Master Angler 4th Leg - Wicklow North, June 1st, Fishing 7 - 12 Midnight  Teams for Daiwa Pairs This year, as opposed to our usual fishing week in Kerry in the Autumn, we are looking at sampling the delights of the Daiwa pairs. It's only 3 pegged matches, so it pretty much is your weeks holiday with some added stress & pressure, and more drinking partners than usual! Take a look at the website to get full details - http://www.irishpairs.co.uk Results - First 2013 MA Leg - Arklow 19/01/13 Brilliant Turn out for our first competition of the year on what I believe is the East Coast's most prolific beach. As usual, plenty of banter & slagging at check-in with our new Master Angler Trophy somehow continuing to reside on Rodger's mantlepiece instead of in the hands of 2012 Champion Clive Ivory! The south easterlies of last Friday had coloured the water beautifully and with only scraps of weed to contend with, conditions were nigh on perfect. From the off, huge quatities of fish were being landed all along the match stretch, and some quality fish being brought ashore also with numerous whiting, dabs & flounder to mid 30 cms landed. Alby was flying on the high pegs picking off whiting and dabs at distance, while Rodger obviously liked the look of that trophy on the mantlepiece and he was "hockeying" fish on peg no 1! Our new members also weren't shy about getting amongst it, as Chris (Jr & Snr) & Paul were building big scores with doubles & trebles consistently. As darkness fell, the cock realised he had no batteries for his headlamp, I really hoped he would make use of the insulating tape I was offering to attach his Iphone to his forehead, but some good samartin unfortunately intervened with a headlight! Funnily enough, the fishing became a bit patchy in Darkness but Chris Scanlan kept finding the fish and managed to overhaul Alby - 36 fish to 33. Paul kept going well also to finish with 30 fish. Every one else was in the twenties or teens and not a complaint coming off the beach from anyone, a great day out, but jesus it was cold! A brilliant start from our new members, taking first & third in their opening Raiders comp, with Anthony & Chris Snr also well up there - Next Master Angler comp is Saturday Feb 9th on Toberpatrick fishing 3 - 8pm. 1st-Chris---959pts 2nd-Alby---867pts 3rd-Paul---756pts 2013 Schedule – Top 5 from 8 competitions to count towards Master Angler: January 19th------Master Angler – Arklow South - Fishing 2 - 7pm (Security provided) February 9th------Master Angler - Toberpatrick ---------- Fishing 3 - 8pm **May 12th (Sunday)----------Master Angler – Old Bawn ---------- Fishing 8am - 1pm June 1st---------- Master Angler - Wicklow North ------ Fishing 7 - 12 midnight July 20th----------Master Angler - Ennerielly North ------ Fishing 6 - 11pm August 17th-------Master Angler - Kilcoole ---------- Fishing 7 – 12 midnight August 31st------3 Man Team OPEN- Nth Wexford---- Fishing 7 – 12 midnight September 21st --Master Angler Courtown ------ Fishing 7 – 12 midnight November 16th----Master Angler - Dollymount ---- Fishing 5 - 10pm 2013 Membership Now Open Well guys, Membership is now open for 2013. The venues, dates & times are below, if anybody has any questions drop our Secretary, Clive (087 694 9760) a shout for more details. 2013 Schedule – Top 5 from 8 competitions to count towards Master Angler: January 19th------Master Angler – Arklow South - Fishing 2 - 7pm (Security provided) February 9th------Master Angler - Toberpatrick ---------- Fishing 3 - 8pm **May 12th (Sunday)----------Master Angler – Old Bawn ---------- Fishing 8am - 1pm June 1st---------- Master Angler - Wicklow North ------ Fishing 7 - 12 midnight July 20th----------Master Angler - Ennerielly North ------ Fishing 6 - 11pm August 17th-------Master Angler - Kilcoole ---------- Fishing 7 – 12 midnight August 31st------3 Man Team OPEN- Nth Wexford---- Fishing 7 – 12 midnight September 21st --Master Angler Courtown ------ Fishing 7 – 12 midnight November 16th----Master Angler - Dollymount ---- Fishing 5 - 10pm Master Angler Results! What a finish to the Master angler Season it was on Saturday as clive finished the season like a train to claim the Master Angler title for 2012 in his first year with the club, Well done that man. He's been ultra consistent all year and is a very deserving winner joining some of the illustrious names on the roll of honour. He will do us proud at the Masters in Munster next year. Also finishing the season strongly, claiming the second master angler spot was Gordy "The Cod" Hardman. Again well deserved for his consistency throughout the year, adding the Last Man Standing title also this year. The final comp of the year threw up horrible conditions for us, flat calm bright sunshine on the beautiful Port Beach in Louth. It was our first foray north of the liffey and it will not be the last as the long stretches of beach here can be prolific in the right conditions. Flats were the order of the day, and despite the many claims "Maddies don't work up here", when the going is tough and it's difficult to winkle out a few fish, they often produce when little else will. clive won comfortable with 7 fish and a few more undersize, very impressive performance, Gordy had 4 and the Dodger had 3. john took the pool with a flat of 26cm and Dodger the jammy swine Final Standings here Longest Flat: John Hughes (Flounder 26cm) Longest Round: Dodger (Drawn) 1st-Clive---172pts 2nd-Gordy---102pts 3rd-Roger---89pts Lacken - Nightmare. Terrible fishing on a beautiful day. Only 2 fish caught between 12 very competent anglers on a day when hundreds of peeler crabs were sacrificed for no good reason! Clive did the business landing a nice 35cm flat halfway through & shortly after Mark Sinnot landed a 27cm flattie. Embarrassment soon changed to cheering when Bootsy Kavanagh drew Alby out of the hat for the third place money. It gives us a brilliant end to our Master Angler Competition Series, with the possibility of any 2 from 5 (Clive, Alby, Gordy, Shane or Fintan) taking the 2013 National Master Angler spots at Dunanny for our last MA Comp of the year. Final Standings Longest Flat: Clive Ivory (Flounder 35cm) Longest Round: Mark Sinnott (Flounder!!! 27cm) 1st-Clive---40pts 2nd-Mark----32pts 3rd-Alby----0pts Even a Blind Squirell finds a nut every now & then..... After 6 years competitive angling, countless blanks, broken rods, reels, crack-offs & various disasters, Fintan "Bootsy" Kavanagh finally broke his duck & won a competition! Flats were the order of the day and again in daylight there seemed to be a good few knocking about falling to most anglers along the beach. The fishing dried up as it got dark and once again Dogfish were conspicuous by their absence on The North Wexford beaches. Fintan had built a good lead early doors but when the whiting hoardes put in a showing late on, the whiting wrangler himself John Hughes started to catch frequently but it just wasnt to be as Bootsy was too well clear at that point! As opposed to our usual few bob in the big fish pool, the prize was much better this time as Derek from Main Irish Angling (http://www.mainirishangling.com) had very kindly sponsored us a top of the range Akios Reel. Well when your luck is in, it's in, Fintan won the longest round with a 39cm tope aswell as the longest round with a 29cm flounder. His luck continued on our trip to Dingle but that's a story for another day! Well done Bootsy it's about time, no stopping you now boy!!! Gordy got his revenge for loosing to Alby in the 2010 LMS as he took the 2012 title with a comfortable win on the night (the b*stard)! Longest Flat: Fintan Kavanagh (Flounder 29cm) Longest Round: Fintan Kavanagh (Tope 39cm) 1st-Fintan--396pts 2nd-John----294pts 3rd-Clive---239pts  East Coast Raiders SAC, 3 Man Team Open Results A terrific turnout of 57 Anglers turned up for our open from as far as Kerry, Cork & Clare. Congratulations go to the winning team from Dublin Paul Tyndell, Stephen Glynn & Joe Canning with a superb combined score of 58 points. Second were the local experts Joe Byrne & Irish Captian Martin Howlin, along with Connaught's Mike Curtin with a very impressive 54 points. Third place was a very tight affair but the team of James Ryan, Joe Duggan & Paddy Barnwell just edged out Tony Behan, John Regan & David McNeill. The fishing was consistent for those scratching and big bags of flounder were caught to the usual methods. In saying that, there was a number of quality fish taken with many good smoothounds, thornback ray, pup tope & dogfish coming from further out, although not in sufficient numbers to rattle the flounder bashers! A big thanks to Andy Boyce of Shankill Angling Centre who very generously sponsored an Ian Golds Rod for the longest smoothhound which went to Alby Allan (94cm, 1st cast - GIFT!). Thanks also to the staff of the Orphan Girl for the use of their premises for check-in & prize giving. Finally & most importantly a big thanks to all the anglers who supported the competition, there was a good buzz about it & great craic on the day. We have booked a similar date & tide for 2013 with The LPC and have a few ideas to make it bigger & better. Photos below: Top Left - Joe Canning accepts the winners prize on behalf of Stephen & Paul. Top right - Martin Howlin accepts runners up prize on behalf of Joe & Mike. Bottom left Paddy Barnwell accepts third on behalf of Joe & James. Bottom right, Alby Allan with the longest smoothound. The Full Results Sheet are on the Open Page
Results: 4th Leg 2012 Master Angler - Flounder Soup Brilliant fishing, bright sunshine, topless women....congratulations to the committee on choosing such wonderful venues!!! In all seriousness though, over 150 counting fish caught (probably another 150 undersize) between 14 seniors and a junior in a daytime competition in the height of summer was excellent fishing. The high pegs were catching steadily from the off with Fintan landing a double counter first cast and many others picking up fish early doors as the previous days north easterly had coloured the water nicely before backing off giving us weed free conditions. A battle ensued on the higher numbers as Boyice & Alby were catching strongly throughout with Brendan & Gordy doing likewise at the other end. Rumors that Dennis had found a few dogs at distance didn't phase the scratching men as going away from fish in the gutter would have been a mistake. SOD finished like a train, with 8 fish in the last hour, as did Dave Sherwood, Team Drummer was successful in targeting round fish for the pool, and a 32cm tope saw him win a tidy few quid for his efforts, Johnny Hughes spent most of the day "birdwatching" in the dunes as opposed to watching the sea and Dennis continued to argue that one dogfish should be worth the same as eleven flounders! Great day out, good craic and final shake-up is per below. The Master Angler Table is taking shape too, with any 2 from possibly 10 anglers still with a chance of qualifying for next years Masters in Munster. Latest table can be viewed Here Last Man Standing Final is the same as 2010, Gordy V Alby. See the Draw Here Longest Flat: Harry Catchpole (Flounder 28cm) Longest Round: Drummer (Tope 32cm) 1st-Gordy---426pts 2nd-Alby----394pts 3rd-Clive---324pts Results: 3rd Leg 2012 Master Angler - Loads of Fish & Rain As usual Wicklow North produced the goods on a very wet night. From the off fish were continually being landed all along the stretch, the Beachbuddy-less Drummer was the first in with a double shot of dogs about five minutes in and the fishing continued to be this consistent virtually all night. Boycie back in the competetive fold was fairing well in the middle of the zone picking off decent whiting in twos and threes at distance on lug & fish, alhough being the proprieter of Shankill Angling Centre, one would have thought he would have a match measure in his tackle box!! This was solid East Coast fishing with numerous dogs & whiting aswell as some very decent plaice caught, the largest falling to Big fish specialist Gordy Hardman, a solid red-spot of 36cm. (A seal was also working the crease in front of us and was spotted with a few real dustbin lids of flatfish - plaice, flounders or dabs we wonder??) The heavens opened at about 8pm and the continual rain was almost biblical at times, couple that with the rising tide swamping a few beach buddies made for the usual slagging to commence. All the time Brendan Canning was bagging up on Dogs at one end while Alby was doing very similar at the far end of the stretch. At eleven bells some very relieved rain sodden anglers trudged off the beach and myself & SOD had the unenviable task of adding big numbers of fish from wet scorecards! At the end of the day the top three anglers (Brendan, Alby & Boycie) had all amassed over 1,000 points which is a very impressive haul, and all three had caught over 30 sizeable fish each. There was also the small matter of the Last Man Standing Quarter finals that saw the semi final draw line up shaping up as Alby V Drummer & Gordy V Dave Sherwood. Full Draw Here Longest Flat: Gordy Hardman (Plaice 36cm) Longest Round: Andrew Boyce (Whiting 29cm) 1st-Brendan---1075pts 2nd-Alby------1037pts 3rd-Boycie----1005pts Sportscast Ireland Casting Tuition Day - Sat, April 14th - 10:30am, Slaughter Hill, Wicklow A brilliant opportunity for Club Members to get some tuition from the Best Casters in Europe. Whether it be to perfect the OTG or pendulum cast, or just fine tune your technique to add a few yards for the smoothies & dogfish, you will not get a better opportunity than to learn and be taught by the best in the business, best of all the clib is picking up the tab! All those times when you reckon you've put your bait well out over 150 metres - well as the lads say, when you step up onto the oche - the Bullsh1t stops!! Directions - from Dublin Take the N11(Wexford Road) from Dublin, passing Bray on the by-pass. Proceed through Kilmacanogue, exit at the sign for Newtownmountkennedy. Follow the signs into the village until you come to a pub called the "Mountkennedy Inn" and a church beside it. Turn right at the church, follow the main road round to left and about a half-mile out turn right (at the new junction) and follow the main road, proceed uphill for approx. 2 miles. Just over the top of the hill take the second turn on the right (also signposted) and we are at the end of the avenue Master Angler 2nd Leg - Results The phrase "you can't keep a good man down" was very much in evidence yesterday as John Hughes came back from the ignomy of being the only "Blanker" on the Barrow Bridge to convincingly winning with a good catch of flounder, whiting & dogfish. Unfortunately the calm conditions allied to bright sunshine was to put the kiss of death on the fishing, a few flats were eeked out during daylight hours when most noticeably, Junior angler Conor Drumm managed to winkle out a bass!! Due to the slow fishing, a game of rugby broke out on the beach at one stage but was sadly curtailed due to an injury sustained by Brock after a Sean O'Brien style tackle by Sod! Anyway, back to the fishing, and with the light fading the whiting hordes put in their expected appearance, however these were some of the pinist of pin whiting, bigger minnows have been used while trout fishing! Again, late on Ruairi put in a charge , pulling out a very valuable dab & doggie double, some consolation for breaking a rod earlier. Gordy (he incidentally has an 8% share in Facebook despite constant denials he knows what it is), who's fine run of form continues after figuring strongly in Kerry last week, also had a good finish just pipping travel companion Ruairi. There was also the small matter of the Last Man Standing competition, where a few shock exits will make the headlines - such as Brock, SOD & Clive all falling at the first hurdle. Second round draw available here. Longest Flat: John Hughes (Flounder 29cm) Longest Round: Conor Drumm (Junior) (Bass 28cm) 1st-John------271pts 2nd-Gordy-----126pts 2nd-Ruairi----122pts Dingle Trip - Sept 16th - 23rd 2012 A few club members have been making an annual trip to Kerry for the past number of years - great fishing, great craic & great scenery. This year we've picked a week with optimum tides, off peak accomodation rates & a few weeks prior to the daiwa pairs. This year we want to open this up to all club members (I can already hear Gordy saying he's going!). Accomodation for the week is only €90 per person sharing (www.dinglecottages.com), we've already got one house booked, but anyone else wishing to go pls let us know in the next couple of months. We might even run a comp on one of the famous surf beaches when we're down there! Master Angler 1st Leg - Results A cracking Wexford morning greeted the convoy of travelling anglers at the Barrow Bridge! The best of bait was being cast into the river to attract some of the quality (if not so numerous on the day) resident flounder. It started slowly enough with only Alby and Sod getting a decent flounder each at distance. As the tide began to pick up, more fish came to most anglers along the perfectly pegged stretch! A complete lack of a pattern to the fishing made it frustrating for all, as no sooner as a fish or two been located to a specific bait, they were gone again, and that seemed to be the pattern all along the beach. Also, from speaking to all the anglers afterward, most fish were gently lip hooked, meaning they weren't hard on the feed or there was a lack of competition for the easy pickings? Either way it was Shane who made the most in the tricky conditions, winning with 6 fish, Ruairi pulled a double of two quality flounder on his second last cast to secure him second and Alby pipped Bootsy Kavanagh for third by a single cm by the virtue of 4 large fish to Bootsies 5 infants! All in all a really enjoyable day, great craic and brilliant to see new faces in Clive, Drummer & Conor all getting into the mix and catching a few fish. Longest Flat: Dave Sherwood (Flounder 37cm) Longest Round: Sod (Cod 31cm) 1st-Sod--------198pts 2nd-Ruairi-----183pts 2nd-Alby-------130pts Next Leg of the Master Angler is on March 10th in Kilgorman - It will also be the first leg of the 2012 Last Man Standing. Fingers crossed you wont draw one of these seasoned campaigners!
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 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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