Nelms comes out tops with13 fish

WATERVILLE Sea Angling Club members faced some harsh elements in their club winter series of shore angling competitions.

On their most recent December competition, club anglers fished Ballinskelligs Beach from 2-6.30pm. The competitors shared a 48-fish catch on a 3.5m tide where anglers caught seven flounders, 27 lesser spotted dogfish, one coalfish, 12 whiting and one bass.

Chris Nelms won the day with 13 fish that gave him 360 points. Second was Aidan O’Halloran, 8 fish — 215 points. 3rd Pat Egan, 5 fish — 175 points. 4th John Osborne, 4 fish — 140 points. 5th Joe Murphy, 4 fish — 85 points. 6th Josh Corbett, 2 fish- 83 points. 7th Vincent Tierney, 2 fish — 68 points. 8th Eugene Farrelly, 2 fish — 40 points.