Northern Ireland Federation Of Sea Anglers

Hi All The 2 Day open shore competition at the end of the month 25/26th has attracted a good deal of interest. We have 36 confirmed entries. This is open to non members as well so if your thinking of going you can bring a friend! Please let us know sooner rather that later of your intentions. List of entries. Harry Mckee Snr Harry Mckee Jnr Catherine Mckee... Barry Platt Marcus Blaz Mike Henry Robert Garnham Sean Murray Philip Pape Lesley Maby Tommy Carnegie Jonny Kavanagh Ollie Kavanagh Dean Azzabi Tim Sexton Eugene Andrews Paul Coady Mick Mullane Cliff Alan Malcahy Drew Ferguson John Rodgers Paddy O’Boyle JP Molloy Kieran Baker Eoin Cotter Tyrone O’Brien Shane Olden John Sheils .Janis Liseckis Romanas Levickis Stasys Lavrinavicius Arunas Cirkelis Colin Reilly Jonny Snoddy Gareth Bell
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Report by Barry Platt
Results of Carnlough Open 5.8.18. Fishing 1 hr up and 4 down. Sea state: calm and full of gloop.
... 1st Harry Mckee 9 fish 211 points 2nd Harry McKee Jnr 4 fish 106pts 3rd Philip Williamson 5 fish 104 pts 4th Drew Ferguson 5 fish 95 pts 5th Deborah Withers 4 fish 92 points
Longest fish Jonathan Kitson 37cm flounder.
Species recorded were flats, plaice, dabs and dogs. This was another well attended outing with better weather conditions than previous comp however the weedy gloop made fishing "interesting" for most.
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Report by Davy Rogan A quick report on the second of our boat league matches today on the Lady Karen from Portrush. The day began with the obligatory search for mackerel which, unlike last time, wasn't a stress for skipper Paul. With fish in abundance near the Skerries we filled the bait box in no time and moved on to our first competitive session of the day over rough ground. Today Ballan wrasse were in abundance quickly pouncing on our ragworm baits, coming in many times in... doubles. With a smattering of pollack and cuckoos to add variety. Some nice pollack in the 3 to 4lb range were taken sporadically with a few steam trains hooked which couldn't be stopped. Session 2 over clean ground was unfortunately quieter than the skipper had hoped as the ground had seen some commercial fishing activity in the week previous. Between small gurnards and whiting there was an occasional better dab and Al Marsden was delighted to add a big tub gurnard and 2 weevers to our growing tally of fish and species. Unfortunately then the mackerel caught up with us .... In plague proportions! At times every bait in the water was taken within 30ft of the surface. All too soon the day was over and it was time for tallying scores. Our eventual winner was Davy McCormick with Davy Rogan and John Rodgers in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Again today was a tight match with just 4 fish separating the top spots. Huge thanks again to our skipper Paul Graham of Lady Karen charters for putting us on the fish. Well fished today chaps and see you all in Ballycastle next trip!
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Our up and coming matches this week are Today, out in the Lady Karen on the second leg of the boat league. Tomorrow, Carnlough 5-10pm 3rd shore league match. And don’t forget to bring your cup as every match comes with a free cup of coffee! Mocha Mike will have his geyser at hand right through the draw ready to fill her to the brim. ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ 🎣🎣🎣🎣

We are now accepting Paypal on our website for simple and seamless joining process. https://www.nifsa.co.uk/join-today

Ok folks. As you can see this is our open competition coming up at he end of the month on the north Antrim coast. As you can see Penn Points are also now available.

This is what it’s all about. If you don’t look after the youngsters there will be no future for Angling . Young NIFSA angler Harry Kitson is on point with a dog quivering over the crab bait just before moving away with it. If you want to see your lad or lass getting into angling join today. We will have 3 fully trained coaches by mid September so get signed up now.

Hi All Just a few words to say the Federation is going from strength to strength. We now have 160 members on the books and we are less than 6 months in! There has been some minor teething and learning issues along the way but as it stands I think it has been a really good well organised start to the competitions and meets. There has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes to help us achieve our rightful recognition and hopefully this should come to fruition sooner rather than later. The competitions so far have been a breath of fresh air with a lot of new and eager anglers. Keep up the good work folks and don't forget to keep pushing for new members to make us stronger and giving us a voice in Northern Ireland to be respected.

Shore Competition No 2 . Downhill Strand North Coast County Antrim. Fishing was very slow and fish were small. 1st Andy Williams 5 fish 96 pts 2nd Drew Ferguson 3 fish 83 pts 3rd Karl McCullough 4 fish 78 pts... 4th Marcus Blaz 4 fish 77 pts
Longest flat Scott McDowell 34 cm flounder.
Probably the wettest match ive fished in 15 years at this game and considering it's July will probably count as one of the most horrendous.
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Reports by Davy Rogan Beautiful day out of Portrush today for the initial match in our boat league. Many thanks to Skipper Paul Graham of the Lady Karen for a superb day out.Federation anglers fought it out along with 2 guests of Pauls. Mackerel were hard caught today but with a few for each of the anglers aboard we had bait sorted and headed for the rock session of the match. Hard fighting pollack and wrasse smashed into the baits from the off along with a nice ling for Jami...e Horn and a superb codling for Al Marsden to add a bit of variety. After 3 drifts and sore arms we headed West to fish the sand session. It was a bit less frantic than the first session but nevertheless all anglers caught fish with a good variety of species including gurnards, plaice, dabs, dogfish, weevers and even a dragonet. After a hard fought match the eventual winner by 1 fish was John Rodgers. Congratulations to John and well done to all who took part.
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Plenty of Pollack and a shortage of wrasse typified the latest specimen hunt for both. Ally Nicholl won the pollack hunt with a fish of 65cm and the honours of biggest wrasse went jointly to Jackie Moore and Harry Mckee Snr with fish of 37cm. Quite a few red cod showed in places which is a welcome sight.

Ok folks. Here, at last, is the result of the top 3 anglers in the small boats and kayaks species hunt. 1st Andrew Mcilhone with 10 species 2nd David Mc Cormick with 9 species 3rd Gary McIlmale with 8 species
... Thanks very much to our boat sponsor Dennets Outdoor for their kind donation.
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Hi Folks. Northern Ireland Federation of Sea Anglers fish the second leg of their specimen hunt league this weekend and this time it is the search for biggest Pollack and biggest wrasse. Federation anglers can fish anywhere in N.I. And have from 3pm on the Saturday until 3pm on the Sunday to try and catch the biggest specimen. A really good bit of fun but also testing knowledge and know how at the same time. If you fancy having a go just go to www.nifsa.co.uk and use the contact form.

Well done to Andrew Mcilhone on winning the NIFSA June Boat and Kayak open. Andrew won with a total of 10 species from Dragonettes to Cuckoo Wrasse. Obviously those kayaks can get into the wee nooks and crannys that the boats can’t!!😄 Good to see a fair mixture of species being caught with a fair few codling and pollack going to 8lb weighed.

Hi All Our small boats and kayaks species hunt is on this Saturday. There’s still time to join the federation and participate. Fishing anywhere in Northern Ireland the angler with the most species wins. Join today and keep Northern Ireland’s sea angling scene prominent and strong.

Application to join Northern Ireland Federation of Sea Anglers
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What best describes the type of sea angling you do? Shore Pleasure/Specimen Shore Competition Boat Pleasure Boat Competition Kayak Lure Fishing Casting
Yearly Fee Adult £30.00 Under 18 £15.00 Over 65 £15.00
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Thank you

Great to see this exciting new Federation formed.

Great to see a good group with plenty of info and help when needed

Great organisation for local Fishermen

Great group

Thank you

Great to see this exciting new Federation formed.

Great to see a good group with plenty of info and help when needed

Great organisation for local Fishermen

Great group