April Kingspan Qualifier

Posted: Monday, April 4th 2011, by April Kingspan Qualifier, in Competitions

April IFPAC Kingspan Qualifier

Local angler Ronan Murray caught 12 pike for 44 lbs 4 ozs.
Was Ronan happy ? Well yes and no !
It was a great bag yes, but no, it didnt get him into the top 5 today.
65 anglers attended todays Kingspan Qualifier and caught a huge haul of 381 pike to 19 lbs 13 ozs !
Pike were feeding freely all day. In most areas the average size of pike caught was 4 or 5 lbs. Local angler Sean Markey was top angler today with a huge haul of 11 pike for 81 lbs 7 ozs. He had the 19 pounder and even had a pike of around 25 lbs to his hand when it shed the hooks and swam away. I dont remember a bag that big on a qualifier before.
David Dennis was next with 12 pike for 53 lbs 10 ozs. His best pike was 11 lbs.
With so many pike caught working out the results took some time. As usual the proprierors of Lynchs Bar laid on huge quantities of sandwiches.
Debbie was on hand and got scale samples from a couple dozen pike.
The top 5
1st Sean Markey (Clones) 11 pike 81-07
2nd David Dennis (Drogheda) 12 pike 55-10
3rd Joe Coleman (Duleek) 12 pike 48-11
4th Frank Leonard (Ardee) 12 pike 46-09
5th Derek Mohan (Duleek) 14 pike 44-14
Top 5 with Frank missing