Species Competition within the harbour

£5.00 entry

Individual angler 21st December (shortest day and first day of winter!)

First prize A Christmas Turkey, bottles and other festive goodies to fourth place

PLEASE sign up for this in advance, unfortunately I cannot make the December meeting but it would be good to have an indication of numbers around that time, so put your name down, we always have a good picnic and even a glass or two on the Christmas Competition.

Tight lines

If you haven't put your name down its not too late, top Junior has a rod and reel prize and some bits and pieces for all juniors who enter. 

We had the wet stuff yesterday, and wind before, so we must be due a good one, fingers crossed.

Should this prove to late notice do say or hopefully sign up below.

Loobie 1V crew TBC

Could admin please remove 5 species that i just added to wendies list instead of mine

Thanks

 Club Competition Winners 2024

Fish of the Month

January              Charlie Chapman        Spurdog             12lb 8oz                78% Specimen

February            Colin Francis              Dogfish                 2lb 4oz                75% Specimen

March                Dave Evans                Bull Huss             14lb 2oz               118% Specimen

April                  Steve Scott                  Black Bream         2lb 5oz                 66% Specimen

May                   Kev Couzens                Brill                      5lb 1oz               113% Specimen

June                  Colin Francis    Thick Lipped Mullet        4lb 6oz                109% Specimen

July                   Adam Franklin          Red Gurnard              1lb 9oz              125% Specimen

August              Dave Evans             Thresher Shark        200lb 0oz             143% Specimen

September        Colin Francis       Thick Lipped Mullet       5lb 8oz              138% Specimen

October            Steve Scott                Bass                            7lb 13oz              82% Specimen

November        Alun Jones               Ballan Wrasse              4lb 8oz                90% Specimen

December         Charlie Chapman      Small Eye Ray          11lb 9oz               105% Specimen

Trophy Winners

Specimen Fish of the Year       Dave Evans    Thresher Shark      200lb      143% Specimen   

Bob Horne Memorial        No flounders caught on comp. No flounders reported in catch reports.

Steve Chester Memorial                          No Cod recorded.

Frank Fudge Memorial                             Dale Johnson               Conger                  11lb 4oz

Largest Bream                                          Bobi Francis               Gilthead Bream      1lb 6oz

Largest Flatfish                                        Kev Couzens               Brill                         5lb 1oz

Largest Ray                                              Charlie Chapman        Small Eyed Ray       11lb 9oz   

Simon Hall Memorial              Dave Evans / Chris Witheford           Bass                   9lb 8oz

B.A.S.S. Comp – Catch / Release    Dave Evans / Chris Witheford      Bass               9lb 8oz 

Junior Shield                                             Blake Witheford                  Bass                4lb  10oz

Specimen Hunters Shield                        Colin Francis                      4 Recorded Fish over 100%

Peter Peck – Chairman’s Award                TBA at Presentation

Ladies Shield                                               TBA at Presentation

Competition Winners

Spring Species Hunt                          Cancelled

Specimen Comp                                  Not fished.

Junior Comp – Not fished

Annual Boat Species Hunt

1st         Loobie 1V                Jerry Shutter                                37 species

2^nd         Boblin3                    Colin & Bobbi Francis                36 species  

3^rd          Reel Magic                Dave Evans                               30 species       

Annual Individual Species Hunt

  1^st     Colin Francis             30 species

  2^nd     Jerry Shumbler       28 species

  3^rd      Bobi Francis            27 species

New Club Records - £25 Vouchers

  Dave Evans    Thresher Shark      200lb      143% Specimen   

Specimen Hunters – 7 Anglers with 13 Fish 100% Specimen or over

Colin Francis                         4

Dave Evans                           3

Charlie Chapman                  2

Adam Franklin                       1                       

Kev Couzens                         1

Gary Witheford                     1

Chris Witheford                    1

Club Trophies to be presented at Club AGM meeting, Tuesday 1^st April 2025.

Please come along and support the Club AGM and your club members who will be presented with their trophy during the meeting.

Venue:

 The Oakdale Club,

92, Darbys Lane,

Oakdale,

Poole,

BH15 3EU

If there is anything anyone can see that is incorrect, please PM me to check.

Please be aware only fish added in “Report a Catch“ qualify for fish of the month so keep adding to the report.

January

1st Place;           Chris Witheford            Bass            10lb  11oz                  112% Specimen – 2025 Subs Paid 

2nd Place;          Dave Evans                  Spurdog      14lb  0oz                  87.5%  Specimen  

3rd Place;           Charlie Chapman        Whiting        2lb  15oz                  84% Specimen 

February

1st Place;           Charlie Chapman          Spurdog           21lb  0oz              131% Specimen – 2025 Subs Paid 

2nd Place;         Charlie Chapman          Conger Eel       46lb  0oz             115%  Specimen  

3rd Place;          Charlie Chapman          Spurdog           17lb  0oz              106% Specimen

                           Dave Evans                   Spurdog           17lb  0oz              106% Specimen

Please register your catches, not only does it enter you into the fish of the month, but allows the club to keep records up to date throughout the seasons.

As a club we are asked for any evidence of catches so please keep them coming. 

                                                            A photo paints a thousand words, look at the smile.        Please add photos if possible.

Bream Comp 10-11th May

All other competitions will be run on fish entered to the fish recorder over the year.

Tight lines between now and then, and i hope to get a good turnout weather permitting in May 

Jerry

As you may have seen , I was fortunate enough to catch a specimen Spurdog today.

As well as being an active member of this Club I am also in a Navy veteran's one, so I recorded the fish on our website and with them on a very busy WhatsApp group.

This has raised a bit of an issue regarding the correct specimen size. Our Club is using 16lb and the Navy 14lb.

I though that my other Club was wrong, as I thought we had it changed some years ago.  The secretary of that Navy Club tells me that he has checked the AT website.

Can someone please check. sorry to cause a problem.