Here’s a complete report from Carrick Seaside & Rockers SAC about the opening leg of their grasp angler competitors. Test it out under…
Bay of loads….or not!
Yesterday seen the opening leg of the grasp angler competitors to be held at Redbay as a rover match.
Circumstances appeared comparatively calm versus the previous 24 hours. 17 seniors and 1 junior angler braved the chilly and sadly, weren’t rewarded for his or her efforts.
Low water was at round 2pm and the match kicked off at 1pm. Hopes weren’t excessive amongst many anglers as a couple of membership members had fished this mark the earlier week throughout daytime circumstances and the fishing was, il hold it well mannered, actually, actually poor.
1pm arrived and baits had been despatched seaward with a couple of anglers getting bites from the off with nothing a lot materialising from them. A couple of small dabs had been landed alongside undersized whiting. Muttely picked up a bass of 32cm throughout daylight and Karl landed a 29cm flounder and undersized dab double shot. George who was beside him then lifted into a great fish however had been casting out over a submerged rock line and because the fish dived for canopy on the retrieve, it snagged him up and a little bit of over enthusiasm on George’s half led to that dreaded **CRACK** a slack line…
Approaching darkness and indicators had been poor all throughout the bay as no studies of counting fish had been posted to the WhatsApp group, darkness ought to be the make-or-break time within the match with the fish anticipated to activate below the quilt of darkness. Having solely round 1 nighttime it was going to be essential to benefit from it however the fishing gods had different concepts. Simply because the bites began approaching it appeared like storm Éowyn had accomplished an about flip and breezed again to the bay, the wind picked up, the swells picked up and there was an actual wholesome chop on the water. The bites had been there nonetheless for anybody trying carefully sufficient at their rod suggestions however once more only a few hook ups (from my private expertise) we had been later to seek out on the market had been loads of small whiting about and these little guys are like piranha, nipping and tearing baits off the hook. Karl had one other coalie throughout darkness and shedding one other good fish which felt like one other coalie on the final solid. There have been a variety of fish caught however the overwhelming majority had been undersized which is uncommon for this space.
18 anglers fished with 10 clean rating playing cards returned and solely 7 anglers with fish!
1st place with 4 fish was Brian Taylor
2nd with 3 fish was Chris Pritchard
3rs with 2 fish Karl McCullough
4th with 2 fish was Bobby Laughlin
fifth with 2 fish David Douglas
sixth with 1 fish was Alan Nelson
seventh with 1 fish Matt McMurtry
Longest fish went to Brian Taylor for his 32cm bass.
