All about the club.
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.
Officers of the Club 23/24.
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. Large Boat Vice Commodore. Mr Marc Duncan. 07810 87681.
Shallow Boat Commodore. Mr Brian Ansell 01590-672628.
Boat Compound Commodore: Mr. Adrian Moody. . Clerk of Scales. Mr Steve Monckton.
Shingle Bank Secretary. Mr Luke Woodford . and Mr. Malcolm Stote 07894 902254.
Shore Secretary. Mr Roland Blomfield. 01590-683363. Win-Sum League Secretary. Mr Colin Saunders.
Hon. Cup Custodian. Mr Colin Saunders. . Publicity Officer. Mr Brian Ansell. 01590-672628.
Junior Representative.
Newsletter Editor. Mr Brian Ansell. 01590-672628. Bar Steward and Hall Booking Officer. Terry Kempton.
Committee Members:
Mr Chris Ellis. 07790 231350. Mr Alan Martin. . Mr Nelson Phillips.
Mr Richard Day. 07989 282245 Mr Pete Drodge. 07812 663842. and Mr. Andy Hopkins
Reception for the Angling Trust/Tubertini England Boat Team.
Photo L to R. Ray Ashby, Robin Lane, Ed Taylor, John Bellamy, Martin Bobbett, Cliff Newbold and Rod Giles, seated Chris Rodgers.
On Friday 22nd August the club held a reception organised by Robin Lane for the winners - mostly from our club - of the recent Home Nations team event. The evening was attended by nearly thirty members with the Angling Trust represented by Rod Giles and Ray Ashby from the Wessex Division Committee.
Cliff Newbold started the evening off with a very informative talk on techniques for fishing for plaice. His method of targeting them has been heavily influenced by the methods used by Scandinavian anglers. A generous buffet, supplied by Janet Littlefair, was followed by the draw.
John Bellamy, the team's manger, closed the evening by thanking the club for laying on the event and stressing how, for a small club, we punched well above our weight. Over the years the standard of boat fishing had increased enormously, he said. He finished by paying tribute to the late Vernon Everitt, who had laid the foundations for the Match Boat League and to Robin Lane for continuing to organise the running of it since.
Weymouth Pairs Species Charter Boat Competition.
Weymouth Pairs Species Charter Boat Competition.
This year's Weymouth Pairs Charter Boat competition took place on the 6th and 7th November with a record of 46 teams entering coming from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Belgium and the Netherlands. 10 anglers from L & D. S. F. C. took part in the event.
After Day 1, team Don't Know consisting of Steve Batchelor and Colin Searles were 2nd with 39 points and Team Lymington SAC consisting of Marc Duncan and Dave Wood joint7th with 35 points.
Day 2, the weather was very challenging and the beauty of fishing Weymouth is that with Portland and Portland Harbour you can get out safely in most conditions. Overall results saw team Cod Father consisting of John Bellamy and Chris Ellis15th.
In the 4-man drawn team, well done to John and Chris for coming 1st, Russell Latimer and Mike Fox coming joint 4th. Paul Hollyoake had 3rd place with a best specimen of a thornback ray of 10lbs 5oz.
Well done to all anglers from L & D. S. F. C who entered and next year's competition is 29th and 30th October 2026.
Photo of Paul Hollyoake coming third with best specimen a thornback ray weighing 10lbs 5oz.
The Club's Link Page
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
Paul Watson beats record after 87 years.
Paul Watson and Alan Mapes were out fishing at Sowley when Paul using a 50 gram spinning rod bream gear with size 1 varvias super match hooks and using rag worm baits caught this 52 lbs 13 oz sting ray which beats the 1938 club record by 5oz. Which has been held for 87 years. WELL DONE PAUL.
Fish of the Month 24/2025.
Shore. Adult. Roland Blomfield with a dogfish weighing 2lb. Junior. Seth Hopkins with a bass weighing 3lb 3oz. New catch and release record Keith Warren with a conger eel weighing 12lbs 1oz. New catch and release record Malcolm Stote with a tub gurnard weighing 14.3/4oz. New catch and release record Roland Bolfield with a dogfish weighing 2lb.
Boats. Adult. Alan Mapes with a black bream weighing 2lb 9-1/2oz.
September.
Shore. Adult. David Flicos with a gilthead bream weighing 3lb 2oz. Junior. Mia Samber with a silver eel weighing 9oz. New junior catch and release record Mia Samber with her silver eel weighing 9oz. New catch and release record Malcolm Stote with a red mullet weighing 5.5/8oz.
Boats. Adult. Steve Batchelor with a bull huss weighing 12lbs 3oz. Boat catch and release record broken by Steve Batchelor with his bull huss weighing 12lbs 3oz.
August.
Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a black bream weighing 1lb 9oz. Junior Mia Samber with a smooth-hound weighing 5lb 7oz. New catch and release record for the shore. Keith Warren with a thornback ray weighing 4lb and a spotted ray weighing 3lb 8oz. New junior catch and release record for the shore. Mia Samber with a smooth-hound weighing 5lb 7oz.
Boats. Adult. Alan Mapes with a gilthead bream weighing 2lb 6oz.
July.
Shore. Adult. David Flicos with a black bream weighing 1lb 14oz.
New catch and release record for the shore. Keith Warren with a sole weighing 11oz.
Boats. Adult. Paul Watson with a sting ray weighing 52lbs 13oz.
New catch and release records for the boats. David Bathgate with a tope weighing 30lbs. Mike Fox with a turbot weighing 1lb 6oz. Mike Fox with a cuckoo wrasse weighing 12oz. Robert Flicos with a silver eel weighing1lb. Keith Warren with a thornback ray weighing 10lbs 6oz. Broken catch and release records for boats. Sting ray weighing 52lbs 13oz and a small eyed ray weighing 10lbs 4oz.
June.
Shore. Adult. Martin Bobbett with a thin lipped mullet of 3lb. Junior. Seth Hopkins with a conger eel weighing 1lb 2-7/8oz.
New catch and release record for the shore. A thin-lipped mullett of 3lb caught by Martin Bobbett.
Boats. Adult. Robert Flicos with a black bream weighing 2lb 3oz.
New catch and release record for the boats a mackerel weighing 1lb 1oz caught by Robin Lane.
May.
Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a smooth-hound weighing 7lb 8oz.
Boats. Adult. Andrew Niven with a sting ray weighing 24lbs.
New catch and release records for May.
Alan Mapes boats with a sting ray weighing 14lbs1oz. Alan Mapes boats with a ballan wrasse weighing 4lb 9oz. David Wood boats with a red gurnard weighing 15oz.
Robert Flicos boats with a garfish weighing 14oz. Malcolm Gerrish boats with a undulate ray weighing 15lbs.
Catch and release record broken.
Andrew Niven boats with a sting ray weighing 24lbs.
April.
Shore. Adult. Danny Mapes with a dogfish of weighing 1lb 14oz. Junior. Mia Samber with a dogfish weighing 1lb 8oz.
New catch and release shore record. A 5/b rockling of 7-3/4oz caught by Keith Warren.
Boats. Adult. George Fox with a small eyed ray weighing 10lbs. New catch and release record for boats. A ballan wrasse weighing 2lb 3oz caught by Adrian Moody.
Catch and release record for boats broken. With a smooth-hound weighing 8lb 8oz caught by Keith Warren.
March.
Shore. Adult. Malcolm Stote with a dogfish weighing 2lb 0-3/4oz.
Boat. Adult. David Wood with a spur-dog weighing 13lbs 5oz.
New catch and release records for the boats. Tony Knight and Garry Smith both with a smooth-hound weighing 6lb.
February.
Shore. Adult. John Hitchiner with a small eyed ray weighing 5lb 3-7/8oz.
Boats. Adult. Robert Flicos with a dogfish weighing 2lb 3oz.
New catch and release records for the boats. Steve Batchelor with a bull-huss weighing 10lbs 12oz. Robert Flicos with a dogfish weighing 2lb 3oz.
January 2025.
Shore. Adult. Rory Lancaster with a dogfish weighing in at 1lb 10oz. Boats. Adult. Steve Batchelor with a bull-huss weighing in at 10lbs 12oz.
December 2024.
Shore. Adult. Thomas Bagnall with a blonde ray weighing 20 lbs 3 oz. Junior. Seth Hopkins with a flounder weighing 1 lb 12-1/4 oz.
Sir Thomas Bagnall has broken the shore club record with his blonde ray weighing 20 lbs 3 oz. It is also a catch and release shore club record. WELL DONE SIR TOM.
Shore Competitions Results 2024/5.
All competition dates for 2025.
Sat 8th Nov, Sun 21st Dec 2026.
11th Club Shore competition. Results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday 18th October the club held its 11th club shore competition. This was a changed venue because the weather was very bad and with a strong south-easterly wind and rain it would have been very dangerous to fish at Friars Cliff so the competition was changed to a rover instead.
8 club members signed on and 7 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish, pouting and bass. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were bass, pouting and sole. Once the fish are weighed and measured, they are returned to the sea as quickly as possible. A total of 19 fish were weighed for a total weight of 28lbs 3oz. Best round fish of the evening was a bass of 4lb 7oz caught by Malcolm Stote 2nd best fish was a specimen dogfish of 2lb caught by Roland Blomfield. Top junior was Seth Hopkins with a total weight of 3lb8.4oz.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 14lbs 15oz and 55 pts, 2nd Roland Blomfield 5lb 1oz and 70 pts, 3rd Seth Hopkins(jnr) 3lb 8.4oz and 55 pts, 4th Summer Monckton 2lb 15oz and 50 pts, 5th Steve Monckton 1lb 2oz and 35 pts, 6th Bruce Samber 0lb 5-1/2oz and 30 pts, 7th Andy Hopkins 0lb 4.2oz and 35 pts, 8th Pete Tomkins 0lb 0oz and 25 pts.
10th Club Shore competition. Results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday 22nd September the club held its 10th shore competition. This was a changed venue from Warren Edge to Chalshot because the wind at Warren Edge was so strong it was unfishable so it was changed to Chalshot where there is more protection from the wind. 13 club members signed on and 9 weighed in fish consisting of silver eel, conger eel, red mullet, dogfish, black bream, codling and smooth-hound. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were bass, smooth-hound and conger eel. A total of 23 fish were weighed for a total weight of 23 lbs 8-7/8 oz.
Best round fish of the evening was a conger eel of 1 lb 13-3/8 oz caught by Malcolm Stote. Best flat fish and specimen pools are carried over until the next competition. Top junior was Seth Hopkins with 1 lb 6-7/8 oz and winner of The Wayman and Shepherd Perpetual Challenge Cup. Malcolm Stote is the winner of the President's Cup.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 9 lb 15-1/4 oz and 105 points, 2nd Ollie Hopkins 3 lb 9.6 oz and 70 points, 3rd Derek Slack 2 lb 10 oz and 55 points, 4th Bruce Samber 2 lb 8.9 oz and 60 points,
5th Seth Hopkins (jnr) 1 lb 6-7/8 oz and 85 points, 6th Andy Hopkins 1 lb 0-1/4 oz and 40 points, 7th Tom Short 0 lb 14 oz and 35 points, 8th Mia Samber (jnr) 0 lb 9 oz and 60 points,
9th Martin Pink 0 lb 9 oz and 30 points, 10th Smon Stockley 2 undersize fish for 25 points, 11th Shane and Barry Samber both 1 undersize fish and 15 points each, 13th Roland Blomfield no fish and 5 points.
9th Club Shore competition results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 2nd August the club held its 9th club shore competition which was fished on Pennington Sea Wall. The weather for the evening was sunny with a westerly wind. Nine club members signed on and seven weighed in fish consisting of smooth-hound, bass and silver eels. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were sole and bass. All fish once weighed are returned to the sea as quickly as possible. 14 fish were weighed for a total of 17 lbs 10-5 oz. Best fish of the night was a smooth-hound weighing 5 lb 7 oz caught by junior member Mia Samber which gave her top junior and 1st place of the evening's competition. WELL, DONE MIA.
Results:
1st Mia Samber (jnr) 1 fish 5 lb 7 oz and 75 pts, 2nd Malcolm Stote 4 fish 5 lb 3-7/8 oz and 70 pts, 3rd Roland Blomfield 1 fish 2 lb 12 oz and 65 pts, 4th John Hitchiner 4 fish , 1 undersize 2 lb 10-1/8 oz and 70 pts, 5th Shane Samber 2 fish, 1 undersize 0 lb 14 oz and 45 pts, 6th Bruce Samber 1 fish 0 lb 5 oz and 30 pts, 7th Terry Kempton 1 fish, 1 undersize 0 lb 4-5 oz and 35 pts.
Shingle Bank League Results 2024/5.
On all competitions you sign-on at Cut Bridge between 18.30 and 19.00. All the dates of competitions for 2025.
Tues 11th Nov, Mon 1st Dec 2026.
11th Shingle Bank League Competition. Results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Tuesday evening 16th October the club held its 11th shingle bank competition. The weather for the evening was cloudy, dry and very calm. 6 club members signed on and 5 weighed infish consisting of black bream, dogfish and tub gurnard. A total of 25 fish were caught, weighed and released back into the sea as quickly as possible for a total weight of 31 lbs 3-5/8 oz. Best 2 fish of the night were a smooth-hound of 2lb 2 oz caught by John Tharme and a dogfish of 1 lb 14-5/8 oz caught by Malcolm Stote.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 17lbs 4-1/2oz, 2nd Paul Watson 8lb 5-1/8oz, 3rd Brian Dawkins 2lb 8-3/4oz, 4th John Tharme 2lb 8-3/4oz, 5th Derek Slack0lb 15-3/8oz.
10th Shingle Bank League Competition. Results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Thursday evening 18th September the club held its 10th shingle bank league competition. This was a reschedule competition because the day before the weather was too bad to hold the competition. 7 club members signed on and 6 weighed in fish consisting of bass, conger eel, black bream, pouting, dogfish and smooth-hound. A total of 18 fish were weighed, measured and released back into the sea as quickly as possible for a weight of 24lbs 14-1/4oz. The 2 bst fish of the evening were a smooth-hound of 4lb11oz caught by Malcolm stote and a dogfish of 1lb 10oz caught by Pete Chamberlain.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 8 fish 13lbs 10-3/4oz, 2nd Paul Watson 4 fish 3lb 11-3/4oz, 3rd Pete Chamberlain 2 fish 3lb 0-2oz, 4th Chris Ellis 2 fish2lb 10oz, 5th John Tharme 2 fish 2lb 3-3/4oz.
What a difference a day makes. We had to reschedule due to bad weather. It was a good tide and the following day was going to be better weather. With the use of Whats App we got messages out about the change. Although a low turnout it was a decent night but we expected more fish to be caught.
9th Shingle Bank League Competition for the Peter Tybinkowski Memorial Shield. Results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Tuesday evening 19th August the club held its 9th League competition which was fished for the Peter Tybinkowski Memorial Shield Trophy. The weather for the evening was a very calm sea with a slight wind. 11 club members signed on and 7 weighed in fish consisting of bass, conger eel, black bream, smooth-hound and dogfish. 22 fish were caught, weighed and released back into the sea as quickly as possible for a total weight of 48lbs 4oz. The 2-best fish of the competition were 1st a smooth-hound of 6lb 11-3/8oz caught by Chris Ellis and 2nd also a smooth-hound of 5lb 11oz caught by Brian Dawkins.
Results:
1st Chris Ellis 17lbs5-3/8oz, 2nd Brian Dawkins 12lbs 10-1/2oz, 3rd Malcolm Stote 9lb 0-1/2oz 4th Paul Watson 6lb 12-1/8oz, 5th Martin Pink 0lb 9oz, 6th Derek Slack 0lb-8oz,
7th Andy Hopkins 0lb 6-1/2oz.
Adult Win-Sum League Results 2025.
Competition are only fished on Wednesday Evenings only. All the dates for competitions in 2025.
12th Mar, 9th Apr, 7th May, 4th Jun, 9th Jul, 20th Aug, 3rd Sept, Bonus Competition 3rd Oct.
4th Adult Win-Sum League Competition.
On Tuesday 3rd June the club held its 4th Adult Win-Sum League competition which was relocated to steamer Point. Simon Stockley caught a bass weighing 7lb 12oz using a mackerel bait which was weighed and released back into the sea.
Shallow Boat Results 2024/5.
All Competitions fished on Sundays. Dates for 2025.
30th Nov Small Boat Open.
On Sunday the club it's annual Small Boat Open and for once the luck was on our side. The weather was good even though the day before was wet and windy and the following Monday was also very wet and windy. Although there was a swell the day was sunny and dry. On this open the anglers can only bring back their heaviest fish from each of the chosen species which were cod, whiting, pouting and bass. 21 anglers signed on and 13 anglers caught which were whiting, pouting and bass. Sadly no cod were caught.
Results:
Bass. 1st Richard Pope 6lb 4.4oz, 2nd Alan Mapes 4lb 11.8oz, 3rd Jeff Semple 2lb 6oz.
Pouting. 1st Paul Watson 1lb 12.2oz, 2nd Steve Williams 1lb 3.8oz, 5rd Steve Barnes 1lb 0.8oz.
Whiting. 1st Alec Harmer 1lb 8.2oz, 2nd A.M. Morgan 1lb 2.6oz, 3rd Simon Nutland 0lb 15.4oz.
Shallow Boat Report for 2025.
This has been a very strange year. We only managed 4 competitions this year which was a shame because most weekends the wind blew. Hopefully we will do better next year. We did have 16 club members fish the competitions this year which was good.
Results:
1st Neil Mitchener 67 pts, 2nd Adrian Moody 65 pts, 3rd Paul Watson 63 pts, 4th Ady Hulme 61 pts, 5th Alan Mapes 56 pts, 6th Alan Martin 48 pts, 7th Ryan Nash 39 pts, 8th Charlie Nash 35 pts, 9th Jack Hash 32 pts, 10th Chris Hardy 21 pts, 11th Andrew Haines 18 pts, 12th Eddie Maynard 17 pts, 13th Barry Littlefair and Colin Wright 16 pts, 15th Denis Mapes 15 pts, 16th Brian Ansell 11 pts.
12th Shallow Boat competition.
Was cancelled due to winds.
11th Shallow Boat Competition.
On Sunday 12th October the club held its 11th Shallow Boat competition and the weather was not too bad. Most of the day was cloudy with a moderate easterly wind and it remained dry. 6 club members fished the competition and fish caught included Bass, black bream, dogfish, pouting, and red gurnard. On these competitions the fish are measured, weighed and released straight back into the sea and points awarded.
Results:
1st Adrian Moody 85 points, 2nd Ady Hulme 70 points, 3rd Alan Martin 66 points, 4th Neil Mitchiner 50 points (6 fish), 5th Paul Watson 50 points (5 fish), 6th Alan Mapes 25 points.
8th Shallow Boat competition.
On Sunday 13th July the club held its 8th Shallow Boat competition. The weather could not have been better. Bright sunshine from the start, the wind was a bit stronger than forecast but 11 club members signed on and had a good day's fishing. Fish caught included bass, bream, dogfish and smooth-hound. All the fish on these competitions are measured, points awarded and released back into the sea as quickly as possible.
Results:
1st Ryan Nash 80pts,2nd Jack Nash 60pts, 3rd Neil Mitchener 55pts, 4thPaul Watson 48pts, 5th Colin Wright (11 fish) 45pts, 6th Charlie Nash (4 fish) and Ady Hulme (4 fish) 45pts,
8th Adrian Moody 44pts, 9th Chris Hardy 35pts, 10th Brian Ansell 31pts, 11th Alan Mapes 25pts.
Large Boat Results 2024/5.
All Large Boat competitions are fished on Sunday only. Dates for 2025.
14th Dec 2026..
10th Large Boat Competition. Report sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club held its 10th and final 2025 Large Boat competition on Sunday 16th November from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. 7 anglers ventured out with a breezy NE wind. First mark was for pouting and bream with most anglers getting their 10 pouting quickly. A couple of bream were caught and Marc Duncan had a couple of ballan wrasse. Another stop on the way out towards the Banks in search of congers and dogfish saw John Wood land a conger and Robin Lane land a dogfish. Once out on the banks 2 small eyed rays were caught by Marc and Robin and 4 blonde rays by Jane, Dave Wood and Malcolm Gerrish. Robin and Jane also caught a smooth-hound each. A few congers and dogfish were also caught and Jane topped up her score with bream. Moving back inshore to the last mark another small smooth-hound and a few bream were caught. Despite a cool NE breeze, a good day was had by all.
Results:
1st Robin Lane 146 points, 2nd Dave Wood 133 points, 3rd Jane Hopkins 91 points, 4th Marc Duncan 88 points and 5th John Wood 75 points.
Congratulations to all anglers who fished the competitions throughout the season and to Dave on being 2025 Large Boat Champion.
6th Large Boat Competition. Report and photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club held the 6th Large Boat competition which took place on Sunday 13th July from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. With slack water later on in the day we decided to do some inshore marks for pout, bream, scad and wrasse etc before we pushed out further to deeper water in search of blonde rays and tope. First couple of marks produced bream and pout and Robin Lane caught a scad. A few mackerel were also caught. Marc Duncan and Roy Evans also had a couple of ballan wrasse.
We then went out for the larger fish but unfortunately, we only had a few congers landed by Dave Wood and a couple of bream. Once the tide turned, we moved back inshore for dogfish, and had a slow drift due to the anchor not taking. Jane Hopkins managed to catch a plaice. Another move took us further inshore where Jane, Pete Chamberlain and John Wood had plenty of bream whilst Marc and Robin had several congers each. Marc also had a small blonde ray weighing 6lb 7oz and Pete a nice mackerel of 1lb 5oz.
Results.
1st Marc Duncan 148 pts, 2nd Robin Lane 136 pts, 3rd Dave Wood 103 pts,4th Jane Hopkins 77 pts, 5th Glynn Barker 49 pts, 6th John Wood 39 pts.
5th Large Boat Competition. Report and Photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club held its 5th Large Boat competition on Sunday 15th June from Mudeford aboard Blue Strike Charters skippered by Dan James. Initially we ventured out to the banks in search of bass. First drift saw Glynn Barker catch one. A few more drifts saw Marc Duncan hook into a decent fish which he only managed to get to the surface before it broke his line.
We then moved to deeper water for tope. Pete Chamberlain caught 2 with the largest weighing 12lbs 3oz, and more tope were caught by Marc, Dave Wood and Roland Blomfield. With the wind freshening we moved to the Ledge in search of bream and pouting. Roy Evans had 4 bream with Dave catching a treble shot of pouting. We then had a drift for pollack but were unsuccessful.
Final drifts saw us off Southbourne for plaice and gurnard. Roland managed to land 2 plaice and a tub gurnard with Jane also having a plaice.
Results:
1st Roland Blomfield 86 pts, 2nd Pete Chamberlain 83 pts, 3rd Jane Hopkins 58 pts, 4th Dave Wood 46 pts, 5th Roy Evans 35 pts, 6th Marc Duncan 28 pts.
The Vernon Everitt Match Boat League for 2025.
These are species-based boat competitions with no size limits Please contact Robin Lane on 07876 471901.
Vernon Everett Match Boat League Presentation Report sent in by Ed Taylor.
Well, what a year 2025 has been for the Vernon Everett match boat angling competition anglers with twenty-one competitors fishing seven matches on a bait supplied basis, fishing between three ports, Lymington, Poole and Weymouth. The bait supplied competition packs contained ten ounces of squid, three mackerel and 8 ounces of ragworm. A big thank you to Christchurch Angling Centre for their sponsorship on the frozen bait packs for this year. We couldn't do this without you. A total of 4502 fish were recorded from seven matches, with 29 different species being caught, including trigger fish, red bream, 3 bearded rockling, plaice, pollack, cuckoo and rock cook wrasse. Separate to the main competition, we also run two optional pools, one for the most species over the series for an individual angler a three-man team that is seeded to encourage the development of the match group, enhancing everyone's skills. Top species angler for 2025 was John Bellamy with 24 species. In second place three anglers tied with Mike Fox with 23 species, Garry Young, George Fox and Steve Batchelor. As for the three-man team event Paul Hollyoake, Garry Young and Russell Latimer took first place with a total of 1256% over second placed George Fox, Martin Bobbett and Karl Bates with 1179% followed up in third place by Richard Day, Steve Batchelor and Gareth Smith achieving third position with a percentage of 1140%
This year's series winner with 557.31% was Paul Hollyoake, beating Martin Bobbett by 2.54% with a score of 554.77% into second place. Chris Ellis took third place with 554.28% only 0.49% behind Martin. A close final match in Weymouth determined the final three positions for this years top three anglers. Well done all. We have introduced two extra trophies which are competed for at the final match day in Weymouth. Each boat is seeded relative to the previous six results fished. The final winner from the series is won on boat one, then the boats two and three trophies are competed for on that final day. This year winners were Steve Batchelor on Boat two and Andy Richmond on boat three. Well done gentlemen. Paul Hollyoake also donated a £25 tackle voucher for the best improved angler in 2025, a huge well-done Mark Boldick for all his efforts this year. I would also like the opportunity to thank Robin Lane for his hard work and commitment over the last 13 years as Match Boat Co-Ordinator, and recreational boat trip organiser. Robin will be standing down this year to reap the benefits of his legacy over the years.
A big thank you to Martin Bobbett and Richard Day for their presentations on how to build glued rigs and how to tie the FG knot. Not to forget the two gentlemen behind the bar, Brian and Terry for their continued support in running the bar. The camaraderie and banter throughout the year throughout the match group has been second to none. As a club we are very fortunate to have such an especially strong competitive group of match anglers, all willing to help and learn. A big well done to every one of who fished this series, roll-on 2026. We are still looking for anyone of who would like to fish the series or even volunteer to be scorer. If you are at all interested, please do not hesitate to contact Ed Taylor telephone: 0771 1378 984
Vernon Everitt Match Boats League Results fished on Saturday 25th October. Results sent in by Alison Day.
"Snapper" 1st Steve Batchelor 409 pts, 2nd John Bellamy 326 pts, 3rd Russell Latimer 283 pts and 193 fish, 4th Mark Boldick 283 pts and 173 fish, 5th Robin Lane 248 pts, 6th Mike fox 239 pts. "Al's Spirit" 1st Andy Richmond 262 pts, 2nd Andrew Southwick 235 pts, 3rd Dave Wood 206 pts, 4th Glynn Barker 185 pts and Marc Duncan 185 pts and both had 105 fish each, 6th Gareth Smith 175 pts, 7th Karl Bates 95 pts. "Meerkat" 1st Martin Bobbett 300 pts, 2nd Chris Ellis 295 pts, 3rd George Fox 272 pts, 4th Ed Taylor 257 pts, 5th Garry Yound 251 pts, 6th Chris Rogers 248 pts and Paul Hollyoake 248 pts each and both had 158 fish each.
Recreational Boat Fishing Trips Results 2024/5.
These trips are non-competitive and target various species when in season.
Week-End trips for 2025. Sat 18th Oct, Sat 6th Dec..
Mid-Week trips for 2025. Wed 5th Nov, Tues 11th Nov, Thurs 20th Nov, Tues 16th Nov
11th Mid-week Recreational Fishing Trip. Report and photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
On Wednesday 24th September 7 club members ventured out on a recreational fishing trip aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones out of Poole, fishing for bass. First, was to catch live bait for the bass. We anchored up for pouting, small bream, scad and mackerel and soon had enough to go to Christchurch Ledge. First drift saw Mark Boldick land one and the next couple of drifts we missed a few. As with previous trips it was proving rather difficult. With a move to the bridge, we had slightly better luck with a few being caught for Marc Duncan, Tony Knight and Robin Lane., but further drifts did not produce any more. We then moved back to the Ledge and a few drifts saw the bass coming on the feed with Neil Pullman, Rob Taylor, George Dark and Mark all catching.
Finally, we had the last half hour fishing for squid. Mark lost a cuttlefish and Marc managed to get one over the gunnel. A good day's fishing was had by all with everyone catching a bass.
4th Week-End Recreational Fishing Trip. Report and photo sent in by Dave Price.
On Saturday24th August 8 club members went aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones for a day's fishing out from Poole the weather was sunny but with slightly stronger winds than predicted, although still very fishable in a large cat like "Ocean Runner".
The bass trip took the usual format of stopping off first for live-baits on one of the reefs out from Bournemouth Pier. This time the skipper took us to a different reef than normal, as our usual destination had apparently been hammered by other commercial boats over the previous couple of days. This new reef was a very different proposition to our usual one and held much smaller (like really tiny) pouting that were far more difficult to catch. For most of us, even when we scaled the hook sizes right down, it still provided a challenge to land that many fish. Luckily, we had Mike Fox on the boat with us, and he showed us all how it is done and seemed to catch multiple fish with just about every cast and probably did a much better job of populating the live tank than the rest of us put together.
With our tiny baits in the tank, we undertook a very lumpy run out the bridge to start fishing the live baits under the floats. Again, as with the July bass trip, it was difficult to get on the fish. We spent most of the day on the floats drifting in and around that area and only landed 4 sizeable bass between us all day, the best being caught by Neil Pullman at 5lb 10oz. There were a few undersize bass landed & released plus a couple of fish dropped on the way to the boat, but again nothing like the levels or size of fish that had been seen before in June. The skipper Ryan did tell us that catching bass in August can be challenging and that once the weather cools and the spratts come in, then the bass fishing should pick up.
As usual, we did stop off on the way back into Poole and did a bit of fishing at anchor. Here members caught mackerel, dogfish, black bream and congers. Despite not landing that many fish it wa still an enjoyable and great day out. There is a recreational bass trip booked on "Ocean Runner" every month for the reainder of the year, so as long as the weather holds we can hopefully expect to get some better results as we go into autumn and early winter.
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