Rebel County SAC

REBEL COUNTY U16 YOUTH IRISH TEAM FUNDRAISER 2026 🏆

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🎣 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:
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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 💪🎣🎣💥🏆🏆👏👏🫡