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      Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club was founded in 1936 and is affiliated to the Angling Trust and Marine Regional Group Wessex.  Lymington lies in the picturesque coastal area between the New Forest and the shores of the Solent, opposite Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight.
The clubhouse, completed in 1993,is located off Bath Road car park, Lymington. It provides a congenial place to socialise with fellow anglers and offers the opportunity for members to improve their knowledge and skill at the regular tackle talks and demonstrations held there.

The aims of Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club are to promote shore fishing and boat fishing for all anglers, in a safe and friendly environment and to encourage conservation of fish stocks. New members, in particular juniors, are always welcome. A membership application form is available to download from the web site. The club is also on facebook. A monthly newsletter is sent out to all members.

SHORE FISHING.
Numerous competitions are held throughout the year at various beaches along the Hampshire and Dorset coast. As well as the monthly competitions, there are also several leagues: for example, The Shingle Bank League and the Win-Sum League. There are also one open shore competition during the year.

BOAT FISHING.
Boat fishing is divided into two sections: large boats {or charter boat} fishing and shallow boats {privately-owned craft}. The large boat section has something for everyone and for all levels of skill and competitiveness.
  • Monthly large boat competitions out of Lymington: semi-competitive, fished to minimum size limits.  from April - December.
  • Match Boat League competitions out of Lymington, Poole and Weymouth: highly competitive and based on species, with no size limits.  Fished from April - September.
  • Recreational boat trips out of Lymington, Poole and Weymouth, on weekdays and weekends.  Friendly atmosphere, no pressure.  Fished January - December.
  • The Shallow {or small} boat section is fished from privately owned boats, which stay within a designated area, with competitions running throughout the year.
  • In addition, a Small Boat Open to privately owned boats is held in the autumn.  
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Club President:  Mr Derek Smith, Esq.
Club Vice-Presidents: Miss S. Moody, Mr R. Davies, Mr C. Clark, Mr R. Lane, Mr R. Saunders and Mr. A, S. Harmer.
Honorary Life Members: Mr R. Bayzand, Mrs G. Moody. Miss S. Moody. Mr A. D. Smith and Mr. R. Lane.
Officers of the Club. 
 Chairman:  Mr Alec S. Harmer. 01590-674045.  Vice-Chairman: Mr Roland Blomfield. 01590-683363.  
Hon. Secretary:  Mrs Alison Day. 07929 876939.
Membership Secretary: Brian Ansell. 01590-672628. Hon. Treasurer: Mr Alec Harmer. 01590-674045.
Hon. Auditors: Mr Colin Saunders & Mr Derek Smith. Docket Steward. Mr Robert Flicos. 01590-676785.
Large Boat Commodore. Mr Robin Lane 07876 471901.  Vice Boat Commodore. Mr Marc Duncan 07810 876281.
Shallow Boat Commodore. Mr Brian Ansell 01590-672628.
Boat Compound Commodore: Mr. Adrian Moody. 02380-668131. Clerk of Scales. Mr Steve Monckton. 07925 549313.
Shingle Bank Secretary. Mr Luke Woodford 07925 549313 and Mr. Malcolm Stote 07894 902254
Shore Secretary. Mr Roland Blomfield. 01590-683363.  Win-Sum League Secretary. Mr Colin Saunders. 01425-629923.  
Hon. Cup Custodian. Mr Colin Saunders. 01425-629923. Publicity Officer. Mr Brian Ansell. 01590-672628.  
Junior Representative.  Luke Woodford.
Newsletter Editor. Mr Brian Ansell. 01590-672628. Bar Steward and Hall Booking Officer. Terry Kempton. 01590-675088.
Committee Members:
Mr Chris Ellis. 07790 231350. Mr Alan Martin. 02381-943452. Mr Malcolm Stote. 07894 902254.
Mr Richard Day. 02380-741888. Mr Pete Drodge. 01590-676946, Mr. Andy Hopkins 01590-678597 and
Mr. Dave Price 07812 436305.

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Paul Hollyoake Strikes Silver on International England Debut.
Paul was one of five anglers selected to compete in the SALC Home Nations at Milford Haven, Wales. The team comprising of six anglers included Paul Hart (captain), Garth Croft, Dave Cogger, John Wright and Pete Bailey. As this competition was cancelled in 2021 due to Covid, the team was eager to get back afloat after the long break spending several days together practising methods, before travelling to Milford Haven for a few days before the main event to assess their final game plan.
Unfortunately, the weather conditions played a big part in the practice days, as low pressure set in for the week. As practising was mainly restricted to the Haven, the decisions was made to fish within the boundaries of the Haven for the first day. The day was divided into three different disciplines, fishing three two-hour sessions. The first was fishing sheltered headlands targeting wrasse, pollack and cod. The second was fishing rough ground for dogfish, bull-huss, rays and gurnards. Then thirdly fishing clean ground looking for rays, smooth-hounds and dogfish with the possibilities of catching gurnard and maybe the odd dab.
Day one of the official competition saw the teams battling the weather conditions in a south-westerly 5-6 gale, making conditions extremely difficult. Day one was won by the Welsh team (478%) commanding a lead of 53% over Team England in silver position with a score of 425%, followed by Ireland with 390% with Scotland in last position with 305%. Team Wales dominated the day utilising their home knowledge and catching larger bonus fish.
With no let-up in the weather day two was fished in similar circumstances. After assessing day one, Team England had a plan from the start. The drift fishing was far more difficult as many of the marks had already been fished the previous day. But England held their own, before moving to the rough ground fishing mark, targeting small bull-huss in between the dogfish on boom rigs taking them into the lead. With just one more venue to go on clean ground, catching the odd ray, smooth-hound, dogfish and gurnard Team England came out on top for day two was it enough for Gold? Beating Wales by 48% on the day, left them in silver position by 5%, a margin of one dogfish for Gold.
Congratulations to Paul and Team England for their excellent team performance in testing conditions securing a creditable Silver, and nearly pulling off an amazing Gold.
I'm sure you all congratulate Paul for his contribution to Team England and wish himmany more medals fishing for his country and Club.
Final Scores: Wales 915% England 910% Ireland 823% Scotland 734%






Christchurch Angling Centre is owned by Tom Bagnall who sponsors some of the boat and shore competitions.  Tom participates in many club activities, is also a very good angler and on some occasions makes a very good cup of tea.     www.christchurchanglingcentre.co.uk 

Angling Trust is where you can get the latest news on all aspects of angling and the latest news about covid-19 regarding angling. www.anglingtrust.net

Lymington Harbour Commissioners a good site for local tides and weather reports.    www.lymingtonharbour.co.uk

Loni's a good friendly shop and Garry is very helpful.  www.lonis.co.uk




Fish of the Month for October 2023.
Shore. Adult. Malcolm Stote with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 15-1/8 oz.
Boat. Adult. Andrew Niven with an undulate ray weighing 17 lbs 2 oz.
Fish of the Month for November 2023.
Shore. Adult. David Flicos with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 10 oz.
Fish of the month for December 2023.
Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a small eyed ray weighing 6 lb 13-1/2 oz.
Fish of the Month for January 2024.
Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a whiting weighing 1 lb 1 oz.
Boats.  Adult.  Alec S. Harmer with a bass weighing 6 lb 12 oz.

Shore Competitions are organised by Roland Blomfield.  For more information, please contact Roland on 01590-683363.
All competition dates for 2024.
Sat 20th Apr, Fri 17th May, Fri 21st Jun, Sun 28th Jul, Sat 3rd Aug, Sat 28th Sept, Sat 12th Oct, Sat 16th Nov. 2025 Club Year. Sun 15th Dec.
4th Club Shore Competition.  Report sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 23rd March the club held its 4th Club Shore competition. The weather was very cold with a north westerly wind blowing. 12 club members signed on and 11 weighed in 24 fish for a total weight of 20 lbs 11-1/4oz. These consisted of dogfish, whiting, conger eel, and undulate ray. On these competitions under size fish count for points which consisted of whiting, pouting, conger eel, and small eyed ray. All fish are measured, weighed and returned to the sea as quickly as possible.
Best fish of the night was a round fish an undulate ray of 8 lb 6 oz caught by Steve Cox.
Results:
1st Steve Cox 3 fish 10lbs 5oz and 85points, 2nd Glenn Short 3 fish 2lb 8oz and 70 points,
3rd Andy Hopkins 2 fish 1lb 15-1/8oz and65 points, 4th Paul Watson 2 fish 1lb 12oz and 60 points,
5th Roland Blomfield 5 fish 1lb 0.4oz and 55 points, 6th Steve Monckton 2 fish 0lb 14-1/4oz and40 points,
7th Shane Samber 2 fish 0lb 11.4oz and 35 points, 8th Stephen Brown  2 fish 0lb 8.2oz and 20 points,
9th Summer Monckton (Lady) 1 fish 0lb 6-3/8oz and 20 points, 10th Pete Tomkins 1 fish 0lb 6.3oz and 50 points,
11th Bruce Samber 1 fish 0lb 3.9oz and 40 points, 12th John Tharme 1 fish under size for 15 points.

3rd Club Shore Competition.
On Saturday evening 24th February the club held its 3rd shore competition. This was a changed venue because it should have been held at Friars Cliff but was changed to Avon Beach. The weather for the evening was a north westerly wind and very cold. 10 club members signed on and all 10 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish, pouting, whiting, and 5/B rockling. On these competitions under size fish count for points which were whiting, and pouting. All the fish are weighed, measured, and returned to the sea as quickly as possible. 30 fish were caught for a total weight of 30 lbs 2-5/8 oz. Best round fish was a dogfish weighing 1 lb 12 oz caught by Paul Watson.
Results:
1st Paul Watson 11 fish 11 lbs 13 oz and 55 points, 2nd Steve Monckton 6 fish 5 lb 6 1/8 oz and 70 points,  
3rd Summer Hayes (Lady) 4 fish 4 lb 2 1/8 oz and 55 points, 4th Stephen Brown 2 fish 2 lb 11 oz and 40 points,
5th Shane Samber 2 fish 2 lb 0.7 oz and 35 points, 6th Glenn Short 3 fish 1 lb 10.8 oz and 50 points,
7th Bruce Samber 2 fish 0 lb 11.1 oz and 35 points, 8th John Tharme 2 fish 0 lb 5.5 oz and 30 points,
9th Roland Blomfield 2 fish 0 lb 4.6 oz and 30 points, 10th Pete Chamberlain 2 fish 0 lb 3.6 oz and 30 points.


Shingle Bank League competitions are organised by Luke Woodford and Malcolm Stote.  Contact Luke on 07802 521493 or Malcolm on 07894 902254 for more information.
On all competitions you sign-on at Cut Bridge between 18.30 and 19.00. All the dates of competitions for 2024.
Wed 17th Apr, Thurs 2nd May, Mon 17th Jun, Tues 16th Jul, Thurs 29th Aug, Tues 10th Sept, Mon 14th Oct, Tues 12th Nov, 2025 Club Year Thurs 12th Dec.

Match 4 Shingle Bank League Competition.
On Wednesday evening 6th March the club held its 4th S.B.L. competition which was again a good turn-out with 15 club members signing on. All 15 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish and pouting. Ollie Hopkins came out on top with his 9 dogfish for a total weight of 9 lb 10.1/8 oz. 82 sizeable fish were caught which was good for this time of the year. All were weighed and then returned to the sea. The biggest dogfish of 2 lb 1 oz was caught by Michael Dawkins and Ollie Hopkins caught a dogfish of 2 lb 0.1/8 oz.
Results:
1st Ollie Hopkins 9 fish 9lb 10.1/8oz, 2nd John Tharme 7 fish 8lb 6oz, 3rd Malcolm Stote 7 fish 8lb 3.7/8oz, 4th Chris Ellis 7 fish 6lb 10oz, 5th Pete Chamberlain 6 fish 6lb 4oz, 6th Rory Lancaster 8 fish 6lb 1oz, 7th Daniel Whit6e 4 fish 5lb 2oz, 8th Michael Dawkins 5 fish 4lb 13.5/8oz, 9th Terry Kempton 6 fish 4lb 12.5/8oz, 10th Charlie Nash 7 fish 3lb 14.1/2oz, 11th Stephen Brown 3 fish 3lb 14oz, 12th Paul Dibden 5 fish 3lb 4oz, 13th Andy Hopkins 3 fish 2lb 15.5/8oz, 14th Paul Watson 3 fish 2lb 10.1/8oz, 15th Luke Woodford 3 fish 0lb 12.1/4oz.


Match 3 Shingle Bank League Competition.
On Monday evening 19th February the club held its 3rd Shingle Bank League competition. This was the first competition to be fished because the previous 2 competitions had to be cancelled due to very bad weather.
The weather for the evening was fair which enabled 20 club members who all caught and weighed in a total of 82 fish which were weighed, measured, and released back into the sea has quickly as possible. Fish caught consisted of dogfish, pouting, rockling, and black bream.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 9 fish for 8 lb 4-3/4 oz, 2nd Michael Dawkins 8 fish for 8 lb 0-7/8 oz,
3rd Paul Watson 8 fish for 6 lb 9 oz, 4th Luke Woodford 7 fish for 5 lb 11-1/8 oz,
5th Andrew Dawkins 7 fish for 4 lb 14-3/4 oz, 6th An Other 3 fish for 4 lb 12 oz,
7th Andy Hopkins 6 fish for 4 lb 4-3/4 oz, 8th Glenn Short 7 fish for 3 lb 15-3/4 oz,
9th Rory Lancaster 4 fish for 3 lb 8 oz, 10th John Hitchiner 3 fish for 2 lb 3-1/8 oz,
11th Bernard Effamy 2 fish for 2 lb 2 oz, 12th Roland Blomfield 2 fish for 2 lb 0-1/2 oz,
13th Steve Monckton 2 fish for 1 lb 14-3/4 oz, 14th John Tharme 4 fish for 1 lb 13 oz,
15th Pete Chamberlain 2 fish for1 lb 11-1/2 oz, 16th Chris Ellis 2 fish for 1 lb 9-1/8 oz,
17th Summer Hayes (Lady) 2 fish for 1 lb 2-7/8 oz, 18th Charlie Nash 2 fish for 1 lb,
18th Steve Brown 2 fish for 1 lb, 20th Terry Kempton 1 fish for 0 lb 14-3/8 oz.


Adult Win-Sum League competitions are organised by Colin Saunders.  Contact Colin on 0780 2511 522.
Competition are only fished on Wednesday Evenings only.  All the dates for competitions in 2024.
Wed 20th Mar, Wed 10th Apr, Wed 22nd May, Wed 26th Jun, Wed 3rd Jul, Wed 21st Aug, Wed 18th Sept,
October Bonus competition T.B.C.



Shallow Boat Competitions are organised by Brian Ansell.  Contact Brian on 01590-672628.  
All Competitions fished on Sundays.  Dates for 2024.
14th Apr, 26th May, 16th Jun, 14th Jul, 11th Aug,
8th Sept, 13th Oct, 10th Nov Small Boat Open, 24th Nov, 2025 Club Year 8th Dec.

4th Shallow Boat Competition.
On Sunday 3rd march the club held its 4th Shallow boat competition. This was the first competition to be held since October last year because th weather on weekends has been so bad that we have not been able to get out. The weather was just perfect dry, with very light winds and sunny. Amazing. 15 club members signed on and all 15 caught fish. On these competitions no fish are brought back. They are all measured on the boats, and returned straight to the sea and points awarded. Fish caught consisted of plaice, dogfish, conger eel, undulate rays, whiting, bass, black bream, and smooth-hound. All 15 members said how much they enjoyed the day.
Results:
1st Ady Hulme 20 pts, 2nd Barry Littlefair 19 pts, 3rd Denis Mapes 18 pts, 4th Chris hardy 17 pts, 5th An Other 16 pts,
6th Paul Watson and Colin Wright 15 pts each, 8th Derek Smith 13 pts, 9th Alan Martin 12 pts, 10th Brian Ansell 11 pts,
11th Alan Mapes and An Other 10 pts each, 13th Daniel White 8 pts, 14th Ian Rogers 7 pts, 15th Neil Mitchener 6 pts.


Large Boat Competition are organised by Marc Duncan.  Contact Marc on 0781 0876 281.
All Large Boat competitions are fished on Sunday only.  Dates for 2024.
14th Apr, 19th May, 16th Jun, 7th Jul, 11th Aug, 22nd Sept, 6th Oct, 3rd Nov, 1st Dec.
1st Large Boat Competition.
On Sunday 3rd December this competition was cancelled due to very high winds which were forecast.
2nd Large Boat Competition.
The 2nd Large Boat competition took place on Sunday 10th March. With perfect weather conditions and a last-minute change of venue we fished out from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. The plan was to initially fish for rays and congers and then move to the 6-mile mark. This proved to be very challenging with nothing being caught, so the decision was made to up anchor. At this point several fish came over the gunwale with Pete Chamberlain catching a dab and a pouting. We then pushed east in search of congers. Dave Wood managed to catch 5 and John Wood caught 3. Most anglers managed to catch a conger. We then had a drift for plaice with Glynn Barker showing us how it was done. After a couple more moves and still no rays we moved to a mark for some pouting and wrasse with only a couple of pouting being caught. Malcolm Gerrish caught a 3 bearded rockling. Final stop saw us at the Half Bank where we had quite a few dogfish and Malcolm finally found a spotted ray. A good day was had by all blowing away the cobwebs, getting a line wet and checking our gear out!
Results:
1st Dave Wood 111 points, 2nd John Wood 97 points, 3rd Malcolm Gerrish 81 points, 4th Glynn Barker 80 points,
5th Pete Chamberlain 67 points.
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Vernon Everitt Match Boat League is organised by Robin Lane.  Contact Robin on 0787 6471 901.
These are species-based competitions with no size limits.  Dates for 2024.
28th Apr, 11th May,29th Jun,13th Jul,17th Aug, 7th Sept,26th Oct.
Recreational Boat Fishing Trips are organised by Robin Lane.  Contact Robin on 0787 6471 901.
These trips are non-competitive and target various species when in season.
Weekend trips for 2024.  5th May,26th May,1st Jun,9th Jun,28th Jul, 14th Sept,19th Oct,23rd Nov,7th Dec.
Mid-Week trips for 2024.  28th Mar, 4th Apr, 23rd Apr, 9th May, 14th May,
13th Jun, 18th Jul, 22nd Jul, 31st Jul, 22nd Jul, 21st Aug, 27th Aug, 4th Sept,19th Sept, 24th Sept, 10th Oct, 28th Oct, 14th Nov, 28th Nov, 16th Dec,
Mid-Week Recreational Fishing Trip Wednesday 20th March.  Report and Photos sent in by Dave Price.
6 club members went out for a mid-week recreational fishing trip on Wednesday 20th March from Poole aboard "Piscary" skippered by Matt Rowe. The conditions were fantastic for March as the sea was flat calm and the boat was in bright sunshine for most of the trip. The skipper took us about 15 miles offshore where we anchored up and stayed in the same spot all day. We fished in 55 metres of water with a strong tide which required all anglers to use 1 1/2 to 2 lb weights to hold bottom.
The combination of depth, tide and weight made for a challenging day with a lot of physical effort being required to catch fish of any size. Apart from a couple of quiet spells, the fish were on the feed and the fishing was good. Species mostly caught during the day were spurdogs, bull huss, congers, and pouting, along with 1 dogfish and a good 3 bearded rockling caught by Mike Fox. Top angler on the trip was Tony Methven who landed far more fish than anyone else.
Thanks to Robin Lane for reorganising the trip after it had to be changed due to bad weather on the original date.    

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