Beal Strand, Kerry, Shannon Estuary SAC

People: 8 anglers shannon Estuary SAC

Duration: 3:10pm till 7.10pm

Tide:Low at 5pm

Weather: Started with cold NE turning mild in the end.

Bait: Fish baits, lug, crab

Rigs:Various

Results:
Gearoid won with a 42cm wing span ray
David O' sullivan came second with a 30cm flounder
Estuary Lad came third with a flat (don't know the size) but no prize

Catch and Release:: Yes



Report:Fishing was desperately poor with half the anglers blanking. Flats were caught close in with the ray at range. I fished various 3 hook rigs with mainly size 2 hooks and hadn't a tap. This place just turned bad in the last few weeks which was unfortunate. Well done to gearoid on winning the first ever competition he was in and the inaurgaral shannon estuary SAC competition.

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Well done lads.

Congrats to Gearoid - you've popped your comp cherry :o

Jude

beaten for 2nd by one cm :evil:

Well done to gearoid, David and estuary lad for catching on such a poor day. The fishing was very poor on the day with a cold NE wind blowing. Always fishes bad on a north easterly.

Our next Comp will be on theSunday 8th April on Inch Beach, Co. Kerry from 2-6pm. The number of competitors will be well up on yesterdays comp.

Anyone interested can contact me on 087 - 7862069 or e-mail ShannonEstuary@gmail.com

thanks lads money will be funding my trip to the bannan bui (the pub in the killinaskully series!!!) money well spent i think. .. .nice report aswel donagh class pics.

Might join you for that one lads.Whats the story with me fishing it?I am a member of the ifsa through Tralee bay sea angling club.

Hi Lads,i was wondering how ye got on, was just coming off the beach as you were going on, fished for about 3 hours just had one flat ,fishing very poor ,and very cold breeze north easterlys ,when the winds from the east the fish feed least, as the saying goes.Are you a new club? it was mentioned on the forum recently,well done hope you have better fishing on Inch next time

The club was started up this year by John so that their would be club fishing this side of the Estuary. Fair dues to John becuase hes put a good deal of effort and money into starting club. It isn't in the IFSA so you'd have to join to be insured but I think the plan is to join in the furture. Theirs a fair number of comps in north kerry so it would be well worth joining.

Liam. Was that you in the white van?

Donagh

Might join you for that one lads.Whats the story with me fishing it?I am a member of the ifsa through Tralee bay sea angling club.

Due to the club being not in the ifsa you will have to pay 30e to join the club for insurance purposes. Entry fee to matches is 15e and longest flat and round are 2.50e each. Cash for prizes.

Email John and he'll send you on the fixture list and rules.

Hi Donagh,yeah thats right {white van} .We went to fenit after for a few hours but poor there too.Was it a pegged comp or a rambler? Not in a club at the moment used to be in club E.S.B but now disbanded havn,t fished a comp for years but thinking about a club again,live near Tralee so north kerry comps would be great, deffo think about it,fished few marks on the estuary before had some nice fish like to get back more often but works a curse , anyway thanks 4 the info good luck

Yes pegged. Just email Johns email hes left in the thread and he'll give more info.

Donagh

Well done on getting up and running. Hope it goes well. Look forward to reading the reports.