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. 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
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
Club's Annual B.B.Q Report.
Annual Barbecue Report 22nd June.
This year's B.B.Q. was once again well attended with between 50 and 60 members and family and friends enjoying a very nice afternoon with free food and half price drinks in the happy hour. The food was cooked to perfection by Bruce and Barry Samber and with two glamorous waitresses serving the food what could be better?
Maggie Harmer produced very nice deserts. Adrian and Alan organised the tombola. Thank you to Robin for a very good draw and Alison doing the tickets. A big thank to you all for making it a very enjoyable afternoon. Also the bar staff were excellent as usual and hard working. A very good afternoon.
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.
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. 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.
Shore Competitions are organised by Roland Blomfield. For more information, please contact Roland on 01590-683363.
All competition dates for 2025.
Sat 2nd Aug, Sat 20th Sept, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 8th Nov, Sun 21st Dec 2026.
8th Club Shore Competition and results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Friday evening 8th July the club held its 8th club shore competition at the Shingle Bank and Keyhaven beach. This was due to the parking problem everyone is having due to camper vans in New Lane. The weather for the evening was a strong gusty westerly wind with rain showers. 10 club members signed on and 7 weighed in 27 fish consisting of bream and bass for a total weight of 20lbs 7.5oz. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were also bream and bass. Best round fish of the evening was a bass of 1lb 12oz caught by new member Martin Pink.
Results:
1st Bruce Samber 8 fish 5lb 7oz, 2nd Pete Tomkins 7 fish 4lb 0.8oz, 3rd Martin Pink 5 fish 3lb 2oz, 4th Malcolm Stote 2 fish 2lb, 5th Derek Slack 2 fish1lb 14oz,
6th Summer Monckton 2 fish 1lb 8.3/4oz, 7th Steve Monckton 1 fish 0lb 12.5oz. Roland Blomfield, Terry Kempton and Shane Samber all caught undersize fish only.
7th club Shore Competition and results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Friday evening 6th June the club held its 7th club shore competition. This was a changed venue from Solent Road to Friars Cliffe because of a strong south-westerly wind and rain. 10 club members signed on and 3 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish, conger eel and pouting. On these competitions undersize fish counts for points which was conger eel. 4 sizeable fish were weighed for a total weight of 3lb 5-3/4oz. Best round fish of the night was a dogfish of 1lb 6-7/8oz caught by Bruce Samber. Top junior was Seth Hopkins with a conger eel of1lb 2-7/8oz.
Results:
1st Bruce Samber 1 dogfish 1lb 6-7/8oz, 2nd Seth Hopkins (Jnr) 1 conger eel 1lb 2-7/8oz and 3rd Tom Short 2 pouting 0lb 12oz. Terry Kempton caught an undersize conger eel. Sadly, al the rest blanked.
6th Club Shore Competition results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 3rd May the club held its 6th club shore competition which was a changed venue from the shingle bank to Milford sea front. The weather for the evening was cold with light winds and a flat sea. 8 club members signed on and only 2 managed to catch fish which were dogfish and bass. Only 3 fish were caught which were dogfish and bass for a total weight of 4lb 12-1/8oz. Best round fish of the evening was a bass weighing 1lb 12oz caught by Terry Kempton.
Results.
1st Malcolm Stote 3lb 0-1/8oz and 55 points, 2nd Terry Kempton 1lb 12oz and 50 points, Bruce Samber, Shane Samber, Roland Blomfield, John Hitchiner, Summer and Steve Monckton all blanked but get 5 points each.
All competition dates for 2025.
Sat 2nd Aug, Sat 20th Sept, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 8th Nov, Sun 21st Dec 2026.
8th Club Shore Competition and results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Friday evening 8th July the club held its 8th club shore competition at the Shingle Bank and Keyhaven beach. This was due to the parking problem everyone is having due to camper vans in New Lane. The weather for the evening was a strong gusty westerly wind with rain showers. 10 club members signed on and 7 weighed in 27 fish consisting of bream and bass for a total weight of 20lbs 7.5oz. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were also bream and bass. Best round fish of the evening was a bass of 1lb 12oz caught by new member Martin Pink.
Results:
1st Bruce Samber 8 fish 5lb 7oz, 2nd Pete Tomkins 7 fish 4lb 0.8oz, 3rd Martin Pink 5 fish 3lb 2oz, 4th Malcolm Stote 2 fish 2lb, 5th Derek Slack 2 fish1lb 14oz,
6th Summer Monckton 2 fish 1lb 8.3/4oz, 7th Steve Monckton 1 fish 0lb 12.5oz. Roland Blomfield, Terry Kempton and Shane Samber all caught undersize fish only.
7th club Shore Competition and results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Friday evening 6th June the club held its 7th club shore competition. This was a changed venue from Solent Road to Friars Cliffe because of a strong south-westerly wind and rain. 10 club members signed on and 3 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish, conger eel and pouting. On these competitions undersize fish counts for points which was conger eel. 4 sizeable fish were weighed for a total weight of 3lb 5-3/4oz. Best round fish of the night was a dogfish of 1lb 6-7/8oz caught by Bruce Samber. Top junior was Seth Hopkins with a conger eel of1lb 2-7/8oz.
Results:
1st Bruce Samber 1 dogfish 1lb 6-7/8oz, 2nd Seth Hopkins (Jnr) 1 conger eel 1lb 2-7/8oz and 3rd Tom Short 2 pouting 0lb 12oz. Terry Kempton caught an undersize conger eel. Sadly, al the rest blanked.
6th Club Shore Competition results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 3rd May the club held its 6th club shore competition which was a changed venue from the shingle bank to Milford sea front. The weather for the evening was cold with light winds and a flat sea. 8 club members signed on and only 2 managed to catch fish which were dogfish and bass. Only 3 fish were caught which were dogfish and bass for a total weight of 4lb 12-1/8oz. Best round fish of the evening was a bass weighing 1lb 12oz caught by Terry Kempton.
Results.
1st Malcolm Stote 3lb 0-1/8oz and 55 points, 2nd Terry Kempton 1lb 12oz and 50 points, Bruce Samber, Shane Samber, Roland Blomfield, John Hitchiner, Summer and Steve Monckton all blanked but get 5 points each.
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.
Tues 19th Aug, Wed 17th Sept, Thurs 16th Oct, Tues 11th Nov, Mon 1st Dec 2026.
8th Shingle Bank League competition. Report sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Monday evening 21st July the club held its 8th S. B. L. competition. The weather was a bit rougher than of late but the rain held off. With 20 mph winds it was restricted to a smaller area and all fairly close together as the sea was quite choppy with a reasonably big swell.
5 club members signed on and only 1 weighed in fish consisting of smooth-hound, dogfish and bass. 6 fish were caught for a total weight of 25lbs 14-1/8oz. The best fish of the evening was a smooth-hound weighing 6lb 3oz caught by Malcolm Stote.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 6 fish 25lbs 14-1/8oz. Sadly Martin Pink, Derek Slack, Pete Tomkins and Paul Watson all blanked.
7th Shingle Bank League competition results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Thursday evening 19th June the club held its 7th S.B.L. competition. This was a changed date from 5th June. The weather was perfect and a very pleasant evening for fishing. 7 club members signed on and 4 weighed in fish consisting of smooth-hound and black bream. 12 fish in total were caught, weighed and released back into the sea as quickly as possible for a total weight of 11lbs 9-1/2oz. Best fish of the evening was a smooth-hound of 3lb 4-7/8oz caught by Malcolm Stote. The parking for this competition was fine and not an issue as before. Let's hope it stays that way and don't let it put you off fishing the competitions. We can work around any problems that arise.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 7 fish 8lb 6-7/8oz, 2nd Chris Ellis 3 fish 1lb 13-7/8oz, 3rd Derek Slack 1 fish 0lb 12-5/8oz, 4th Steve Pitman 1 fish 0lb 8-1/8oz.
6th Shingle Bank League Competition. Results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Thursday evening 22nd May the club held its 6th Shingle Bank League competition on a nice calm and clear evening. 10 club members signed on and 3 weighed in fish consisting of smooth-hound, black bream, conger eel and garfish. 7 fish were weighed in for a total weight of 9lb 2-5/8oz. The 2 best fish of the evening were a smooth-hound 5lb 14oz caught by Chris Ellis and secondly a conger eel of 1lb 13 oz caught by Derek Slack.
Results:
1st Chris Ellis 7lb 13-3/8oz, 2nd Derek Slack 1lb 13oz, 3rd Roland Blomfield 0lb 8-1/4oz, All the rest sadly blanked.
On all competitions you sign-on at Cut Bridge between 18.30 and 19.00. All the dates of competitions for 2025.
Tues 19th Aug, Wed 17th Sept, Thurs 16th Oct, Tues 11th Nov, Mon 1st Dec 2026.
8th Shingle Bank League competition. Report sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Monday evening 21st July the club held its 8th S. B. L. competition. The weather was a bit rougher than of late but the rain held off. With 20 mph winds it was restricted to a smaller area and all fairly close together as the sea was quite choppy with a reasonably big swell.
5 club members signed on and only 1 weighed in fish consisting of smooth-hound, dogfish and bass. 6 fish were caught for a total weight of 25lbs 14-1/8oz. The best fish of the evening was a smooth-hound weighing 6lb 3oz caught by Malcolm Stote.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 6 fish 25lbs 14-1/8oz. Sadly Martin Pink, Derek Slack, Pete Tomkins and Paul Watson all blanked.
7th Shingle Bank League competition results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Thursday evening 19th June the club held its 7th S.B.L. competition. This was a changed date from 5th June. The weather was perfect and a very pleasant evening for fishing. 7 club members signed on and 4 weighed in fish consisting of smooth-hound and black bream. 12 fish in total were caught, weighed and released back into the sea as quickly as possible for a total weight of 11lbs 9-1/2oz. Best fish of the evening was a smooth-hound of 3lb 4-7/8oz caught by Malcolm Stote. The parking for this competition was fine and not an issue as before. Let's hope it stays that way and don't let it put you off fishing the competitions. We can work around any problems that arise.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 7 fish 8lb 6-7/8oz, 2nd Chris Ellis 3 fish 1lb 13-7/8oz, 3rd Derek Slack 1 fish 0lb 12-5/8oz, 4th Steve Pitman 1 fish 0lb 8-1/8oz.
6th Shingle Bank League Competition. Results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Thursday evening 22nd May the club held its 6th Shingle Bank League competition on a nice calm and clear evening. 10 club members signed on and 3 weighed in fish consisting of smooth-hound, black bream, conger eel and garfish. 7 fish were weighed in for a total weight of 9lb 2-5/8oz. The 2 best fish of the evening were a smooth-hound 5lb 14oz caught by Chris Ellis and secondly a conger eel of 1lb 13 oz caught by Derek Slack.
Results:
1st Chris Ellis 7lb 13-3/8oz, 2nd Derek Slack 1lb 13oz, 3rd Roland Blomfield 0lb 8-1/4oz, All the rest sadly blanked.
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.
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.
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.
Shallow Boat Competitions are organised by Brian Ansell. Contact Brian on 01590-672628.
All Competitions fished on Sundays. Dates for 2025.
17th Aug, 14th Sept, 12th Oct, 9th Nov Small Boat Open, 30th Nov , 14th Dec 2026.
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.
7th Shallow Boat competition 1st June.
Sad to report that this competition was cancelled due to the wins that were forecast.
6th Shallow Boat competition report and photos by Brian Ansell.
On Sunday 18th May the club held its 6th Shallow Boat competition. The weather on the day began sunny and very warm with a moderate breeze, but sadly when the tide turned it became rough and unpleasant for a couple of hours. 8 club members took part and all caught fish which consisted of bass, black bream, dogfish, pouting, smooth-hound, bull-huss and ballan wrasse. All the fish are measured, weighed and returned to the sea as quickly as possible. AlanMapes caught a nice ballan wrasse weighing 4lb 9oz which was returned to the sea.
Results:
1st Neil Mitchener 90 pts, 2nd Alan Mapes 84 pts, 3rd Andrew Haines 73 pts, 4th Eddie Maynard (13 fish)55 pts, 5th Ady Hulme (7 fish) 55 pts, 6th Paul Watson 50 pts, 7th Adrian Moody 35 pts, 8th Alan Martin 20 pts.
All Competitions fished on Sundays. Dates for 2025.
17th Aug, 14th Sept, 12th Oct, 9th Nov Small Boat Open, 30th Nov , 14th Dec 2026.
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.
7th Shallow Boat competition 1st June.
Sad to report that this competition was cancelled due to the wins that were forecast.
6th Shallow Boat competition report and photos by Brian Ansell.
On Sunday 18th May the club held its 6th Shallow Boat competition. The weather on the day began sunny and very warm with a moderate breeze, but sadly when the tide turned it became rough and unpleasant for a couple of hours. 8 club members took part and all caught fish which consisted of bass, black bream, dogfish, pouting, smooth-hound, bull-huss and ballan wrasse. All the fish are measured, weighed and returned to the sea as quickly as possible. AlanMapes caught a nice ballan wrasse weighing 4lb 9oz which was returned to the sea.
Results:
1st Neil Mitchener 90 pts, 2nd Alan Mapes 84 pts, 3rd Andrew Haines 73 pts, 4th Eddie Maynard (13 fish)55 pts, 5th Ady Hulme (7 fish) 55 pts, 6th Paul Watson 50 pts, 7th Adrian Moody 35 pts, 8th Alan Martin 20 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.
13th Jul, 31st Aug, 7th Sept, 12th Oct, 16th Nov, 14th Dec 2026..
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.
4th Large Boat Competition 11th May Results and Photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club held its 4th Large Boat competition which took place on Sunday 11th May aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. With decision to go' not taken until Saturday lunch time due to easterly winds, we ventured out to the entrance of the harbour in search of bass. After several drifts most anglers had managed to catch and release their 10.
With the last of the flood tide, we then moved further out to the sand for dogfish and congers. Dave Wood caught a nice red gurnard of 15oz and we had a couple of doggies and congers. With the tide having turned and starting to run we had a couple of moves around the Patch in search of pouting, bream and congers. Pete Chamberlain and John Wood managed to find 5 congers each with the rest of us catching a few bream and Dave Wood a small ballan wrasse. Final move saw us on another spot on the Patch and Marc Duncan catching a pollack of 2lb 4oz.
Results.
1st Pete Chamberlain 251 pts, 2nd Dave Wood 219 pts, 3rd Jane Hopkins 208 pts, 4th Marc Duncan 203 pts, 5th John Wood 195 pts, 6th Malcolm Gerrish 179 pts.
Next Large Boat competition is Sunday 15th June aboard "Blue Strike Charters" from Mudeford.
All Large Boat competitions are fished on Sunday only. Dates for 2025.
13th Jul, 31st Aug, 7th Sept, 12th Oct, 16th Nov, 14th Dec 2026..
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.
4th Large Boat Competition 11th May Results and Photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club held its 4th Large Boat competition which took place on Sunday 11th May aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. With decision to go' not taken until Saturday lunch time due to easterly winds, we ventured out to the entrance of the harbour in search of bass. After several drifts most anglers had managed to catch and release their 10.
With the last of the flood tide, we then moved further out to the sand for dogfish and congers. Dave Wood caught a nice red gurnard of 15oz and we had a couple of doggies and congers. With the tide having turned and starting to run we had a couple of moves around the Patch in search of pouting, bream and congers. Pete Chamberlain and John Wood managed to find 5 congers each with the rest of us catching a few bream and Dave Wood a small ballan wrasse. Final move saw us on another spot on the Patch and Marc Duncan catching a pollack of 2lb 4oz.
Results.
1st Pete Chamberlain 251 pts, 2nd Dave Wood 219 pts, 3rd Jane Hopkins 208 pts, 4th Marc Duncan 203 pts, 5th John Wood 195 pts, 6th Malcolm Gerrish 179 pts.
Next Large Boat competition is Sunday 15th June aboard "Blue Strike Charters" from Mudeford.
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.
4th Vernon Everitt Match Boats 19th July results sent in by Mrs Alison Day.
"Piscary". 1st Paul Hollyoake 403pts, 2nd Ed Taylor 385pts, 3rd Richard Day 330pts, 4th George Fox 328pts, 5th Mark Boldick 314pts, 6th Karl Bates 175pts. "Silver Spray". 1st John Bellamy 327pts, 2nd Martin Bobbett 305pts, 3rd Garry Young 285pts, 4th Cliff Newbold 273pts, 5th Steve Batchelor 246pts, 6th Andy Southwick 245pts, 7th Andy Richmond 225pts. "Ocean Runner". 1st Chris Rogers 406pts, 2nd Chris Ellis 302pts, 3rd Mike Fox 282 pts (192 fish) 4th Russ Latimer 282pts (182 fish) 5th Robin Lane 236pts, 6th Glynn Barker 215pts, 7th Gareth Smith 175pts.
4th competition report sent in Ed Taylor.
Twenty anglers fished from Poole on the 4th match a board "Piscary" "Ocean Runner" and "Silver Spray 2". With a flat calm start the skippers instinctively had different plans with them all travelling in different directions searching for as many species as they could A total of twenty five species were caught over the three boats, including some nice gurnard, tope, bass, congers, smoothhound, rays and even the welcome come back of red bream.
A huge thank you to all the skippers competing amongst themselves on the day with the following boat scores:
1st Piscary 1,935 2nd Ocean Runner 1,741 3rd Silver Spray 2 1,681. A fantastic day at sea, with great company, lots of laughs and even more fish. If you are interested in taking part next year, please do not hesitate to get in touch as we are booking boats now for next year. Please contact Robin Lane 07876 471901 or Ed Tayylor 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. Sun 24th Aug, Sat 13th Sept, Sun 5th Oct, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 6th Dec..
Mid-Week trips for 2025. Thurs 7th Aug, Wed 24th Sept, Wed 5th Nov, Tues 11th Nov, Thurs 20th Nov, Tues 16th Nov,
3rd Recreational Week End Fishing Trip. Report and photos sent in by Robin Lane.
Eight club members travelled to Weymouth on Sunday 27th July to fish on charter boat "Meerkat" skippered by Ryan Casey. The weather was dry with light winds but overcast. Ryan headed for the entrance to Portland Harbour where we managed to catch some mackerel for bait. Ryan then steamed for an hour to a wreck where we dropped anchor. While we were travelling to the wreck Mike Fox demonstrated how to prepare bait to the members. Thank you, Mike. The target fish today was big bream and we catching them around the 2-1/2 lb mark. Also, a number of nice pollack were caught, the best by Neil Mitchener 8lb 5oz. We were disturbed by a couple of small boats bass fishing, so Ryan moved to another wreck where we caught much the same. For the last 2 hours we drifted for turbot with no success but we did catch some blonde rays and Mike Fox caught a brill of 2lb. A good day's fishing with nice weather.
A tale of two bass trips report sent in by Dave Price.
This report combines two recent club recreational bass trips to show how different our fishing can be sometimes. Both trips were on Ocean Runner out of Poole, skippered by Ryan Jones. Trip !. Wednesday 25th June, winds calm, weather was cloudy with sunny intervals. Trip 2 Thursday 10th July, winds calm, weather was warm with bright sunshine all day.
Tides and tide times were reasonably similar for both trips. There were 8 members on trip 1 and 7 member on trip 2. 6 of the same members were on both trips. Both trips started with catching baitfish on the marks out from Bournemouth Pier, with lots of pouting and scad on both trips and on trip 1 some very big mackerel.
Once the bait tanks were full enough, we headed out to the banks to try live baits on Portland rigs just off the bottom. Trip !. we did about 5 drifts and only managed 1 bass between us which was caught by Dave Bathgate, who was on his first recreational trip and showed us how it was done. Trip ". we did about 4 drifts and had no fish and not even a shingle bite between us. Next on both trips, we moved over towards the Needles to try live baits under floats. Trip !. Ryan the skipper said that this was his first time this year trying the floats so he wasn't really sure how well it was going to go. The result was immediate total bass madness. On our first drift we had 5 bass with three hook ups almost straight away and then another two as the drift continued with the skipper running round madly trying to net everyone's bass for them. The next drift bought more bass, and this continued on and on for each drift with more bass landed, several takes that dropped off before they to the boat and several fish returned straight back into the water. In the end there were 14 really good bass landed, all in the 3-to-5 pound range.
Trip 2. - we went to the same spots, did the same drifts over and over again, not a single fish between us, not even a single take. So, we went off and drifted with live baits on some other areas, same result - no fish, no takes. We then went out to some banks further out and tried the live baits under Portland rigs again or lures on the bottom. Same result - no fish, no takes. We did this for quite a long time with the same result.
On both trips we anchored up for short periods whilst waiting for the tide to turn. On trip 1 the mackerel were definitely around. On trip 2 they were very few and far between. On trip 2 we did hook into a few tope with Robin Lane the only member to actually land his tope and Neil Pullman produced the fish of the day on trip 2 with a stunning red gurnard.
The lesson from the 2 trips is that you can go on the same boat with the same skipper in similar conditions to the same places with the same anglers and use the same methods ...and sometimes the fish are there and other times they're just nowhere to be found.
These trips are non-competitive and target various species when in season.
Week-End trips for 2025. Sun 24th Aug, Sat 13th Sept, Sun 5th Oct, Sat 18th Oct, Sat 6th Dec..
Mid-Week trips for 2025. Thurs 7th Aug, Wed 24th Sept, Wed 5th Nov, Tues 11th Nov, Thurs 20th Nov, Tues 16th Nov,
3rd Recreational Week End Fishing Trip. Report and photos sent in by Robin Lane.
Eight club members travelled to Weymouth on Sunday 27th July to fish on charter boat "Meerkat" skippered by Ryan Casey. The weather was dry with light winds but overcast. Ryan headed for the entrance to Portland Harbour where we managed to catch some mackerel for bait. Ryan then steamed for an hour to a wreck where we dropped anchor. While we were travelling to the wreck Mike Fox demonstrated how to prepare bait to the members. Thank you, Mike. The target fish today was big bream and we catching them around the 2-1/2 lb mark. Also, a number of nice pollack were caught, the best by Neil Mitchener 8lb 5oz. We were disturbed by a couple of small boats bass fishing, so Ryan moved to another wreck where we caught much the same. For the last 2 hours we drifted for turbot with no success but we did catch some blonde rays and Mike Fox caught a brill of 2lb. A good day's fishing with nice weather.
A tale of two bass trips report sent in by Dave Price.
This report combines two recent club recreational bass trips to show how different our fishing can be sometimes. Both trips were on Ocean Runner out of Poole, skippered by Ryan Jones. Trip !. Wednesday 25th June, winds calm, weather was cloudy with sunny intervals. Trip 2 Thursday 10th July, winds calm, weather was warm with bright sunshine all day.
Tides and tide times were reasonably similar for both trips. There were 8 members on trip 1 and 7 member on trip 2. 6 of the same members were on both trips. Both trips started with catching baitfish on the marks out from Bournemouth Pier, with lots of pouting and scad on both trips and on trip 1 some very big mackerel.
Once the bait tanks were full enough, we headed out to the banks to try live baits on Portland rigs just off the bottom. Trip !. we did about 5 drifts and only managed 1 bass between us which was caught by Dave Bathgate, who was on his first recreational trip and showed us how it was done. Trip ". we did about 4 drifts and had no fish and not even a shingle bite between us. Next on both trips, we moved over towards the Needles to try live baits under floats. Trip !. Ryan the skipper said that this was his first time this year trying the floats so he wasn't really sure how well it was going to go. The result was immediate total bass madness. On our first drift we had 5 bass with three hook ups almost straight away and then another two as the drift continued with the skipper running round madly trying to net everyone's bass for them. The next drift bought more bass, and this continued on and on for each drift with more bass landed, several takes that dropped off before they to the boat and several fish returned straight back into the water. In the end there were 14 really good bass landed, all in the 3-to-5 pound range.
Trip 2. - we went to the same spots, did the same drifts over and over again, not a single fish between us, not even a single take. So, we went off and drifted with live baits on some other areas, same result - no fish, no takes. We then went out to some banks further out and tried the live baits under Portland rigs again or lures on the bottom. Same result - no fish, no takes. We did this for quite a long time with the same result.
On both trips we anchored up for short periods whilst waiting for the tide to turn. On trip 1 the mackerel were definitely around. On trip 2 they were very few and far between. On trip 2 we did hook into a few tope with Robin Lane the only member to actually land his tope and Neil Pullman produced the fish of the day on trip 2 with a stunning red gurnard.
The lesson from the 2 trips is that you can go on the same boat with the same skipper in similar conditions to the same places with the same anglers and use the same methods ...and sometimes the fish are there and other times they're just nowhere to be found.
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