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 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.
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.
Flounder Open 2024.
Poole Charter Skippers Association Annual Species Hunt.
The Poole Charter Skippers Association annual species hunt took place on Friday7th June. 18 teams entered with 15 anglers from L & D.S.F.C representing various teams. Team Lymington consisted of Marc Duncan, Robin Lane, Andy Richmond and Dave Wood who were aboard "Out of the Blue" and the decision was to fish the Saddlers for the 2 point fish. First drift saw Robin land a scad. With the next drift Team Lymington had a mackerel and a grey gurnard. We then anchored looking for rays and congers. Marc had a tub gurnard, a red gurnard and a whiting with Dave landing a tope and a dogfish. Next we did a couple of drifts over the Patch where Andy had a rock cuckoo and a pouting. Various mini species were landed. We then had a drift for plaice before anchoring again on the patch for the rest of our mini species and a conger. Before heading back to the harbour we had a couple of drifts by the channel buoys looking for plaice and Marc managed to find one right on the last drift. With a move then into the harbour by the chain ferry for bass and the final drift of the day by the castle looking for a ballan wrasse or a pollack. Robin caught a pollack for Team Lymington giving them a total of 18 species on the day.
Team Lonis Angling who also sponsored the bait consisted of Ed Taylor, Paul Hollyoake, Chris Ellis and Malcolm Gerrih and were fishing aboard "Blue Duo". First stop was looking for mini species on the patch catching blenny, bailians and pouting to start the day and after fishing many areas finished in harbour with a bonus bass being caught by Ed in the very last minute giving a total species count of 17.
Team results.
1st Oceans 11 minus7, 37 points, 2nd Wac 1 Out, 32 points, 3rd Salisbury Anchors and Lymington SAC, both 31 points, 5th Lonis Angling, 30 points, 6th Blue Zone and Wac and Cheese, both 29 points, 8th Caulk Heads, IOW team A and Christchurch Angling all 28 points.
Andy Richmond, Marc Duncan, Robin Lane, Ed Taylor, Paul Hollyoake, Malcolm Gerrish and Chris Ellis.
Club's Annual B.B.Q Report.
Annual Barbecue & Social Evening June 2024 Report.
This year's event was well attended with around 65 members enjoying a perfect summer's evening and the chance to catch up with old friends and to swap fishing yarns. I would like to thank Colin Saunders, Brian Ansell, Terry Kempton, Alan Martin, Marc Duncan, Roy Evans and Robin Lane for coming down in the morning to help get everything set up. Also, to everyone who stayed on afterwards to tidy up. It really was most appreciated.
Bruce and Barry Samber, from the Village Butchers, in Brockenhurst, did a sterling job cooking the barbecue, their sausages and burgers were beautiful. Robin supplied some of the salads, some of which Maggie Harmer used to prepare the beetroot, and the potato salad. Marc supplied some of his homemade chutneys and Denise Donaldson supplied the desserts. Again, a big thank-you goes to all those who helped with serving the food. Brian Ansell and Terry Kempton deserve special mention for manning the bar and washing up. So do Alan Martin and Adrian Moody for organising and running the Tombola, which proved very popular.
The opportunity was taken to make Ray Davies a long overdue Honorary Life Member. Derek Smith, our president, was delighted to present Ray with his Honorary Life Membership certificate. Without the vision Ray had over sixty years ago to build a clubhouse, and all his subsequent hard work in raising the necessary funds, we would not be in the fortunate position we are today.
The evening finished with a magnificent draw organised by Robin, and I would like to thank all those who donated prizes to it. In my opinion, it was one of the best social evenings that we have ever had. I look forward to seeing everyone here again next year.
Alec Harmer, Club Chairman.
Club Members'Achievements.
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%
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%
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
Fish of the Month 23/2024.
December. Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a small eyed ray weighing 6 lb 13-1/2 oz.
January. 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.
February. Shore. Adult. Rory Lancaster with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 15 oz.
March. Shore. Adult. Michael Dawkins with a dogfish weighing 2 lb 1 oz.
April. Shore. Adult. Colin Saunders with a bass weighing 11 lbs 12-3/8 oz. Boats. Adult. Robert Flicos with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 13-1/2 oz.
May. Shore. Adult. Martin Bobbett with a thin-lipped mullet weighing 3 lb 9 oz. Junior. Kacper Karp with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 6 oz. Boats. Adult. Robert Flicos and Keith Warren both with a dogfish weighing 2 lb. New catch and release record for the boats and that is Robin lane with his greater weaver weighing 8 oz.
June. Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a spotted ray weighing 4 lb 1/2 oz. Boats. Adult. Robin Lane with a greater weaver 8 oz. Junior. Tom Harker with a bass weighing 4 lb 5 oz.
July. Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a red gurnard weighing 14 1/2 oz. Boats. Adult. Andy Southwick with a red gurnard weighing 1 lb 4 oz. New catch and release boat record for a john dory weighing in at 1 lb 5 oz caught by Martin Bobbett.
August. Shore. Adult. Martin Bobbett with a thin lipped mullet weighing 3lb 9oz. Boat. Adult. Malcolm Leomoignan with a small eyed ray weighing 10lbs.
September. Shore. Adult. Steve Monckton with a dab weighing 11-7/8oz. Boats. Adult. Mark Boldick with a black bream weighing 4lb 2oz.
October. Shore. Adult. An Other with a dogfish weighing 1lb 14oz. Boats. Adult. Robin Lane with a bass weighing 13lbs 3oz. Junior. Tom Harker with a bass weighing 7lb 14oz.
January. 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.
February. Shore. Adult. Rory Lancaster with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 15 oz.
March. Shore. Adult. Michael Dawkins with a dogfish weighing 2 lb 1 oz.
April. Shore. Adult. Colin Saunders with a bass weighing 11 lbs 12-3/8 oz. Boats. Adult. Robert Flicos with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 13-1/2 oz.
May. Shore. Adult. Martin Bobbett with a thin-lipped mullet weighing 3 lb 9 oz. Junior. Kacper Karp with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 6 oz. Boats. Adult. Robert Flicos and Keith Warren both with a dogfish weighing 2 lb. New catch and release record for the boats and that is Robin lane with his greater weaver weighing 8 oz.
June. Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a spotted ray weighing 4 lb 1/2 oz. Boats. Adult. Robin Lane with a greater weaver 8 oz. Junior. Tom Harker with a bass weighing 4 lb 5 oz.
July. Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a red gurnard weighing 14 1/2 oz. Boats. Adult. Andy Southwick with a red gurnard weighing 1 lb 4 oz. New catch and release boat record for a john dory weighing in at 1 lb 5 oz caught by Martin Bobbett.
August. Shore. Adult. Martin Bobbett with a thin lipped mullet weighing 3lb 9oz. Boat. Adult. Malcolm Leomoignan with a small eyed ray weighing 10lbs.
September. Shore. Adult. Steve Monckton with a dab weighing 11-7/8oz. Boats. Adult. Mark Boldick with a black bream weighing 4lb 2oz.
October. Shore. Adult. An Other with a dogfish weighing 1lb 14oz. Boats. Adult. Robin Lane with a bass weighing 13lbs 3oz. Junior. Tom Harker with a bass weighing 7lb 14oz.
Shore Competitions Results 2024/5.
Shore Competitions are organised by Roland Blomfield. For more information, please contact Roland on 01590-683363.
All competition dates for 2025.
Sun 15th Dec, Sun 11th Jan, Sat 15th Feb, Sat 1st Mar, Sat 26th Apr, Sat 3rd May, Fri 6th Jun, Sun 6th Jul, Sat 2nd Aug,
Sat 20th Sept, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 8th Nov, Sun 21st Dec 2026.
12th Club Shore Competition 16th November 2024 results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 16th November the club held its last shore competition for 2024 club year which was held at Sandbanks Poole fishing on the outside. Weather conditions were cold with a light westerly wind and a flat sea. 6 club members signed on and only 1 weighed in fish which was a sole weighing 0lb 5oz.
Results:
1st John Tharme with a sole weighing 5oz which gets him 65 points. The other 5 anglers all get 5 points each.
11th Club Shore Competition 12th October and results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening the club held its 11th Club Shore competition and this was a changed venue from the Shingle Bank to Friars Cliff, Mudeford because of a cold strong north westerly wind with a flat sea. 11 club members plus 2 guest anglers fished the competition and 11 anglers weighed in fish consisting of small eyed ray, whiting, and conger eel. On these competitions under size fish count for points which consisted of pouting, whiting, bass and conger eel. A total of 24 fish were caught, measured and weighed and released back into the sea for a total weight of 16lbs 3-1/4oz. Best round fish of the evening was a small eyed ray weighing 4lb 7.8oz caught by Terry Kempton.
Results:
1st Terry Kempton 4 fish 5lb 13-6oz and 65pts, 2nd Bruce Samber 2 fish 1lb 13-7oz and 60pts, 3rd Steve Cox 4 fish 1lb 10oz and 75pts,
4th Stephen Brown 4 fish 1lb 6-4oz and 40pts, 5th Steve Monckton 4 fish 1lb 5-1/8oz and 75pts, 6thMark Beard (guest) 2 fish 1lb 1oz,
7th John Tharme 3 fish1lb 1oz and 60pts, 8th Richard Burdajewicz 2 fish 0lb 8oz and 45pts, 9th Roland Blomfield 3 fish 0lb 7oz and 30pts,
10th Summer Monckton 1 fish 0lb 5-5/8oz and 30pts, 11th Barry Samber 1 fish 0lb 2-8oz and 35pts, Brian Dawkins no fish but gets 5pts.
All competition dates for 2025.
Sun 15th Dec, Sun 11th Jan, Sat 15th Feb, Sat 1st Mar, Sat 26th Apr, Sat 3rd May, Fri 6th Jun, Sun 6th Jul, Sat 2nd Aug,
Sat 20th Sept, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 8th Nov, Sun 21st Dec 2026.
12th Club Shore Competition 16th November 2024 results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 16th November the club held its last shore competition for 2024 club year which was held at Sandbanks Poole fishing on the outside. Weather conditions were cold with a light westerly wind and a flat sea. 6 club members signed on and only 1 weighed in fish which was a sole weighing 0lb 5oz.
Results:
1st John Tharme with a sole weighing 5oz which gets him 65 points. The other 5 anglers all get 5 points each.
11th Club Shore Competition 12th October and results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening the club held its 11th Club Shore competition and this was a changed venue from the Shingle Bank to Friars Cliff, Mudeford because of a cold strong north westerly wind with a flat sea. 11 club members plus 2 guest anglers fished the competition and 11 anglers weighed in fish consisting of small eyed ray, whiting, and conger eel. On these competitions under size fish count for points which consisted of pouting, whiting, bass and conger eel. A total of 24 fish were caught, measured and weighed and released back into the sea for a total weight of 16lbs 3-1/4oz. Best round fish of the evening was a small eyed ray weighing 4lb 7.8oz caught by Terry Kempton.
Results:
1st Terry Kempton 4 fish 5lb 13-6oz and 65pts, 2nd Bruce Samber 2 fish 1lb 13-7oz and 60pts, 3rd Steve Cox 4 fish 1lb 10oz and 75pts,
4th Stephen Brown 4 fish 1lb 6-4oz and 40pts, 5th Steve Monckton 4 fish 1lb 5-1/8oz and 75pts, 6thMark Beard (guest) 2 fish 1lb 1oz,
7th John Tharme 3 fish1lb 1oz and 60pts, 8th Richard Burdajewicz 2 fish 0lb 8oz and 45pts, 9th Roland Blomfield 3 fish 0lb 7oz and 30pts,
10th Summer Monckton 1 fish 0lb 5-5/8oz and 30pts, 11th Barry Samber 1 fish 0lb 2-8oz and 35pts, Brian Dawkins no fish but gets 5pts.
Shingle Bank League Results 2024/5.
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 2025.
Thurs 12th Dec Tues 21st Jan, Mon 24th Feb, Tues 25th Mar, Tues 22nd Apr, Thurs 22nd May, Thurs 5th Jun, Mon 21st Jul,
Tues 19th Aug, Wed 17th Sept, Thurs 16th Oct, Tues 11th Nov, Mon 1st Dec 2026.
12th Shingle Bank League Competition results sent in by Luke Woodford.
On Tuesday evening the club held its last competition of the 2024 club year. The weather was good with a light north-westerly wind and and calm seas. 6 club members signed on and all 6 weighed in fish consisting of black bream, pouting and dogfish. The 2 best fish of the evening were a dogfish of 2lb 8oz caught by Peter Chamberlain and a black bream of 1lb 15-7/8oz caught by Andy Hopkins.
Results.
1st Andy Hopkins 7 fish 10lbs 3-1/2oz, 2nd Paul Watson 5 fish 8lb 5-7/8oz, 3rd John Tharme 6 fish 5lb 2oz, 4th Peter Chamberlain 2 fish 4lb 15oz,
5th Rory Lancaster 4 fish 3lb 2oz, 6th Luke Woodford 1 fish 0lb 6oz.
11th Shingle Bank League Competition 21st October. Results sent in by Luke Woodford.
On Monday evening the club held its 11th Shingle Bank League competition, this was a changed date which had to be changed due to unforeseen circumstances. 11 club members signed on and 5 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish, bass, pouting and whiting for a total weight of 14lbs 14-1/8oz. Best 2 fish of the evening were bass, first weighing 4lb and caught by Peter Chamberlain and the second weighing 3 lb caught by Paul Watson.
Results:
1st Paul Watson 2 fish for 5lb 10oz, 2nd Peter Chamberlain 1 fish for 4lb, 3rd Malcolm Stote 6 fish for 3lb 12-1/8oz, 4th Chris Ellis 1 fish for 0lb 15oz,
5th John Tharme 3 fish for 0lb 9oz.
On all competitions you sign-on at Cut Bridge between 18.30 and 19.00. All the dates of competitions for 2025.
Thurs 12th Dec Tues 21st Jan, Mon 24th Feb, Tues 25th Mar, Tues 22nd Apr, Thurs 22nd May, Thurs 5th Jun, Mon 21st Jul,
Tues 19th Aug, Wed 17th Sept, Thurs 16th Oct, Tues 11th Nov, Mon 1st Dec 2026.
12th Shingle Bank League Competition results sent in by Luke Woodford.
On Tuesday evening the club held its last competition of the 2024 club year. The weather was good with a light north-westerly wind and and calm seas. 6 club members signed on and all 6 weighed in fish consisting of black bream, pouting and dogfish. The 2 best fish of the evening were a dogfish of 2lb 8oz caught by Peter Chamberlain and a black bream of 1lb 15-7/8oz caught by Andy Hopkins.
Results.
1st Andy Hopkins 7 fish 10lbs 3-1/2oz, 2nd Paul Watson 5 fish 8lb 5-7/8oz, 3rd John Tharme 6 fish 5lb 2oz, 4th Peter Chamberlain 2 fish 4lb 15oz,
5th Rory Lancaster 4 fish 3lb 2oz, 6th Luke Woodford 1 fish 0lb 6oz.
11th Shingle Bank League Competition 21st October. Results sent in by Luke Woodford.
On Monday evening the club held its 11th Shingle Bank League competition, this was a changed date which had to be changed due to unforeseen circumstances. 11 club members signed on and 5 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish, bass, pouting and whiting for a total weight of 14lbs 14-1/8oz. Best 2 fish of the evening were bass, first weighing 4lb and caught by Peter Chamberlain and the second weighing 3 lb caught by Paul Watson.
Results:
1st Paul Watson 2 fish for 5lb 10oz, 2nd Peter Chamberlain 1 fish for 4lb, 3rd Malcolm Stote 6 fish for 3lb 12-1/8oz, 4th Chris Ellis 1 fish for 0lb 15oz,
5th John Tharme 3 fish for 0lb 9oz.
Adult Win-Sum League Results 2025.
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 2025.
12th Mar, 9th Apr, 7th May, 4th Jun, 9th Jul, 20th Aug, 3rd Sept, Bonus Competition 3rd Oct.
Adult Win-Sum Bonus Competition Wednesday 23rd October. Results sent in by Colin Saunders.
The club held the league's bonus competition at Hordle Cliffs on Wednesday evening in which 9 club members took part. The fish proved very shy for some members and plentiful for a few. Malcolm Stote stormed to a good victory taking the golden peg prize as well on the night.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 389 points, 2nd John Tharme 250 points, 3rd Paul Watson 213 points, 4th Colin Saunders 136 points, 5th Chris Ellis 132 points,
6th Marc Duncan 49 points. Garry Mann, Peter Chamberlain and Steve Monckton all blanked. Longest round fish pool of £45.00 went to Malcolm Stote with a conger eel of 46cm. 2nd Longest round fish pool of £45.00 went to John Tharme with a whiting of 31cm. Longest flat fish pool was not won. Smallest fish pool of £22.50 each was won by Malcolm Stote and Marc Duncan both with a pouting of 13cm.
Colin Saunders sends is sincere thanks to all who have taken part in this year's league and who have helped with the administration and also pegged the beaches.
TIGHT LINES TILL NEXT YEAR - COLIN.
6th Adult Win-Sum League Competition. Results sent in by Colin Saunders.
On Wednesday evening 21st August the club held its 6th Adult Win-Sum League match at harbour Road, Southbourne. 15 club members signed on in a windy but dry conditions. As it was rough and windy there was a lot of surf which made it slow pulling the fish through it. Fish caught included bass, conger eel, gurnard, mackerel and sole.
The longest round fish was a conger eel of 51cm caught by Chris Ellis. The longest flat fish was a sole of 37cm (estimated to be about 1 1/2 lb) caught by Mike Dawkins. The shortest fish was a pouting of 12cm caught by Steve Cox.
Results:
Zone 1.
1st Andy Dawkins 104 pts, 2nd Johnny Tharme 84 pts, 3rd Malcolm Stote 77 pts, 4th John Hitchiner 51 pts, 5th Steve Monckton 30 pts.
Zone 2.
1st Chris Ellis 141 pts, 2nd Steve Cox 129 pts, 3rd Mike Dawkins 77 pts, 4th Bernie Effamy 30 pts, 5th Pete Chamberlain 24 pts.
Garry Mann, Marc Duncan, Colin Saunders, Luke Woodford and Paul Watson all blanked.
5th Adult Win-Sum League Competition. Results sent in by Colin Saunders.
On Wednesday evening 3rd July the club held its 5th match and the venue was Lymington Sea Wall. 10 club members signed on and 9 weighed in fish.
Zone 1.
1st Chris Ellis 289 points, 2nd John Hitchiner 121 points, 3rd Garry Mann 94 points, 4th John Hitchiner 83 points, 5th Colin Saunders 56 points.
Zone 2.
1st Andrew Dawkins 266 points, 2nd Michael Dawkins 197 points, 3rd Steve Monckton 106 points, 4th Marc Duncan 76 points,
guest for the evening Martin Bobbet 180 points.
Longest round fish was a 49 cm eel caught by Andrew Dawkins.
Smallest fish was a bass of 10 cm caught by Garry Mann.
Longest flat fish was not won.
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.
Adult Win-Sum Bonus Competition Wednesday 23rd October. Results sent in by Colin Saunders.
The club held the league's bonus competition at Hordle Cliffs on Wednesday evening in which 9 club members took part. The fish proved very shy for some members and plentiful for a few. Malcolm Stote stormed to a good victory taking the golden peg prize as well on the night.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 389 points, 2nd John Tharme 250 points, 3rd Paul Watson 213 points, 4th Colin Saunders 136 points, 5th Chris Ellis 132 points,
6th Marc Duncan 49 points. Garry Mann, Peter Chamberlain and Steve Monckton all blanked. Longest round fish pool of £45.00 went to Malcolm Stote with a conger eel of 46cm. 2nd Longest round fish pool of £45.00 went to John Tharme with a whiting of 31cm. Longest flat fish pool was not won. Smallest fish pool of £22.50 each was won by Malcolm Stote and Marc Duncan both with a pouting of 13cm.
Colin Saunders sends is sincere thanks to all who have taken part in this year's league and who have helped with the administration and also pegged the beaches.
TIGHT LINES TILL NEXT YEAR - COLIN.
6th Adult Win-Sum League Competition. Results sent in by Colin Saunders.
On Wednesday evening 21st August the club held its 6th Adult Win-Sum League match at harbour Road, Southbourne. 15 club members signed on in a windy but dry conditions. As it was rough and windy there was a lot of surf which made it slow pulling the fish through it. Fish caught included bass, conger eel, gurnard, mackerel and sole.
The longest round fish was a conger eel of 51cm caught by Chris Ellis. The longest flat fish was a sole of 37cm (estimated to be about 1 1/2 lb) caught by Mike Dawkins. The shortest fish was a pouting of 12cm caught by Steve Cox.
Results:
Zone 1.
1st Andy Dawkins 104 pts, 2nd Johnny Tharme 84 pts, 3rd Malcolm Stote 77 pts, 4th John Hitchiner 51 pts, 5th Steve Monckton 30 pts.
Zone 2.
1st Chris Ellis 141 pts, 2nd Steve Cox 129 pts, 3rd Mike Dawkins 77 pts, 4th Bernie Effamy 30 pts, 5th Pete Chamberlain 24 pts.
Garry Mann, Marc Duncan, Colin Saunders, Luke Woodford and Paul Watson all blanked.
5th Adult Win-Sum League Competition. Results sent in by Colin Saunders.
On Wednesday evening 3rd July the club held its 5th match and the venue was Lymington Sea Wall. 10 club members signed on and 9 weighed in fish.
Zone 1.
1st Chris Ellis 289 points, 2nd John Hitchiner 121 points, 3rd Garry Mann 94 points, 4th John Hitchiner 83 points, 5th Colin Saunders 56 points.
Zone 2.
1st Andrew Dawkins 266 points, 2nd Michael Dawkins 197 points, 3rd Steve Monckton 106 points, 4th Marc Duncan 76 points,
guest for the evening Martin Bobbet 180 points.
Longest round fish was a 49 cm eel caught by Andrew Dawkins.
Smallest fish was a bass of 10 cm caught by Garry Mann.
Longest flat fish was not won.
Shallow Boat Results 2024/5.
Shallow Boat Competitions are organised by Brian Ansell. Contact Brian on 01590-672628.
All Competitions fished on Sundays. Dates for 2025.
8th Dec, 19th Jan, 16th Feb, 23rd Mar, 6th Apr, 18th May, 1st Jun, 13th Jul, 17th Aug,
14th Sept, 12th Oct, 9th Nov Small Boat Open, 30th Nov , 14th Dec 2026.
11th Shallow Boat Competition.
On Sunday 13th October the club held its 11th Shallow Boat competition in which 12 club members took part. It was cold and alittle rough to start, but for once the weather forcast was right. The sea calmed down making it a pleasent but cold day although we all said the fish were hard to find. On our competitions the fish are measured and weighed and released stright back into the sea and points awarded for each fish. Fish caught consisted of black bream, conger eel, dogfish. bass, bull huss, tub gurnard, pouting, whiting, thornback. small eyed, blonde and spotted rays. We did have 2 specimen fish caught a bull-huss weighing 12lbs 14oz and a tub gurnard of 3lb 8oz both caught by Alan Mapes.
Results:
1st Alan Mapes 134pts, 2nd Ian Rogers 93pts, 3rd Paul Dibden 83pts, 4th Derek Smith 72pts, 5th Colin Wright 71pts, 6th Chris Hardy 70pts,
7th Adrian Moody 67pts, 8th Barry Littlefair 64pts, 9th Paul Watson 45pts, 10th Brian Ansell and Alan Martin both 35pts and 12th Denis Mapes 20pts.
10th Shallow Boat Competition.
On Sunday 8th September the club held its 10th Shallow Boats competition and 12 club members fished the competition. The weather flung assorts at us. It was nice to start with just cloudy. Later in the morning then rain started and we had a steady downpour for a couple of hours, but the best part was we had very light winds.
Fish caught on these competitions are measured and points awarded then put straight back into the sea. Fish caught consisted of black bream, bull huss, conger eel, dogfish, gurnard, plaice, spotted and thornback rays, scad and smooth-hounds.
Results:
1st Paul Watson and Paul Dibden both with 88 pts, 3rd Dan White 83 pts, 4th Denis Mapes 77 pts, 5th Derek Smith 65 pts, 6th Alan Mapes 60 pts,
7th Barry Littlefair 48 pts, 8th Adrian Moody and Chris Hardy both with 45 pts, 10th Brian Ansell, Alan Martin and Colin Wright all with 40 pts.
9th Shallow Boat Competition.
On Sunday 11th August, a very hot and sunny day with a moderate breeze blowing from the east which unfortunately made it rather uncomfortable with wind against tide the club held its 9th Shallow Boat competition. 12 club members signed on and all caught fish consisting of black bream, conger eel, plaice, rays, shad, bass, pouting and wrasse. On these competitions all the fish are returned to the sea and points awarded for each fish and different species.
Results:
1st Alan Martin 74 pts, 2nd Denis Mapes 71 pts, 3rd Barry Littlefair 69 pts, 4th Adrian Moody 59 pts, 5th Alan Mapes 48 pts,
6th Adrian Hulme 48 pts, 7th Derek Smith and Paul Watson both 42 pts, 9th Brian Ansell 41 pts, 10th Colin Wright 40 pts,
11th Chris Hardy 30 pts, 12th Neil Mitchener 25 pts.
All Competitions fished on Sundays. Dates for 2025.
8th Dec, 19th Jan, 16th Feb, 23rd Mar, 6th Apr, 18th May, 1st Jun, 13th Jul, 17th Aug,
14th Sept, 12th Oct, 9th Nov Small Boat Open, 30th Nov , 14th Dec 2026.
11th Shallow Boat Competition.
On Sunday 13th October the club held its 11th Shallow Boat competition in which 12 club members took part. It was cold and alittle rough to start, but for once the weather forcast was right. The sea calmed down making it a pleasent but cold day although we all said the fish were hard to find. On our competitions the fish are measured and weighed and released stright back into the sea and points awarded for each fish. Fish caught consisted of black bream, conger eel, dogfish. bass, bull huss, tub gurnard, pouting, whiting, thornback. small eyed, blonde and spotted rays. We did have 2 specimen fish caught a bull-huss weighing 12lbs 14oz and a tub gurnard of 3lb 8oz both caught by Alan Mapes.
Results:
1st Alan Mapes 134pts, 2nd Ian Rogers 93pts, 3rd Paul Dibden 83pts, 4th Derek Smith 72pts, 5th Colin Wright 71pts, 6th Chris Hardy 70pts,
7th Adrian Moody 67pts, 8th Barry Littlefair 64pts, 9th Paul Watson 45pts, 10th Brian Ansell and Alan Martin both 35pts and 12th Denis Mapes 20pts.
10th Shallow Boat Competition.
On Sunday 8th September the club held its 10th Shallow Boats competition and 12 club members fished the competition. The weather flung assorts at us. It was nice to start with just cloudy. Later in the morning then rain started and we had a steady downpour for a couple of hours, but the best part was we had very light winds.
Fish caught on these competitions are measured and points awarded then put straight back into the sea. Fish caught consisted of black bream, bull huss, conger eel, dogfish, gurnard, plaice, spotted and thornback rays, scad and smooth-hounds.
Results:
1st Paul Watson and Paul Dibden both with 88 pts, 3rd Dan White 83 pts, 4th Denis Mapes 77 pts, 5th Derek Smith 65 pts, 6th Alan Mapes 60 pts,
7th Barry Littlefair 48 pts, 8th Adrian Moody and Chris Hardy both with 45 pts, 10th Brian Ansell, Alan Martin and Colin Wright all with 40 pts.
9th Shallow Boat Competition.
On Sunday 11th August, a very hot and sunny day with a moderate breeze blowing from the east which unfortunately made it rather uncomfortable with wind against tide the club held its 9th Shallow Boat competition. 12 club members signed on and all caught fish consisting of black bream, conger eel, plaice, rays, shad, bass, pouting and wrasse. On these competitions all the fish are returned to the sea and points awarded for each fish and different species.
Results:
1st Alan Martin 74 pts, 2nd Denis Mapes 71 pts, 3rd Barry Littlefair 69 pts, 4th Adrian Moody 59 pts, 5th Alan Mapes 48 pts,
6th Adrian Hulme 48 pts, 7th Derek Smith and Paul Watson both 42 pts, 9th Brian Ansell 41 pts, 10th Colin Wright 40 pts,
11th Chris Hardy 30 pts, 12th Neil Mitchener 25 pts.
Large Boat Results 2024/5.
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 2025.
1st Dec, 16th Mar, 20th Apr, 11th May, 15th Jun, 13th Jul, 31st Aug, 7th Sept, 12th Oct, 16th Nov, 14th Dec 2026..
Final Large Boat Competition for 2024 Club Year. Report sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club held the final match of the 2024 Large Boat competitions on Sunday 3rd November from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. With easterly winds the decision was to fish for dogs, congers and rays up towards North Head Buoy.
First drop saw Malcolm Gerrish land a smooth-hound, Roland Blomfield a dogfish and Glynn Barker a conger eel. We then up anchored and did a couple drifts by the buoy whilst waiting for the tide to turn. Once turned we anchored back at the same spot and caught 8 congers and a couple of pouting. With another move working our way back looking for more fish species, we anchored at a small rock where most people landed pouting. Jane Hopkins, Pete Chamberlain and Roland also managed a scad each.
After this we did a drift for plaice or gurnard but the drift was rather quick. Due to wind and tide together, we then decided to fish the harbour for bream or bass, where Marc Duncan caught a bass.
Results:
1st Marc Duncan 100 points, 2nd Malcolm Gerrish 77 points, 3rd Roland Blomfield 69 points, 4th Dave Wood 64 points, 5th Jane Hopkins 57 points, 6th John Wood 51 points.
Well done to all anglers who have fished the Large Boat Competitions this year and many thanks for your support. Congratulations to Malcolm Gerrish and Dave Wood who will represent the Club at next years Champ of Champs competition.
Overall results for 2024 are:
1st Malcolm Gerrish 220 points, 2nd Dave Wood 185 points, 3rd Marc Duncan 180 points, 4th Glynn Barker 175 points, 5th Roland Blomfield 160 points, 6th Jane Hopkins 155 points.
8th Large Boat Competition. Report and Photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The 8th Large Boat competition took place on Sunday 22nd September from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner", skippered by Ryan Jones. With the weather forecast to be wet all day we pushed off looking for ballan wrasse. After an hour the rain had stopped and we were into fish, catching ballan wrasse, pouting, scad, black bream and red bream. We then moved towards the piers looking for plaice and gurnards where we had 8 tub gurnards and 5 plaice.
Next mark was for congers where we only had a couple, but Mark Boldick, Robin Lane and Jane Hopkins had some smooth-hounds. With another move in search of congers we eventually hooked into them with almost everyone landing at least one and most notable was Tony Methvan's of about 20lbs. Final mark saw us move to the Half Bank for doggies and rays. 5 dogs were caught and Glynn Barker had a small undulate ray. A good day's fishing with plenty of banter was had by all, having 11 species and 257 fish all of which were returned bar a couple of gurnards.
Results:
1st Robin Lane 234 points, 2nd Mark Boldick 196 points, 3rd Malcolm Gerrish 156 points, 4th Marc Duncan 146 points, 5th Jane Hopkins 144 points, 6th Glynn Barker 112 points.
Next Large Boat competition is on Sunday 6th October aboard Blue Strike Charters out from Lymington.
All Large Boat competitions are fished on Sunday only. Dates for 2025.
1st Dec, 16th Mar, 20th Apr, 11th May, 15th Jun, 13th Jul, 31st Aug, 7th Sept, 12th Oct, 16th Nov, 14th Dec 2026..
Final Large Boat Competition for 2024 Club Year. Report sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club held the final match of the 2024 Large Boat competitions on Sunday 3rd November from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. With easterly winds the decision was to fish for dogs, congers and rays up towards North Head Buoy.
First drop saw Malcolm Gerrish land a smooth-hound, Roland Blomfield a dogfish and Glynn Barker a conger eel. We then up anchored and did a couple drifts by the buoy whilst waiting for the tide to turn. Once turned we anchored back at the same spot and caught 8 congers and a couple of pouting. With another move working our way back looking for more fish species, we anchored at a small rock where most people landed pouting. Jane Hopkins, Pete Chamberlain and Roland also managed a scad each.
After this we did a drift for plaice or gurnard but the drift was rather quick. Due to wind and tide together, we then decided to fish the harbour for bream or bass, where Marc Duncan caught a bass.
Results:
1st Marc Duncan 100 points, 2nd Malcolm Gerrish 77 points, 3rd Roland Blomfield 69 points, 4th Dave Wood 64 points, 5th Jane Hopkins 57 points, 6th John Wood 51 points.
Well done to all anglers who have fished the Large Boat Competitions this year and many thanks for your support. Congratulations to Malcolm Gerrish and Dave Wood who will represent the Club at next years Champ of Champs competition.
Overall results for 2024 are:
1st Malcolm Gerrish 220 points, 2nd Dave Wood 185 points, 3rd Marc Duncan 180 points, 4th Glynn Barker 175 points, 5th Roland Blomfield 160 points, 6th Jane Hopkins 155 points.
8th Large Boat Competition. Report and Photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The 8th Large Boat competition took place on Sunday 22nd September from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner", skippered by Ryan Jones. With the weather forecast to be wet all day we pushed off looking for ballan wrasse. After an hour the rain had stopped and we were into fish, catching ballan wrasse, pouting, scad, black bream and red bream. We then moved towards the piers looking for plaice and gurnards where we had 8 tub gurnards and 5 plaice.
Next mark was for congers where we only had a couple, but Mark Boldick, Robin Lane and Jane Hopkins had some smooth-hounds. With another move in search of congers we eventually hooked into them with almost everyone landing at least one and most notable was Tony Methvan's of about 20lbs. Final mark saw us move to the Half Bank for doggies and rays. 5 dogs were caught and Glynn Barker had a small undulate ray. A good day's fishing with plenty of banter was had by all, having 11 species and 257 fish all of which were returned bar a couple of gurnards.
Results:
1st Robin Lane 234 points, 2nd Mark Boldick 196 points, 3rd Malcolm Gerrish 156 points, 4th Marc Duncan 146 points, 5th Jane Hopkins 144 points, 6th Glynn Barker 112 points.
Next Large Boat competition is on Sunday 6th October aboard Blue Strike Charters out from Lymington.
Vernon Everitt Match Boat Results for 2025.
Vernon Everett 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 2025.
Sat 26th Apr, Sat 31st May, Sat 28th Jun, Sat 19th Jul, Sat 9th Aug, Sat 20th Sept, Sat 25th Oct,
Vernon Everett Match Boat League Presentation Evening.
Well, what a year 2024 has been for the Vernon Everett match boat competition anglers with twenty-three competitors fishing seven matches, on a bait supplied basis. Fishing between three ports, fishing two matches at each venue, Lymington, Poole and Weymouth.
The bait supplied 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. We couldn't do this with out you.
A total of 5154 fish were recorded during seven matches, with 39 different species being caught, including cod, red bream, auxiliary bream, red band fish 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. Plus, a three-man team that is seeded to encourage the development of the match group, enhancing everyone's skills.
Top species angler for 2024 was Ed Taylor with 28 species. In second place was Mike Fox with 27 species, closely followed by Martin Bobbett with 26 species. As for the three-man team event Robin Lane, Gareth Smith and Ed Taylor took first place with a total of 1237% over second placed Richard Day, Martin Bobbett and Malcolm Gerrish with 1169% followed up in third place by Paul Hollyoake and Mike fox competing as a three-man team with a percentage of 1159%.
This year's series winner with 554.02% was Ed Taylor, beating Paul Hollyoake by3.0% with a score of 551.33% in to second place. Mike Fox took third place with 533.13%. A close final match in Weymouth determined the final three positions for this year's top three anglers. Well done.
For the first time this year 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 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.
I would also like to wish Phil Higgins skipper of "Mistress Linda" a happy retirement and thank him for his commitment to our league over the years. This series wouldn't be still running with out him. Phil was presented with a whisky glass at the presentation as a thank you on behalf of the Match Boat group.
The camaraderie and banter throughout the year 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 who fished this series. Roll on 2025.
We are still looking for anyone who would like to fish the series or even volunteer to be a scorer. If you are interested, please contact either
Robin Lane Tel: 07876 471901 or Ed Taylor Tel: 07711 378984.
These are species-based competitions with no size limits. Dates for 2025.
Sat 26th Apr, Sat 31st May, Sat 28th Jun, Sat 19th Jul, Sat 9th Aug, Sat 20th Sept, Sat 25th Oct,
Vernon Everett Match Boat League Presentation Evening.
Well, what a year 2024 has been for the Vernon Everett match boat competition anglers with twenty-three competitors fishing seven matches, on a bait supplied basis. Fishing between three ports, fishing two matches at each venue, Lymington, Poole and Weymouth.
The bait supplied 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. We couldn't do this with out you.
A total of 5154 fish were recorded during seven matches, with 39 different species being caught, including cod, red bream, auxiliary bream, red band fish 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. Plus, a three-man team that is seeded to encourage the development of the match group, enhancing everyone's skills.
Top species angler for 2024 was Ed Taylor with 28 species. In second place was Mike Fox with 27 species, closely followed by Martin Bobbett with 26 species. As for the three-man team event Robin Lane, Gareth Smith and Ed Taylor took first place with a total of 1237% over second placed Richard Day, Martin Bobbett and Malcolm Gerrish with 1169% followed up in third place by Paul Hollyoake and Mike fox competing as a three-man team with a percentage of 1159%.
This year's series winner with 554.02% was Ed Taylor, beating Paul Hollyoake by3.0% with a score of 551.33% in to second place. Mike Fox took third place with 533.13%. A close final match in Weymouth determined the final three positions for this year's top three anglers. Well done.
For the first time this year 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 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.
I would also like to wish Phil Higgins skipper of "Mistress Linda" a happy retirement and thank him for his commitment to our league over the years. This series wouldn't be still running with out him. Phil was presented with a whisky glass at the presentation as a thank you on behalf of the Match Boat group.
The camaraderie and banter throughout the year 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 who fished this series. Roll on 2025.
We are still looking for anyone who would like to fish the series or even volunteer to be a scorer. If you are interested, please contact either
Robin Lane Tel: 07876 471901 or Ed Taylor Tel: 07711 378984.
Recreational Boat Fishing Trips Results 2024/5.
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.
Week-End trips for 2025. Sat 7th Dec, Sat 4th Jan, Sun 25th May, Sun 27th Jul, Sun 24th Aug, Sat 13th Sept, Sun 5th Oct, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 6th Dec..
Mid-Week trips for 2024. Thurs 28th Nov, Mon 16th Dec, Wed 22nd Jan, Wed 26th Mar, Thurs 10th Apr, Tues 29th Apr, Thurs 15th May, Tues 10th Jun,
Wed 25th Jun, Thurs 3rd Jul, Thurs 10th Jul, Thurs 7th Aug, Wed 24th Sept, Wed 5th Nov, Tues 11th Nov, Thurs 20th Nov, Tues 16th Nov,
22nd Mid-Week Recreational Fishing Trip Report sent in by Marc Duncan.
On Thursday 14th November the club managed to get out on a recreational mid-week fishing trip aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones out from Poole. 6 anglers set off primarily fishing for bass. With a few drifts on the way for live pouting we soon had enough live bait to drift the ledge for bass. After several drifts Paul Ibberson-grove caught what was to be the only bass there. With a move next up towards the Isle of Wight fishing the Bridge, we again tried to find the bass. Everyone had plenty of hits but the bass just didn't seem to be feeding. Mark Boldick did eventually catch one.
With the last of slack water and then the beginning of the flood, the decision was to move back to the Ledge in search of bass. Unfortunately, no more were caught. We then moved back towards Poole to try our hand at squid fishing. In the short period of time, we managed to get 10 good size squid on board.
Whilst the bass fishing wasn't great, a good time was had by all and the day made complete with a few squid being caught.
8th Recreational Week-End Fishing Trip. Report sent in by Dave Price.
Eight club members went out for a recreational week-end bass fishing trip on Saturday 19th October from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. The day was sunny with patchy cloud light winds and small waves (initially) which made for ideal fishing conditions.
The skipper said that live-baits under floats was the only method currently for catching bass, so the plan was to stay on that all day. The first order of the day was to catch some live baits on feathers, which this time around was small to medium sized pouting. All 8 members did very well at this and it wasn't long before we have a live tank with lots of pouting swimming around.
We then set of for the bass but this time the skipper started the drift out in line with Mudeford Quay as he said this area was producing much better than the marks closer to the Needles where we would normally fish. We then spent most of the day drifting the live baits under the floats with reasonable success with a total of 10 decent sized bass being caught. Special mention should go to Neil Pullman who caught a bass of 7lb but the star angler, by a very long way was Robin Lane. Robin only caught one fish all day, but that fish was an amazing 13lbs bass which was handled very carefully, weighed and returned to the water as soon as possible. It was great to see that huge bass recovering and swimming away.
Towards the end of the day as the tide turned the wind got up and we experienced some very large swells, but as" Ocean Runner" is a very big catamaran it was able to handle the adverse conditions and we were able to fish through this. On the way back we stopped to do a few drifts for squid between the piers, which according to Ryan has been outstanding for the previous couple of weeks. Unfortunately, there was some high winds over the two days before our trip and this clouded up the water, which did not make ideal conditions for the squid which are predominantly sight feeders. Having said that, we did end up with 5 squid being caught though which was a good return considering the colour of the water.
The winter bass fishing is proving to be really great this year and there are still two more recreational bass fishing trips out with Ryan on "Ocean Runner" which currently have spaces available. Please contact Robin Lane if you're interested.
19th Recreational Evening Fishing Trip. Report sent in by Dave Price.
7 members from the club went out for an evening recreational fishing trip on Tuesday 24th September out from Lymington aboard "Double Six" skippered by Ben Wood. The weather was good with light winds and only a slight chill once the sun had gone down.
This was a short trip from 5pm until 9pm to fish the Solent with the target fish being codling. We were fishing within a short time of leaving Lymington and Ben anchored up on a deeper mark with the hope that the tide run would not be too strong as we arrived shortly after the tide had turned. We were lucky as the Solent can be very weedy but, on the night, there was hardly any weed around.
No codling was landed although Mark Boldick hooked into a very good fish that rather frustratingly came off as it went under the boat. We did land a selection of congers, dogfish and some good-sized bream. The biggest was caught by Robert Taylor at 2lb 6oz.
These trips are non-competitive and target various species when in season.
Week-End trips for 2025. Sat 7th Dec, Sat 4th Jan, Sun 25th May, Sun 27th Jul, Sun 24th Aug, Sat 13th Sept, Sun 5th Oct, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 6th Dec..
Mid-Week trips for 2024. Thurs 28th Nov, Mon 16th Dec, Wed 22nd Jan, Wed 26th Mar, Thurs 10th Apr, Tues 29th Apr, Thurs 15th May, Tues 10th Jun,
Wed 25th Jun, Thurs 3rd Jul, Thurs 10th Jul, Thurs 7th Aug, Wed 24th Sept, Wed 5th Nov, Tues 11th Nov, Thurs 20th Nov, Tues 16th Nov,
22nd Mid-Week Recreational Fishing Trip Report sent in by Marc Duncan.
On Thursday 14th November the club managed to get out on a recreational mid-week fishing trip aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones out from Poole. 6 anglers set off primarily fishing for bass. With a few drifts on the way for live pouting we soon had enough live bait to drift the ledge for bass. After several drifts Paul Ibberson-grove caught what was to be the only bass there. With a move next up towards the Isle of Wight fishing the Bridge, we again tried to find the bass. Everyone had plenty of hits but the bass just didn't seem to be feeding. Mark Boldick did eventually catch one.
With the last of slack water and then the beginning of the flood, the decision was to move back to the Ledge in search of bass. Unfortunately, no more were caught. We then moved back towards Poole to try our hand at squid fishing. In the short period of time, we managed to get 10 good size squid on board.
Whilst the bass fishing wasn't great, a good time was had by all and the day made complete with a few squid being caught.
8th Recreational Week-End Fishing Trip. Report sent in by Dave Price.
Eight club members went out for a recreational week-end bass fishing trip on Saturday 19th October from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. The day was sunny with patchy cloud light winds and small waves (initially) which made for ideal fishing conditions.
The skipper said that live-baits under floats was the only method currently for catching bass, so the plan was to stay on that all day. The first order of the day was to catch some live baits on feathers, which this time around was small to medium sized pouting. All 8 members did very well at this and it wasn't long before we have a live tank with lots of pouting swimming around.
We then set of for the bass but this time the skipper started the drift out in line with Mudeford Quay as he said this area was producing much better than the marks closer to the Needles where we would normally fish. We then spent most of the day drifting the live baits under the floats with reasonable success with a total of 10 decent sized bass being caught. Special mention should go to Neil Pullman who caught a bass of 7lb but the star angler, by a very long way was Robin Lane. Robin only caught one fish all day, but that fish was an amazing 13lbs bass which was handled very carefully, weighed and returned to the water as soon as possible. It was great to see that huge bass recovering and swimming away.
Towards the end of the day as the tide turned the wind got up and we experienced some very large swells, but as" Ocean Runner" is a very big catamaran it was able to handle the adverse conditions and we were able to fish through this. On the way back we stopped to do a few drifts for squid between the piers, which according to Ryan has been outstanding for the previous couple of weeks. Unfortunately, there was some high winds over the two days before our trip and this clouded up the water, which did not make ideal conditions for the squid which are predominantly sight feeders. Having said that, we did end up with 5 squid being caught though which was a good return considering the colour of the water.
The winter bass fishing is proving to be really great this year and there are still two more recreational bass fishing trips out with Ryan on "Ocean Runner" which currently have spaces available. Please contact Robin Lane if you're interested.
19th Recreational Evening Fishing Trip. Report sent in by Dave Price.
7 members from the club went out for an evening recreational fishing trip on Tuesday 24th September out from Lymington aboard "Double Six" skippered by Ben Wood. The weather was good with light winds and only a slight chill once the sun had gone down.
This was a short trip from 5pm until 9pm to fish the Solent with the target fish being codling. We were fishing within a short time of leaving Lymington and Ben anchored up on a deeper mark with the hope that the tide run would not be too strong as we arrived shortly after the tide had turned. We were lucky as the Solent can be very weedy but, on the night, there was hardly any weed around.
No codling was landed although Mark Boldick hooked into a very good fish that rather frustratingly came off as it went under the boat. We did land a selection of congers, dogfish and some good-sized bream. The biggest was caught by Robert Taylor at 2lb 6oz.
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