Saturday 18 March saw the third leg of our shore league sponsored by Daiwa fishing tackle at Cushendun beach.
Here's the recorders report.
Match three.
Venue: Cushendun 1800-2300hrs
Tide/sea state: Two and a half hours up and the same down. Fairly calm conditions.
Weather: slight breeze and frequent torrential downpours.
Species caught: coalie, pollack, codling, rockling, flounder, plaice and dab.
This was our final match before the "spring break" and it was hard enough going for some anglers with everyone working hard to scratch out mostly small fish. This was expected, considering the time of year and the calm conditions we were fishing.
Zone A
1st Harry Jr 24 fish 583pts
2nd David Hilditch 14 fish 344pts
3rd Paul Beggs 9 fish 237pts
4th Barry Platt 7 fish 174pts
5th Andy Curry 7 fish 1773pts
Zone B
1st Drew Ferguson 18 fish 588pts
2nd Ronnie Andrews 9 fish 219pts
3rd Paul Hill 8 fish 199pts
4th Colin Reilly 7 fish 189pts
5th Jason JC Campbell 6 fish 154pts
Longest round fish 35cm coalie Drew Ferguson
Longest flat fish 36cm flounder Gareth Bell
Cash was paid for 1st to 3rd and tackle prizes were given for 4th and 5th places.
That's our match fishing finished for a couple of months as spring is generally a lean time for shore fishing in N.I.
Our next outing will be a roving plaice hunt at the end of May and our next pegged match will be in the Foyle basin where hopefully the flounders will be back feeding hard after spawning.
