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People:JP Molloy, Gordon Hardman, Sean Ivory, Neil Burrell, John Diamond, Ruairi Coleman, Keith Murphy

Duration: 7pm-11:30pm

Tide: High about midnight.

Weather: Sunny! On shore breeze.

Bait: Crab, sand eel, lug rag etc

Rigs: Flappers and Clip downs

Results: 31 Fish – Hounds, Dogs, Flounder, Dabs, Tub Gurnard, Ray, Whiting. Also weevers were around.

Report:

This was originally scheduled for Courtown, but was moved due to the great weather we are having. However when we arrived in Toberpatrick we saw that even here was quite packed. Eventually at about 5:30 a gap became available on the beach and it was claimed with tackle Boxes Rod rests etc. At 7pm we were all ready and the baits were sent into the water.

First to score was JP with a small (!) ray, and soon after I had a 27cm flounder. Neil achieved his goal for the day – his first ever smooth hound.

I then ahd a double of a small tun and a flounder. The fishing was generally slow, and as it got darker Ruairi started picking up a few dogs. JP then managed a specimen hound of 102 cms, and then a few dogs after that.

At the end of the night, JP was the winner, with Ruairi close behind.

1st (1) JP Molloy 9 fish 440 points
2nd (7) Ruairi Coleman 8 fish 394 points
3rd (5) Neil Burrell 2 fish 183 points
4th (6) John Diamond 6 fish 109 points
5th (4) Sean Ivory 3 fish 103 points
6th (8) Keith Murphy 3 fish 58 points
7th (2) Gordon Hardman – –

Longest Round JP (Specimen Hound 102cm )
Longest Flat John Diamond |(Flounder 27cm )

Thanks again to Henry’s Tackle Shop for his kind sponsorship.

People:Donal Domeney,John W,Brendan,Don ,Donogh ,David C,JD,David M

Duration: 9:30 am – 4 pm

Tide: High Water at 4pm

Weather: Cloudy, the brightening up nicely.

Bait: Rag,crab,mack etc

Rigs: Various

Results:Pollack,Balllan Wrasse,Cuckoo Wrasse,Pouting,Cod,Ling,Coalfish,Dab,Grey Gurnard (174 fish total)

Report:

We had decided that we would try as a club to get our boat trips going again and we have booked 3 trips this year. First trip was with Dick Hayes on The Enterprise at Kilmore Quay. I had a short run from my parent’s house in Wexford but others had been up early to make the trip down. In at least one case after a rather late night 

We eventually were all on the boat and it wasn’t long before we started our first drift. Donogh and Brendan both managed a nice cod, with Brendan also managing a ling. I was struggling, and ended up with just 3 fish for the morning  Totting up the scores in the cabin Donal Domeney was ahead, having caught 10 fish and 4 species.

We started the first afternoon drift with the day brightening up nicely. I started picking up a few wrasse and pollack, and then a nice coalie, with a nice dab soon after. Tipped bloodworm rigs worked well for me, sometimes with a long flowing trace above. We were all quite happy to keep going until 4pm when we took our lines in.
I was a point ahead of Brendan for the afternoon, but overall Donal Domeney took the honours for the day.

Donal Domeney	189		
Brendan O'Dwyer	181		
John Waldron	164

Well done to Brendan, coming second and also picking up six species.
I’m sure the others will add their reports to this thread .

Many thanks to Dick Hayes, and to Shamrock Tackle for the sponsorship.