gbsac round ii 5th june

People:ten hardy anglers

Duration:6.15 10.15pm

Tide:rising

Weather:muggy but dry

Bait:all sorts

Rigs:god knows


Report:well this was round ii of the galway bay sac comp,gurteen was the origional venue,but as it was not fishing well,a new venue was picked.we were set up and ready to go by the whistle at 6.15,and within the first fifteen minutes yanto was into the first thornie of the evening,a nice fish of 43cm,a quick pic and the fish was returned,then jakes was in with another thornie of 39cm and soon after that saltydog got one,not sure of the size,but this was looking like a great session was about to happen, but like many other sessions,all went quiet for a while, bar the small mackerel shoals that were trying to tempt us by breaking out right in front of us,chrisfeeney landed one as he retrived his rig, pity they don't count.but soon saltydog was into another thornie,and just up from him kaylemf had a doggie,but things went quiet again except for shanes mackerel which, like chris,was caught while bringing in a rig.now the crabs had been stripping the bait like crazy,and the midges decided to try and strip the humans of their blood! you were right peter! thankfully i had my midge net,but there was a mad dash by the other lads to conor, who posessed some mad elexier,that drove the midges away,(think he charged a fiver a squirt) well time was passing and i was getting worried,my chances of a result slipping away! but then my goldie gave a slow tug and i was in,a nice thornie of 52cm,game on! second!! but then mick,who had been showing off, trying to hit a boey on the island across from us,suddenly got a good knock and duly landed a fine huss, 86cm,soon after the final whistle went and the comp was over.final result was 1ST saltydog,two thornies 100pts,2ND mick curtin,bullhuss 91pts, 3RD me 57pts. juniors 1ST kalemf one doggie 40pts.well done to all,roll on ballyreen!anybody that has pics please add them

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nice report noel..... nice to see another venue throw up those ray....... midgets.... the little feckers......

[lucky]

keep up the fishing noel....hats of to you.....

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well done to all,some fine rays caught,I took a spin out to gurteen late in the evening to see how the fishing was going and not a trace of anyone,I thought a big wave came in and got ye all

nice fishing guys that weed close in looked like a nightmare , were there many fish lost on the retrieve?

Well done Gents, not a bad outcome by any means, pity about the midges but that's the price you have to pay for calm days. The magic potion wasn't 'Autan' or was it? Used the stuff always years ago in Hungary to great effect, where swarms of midges literally have darkened the skies.

ha noel... ment to also say nice pictures of the back ground..... good stuff......

was waiting for someone to mention this,this mark has been published in two mags,that i know of,irish angler,and total sea fishing,pictures and all,this was a public comp and all lads that were there had fished it many times before,its a well known public mark,well...to us west coast lads anyway.

well done to all,some fine rays caught,I took a spin out to gurteen late in the evening to see how the fishing was going and not a trace of anyone,I thought a big wave came in and got ye all

cheers gerry,last minute change of venue all right,but it produced the goods all right.

nice fishing guys that weed close in looked like a nightmare , were there many fish lost on the retrieve?

none lost al,the weed looks worse than it was.good spot that.

Well done Gents, not a bad outcome by any means, pity about the midges but that's the price you have to pay for calm days. The magic potion wasn't 'Autan' or was it? Used the stuff always years ago in Hungary to great effect, where swarms of midges literally have darkened the skies.

no idea what the magic potion was martin,some kind of hippy oil,essence of bat i think!

cheers gerry,last minute change of venue all right,but it produced the goods all right.

dont know if i would say it produced the goods 4 blanks out of 10 would be similar to what you would get out on gurteen

4 comp blanks in a row for myself now - the golf bag will be dusted down shortly

some kind of hippy oil,essence of bat i think!

did you not notice the wafts of garlic hanging over you?

yea noel it looked like it was going to be a cracker all right. i think with there being little or no movement in the water whatever was in front of us we caught and nothing else moved in

Well done Noel and everyone who took part in the comp, great report and nice pics
I see you've got one of your lucky hats on again Noel and it must have worked for you as you came third, well done you!

Nice one lads some nice rays must give them a bash soon! but first I must get a good hat