Rebel County SAC

🎣 Rebel County SAC – March Species Hunt

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March actually decided to behave itself for once — well… slightly.
Still a few savage gusts, the odd soaking, and more than one fella wondering why he didn’t just stay home on the couch watching Britains got Talent.😩

But overall, conditions lifted enough to let the fish and the anglers show a bit more activity this month.

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📈 Summary

• Solid increase in species variety

• Multiple club records smashed

• Proper shake-up in the overall leaderboard

March wasn’t just busy — it was a bit of a statement month.

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🏆 March Leaderboard (Top 5)

1st – Noel Lane | 12 species | 19.1 pts

2nd – Ben Hammill | 4 species | 6.8 pts

3rd – Shane Olden | 2 species | 6.0 pts

4th – Callum Looney | 2 species | 5.2 pts

5th – Jacob Murphy | 3 species | 4.2 pts

Noel Lane absolutely langered the lot of us this month — didn’t even leave the crumbs. The rest of us were left scrapping for scraps like a load of bai's outside hillbillys on a Saturday night.

⭐ Angler of the Month
March goes to Noel Lane (Junior Member) — and fair play, the young fella he's grafting around the clock so its well deserved.

• 12 species landed
• 3 club records
• 19.1 points

Club records included:
Conger – 122cm (a right baiter of a fish altogether)

Sand Goby – 5cm (blink and you’d miss him)

Corkwing Wrasse – 9cm

That Conger alone would have most lads wobbling at the knees — proper brute of a fish and no mistake.
Serious talent coming through there 👏

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🏅 Top 10 Overall Leaderboard
The race is really heating up now — no one is safe:

1st – George O’Hara | 14 species | 24.4 pts

2nd – Gab Matejko | 15 species | 24.1 pts

3rd – Noel Lane | 13 species | 20.2 pts

4th – Shane Olden | 10 species | 17.7 pts

5th – Callum Looney | 10 species | 16.1 pts

6th – Leo Napier | 9 species | 14.5 pts

7th – Ben Hammill | 10 species | 14.3 pts

8th – Noah Tahran | 8 species | 14.1 pts

9th – Danny O’Shea | 9 species | 12.8 pts

10th – Sean O’Sullivan Ryan | 7 species | 10.9 pts

George clinging on at the top for March. Thats another fella out grafting day and night for the species hunt. The misses will have his bags packed at the front door one of these days.

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🐟 Other notable Fish of the Month

Shane Olden also dropped a proper headline fish:

• Club Record Spur
• 125cm / 22.46lb

That’s not a fish you casually land — that’s a fish that lands you if you’re not paying attention. A right baiter of a specimen altogether. Daycent fish. Beating his old club record of 18.33lb and also just 2lb short of beating the current Irish boat record , biggest recorded spurdogs from the shore are just 19lb and just over , but controversialy we are the only country that class shore and boat records as one , but going by records from shore catches it certainly is a record breaking fish .

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All in all, March was the first proper taste of things kicking off — more fish, better variety, and a leaderboard starting to look like a scrap rather than a procession.

If this keeps going, we’re in for a daycent year.

Tight lines lads — and remember:

if you think you’ve got it figured out, the fish will humble you quick enough 😜🎣

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🙌 Thanks to Our Sponsors
SAKUMA – top quality tackle
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The Fish Locker
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Support the businesses that support the club 👏

Report by:
John O’Mahony

REBEL COUNTY U16 YOUTH IRISH TEAM FUNDRAISER 2026 🏆

UPDATE OF THE LATEST PRIZES KINDLY DONATED BY FRIENDS AND SPONSORS OF OUR CLUB!!

WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE TO-

MARTIN MC GOWAN THE ANGLING HUB TRALEE
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COME ON GUYS FOR JUST 5 EURO PER TICKET YOU CAN SUPPORT AND HELP OUR YOUNG MEN TO GET TO THE UK TO REPRESENT IRELAND AND I THINK THERE IS SOMTHING TO SUIT EVERYBODY IN THIS DRAW , TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED BY REVOLUT FROM TYRONE LOONEY .THERE WILL BE ONE OTHER PRIZE ADDED FROM Shannonside Baits MIKE KIELY OVER The Next FEW DAYS AND THAT WILL BE THE FULL LIST . REBEL COUNTY S.A.C WILL ALSO BE SPONSORING A SECOND DRAW FOR AN AFAW 6 AND BAIT FIXED SPOOL ROD WHICH WILL BE ADDED IN RHE NEXT FEW DAYS ALSO, THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT 🏆👏🇮🇪🎣

Saturday April 4th
Slob bank youghal 💨

A change of venue from the scheduled clonea strand
Because of a yellow warning for wind and rain , undeterred saw the rebels answer back with their own red warning signalling we are on the way . The back up venue for the day was the slob bank youghal which varied the wind to our backs and some times from our right hand side which was a lot better than a head on wind of that strength on any beach . As bad as it was some rebels still managed to keep their shelters fixed to the ground for much welcomed shelter from the rain . The wind was so bad that poor benji HAMMILL lost fishing gear every time he opened his seat box consisting of 2 pkts of sakuma hooks , a pkt of pop ups and a packet of swivels , and if that wasn't bad enough he went to take his phone from his pocket to take a pic of Noah's 40cm flounder and a ten euro note went flying down the bank and into the water , at one stage I see 2 guys trying to retrieve it from the water trying all sorts as if it was a 500 euro note 😂 we won't name and shame them but we'll blame the price of diesel as an excuse this time 🙈😂. Back to the fishing and not having high expectations for the time of year, a long time had passed before the first fish was brought to the measure , that was for our very own minny SOD AKA Stephen watkins with a 37cm flounder . Next up but some time later was John o MAHONY with a double shot of a flounder and a schoolie bass . Hunkered down and tipping away as true rebels do next up was Callum looney with a dog fish to get the junior side of things on the move and close behind him was Luca Hurley with a 36cm bass and a contender for the biggest round fish pool so far . Surely but very slowly the odd fish was turning up while all tactics and distances were exhausted . Next was the flat fish pool contender and probably sealing it off was Noah tahran with a fine conditioned 40cm flounder and it was a turning point driving most lads to target dogfish to try make up some ground but again not many to be had . In the last hour or so the baker boy himself gabriel matejeko managed to find a few fish at distance once the w**d cleared and slowly but surely advanced on those that were lucky enough to find fish in day light hours . 10pm and it was time for lines in and back to the comfort of our cars to tally the scores for our last comp before we take a well earned break until September opening up time for lads to focus on our club species hunt .
Baits used on the day were !!
Fresh crab , rag worm , lug & black lug :
Frozen sandeel , mackerel , bluey and mussel :

Species count on the day !!
Flounder 8
Dogfish 4
Rockling 2
Bass 2
Whiting 1

Juniors !!
1st place 2 fish 90 points Callum looney 🏆
2nd place 1 fish 35 points Luca Hurley 🏆

Seniors top 5 !!
1st place gabriel matejeko 5 fish 161 points 🏆
2nd place Stephen watkins 3 fish 110 points 🏆
3rd place Ben HAMMILL 2 fish 100 points
4th place Noah tahran 2 fish 82 points
5th place john o MAHONY 2 fish 57 points 🏆

Biggest round fish Luca Hurley 36,cm bass 🏆
Biggest flat fish Noah tahran 40cm flounder 🏆

As always the rebels persued and produced fish on a very tough day weather wise , and though the tic-tacs got shook up more than ever with that wind, it was what it was on the day . I'd like to thank everyone that turned out on the day with a good turn out of 23 anglers as deterring as it was , also our followers and sponsors who are also part of the team . Our next comp will be mid break in June for our annual smoothound comp sponsored by the tackle shop cork, but we should have plenty of content through out the summer months as rebels scatter all over the country species hunting and hopefully setting a few new club records . Until then thanks again to all involved and we will catch you on the next one UP THE REBELS 🫡💪🎣💥🏆👏🙏

REBEL COUNTY S.A.C
FUNDRAISING RAFFLE FOR THE
U16 IRISH YOUTHS TEAM 2026🇮🇪🏆👏🎣

A small raffle to show our support to these talented young men representing club and country and to help out with costs as the team is self funded . 6 of Irelands top youth anglers 2026 will represent ireland traveling to Dover England this July to do us all proud . Rebel county sea anglers are asking all to make an effort not just family and friends to help get these young anglers to the UK and to relieve some of the financial burden on the family's . At the moment we have 5 prizes that will be in the pictures below including a Shakespeare seat box kindly donated by our sponsor .W.MURRAYS CORK . there are some more prizes to be added over the next week which we will keep you all posted in advance . It will be 5euro per entry and entrants can enter as many times as they like, all prizes will be part of the same draw as separate individual prizes allocated to the number of names drawn to the number of prizes . The live draw will take place on April 16th at 8pm and entry money can be sent to Tyrone looney by revolut 087-2919452 , be sure to state your full name on payment as all winners will be posted online on the night of the live draw . So come on guys let's get behind our youths Irish team and show some support ,
🇮🇪🏆👏🎣🇮🇪🏆💪👏 !!

MONATRAE BAY AGAIN 🙄

Saturday 21st of March saw the rebels head for monatrae bay again but a scheduled choice this time as last time it was a back up venue . The 4th leg of our 2026 master angler comp fishing from 4:30 to 9:30 and after a week of south easterly winds switching to a south westerly on the day was sure to produce fish though the hours of daylight fishing involved and the blistering sun light was a gamble . This time with 4 different flavours of TIC-TACS we gave it a shot . About 30 seconds from cast off new member Peter Burton put the first fish on the cards with a schoolie bass , and a pace that quick draw mcgrath would have been proud of . Hoping it was a sign of something good but generally its short lived especially with day light hours and time of year . Next on the fish some time later was Stephen watkins with a 34cm bass and an early contender for biggest round fish pool .as for daylight that was all she wrote especially with most flounders gone off to spawn from our shores . Awaiting darkness and a dropping tide we knew things would pick up . As darkness fell it did just that , not to any great numbers but it gave the rebels something to push on for . Mainly smalls and as usual no sign of dogfish when you need them . Some lads found a sweet spot and were able to make the better pace . With a turn out of 20 anglers we knew the fish count would still be poor as most winter species have all ready migrated to off shore as well . The variety of species also gave the rebels confidence in their tactics and then knew they were doing nothing wrong and I must say they caught everything that was in front of them . New member on the day was Mark Costello welcome aboard Mark , good to see you out with the rebels 👏 lines in was called , and most anglers had found a few fish , time to head back to the cars to tally the scores !!
1st place STEPHEN WATKINS 8 fish 246 points 🏆
2nd place john martin 8 fish 219 points 🏆
3rd place Ben HAMMILL 4 fish 117 points 🏆
4th place Shane olden 3 fish 88 points 🏆
5th place Gabriel Mat 3 fish 83 points 🏆

1st place juniors Callum rebel no.1 looney 🏆
2nd place juniors noel lane 🏆

Biggest flat John martin , 19cm flounder 🏆
Biggest round Stephen watkins 34cm bass 🏆

Species caught on the day !!
Bass 22 , coalfish 9 , whiting 3 , flounder 1 , poor cod 1 , weaver 1 , gilt head bream 1 !!
Total fish caught 38 !!

Baits used on the day .... Fresh crab , rag , lug , black lug , Maddie's and muscle meat !!
Frozen sandeel , mackerel , bluey , crab and razor clam !!

All in all it was a pleasurable day out as always especially with the sun shining on us 🌞. Anyone looking for a loan contact Stephen watkins AKA SMALL SOD 😂, tho he just missed the full house he managed the triple crown winning first place , biggest round and our club ran bonus ball scratch card worth another 100 euro ... well done Stephen 👏🏆
Thanks to all our followers and sponsors as always and our next comp is on the 4th of April fishing clonea strand where we hope to bring you another good report and the odd dash of banter for good measure as always . Catch ye on the next one .... UP THE REBELS 🫡🙏🎣👏💪💥💯🏆🏆🎣

🎣 Rebel County SAC – February Species Hunt

February didn’t exactly bring tropical conditions to Cork — more of the same: cold hands, sideways rain, and the occasional choice of hobbie being questioned mid-cast.
But once again, the Rebel County crew soldiered on, because just like the The boy Olden says, "Rebels Dont Rust"..
The rods were out, the rigs were tangled, there was sand in our jocks, socks and knickers, and the fish… well, they cooperated just enough to keep us all coming back for more.

Out of the group, 16 anglers stepped up and put fish on the board, with a total of 46 submissions for the month.

Not as hectic as January — but still very respectable considering the conditions. We’ll take that all day long.

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📈 The Numbers
For the stat merchants
(you know who ye are)

46 fish landed this month

17 different species (yes, 17 👀)

16 anglers registering fish on the board for Feb

That’s actually more species than January with fewer fish — quality over quantity, Daycent👍.

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🐟 Species Breakdown

A serious mixed bag this month, with a few curveballs thrown in for good measure:

Bass
Bull Huss
Coalfish
Cod
Conger
Dab
Dogfish
Flounder
Goby (Sand)
Pollack
Poor Cod
Pouting
Ray (Painted)
Rockling (Shore)
Rockling (5 Bearded)
Smelt (Sand)
Whiting

From a few tiny Gobies to proper Conger action, it had a bit of everything. February clearly didn’t get the memo that it’s supposed to be a “quiet” fishing month, but we won't complain

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🏆 February Leaderboard

1st – Gab Matejko | 11.7 pts | 7 species

2nd – Danny O’Shea | 8.7 pts | 7 species

3rd – Shane Olden | 8.6 pts | 6 species

4th – George O’Hara | 4.9 pts | 3 species

5th – John O’Mahony | 4.6 pts | 3 species

A tight enough battle at the top, but Gab pulled away with a strong mix of species and a bit of record-breaking flair (more on that below).

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🐟 Thornback Ray Challenge

No change at the top here — Noah Tahran, the one and only Kebab is still holding firm with his 65cm Thornback Ray.

Once again, a few rays made appearances… and some of them again mysteriously avoided the measuring mat. Lads, it’s not a ghost story competition — if it’s not measured, it didn’t happen 😅

The 65cm mark still stands. Plenty of time to knock him off it… if someone remembers to bring a measure mat.

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⭐ Angler of the Month

This one was never in doubt.

February’s Angler of the Month goes to Gab Matejko, who didn’t just catch fish — he went full steam ahead in February and landed three club records:

Dab – 27cm

Goby (Sand) – 4cm (yes… FOUR 😂)

Pouting – 18cm

It takes a special kind of angler to turn a 4cm Goby into club history — and fair play, that’s exactly what Gab did.

Proof once again: measure everything… even the ones you’d nearly flick back without looking.

Unreal going altogether, fair play tya Gab 👏

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🏅 Top 10 Overall Leaderboard

The bigger picture is starting to take shape now:

1st – Gab Matejko | 14 species | 23 pts

2nd – George O’Hara | 13 species | 21.8 pts

3rd – Noah Tahran | 8 species | 14.1 pts

4th – Shane Olden | 8 species | 11.6 pts

5th – Leo Napier | 7 species | 11.1 pts

6th – Callum Looney | 8 species | 10.9 pts

7th – John O’Mahony | 6 species | 9.8 pts

8th – Edwina Galvin | 7 species | 9.5 pts

9th – Ben Hammill | 6 species | 7.5 pts

10th – Sean O’Sullivan Ryan | 5 species | 7.4 pts

Still plenty of movement to come, but Gab has put down a serious marker early in the year.

All in all, February delivered — more species, tight competition, and just enough madness to keep things interesting.
If this carries on, we’re in for some year altogether.

Tight lines lads — and keep the heads up, spring’s not far away now. We'll be fishing in the shorts and t shirts before we know it.😜🎣

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🙌 Thanks to Our Sponsors

A massive thanks as always to the sponsors keeping the wheels turning:
SAKUMA – top quality tackle
Donnatellos Family Pizza
TW Murrays
The Fish Locker
The Tackle Shop
Dacent Print Design Co
The Angling Hub
Murphys Rock Bar

Support the businesses that support the club 👏

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Report by:
John O’Mahony

BALLYNAMONA BEACH COMP 🎣

SATURDAY MARCH 7TH saw the rebel county sea anglers head to ballynamona beach for the 3rd match of the 2026 master angler competition. A nice strong turn out of 25 anglers out of a scheduled 27 and once again the rebels got a chance to shake their TIC-TACS !! What was anticipated to be a fruitful comp with past sessions proving to be a great scratching beach and some larger fish over darkness just didn't stand up to form . News of other clubs across the coast having similar results on the day of one's and two's per angler so we can't complain. It started off barren and slow with all ranges from a few feet out to some pushing for around the 200 yard mark searching for fish but nothing was to be had . As the tide pushed in , the water depth increased as it hit the sand bar at our feet and fish started to turn up , mainly at distance with very little to show along the usual gully. Regardless of catch rate every angler across the line was locked in and trying hard with all technique's and TACTICS been tried . Flounder were first to turn up but unusually scarce for the venue . First sizeable fish was Chris whelan with a 49cm bass in daylight . A few more smalls with a surprise turn out of a few gilt head bream before darkness fell . Dusk onwards saw a slight improvement but nothing to get excited about but the lads kept the pressure on and fished hard . Sean o Sullivan was next for a sizeable fish with a bass of 54cm and looking good to take biggest round fish pool . Still driving on the lads kept the fish coming with some targeting the elusive dogfish that tend to be scarce on comps when needed and in an annoying abundance when pleasure fishing. One last shake of the TIC-TACS for Noah tahran produced a lovely 60cm bass just before end of comp , must have been the new combo flavour they brought out on our request crab and black lug that done the trick 😉😂!! We would also like to welcome our newest member Peter Burton who on his debut with the club put in a great effort and managed the top 5 , well done and welcome aboard Peter 👏🎣💪💥
10pm came and lines were in to end the session and back to the car park it was to tally the scores !!

RRSULTS TOP 5 SENIORS !!

1ST PLACE SEAN O SULLIVAN 7 FISH 🏆
2ND PLACE JOHN O MAHONY 4 FISH 🏆
3RD PLACE NOAH TAHRAN 2 FISH 🏆
4TH PLACE PETER BURTON 3 FISH 🏆
5TH PLACE GABRIEL MAT 2 FISH 🏆

JUNIOR MASTER ANGLER RESULTS !!
1ST PLACE CALLUM LOONEY 2 FISH 🏆
2ND PLACE LUCA FRAZER 1 FISH 🏆

BIGGEST FLAT CALLUM LOONEY 19cm flounder 🏆

BIGGEST ROUND FISH NOAH TAHRAN 60CM BASS 🏆

WELL DONE TO ALL AND THOSE WHO ATTENDED 👏

THERE WAS 40 HARD GOT FISH CAUGHT IN THE DAY
THE SPECIES WERE ... BASS ... FLOUNDER.... COALFISH... GILT HEAD BREAM... ROCKLING... SMELT.... AND DOFFISH !!

BAITS USED ON THE DAY WERE
FRESH ...MADDIES.... CRAB... BLACK LUG....RAZOR CLAM.... BLOW LUG !!

FROZEN SANDEEL... MACKEREL... MUSSEL... BLUEY !!

OUR NEXT COMP IS ON THE 21STOF MARCH AND WE HOPE THINGS WILL BE A BIT MORE FRUITFUL FOR ALL CLUBS AS WE HOPE TO BRING YOU ANOTHER GOOD REPORT..... IF ALL TACTICS FAIL SURE WE ALWAYS HAVE TIC-TACS TO KEEP THINGS SWEET 😉
CATCH YOU ON THE NEXT ONE .... UP THE REBELS 💪🎣🎣💥🏆🏆👏👏🫡

MONATRAE BAY SATURDAY 21ST FEBUARY !!

Saturday the 21st the REBELS headed for monatrae bay after a quick venue change from the front strand youghal because of high winds and surf which also held a lot of w**d . There was a turn out of 25 anglers out of a scheduled 26 on the day which took up the full length of the bay . On arrival the wind was coming from our right hand side being a westerly which is our favoured wind direction for the venue , along with good tides it was shaping up to be an excellent session until a very heavy sea fearing fog was awaiting us which has a history of dampening or switching fish activity off if not to a very sparce pase of catch rate. Not to be deterred the REBELS took to the challenge and the cards that we were dealt and got down to business. First out of the traps and on the fish was BEN HAMMIL
With a flounder of 31cm , close behind him was DAVID DINEEN with a sea trout that if bigger goes well on the pan but unfortunately not a counter for the score cards. Next inline was myself with a flounder and things slowly but surely started to pick up pace along the line up of 25 anglers. As usual , for those short on tactics we had tic tacs !! TYRONE LOONEY went along to all anglers handing out boxes of tic tacs in multiple flavours to keep lads mouths on the move Incase their rod tips weren't 😂😂 . As darkness crept in the activity picked up and size of fish was also improving , even the appearance of a few small codling which are like hens teeth these days . As the night pushed on it was clear which pegs were at favour and some lads heading for double figures on their score cards while the rest were at a foggy pace but it kept us on the move . Lines up at 10pm and a few guys taught they were up with a chance until the cards with and approaching double figures were handed in which is great to see on such a foggy night but it was possible and it was done .
PLACINGS ON THE DAY:
1ST PLACE DANNY O SHEA 15 FISH 414 POINTS🏆
2ND JACOB MURPHY 283 POINTS 🏆
3RD BEN HAMMIL 281 POINTS 🏆
4TH PLACE JOHN O MAHONY 271 POINTS 🏆
5TH PLACE GEORGE O HARA 196 POINTS 🏆

JUNIORS :
1ST PLACE CALLUM LOONEY 183 POINTS 🏆

BIGGEST ROUND FISH JACOB MURPHY 41CM COALIE
BIGGEST FLAT FISH BEN HAMMIL 31CM FLOUNDER

WINNER OF OUR BONUS BALL DRAW WAS GEORGE O HARA 🏆

BAITS USED ON THE DAY :
CRAB , LUG , BLACK LUG, RAG WORM , SANDEEL MACKEREL , RAZOR CLAM AND MUSSEL !

SPECIES CAUGHT !!
ROCKLING 16...... WHITING 14.....COAL FISH 44......CODLING 7.....DOGFISH 3........BASS 3.......FLOUNDER 11 ..... TOTAL CATCH 98 FISH !!

All in all it was a great comp as usual and plenty of banter to be had , even the dodgy backs with stood the 5 hours fishing on the large stones better than we normally do lol . Also a big welcome to our newest members who turned out on the day..... JOHN MARTIN , PAUL FORDE , KENNETH BARRY , CHRISTOPHER WHELAN and NOEL LANE .... WELCOME ABORAD LADS 🫡🎣👏 Our next comp is scheduled for ballynamona on the 7th of March and hopefully it's fruitful in fish and report , thanks to all our sponsors and followers ..... Catch you on the next one .... UP THE REBELS 🫡🙏🎣🎣🏆🏆👏

--Rebel County SAC-- Species Hunt Report🎣

May • June • July • August

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🌼 MAY – A Cracking Start and a Bass to Remember

May set the tone for the summer, and leading the way was Leo Napier, aka Leo the Lion. Great work in taking Angler of the Month with a great run of species and steady scoring. He’ll be presented with his Fish Locker mug and voucher at the next comp — and that's a real badge of honour around here.

One of the biggest talking point of May has to be Benji’s superb 10lb 14oz bass during the Tag-A-Ray comp. After a long day’s fishing, he produced a serious fish worthy of any Cork or Kerry shoreline.
Massive credit goes to George O’Hare, who assisted with the landing and nearly donated himself to the tide more than once. The bass gave a fight — but George gave the entertainment, stumbling around the rocks like a fella who was after a few to many

Top 5 – May:

1. Leo Napier – 9 pts – 5 fish

2. Chris Greene – 7.7 pts – 4 fish

3. Martin O Hare – 5.1 pts – 3 fish

4. Sean O’S R – 5 pts – 2 fish

5. George O’Ha – 2.8 pts – 1 fish

A strong month with good species variety and a few daycent catches.

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🏖️ JUNE – Slow Fishing, Big Moment

June was quieter across the board, with conditions making fishing feel more like guesswork than sport. Still, one moment shone through the gloom: Noah Tahran’s new club-record 84.5cm Garfish.
A long, sleek, spectacular fish — easily one of the best catches of the season.

Points – June:

John O Mahony – 7.2 pts – 3 fish

Vlad Nosov – 5.4 pts – 2 fish

Noah Tahran – 2.4 pts – 2 fish

Sean O’S R – 1.9 pts – 1 fish

You know it was a slow month when one fish gets a fella on the leader board

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🔥 JULY – Things Kick Back Into Gear

July brought life back into the marks, and right at the centre of it was Vlad Nosov, who claimed Angler of the Month with a phenomenal 154cm tope.
A fish of real strength — the kind you would usually only see on a David Attenborough documentary.

The month also featured:

Sean O’Sullivan Ryan landing a cracking 107cm smoothhound (while preparing super cute sea shell wedding favors for his upcoming big day)

John O Mahony pulling a hefty 70cm dogfish from Kennedy pier in Cobh— clearly on his home turf

Shane Olden, who somehow turned a goby session into a wrestling match with a stinger on size 6 hooks and light 8lb line
The netting operation was… memorable. Let’s leave it at that.

Top 5 – July:

1. Noah Tahran – 20.3 pts – 9 fish

2. John O Mahony – 15.1 pts – 10 fish

3. Sean O’S R – 13.2 pts – 6 fish

4. Shane Olden – 10.6 pts – 6 fish

5. Vlad Nosov – 9.2 pts – 3 fish

A busy month with some excellent scores all round.

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☀️ AUGUST – Records Rolling In

August was one of the most productive months of the season, with 3 new club records falling in quick succession:

Shane Olden — 15.5cm Tompot Blenny

SHANE OLDEN - 3 beard rockling 43cm .

Vlad — 15cm Dragonette

Two small fish, but proving the old saying that size doesn't matter,(sometimes anyway) and a propper 3 bearded rockling .
With the tie settled by points, Shane takes Angler of the Month with a strong 25.4 points

Top 5 – August:

1. Kieran Ryan – 28.8 pts – 16 fish

2. John O Mahony – 27.1 pts – 10 fish

3. Shane Olden – 25.4 pts – 11 fish

4. Benji Hammill – 17.6 pts – 8 fish

5. Noah Tahran – 14.7 pts – 7 fish

Some fantastic numbers here — August really delivered for the Rebels.

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🎣 WRAP-UP

Across four months we saw everything:
big fish, surprise Personal bests, new club records, dramatic net jobs, and enough stories to keep the what's app group lit up thru out the summer months.

Special thanks to our supporting sponsors,

John at Fish Locker for his inspiration, tips and prizes

Noel in the Tackle Shop, for keeping the lads stocked and skint

Murray’s for emergency last-minute tackle and bait raids

The Angling Hub for all our mail order tackle needs

DAYCENT PRINT for all our printing and paper work .

Donatello’s Pizza, the official meal of shattered broken anglers after a long competition.

Here’s to the next stretch — more species, more craic, and more pure daycent Rebel County fishing.

Well done to every angler who put in the time and effort

Until next time ,Up the Rebels👍🇮🇪

Report written by John O Mahony.

Rebel County SAC – April Species Hunt Report

April brought Daycent fishing and Good craic for the Rebel County lads (and lady) as the species hunt rolled on in fine form. Great effort by all club members this month — rods bent, rigs tangled, and more “it was definitely a double figure” stories than we could count!🤣

With the temperatures creeping up, the wrasse came in thick and fast, filling the species hunt what's app group (and a few in the bait boxes when they got too curious). Mini species have been nibbling away in numbers too, keeping everyone’s eyes glued to the tips. Out on the beaches, smoothhounds have started to show, and by the looks of it, they’re here for the summer party.🦈

A few serious fish hit the deck in April, with a number of specimens put forward for Angler of the Month,

Vlad Nosov – Gilthead Bream 47cm

Ben Hammill – Gilthead Bream 49cm

Shane Olden – Gilthead Bream 44cm

Chris Greene – Specimen 3-Bearded Rockling 32cm

But after much debate, and probably a few “are you sure that’s 50cm?” moments, George O’Hara claimed the title of Angler of the Month with not one, but two specimen gilthead bream at 48cm and 50cm. An unbelievable bit of fishing — Congratulations George, you’ve set the bar high!👍

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Top 5 Point Scorers – April

1. Ben Hammill – 21.7

2. George O’Hara – 17.3

3. Jacob Murphy – 7.8

4. John O’Mahony – 7.5

5. Jeff Olden – 5.7

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Overall Leaderboard – End of April

1 Vlad Nosov 37.2
2 Ben Hammill 34.4
3 George O’Hara 27.8
4 Shane Olden 26.3
5 Noah Tahran 23.8
6 Rad Marinovic 17.6
7 Jacob Murphy 15.4
8 John O’Mahony 14.8
9 Sean Sullivan Ryan13.5
10 Jeff Olden 13.3
11 Gab Matejko 13
12 Leo Napier 8.5
13 Petar Mandic 7.3
14 Chris Greene 6.3
15 Edwina Gavin 5.7
16 Danny O’Shea 3.7
17 Steve Watkins 3.2
18 Martin O’Hare 2.7

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With May shaping up nicely and the summer species moving in, things are about to get even more interesting. Rumor has it there’s already talk of stingray, undulates and tope — but we’ll believe it when we see the photos (with the measuring mat fully visible, lads!).😜
Once again we would like to thank all our sponsors as with our them our species hunt would not be possible, T.W. Murray's cork , THE ANGLING HUB TRALEE , THE TACKLE SHOP CORK , DAYCENT PRINT CORK , DONATELLO'S CORK , AND LAST BUT BY NO MEANS THE LEAST THE FISH LOCKER FOR THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FISH LOCKER MUGS ....... THANK You FROM ALL THE REBELS 🫡🙏

Until next month — tight lines, good craic, and pure daycent fishing Bai😁

🎣 Rebel County SAC.
SPECIES HUNT
Report by John O Mahony