Master Angler 1st Leg - Results
Christmas Fayre Comp 2012 Results 10 anglers turned up to fish the last comp of the year - The Christmas Fayre Turkey Shoot. With 8 prizes to be won, it truly would only be the turkeys who didn't secure the Christmas Feast!! As is the norm on Greystones South Beach, some poor fools were pegged on the pipe & as luck would have it Alby, Fintan & De Cock went about leeaving every rig they had in their box attached to it!! If a diver ever goes in there he will pick up 100's of impact leads! Meanwhile Gordy was flying like a greyhound from Traps woth a lovely 40cm+ codling early doors and a few other small cod too. Johnny Hughes was up to his usual tricks of bringing in trebles of sizeable whiting every cast, with the Dodger & Harry trying to keep up. Fintan was now out of rigs, I was blanking and John had caught the Irish Whiting Quota for 2012 but we battled on in pleasant conditions and once againb the beach threw up some decents sized specimens - Rockling to 36cm, a 30 cm Scorpion fish and a decent smattering of keeper codling & whiting. In the final shake up, John had won well worth 39 fish on the card, Roger had over 30 & me had Fintan had 4 fish and a sewage pipe between us!! Anyway, well done to all the lads who won prizes, it'll be beans on toast in mine & bootsy's gaf on Christmas Day. Congrats to Dennis who put in an incredible performance of 4 wins on the bounce in the middle of the year to secure his first ECRSAC MA Title. The last leg of this years MA was fished on killiney beach leaving Dennis only needing to beat the dreded blank to win the title. Fishing was good on the day with John huges winning with an incredible 53 fish! Gordy & Brendan also put upmassive scores in second & third place. Big well done to the top 3 in our Master Angler also, and great to see so many guys turning up to fish the comps throughout the year, the craic was always mighty and there was some quality fish taken at time and as last weekend showed, serious quantity also! Master Angler Top 3 2011: 1st-Dennis Brock 2nd-John Huges 3rd-Brendan Canning Full results table can be found here 6th Leg MA Results - Sept 3rd, Courtown (The procession continues) Guest Reporter - The invincible Denis Brock - Fishing started of pretty well for most with plenty of tub gurnard been brought in on the first cast, harry catchpole had a fish within 3 mins un fortunately fishing slowed right down for most bar brendan and dave who decided to scratch at the fish while everyone else seemed to aim at dogs and smoothies, just as darkness came the noise of mr buggy could be heard all the way down the beach as he hooked into a nice hound of 80cms, (jammy fecker) , so out went the crab baits everywhere but the smoothies were not really there for most bar that dodger lad hooking another about 20 mins later , a nice 86 cms, at this stage i was just plodding along picking up singles every second cast or so ,dave sherwood was constantly hooking into fish in the surf, news was brendan was doing the same up his end, on my last three cast i had 2 dogs and a nice little ray of 55 cms to put me right up there,  Longest Flat: Dennis Brock (Ray 55cm) Longest Round: Roger Buggy (Smoothhound 86cm) 1st-Dennis----289pts 2nd-Roger-----286pts 2nd-Dave------255pts 5th Leg MA Results - August 27th, Enerielly South Calm, mild conditions & calm seas greeted the 12 anglers for the latest leg of our MA series. Hopes were high of smoothhounds & dogfish hoardes on the rising tide into darkness, but the fishing was realtively slow with the odd flat & gurnard coming in for the first few couple of hours. Brendan & Gordy making the best of it with a few fish each. The Dodger had a 46cm huss to put a cat among the pigeons & the fishing picked up slightly into darkness. Big Wanger (spellcheck needed) Dennis again put his hours of practice & tuition on slaughterhill to good use with a Thornback and three high scoring dogs at range which put him in an unassailable position. Alby had a double thornie followed by dog to put the wind up Brock for a while but despite valiant efforts from Gordy & Brendan, Dennis held on for an impressive third win on the bounce! Longest Flat: Dennis Brock (Ray 36cm) Longest Round: Roger Buggy (Huss 46cm) 1st-Dennis----200pts 2nd-Gordy-----168pts 2nd-Brendan---144pts The Question remains - CAN ANYONE STOP THE BROCK? Jimmy Smith - All Ireland Shore, September 17th - North Wexford Lads, the Jimmy Smith (All Ireland Open Shore Championship) is pre entry this year, so anyone intending to fish should let me know at the latest by our competition on August 27th in Ennerielly. You will also need to pay the fee of €25 to me on August 27. Entries close on September 5th so this is the last time I'll be able to take entries & fees. The venues will be between Courtown & kilmuckridge and it's being hosted by South Shore SAC & sponsored by Seiko. The winner will captian Ireland in next years Home Internationals. Next Legs MA - August 27th Enerielly North & September 3rd Courtown North Next 2 legs are during the peak East Coast Fishing season on two good tides aswell. Smoothhounds, Ray, Flats & Dogfish will be the main quarry, providing we get decent conditions, hopefully we will catch plenty of fish! Master Angler 4th Leg Results, Greystones 2nd July Longest Flat: Paul Doyle (Flounder 26cm) Longest Round: Paul Doyle (Whiting 22cm) 1st-Dennis----427pts 2nd-John------216pts 2nd-Paul D----209pts Master Angler 3rd Leg Results, Ballinoulart 7th May Beautiful sunshine, gentle sea roll & warm conditions greeted us on the beach for the 3rd leg of the Master Angler. Very positive reports of numbers of bass coupled with a few local rods pleasure fishing the beach when we arrived inspired confidence, and rightly so as along the stretch flats came in to regular scratching tactics early doors. No more so than Dave who had a double counter first cast but returned before measuring them for SOD on the next peg!! Catch & release gone nuts or simple mistake aside, t'was a lesson hard learned as we'll see!! About an hour in, the sky darkened the wind completely changed direction from a gentle south westerly to a raging south easterly hail storm, kicking up a big sea, bringing weed on & generally making life difficult for all & sundry! At this point, normally we see our "Casters" exit stage left, home to clean their reels & watch videos of a 20 stone Belgian man swinging his rod! but not today. Dennis & Sod plugged on gamely and were both rewarded with bass, (2 for Brocker), meanwhile the jungle grapevine also informed me that Conor had a bass of 42cm & later John "Specimen Hunter" Hughes had a tidy bass of 47cm & flounder of 30cm which had him top of both pools. Old Man Dodger had a smoothhound at this stage but the size of which was a closely guarded secret! The final shake-up was an extremely close affair with the bottom angler having 2 fish & winner just 5 with a stack of people on 4 fish. Unfortunately Dave's prematurely released fish had cost him a second place finish, although he did very well to add 4 subsequent counters onto his card. Dennis won the day out & is back on the fishing road yet again, Conor took second & Brendan third. Longest Flat: John Hughes (Flounder 30cm) Longest Round: John hughes (Bass 47cm) 1st-Dennis----160pts 2nd-Conor-----149pts 2nd-Brendan---124pts East Coast Raiders Go West!! We had four lads travel across to Sligo to fish the second leg of the West Coast Shore League hosted by the Western Vikings SAC. Some sore heads were on the road early Saturday morning, supplemented by Gordy who was attending a wedding in Mayo (with an equally sore head!!). The competition was brilliantly run by the lads on Trawee & Dunmoran Strand, 50 anglers turned out to fish & despite doom & gloom regarding the easterly wind, the fishing was solid enough with many decent turbot & flounder being landed on both beaches. Amazingly enough we even managed to crack the prize table with Alby taking a zone 2nd on Trawee & Fintan "Bootsy" Kavanagh winning the biggest round pool with an obviously confused mullet of 56cm! It was no surprise that top rod Mike Curtin took the overall honours with a 14 fish haul on Dunmoran & Sean Ivory also took a zone win. The welcome we received was second to none, coupled with the info we received on the venues & craic before, during & after the competition. We will certainly be back across to fish another this year & we look forward to returning the favour for the west coast lads during the Smoothie Season when it hots up. 2nd Leg 2011 Master Angler - Results A great turnout of 15 anglers arrived to fish our second leg which co-incided with Ireland scuppering Englands Grandslam chances in Dublin. Unfortunately the fishing was once again poor, but hopefully the hungry period of the year is coming to a close & there will be more fish in our remaining competitions. A brisk south westerly greeted us creating a lovely surf & the big tide filled the channel seemingly providing great conditions. First off the mark was Ruairi with a nice little flounder, but that didn't herald a flurry of fish. Alby got a double a while after and that put him top of the leaderboard for a good portion of the comp. Rumors began to circulate that Old Man Dodger had landed a 27lb Bass on a leg of lamb & mackeral cocktail (This later prooved to be a most welcome 45cm silver bar). Ruairi added a second fish as did Brendan with David landing a double aswell, prayers of "please God give me a cod" went unanswered for Gordy but he did have 2 flats to leave 5 anglers on 2 fish & Dodger with his bass meaning only 5 points seperated 2nd - 7th place. John had built up a handy lead with 3 fish including the 2 biggest flounders (30 & 25cm), that was enough to ensure he left with a fist full of dollars for the win & flat pool, but sssshhhhh, don't tell his Missus!!! Longest Flat: John Hughes (Flounder 30cm) Longest Round: Roger Buggy (Bass 45cm) 1st-John------99pts 2nd-David-----(Tied 54 pts) 2nd-Ruairi----(Tied 54 pts) 1st Leg 2011 Master Angler - Results Unfortunately, The Met Office, Magic Seaweed & Windguru all got this wrong. As opposed to the calm conditions forecast, gale force south westerlies below accross the south easterly facing beach, making holding bottom difficult and insuring very few fish entered the gulley. Because of the wind & surf, it became impossible to fish at distance, meaning we would have to scratch away close in. All the same, 15 of the 17 anglers bravely stuck to their task (we won't mention any names - Sod or Dennis), but it was new member, in his first competition, Robbie Jackson, who put in an impressive effort with 2 flounder to win the day. Robbie also holds a massive lead in the 2011 Master Angler, fair play that man!!! Our next competition is on March 19th in Morriscastle, so hopefully with any luck the conditions will be more favourable, and we might all catch a fish or two!! Longest Flat: Robbie Jackson (Flounder 25cm) Longest Round: Brendan Canning (Drawn) 1st-Robbie----58pts 2nd-Alby------(Drawn) 3rd-Dennis----(Drawn) Christmas Comp & AGM 10 Brave souls turned up to fish our Christmas Fayre & final leg of 2010 Master Angler competition. Flat calm conditions & a neap tide were not going to be favourable conditions, but all members caught a few fish, coalies, flounder & rockling being to the fore. Gordy was into an early lead picking off a few important counters early doors. A painfully slow couple of hours followed where only the odd fish was landed, before the last 90 minutes, when a few coalies showed up. Alby & Paul on pegs 9 & 10 made the best of that, fishing about 5 yards out on mackeral baits, they both added several fish in an hour which put both of them right up there in the Turkey Vouchers!! Gordy was not beaten yet though and on the last cast he pulled in a high scoring dogfish. In the end he was just pipped by Alby, who took his third MA Comp on the bounce! Conor finished 3rd, Mark 4th & Paul 5th, all seperated by an undersize fish or two! Brilliant also to see a few new members fishing with us, they didn't fair badly either with both Ruairi & Paul getting among the prizes! Congrats to Alby & John who will represent the club in the National Master Angler next October in Mullaghmore. Final placings here. Final Results were as follows: Longest Flat: Brendan Canning (Dab 22cm) Longest Round: Alby Allan (Coalie 28cm) 1st-Alby------177pts 2nd-Gordy-----150pts 3rd-Conor-----90pts 4th-Mark------85pts Many thanks to all the members who made it to the AGM & for your input to the meeting. Motions passed were as follows - 1) Minimum size limit reduced to 18cm. No points for any fish under 18cm 2) Reduction in annual membership fee from €100 to €80 3) 100% cash payout in all competitions to the first 3 places, (50% / 30% / 20% split). 4) The club will apply to run an open in 2012. Competition will be based on a 3 man team event. 5) Re-election of officers - Alby Allan (Secretary), Fintan Kavanagh (Chairman), Dennis Brock (Treasurer), Eric Gasparro & Tony Morris(Committee Members) 6) AOB: Dennis Brock added motion to add one more Ordinary Committe Member. (Motion passed). Shane O'Dea elected onto Committee. 2010 AGM & 2011 Venues We have set a date for our AGM & Christmas Fayre Competition. The AGM will take place on Saturday 11th December in Byrnes Pub in Shankill Village, starting @ 1pm sharp. Agenda items will be posted to members in the coming weeks and details of how to propose motions will be in the letter. This will be followed by our Christmas Fayre Comp, which will be free entry for all existing & new joining members, fished 5 - 10pm on Greystones South Beach. After a recent committee meeting we formulated our Master Angler & meets Schedule for 2011, again we have aimed to choose venues at particular times of the year & on specific tides to try get the best the East coast has to offer. Get the below dates into the diaries now - January 15th---- Non Master Angler Meet - Passage East - Fishing 1 - 6pm February 5th---- Master Angler - Toberpatrick ---------- Fishing 5 - 10pm March 19th------ Master Angler - Morriscastle ---------- Fishing 4 - 9pm May 7th--------- Master Angler - Ballinoulart ---------- Fishing 6 - 11pm June 30th------- Master Angler - Greystones North ------ Fishing 6 - 11pm August 27th----- Master Angler - Ennerielly North ------ Fishing 6 - 11pm September 3rd--- Master Angler - Courtown ---------- Fishing 7 - 12pm November 20th - (Sunday) Master Angler - Killiney ------ Fishing 3 - 8pm December 10th--- Christmas Fayre - Greystones South ---- Fishing 4 - 9pm Master Angler 6th Leg. Courtown Beach, 11th September Only 9 anglers turned out to our final autumn leg of the master angler, and I think it's fair to say, those who didn't will be kicking themselves! First cast saw most people scratching in the coloured water close in, and the majority of anglers landed a flattie or two! Alby was firing his baits out at range and was sneakily building up a decent score with dogfish coming in most casts. With the onset of darkness the fishing became fantastic, Thornback Rays, Dogfish & Big Smoothounds being to the fore. Roger began to target the smoothie's specifically with big crab & rag baits and had 2 fine fish, very close to specimen weight. With the quality of fishing, one would have thought you were in Connemara as opposed to a beach venue on the east coast. We also have an exciting finish to our 2010 Master Angler in Lacken on November 27th, where any 2 from the top 6 could realistically qualify to represent the club in the 2011 Irish Master Angler in Connaught. Anyway, after the final shakeup, the results were: Longest Flat: Eric Gasparro (Thornback Ray 67cm (Nose to tail)) Longest Round: Roger Buggy (Smoothhound 86cm) 1st-Alby------824pts 2nd-Eric------543pts 3rd-Brendan---509pts 4th-Sod-------451pts
Master Angler 5th Leg. Ballymoney Beach, 28th August 12 Anglers turned out to fish the 438 yard long beach (I measured it twice!!). A calm mild eveining had most people thinking smoothies, but as this was a comp, we were expecting the usual dribs & drabs. Not to be the case thank goodness, as from the off a fair few flats came in along the stretch and I had a dog myself at distance. 30 minutes in there was a bit of excitement as Conor on the end peg was seen getting dragged up and down the beach by a nice smoothie! This got everyones dander up. Next in on the act was Alby who got a double smoothie at distance (80 & 82cms long), much to his delight! Brendan followed shortly after with a fine hound of 83cms. About 30 mins into dark, the dogs came on the feed at distance, and it was Tony, Mark & Alby who made the best of it, all landing several dogs before lines up. A cracking comp with plenty of fish caught, species included - Smoothies, Dogs, Huss, Flounder, Plaice, Dab, Thornback Ray, Codling, Whiting & Gurnard. Final Results were as follows: Longest Flat: Fintan Kavanagh (Flounder 29cm) Longest Round: Brendan Canning (Smoothhound 83cm) Last Man Standing: Winner - Alby / Runner-Up - Gordy 1st-Alby------584pts 2nd-Mark------340pts 3rd-Tony------293pts 4th-Brendan---266pts  At half 4, a slightly later start than anticipated due to a Dublin City SAC club comp beforehand we all set our sights for gold and lobbed our baits out into the sea. after a few minutes a strong rattle on my tip signaled the interest of a wanting fish and sure enough a few minutes later a lovely 22cm coalie came through the surf, a fish was great but a counter was even better. After a few hours it was appearent that mini's were there in abundance and it wasnt long before i filled my 10 undersize fish limit. i did manage however to sneak a 21cm dab in before i did so going into darkness so i was in a strong position for a good finish. as night fell rumours of 4lb thornbacks and tony leading the way with 14 counters did their rounds around the beach, they were to prove unjustified thank god. i waded my way through the vast fields of undersize fish picking off the odd counting codling at range but it wasnt enough. i decided to play a bold tactic and fish no more than 30 yards out, i was soon duely rewarded with a counting double including my biggest fish of the night a 26cm codling. with an hour to go a few of us were in the running with roger, myself, tony, alby and john all in the mix, the fish unfortunatley appeared to dry up, being even bolder this time i went after my favourite fish the flounder and tossed a flapper no more than 3-4 yards out, it paid off with a perfect little 20cm specimen and i got my counting fish total to ten. at lines up it would appear that a thornback was indeed taken by new member Brendan, it wasnt 4lbs but it did measure 29cm and it was a pleasant febuary surprise i ever i saw one. the real downer of the night was when we got back to the cars to find alby's, pat's and roger's windows smashed by some mindless ejits. so if your heading to arklow at night be carefull Final Results were as follows: 1st-Dimitry---352pts 2nd-Eric------309pts 3rd-Roger-----303pts 4th-Tony------285pts Club Branded Clothing Available!! Tony has got a batch of ECRSAC Branded Hoodies & Beanie Hats made. Top quality they are too! If you're interested give Tony a call with your size and he'll sort you out. Tony - 086 8147238
First Comp 2010 - January 23rd - Ennerielly North Beach (The Harry & John Show!!!) We were met with an absolutley cracking day at Ennerielly for the first leg of our Shore Master Angler for 2010. A brilliant turnout of 21 anglers took to the beach in bright sunshine on a still Wicklow afternoon. Conditions were not great for big hauls of fish, but there was a few fish around the keep the cold away & anglers busy. Coalies, dabs, flounders, rockling, codling & whiting were as usual at this time of the year, the mainstay of the East Coast matchman. It was great to see so many new members and a few guys trying their hand a competition fishing for the first time, and in many cases giving some seasoned anglers a good hiding in the process! (Fair play Kevin, Pat & Dimitry). It was John & Harry who stole the show in their first "Raiders" comp, finishing first & second. Cracking achievement lads, well done. Completing the prizes on the day, was Karl & Heffo, neither strangers to taking prizes during our comps. Longest round fish was Tony's 31cm Whiting & longest flat was Graham with a 32cm flounder.  
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