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This beast probably needs no introduction as it went viral on our social media pages. This colossal 22lb bass was tamed in the Bristol Channel in some slightly challenging conditions.

The captor released his prize too which we’re sure lots of you will be happy to hear. Huge congratulations Gruu from us all here at the Sea Angling News.

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REPORT FOR THE PORTS OF BRIGHTLINGSEA BRADWELL AND WEST MERSEA

By Lee Bollingbroke, skipper of Sophie Lea Sick of listening about the cronoviras I am its really depressing thats why we are pushing on with our regular charters and hope any one that comes are fit and well and obviously stay at home if they are feeling ill, and lets face it a charter boat is the last place to be if you are not feeling 100% any way.

After every charter we are disinfecting our boat, toilet handles, hire rods etc etc as I am sure other skippers are what more can we do.

So on to fishing ray sport is still astonishing with twenty plus fish a trip and fish up into the late teens early twentys just amazing sport, other specias to catch are dabs really nice plump ones, whiting doggies and the odd bass starting to show , and we will gradually starting to see more of our spring species with smooth hounds making an appearence very soon. We did

a spur dog trip the other day but trying to match the weather with an offshore trip is difficult this time of year so that was a failure, however we turned the day around with some good inshore fishing. Reports from some of our commercial netters are indicating that they have been catching several codling but they are not feeding on the bottom but well out of the way of our hooks mid water feeding on sprat and herring etc which has been the case all winter maybe next year or perhaps a few in the spring we did have a small codling the other day and reports are still coming in of several fish well east of our port but just a bit to far to go to make it economic both for us and our anglers, so keep taking the pills don’t come out on charter boats if you are obviously feeling ill you won’t find any sympathy or friends and lets hope that this virus is soon history for all our sakes.

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EAST SUSSEX DIARY

By Kevin Morgan ANGLERS DEN OPEN The 2020 annual Anglers Den open catch and release match was held on Saturday 14th March, with 70 anglers fishing in Pevensey Bay. The over-all winner was Lee Gatrell with 325 points winning £300.The species caught were plaice, whiting, dabs, rockling and dogfish.

A Zone 1st Ben Arnold 323 pts. 2nd Dan Wood 320 pts. 3rd Rex Palmer 291. 4th Kerry Saint 224 pts. 5th Tim Relf 219 pts. 6th Mark Rogers 218 pts(17 fish). 7th Mike Joy 218 pts and 9th Joe Plumstead 200 pts.

B Zone 1st Ralph Crosby 299 pt. 2nd Damion Chant 296 pts. 3rd Peter Cracknell 277 pts. 4th Trevor Rooney 273 pts. 5th Chris Clark 239 pts.

6th Gerald Sargeant 234 pts( 19 fish). 7th Colin Isaacs 234 pts(12 fish)and 8th Matt Cox 233 pts.

The heaviest flatfish sponsored by Anglers Den 1st Colin Everest Flounder 68 pts. 2nd Colin Isaacs Flounder 56pts.

The heaviest round fish sponsored by Anglers Den 1st Ben Arnold Dogfish 62pts. 2nd Ben Arnold Dogfish 62pts.

Pairs winners were Dan Wood and Joe Plumstead with 520 pts. Runners up were Paul Parsons and Rex Palmer 492 pts.

ANDERIDA The fourth club match held in Pevensey Bay on Monday 24th February had 16 anglers fishing in cold wet conditions. 1st James Wood with 2lb including dab whiting and pout. 2nd Colin Everest with 1lb 3oz and joint 3rd Paul King and Damion Chant with 1lb 1 ½ oz. Heaviest round was a whiting of 11oz for James Wood and heaviest flat was a flounder of 11 ½ oz for Damion Chant.

On Monday 9th March the 5th match was held with 18 anglers fishing. Several dogfish were caught with the winner Colin Isaacs catching 3 for a total of 3lb 14 ½ oz. 2nd Les Glazzard with 3lb 2 ½ oz. 3rd Jim Whippy with 1lb 12oz and 4th Ross Parsons with 1lb 6 ½ oz. Heaviest round was a dogfish of 1lb 12 ½ oz for Les Glazzard and heaviest flat a dab of 4oz for Colin Isaacs.

EASTBOURNE NOMADS On Tuesday 25th February the club fished the first part of the Presidents cup, pegged at Langney Point. 1st Matt Gifford with two rays for 348 points. 2nd Javk Wiltshire ray and whiting for 331 points. 3rd Joe Plumstead with 214 points and 4th Paul Parsons with 59 points.

The heaviest fish was a ray of 5lb 11oz 11dr for Jack Wiltshire.

On Sunday 1st March 12 nomads anglers plus others fishing a mini open run by Tony’s Tackle fished at Langney Point. The match was split into 2 sections and the over-all winner Joe Wales fished in A section. Joe caught 4 rays and 2 whiting for 782 points and a weight of 16lb 4oz. 2nd in A was Mick Webb also with 4 rays for 539 pts, 11lb 3oz. 3rd Gerald Sargeant with 245 pts. B section was won by Trevor Rooney with 2 rays for 311 pts. 2nd Ian Hopper with 215 pts and 3rd Dan Wood with 214 pts.

The match was fished as a catch and release match and the biggest fish was a ray of 6lb 6oz 11 dr for Joe Wales.

THE NEWHAVEN AND SEAFORD SHORE ANGLING The Club fished on Seaford beach on the 5th March and the winner was Shane Merrick with 7lb 7oz. 2nd Paul Wetherley with 7lb 3 ¼ oz and 3rd Kevin Skippings with 4lb 11 ½ oz.

OVER FIFTIES On Tuesday 25th February the 4th Over Fifties match was held at Langney Point. The winner was Colin Sargeant with 7lb 7oz including the heaviest round fish with a ray of 5lb 5oz and the biggest flat with a flounder of 1lb 1oz. 2nd Trevor Rooney with 6lb 3oz, 3rd Vernon Vivian with 1b 10oz and 4th Colin Everest with 1lb 9oz.

The 5th match was held at Whitehorses with 20 anglers fishing. The winner with 24lb 10 ½ oz was Julian French. Julians catch included the biggest fish, a conger eel of 19lb as well as 4 dogfish. 2nd Ian Hopper with 7lb 2 ¼ oz. 3rd Terry Taylor with 6lb 10 ½ oz including the heaviest flat, a plaice of 1lb 1oz caught on bluey!! 4th Kerry Saint with 4lb 12oz.

SAXONS SEA ANGLING CLUB On Sunday 23rd February the club fished in windy conditions in Pevensey Bay. The winner was Paul Parsons with a nice 8lb thornback.

2nd Ken Filtness and joint 3rd David Tame and Fred Puttick.

GENERAL In very difficult times self isolating on a beach seems to be an ideal way of spending time, all the time were not all on total lock down. The fishing has been very good in East Sussex with lots of quality thornbacks, a few nice congers, plenty of dogfish and some good plaice being caught both in Eastbourne and Seaford.

As long as people are sensible there is some good fishing to be had, Steve Kerr caught a magnificent Thornback Ray along Eastbourne on Saturday 14th March. It measured 66cm across the wings!! Which on our latest chart which we have specifically adjusted for Thornback rays! Its worth 680 points which equates to just over 14lb !! Glyn Morgan caught a thornback that was around 8lb 12oz, as well as 5 others!Tristan Parsons caught several lovely thornbacks at Langney Point to over 7lb and Peter Cornwall managed for rays to 10lb+ and Harvey Shelly managed an 8lb 1oz PB recently.

Enjoy your fishing and be safe!!!

Paul Parsons with his winning 8lb thornback

Jack Wilshire with an 8lb 1oz Thornback

Terry Taylor with a 1lb 1oz plaice

Glyn Morgan with a nice thornback

Ricky Diamond with a 6lb thornback

Julian French with his winning 19lb conger eel

Tristan Parsons with a nice thornback

Harvey Shelly with an 8lb 1oz thornback

Peter Cornwall with a nice thornback ray

Steve Kerr with a lovely double figure thornback ray

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anglers favourite the Black Bream will be here in numbers in early April which traditionally triggers the summer angling season and gets anglers interested in catching these small feisty fish. Dogfish and Rays have been the main catches inshore along with Spurs, Tope and Blondes on the outer banks and further off to sea some very nice Pollack have been landed from the wrecks.

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NORTH DEVON REPORT

By Wayne Thomas The year 2020 will certainly go down in history as an eventful one with a series of severe gales battering the coast during late winter and the onset of COVID-19 that at the time of writing has thrown the future into uncertainty.

Catches have been patchy for shore anglers along the North Devon Coast with bull huss leading catches for shore anglers. Combe Martin SAC member Kevin Legge set out in stormy conditions enduring heavy rain to bag one of the best braces of bull huss I have reported on. The huss scaling 13lb 10.5oz and 11lb 8oz were caught on consecutive casts and were both returned.

Anglers competing in club competitions have ventured further outside of North Devon to catch some good thornback and spotted ray.

Boat Anglers fishing out of Ilfracombe have enjoyed sport with spurdog, conger and huss with Bluefin running regular excursions when conditions allowed.

Combe Martin SAC members Rob Scoines and Chris Bonds took a trip out of Watchet and boated several good sized blonde ray.

Chris Bonds - Blonde ray 17lb 10oz Rob Scoines blonde ray caugfht off Watchet

Kevin Legge bull huss brace 13lb 10.5oz and 11lb 8oz

Mark Jones thornback ray 8lb 8oz

Jack Sharrock thornback ray 6lb 6oz

Rob Scoines - Blonde ray 15lb 10oz

Kevin Legge - Norway caught Halibut 24lb Antony Smith spotted ray 4lb 8oz Kevin Legge spurdog - 13lb 12oz

Kevin Legge - Norway Caught Coalfish 24lb4oz

George Hunton bull huss 8lb 7oz

Nathan Clements thornback ray 10lb 4.5 oz

As I write this the shadow of COVID-19 hangs over the immediate future of all aspects of our lives. Angling should by its nature be the ideal way to escape from this threat with fresh air and social isolation seemingly very appealing. Sadly life is not as simple as that and I feel sure many angling events will have to be cancelled to prevent close social interaction. On receiving a reminder to compile my monthly report I noticed worrying feedback on a lack of news. My reaction was that we should make every effort to make this an upbeat and positive edition. I realise that so far I have not been upbeat so I thought I should take this opportunity to ramble a little away from the present day.

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In October last year I took a trip to Cornwall with my son and several members of Combe Martin SAC. On the second day of our foray we visited the venue of my youth where I had caught those garfish over fifty years ago. We were targeting grey mullet and caught a few but perhaps it was those garfish that gave me the greatest thrill as the float once again slid beneath the clear water and that gyrating battle commenced on the light

tackle. The garfish were swung to hand leaving a mess of green scales on the hands and a distinctive aroma that took me back.

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SAILING FROM ILFRACOMBE

I was delighted that fifty years on I still enjoyed that same childlike excitement. It is this simple joy that angling has given me and many others for fishing is like a big adventure where you never really grow up.

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I started sea angling over fifty years ago whilst on holiday at Looe in Cornwall. The Banjo Pier in early October proved an exciting place to cast a brightly coloured float. I can still recall those days watching the float as it slid beneath the calm seas as garfish and mackerel seized the strips of bait. During the evenings we would floatfish for pollock beneath the harbour lights.

Each afternoon as the tide flooded the sharking boats would return to port with the carcasses of the shark caught far out to sea beyond the distant horizon. As a young boy I gazed in awe at these huge fish and whilst even then I felt a pang of sadness at their slaughter I also dreamt of battling with such denizens of the deep.

From those early days I embarked upon a journey that has taken me to many places.

Iceland, Norway, Ireland, Channel Islands and of course the coast of the UK. A couple of years back I fished off Penzance and eventually caught those blue shark beyond the distant horizon. Bending rods and screaming reels brought the reward of the sight of the shark with their sleek lines as they approached the boat and then the joy of watching them swim strongly away after the circle hook was slipped free. The resurgence of blue shark has been a positive story with numbers of shark caught now close to or even surpassing those glory days of the 1950’s. Catch and release fishing has fortunately become the norm in modern sea fishing. In these enlightened times we have learnt to respect the fish we seek and no longer remove them for winning trophies or for glory on the quayside.

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LANGSTONE HARBOUR AREA BOAT FISHING REPORT

By Neville Merritt, Southsea Marina Angling Club The highlight of this month’s report was Southsea Marina Angling Club’s Awards Night which we combined with Southsea Marina Disabled Angling Club. More by good luck than anything, we held it just days before the progressive shut-down of social activities which will also stop our monthly club meetings and SMDAC boat trips for a while.

Rupert Bremer, manager of Southsea Marina was our first VIP guest and presented the prizes to SMDAC winners.

Club champion was John Wearn who also won Best Cod, Hambrook cup, SMAC Bream Cup and was SMAC Champion Runner-up.

Runner-up to SMDAC Champion was George Dominy who should really be called George InDominitable because despite being well into his eighties George is a regular fisher.

He won the Pier and Beach cup and was placed highly in the Lakes competitions.

Jon Leythorne collected four prizes including Best Specimen with a spurdog of 21lb.

We then welcomed our second VIP guest, Nick Wallis who as manager of Allan’s Marine has been supporting our clubs for many years. Sadly the shop is now closed but we made sure Nick will still be associated with us by forcing him to accept a lifetime membership of SMAC (and a nice goblet) as a token of our sincere appreciation. Nick and Rupert presented a further 19 awards and as space here is limited I can only include a few. Ray Plomer is Club Champion and also won the Plaice Cop. Tim Andrews our Club Commodore won the Bass Cup plus the Pairs Cup with Mark Banks. Kris Scott won the Cod Cup and John Jones the Pollack Cup.

Those boats that managed to get as far as the offshore wrecks had some excellent sport with some very good pollack such as this beauty from Heber Crawford.

More recently, plaice have begun to appear and the early ones will be very skinny after spawning. John Evans started the new SMAC competition year off with a plaice of 2lb 2oz.

These are very challenging times for many of us. Some charter skippers are no longer taking groups, others are carrying on as long as possible taking great care with hygiene. Those with their own boats can create a social distance of several miles which is probably as low-risk as you can get at the moment!

Dean Gibbs Bass 8lb

Ladies were represented too: Natalie Arnold won the Ladies Cup and Kelly Rowen the Ladies Species Cup. Jake Kelly won the Junior Cup and Junior Species Cup and he must have been taught well because his dad Steve Kelly won Best Specimen Cup with a sole of 2lb 9oz.

One of the novel attractions of the evening was a large display board made up by Bill Arnold, illustrating all the successes by club members that were featured in Sea Angling News.

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“In other news”….there is almost no other news. For the fist time I can remember, the weather has been so consistently bad for an entire month that not a single fish was entered for the SMAC Fish of the Month medal. Fortunately one or two boats have managed to nip out between blows and found that fish are still there to be caught.

Dean Gibbs shows a bass of 8lb caught on a live whiting – returned because the catch limits didn’t come in until 1st March.

You might think that bass looks smaller than it is but in fact it’s Dean that is dwarfing the fish, he’s 6’8”! His father Robin Gibbs shows one of many congers caught, this one was 40lb. As the sea temperatures start to rise the conger will return to their lairs and won’t be roaming the open marks in such numbers.

There were a few spurdog still around but they will probably have gone by April.

Robin Gibbs conger 40lb

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Heber Crawford Pollack

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Natalie Arnold Ladies Cup

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By Tom Wright shown inshore quite in the numbers that they sometimes do there is still large packs of them to be targeted offshore at the very Western end of our patch.

With the exception of the occasional day much of the month has been blighted by the wind. Not that it has prevented trips from going ahead but it has often meant that opportunities to get offshore for example have been limited.

The fishing at times has been very good.

Notably once again on the neap tides where there has been an increased opportunity to fish for longer periods of time on marks that would otherwise see a virtually unfishable ripping tide for all but the couple of hours over low water.

Blonde Ray fishing has been frantic. Many fine, hard fighting fish have been caught during some extremely good sessions on the sand banks in the area. These banks haven’t just been the residence for the Blonde Ray’s though with many Eels, Thornback Rays, Spotted Rays and Codling all coming off the same sand banks providing some superb mixed fishing.

Spurdog fishing would be the other notable, all most guaranteed sport in the month. Although the Spurdogs haven’t

Bull Huss, although not as prolific as perhaps they might be expected are continuing to move further up the channel with the first few being seen in areas around Minehead and Dunster to compliment the plentiful Rays and Eels.

Porlock Bay continues to produce a variety of species including a few Smoothhounds but there has been a dramatic increase in the number of Dogfish making it tough at times to get your baits to be taken by anything else.

The water temperature has risen by the best part of 2 degrees Celsius over the month which should herald the arrival of an increased number of fish across all marks and in particular the previously mentioned Smoothhounds will begin to feature more prominently in the catch reports.

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The weather has improved slightly and we have been able to get out to the Inshore Plaice marks, there is still too much wind to push offshore.

The Plaice have turned up again this year, (the last few years this has been a saving grace to local charter skippers) , most are spent fish this early in the season with the majority being put back, should these fish

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return in the Autumn we will be looking at some good specimens.

The last few trips we have had plaice up to 3lb 4oz with a good average size.

Other summer species are on the doorstep with reports of the odd Smoothound and Bream being landed.

Another couple of weeks we should be in full swing.

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Weymouth and Portland Charter boats managed to get a few days in at sea during the first half of March although a number of these trips just had skippers, crews and friends on board in the absence of customers either through lack of bookings or cancellations.

The seriousness of the current situation we all find ourselves in makes this a very worrying and troubling time for everyone.

So, from a Port Reporter’s point of view, it is important to keep to the subject in hand whilst acknowledging we are in an ever changing situation The relief in the local skippers’ reports of even a single trip is clear as is their genuine desire to ‘get back out there’; a sentiment many anglers suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms are also feeling.

Take for example Portland based Fins-Up skipper, Dan Clarke’s words: ‘’Managed to get a few days in this week At last! The inshore reefs and banks produced well with plenty of species including turbot to 16lb, brill, spur dogs, blonde rays, smooth hounds, undulating rays, congers and huss. There’s plenty of baitfish about on the banks which is a good sign for the spring’’.

Weymouth’s longest serving charter skipper, Dave Pitman of Weymouth based Atlanta, has built up a steady following of local angers and this has paid off with the many problems everyone is currently facing. Dave’s anglers are ‘on the doorstep’ and are often able to take advantage of good weather at very short notice. This year’s weather, as is well known, has been awful with most skippers saying they have been to sea just two or three times which from a business point of view with large bank loans to service is very worrying. To be in a position, established after many years of service, of not having immense financial pressure plus the ability to go to sea with a few customers at very short notice is a wonderful situation to be in…but across the country these applies to very few charter boat owners.

When an extreme and unprecedented situation develops as it has now, business models quickly collapse and those few who are in a happy state of self-sufficiency are at a massive advantage both financially and mentally. There are indeed many extremely worried charter boat owners out there right now.

David’s report is unusual in the species he has found during early March with good showings of mackerel and herring plus good catches of very early bream up to 2lb on the inshore reefs along with huss, dogfish, pout and wrasse. There will be

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anglers who will not find these species (bream and mackerel apart) particularly alluring but then there are many who would just love to get out to sea and enjoy the day which, with these species, would involve plenty of bites and action.

Apart from the reefs, the Banks are also productive with turbot, one or two brill and, to the West of Portland, some excellent ray fishing with blondes to 24lb.

There have been several offshore wrecking trips achieved amongst the fleet with some excellent pollack fishing being experienced.

April is now upon us and writing from midMarch, I am very aware I haven’t got a clue as to what will develop for us all. Fishing in April will be concentrated on the pollack offshore with perhaps a first cod showing.

Drifting baits over the wrecks can be very good for ling.

It is not known if Channel Island trios can or will take place although there are boats that can reach the Islands Banks in a day and return….so extended trips without going ashore could be a consideration for keen turbot anglers with April and early May often a particularly good time especially after such a hard winter.

Inshore fishing around Weymouth/ Portland will continue with all those species mentioned above and with increased emphasis on the flatfish on The Shambles Bank, the rays on the banks west of Portland and bream from ‘Northern Shore’ marks especially Warbarrow and Kimmeridge.

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Seafarers are used to adversity. Avid viewers of the Hornblower series (essential viewing for any mariner) will recall Captain Pellew’s words of comfort to the young Horatio in the final film ‘The Wrong War’, that ‘’we entered into a life of adventure and adversity’’. Well…that’s how it is now and as mariners that never fading sense of optimism is what will sustain us and get us all through this mounting mess.

Many Skippers are saying that they will continue running trips as long possible by taking all the necessary precautions that we are now all too aware of…unless we’re told otherwise by the powers that be!

There’s no need for this reporter to emphasis the very real need for your support of the skippers now more than ever even though we all know that we can only plan on a day to day basis. Every day we are being given new directives…so by the time this report is published the situation will be very different from how it is today as I type here in mid-March.

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By Alan Brown

Well we have had to deal with some unprecedented weather for 3 months here in West Sussex causing alot of damage, only to be presented with this pandemic. So just as the Fish start to turn back up after the winds, more and more anglers staying home. Reports of a few undulates and thornies showing from the entire west Sussex coast line and this will increase over the coming weeks.

You can also expect a few better

bass among them. Selsey should see a run of big black bream by mid April and a few good plaice should start to show, both if weather conditions right. Most people be heading Selsey though for the rays at night and Littlehampton to Pagham we should see the 1st of the stingers turn up all going well. What ever happens over the coming weeks stay safe and if you do go fishing enjoy.

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BACK TO BASICS

BACK TO BASICS By Martin Wood Fresh bait This month let us concentrate on bait

extra smell as well or inject it into lures that they use.

which can be as complicated or as easy as you like.

So let us take a look at a few baits and what they are mainly used for:

With bait the main percentage of anglers think your bait should be as fresh as possible and I do tend to agree, generally with worm, crab & fish baits you want it to be as fresh as possible.

There are also times though that I think there are exceptions to the rule and “ripe” bait is definitely the way forward!

For instance when fishing for certain fish I will leave a bait out for a few days to ripen up like squid and I generally do this for something like large eels, you can get really good results on this a large stinking bait with large hooks is needed though to keep the dogs off it as they love it too, or if in winter when fishing can dry up sometimes use some lighter gear and have some sport by using ripened squid strips the whiting will nail it like there is no tomorrow and can turn an annoying fish at times into good sport.

If targeting cod and bass two popular choices then you want your baits as fresh as possible and your top baits will be peeler crab, rag, lug and squid.

On the roving rods section this month in Porlock I had some fantastic live rag worm bait from West coast angling which performed just as it should do along with some freshly dug lug worm by myself locally although small worms I just doubled it up and the result was a lively night which also caught a lovely couple of codlings.

Crab: A lot of anglers first choice of baits whether it be for Cod, Bass or Rays, hounds ... Some anglers just won’t be without peeler!

Another variant of crab is Cart which is very popular up north!

Both can be quite costly but at the right times you can go and forage crabs yourself from the shore you can also get good results on hardbacks which I found work equally well especially for hounds in the summer months.

If you can’t always keep or get live bait that’s going to be fresh for when you go out on your fishing trip then there are plenty of blast frozen options these days.

Pop down to your local tackle dealer and see what they have in or if you’re not as mobile these days you can get some great bait online from plenty of good reputable companies and when the bait arrives it’s still frozen and in top condition.

Other popular methods are letting your chosen baits marinate in some bait enhancers whether it’s a juice or oil etc you can smother your baits in it and let it soak in a few days or a week before your fishing session which puts extra stink in the water and in these waters in the Bristol channel that can be a massive advantage as they hunt by smell a lot due to visibility being so poor.

Some people like to inject juices and oils into their bait just before casting out for

Unwashed squid

Peeler Crabs

Rag worm: Again another top bait many swear by with a few variations like king rag (a lot larger), white rag and small harbour rag aka maddies which are good in a bunch.

No self respecting fish is going to ignore a rag worm breakfast or dinner, not only that rag are very hardy and provide great movement in the water for a long time providing not only smell but a visual attractant which is crucial when looking to catch predatory species.

Lugworm: Just as popular is lug worm especially during the winter months when after codling and being a versatile bait whether you thread them up the line, bunch them, make a lug sausage etc they have a great amount of juice that comes out and the fish love them! If you can’t get fresh worm then you can order frozen blacks which work well all year around.

Squid: My personal favourite as a bait, again its versatile and a tough bait as well with plenty of smell! You can get unwashed (I certainly prefer this) for a stink fest or you can get calamari which can still be very effective.

But mix this bait with any of the above and you have a very effective bait especially if there are crab infested areas wrap chosen bait in a squid mantle and not much will get through quickly.

If you’re not sure how to present a bait pop onto youtube and you will find plenty of people with videos of differing ways to present your chosen baits.

Tight lines!

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LRF REPORT

By Richard Salter As we all know, the last few weeks have been challenging to say the least, and I'm not just moaning about the weather this time!

My fishing opportunities have been limited to a single session down at Brixham where I fluked a mackerel on a dropshot rig and winkled out a poor cod and corkwing from a little hole after failing to find any fish in every other hole I tried during the preced‐ ing few hours!

If you want good LRF fishing at this time of year you wouldn’t go far wrong heading down to Plymouth for an after dark ses‐ sion. The local lerfers have been having some excellent sessions fishing around the urban hotspots like sutton harbour, catching a variety of species on a variety of lures and methods.

Gobies and goldsinny on dropshot, mack‐ erel on crank baits, bass on the gnarly new Fish Filet lures, pout on 4” curl tails and herring on baby squid lures to name a few, I’d be happy with fishing like that in the middle of summer!

Although things are a little uncertain at the moment, it’s worth looking ahead to what we might be able to target down south over the coming months.....

April

April can be a tricky month, with water temps still cold and things being in a bit of lull between winter and summer species .

That said, we’ve had some hectic sport on the south coast when the garfish are run‐ ning. They aren’t guaranteed but if they do show up it can make for some excellent springtime fishing. Metal jigs are a good way of covering a lot of water and finding the fish, working the lure in the upper half of the water column will usually find the Gar if they’re about but it’s always worth searching deeper if hits aren’t forthcom‐ ing. If not, its worth heading for the estuar‐ ies, my local spots can produce some good pollock and schoolie bass fishing as the evenings draw out.

May

I’ve often found fish can suddenly become very active as the water warms in May, only for the dreaded May bloom/rot to knock things back again for a few weeks!

If you can get in there early though, Wrasse seem to become very aggressive pre-bloom, it may even be worth getting the HRF gear out for the bigger ballans.

This is also when we start seeing gurnard turning up, flinging metals from our shingle beaches on a calm evening is one of my favourite ways to lure fish and there’s al‐ ways the chance of a bass, mackerel or something more unusual too. There is also the chance of a Gilthead from the estuar‐ ies if you dare do battle with them on light gear!

June

Post-bloom, June can be a decent month for bagging up a few species although they are often on the small side as lots of juvenile fish become active. Gurnard will be even more abundant and flounder will be moving back into the estuaries post

spawn. This is also when I’ve found the smaller wrasse to become much more active too. Small black bream can be caught from some south coast harbours from now through the summer months.

July

Things should really be getting into full swing now. Mackerel will become more abundant along with garfish potentially.

Scad could also be a viable target now and can provide some brilliant sport espe‐ cially during dusk/darkness. These are one of my favourite species to target, per‐ haps not as powerful as a mackerel but fast, unpredictable and dogged in their fight, a fantastic little sport fish.

August

Like July but better usually. All the summer species should be around in good num‐ bers and actively feeding. I’ve found this to be a good month for bigger pout which can be great sport as they willingly take a variety of lures. The challenge at this time of year can often be to get a lure past ravenous wrasse and small pout! This is the time of year that the chance of a trig‐ ger fish can arise too, a very exciting pro‐ spect and one I’m keen to tick off myself this year.

September

Although the weather may be cooling now, the fishing can be even hotter than previ‐ ous months. Fish tend to be of a better stamp and are beginning to feed hard, perhaps in preparation for autumn/winter.

Despite garfish being seen as a summer species traditionally, we tend to find them more frequently from now right through autumn and into winter.

October

October can be a great month but it tends to be much more dependent on weather.

Fish will be feeding hard though and winter visitors such as whiting will begin to make an appearance.

November

With days getting shorter and colder now might be a good time to turn our attentions to later sessions into darkness. Herring should start being a more regular occur‐ rence in catch reports but things like mackerel , scad, bass and pollock are also likely at this time of year. Targeting flounder in the harbours may also start to be more productive at this time of year too.

December There should be plenty of herring around now along with their smaller cousins, the pilchard. Fishing is more erratic at this time of year but pretty much anything is possible. Picking the right tides and weather conditions is half the battle.

Along with the seasonal visitors, there are always mini species such as gobies, blen‐ nies and scorps around to provide some action so it’s always worth getting out there and throwing a lure if you can.

If you cant get out and are looking to kill a few minutes, or hours, please feel free to check out my YouTube channel – Devon Lerfer for some LRF themed videos.

Tight lines and stay safe all!

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By Martin Wood

The View from Porlock Wier towards Hurlstone Point across Porlock Bay

CORONAVIRUS: ANGLING TRUST COMPETITIONS UPDATE The Angling Trust and partners have taken the decision to postpone all competitions up to and including 18th April 2020 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. This decision includes scheduled Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers.

responsible measure of self-isolating to avoid this virus spreading further who would otherwise miss out.”

All ticket holders for postponed events will be guaranteed spaces for the re-arranged dates.

At this stage, Fish 'O' Mania 2020 will be going ahead as scheduled with the final on 11th July at Hayfield Lakes, however this is an ongoing situation that will be carefully monitored by Matchroom Multi Sport and the Angling Trust.

Jamie Cook continued: “We have issued guidance to anglers and organisers to keep them safe when participating in competitions - the nature of competitions around the draw and presentation bring groups of anglers together at pinch points which our advice seeks to mitigate.

"Fishing is a fantastic means of getting active and outdoors, engaging with your environment and provides significant benefits to our health and wellbeing which are important considerations in the current climate and we would advise anglers to continue fishing.”

The Angling Trust will continue to work with partners in both the public and private sectors to monitor the situation with updated competitions schedules published on the events website. Ticket holders with questions should contact Sandra.johnson@anglingtrust.net or call 0115 822 4519.

Jamie Cook, Angling Trust Chief Executive, said: “Having discussed the situation with Matchroom Multi Sport today, we have taken the decision to postpone a number of upcoming qualifiers for Fish ‘O’ Mania.

We are comfortable that with the precautions and processes in place, anglers participating are safe in doing so, however, we also have a duty of care to our staff, stewards and volunteers.

"It is important we take into account the individuals who have, in good faith, purchased tickets and have taken the

Having being Ill a lot lately and busting to get out onto the beaches and with time pressing on to get a session done to write about, I thought I would stay local this time and figured I hadn’t fished Porlock weir for a good while so thought let’s give it a go!

As shore reports hadn’t been that great around here I hadn’t actually seen anyone doing any reports here so I was wondering how this would turn out?

Especially as the fishing has been really hit and miss, but on my side was the tides coming up which are some of the biggest of this year providing some good water movement and hopefully pushing fish in with it.

So I figured the plan would be a low water through to high water foray that would be best here especially as the sun was due to be seen which I don’t know about yourselves but around here it’s been a rare sight of late.

With venue and date set in my mind I looked at what I would be needing bait wise and decided let’s see if any cod were still about and I had heard of the odd spurdogs in the area so the plan was mackerel or herring baits for the spurs and some fresh worm for the codling if any were knocking around.

Paying a trip to West coast angling in Watchet and seeing Steve for a chat and a collect a few rig making components I decided to get some ragworm and I must admit I was very impressed with the size of the worm I got! I think Steve has a multi gym in the fridge as these were some proper big boys!

So with bait now all sorted and gear collected it was time to head back and put the worm in the fridge and grab the garden fork out and hit a local lug bed and dig myself some lug.

With a few channels dugs and worms sorted I back filled my trenches so no unsuspecting person has a fall or trip and now being a pound of worm up it was time to go and tie a few rigs and get ready for tomorrow.

I woke to the morning being bright out the window and reasonably warm so with all my gear together waiting to be loaded up and baits packed along with some herring and mackerel fillets I had cut and prepared the night before I set off heading down the A39 for a couple of miles until I was at Porlock Weir.

On entering the car park parking up in front of the ship pub and paying at the pay and display machine, it was time to get down to the beach and set up.

I walked over the harbour gates and walked past the cottages along to an old broken fence line and walked down ¾ of the way to the shore edge with gently lapping waves and set up the rods.

All set and baits cast out to maximum distance the waiting game started and a wait it was! With the first few hours producing nothing but baits coming back untouched even so baits were changed every twenty minutes.

The only highlights being some nice old boy coming along saying about when he used to fish here as a child and how the cod were all larger. My other highlights being a coffee and moving up the ridge and a bite to eat as the tide was now three hours into the flood, the scenery was great! The sun was out! And was warm on my back life could be worse!

All of a sudden as so often the case around here a weather front moved in and it became overcast and the wind picked up and ten minutes after this, I had the first bite starting to register on the rod tip resisting the urge to jump on it I let it develop and sure enough a good ol’ rattle of the graphex super match rod tip started and it didn’t want to stop so lifting into the rod there wasn’t much resistance and upon reeling it in was a very eager little juvenile Bullhuss which is one of my favourite species to look at ...

Evolutionary perfection!

A quick easy unhooking, a quick photograph and back he gently went. Ok result! It’s not going to be a blank at least and hopefully things will pick up some more.

Sea Angling News, April 2020 Re-baiting two lug and a giant rag up the line, twisting the penneled hook through the top of the rag and resetting the pulley dropper rig and then I fired it back out again choosing max distance every time to try and avoid any snags which can be here from time to time especially if you drop your cast short because then your leads get in between the boulders and get wedged snagging you well and with the SW wind and surge on the sea it certainly wouldn’t help either.

I didn’t have to wait three minutes for next bite along with a touch of broken sunshine as I reeled in the fish baited WR300 this time a dog of average size again a nice easy unhook and photo and slipped him back on his way.

Dogfish started to come hard and fast after this and had clearly moved in and over taken which started to get annoying after a while!

No matter how large the bait or hook was they found a way onto it.

I relocated all my gear and myself up at the top of the ridge and the tide was really flooding in now and was clearly going to be massive as there was still a lot of time left and was already pushing well up the bank.

With baits renewed I casted them both out again to maximum distance so to clear the boulders at the bottom of the beach and getting it all out onto clearer ground.

Five minutes in a bag of crisps which were salt and vinegar and lug/rag with a hint of mackerel and a coffee on the go the rod tip rattles again like it had done the last hour or so another dog... surprise surprise!

I lift into it and it then snagged onto something trying everything I know possible to get it free and lots of walking along the ridge trying all the angles it just wasn’t having any of it.

With that I let the line go loose prepared and lose the fish, the fish managed to get off but left me in the snag still a few more tries but to no avail so it was line around the handle of the rod and walk slowly backwards until I felt that sudden give and it was rig gone but shock leader still on.

Rigging up again and re-baited and fired it out again a bit more to the left this time trying to avoid whatever I caught up on.

Two minutes later the other rod was rattling a bit more and being pulled over it wasn’t a dog! After lifting into it I could feel the eel spinning on the other end getting the eel in and over the boulders and out the water I just got the conger to me and it spat the hook, but won’t complain at that!

Again another photo as its not another dogfish and a slight nudge towards the edge and it slithered its way back into the water as it was just under the top edge now and watched it swim off happily into the murky water full of sand and silt, fifty minutes to go... and it was just as well as I think the water would have breached and flooded behind me.

Whilst rebaiting I see a few small rattles on the worm rig and I lift into it feeling something small on the end and with no resistance at all, on bringing it ashore it was yet another species in the form of a shore rockling another welcome change from the dog fest that had been happening.

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ROVING RODS

A change of rigs with another waiting baited rig this time it was 3-4 lugs and a couple of rag worm casting it out over 100 yards the surge was strong and dragging the baits to the right of me but I was the only one here so no worries.

I didn’t even get to sit my butt down and it went with a large definitive nod and then the same again... that’s no dog!

That’s a good ol’ cod nod, lifting into the rod I could feel a lazy weight on the end and a headshake then surrender as it comes up on the surface. At last! A codling target acquired!

Bringing it in I unhooked and photographed as quickly as possible and then released it back with a plop, it was only a small one of about 2 ½ lb but a codling all the same I hadn’t even got to rebait the spare rig that I always leave waiting!

So being quick in case he had any larger friends that wanted to come out for a photo I done the same bait again and cast into the same area with the tide doing its dragging everything to the right it was about two minutes after I put the spare rigs away as time was approaching and the water was really high and the wind getting up even more making waves come up and over a bit.

Then the same again two cracking nods on the tip so done the hot step to the rod and lifted into it and brought it in easy enough with no fight at all until it saw the headlamp shining on it a quick unhook from the corner of the mouth and a photograph and again I let it go as I’ve had a good season on Codling and won’t take more than what I need or will use and as they are only small let them go to keep good stocks that will grow for years to come.

I still had around 35 minutes I could do but the surge and swell on the water wasn’t looking to clever and so I packed away the rest and left for safety reasons, loading up my gear I started the 5 min walk back to the motor.

When walking over the bridge the water was the highest I’ve ever seen it just touching the bottom of the metal walk way bridge and then on the way past the hotel by the car park water from the harbour was flooding through the harbour wall with hotel staff popping their heads through the main entrance clearly worried about the situation that was unfolding!

A quick wade through some ankle deep water and I was back at the car park, whilst loading the gear into the back of the Landy clearly others were worried too as two environmental 4x4 trucks came down and parked up next to myself.

Looking back on the session... I was happy with the days result considering how it started and then turning into a dog fest which i see as wasting bait, one target achieved with the codlings but no spurdog which was a shame but that’s just how it goes at least I was catching and had 5 species.

Porlock can be a snaggy venue at times but if you’re not sure where to fish then use a rotten bottom and make sure you cast well, from on the top of the ridge you want a 100 yards cast to be on better ground and clear the large boulders at the edge.

Until next month tight lines and stay safe.

Dogfish

Shore rockling

Cod

Cod

Conger Eel

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RESULTS

Stephenson who won the Eric Hamblett Memorial Trophy, The Junior Cup for boat and the churchhouse Junior Boat Plaque.

LDSFC

Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club Annual Prize Presentation Evening 21st February 2020 Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club held their Annual Prize Presentation Evening, attended by twenty-five members, at their clubhouse on 21st February. After the buffet, supplied by Hel’s Kitchen, the trophies and prizes for 2019 were presented by Art Savage, skipper of the charter angling boat Private Venture. Afterwards, he then presented the top three anglers of the club’s Large Boat Competition with some excellent prizes personally donated by him, which were very much appreciated by the lucky winners.

After thanking everyone for attending and those who had been involved in the preparation of the event, club president Derek Smith made a couple of surprise presentations. Firstly, to Chairman and Treasurer Alec Harmer for his long service to the club stretching back to the early 1980s, during which time he had filled many different roles. He was presented with an engraved decanter and a bottle of whisky. Assistant Secretary Sue Moody was presented with a vase and a bouquet in recognition and appreciation of the extra work she has recently undertaken for the club, whilst her mother, club secretary Georgie, is currently following doctor’s orders and having to rest up temporarily.

On behalf of the club Mr Smith wished Georgie a speedy recovery.

Collecting prizes and trophies on the night were: Robert Flicos: the A. Cookson Challenge Cup for the heaviest bass from a boat, the Marion Collier Memorial Challenge Trophy for best proportionate weight of selected species, the Solent Angler Boat Cup for the heaviest fish from the Solent, the Species Challenge Cup for the heaviest fish of nominated species, the Sundance Smoothhound Shield for the heaviest smoothhound, the Turbot Shield for the heaviest turbot, the heaviest black bream, thornback ray and whiting of 2019, and Boat Fish of the Month for December, May, September and October; Arran Harmer: Large Boat Champion runner-up, and the RNLI Challenge Cup presented to the winner of the nominated boat competition; Jane Hopkins: Ladies Species Cup for the most number of species; Nelson Phillips: the Hayter Challenge Trophy for the heaviest Bull Huss, and Boat Fish of the Month for October; Colin Saunders: the C. Preece Challenge Cup for the heaviest bass; Derek Smith: the G. C. Wheeler Challenge Trophy for the highest number of sizeable fish in Boat Competitions; Andy Southwick: new ‘Catch & Release’ Boat record for Small-eyed Ray; Ed Taylor: Large Boat Champion, the Albert Humphries Perpetual Memorial Trophy presented to the winner of nominated boat competition, and the Solent Challenge Cup for the highest number of points on Large Boat Competitions; Keith Warren: Shore Fish of the Month for September; Luke Woodford: the Bream Challenge Tankard for the heaviest bream, and the Plaice Trophy for the heaviest plaice.

Art Savage with Large Boat Championship winners left to right: Jane Hopkins, Ed Taylor, Art Savage, Arran Harmer and club president Derek Smith.

Trophy Winners.

Back Row, left to right: Andy Southwick, Arran Harmer, Derek Smith, Art Savage, Jane Hopkins, Colin Saunders, Keith Warren. Front Row, left to right: Robert Flicos, Ed Taylor, Nelson Phillips and Luke Woodford.

NWASAC

Match Report: NWASAC Personal Members Championship, Round 1, Kinglake Promenade, Wallasey, Sun 23.2.20 (20 rods) Delayed by a fortnight when Storm Ciara rendered the original date unfishable, this opening match saw a wet day change into a sunny one and the fish obliged with some reasonable catches, mostly at short range. Small codling kept the rods rattling but the outstanding fish was a 48 cms codling in Zone A for up and coming junior, Tye Crowder, landed just before the finishing whistle (this was a repeat of his similar achievement at the same match in 2019!).

However, Zone B produced the winning catch for local expert, Kevin Martland, who notched up 9 small codling for a weight conversion total of 138 pts. Kevin leads the championship at this early stage.

Results and championship after one round (scored in continental style from 2 zones): 1. Kevin Martland (Wallasey), 9 codling, 138 pts. (Zone B). 25 championship points 2. Phil Simpson (Pensby), 10 codling, 126 (Zone A). 24 3. Danny Parker (Wallasey), 7 codling, 1 plaice, 1 flounder, 134. 23 4. Tye Crowder (Junior, Wallasey), 2 codling, 123. 22 5. Mike Parker (Wallasey), 3 codling, 38.

21 6. Paul Warrington jr. (Wallasey), 6 codling, 85 20 7. Bill Lindfield (Greasby), 2 codling, 27. 19 8. Richard Burrow (Felixstowe), 6 coding, 83. 18 9. Les Trish (Crosby), 1 whiting, 24. 17 10. John Waugh (Wallasey), 3 codling, 1 whiting, 74. 16 Flatfish pool: D. Parker, plaice, 30 cms, 330 gms.

Roundfish pool: T. Crowder, codling, 48 cms, 1100 gms.

Kev Martland - NWASAC

Tye Crowder - NWASAC

West Bay SAC

West Bay S.A.C.’s annual presentation night took place on the 7th March at the Jurassic Fun Centre, Freshwater Holiday Park.

This year's event kicked off with a game of ten pin bowling. The club's Chairman Rod Barr took to the floor to announce the winners of the various cups & trophies for the 2019 season. The presentation started with the Saturday Junior Trophies with Aaron Chambers being the top junior in the matches winning the Fred Bowditch Memorial Trophy and the Saturday Cup, the top Junior lady was Sophie Mather who won the Ladies Junior trophy & the Jurassic league trophy. The Forward Trophy for the most promising junior was presented to Daniel Mather who also won the Jurassic league runner-up trophy.

We then had a break for the Raffle & buffet which once again was enjoyed by everyone .

After the buffet Then the awards and cheques were presented to the winners of the club's species league which runs throughout the year the winners were; Senior League: 1st Adam Cullingford 83pts, 2nd Lea Windsor 74pts, 3rd Steve Harwood 70pts, Handicap League: 1st Adam Cullingford 98pts, 2nd Tony Colls 84pts, 3rd Gerry Reed 77pts.

Junior League: 1st Aaron Chambers 38pts, 2nd Robbie Hall 27pts, 3rd Daniel Mather 13pts. the presentation of the club's other trophies that are won throughout the year from shore & boat by Junior's and Senior's took place. The members who won the most trophies for the year was Steve Fowles who won the Angler Trophy, Boat champions Shield, The Crispin cup, The Daytime Cup, The Kingfisher cup & the Committee Cup. The winner of two of the major trophies was Lea Windsor who won; The Rickard Cup for the highest number of fish points in Thursday night competitions and the Axminster cup for the most points in the Thursday night comps. Best junior in the main trophies for shore and boat was Faye

The Presentation continued with two awards that are highly valued by club members; the Clubman Shield and the President Cup. Firstly the Clubman Shield which goes to the member who has best supported club events throughout the year and the recipient for 2019 was Steve Fowles. Next the Presidents Cup which is presented to the member who the incumbent president considers has done the most work for the club. Rod Barr read out this statement from our President Dave Cornick who due to ill health was unable to attend: I would like to offer a well-deserved thank you to those members who continue to support our club, compete in matches, help with special events etc. and those who join the committee giving up their time to attend meeting, thus ensuring the club goes forward with a sound foundation for the future. I would also like to give special thanks to Tiny for the extensive work he has done during 2019, checking club rules are in line with the Angling Trust, and then updating and reconfiguring the club handbook etc. well done Tiny.

Moving onto the Presidents Cup, as you know for the past five years i have been out of the loop because I am unable to attend committee meetings or fish club matches, therefore due to lack of up to date information it's not always obvious who to choose to receive this honour, however recently I received welcome and helpful information that assisted me to finally come to a decision . And i have chosen a member who has been a dedicated supporter of our club for a considerable number of years, this member has a family and therefore it's' not always easy to find time to participate in committee meetings, shore and boat matches, and when called on to help steward matches, this member is Steve Harwood. Well done Steve and many thanks for your outstanding effort over the years".

2019 saw the first year of the Fish of the Quarter competition which awards a £30 Angling Centre voucher to the angler who catches the best fish of the quarter. The top five best fish of each quarter are entered in to an end of year draw which is then drawn at the presentation night, the winner of the inaugural end of year voucher which was donated by Steve Harwood was Lidy Carter who came third in the April to June quarter 2019 with a red gurnard 1lb 1oz 121.41%.

The final presentation of the evening was a special presentation of life membership of the club, this was presented to three club members in recognition of their hard work for and on behalf of the club and its members. the recipients were: President Dave Cornick for his work as the club's President & Fish Recorder.

Roger Guppy for the work he did when he was Secretary and Junior Secretary.

Vice President Richard "Tiny" Daw for his work as Secretary, Webmaster and assisting with the Junior section.

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NEWS / FIXTURES

Species were Pout, Dogfish, Bass, Rockling & Cod with best fish being a surpise Cod of 2k 720gms caught by New Member Lewis Milan who was fishing his 1st match, a good start for him. Another new member Jack Haynes landed a Bass of 1k 446gms with the fish being returned alive to the water and the weight coming from the Club's Bass Weight To Length Chart.

Steve Harwood (on the Right) receiving the Presidents cup from the chairman Rod Barr.

West Bay SAC

14th March 2020, Saturday Juniors, East Pier West Bay 12:00 - 15:00.

Four junior members and one guest braved the cold south-south westerly wind to fish the first match of the year on the East pier West Bay. Fishing was tough due to the dirty water and falling tide, but four of the entrants managed to catch fish.

It was the lady’s day with the top three places being taken by the ladies, the win‐ ner Sophie caught two rockling for a weight of 141gms, luckily one of the rock‐ ling was sizeable which gave her the win over Emily. (though we weigh all the fish the competitors catch, sizeable fish take precedence over non-sizable fish. We go by the Angling Trusts minimum retention sizes for fish caught).

Species caught on the day: Plaice, flounder, rockling & whiting.

1st Sophie Mather 141g 2nd Amelia Harwood 159g 3rd Emily Windsor 84g Top Lady Sophie Mather Weather/Sea ConditionsSouth-south westerly 17 mph cold wind, cloudy. Water very coloured.

Sponsors Becky Chambers.

Next match is on 11th April and is the Fred Tolley Memorial Match 12:00 - 15:00

RESULTSENIORS 1. Lewis Milan 1fish 2. Kai Sutherland 5 fish 3. Jack Haynes 3 fish 4. Mark Beard 2 fish 5. Gavin Priday 2 fish 6. R. Dunham 2 fish No Juniors weighed in.

2k 720gms 2k 360gms 1k 606gms 240gms 200gms 140gms

NWASAC

Match Report, Sun 15.3.20, 2nd round of NWASAC Personal Members Championship, Aigburth, Liverpool (31 rods) It was a challenge to locate fish on some pegs at this promenade venue, with fewer codling than in previous years at the second round of the 2020 championship.

Former champion, John Waugh, used fresh lugworm to find three codling to win Zone A and the match. Vinny Jerram took Zone B and runner-up place, also with three codling. John and Vinny shared the roundfish pool with a codling of 1040 gms apiece.

There was a worrying lack of flounders but Dave Evans managed to find one of 140gms to win the flatfish pool.

England Youth Squad member, Danny Parker has taken the lead in the points table, with junior angler, Tye Crowder now in second.

Results (scored in continental style from 2 zones): 1. John Waugh (Wallasey, 245 pts., 3 codling (Zone A).

2. Vinny Jerram (Great Sankey), 198 pts., 3 codling (Zone B).

3. Wayne McGilloway (Greenfield), 145, 3 codling.

4. Paul Warrington sr. (Wallasey), 169, 3 codling.

5. Danny Parker (Wallasey), 80, 4 codling.

6. Tye Crowder (junior, Wallasey), 133, 5 codling.

•Flatfish pool: Dave Evans (Tranmere), flounder, 24 cms.

•Roundfish pool: equal, J. Waugh & V. Jerram, both codling of 47 cms.

Sophie Mather West Bay SAC

Shirley SAC

Here is the result of our latest match which was a Shore comp on Saturday 14th March which originally scheduled to be fished at West Bexington but due to the weather conditions was switched to the slightly more sheltered Friars Cliff to Avon Beach.

A good turnout of 26 members fished with 13 weighing in 23 fish for 7k 826gms.

Series after 2 matches: 1. D. Parker, 46 points.

2. T. Crowder, 42.

3. equal, Kevin Martland (Wallasey), 41 & J. Waugh, both 41..

5. Mike Parker (Wallasey), 34.

6. Steve Bonner (Wallasey), 33.

7. Steve Trish (Bootle), 28.

8. Phil Simpson (Pensby), 25.

9. V. Jerram, 24.

10. P. Warrington sr. 22.

Pairs Championship: 1. J. Waugh/ Carl Edwards (Bootle), 55. 2. S. Bonner/ Paul Bonner (West Kirby), 48. 3. P. & P. Warrington, 43.

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