Saturday 21 January saw the first leg of our 2023 shore league sponsored by Daiwa.
Venue: Carnlough 1700-2200hrs
Tide/sea state: Full flood with a moderate surf containing a bit of weed and occasional debris from river.
Weather: Blustery and quite mild.
Species caught: rockling, whiting, codling, bass,coalfish,plaice,dogfish and flounder.
Thirty-two anglers turned out for our first event of the year and while there was a wide variety of species caught, it was very "scratchy" with the fish feeding periodically and then disappearing for a while, before coming on the feed again.
ZONE A
1st Christopher Mccook 13 fish 344pts
2nd Drew Ferguson 12 fish 324pts
3rd Ali Wall 11 fish 310pts
4th Diarmaid Adams 9 fish 298pts
5th Stephen Hodge 11 fish 287pts
ZONE B
1st Harry Jr 13 fish 360pts
2nd Barry Platt 10 fish 241pts
3rd Paul Beggs 8 fish 223pts
4th Colin Reilly 9 fish 215pts
5th Harry McKee 8 fish 206pts
Longest flatfish 28cm plaice David Hilditch
Longest roundfish 47cm bass Harry Jr.
Cash was paid out for 1st to third places and longest fish pools while tackle supplied by our sponsor went to 4th and 5th places.
