Cahirsiveen Sea-Angling Club - competitions: 2010

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Competition on Cahersiveen SAC 22th of August 2010

A nice day for fishing.

Only 9 anglers, registered for this boat-angling competition got a really good fishing day on the Fuego with Des Connell as skipper. Good sunshine, great angling conditions on the Valentia Coast. At the beginning, we headed for Beenanillar Head on Valentia Coast for a pollack session. During the afternoon, we moved to the Wireless Point for great Ling, Cod, Haddock and Whiting fishing. 11 species have been caught over this day for 224 fish.
At the end, Barry Spink won the match with the great score of 391 points followed by Johnny Griffin with 389 points.

A very pleasant day.

Sunday 8th of August 2010

A nice Sunday angling trip to the 22-Mile Bank

organized by Cahersiveen SAC.
This special trip to the 22-Mile Bank on Anchorsiveen with Huge Maguire as skipper has been done under good fishing conditions. A trip with the Blue Mouth as target. Around 120 Blue Mouth on this trip, with 3 specimen fish. Some good cods until 8lbs and some nice pollack. Other fish like Cuckoo, some coalies, some medium sized ling were on this party. Lot's of dolphins and some jumping whales have been seen.
Really a enjoyable day.
In the hope to get some more days like this one.

The long August weekend 30th and 31st of July and 1st of August

A great angling weekend with lots of fish

CahersiveenSeaAnglingClub held his angling festival this weekend. On Friday 30th, we had a conger competition. In the evening, the traditional "Bridge fishing" for the kids and on Saturday and Sunday, the big angling competition. There were reasonable to good weather conditions and there were great results.
Friday (conger competition) (the whole day at anchor)
2 boats on this competition: the Heather Valley and the Mary Caroline. The first boat fished the Valentia Coast, the second one went on a long trip to the Wild Bank. A long trip, who didn't really pay out.
3rd in this competition was Padraigh Clear with 6 congers
2nd in this competition was Barry Spink with 6 congers
winner of this competition was P.J. Donovan with 7 congers
(Sponsor of this winning price was John Riordan)
Some excellent congers were caught over this day, with one fish of 36lbs.
Friday (bridge fishing) (between 7PM and 8PM)
This was a huge success with 33 kids in action. Was organized by Cahersiveen Festival Committee and Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club.
256 fish were caught from the kids, mainly small pollacks and poutings, but there were some small herrings!!!, 1 trigger fish and 1 wrasse.
At the end, Emily Loftus was the great winner with 42 fish.
Great fun on the bridge
Saturday and Sunday (the big competition)
3 boats were involved in this competition. Mary Francis with Nealie Lyne as skipper, Anchorsiveen with Huge McGuire as skipper and Fuego with Des O'Connoll as skipper. Lots of discussions about where to go. Going to the Wild Bank, same as we did for the 50th anniversary, where huge results came from there, or simply staying this side of the bay on the fishing grounds of the Valentia Coast. Decision was taken to stay this side, and we fished both days the Coast of Valentia. Mary Francis had 2 average days, Anchorsiveen with a bad first day finished with a great day and Fuego had 2 great fishing days.
The results were as follows:
Team event:
Winning team: P. Loftus, J. Griffin, Y. Clees and C. Clark with 2389 points (sponsor was Super Value of Cahersiveen)
Greatest number of species:
Barry Spink with 11 species (sponsor was M. Driscoll)
Greatest number of fish: (Orna O'Keefe Cup)
Padraigh Clear with 99 fish (sponsor was G. O'Keefe)
Best Junior:
Gary O'Shea with 294 points (sponsor was Bubbles tackle shop)
Heaviest Cod, Ling or Skate over the 3 days:
Ciaran Clark with a ling of 12lbs
Best 1-day angler: (anglers, who only fished 1 day)
Pol Clees with 265 points
Best Skipper: (Lucy Cup)
Des O'Connell with huge 3356 points
Individual:
6th in competition: Pat Wright with 581 points
5th in competition: Yves Clees with 612 points
4th in competition: Johnny Griffin with 639 points
3rd in competition: Barry Spink with 663 points
2nd in competition: Paddy Loftus with 829 points
winner of competition: Padraigh Clear with 832 points

14 different species have been caught over this 2-days competition

After the fantastic score of 781 points, realized by 3-time European Champion Heiko Dreier on the Wild Bank during the 50th anniversary weekend, we have now 2 new best marks on the Coast of Valentia, which gives an end to all speculations that there isn't any fish there.

We wish to thank all sponsors, the Anchor Bar for barbecue and giving space for price-giving, all anglers and all the people who helped to do of this weekend such a great success.

Munster Closed Boat, 3rd of July 2010 (Cahersiveen)

This competition was fished under very rough conditions:

Here the results:
8th in competition: J. Dennehy with 153 points
7th in competition: P. Clear with 156 points
6th in competition: R. Porter with 165 points
5th in competition: P. Enright with 166 points
4th in competition: N.B. Sullivan with 175 points
3rd in competition: J. Griffin with 195 points
2nd in competition: J. Cronin with 208 points
winner in competition: T. Santry with 261 points

Best edible score was: T. Santry with 103 points
Team event was for Ballycotton with 520 points

At all, this day we saw 16 species caught

Cahersiveen has now an Open boat angling competition on Sunday 11th of July

Everybody welcome

Munster Closed boat in Cahersiveen, Saturday 3rd of July

Cahirciveen Sea Angling Club hosted the Munster closed boat last Sat. in poor conditions around Beiginis island. 42 anglers took to sea in 6 boats with the 5 places for the Munster team up for grabs.Fishing was varied and diverse and the skippers had to pull anchor and move several times during the day to find fish. Dogfish,bullhuss,pollack,

wrasse,ray and dab were the primary species caught and returned alive. The team to represent Munster next year:5th Pio Enright Kinsale 166 pts, 4th Al B Sullivan 175pts Ballycotton, 3rd Johnny Griffin 195pts Cahirciveen, 2nd John Cronin 208pts Ardmore and Tony Santry 261pts Anglesea. Many thanks to the skippers who worked really hard to find fish and the Kerry Coast Inn who sponsored and hosted the prizegiving. Entries are now being taken for the August weekend fishing festival at 0872523731.

Programme of long August weekend

Cahirciveen Sea Angling club programme of events Aug weekend

Fri July 30th: Bridge fishing competition 6.30pm to 8.00pm. Entry fee 5eu. Check in at festival office all day. This competition is confined to kids under 16. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Use size 4 or 6 hooks with small bits of mackrel or live worms.
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Fri July 30th: Boat angling Conger hunt competition. This is a return to the traditional fishing of the 80s and 90s when North of Valentia became famous for these monsters of the deep. The Irish record conger at 72lbs was caught at this venue in 1914 and if it is to be broken this is the venue. The local skippers have put up a bounty of 1000eu for anyone who topples the record during the weekend.

Sat,Sun July31 Aug1. This is our 2day International event with up to 50 anglers competing annually. This year the scorecard is designed with the emphasis on species hunting
rather than big fish with cod,pollack,wrasse,pouting,

whiting and haddock available in big numbers. Check www.cahersiveenseaanglingclub.com.

All fishing done with no more than 3 hooks on the trace. All baits allowed.
Boats depart at 10am each morning and will return to marina before 6pm.
Entry fee 50eu per day. Check in with Johnny Griffin 0872523731 before Thurs July30th.

This fishing festival is for all anglers,beginner,veteran,pleasure and competitive,all welcome.

Tight lines J.Griffin hon.sec.

Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club (5oth anniversary competition 5th and 6th of June 2010)

Great weather conditions, superb fishing, an unbelievable score.

During this 2-day boat-angling competition, great angling has been experienced.
Different skippers, different tactics.
The first day, mostly all the boats headed for the "Wild Bank" just in front of the Blasket Islands. Despite, one boat went for the 22-mile bank, trying to get Blue Mouth in the competition, which finally paid out. Another boat headed for the 4-mile bank, which didn't really paid out, as the Wild Bank fished excellent.
On the second day, all boats headed for the wild bank.

The results are as follows:

13th place: Johnny Griffin with 645 points
12th place: Padraig Clear with 650 points
11th place: Yves Clees with 660 points
10th place: Dave Clark with 668 points
9th place: Shay O'Neill with 676 points
8th place: Ken Hegarty with 678 points
7th place: Joe Byrne with 688 points
6th place: Tony Minto with 691 points
5th place: Jim Jones with 713 points
4th place: T. Squires with 717 points
3rd place: Tony Santry with 730 points
2nd place: Paul Hutchinson with 771 points
1st place: 5-times All-Ireland Winner and 3-times European Champion Heiko Dreier with 781 points

Team Winner: Paul Hutchinson, Jim Jones, Tony Santry and Tony Minto with an unbelievable score of 2905 points

Best Skipper of the competition: Adrian Hanley, skipper of the Wey Chieftain (087 2571024)
email: http://www.kerryboatangling.com/contact.php
with an fantastic average of 373 points per angler.

Some details:
2887 fish caught over the 2 days-competition
22 species during this 2-day festival

In the Friday event of this 50th anniversary, old members of CahirsiveenSAC met for a superbe fishing party under excellent conditions. A good amount of pollacks, codlings, coalies and some ling have been caught.
John Kelly, one of the longest serving members of the club got a nice ling 15lbs during this friday competition.

Results of Masterangler 2009 (Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club)

Boat angling competition on Sunday September 13th

After being reportet twice because of very bad weather conditions, Cahirciveen Sea Angling Club hosted a fishing competition on Sunday September 13th.
The Anchorciveen and the Eileen left Cahirciveen early to avail of the fine weather and exceptional sea conditions.The Eileen skippered by "Long " John Riordan fished a mark 12 miles NW of the Skelligs,while the Anchorsiveen skippered by Hugh Maguire fished a similar mark 6 milesNW of the Skelligs. A bumper days fishing was had by all with the Anchorsiveen boating 36 ling to 18lbs and the Eileen boating over 80 bluemouth haddock.
John Riordan recorded a specimen bluemouth haddock of 2lb 3ozs caught on baited hokkies.
Total recorded catch was Cod 1. Ling 38. Pollack 159. Coalfish 17. Garfish 2. Cuckoo wrasse 14. Ballan wrasse 1. Pouting 9. Haddock 1. Bluemouth Haddock 89. from 13 anglers.
Competition results were as follows:
1st Johnny Griffin 332pts
2nd Neilly Lyne 301pts
3rd Des O Connell 259pts.
An excellent score was done by our junior Pol Clees who scored 233pts and with the best ling.
The club wish to thank the skippers John and Hugh for the memorable day out.
13.09.09

Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club competition Sunday 16th of August (Open)

Our club had a competition North of Valentia on 16th of August. A very blustery day with a flood-ebb tide.
15 competitors in this competition on 2 boats. The Anchorsiveen from Hugh Maguire as well as the Eileen for John Riordan. The anglers came from 4 different clubs and a total of 152 fish were caught.
Finally in the evening, the results were as follows:
3rd in competition: Josh Corbett with 179 points
2nd in competition: Johnny Griffin with 229 points
Winner of the competition was Des Connell with 256 points
Our next competition will take place on Sunday August 30th
(an Open competition)
Everybody welcome
17.08.09

Cahersiveen hosts the RAI (Recreational Angling Ireland) on the 8th and 10th of August 2009

Junior Day 2009

What is the value of a club without the juniors? I ask you all.
Well, it looks after this great event, that this ins't a question for our angling club. Great instruction followed by 2 days angling showed a huge interest in angling.
RAI proved to be absolutely the leading instance in the matter in Ireland. Angling instructors from Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club helped by some top anglers did a great job in preparing the juniors for these 2 days.
Here some photos taken by our friend, Michael Herrmann, a professional photographer in Ballinskellig.
We all hope, you'll enjoy these pictures and might be getting some juniors for Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club
14.08.09

Some great news from Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club members on national and international front

The results from Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club (3-day competition long August weekend 2009)

(Angling festival Friday 31st, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of
August)

Friday 31st of July 2009
(species competition)
3rd in competition: Nigel Clark
2nd in competition: Tony Santry
1st in competition: Ken Hegarty
Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of August 2009
(2 days International / Open)
Royal Cup for heaviest cod or ling: Joe Larkin (ling 11lbs)
Greatest number of conger (sponsor John Riordan): Hugh Maguire (5)
Greatest number of species (sponsor Mike Driscoll): Padraig Clear (11)
Lucy Cup for the best skipper (sponsor Quinlans Kerry Fish):
Hugh Maguire / Anchorsiveen
Team Event:
Winning team with 1157 points
Frank Cronin, Shane McDonald, Shay McDonald, Geroid O'Keeffe
Individual:
8th in competition: Brian McDonald with 328 points
7th in competition: Shane McDonald with 345 points
6th in competition: John Smith with 361 points
5th in competition: Hugh Maguire with 408 points
4th in competition: G. Darker with 440 points
3rd in competition: Shay McDonald with 448 points
2nd in competition: J. Griffin with 457 points
Winner of competition: P. Clear with 470 points
Sponsor for the 2nd place was Quirkes
Sponsor for the 1st place was Maguire Family
We wish to thank all the sponsors, all the participants and the organizers for the success of this great angling competition
03.08.09
Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club will organize a boat-angling competition on Sunday 16th of August. It will be an OPEN
All anglers welcome to this competition

Boat-angling competition on July 19th 2009

Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club fished a sea-angling competition North of Valentia Island in very rough condititions.
12 anglers yielded a total catch of 137 fish.
3rd in competition was Liam Walsh with 164 points
2nd in competition was Des Connell with 184 points
winner of the competition was Johnny Griffin with 200 points
Our next sea-angling competition will be the long August weekend with 3 days international sea-angling competition.
The 31st, the 1st and 2nd of August
All welcome in this competition
20.07.09

Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club members on a boat trip

Munster Closed Boat June 20th

Cahersiveen SAC hosted the Munster Closed Boat Championship June
20th.
Here the results of this competition:

Individuels:
10th place: M. O'Leary with 152 points
9th place: Tony Cotter with 158 points
8th place: Dermot O'Brien with 160 points
7th place: Ger Cronin with 163 points
6th place: Jerry Carey with 166 points
5th place: Pio Enright with 181 points
4th place: Ger Evans with 181 points
3rd place: Fred Vickery with 182 points
2nd place: Paul Ross with 220 points
Winner of the competition: Henry Ross with 241 points

Best edible score:
Ger Evans with 110 points

Team event:
2nd place: Anglesea A with 623 points
(K. Cotter / T. Cotter / F. O'Sullivan / H. Ross / B. Berminhay)
1st place: Ballycotton with 665 points
(J. Carey / Al. B. Sullivan / J. Higgins / P. Ross / E. Staunton)

A special thank to all boatskippers, to the Marina of Cahersiveen, to the Munster Council and Francks Corner
22.06.09

The Paddy Fear Fishing Competition on Sunday 31st of May

Cahersiveen SAC fished a competition on Sunday May 31st in great
conditions North of Valentia.

13 anglers took to Sea in two boats.
John Riordan & Co fished somewhere West of the Skelligs while the Wey Chieftain stayed local off Culloo. Average fishing was recorded with 1st and 2nd Des Connell 209pts and Barry Spinks 139pts fishing in John Riordan boat, the revamped Eileen. Johnny Griffin was 3rd on the Wey Chieftain with 135pts.
The highlight of the day was a 40lbs+ conger eel, caught by well known big game fish hunter Heinz Peters of Killarney.

Prize giving afterwards was hold in Franks Corner and we extend our thanks for the sponsorship & hospitality

Once, a great Irish writer wrote this short poem

Ode to a pensioner!

One Sunday in cobh
Is where the story unfolds
When the elite came to town
With the great Heiko in tow
Conger Connell, Pollack Cronin
Wily Warren an Co.
All to topple Ray
And his trusty 6/0
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When the draw was made
Heiko feared a long day
For as Ray drew 4
Heiko knew the score
The short drop v the cast
The needle v the mast
The rag up halfway v
The flapper down the bay
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The lines were cast
And Ray was first in
Only conger on the menu
No 250mm for him
Heiko on the bow
Tried hard to reel in
The ballan, the cuckoo
The gar so slim
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Ray on the stern
His face set so grim
Managed 9 conger
With the new hip in good trim
When the skipper called time
And the lines were hauled in
There was no mistaking
That familiar ole grin
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Christy on the abacus
Joey on the pen
Couldn’t make head or tail
Of the scores that came in
Twas late that night
Before the tally was in
Top age and top score
Were together again
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The roar that went up
Could be heard in Cahore
Even by deaf Cronin
Down in Lismore
When asked for comment
Ray proudly did bray
With their tubertinis, shimano’s and calamari’s galore
They couldn’t bate Ray and his trusty 6/0
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Author: Johnny Griffin
04.01.09

Welcome in 2009

A happy new year to all and tide lines for 2009.
With the new year, the new program for the boat-angling competitions of Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club
31.05 (sunday / Open)
20.06 (saturday / Munster Closed Boat)
19.07 (sunday / Open)
31.07 (friday / International / on number of species)
01.08 (saturday / International)
02.08 (sunday / International) (the result of both days)
16.08 (sunday / Open)
30.08 (sunday / Open)
Important for 2009 is the story of the conger, who has been brought down from 30 to 20 points and a coalfish from 7 to 10 points.
Everybody is welcome here in Cahersiveen for a good angling competition.
01.01.09

44th worldchampionship in The Netherlands

Very difficult to fish against the countries, who know exactly what happens here. In short words, this was the situation.
Netherlands are the new world-champions, followed by Belgium and France in 3rd position.
Now, what happens with the "great nations"??
Italy!! United Kingdom!!
Ireland finished in 4th position with our club member Heiko Dreier in 13th position. Another Irish angler did 9th position.
I think, this is a great achievement under such circumstances.
Congratulations to our member of Cahersiveen SAC and to the whole Irish team.
04.11.08

44th Worldchampionship Oktober 24th until Oktober 31rd in The Netherlands (FIPS)

The Munster Closed Boat Championship 2008 in Cahersiveen, 13th of September 2008

Here the results:
2nd place in the Team Event: Guileen A team with 833 points
S. O'Neill, M. Cott, G. Sweetman, E. Howard, B. Hickey
The winner in the Team Event: Ballycotton A team with 901 points
A. O'Sullivan, P. Condon, J. Higgins, P. Ross, E. Staunton
Best Edible Score: Des Connell with 165 points
Individuals:
10th: Dan Lynch with 233 points
9th: G. Sweetman with 234 points (8 fish)
8th: K. Power with 234 points (14 fish)
7th: F. Cronin with 240 points
6th: P. Clear with 244 points
5th: Ken Hegarty with 259 points
4th: Des Connell with 265 points
3rd: Henry Ross with 268 points
2nd: Maurice Cott with 320 points
Winner in Individuals: Eddie Staunton from Ballycotton team A with 338 points
This was sponsored by Daly Bookmakers

We wish to thank all the skippers, the Marina for it's facilities, the Sheebeen Bar and all the competitors.
18.09.08

Cahirsiveen Sea Angling Club competition August 30th 2008

We fished this competition under very poor weather conditions (as usual this season).
2 boats were out for this competition. John Riordan's boat on the "four mile bank" and the "Mary Carolin" in the region of Coonaana. One side, mainly anchor-fishing for conger, on the other side, at anchor trying to get flatties followed by a second anchor session, trying to get conger.
On the first boat, fishing wasn't great, on the second boat, it was disastrous.
Here the results of a day, you can't qualify as glorious.
3rd in competition: Barry Spinks with 113 points
2nd in competition: Liam Walsh with 153 points
Winner of competition: Padraigh Clear with 258 points
31.08.08

No Gold in the Olympics, but Gold in the European Championships!!!

Heiko Dreier, a member of Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club, wins the European Championships for the 3rd time in succession last week in Cobh.
This is a truly remarkable feat, Norway 2006, England 2007, Ireland 2008. Fishing against 180 anglers from 17 different countries each year, Heiko has managed to out fish and out think the best, Europe has to offer. After 3 days of intense angling in Cobh, it all came down to the last 15mins. Heiko 26 points down at this stage, managed to catch a ling and a pouting, giving him 27 points and Gold for Ireland.
He now goes to the World Championship in the Netherlands in October with a great chance to win the title.
We wish him all the best
29.08.08

This junior day, August 11th 2008, in Cahersiveen, organized by RAI (Recreational Angling Ireland)

The future for Irish angling!!!
RAI, (Recreational Angling Ireland) is the best example, how to promote this fantastic sport by the youngsters.
Once per year, Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club contributes to this special event, event organized by RAI.
Paddy Byrne from Central Fisheries Board was here in Cahersiveen for this event.
Despite very poor wheather conditions, it was a great day with lot's of fun and some very good fish. The juniors could experience angling under bad weather conditions. Something important for their angling-career. Not every day can be bright and sunny.
Everybody survived it and in the afternoon, we had an enjoyable warm meal in the Anchor Bar, where the prize-giving took place.
We would like to thank Paddy Byrne from Central Fisheries Board and representative for RAI, to assist us on our way to promote the angling for a next generation of anglers.
12.08.08

A historical "Blue Mouth" trip in Cahersiveen

On Friday, August 8th 2008, 6 anglers on the famous bluemouth-haddock hunter boat "the Anchorsiveen" set out from Cahirsiveen Marina to fish a new mark 8 miles North-West of the Skelligs.
2 weeks earlier, the Irish record for bluemouth, held by skipper Hugh Maguire of the Anchorsiveen fell to Tony Taite of Cork. This record of 2lbs 8oz hold for 6 years and Hugh Maguire was eager to bring the acclaim back to Kerry.
On the boat were George McCollough, Paddy Loftus, Johnny Griffin, Huge Maguire, Ken Hegarty and Denis "the Specimen" O'Shea. Fishing depths from 100 to 150meters, the mark yielded a huge amount of fish. Over 200 bluemouth, alas, no Irish record. However, all was not in vain as Ken Hegarty caught a specimen of 2lbs 6oz and Denis O'Shea got his second specimen bluemouth of 2lbs 3oz.
Denis now has 2 trips and 2 specimens to his credit. He revealed his secret on the way home. He noticed that the larger fish went for whole crab baits, shell included.
He now plans to write a book on the subject.
Meanwhile, Maguire (skipper) has vowed, that the record will fall by the end of the year.
Photos of this trip have been taken, but for the moment not in my possession. As soon as I have them, I'll publish them on this site.
08.08.08

3-Days International 2008 in Cahersiveen, August 1st, 2nd and 3rd. (Sea-Angling event of the season)

This long angling weekend was a great event:
1) In the team event, there were 2 great teams battling for the first place. At the end, only 1 small point made the difference.
1705 points for the winner, 1704 for the second place. This gives us lot of informations about the quality of the match.
2) In the individuals, we had a great winner.
Shay McDonald was 1st with 786 points
Johnny Griffin was 2nd with 532 points
254 points difference between a first and a second.
Shay McDonald is a great winner.
3) In the species of the weekend:
2 different species of rays, (thornback and spotted), David O'Donoghue broke after 15 minutes fight on a very big skate,
2 turbots, some dabs, an excellent 13lbs bull-huss, some codlings, lots of poutings, some good lings, lots of pollacks, a very good haddock around 3 1/2lbs, some whitings, 1 scad, lots of Cuckoo Wrasse, some excellent Ballan Wrasse (one not far away from the specimen), some excellent red gurnard (probably 2 specimen fish), some grey gurnard, good conger fishing, some dog-fish, all the mackerels and a pilchard.
We are speaking from 20 different species.

If you consider the wheather conditions, the very strong tides coming in (the biggest of the year), I think that these are great results and that we had a succesful and enjoyable angling event.

We all wish to thank Adrian Hanley for the sponsorship of this very interesting species competition on Friday 1st of August.
It was a great species hunt with very interesting species being caught ie. there were some turbots, some dabs, some interesting rays, and there was a pilchard caught on the feathers. This competition was a success.

For the 2-Day International of Cahersiveen, we all wish to thank all the sponsors, who helped us to realize this beautiful angling-weekend.
For the heaviest ling or cod, we had the "Royal Cup"
For the greatest number of species, we had the "O'Driscoll Cup"
For the greatest number of congers, we had the "J. Riordan Cup"
For the best lady in competition, we had the "Covy Cup"
For the best skipper, we had the "Lucy Cup"
For the 2nd place in the team event, we had a sponsorship from Willy O'Driscoll
For the 1st place in the team event, we had a sponsorship from Super-Valu in Cahersiveen
For the 2-Day Individual competition, we had the "Maguire family Cup"

We would like to thank George for the beautiful evening in the restaurant of the Anchor Bar
We would like to congratulate all the organisers for this great sea-angling event
We would like to thank all the competitors for their presence in this competition in the hope to see them all again next year
And finally, we would like to thank Michael Herrmann for all the beautiful photos, he has done during this final evening of this fantastic angling weekend.

Hope to see you all again next year for the 2009 edition of this Cahersiveen Sea-Angling Festival.
Tight Lines
04.08.08

This species competition on Friday 1st of August

How to catch 10 or 12 species in this competition???
What will make the difference???
Lot's of questions about baits, about tackle, about the different species in these strange weather conditions. When you see, what happens for the moment!!!
Very hard to catch serious mackrel for baits, the fish ins't there. What happens? Big tides coming in.
Thousands of questions without answer.
I think, it'll get a very interesting day with lots of surprises.
Let's see who will finaly win, what tactic will be the winning one. If conditions don't change, specialists are requested.
Tight lines for all the competitors.
Phone to Johnny Griffin on 0872523731 and participate
28.07.08

Programmme of events for Aug weekend

Thursday 31st:
This year, we have a new addition to our regular programme in that we want to cater for the pleasure angler on Thursday evening. 2 hours of mackrel and pollack fishing for adults and teenager at "Wireless point" of Valentia should tee off the weekend nicely. Anglers are advised to bring mackrel feathers, 8oz leads and rods if possible. Booking at the festival office (Old Library) from Monday onwards. Fishing fee is 25€/person and is opened to everyone.

Friday 1st:
We have our old favorite for the kids - "the Bridge fishing competition". This year the fishing times will be: from 3.30PM to 5.00PM. Fishing with not more than 3 hooks, small hooks and small baits work best. Booking at the festival office up to 3.15PM on the day. Fishing fee 5€ (under 16 only).

Friday 1st:
Cahirsiveen Sea Angling Club host the first day of its 3-Day International fishing program. This year on Friday, we have a species competition (boat). No more than 3 hooks and all types of bait allowed. Boats depart Marina at 10.00AM and return before 6.00PM. Fishing fee 50€/person. Details and entry.
Contact J. Griffin phone: 0872523731 before Wednesday July 30th.

Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd:
This is our annual 2-day All Tackle International event. Fishing may be at anchor or drift with big fish ie. conger, ling and skate usually targeted. This is competition angling at it's best with large fish and a huge variety of species landed each year. This competition is open to all, but your own tackle and a bit of experience is advised. The weekend is rounded off with the prize giving ceremony in the Daniel O'Connel hotel at 9.00PM. Fishing fee 50€/day. Boats depart Marina at 10.00AM and return before 6.00PM
Details and entry: Contact J. Griffin phone: 0872523731

Tight lines!!
21.07.08

Cahersiveen S.A.C. club competition July 13th

C.S.A.C. fished a competition on Sun July 13th. Two boats and 13 anglers fished soft misty conditions and a good return of fish was reported. The "Nokkia" fished a mark called the "Wild Bank" near the Blaskets while "La Gem" fished North of Culloo Rock. "La Gem" had the bigger fish while the "Nokkia" had greater numbers. 172 fish were recorded caught and most returned alive.

The results were as follows:

Winner: David O'Donoghue with 329 points (20 fish)
2nd: Barry Spinks with 304 points (17 fish)
3rd: Johnny Griffin with 268 points (39 fish)
4th: Des Connel with 268 points (17 fish)

Our next outing is the 3-day Aug weekend festival
Book early to ensure a boat place

For bookings and informations:
Johnny Griffin at: 087 2523731
14.07.08

Cork Harbour Championship 6th of July

Sea-angling competition of Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club, Saturday 21th of June

It was like "Star Treck" !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rain, rain and more rain.
We bravely went, where no man has gone before.
Almost on top of the rocks on the Black Island of North of Valentia. It really was a bad day.
Conger angling wasn't good. The big points of the day went to ling, some up to 15lbs.

The results of this day:

Winner of competition: Des Connell with 320 points
2nd in competition: David O'Donoghue with 305 points
3rd in competition: Liam Walsh with 244 points

(No official photos from this competition)

Our next competition takes place Sunday 13th of July
All welcome
22.06.08

The "Kaiser" strikes again

On Saturday/Sunday June 14th and 15th, EFSA Ireland hosted a boat angling competition out of Cobh, Co Cork.
57 angler fished both days with Cahersiveen anglers Heiko Dreier and Des Connell participating. Once again, "Von Dreier" showed why he is European Champion. Using the 16foot long Tubertini rod like a rapier and casting up to 100 yards from the boat, he won his sectors comfortably on Saturday and Sunday.
On Sunday, he put up an incredible score on the Ling rocks, which made him overall winner for the weekend.
Des Connell fished well on Saturday and won his sector on Sunday, finishing in the top 5 overall.

Well done
19.06.08

Munster Open Boat 14th of June, organized by Valentia Sea and Shore Angling Club

Cahersiveen had engaged 2 teams in this big competition. Absolutely perfect wheather conditions brought an incredible result. Nearly 200 congers caught for 49 anglers.
A great Kinsale team won the match with 1408 points.
Cahersiveen SAC got 3rd place after this Kinsale team and Anglsea team.
In individual, Dave Finnegan won the match with unbelievable 538 points. There were 5 anglers over this magic 400 points.
Best Cahersiveen SAC angler was Derry Fitzgerald with 375 points in 8th position.

Barry Spinks had a conger in this competition, not far away from specimen which is at 40lbs.

A great competion on a great site.

16.06.08

Specimen hunt on 7th of June 2008 in Cahirsiveen

On Saturday June 7th, 3 members of the Cahirsiveen SAC and 4 friends from Cork went on a fishing expedition, 5 miles North-west of Skellig Michael, not far away from Forida!!!
in search of the elusive Blue mouth "haddock".
Fishing in depts ranging from 80 to 120 meters, huge catches of pollack and ling were recorded. 240 pollack to 9lbs, 37 ling to 16lbs, numerous cuckoo wrasse and pouting and finally at 3.47PM the first bluemouth was brought to the surface by CSAC member Johnny Griffin. Skipper Hugh Maguire on the Anchorsiveen decided to change tactics late in the day and fish deeper water than we normally would find the Bluemouth.
Seven more bluemouth were brought to the surface during the next hour from depts of 100-120 meters.
The second last fish, caught by Denis O'Shea "Bubbles" weighed in at 2lbs 30z and has since been certified as a specimen. Pity, we did'nt fish deeper earlier in the day.
The previous trip last Oct yielded 32 bluemouth including 1 specimen and a specimen garfish.
The Irish record stands at 2lbs 50z held by Hugh Maguire of the Anchorsiveen.
13.06.08

the Internationals of Cahirsiveen SAC

HEIKO DREIER:
3rd place individual in World Championship 2006 in Portugal
8th place individual in World Championship 2007 in Belgium
European champion individual 2006 in Denmark
European champion individual 2007 in England

JOHNNY GRIFFIN:
European Championship 2001 4man team gold medal winner
European Championship 2004 4man team gold medal winner
European Championship 2004 2man team silver medal winner
5 time winner of Club Master Angler (2001-2006)

DES CONNELL:
European Championship 2004 (member of Irish Team)
silver medal individual

DERRY FITZGERALD:
3rd place Team in World Championship 1998 in Belgium
European Championship 2001 4man team gold medal winner
7 time winner of Club Master Angler (1994-2000)

PATRICK CLEAR:
European Champion junior 2004 (individuel)
Irish Junior Champion 2003 (individual)
Irish Junior Champion 2004 (individuel)

For 2008,
5 anglers of Cahirsiveen SAC are internationally engaged:
Heiko Dreier in World Championship in Belgium 24-31st Oct.
Heiko Dreier in European Championship in Cork 18-23rd Aug
as individuel
Johnny Griffin in European Championship in Cork 18-23rdAug
member of Irish team
Des Connell in European Championship in Cork 18-23rd Aug
member of Irish team
Patrick Clear in European Championship in Cork 18-23rd Aug
as individuel
David O'Donoghue in European Championship in Cork
18-23rd Aug as individual

We wish all luck to our champions in these big competitions
06.06.08

cahirsiveen sea angling competition june 1st (results)

Cahirsiveen S.A.C. fished a competition North of Valentia in excellent conditions on Sun June 1st. Eighteen anglers landed of 220 fish with a good catch of conger and ling recorded.

The results were as follows:

Team event: 2nd: Dublin 947pts
1st: Kerry 1117pts

Longest ling: 44 inches Yves Clees

3rd place: Paddy Loftus 341pts Cahirsiveen
2nd place: Des Connell 345pts Cahirsiveen
1st place: Shay O'Neill 437pts Dublin

Next angling competition on Saturday June 21st
02.06.08

03.06.08

The official calendar of 2008

Sun June 1st: Cahersiveen competition
* Sat June 14th: Valentia - Munster Open Boat
Sat June 21st: Afternoon-Evening competition
Sun July 13th: Cahersiveen competition
Fri Aug 1st: Species competition
Sat Aug 2nd: 2 Day International
Sun Aug 3rd: 2 Day International
Sun Aug 31st: Cahersiveen competition
* Sat Sept 13th: Munster Closed Boat

Boats depart at Marina at 10AM. Return at 5PM
Cahersiveen Sea Angling Club members may fish all of the above competitions
* Visitors may not fish these competitions
Further details and bookings:
Contact Johnny Griffin at 087 2523731
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26.05.08