SAI Reef Meet,Carrigaholt,10/4/10
http://www.chillwithbill.comThis thread is to collect the names of Club Members for a reef fishing
boat trip. The boat booked is the Clare Dragoon. Detailed reports of the fishing
on this boat are here
http://www.shannon-fishery-board.ie/gui ... n_2009.htmThe theory goes that fish in this area are too busy spawning in March
to feed and are so hungry after all the fishy slap and tickle they go
on a mad feeding binge in April. Whether that's true or not, I caught a
specimen ballan on peeler crab in April. Also any number of
2lb whiting can be picked up and a 3lb fish must be a possibility.
Pollack around 5 or 6 lb are usually present and are often taken on 4
or 5 inch red shads. All the other usual suspects will show up as
well.
Report from last year is at
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20895Bill Ryan is a shore fishing guide from the area
http://www.chillwithbill.com/ and also
http://www.shannon-fishery-board.ie/gui ... n_2009.htmBill has 51 Irish Specimen Fish Awards, you might have seen him on
Wild Fishing with Henry Gilbey.
He has offered to sponsor a specimen competition on the day with a
prize of a guided shore trip. For the specimen competition the points
for each fish are a percentage of the specimen weight, so an 11 pound
pollack would be 11x100/12=92 points, the best three species to count,
one fish per species.