Specie Comp Results

Sam

I sent them to your dads email address last night, Tuesday, if not got them what email address to use?

Coddy

Dave can you re send to wchapman212@ntlworld.com

I think I had better change my email address because my one only seems to work a small percentage of the time

cheers

I will post when I receive it

Charlie

Hi Charlie

Resent to email you supplied.

I dont think there is too much for others to worry about from me!

Coddy

thanks Dave all received

reply on route

Charlie

Hi all

Just to keep everyone in the picture, I only received 5 sets of results from the last species comp.

While that does not pose a problem for the Club comp and the scores will count for that one.

It does give me a problem with the BFM comp, where a minimum of 10 anglers must fish.

Unfortunatly the deadline of a week has passed so I was unable to send in a results card.

We do not have to pre book which 4 comps we use and there is still time to get two more in. the next 2 will now be the August species comp and the September Ray/Flatfish comp.

I feel sorry for those that took part last time, especially those that fished hard to catch 8 species and Gordon who won and would have maintained good points in the BFM.

I find it hard to believe that with the Club growing so big we can not get 10 anglers fishing. I have received no real feedback as to why that is and would welcome some please.

Charlie

I'D HAVE A GO.......If someone would take me. Jas

Charlie

I for one fish for enjoyment and do not base my fishing diary around club competitions, more around when I have time off.

The only competition I will actively try and keep my diary open for is the Club Open other than that it is just for fun.

If a competition was so relaxed that you could fish on any day between X date and Y date, within club waters and call in your catch then I may well be tempted into doing more.

Tom

Well said. Many of us actually fish for fun and some of us just can't fish on a Sunday. Although I'd love to do it every Sunday.

WELL SAID TOM... I AGREE......i'm just desperate to get out on the water and catch some fish. I'm not really into comps.....people just take it too seriously. It got too serious when i used to be in a pool team......I wanted to have a laugh and socialise, but my team players thought that their life revolved around winning. JUST ENJOY Jas

Agreed with the fact that some take it too seriously, however you don't need to take it seriously to succeed.

When I fish I have no problems with not "winning" etc. ( with James around you need to ), however, in a species comp it is possible to be in the running whilst fishing for fun ( I went bass fishing for the last one and if I had caught a solitary mullet I would have won it without really trying too hard.. )

Ditto, the 48 hr comp, fished this for 2-3 hours on the Friday and caught a fantastic bream.

What I found personally disappointing is that we could have club members in the running to win a fantastic prize in the BFM ( and after all James achieved it ) and the only reason we could fail to do this will be because not enough members bother to put in an entry for a competition that only involves recording what they caught that day. Not asking for much surely ?

I thought I would add my two pennies worth here.

Since being relatively new to both the club and fishing area I never expect to win but use the exercise to learn new fishing methods, locations and methods.

I fished the last club comp and did better than I did in the last comp, which is pleasing for me as I caught more and different species.

I fish for fun, very rarely keep any fish but enjoy the fun, camaraderie, boating and learning new skills.

I had the dubious task of running a species comp for another group of friends this year and "borrowed" the club's format and from the comments fed back it seemed to be very fair and good fun especially when trying to get that 4th fish for the bonus point.

So, if you want to take comp's seriously you can, if you like a bit of fun and trying out your skills have a go, even if you only get a couple of fish it is all a learning game. Just ask how long the Bass gods have been at it to get the respect they have on their favourite target.

I would like to try a night session for Sole, but it is just finding the time, weather and availability of it all for me.

Off my small soap box now

Coddy

Lads....................try catching ten of each species, then your pounts are worth every ounce of effort!!!

The Weakest Link

Guys, you are missing the point.

It isn't so much the competitiveness of it, when I fish a comp it is for fun, if I win great, if I lose, who cares.

It is simply about finding time to fish when te comps are on.

A lot of us (actually me) work a lot of weekends, when I am not working I like to spend time with my daughter and my fishing tends to be in little bursts of two or three days at a time when I have a break.

These little bursts rarely co-incide with a comp.

I am sure not everyone has exactly the same situation as me, but I would guess that many are similar with families, FPO's, jobs around the house, building boats etc etc etc.

Brings me back to the flexibility of saying, "This months competition will be fished on any day between the 18th and 25th, a maximum of 8 hours fishing, please call in with the day you are fishing and then again with your results."

Our club comps are almost exclusively trust based so why can't this work?

It even allows for duff weather.

Tom

All good points chaps and you can alter the comp format all you like - fact is that you will never please everyone.

If we adopted Tom's suggestion, the anglers who like the 'competition' side of the current format, going out all together and a bit of mettle in the day would be dissapointed.

The format has worked for several years now, it is just this year that it seems to have slowed up.

I know not everyone can fish Sunday's, but overall it must be the easist day for average joe to fish - work all week, sat with the family /choes etc and Sunday for fishing.

As Charlie said, the club is now the biggest its ever been and the attendance is at the lowest - and to be honest if we look at the attendees they are pretty much the same (bar one or two) as the previous years, so is the problem getting new members to fish the comps?

Adam