Belmullet
Sea Angling Club major international open boat competition
of the year
Saturday wind westerly force 6 with swell, as you can
image not great fishing conditions.
Doloree skipper by Sean Lavelle Left Blacksod at about
11.00 first stop the Achill breaker. It’s about 16M on
the top and 30 around the bottom with lots of gullies and
cracks. John
Munnelly, Killala Bay S.A.C.
(and to busy to turn around for the camera) by 1pm
had Ballen Wrasse, Cuckoo Wrasse, Pollack, and Red
Gurnard. We moved off further north to shallow ground with
lots of weed and had to do a number or drifts on this as
we were drifting at 1.8 knots by 2.30pm everyone had
coalfish. Moved again to picked up more Ballen Wrasse,
Cuckoo Wrasse and Gurnards. By 4pm everyone was on 5
varieties. We Moved again south of the blue rocks on to
deep ground and Declan Cawley from Belmullet S.A.C. who
had Scad, Pollack, Coalfish Ballen Wrasse, Red Gurnard,
got the heaviest Junior prize of a Ling. The heaviest
senior prize a BULL HUSS by Anthony mcdonagh from
Belmullet S.A.C.
Eleven varieties were landed Scad, Ling, Pollack, Ballen
Wrasse, Cuckoo Wrasse, Bull Huss, Cod, Tub Gurnard, Red
Gurnard, Coalfish we also had a number of pouting but were
undersize
Sunday winds picked up to force 7 so all boats stayed in
the bay,
9 varieties Dogfish, Pollack, Ballen Wrasse, Cuckoo
Wrasse, Tub Gurnard, Red Gurnard, we also had a number of
Dab, Pouting, Poor Cod but all were undersize
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