The event hosted by EFSA Germany started with the opening ceremony on Sunday evening 6th October 2024 at Hotel Rudkøbing Skudehavn. This event was the first competition where competitors would be fishing from self-drive boats not from charter boats with the target species flatfish. As this was a first for EFSA Marcus Wuest gave a detailed explanation of how it would work. He then answered questions from the competitors and clarified procedures. Following this there was a very nice buffet for the anglers to enjoy.
Monday was designated a practice day to enable the skippers of each boat plus the anglers to familiarise themselves with fishing in the small boats. Unfortunately, the weather had other ideas and the practice was postponed to Tuesday. Fortunately, there was a spare day in the program to enable the event to be fished over two days.
Tuesday the weather was better but not great and practice went ahead with some showers and a strong wind. The strong winds meant that the drift was too fast and also the direction of it kept pushing the boats off of the preferred grounds so there was a lot of moving around. Fish were caught but not in any numbers.
Day One
Wednesday and the wind had decreased, and we had a far amount of sunshine and only a couple of very light showers. The fishing was good with the top anglers catching over one hundred flatfish. Lars Hellum finished the day in top place with 122 points. In second place was Gary Geoghegan with 115 points and third was Charlie Lara with 111 points.
Day Two
Thursday and the weather had deteriorated a bit but with an offshore wind we were able to fish. The fishing was harder, and the results reflected this.
The presentation took place in the evening at Hotel Rudkøbing Skudehavn followed by the gala dinner.
Lars Hellum remained in the top spot having again been the top angler on the second day. He took first place and the gold pin with a total of 210 points. In second place with 189 points and winning the silver pin was Charlie Lara. Third place and bronze pin went to Andre Martinsen with 186 points.
In the national team event Norway A were first with 637 points. England A second with 560 points. Gibraltar A third with 518 points.
The top Senior was Gary Geoghan with 182 points.
The best fish prize was shared between Matt Osborne, Andy Smith and Mark van Wanrooy all having a 43cm fish.
See below for the full results.
England Placings
4th Gary Geoghegan
7th Billy Cann
12th Richard Russell
=14th Matt Osbourne and Vernon Allen
18th Kim Bowden
20th Andy Smith
22nd Barrie Senior
25th Brian Moss
26th Mike Smith
32nd Dave Smith
Results
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