niall_b73 41 Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 A Boat Angling Competition Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 14th-16th April 2010 €3,000 guaranteed first prize – Sponsored by Failte Ireland The festival is open to all anglers and will take place on Lough Ree at Athlone, located in the very heart of Ireland, with boat angling over three days. If 200 anglers take part in the festival the prize fund will total €28,000 plus angling tackle to the value of €1,500 Lough Ree is 16 miles long and the second largest lake on the Shannon system and it has been chosen based on the quality of its pike angling. All lawful angling methods will be allowed and for conservation reasons all fish will be measured and released immediately. Anglers fishing from boats will be required to have their own digital camera so that any fish caught can be photographed and released immediately. . The entry fees is €50 per angler per day or €125 for three days. All monies will be returned in cash prizes – plus the €3,000 first prize. Based on 200 anglers (100 boats) the total prize fund would be €28,000 PLUS €1,500s worth of tackle prizes from Grandslam Fishing Tackle . All lawful angling methods will be allowed and for conservation reasons all fish will be measured and released immediately. Anglers fishing from boats will be required to have their own digital camera so that any fish caught can be photographed and released immediately. . Book now by email: contact@pikefishinginireland.com . Telephone from UK: 0151 324 4744 From Ireland: 071 964 2743 Other countries: 00353 71 064 2743 . All entries must be made in advance and the closing date is 12 noon on Monday April 5. Three days of exciting pike angling on the massive waters of Lough Ree near Athlone and a chance to share in a staggering cash prize fund that could total over €40,000. Festival organisers yesterday agreed to extend the entry and allow 150 boats to compete in what is bound to become Ireland’s richest angling competition. The angling club secretaries attended the Athlone meeting and they agreed there was such great buzz and lots of excitement surrounding this brand new event, based on catching the biggest fish over three days and to win the guaranteed €3,000 first prize. The event takes place over three days – Wednesday to Friday April 14-15-16 Failte Ireland are sponsoring the first prize and in addition to that, all entry fees will be returned in cash prizes along with €1,500 angling tackle given by Grandslam Angling. Brochures are entry forms are now available by telephoning Failte Ireland in Mullingar on 0044 9348650 or emailing eastandmidlandsinfo@failteireland.ie or from the Failte Ireland stand at the Hooked Live angling show on February 27 and 28 at Citywest Dublin niall_b73 Quote Link to post
Guest ROUGH COATED Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 If i had the time i would love to travel over and have a good couple of day's PIKING Sound's like there could be a GOOD SESSION ASWELL Quote Link to post
seffa 0 Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 dont talk wet hee hee Quote Link to post
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