Ireland scenery fishermen full#

Ireland scenery fishermen full#

Firstly, I chose to cast to my right into the empty peg to give myself more space and I opted to feed 12 feeders full of chopped worm, caster and corn right at the off and these were both wrong. The Bream were in the area but I made 2 big mistakes. I drew the right area and with the peg on my right not being drawn I really fancied it. Going into Thursday we were chasing a good weight as we were 14kg off the top 10 so when I drew Bunerky Lake I decided to attack it and fish solely for Bream. Horizon XD Rods helped Jamie hit the required distance A duplicate feeder set-up with the 4m XD and Feeder 5500 reels was put to the test and I managed to find a few hybrids to win the section with 12.500g. I'd drawn peg 10 at Killadeas and whilst I had every intention of setting up the pole, with the wind making it almost impossible to hold, the peg being just 3ft deep in pole range and the lack of Roach in the system, I opted to attack the 40m line for Hybrids. Wednesday was another frustrating day for Richie as he drew peg 6 at Greenie's Shore and whilst he managed to get a few bites, he lost 20+ hooks and rigs on the rocks which can be a problem in certain areas on these wild venues. Through Monday and Tuesday of the 5 day event it soon became clear that Richie's drawing arm which seems to haunt him had sadly not missed the ferry as he really struggled from 2 poor areas and all I could muster from Horse Island was 7kg and on Tuesday I fished the pole at 5m all day for around 60 fish for a respectable 8.500g from the Rocks at Lough Scur. There were fewer roach to target this year. The fishing was very different this year as it soon became apparent that there were very few Roach in the system which would potentially have a huge impact of the tactics and bait choices so we found ourselves targeting the big hybrids which can average around the kilo mark!

Practicing helps to work out what baits will work in the festival. It's quite important to us to fish the open match as this is the day which really helps you fine tune your kit as the fishing in Ireland is often very different from what we experience the rest of the year here in England. This year I was competing again with Richie Hull and as always we travelled over on the Saturday morning which usually gives us time to settle into the digs and sort some kit out before the open match on the Sunday before the event. My book, The Cleggan Bay Disaster, contains the history of the incident and beautiful photos of the time, including the area and the children of the fishermen who were drowned.Having fished the World Pairs in Ireland for the previous 4 years I was really looking forward to this years event after what seems the busiest summer ever! It's an extremely well ran event and with stunning scenery and great fishing its quite simply the most enjoyable festival of the year. Over five hundred people attended and participated. Remembrance masses and ceremonies were held in County Mayo, Inishbofin, and Cleggan which were organised with the assistance of the local community councils. In 2017, on the ninetieth anniversary, many of the relatives of the disaster victims revisited the area for the weekend where there were different events, Masses, and ceremonies in remembrance of the fishermen. It will evoke particular memories in the inhabitants of Inishkea and Lacken Bay in County Mayo, for whom the night was also one of horror and tragedy.Īs the granddaughter of Festy Feeney, the only survivor of the crew that came from Cleggan that night, I published a book in 2001 called The Cleggan Bay Disaster, which contains the full story regarding this freak storm that came all the way across the coastal area now known as the Wild Atlantic Way. Although it is the story of one specific maritime tragedy in the west of Ireland, it is one that strikes familiar chords in small fishing communities, not only around the coast of Ireland but anywhere that people pit their wits against the weather and the ocean. It was a night that changed the course of local history. Sixteen men were lost from a village in Cleggan called Rossadilisk and nine from the island of Inishbofin twenty others from two communities in County Mayo also perished. It is a story of one fateful night in the life of two neighbouring communities in Cleggan and Inishbofin.

The Cleggan Bay Disaster, which occurred on 28 October 1927, is known nationally and all over the world. This cemetery is where some of the fishermen who were drowned in an unfortunate fishing disaster are buried. The old graveyard on the island is called Saint Brendan’s Altar ( Ula Bhreandáin).