US Outing

Richie Ryan does it again. Last week Richie had a group from the USA out. They were under a tight schedule as they had to be back for midday. Nevertheless, Richie made sure thay had fish.




Fishing at first at the Harbour mouth, the group had plenty of mackeral and codling. The Yanks would have been content at that but Richie brought them to one his favourite bass marks and despite the neap tides and less than favourable conditions he managed to winkle out a nice plump 3lber for one of the group.


Later during the week, Richie came up trumps again. This time he had renowned bass angling guru, Jim Hendrick, and French bass specialist, Jean Louis Max, in his company. Details of the catch, methods, and marks have been kept secret. There may be an angling magazine article to come from this one? Well done, Richie!

If you'd fancy a trip out with Richie, why not contact him through his website at http://www.corkbass.com/

2010 Master Angler - Competition No. 2

Well we held the second of our master angler series on Sunday 25th July in conjunction with the Harbour Championships held out of Crosshaven and hosted by Monkstown SAC. Thirteen Cobh SAC club members entered and fished aboard the John Boy and the Naomh Cartha.


Conditions on the day were superb. Some great scores were handed in aswell. In the overall competition 66 anglers fished. There were over 1,121 fish caught with 14 species landed. That gave an average of 17 fish per angler. Cobh SAC member Ruud Boelhouwer came 2cnd but was representing Crosshaven SAC on the day and wasn't part of our competition.


As regards our own competition Milo Burke was outright winner with 37 fish and 525 points. Milo had a nice selection of fish with 8 species, including haddock! In second place was Frank Cronin with 19 fish for 373 points and third was Danny Kane also with 19 fish and 280 points. This now puts Frankie in the lead in the overall masters series. Well done Frankie!!!

Our next competition in the Master Angler series is on Sunday 22cnd August. Please book your place now with Mary on 021 - 4812167.

Don't forget the Festival aswell. That's starting on Monday 6th September. Mary is still taking entries; give her a buzz on 021 - 4812167. For more information, look here http://cobhsac.blogspot.com/2010/07/less-than-2-months-to-go.html.

There is a full report on the Harbour Championships on our sister blog. Have a gander here http://corkharbouranglinghub.blogspot.com/2010/08/cork-harbour-deep-sea-angling.html

Richie Ryan bags some big Bass....

Club member, Richie Ryan, has been getting some superb bass lately. Across is a picture of a magnificent 12lb bass caught on an angel kiss plug recently. Unfortunately, Richie did not have a certified scales with him at the time so he will not be claiming an official specimen fish as he was anxious to return the fish as quickly as possible. Well done Richie!

Cian Ryan, Richie's son, is one of the people who is benefiting from Richie's expert tuition. Cian is no mean angler himself having clinched the Munster Juvenile Deep Sea Angling Championship in 2009. However, this was a milestone for Cian as it was his first salt water fly caught fish. Hence, the broad grin.

Another group of anglers who benefited from Richie's guiding and fly fishing expertise were from Sky Sports Italy. They were recently filming a clip to be aired on Sky Sports on fly fishing within Cork Harbour. Richie brought them to one of his favourite marks that produces excellent pollack fishing on the fly. In Richie's own words they 'murdered' the fish. I'm sure it will make for interesting TV viewing when we get to see it!!!

A few good fish caught in the last few weeks

Here's a few photos of some good fish caught over the last few weeks on lures. The pic on the left is of a 69cm bass caught on a gataride from the shore.





To the right, a 69cm fish on a gunfish, again from the shore.





Here's a boat caught fish of 68cm caught on a soft plastic.....











....and last but not least, a 71cm shore caught beauty on a tide minnow....




So far its been a great season, and I hope it continues along the same lines!!!

World Shore Team Fundraiser

For those of you who like your shore fishing, there's an interesting competition coming up next month. The team members of the National Shore Team are organising a fund raising competition on Youghal beach on Saturday 7th August. Fishing is from 9pm to 1am in the morning. The fishing should be very interesting as plenty of small eyed ray would be expected at this time of year. Bass should also make an appearance, and recent reports suggest that they are still catching codling off the beach. There will be 2 to 3 zones, depending on the number of entries, with optional pairs and optional pools. The match will be pre-entry and will carry penn points (Sea Angler). If you are interested in fishing this you can contact the captain of the Irish shore team, J. P. Molloy, on 087 - 7946518.

Less than 2 months to go.....

Yes, there's less than 2 months to go to this year's Festival. The Festival is starting on Monday 6th September. Have you got your entry in? If you haven't give Mary a bell on 021 4812167 or download the entry form from http://www.flickr.com/photos/cobhsac/?saved=1.

As you all know this year things are a bit more interesting. We've up the prize fund to €7,500, of which €2,000 is in cash. The breakdown of this cash prize is as follows: First prize €1,000; second prize €400; third prize €200; and best team of four €400. This is on top of all the great prizes of crystal that are there every year. Here's a pic of last year's winner, Frankie Cronin, with his fine cache of prizes:

Frankie came from way down the field on the last day of last year's competition to win it outright. Milo Burke came a close second with Paul Parker coming in third place. The best 'out of state angler' was Sjef van der Brand, from Holland, who came in 5th place and in 7th place was best lady angler, Sandra O' Shea, who is pictured above with a nice codling.

Although, the weather was mixed the fishing was quite good. There was nearly a thousand fish caught over the 4 days, with good hefty congers making up a significant proportion of the catch. Having said that there were also good quality cod, pollack, and ling. Frankie also won the best fish of the week with a 15kg conger. He had this fish on the first day, but would you believe he had one of the exactly the same size on the Friday. Every angler fared out well, though, with each angler in the competition averaging 5 good, quality fish every day. Once more the craic was mighty and as everyone retired to the nominated watering hole from the pier the banter between the various nationalities was mighty!!!

So come on get your skates on and sign up! If your not in, you can't win!

To give you a better idea of how last year went have a look at the links below:

Day 1: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23410

Day 2: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23497

Day 3: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=23498

Day 4: http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bulletin%20board/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=25034

Richie does the business....

Richie Ryan has got his new business off to a flying start. Just weeks after getting the Country's first licensed salt water fly fishing boat, Richie has been getting in amongst the bass in the Harbour. In the picture, above, Richie is with South African, Daryn McArthur. This was Daryn's first saltwater bass! What's more he caught it on a surface lure. Not an easy task on your first outing after bass, but under Richie's expert tuition he managed four that day. Richie had hoped to bring them fly fishing but it was just too windy. Instead, Richie went to one of his backup marks that gave plenty of shelter. Once in position they had great crack with all fish falling to surface lures. Well done Richie, keep it up and keep those reports coming!

If you fancy a day out with Richie on the 'Seahawk' you can contact him through his website here http://www.corkbass.com/ or give him a buzz on 086 - 1940744.