toaddi33]

yea phil it was good fishing- i had 3 fish also there was a nice surprise of a HADDOCK caught!

[glengormley-gavin]

Well done to N&G.

Two open Comp wins in a row - OUTSTANDING!!!

GADSAC take the Open Gold two years running :D :D

JUDE

[Norfolk and Goode]

Thanks BigPhil and Jude.

Best days fishing i've had in years! :shock: Benone is usually a real pain with usually very little caught by me. :oops: I just couldn't have missed yesterday! At my peg the flounder and turbot were of cracking quality and just happened to feed on my offerings :shock: :wink:

My biggest flounder 47cms! :shock: a real beast weighted in a 3lb 11ozs (certified scales), I'd 2 at 41cm's and the rest were all in the mid to high 30cm's apart from 1 smaller turbot of 28cm's. I'd 12 fish in total for a points score of 405. :shock: 8) :wink: All fish released to fight another day : 8) :wink:

The Haddock was caught by the fellow on the next peg to me.

I thought I also had the longest flat pool with that flounder but just at the last cast I had 2 counting fish. :cry: I was taking the hooks out and getting them measured when Uel came down the beach with a Turbot of 55cm's! :shock: Bang went the flat pool, but fair play to Uel for catching it. :wink: He even knocked another one off that was approx have the size of the big one on the same trace as not to loose it. :shock: And both fish at once on a Greys BZE rod! It was bent some funny shapes apparently trying to get the fish landed. :shock:

A good day over all for GADSAC as we had Andrew Snoddy in second place in the Juniors getting a silver medal. I think Jim Snoddy was in the top 3 also but can't be 100% sure :roll: Sorry, I was incorrect in this statement, he was 4th in Zone :roll: I was close

That's 2 years in a row that someone from GADSAC has won the gold medal, :wink: 8) can we make it 3 in a row? :shock:
It really depends on Jude being allowed out with the lads fishing again by next year, by the boss!! :shock: :shock: So I think we might struggle :oops: :oops:

[jonny gilbert]

well done again stevie 12 fish was hard to beat.....i had a fish a cast but gettin a keeper was a nightmare in the end i managed 1 flounder of 37cm and well done to uel for that crackin turbot 55cm i think it was around the 7lb mark crackin fish sayin that there was alot of good fishh caught no bass though

[BigPhil]

whatwas the secret bait steve?? :roll: :wink:

[kissafish]

Well done indeed Our Steve :D
We can all agree that he won it by a mile if not two :shock:
Not being a bad loser, But i hope he was even wetter and colder than me at the end of the day :lol: :lol: :lol:

[codfather]

Secret bait thats called skill and presentation

[Norfolk and Goode]

Thanks codfather, it was your Ryan that showed me how to fish the way I did. :lol:

I have always said that I feel Benone is very much a place where it depended on the peg draw that you got. I've fished it for a number of years and haven't even counted or sometimes even caught a fish. :oops:

This year was different though. 8) Although I still do feel it was the peg draw that I picked. (I've booked the same peg for next year already :shock: :lol: :wink: )

12 flounder and turbot with an average size of 33.75cm's, that's some shooting, sorry I'm giving secrets away now, double barrel shotgun every time :lol: :lol:

Steve

[round_ourway]

well done steve, great result

[pete]

Well done Steve, sounded like you had great fishing

[bigcol]

Well done Steve. :)