Sunday, May 27, 2012
Cobh SAC Inter-pub Competition 2012
Well we're given you plenty of notice. This competition is a great craic and is being held this year in two week's time - Saturday 9th June. Get your entries into Danny Kane (086-8161946) as soon as possible.
Just to remind you how good last year's outing was have a read here.....
Saturday, May 26, 2012
A few bass before the ban....
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This continued right through into March but then in April it all went pear shaped. With winds constantly coming from the Northern quarter, particularly north easterly winds, the water temperatures actually dropped at a time when they would normally be rising gradually. This weather pattern was constant right upto the ban with water temps staying around the 10 degree mark. This impacted on the fishing which was proving difficult. Despite this some anglers were in amongst the fish. Pat O'Shea reported plenty of blanks interspersed with cracking sessions of 6, 7, 8, 9 and even 10 fish!!!
These sessions were really turning accepted logic on its head. Normally pre-ban you'd expect a good session to produce 2 or maybe 3 fish. In truth the fishing pre-ban can be a bit hit and miss. Pat assures us that they were plenty of misses and he had to work hard. Who minds the misses and hard work if you can have sessions like that every so often. It augurs well for the season ahead and let's hope its a good one for all you bass anglers out there. It certainly looks promising for the Cork Harbour area. Roll on the 16th!!!
Friday, May 25, 2012
Skipper's Diaries - Lee Star


John decided a move was in order and brought his party down further East; a couple of miles off Power Head to be exact. Here they had cracking fishing with some fine cod in the 6lb - 8lb bracket with a few fish nudging 9lbs.

If you'd fancy a day out on the Lee Star have a look at John's website here for contact details.
Skippers Diaries - Bellavista Fleet (Part 2)
Buoyed by their success on Sunday, the Dutch party headed off for more of the same on Monday. Of course they headed directly for Jim Clohessy's mark but tried a few other reef marks aswell. Owner of the fleet Kevin Murphy takes up the story....
However, in pike and zander terms it was a busy day and one these anglers will never forget!!! Light gear, NO BAIT and CLEAN boats. A great way to start a season!!!
The next group will arrive Saturday. Watch this space....."
If you'd fancy taking out one of the Bellavista self-drive boats for a day's fishing have a look at the Bellavista website here for more details.
Skippers Diaries - Bellavista Fleet

Bellavista were host to a party of Dutch pike & zander anglers last weekend. At the moment the season for pike and zander is closed on the Continent so this group took the opportunity to travel to Ireland to try out their freshwater tactics in the sea!

They had heard of the cracking soft plastic fishing to be had off Cork Harbour and reckoned that their tactics were very similar. So with this in mind they brought all their freshwater tackle...rods, reels, braid, soft plastics, etc.,... and you know, its almost identical to what we'd use!!!
On their first day last Saturday they did struggle. Mind you last Saturday was a dirty day with a stiff easterly breeze and fishing couldn't be easy. However, to up the anti Kevin Murphy chose to call in the services of veteran angler, Jim Clohessy for Sunday's fishing. What a wise move!

What sport the lads had; particularly when you consider the lure rods that were being used. For instance, Jim's 18lber was landed on an Illex Element Rider, a rod you'd be more likely to consider for bass fishing! There must have been some bend in that rod!!!
If you'd fancy booking one of the Bellavista self-drive boats for a days fishing off Cork Harbour have a look at their website here for contact details.

Skippers Diaries - Osprey
Last weekend, while most of the Cork Harbour charter fleet were working the grounds to the West, and particularly the Ling Rocks, skipper Pat Condon, on-board the Osprey, opted for the fishing grounds to the East. Pat had a gang out from the Sportsman Bar in Cork, led by veteran angler, Pat Duggan and he was anxious that they'd have good fish for the table. With this in mind Pat brought them to a favourite mark of his a few miles off Power Head.
This is a spot that Pat knew would produce good cod if they were on the feed and, as luck would have it, they certainly were. Straight from the off they were into fish and over the course of the day a steady flow of good cod came over the gunwales. Most of the fish were in the 6 to 8lb bracket but the best fish of the day fell to Pat Duggan himself who had a beauty of 9.5lbs. Well done Pat!!!
If you'd fancy a day out with skipper Pat Condon on the Osprey you can find his contact details on his website here. Pat is an experienced angler himself, having fished for the Irish international team on several occasions and also recording over 30 specimen fish.
Boat Angling Ireland Meet.....


The competition started on Saturday but was a bit of a struggle at first. The weather didn't help with a stiff easterly breeze making for difficult conditions outside the harbour. Many of the smaller boats opted to stay within the confines of Roches Point and concentrate on the Harbour species. Martin Rayner and Seirt Schultz of Screeming Reels opted for this tactic and it served them well as they bagged up over 15 species.

The fishing on the Ling's was electric. The crew of Screeming Reels pushed their tally upto 23 species with Seirt bagging a bonus specimen red gurnard of 2.1lbs. The other boats faired out much better aswell with anglers getting stuck in good pollack, cod, and ling.


Thankfully, the fishing on Sunday redeemed the weekend and certainly made up for Saturday. Many of the gang returned home content and, hopefully, we'll see them all next year at the next BAI meet in Cork Harbour.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Skippers Diaries - the John Boy







If you'd fancy a day out in the John Boy check out Donie's website here for contact details.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Cobh SAC - 1st Master Comp of the year
Vice-Chairman, Danny Kane, is a persuasive bugger. In the run up to Cobh SAC's first master angler comp of the year, Danny recruited two new members for Cobh SAC. Martin Kennedy and Dave Jolly are two of Ireland's most experienced anglers and have represented Ireland on many an occasion. Both anglers were signed up by Danny in time to fish the comp. Boy, was this certainly going to put the pressure on the rest of us!


The final results were:
1st Martin Kennedy, 25 fish, 408 pts

3rd Sandra O' Shea, 16 fish, 268 pts
4th Frank Cronin, 8 fish, 223 pts
5th Danny Kane, 11 fish, 183 pts
6th Noel Kavanagh, 7 fish, 139 pts
7th Donnacha O' Connell, 3 fish, 87 pts
8th Eric O' Neill, 5 fish, 81 pts

If you fancy a day out on the Naomh Cartha have a look at the website (here) for Skipper Ger Keohane's contact details.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Cobh SAC Light Line Comps - Overall Results 2012

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Many thanks to all the anglers who took part! We hope to see you all again for next winter's series.
Many thanks also to all the skippers, particularly Donie Geary of the John Boy and Ger Keohane of the Naomh Cartha. Fair play to you lads you kept us on the fish!
Many thanks also to all the skippers, particularly Donie Geary of the John Boy and Ger Keohane of the Naomh Cartha. Fair play to you lads you kept us on the fish!
The full results of the series were as follows:
1. Martin Perryman 8pts
3. Slyvester Skowronski 12pts
4. Anthony Austin 25pts
5. Sandra O'Shea 36pts
6. James Brandon 39pts
7. Ger Brady 39pts
8. Danny Kane 45pts
10. Pat Condon 55pts
11. Rob Kelly 69pts
12. Eddie Deasy 70pts
13. Donnacha O'Connell 75pts
14. Pat Wright 75pts
15. Tomasz Kujawa 78pts
17. Frank Burke 80pts
18. Piotr Nowakowski 81pts
19. John Fitz 83pts
20. Pat O'Shea 90pts
21. Eric O'Neill 90pts
22. Conor Purcell 90pts
23. George Stockley 100pts
25. Cian Ryan 106pts
26. Zdislam Banas 107pts
27. Zoltan Kowacs 108pts
28. Eoin O'Brien 112pts
30. Barry Murphy 113pts
31. Colm Daly 115pts
32. Denis Morley 117pts
33. Ronan Coakley 119pts
34. Sean Og McShane 119pts
35. Timmy Leahy 120pts
36. Martin O'Leary 120pts
38. Ted Slattery 123pts
39. Steve Bry 124pts
40. John O'Reilly 124pts
41. Brian O'Neill 126 pts
42. Martin Breecher 126pts
43. Eddie Hayes 127pts
44. Deirdre Murphy 128pts
45. Stuart Power 134pts
46. Mike Slattery 135pts
47. Andrew Dwohig 139pts
Next year's series of Light Line Competitions will be starting in November again. Keep an eye on this space later in the year for more details.
Next year's series of Light Line Competitions will be starting in November again. Keep an eye on this space later in the year for more details.
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