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www.snowbee.co.uk RECREATIONAL ANGLING TRADE STRUGGLES TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS BASS RESTRICTIONS BITE Angling charter boat skippers in England have seen revenues slashed by more than one-fifth as a result of tough restrictions on recreational bass fishing introduced this year. Anglers have been reluctant to spend up to £600 a day on bass charter fishing trips only to be allowed to take one fish home to eat. As a result, coastal communities are losing several million pounds in valuable tourism revenue as anglers stay away.

The findings are the result of three separate surveys carried out among charter boat skippers, bass guides and sea anglers to determine the true socio-economic impacts of “conservation” measures for recreational bass angling introduced last January. These included a six month notake period for anglers from January to June, followed by a one fish per day bag limit from July to December, which many felt disproportionately impacted the recreational sea angling (RSA) community.

A survey carried out by the Professional Boatman’s Association (PBA) showed that an estimated £2.87 million is projected to be lost by charter boat businesses, which take anglers to sea to fish recreationally for bass and other species. The losses amount to more than 50 per cent of the total value of commercial bass landings in the UK, with individual charter skippers reporting an average of 22 fewer bookings and losing more than £8,000 in revenues.

A survey carried out by the Angling Trust of bass angling guides, who offer a tailored service for small groups of anglers from the shore or from small boats, also reported 30 – 70 per cent fewer bookings in May and June this year compared to 2015. This reduction in bass angling activity was supported by the results of an online survey of sea anglers run through the University of Southampton, with many confirming that, as a result of the restrictions, they now had a reduced inclination to go bass fishing.

Fewer bass fishing trips will also have had a knockon effect on coastal tackle shops, accommodation, restaurants, pubs, petrol stations and other businesses, and this is particularly damaging in deprived coastal towns.

A further estimated £3 million is estimated to be lost in revenues to coastal businesses this year as a result.

Ian Noble, Chairman of the PBA, recently presented the findings of the socio-economic surveys to members of the European Parliament at a bass forum event in Brussels organised by the European Angler’s Alliance. This event brought together key stakeholder groups to discuss the potential management measures for bass stocks in 2017, with angling groups eager to emphasise that further restrictions to recreational anglers would be unacceptable and highly damaging.

WINNER North Cornwall Lifeguard 26 year old Joe Todd used his local knowledge of the area to fish an obscure low water rock mark. Knowing that the weather and sea state was safe to venture out to fish this particular mark he dressed in his wetsuit, a valuable piece of equipment which has become the norm around here for fishing these wet rough marks and he was rewarded with his PB Bass weighing in at 14lb 14oz.

Joe was fishing over rough ground in about a metre of water or less using a 9 ft Garbolino spinning rod CW 15 to 40gms paired up with an Abu Soron 40

reel loaded with 30lb braid and a 30lb flouro carbon leader. Joe explained that because of the terrain here they tend to fish heavier than normal. Joe was using a 12 cm hard plastic lure ( the actual make and model he is keeping to himself) Joe's lure was about 10m out when the big Bass took. Said Joe,' As soon as the fish took it thrashed its tail on top of the water. After an awesome fight I was eventually able to land the fish by lifting it in the swell and letting the sea drop it at my feet. I immediately jumped on it to secure it' Joe then added, ' I fish for sport and I do keep the occasional bass for the table. I tried my best for

several minutes to get the treble hooks out of the fish but it had completely engulfed the 12 cm lure and was damaged. I had no choice but to sadly dispatch it.'

Joe then told me that he intends to try single hooks on his lure in order to minimalise injury to any future Bass. This can only be a good thing! Joe's previous PB was 7 1/2 lb.

There have been a few good Bass taken in North Cornwall in the last 3 or 4 weeks including another lure caught fish of 13lb 2oz.

Ian Noble said: “The bass restrictions are causing severe financial problems for the charter boat industry and supporting service groups whilst netting of bass is rewarded with an increased quota. The unfairness is staggering.”

Charter skipper Paul Whittall from Weymouth in Dorset said: “So far I’ve had 36 bass fishing trips cancelled as a direct result of the measures placed on anglers. That’s over £21,000 in loss of income. I wonder whether those politicians who decided on the measures would be happy having their income cut like this too.”

David Mitchell, the Angling Trust’s Head of Marine, said: “Recreational anglers and the businesses that supply them with goods and services have taken a disproportionately severe hit from this year’s bass conservation measures.

Angling has a relatively small impact on bass but pumps millions of pounds into coastal communities. The current system sees bass stocks still in decline due to commercial fishing while angling dependent businesses suffer too – it’s madness.”

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A study by Plymouth University examined the mass, abundance and size of fibres present in waste effluent following washes of synthetic fabrics at standard temperatures of 30˚C and 40˚C. It found hundreds of thousands of tiny synthetic particles could be released in each wash, confirming earlier work at Plymouth University that the washing of clothes is a major source of microscopic fibres within the aquatic environment.

The research, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, was led by PhD student Imogen Napper in conjunction with Professor Richard Thompson, who is a leading international expert on microplastics and marine debris having worked in the field for more than 20 years.

In the paper, the authors say: “The quantity of microplastic

For the study, a series of polyester, acrylic and polyestercotton items were washed at 30˚C and 40˚C using various combinations of detergent and fabric conditioner. Fibres were then extracted from the waste effluent and examined using an electron microscope to determine the typical size and any differences in mass and abundance among treatments.

The research found that laundering an average washing load of 6kg could release an estimated 137,951 fibres from polyester-cotton blend fabric, 496,030 fibres from polyester and 728,789 from acrylic. The polyester-cotton blend was

but probably not too much. Total fish recorded by each angler over the 3 practice days were: Cliff 24, Colin 27, Gary 17, Mark 26, Rolf 33, Matt 26.

On returning to the quayside on the first day it was evident that on most boats fish had been on the ground in patches and that luck had paid a big part with low fish numbers. The team felt that the plan was still basically good and that they would stick with it and hope for more favorable positions. Results were as follows with 59 anglers taking part.

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Tubertini Team England World Boat Squad struggled for a medal finish this year in the 52nd FIPS-M World Boat Angling Championships in Tivat, Montenegro from 24th September – 1st October 2016 finishing in a disappointing 10th place.

The team agreed an optional practice trip to the venue 4 weeks prior to the event in August with the team identifying the target species, preferred baits and basic rig. The team then set about building the 5 agreed rigs to target Pandora bream and possibly Bogue. The team also built a casting rig, a weed bottom rig and a lighter scratching rig. Team members were each expected and agreed collectively to build in excess of 100 rigs each.

Moral was high for the team when they arrived and they were confident of success. Over the course of the 2 practice days on the Thursday and Friday prior to the event Team England formulated a plan after testing as rigorously as possible given the low numbers of fish. Practice seemed to go well and they identified that the best bait was mussel, optimum spacing 60cm and that casting would be important

Mark 23rd (9 fish), Colin 40th(4), Rolf 41st(9), Gary 52nd(4), Cliff 53rd(3).

After a lengthy team meeting Team England agreed to change tactics slightly by all changing to braid and casting more, where appropriate, and to come up with any further improvements as their rigs and baits seemed identical to others. Tubertini Team England finished in 10th position out of 12. The team agreed that they should be in a higher position than this and resolved to improve on the second day.

The same team fished on the second day and gained an even poorer result, finishing 11th well adrift of even 10th place over the 2 days.

Cliff 36th (10), Colin 41st (32), Gary 44th (8), Rolf 45th (8), Mark 53rd(7).

After two bad days the team decided to concentrate more on the preparation of mussels and to have the option to increase hook sizes from 10 to 8 and line diameters from .14 to .16 or .16 to .18 .

consistently found to shed fewer fibres than both the other fabric types, regardless of the differing treatments, however the addition of bio-detergents or conditioners tended to release more fibres.

Professor Thompson, who leads the International Marine Litter Research Unit at Plymouth University, recently gave both written and oral evidence to the microplastics inquiry held by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee, which led to recommendations for a ban on the use of microbeads in cosmetics.

He said: “Clearly, what we are not advocating that this research should trigger something similar to the recently announced ban on microbeads. In that case, one of the considerations guiding policy intervention was the lack of clear societal benefit from incorporating microplastic particles into the cosmetics, coupled with concerns about environmental impacts. The societal benefits of textiles are without question and so any voluntary or policy intervention should be directed toward reducing emissions either via changes in textile design or filtration of effluent, or both.”

After much agonising and individual discussions with all team members the England Manager decided to replace Gary Galbraith with Matt Osborne to fish the 3rd day. Results on the 3rd day improved and the team finished 7th on the day and improved with their final placing to 10th finishing ahead of Portugal. Italy took the gold medal position with Croatia in 2nd place, and Slovenia finishing in 3rd place.

Cliff 13th(13), Mark 18th (12), Matt 34th(9), Rolf 41st(14), Colin 58th(3).

Final Tubertini Team England individual placing were; Mark Smith 31st Cliff Newbold 38th Rolf Marschalek 46th Colin Searles 48th Gary Galbraith and Matt Osborne did not fish all 3 days so are not placed individually.

Top 5 FINAL team results; 1st Italy 2nd Croatia 3rd Slovenia 4th Ireland 5th San Marino Top 5 FINAL Individual results; 1st Anthony Giacomini (Italy) 2nd Joao Pardal (Portugal) 3rd Luca Bassani (Italy) 4th Dejan Struna (Slovenia) 5th Paolo Volpini (Italy) The Angling Trust would like to thank official supplier Tubertini for their continued support for the World Boat Team.

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THAMES ESTUARY / NEWS

THAMES ESTUARY REPORT

by Lee Bollingbroke

We are slowly getting our Autumn fishing going and after such a warm summer, in our area this has had a big effect on sea temperatures probably more so in our shallow water area than else ware in the country.

As I write this report & after being out on charter for the last few days there has been a definite Autumn move with the first few cod being caught and some nice large whiting showing now in increasing numbers & I am confident that the next set of spring tides we will have a big increase in cod numbers.

Still catching plenty of thornback rays in most areas but mostly the medium to small fish in fact Stewart Belbin on board his boat Razorbill had a great haul of rays a few days ago boating over sixty on several days

on the trot, I am not sure that our anglers really want to be catching rays and would rather avoid them and most of my regular anglers are of the same opinion they are just all rayed out and we make a conscious effort to target other fish species i.e. out yesterday 23rd October catching bass codling and whiting ok we did have a few unavoidable rays but we are trying to mix it up a bit buy keeping clear of the normal ray marks.

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FISHING THE ENGLISH CARIBBEAN

By Peter Duckett

28 miles south west of Land’s End lie the stunning Isles of Scilly. An archipelago of 5 inhabited and many uninhabited islands, you can stand on pure white sandy beaches with crystal clear waters and think you’re in the Caribbean, and stand on rock marks and think you’re on the West Coast of Ireland. But this is England and one of the best kept secrets when it comes to sea fishing. You can literally have a whole island to yourself on a days’ fishing, and with the islands open to The Atlantic Ocean from every angle, whatever the weather there is always somewhere to fish.

The 5 inhabited islands, St. Mary’s, Tresco, St. Martin’s, St. Agnes, and Bryher all have contrasting shorelines ranging from shallow bays to deep water rock marks that can plunge into the Atlantic up to 100 feet plus in places within casting distance from the shore. This gives many different angling opportunities for a number of species, but in my opinion it’s the Wrasse fishing that stands out.

You could get preoccupied with just catching these fish as they are everywhere, and there are some monsters out there. If you could put the time in fish of 7, 8 and maybe even 9lb plus are possible. The varied shore marks also offer plenty of Pollack with fish up to double figures having been taken, Plaice and other flat fish are present in sandy areas although these are better targeted after dark, big Conger and Huss along with a few surprises come from the deep rock marks, or put a float out for Garfish and Mackerel. What you will also find is Mullet, and lots of them. Thick Lipped Greys can shoal in the hundreds in the shallow rocky bays as the tide floods, and Golden Greys patrol some of the sandy beaches. There are some monster Mullet around the islands and you can be fishing rock marks and out of nowhere big Mullet will cruise by.

I had a huge fish come up and nudge my float on my last trip when I was Wrasse fishing. One species you won’t find in the Scilly’s though is Bass. The terrain is perfect for them but they just aren’t there.

As mentioned Scilly could throw up some surprises if you could put the time in, and local anglers tell tales of being spooled from rock marks by fish that just hit and don’t stop running. They think these have been Sharks or Tope.

There are a lot of Blue Sharks present off the islands in the summer months, and it has to be a prime place to try for the vacant British shore caught record from one of the deep rock marks off St. Mary’s, St. Agnes, or St. Martins.

Get a slick going in the tide with a chum bag or two, feed out a fresh Mackerel under a float into the slick, and sit back and wait.

Shore Fishing From the shore you’ll be fishing over jagged rocky areas and kelp for mainly Wrasse and Pollack and the best methods for the rock marks are a bait under a float or soft lures on Texas rigs. Sandeel type imitations work well for these fish, and a little trick is to chop the first couple of inches off one of these lures and use the remaining tail section. You get a lot of takes on a longish eel without hooking up, but shorten the lure and you’ll land more fish.

I tend to stick to small soft lures and size 4 hooks, but will go down to a size 10. This gives you the chance to catch plenty of fish, and I’ve had 5lb+ Pollack on a size 10 hook and 2 inch lure. I never bother with anything other than a travel spinning rod and use a Shimano Exage 5 piece coupled with a Rovex 3000 or 4000 reel, but any decent set up will suffice. Be aware though that these Wrasse and Pollack are hard fighting and will hang on and dive into the kelp and rocks. Use a minimum of 12lb mono or 15lb braid with a 20lb fluorocarbon leader. You need to be able to bully these fish or you will lose them. You don’t need to cast to the horizon on these marks though as most of the fish are within 20 yards, and the biggest Wrasse I’ve caught, 5lb 4oz and 4lb 12oz, have both come less than 15 foot out. What you do need to do is stay mobile as you’ll want to try many marks, so a comfortable rucksack is best, and you are never more than a few minutes’ walk from the next mark. Any state of the tide can be fished and the Wrasse will oblige all day long, but the best time for Pollack is a couple of hours before high water and an hour back. You can pick up tide table from newsagents on St. Mary’s. A word of warning when fishing the rocks marks.

It’s mainly granite on Scilly which is as slippery as ice when wet, and the Atlantic swell can be big at times. Just be sensible where and when you fish.

You will need to take most of the tackle you’ll require with you as there are only a couple of shops on St. Mary’s that sell anything. You can get terminal tackle such as weights, hooks, line, floats, lures etc, but don’t expect a fully stocked tackle shop. When it comes to bait, one shop sells Ammo frozen mackerel, squid, and sometimes black lug, but don’t ignore what’s around you and free. You can catch Mackerel and even Sandeels with small sets of feathers, and if you look under the rocks on some beaches you can pick up plenty of small ragworm. Pendrathen

Beach on the northeast side of St. Mary’s is particularly good for that, as is Porth Hellick to the south. And don’t ignore the Limpets on the rocks. They make a good bait for Wrasse on their own, and added to a worm make a great cocktail. My biggest ever Wrasse came on limpet and worm. I also take packs of Seafreeze oiled black lug.

It keeps without the need for a fridge or freezer and it works! I’ve had plenty of Wrasse and Pollack on it.

When it comes to picking a rock mark to fish basically just pitch up where ever you fancy the look of. Wrasse are everywhere as are Pollack, and the water is so clear around the islands you can see fish chasing your lure and nosing around your bait under a float in places, and if you can spot a lighter patch put a bait on the bottom for a while and see what turns up. Could be anything!

Mullet If you like Mullet you’ll love Scilly but they are a challenge. They follow the tide into rocky bays on all the islands and you’ll see them inches from the shore. These are natural ocean feeders. There are no estuaries or fishing boats for them to congregate around so you need stealth and patience in the open bays, but put in some time and you will be rewarded. Bread is as good a bait as any and you can get them feeding on that, and all you need is your spinning rod with your reel loaded with 8lb fluorocarbon straight through. I’d go up to 8lb as you’ll be fishing rocky areas. The rig is very simple. Use a small white polystyrene straight through tube float held in place with split shot about 12 to 18 inches from the hook and that’s it. You can also try a small Mepps type spinner with the treble cut off and a short 3 inch length of fluro carbon tied in its place to a size 10 hook baited with ragworm when the fish are a little further out. On St. Mary’s Porthcressa Beach, Porthloo, Bar Point, Porth Hellick, and Old Town Bay are good spots for Grey Mullet, and Pendrathen Beach for Golden Greys. On all the islands just wander around until you find them. A pair of binoculars are useful and polaroid’s a must. You can see shoals of Golden Grey’s patrolling the sandy beaches at times and the Mepps approach with a small ragworm or artificial like the HTO Stink Pots ragworm lures can take fish.

Boat Fishing There aren’t any dedicated angling charter boats on the Isles or Scilly so don’t go expecting to have full day trips.

However, skipper Joe Pender runs The Sapphire out of St. Mary’s and combines Pelagic trips for birdwatchers and fishing for anglers at least twice a week, leaving St. Mary’s harbour at 5pm. Joe varies the trips between reef marks fishing mainly for Pollack and Ling, and Shark trips setting up a chum slick and drifting. Blue Sharks are the main target with a few Porbeagles caught each year, and the biggest boated is around 180lbs. I’ve had Blue’s to 150lb on the Sapphire. Joe is aided by Paul Whittaker with the shark fishing and they operate a strict tag a release policy. On the shark trips it’s worth taking a spinning rod to catch Garfish in the slick, and you can fish the bottom for all sorts of species. Anything could turn up and I’ve had Cod, Gurnards, Wrasse, Spurdog, Whiting, to name a few. For trips contact Joe on 07776204631 or check his information board on St. Mary’s Quay. Oh and don’t ignore the bird watching. Scilly is one of the best places in the UK to see visiting and migratory sea birds, especially rare birds to UK waters, with various Shearwaters, Petrels, and Skuas amongst others. There is also a very good chance that Dolphins will put on a show on these trips and you could also see Whales, Sunfish, and possibly Loggerhead Turtles. I’ve even seen big Tuna jumping out of the water feeding on Mackerel.

Travel and Accommodation You can travel to the Isles of Scilly by small plane or boat. Isles of Scilly Travel (www.islesofscilly-travel. co.uk) operate both with the Scillonian III leaving daily from Penzance Harbour between Easter and November, and flights run from Exeter, Newquay, and Land’s End. Sailing time for the boat is 2hrs 45mins with flights from Land’s End taking just 15 minutes. If you are taking fishing tackle with you I would advise travelling by boat as the luggage allowance is greater than on the flights. The Scilly’s are only small islands and holiday accommodation books up very quickly so bear this in mind when planning a trip. There are options for B&B, self-catering, hotels, and camping. Check out the Isles of Scilly Tourist Board website (www.visitislesofscilly.com) and Scilly OnLine (www.scillyonline.co.uk) for places to stay, or just do a Google search for holiday accommodation.

The best time to go from a visiting anglers point of view is between late May and the end of September, and apart from the Wrasse fishing in the crystal clear waters of the Atlantic which is second to none, who knows how many species are possible in this largely untapped anglers paradise.

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By Scott Smy

As I write this report the wind is blowing a gale out of the east and those tree’s that still had a covering of leaves are losing them at a rate of knots. By now I would have expected many of the colder water species to be showing up in numbers but the shore fishing scene still seems to be very slow in the Plymouth area.

I have heard some sketchy reports of the odd codling being caught further up the Tamar but to date many of the deeper water marks further down the river such as Devils and Mutton Cove are still to get going for any of the species one would usually expect to latch into during this time of year. The conger eels are very much absent at present with many local anglers putting in the hours but not getting the rewards. Hopefully the next set of neap tides will see an improvement on the few strap eels that have been caught to date. If you can get it then fresh squid will out fish most other baits.

One angler who has proven that the fish are out there to be caught is Anthony Edney of Castaways SAC. After latching into a nice Thin-Lip Mullet of 4-11 at a local river mark he then made the long trip up to Chesil and was rewarded with a cracking Cod of 11-13. Many local anglers are currently making the long trip up to Chesil at present and most are reporting good catches of flatfish when the seas are calm and clear around Cogden/West Bexington along with Cod from the deep water areas when the water is coloured.

Another Castaways SAC member enjoying recent success is Dave Downs who fished a South Hams rock mark for a cracking small eyed ray of 12-6 whilst fellow angler Gav Cuthbertson also managed

a nice ray during the same session. Considering how mild this autumn has been so far I fully expect to hear more big rays including Blondes being caught throughout November.

Since burning his cursed fishing hat, Steve Arnold has been in a good run of form on the fishing front weighing in a good huss of just over 10lb whilst raying followed up with a cracking Blonde Ray of 14lb+ from a Bristol Chanel shore mark. If only you had burnt that hat earlier Shaggs!

With the over-night temperatures starting to fall away flounders should start putting in an appearance from any time now. The River Fowey always fishes slightly earlier than the rest of the estuaries and that would be my bet for the coming month subject to rainfall levels staying low. The Teign should also come to the fore from November onwards although you will need peeler crab for both of these rivers. Although its’ not been confirmed to me I have heard that there may now be access issues for anglers wanting to fish the Netherton area of the Teign. Worth bearing this in mind and perhaps trying alternative locations instead.

On the boats Malc Jones of Sea Angler 2 has been finding some good sport for his loyal customers, with plenty of Cod showing on both the wrecks and reefs along with Pollack and Ling. Fishing one of the local reefs produced some god Black Bream, Bullhuss and Eels whilst Pat Meegan recorded a cracking Red Bream of 6-4.

That’s from me for this month – hopefully I’ll be able to report on countless Cod being caught in next month’s report. Happy Dipping!

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Steve Arnold Blonde Ray 14lb

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Seven Lymington and District SFC members boarded Charter Boat “Last Laugh” skippered by John Skeggs for a day’s recreational fishing. The crew consisted of more experienced anglers and new members, who were keen to learn and take advice from them and the skipper.

First stop was Christchurch Ledge where the target fish were to be pollack and the method was to drift using baited feathers or small lures. This proved productive for all. Whilst most fish were returned, some were kept as bait for our next target fish which were going to be bass which meant a move out to the west of the Needles.

Here the method would also be drifting, using either bait or lures suspended under floats. New member Alan Rutter soon showed the experienced crew how to do it and brought in a bass 5lbs 7oz. Arran Harmer followed with two more, the largest being 5lbs 15oz.

With Robin Lane having snapped his rod we headed

New Club member Alan Rutter with a bass weighing 5lb 7oz.

off for our last move, where the target fish would be plaice but with the chance of catching all sorts. Rigs for plaice saw many assorted coloured beads and spoons baited with ragworm and squid being used. It didn’t take long for the first plaice to show and was soon followed by a steady flow of these fish with Malcolm Gerrish boating 8, Arran Harmer 7, largest being 3lbs, Roland Blomfield 5, Robin Lane 4, Alan Rutter 3 which included his first double shot, several dogfish and gurnard. George Dark also had a plaice, dogfish and smoothhound, but lost what looked like a good ray on the last drop. Harry Grey also caught plaice, gurnard and thornback ray.

This was the last outing for Last Laugh as she is being sold and replaced by a new boat which John hopes will soon be seen on the water.

These trips are non competitive and designed for new comers to be able to fish with more seasoned anglers.

If you are interested and want more information please contact Robin Lane 078 7647 1901.

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By Kevin Morgan BEXHILL FESTIVAL OF THE SEA MATCH RESULTS Junior match First Josie Chambers with 201 points, second Josua Cato with 197, third Callum Jones with 142 and fourth Luis Horsman with 118 points.

Beach specimen hunt winners Best Specimen for the week Colin Crosby with a bass of 5lb 10 ½ oz, other winners Dab Kerry Saint, Pout Arthur Freeman, Eel-Flounder-Whiting-best other Ralph Crosby and best bass Colin Crosby.

Boat species hunt most species Arthur Freeman with 4 (Dab, Gurnard, Plaice and Whiting) and best specimen Jim Whippy with a bream of 1lb 3oz.

Kayak species competition 1st John Buswell with 6 species(Bream, Gurnard, Whiting, Mackerel, Dab and Plaice). 2nd Mark Hobbs with 5 species and 3rd David Chapman also with 5 species.

Bass Specimen Hunt 1st Mark Rogers 65cm, 2nd Tony McAfee-Williams 45cm and 3rd Kerry Saint 44cm.

Pegged Open Beach 1st A zone Paul Parsons with 388 points. 1st B zone Colin Crosby with 202 points. 2nd A zone Keith Erridge 236 points. 2nd B zone Adrian Darker 12 points. 3rd A zone Steve Hanks 110 points. 3rd B zone Steve May 98 points.

Biggest fish Paul Parsons Cod 69cm, biggest flatfish Adrian Darker Plaice 40cm.

ANDERIDA On Tuesday 15th September the 17th match of the season was fished with only a few fish caught!! The winner was Gary Banfield with 1lb 4 ¼ oz including the biggest fish! A flounder of 13 ¾ oz. Second was Jim Whippy with 14 ¼ oz and third Colin Isaacs with 13 ¾ oz. The heaviest round was a whiting of 6 ½ oz for Les Glazzard.

On Wednesday 28th September the 18th match was fished and this time Jim Whippy won with 5lb 6 ½ oz of whiting. Second Dennis Puttick with 2lb 15 ½ oz and third Colin Isaacs with 2lb 14 ¾ oz. The biggest fish was shared between Glyn Morgan and Dennis Putick with a pout and whiting for 10oz. The heaviest flat went to David Tame with a sole of 8 ¾ oz.

On Thursday 13th October the 19th match was fished with Colin Isaacs catching 4lb of whiting. Second was Kevin Morgan with 3lb 11oz including the biggest fish, a nice 1lb 11oz sole. Third was Dennis Puttick with 3lb 10 ½ oz. The heaviest round was a whiting of 12 oz for Colin Isaacs.

and third Ken Filtness with 237 points.

Match 16 was won by Steve Merner with Fred Puttick second and Gary Windeatt third. With Fred Puttick extending his lead, with 270 points, Jason Anderson with 259 and Ken Filtness with 256.

Match 17 in the series saw Mark Underhill (Rollerball) win with Trevor Rooney second and Karl Puttick Third. Fred Putticks lead now 27 points over Jason Anderson with Gary Windeat third.

Match 18 was won by Kevin Merner in rough conditions and the anglers plagued by rafts of weed. Kevin managed to catch a 4lb 5oz bass then pack up early and wait for everyone else to weigh in. Second was Joe Plumstead and third Fred Puttick, Fred extending his lead in the championship again !!

Peter Cornwall with a nice 1lb 11oz sole from Eastbourne

Cod caught on Panther out of Sovereign Harbour

Kevin Morgan with his 1lb 1oz sole

NEWHAVEN AND SEAFORD SHORE ANGLING CLUB A competition held at Seaford on Thursday 29th September proved difficult fishing, with Kevin Skippings catching 2lb 15 ½ oz to win. Second was Keith Morlet with 13 ¼ oz and third Eric Burnett with 12oz. Lots of small whiting, although fishing expected to improve in next few matches!!

OVER FIFTIES 24 anglers fished the over fifties on Tuesday 18th October in Normans Bay. The winner was local angler Ian Hopper with 2lb 3 ½ oz with 7 whiting.

Second Alan Smith with 1lb 13 ½ oz and joint third Tony Kirrage and Mark Underhill with 1lb 12 ½ oz.

Heaviest round was a whiting of 10 ¼ oz for Alan Smith and the heaviest flat a Flounder of 7 ½ oz for Sam Samson.

GENERAL Some nice fish have been caught during September and October both from the shore as well as the boats!

Paul Parsons has landed some nice fish including a 7lb 14oz Thornback Ray and several bass to 4lb plus.

Glyn Morgan caught a new Anderida club record !

Thornback Ray of 9lb 7oz on Sunday 18th September.

Peter Cornwall has managed some nice sole to 1lb 11oz from Eastbourne as well as bass to 4lb from Hastings Pier. Strangely it has been early October that has seen the best run of mackerel from the shore this year! Very late!!

The charter boats out of Sovereign Harbour have also been enjoying success with some nice Turbot, Pollack, Cod, Bream and Rays all showing in Sept and Oct.

Nice Pollack caught on Panther out of Sovereign Harbour Good Turbot for Roger on Misty Blue

THE EASTBOURNE NOMADS On Monday 17th October the club held a match at Langney Point with Paul Christopher landing a mixed bag of mainly whiting for 5lb 8oz. Second was Tony Kirrage with 5lb 3 ¼ oz and third Richard Newman with 3lb 8oz. The heaviest fish was a dogfish of 1lb 4oz for Tony Kirrage and the heaviest flat a dab of 4oz for Richard Newman.

THE RAILWAY TAVERN The 15th match in the series was won by Ken Filtness with Phil Metcalf second and Ian Bishop third. This leaves Fred Puttick leading the championship with 247 points, second Jason Anderson with 238 points

Glyn Morgan with his Anderida club record Thornback Ray of 9lb 7oz

Paul Parsons with a 4lb bass from Eastbourne beaches

Peter Cornwall and Dave Freeman with 4lb and 6lb 8oz bass caught on Hastings Pier.

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POOLE REPORT by Philip Higgins As the summer slowly relinquishes its grasp and the autumn temperatures drop the fishing in Poole is still producing some excellent catches in the Harbour and along the Piers. In Poole Harbour a big Ballan Wrasse weighing 6lb 1 ozs was landed on Mistress Linda just 30 metres from Brownsea Island’s pier along with Red Mullet, Garfish, Mackeral, Plaice and plenty of Bream, Our Gemma skipper M Mimms landed a 5lb Cod and Gilthead Bream close to the same mark, Plaice have been plentiful in the harbour but as the month progressed these species are slowly departing the harbour. In Poole Bay along the beaches the fishing has remained constant with excellent catches of Plaice and a few bonus Turbot and Brill. Drifting along Southbourne on Our Gemma Mervyn produced a nice 8lb Cod for his anglers. Mackeral made a surprize return and for a few days were caught in numbers only to disappear as quickly as they arrived.

There are still plenty of Gurnards, Dabs and the last of

the Bream to be caught. Rare to this area are Couch’s Bream but over the last 2 months several have been landed mostly weighing around the 1lb mark. The 1st of the trips to the famous Cod marks off the Island of Wight produced many Channel Whiting, small Congers and the old faithful Dogfish but alas no Cod for the Mistress Linda. There have been several Cod caught in this area since that trip and we look forward to venturing over there for some spectacular winter fishing.

Looking forward we will soon be seeing the arrival of the winter species Channel Whiting / Cod in the Bay and Flounders / Herring inside the Harbour.

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Sea Angling News Gallery A selection of photographs sent in by our readers this month

Steve Parker from Plymouth with a cracking bass of 11lb 2.5oz caught on whole mackerel aboard Edwin John out of Minehead.

Taff Betts of Bovington fishing Swanage Beach with a lovely 13lb Undulate Ray caught on Hermit crab using a pulley dropper rig. This catch was witnessed

by Mr John Cavendish of Bovington. The fish was weighed and released safely.

Robert Flicos with a 14lbs 6ozs thornback ray caught on squid form his own boat Solent Anglero on a Shingles Mark.

Taff "the tope" is at it again with this 42lb 8oz tope. A massive thank-you to Darren Bell who tailed it for him and without him he couldn't have done it. Not a bad fish from the shore to say the least. The tope was caught using varivas sport line and varivas big mouth extra 8/0 hooks.

Honiton sea angling club member Martin Pearce (Taff) had thist on a North Devon rock Mark. 31lb 4oz tope.

Caught on whole mackerel using varivas line and varivas big mouth extra 8/0 hooks. Thanks to Darren bell who tailed it for him, wouldn't have done it without him.

Ricky Walters with a 10lb cod caught on black lug from Chesil beach

Steve Parker from Plymouth with a 20lb Blonde caught on Edwin John out of MInehead

Sea Angling News, November 2016 Poole Dolphins Evening Charter Boat Comp on Monday Night 29/08/16 with Andy Adams on Random Harvest.

We fished with 5 members, 2 guest and 1 junior member. We left Poole Quay with a fresh westerly wind which was quite strong to venture outside the harbour with the reassurance from the skipper that it was reasonably calm outside. We anchored up not far from Boscombe Pier with the hope of finding a few Trigger Fish but it wasn't to be. We were plagued with robbing little Bream although welcome to catch they robbed the worm baits before anything else had much chance. We totalled over 80 small Bream which all went back along with 30 Scad, a few pouting, a few Mackerel, a Couple of Undulate Rays, a Pollock, a Baillions Wrasse and a Blenny. Well done to Jay Hemming who won on the night with 47 fish points, Second was Danny Williamson with 40 Fish Points and Third was Phil Thomas with 38 Fish Points and the largest Undulate of the night 8lb. Curtis Driver won the Junior Section with 22 Fish Points. Everyone caught and enjoyed the nights fishing but the hunt for the elusive Trigger Fish goes on.

Evening Pier Comp at Swanage on Wednesday 31/08/16. Members fished around the pier and on different levels. A big welcome to new members Shane Munford, James Hills and the Nunn family. The night was reasonably mild but overcast with a breeze blowing. Well done to Shane Munford who won on the night blitzing the small Wrasse, Pout, Smelt and Black bream for 477cm, Brian Read Second the 312cm and Phil Thomas Third with 192cm. Curtis Driver won the Junior Section with 148cm, Finlay Nunn Second with 93cm and Oli Nunn Third with 57cm. The nights catch was mainly made up of Ballen Wrasse with a variety of species including Corkwing Wrasse, Baillions Wrasse, Smelt, Pout, Black Bream, Pollock, Scad, Mackerel, Garfish, a couple of small Conger and an Undulate Ray of 10lb 8oz Caught by Dave Draper.

Everyone caught on the night and Juniors were very enthusiastic with the fish they caught. Many thanks to Chris Mackenzie for getting the fish and chips which everyone enjoyed.

Home Shore Comp at Shore Road, Poole on Wednesday Evening 14/9/16. Fishing along the shore outside of the Harbour near to the Jazz Café.

Hopes were high for a variety of fish including a few flatties. It was a lovely warm evening with lots people on the beach and quite a few swimmers. Members set up away from the busy areas to fish the last hour of daylight and on into the dark. Well done to Phil Thomas who had a cracking night pulling in fish after fish he totalled 341cm made up of small Bass and Smoothound. Second Phil Walmsley with 167cm and Third Chris Mackenzie with 90cm. Curtis Driver won the Junior Section with a Small Smoothound of 33cm.

Most people struggled for a bite on the night with a few blanking. Small Bass and Smoothound were the only species caught which was disappointing as no Flatties not even a Pout showed up. A great night to be out fishing if only a few more fish showed up but that's fishing.

Charter Boat Trip on Sunday 18/09/16 with Phil Higgins aboard Mistress Linda. We fished with five members and four guests. The day started out overcast with little or no wind. The sun soon broke through as we drifted in the bay and turned into a lovely hot sunny day. We started to catch a few Plaice mixed in with lots of small Bream. The tide was starting to slow so Phil decided to move to a rough ground mark and anchor up. We caught lots of decent sized Bream mixed in with various Wrasse and quite a lot of Pout.

We were hoping to see a Trigger Fish being caught but unfortunately wasn't on our boat. A small private boat near us manage a nice sized Trigger around 3lb and took great delight in holding it up for a Photograph.

We went back to drifting as the tide turned for the rest of the afternoon and found a few more Plaice. The Competition was very close with the top three only separated by one fish. Paul Driver won on the day with 132 Fish Points. The catch was made up of 21 Bream, 2 Plaice, a Pout, a Smoothhound and a few Wrasse.

Second was Phil Thomas with 128 Fish Points and Third Dave Doig with 127 Fish Points. Other Species caught included a Dab, Tub Gurnard and Pollock.

We had a great days fishing with superb weather.

Everyone enjoyed the days fishing and the hospitality aboard Mistress Linda.

Evening Charter Trip on Monday night 19/09/16 with Andy Adams aboard Random Harvest. We fished with five members two guests and one junior member. The weather was overcast and spotting with rain as it had been most of the day. The forecast was for it to stop during the evening but it didn't and the rain persisted all evening. We ventured out of the harbour to anchor up on a rough ground mark in the bay. The one positive

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with the weather was that their was no wind and it was flat calm. Small Bream gave a good account of themselves from the start while we still had daylight.

One of our guests managed a lovely Red Mullet which lifted everyone's spirts in the hope of a few different species. Chris Mackenzie caught a potential club record Couch's Bream of 8.1 oz and Dave Hoare caught another Couch's Bream which was the same weight sharing the potential club record. Paul Driver won on the night with 40 Fish Points catching Bream, Pouting, Scad, Smoothound and an Undulate Ray of 8lb 12oz. The Ray gave a good account of itself on very light Bream outfit coming in backward in the tide at one point. It was a surprise to actually land the Ray as it took a very small slither of squid on a size 4 worm hook intended for Bream. Second was Phil Thomas on 28 Fish Points and Third Chris Mackenzie on 22 Fish Points. Junior Curtis Driver had a good night, He caught from the start and won the Junior Section with 31 Fish Points catching more Bream than anyone else on the night. He also managed a surprise Cuttlefish which latched onto one of the Pout he caught and would not let go. Other Species on the night Dogfish and Pollock. The persistent rain had put a damper on the evening but the good fishing coupled with the different species caught made it one of the best nights fishing we have had this year. This was the last Evening Charter trip of the year. We have had a reasonably good year weather wise only confined to the harbour for one trip. Many thanks to the skippers Phil Higgins Mistress Linda for the first trip and Andy Adams Random Harvest for all the others. A big thank you to Chris Mackenzie for organising the trips and sorting the bait for each trip. A really good competition, well organised with lots of different species caught. Everyone enjoyed the various types of fishing we managed this year all in good humour with plenty of banter and looking forward to next year with hopefully a few more Mackerel.

NWASAC Match Report: 8th Round of NWASAC Personal Members Championship 2016, Sun 25.9.16, Dee Estuary, Queensferry (18 rods).

Fished downstream of Queensferry’s Blue Bridge on a breezy evening, the channel produced fish, eels and flounders, for all the competitors.

Carl Edwards, fresh from his runner-up place at the previous day’s Mersey Anglers Open at Otterspool, drew peg 1, near the bridge and caught eels throughout the match for an emphatic win. Eastham’s Andy Hopkinson topped Zone B for second overall.

Both crab and worm baits produced and two good flounders shared the fish pool for Bill Lindfield and junior Stephen Trish (part of his creditable fourth place).

John Waugh retains his championship lead with the Lindfields heading the pairs championship.

Results (scored in continental style from 2 zones): 1. Carl Edwards (Bootle), 18 eels, 420 pts. (Zone A) 2. Andy Hopkinson (Eastham), 7 eels, 3 flounders 328 (Zone B) 3. David G. Hutchinson (Morecambe), 12 eels, 5 flounders, 402.

4. Stephen Trish jr. (Bootle), 5 flounders, 2 eels, 242.

5. Bill Lindfield (Greasby), 204.

6. Joe Perry (Bootle), 240.

Flatfish Pool: equal S. Trish jr. & B. Lindfield, both flounders of 68 pts (39 cms).

Championship after 8 rounds: 1. John Waugh (Wallasey), 169 pts.

2. B. Lindfield, 152.

3. J. Perry, 148.

4. Steve Bonner (Wallasey), 133.

5. A. Hopkinson, 131.

6. Les Trish (Crosby), 121.

Pairs: 1. Bill & Heather Lindfield, 269 pts.

2. Edwards/ Waugh, 244.

3. Steve Trish (Bootle) & Les Trish, 238.

NWASAC Match Report: Mersey Anglers Open, Sat 24.9.16, Otterspool Promenade, Liverpool (28 rods).

A few codling are starting to show on this section of the Mersey Estuary to give a much needed boost to catches.

Veteran matchman, Chris Stringer topped the results convincingly from Zone D while fellow north east angler, Neil Cutler was third with local rod, Carl Edwards, second on the podium.

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John Baguley, fishing near the jetty, located the best fish of the match, a ray of 57 cmc (across the wings).

Results Chris Stringer (Whitley Bay), 228 cms (Zone D).

Carl Edwards (Bootle), 181 cms (ZoneC).

Neil Cutler (Gateshead), 166 cms (Zone A).

Zone A: Ian Griffiths (Eastham), 108 cms.

Zone B: Gary Ritson (Wallasey), 150 cms.

Zone C: Heather Lindfield (Greasby), 132 cms.

Zone D: John Baguley (Wallasey), 150 cms.

Roundfish Pool: J. Baguley, Thornback Ray, 57 cms.

Flatfish Pool: John Waugh (Wallasey), flounder 26 cms.

West Bay SAC 24th September 2016, East Pier West Bay 12:00 15:00 Thirteen members and one guest turned out to fish the match on a cloudy day. Once again the sea was dirty with large waves and a southerly 5 wind.

All but two of the contestants managed to catch fish.

Ewan once again took the lead but was beaten to first place by his brother Aaron who only caught one fish, which weighed 133g and of was legal sized leap frogging him over all the other contestants.

Species caught on the day: flounder, bass, pout, whiting, rockling & pollock.

1st: Aaron Chambers 133g Legal Weight.

2nd: Ewan Chambers 205g (118g Legal Weight) 3rd: Ollie Butler 377g Heaviest Flatfish: Caolan Ayers 87g flounder Heaviest Round Fish: Ollie Butler 157g bass heaviest Weever: none caught (Prize rolls over) Most Species: Ollie butler 3 species Smallest Fish: Ollie Butler 8g whiting Last Fish: Jack Parkman 20g whiting Most Fish: Tied between Ollie Butler & Owen Swatridge 8 each

the strong winds and ventured out from Poole aboard ‘Strongbow’ skippered by Dick Peckham.

Dick was able to save the day and offer a days fishing at short notice to several of the members, following a trip to Weymouth being cancelled due to the weather.

Despite the high winds, it is usually possible to get out from Poole to fish either the bay or harbour such is the unique geographical position of the port.

On the day we were fortunate enough to be able to fish both the harbour and bay given the wind was from a westerly direction and therefore shelter could be found from Old Harry Rocks and the surrounding cliffs. The day started by drifting the harbour for plaice, however sport was slow and baits were be torn apart by small bream; therefore Dick plumped to head out into the bay to try for rays and other fish on a bank.

Almost immediately upon arrival Arran Harmer bent into a good sized undulate ray of 9lb plus, quickly followed by Anton Emblem with one slightly smaller.

Other fish caught included tub gurnard, dogfish, mackerel and smoothounds.

As the tide started to fade, the wind forced the boat to snake about on the anchor warp and bites started to dry up. The decision was therefore made to head for the cover of Old Harry Rocks to fish a ledge close into the shore. With the fishing more comfortable, a number of bream, mackerel and gurnard were boated as the tide turned.

The remainder of the day was spent drifting for plaice along Studland and the outer harbour, however, it was evident that they weren’t playing ball and only bream and smoothounds could be found.

Overall an enjoyable day was had by all and big thanks go to Dick and Robin Lane for organising a trip at the last minute.

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Shingle Bank League Competition.

On Monday 26th September we held a Shingle Bank League competition, in which 13 club members signed on and 11 caught fish consisting of small-eyed rays, undulate rays, sole, bream, whiting, pollack and pout.

The weather on the night was good and 21 fish were caught and released, the best fish of the night was an undulate ray weighing 11lbs 12.2oz caught

by A.Bridges.

Results: 1st D.Panks 14lbs 8.9oz, 2nd A.Bridges 11lbs 12.2oz, 3rd J.Sloper 11lbs 8oz 4th P.Watson 6lb 14.5oz, 5th M.Stote 4lb 14.5oz, 6th K.Panks 2lb 3.4oz 7th A.Hopkins 1lb 15.4oz, 8th C.Ellis 1lb 10.6oz, 9th P.Tomkins 1lb 7oz, 10th O.Hopkins and R.Blomfield both with 1lb 5.6oz.

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Here are the results of our latest matches which were a Deep Boats trip out from Lymington aboard 'Tide Line' and a Shore match at Ringstead Bay on Sat 1st October.

DEEP BOATS. 8 members fished with all 8 catching & releasing 19 Scad, 94 Pout,11 Dogfish, 5 Whiting, 4 Bream, 1 Bull Huss, 1 Smoothound & 1 Undulate Ray with the best fish being the Undulate ray of 11lb 8ozs caught by John Bell.

RESULT. 1. Paul Bryson 32 fish 112pts 2. John Bell 29 fish 103pts 3. Richard Knight 17 fish 66pts 4. Pasquale Mucci 14 fish 52pts 5. Steven Blewitt 13 fish 49pts SHORE - RINGSTEAD BAY - 1ST OCT. 18 members fished and all 18 had a good evening weighing in 131 fish for 49k 716gms. Species were Pout, Bass, Cod, Conger & Silver Eel, Rockling, Wrasse & Bull Huss with the best fish being a Conger Eel of 5k 490gms caught by Club President Pasquale Mucci who was a lot happier than last year when lost a good conger in the surf. There were a few other good fish caught :- A New Club Record Bull Huss of 4k 420gms caught by Ryan MCclements, Dave Beale had a Cod of 3k 060gms & Paul Dorey had a Bass of 2k 090gms.

RESULT. SENIORS. 1. Ryan MCclements 4 fish 8k 170gms 2. Pasquale Mucci 2 fish 5k 770gms 3. Bob Patterson 14 fish 4k 936gms 4. Paul Dorey 13 fish 4k 630gms 5. David Neil 17 fish 4k 470gms 6. David Beale 7 fish 4k 200gms No Juniors weighed in.

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There have been some good catches of bass off Ilfracombe aboard John Barbeary’s ‘Bluefin’ with inshore reefs providing exciting sport, live sandeel proving the best bait. Holsworthy Sea Anglers fished off Ilfracombe on Bluefin landing several huss, tope and smoothound.

A few tope have also been boated from Bideford Bay the best a fine fish of 39lb 8oz to the rod of Kevin Pike who won Appledore Shipbuilders Monthly boat fishing competition. Andrew Atkinson took second and third places with bull huss of 11lb and 10lb 4oz.

A few smoothound have been landed by shore anglers the best I have heard of caught by Combe Martin SAC member Ian Laird weighing 9lb 15oz. Fellow club members Kevin Legge and Dave Brooke enjoyed a successful session on a local surf beach with Kevin beaching a fine bass of 10lb 7oz and a small eyed ray of 9lb 12oz. Dave sharing the success with a bass of 8lb 7oz.

Grey mullet have been feeding well and I managed a pleasing specimen of 5lb 2oz to win Combe Martin Sea Angling Clubs Lyn Fish. Runner up in the event was James Gubb Fradgely with a bull huss of 10lb 1oz and third Rob Scoines with a boat caught small eyed ray of 9lb 13oz. Daniel Welch secured forth with a fine bass of 7lb 13oz taken on bread-flake whilst targeting

Kevin Pike 39lb 8oz tope grey mullet. Combe Martin SAC give special thanks to all who participated and supported the event, to Sakuma and Braunton Baits for donating some excellent prizes. Thanks also to Tony Vickery and all at the Rising Sun for providing delicious food and making all welcome. The event helped to raise £400 for the West Exmoor Federation of schools.

Bass caught on Bluefin off Ilfracombe

Daniel Welch landed with a fine grey mullet of 5lb 1oz one of several caught during October.

The Taw flounder season is underway with Taz Wotton taking top spot in Bideford’s monthly rover landing a flounder of 1lb 8 3/4oz. Lee Watts secured second and third with flounder of 1lb 81/4oz and 1lb 7oz. The club also held the Des Clements Memorial Competition that raised £25 for charity and was won by Taz Wotton with his flounder.

Bideford Angling Clubs 24 hour rover was won by Antony Smith with a bull huss scaling 12lb 3/4oz.

In second and third was Nathan Clements with a bull huss of 10lb 6oz and asmoothound of 7lb 1oz.

Jazza John secured the top three places in Appledore Shipbuilders Match weighing in flounder of 1lb 151/4oz, 1lb 11oz and 1lb 9oz. Jack Pike took the junior prize with a wrasse of 2lb 21/4oz.

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ALDERNEY REPORT

By Mark Harding SHORE SPORT The switch is on and early doors for the Autumn and Winter that we could have has started really well. Some really good Bass fishing on the lures with fish to 7lb+ taken, mainly off the surface too which is explosive! Black Bream have arrived in excellent numbers and we are catching them on Mullet gear – how else!! Its awesome fun to say the least. Fish tactics exactly the same as you would for the Mullet including the ground bait but step up your trace line. Fish to over 3lb reported!

Red Mullet and Sole are showing with fish in reasonable numbers and all the other bits and bobs you associate with this time of year.

We have also had a run of Codling too with visiting lad Malcom from Bristol getting the largest so far reported, a fish of around 7 or 8lb! On top of that a load of squid have arrived (read match report below) which is great fun in itself and great food but normally we then get excellent action with Tope, Ray, Huss and Eels with a sprinkling of Smoothound to boot too. Excited!!

BOAT SPORT Last report for this year, its not been as good as it should be but there are plenty of Black Bream to 3lb 8oz and some Couches to 3lb too, all the normal species you guys associate with Alderney are showing but not the high intensity that we are used too leading to disappointment for the visiting anglers but this coming week w/c 24/10/16 I am expecting the last two visiting boats, Wild Frontier and Peace &Plenty, to do well – see if I am right!

ALDERNEY ANGLING FESTIVAL 2016 The 31st event turned in to one of the best fishing results the festival has seen for a number of years. Plenty of specimen sized fish justified the event to be continued to be held at this time of year. Attendance was down but with such a positive response we all expect numbers to be back up next year. Most thought that Alderney would continue the pattern of the year with plenty of small fish and a struggle to hit the high qualifying weights but alas Alderney produced the goods with just a handful of spaces left on the board to fill. Around £6,500 was handed out in prize money!! Full list of winners below.

Next years event is from Saturday 14th October to Saturday 21st October so get flights and accommodation booked up before you miss out!

Alderney Angling Festival 2016 Results Conger 2. Kevin Nichols 20-12-0 1. Steve Mullins 22-0-0 Bull Huss & L.S.D 5. Bull Huss of 9-14-8 Glen Cortez 4. L.S.D of 1-15-4 Mark Harding 3. Bull Huss of 11-3-2 Pete Walker 2. Bull Huss of 11-7-2 Mark Plowman 1. LSD of 2-4-10 Barry Peel Ballan Wrasse 1. 6-2-10 Brian Williams Bream 5. 2-9-10 Barry Peel 4. 2-10-8 Dan Slimm 3. 2-11-2 Ian Le Blancq 2. 2-14-4 Alistair House 1. 2-14-12 Kevin Nichols Plaice and Sole 3. Sole of 1-13-8 Kevin Nichols 2. Sole of 2-10-2 Derek Kane 1. Sole of 2-15-10 Barrie Aubert Bass & Pollack 5. Bass of 5-9-12 JC 4. Bass of 5-10-4 Jamie Sugden 3. Bass of 5-12-12 Andy Loveridge 2. Bass of 6-7-4 Mark Harding 1. Bass of 7-14-2 Chris Eastwood Thick Lipped Mullet 5. 4-4-4 Graham Le Gresley 4. 4-5-14 Andy Hedger 3. 4-8-0 Andy Loveridge 2. 4-14-12 Chris Eastwood 1. 5-0-6 Steve Mullins Mackerel/Garfish/Scad 5. Garfish 1-3-10 Adam Salmon 4. Garfish 1-3-12 Steve Greenway 3. Garfish 1-3-12 Graham Hazell 2. Garfish 1-6-2 Jack Gavey 1. Mackerel 1-7-6 Dan Curgenven Over 5lb 5. Undulate Ray of 11-7-6 Andy Loveridge 4. Undulate Ray of 12-2-2 Rhys Jenkins 3. Undulate Ray of 12-11-4 Scott Audoire 2. Small Eyed Ray 10-1-10 Michael Winter 1. Small Eyed Ray 11-11-6 Steve Bunn Under 5lb 5. Golden Grey Mullet 1-15-8 Jacob Maurice 4. Golden Grey Mullet 1-15-12 David Bree 3. Three Bearded Rockling 1-13-12 Helen Young 2. Thin Lipped Mullet 2-4-0 Dicky Smith 1. Thin Lipped Mullet 2-4-12 Brian Williams Richard McCarthy Memorial Trophy- Heaviest fish returned alive sponsored by Darren Braby Rhys Jenkins with an Undulate Ray 12-2-2 Barbie Cosheril Memorial Trophy- Fish of the Festival Barry Peel with the LSD of 2-4-10 Veteran Trophy Andy Loveridge Best Women Helen Young Three Bearded Rockling 1-13-12 Best Pair Mark Harding & Jacob Maurice 6 species 307.01% Best Team Reel Deal– Andy Loveridge, Rick Ball, Steve Bunn, Michael Bohan with 442.33% Best UK Dan Curgenven 3 species at 151.97% Best CI Mark Harding with 5 species 241.73% , closely followed by in 2nd Andy Loveridge with 5 species 235.22% Fathers vs Sons 1st place goes to the sons with 249.60%

ALDERNEY ANGLING SHORE LEAGUE 2016 Two matches to report on in this reporting period and both fished really well.

Heaviest Bass A turnout of 13 on a perfect day for hunting Bass! Plenty of Bass had been reported from around the island but a lot of small fish, so the challenge was getting one over the minimum size limit of 42cm.

Most had a similar plan, throw some lures around till dusk and then sit for the last two hours on bait in darkness to try to improve what they had. Big fish were elusive but 7 anglers managed to bring fish to the scales which made for a closely contested weigh in, most anglers managing to find Bass too..............most!! Top rod was JC winning his first ever League match with a 4lb 4oz fish, with Dicky getting a last gasp silver bar to get in to second place.

Match Results: 1st – John Copeland - 4lb 4oz 2nd - Dicky Smith - 3lb 10oz 3rd - Jordan Walters - 3lb 5oz 4th – Gary Maurice - 3lb 2oz 5th - Mark Harding - 2lb 10oz 6th - Andy Black - 2lb 2oz 8th - Darren Braby - 2lb 1oz Heaviest Bag of Squid First try at this format and what fun! Even the squid turned up to play which was a right bonus! It wasn’t just squid neither, a quick tweak of the rules included cuttlefish so really I guess this match was the Heaviest Bag of Cephalopods!! Top rod was Dicky Smith with a bag of 1 cuttle and 11 squid for a weight of 6lb which just about pipped Cephalopoder extraordinaire James Clarke who somehow managed 18 squid for 5lb 14oz. Dicky won the heaviest pool too with his cuttle of 1lb 13oz which beat Andrew Scott’s cuttle.

However, the biggest squid of the night fell to Fieona Cosheril and she won a round of applause!

Match Results: 1st – Dicky Smith – 11 squid, 1 cuttle - 6lb 2nd – James Clarke – 18 squid - 5lb 14oz 3rd – Fieona Cosheril- 5 squid - 3lb 2oz 4th – Mick Maurice – 5 squid - 3lb 1oz 5th – Michael Bohan – 6 squid - 2lb 13oz 6th – Adam Salmon – 6 squid - 2lb 11oz 7th – Andrew Scott – 2 squid, 1 cuttle – 2lb 8th – Wayne Cosheril – 2 squid – 1lb 9th - Mark Harding – 1 squid - 6oz Next Match is eagerly awaited 24 Hour Rover Heaviest Bag on Saturday 29th October fishing from 12.00 till Sunday 12.00pm.

Booking in from 11.30am at Alderney Angling. The Species List is available now with bag limits and minimum fish size limits on. Two rods, max 4 hooks.

League Table Top consolidated themselves and dropped matches not having too much effect……………yet! Further down I can see one or two things happening so long as remaining jokers played right and people doing well.

Top 4 fish the Fish Race Final and the winner of that will get to go to the Florida Keys!! (or if preferred a European destination). Best 14 matches from the 20 count.

Darren Braby 1133 (J) Adam Salmon 931 (JJ) James Clarke 850 (JJ) Dicky Smith 760 (JJ) Wayne Cosheril 605 (JJ) Michael Bohan 531 (J) Scott Audoire 522 Mark Harding 473 (JJ) Fieona Cosheril 453 (J) Alistair Walters 416 Andy Black 328 (J) Kim Le Poullain 306 (J) Andrew Scott 221 Norman Butel 182 Jordan Walters 180 Adam Barnes 136 John Copeland 100 Mick Maurice 100 Gary Maurice 50 Jacob Maurice 46 Jack Williams 26 Marcus Odoli 20 Tracey Clarke 10

A Red Mullet of 1lb 13oz for Scott Audoire

Dan Curgenven with a 1lb 7oz Mackerel

A lure caught 7lb 14oz Bass for Chris Eastwood

Darren Braby 21lb 9oz Blonde Ray

Darren Braby 9lb 1oz Small Eyed Ray

Kevin Nicholls took top Bream spot with this 2lb 14oz fish

Mark Harding with an 8lb 5oz Bull Huss

M.Winter 10lb 1oz Small Eyed also returned alive

Jersey lad Jack Gavey with a Gar that went 1lb 6oz

Dicky smith with a 2lb 4 oz thin Lipped Mullet, rare capture for Alderney and returned alive

Lady champ Helen Young with a 1lb 13oz 3-Bearded Rockling

Chris Eastwood 4lb 14 oz Thick Lipped Mullet returned alive

Mark Harding with a 6lb 7oz Bass

Pete Walker 11lb 3oz Bull Huss returned alive

Steve Mullins with the largest Thick Lipped of the week at 5lb

Rhys Jenkins returned this 12lb 2oz Undulate Ray alive

Returned alive again, a nice Undulate Ray which gave Mouse a real chance for the top CI award at the end of the week

TROPHY WINNERS FROM ALDERNEY FESTIVAL ON PAGE 17

Trophy Contenders Pairs Trophy Top 3 fish a Fish Race final in this one too – the winners will have a long weekend at Dorset’s famed Chesil Beach in the Autumn.

Top two teams keep playing tag with each other as Fie/Adam get back on top! Good team result for MB/WC but I believe that Dicky can get andy going and drag them in to the top 3, can JC/MM do the same??

Darren B/Andrew S 1364 Fieona C/Adam S 1394 Michael B/ Wayne 1156 Blacksmiths 1088 Mick M/James C 950 Scott A/Kim Le P 828 Wally W/Norman B 598 Mark H/Jacob M 439 Gary M/ Adam B 216 Jordan W/Marcus O 200 Heaviest Fish of the Year Adam Salmon – Pollack – 8lb 8oz Best Bass Adam Salmon – 5lb Best Pollack Adam Salmon – 8lb 8oz Best Conger None Best Plaice/Sole Norman Butel – Sole – 2lb 3oz Most Species of the Year 18 – Darren Braby 17 - Adam Salmon 15 - James Clarke He was well chuffed belive me! Barrie Aubert with this 2lb 15oz Sole

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NEWS / RESULTS

West Sussex Report

By Chris Snow

Well what a strange month October has been! If the water has been clear the Plaice catches have been good from Seaford, Brighton and Hove beaches with the best I have heard of at just over 3lb , in the same sessions you have been likely to catch a bagful of mackerel and garfish with the odd Gurnard thrown in. Night time along the coast has seen lots of anglers targeting the cod that have started to show but generally in murkier water , the fish have been of a good average size between 5-10lb, best baits fresh black lug or a number have fallen to whole squid tactics. These fish havent been necessarily claimed by long casting with a chuck of about 50-80yds all thats needed.There has also been the obligatory Undulates still being recorded with reports of over 40 being caught on Worthing Pier in rougher conditions in one day along with cod and Congers! Considering the pier is short and on a large tide the water clears the end they continue to be surprising catches. The best one I have heard of is a 31lb fish that was caught probably about 70 yds out and I`m guessing on squid. Thankfully the Whiting havent reared there heads in the West Sussex region just yet which means you have a far better chance of something decent being snared by your bait but I’m sorry it wont be long.

The outlook depending on temperature and sea conditions is pretty good as more cod will show , bass will still figure to livebaits but the slid out scad will probably swapped for a whiting or a pout.Undulates seem to be an all year catch now and if the sea has been coloured up there will be a great number of these recorded mainly caught on fish baits, I would suggest if conditions right squid will be the number one bait

as will attract most of the larger species, some people prefer mackerel but this limits the species caught.If the weather remains mild then there is a chance the mackerel and gars will still be a worthwhile target.

One thing I must ask is that if you do fish Worthing Pier please do adhere to the Pier rules and clear any mess up before leaving, there have been a few people showing disregard and it wont be long and a ban may show its ugly head...

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By Richard Saxby

The nights are drawing in, the temperature is dropping and the first cod has been landed from Burnham. The weekend tides over the last month have either been neaps or springs with a couple of big sets that have made the fishing a bit challenging, trying to find somewhere with enough tide but not too much out of the worst of the wind. None the less a few members have managed some tidy fish.

The first weekend in October Ultra White was out with 3 crew. A busy day with hounds, dogs, thornies, eels, whiting, small tope, spotted ray and a huss of 10-9 for Martin Quinn, a conger of 22lb for Nigel Devey and a lovely early cod of 10-2 for Andy Georgiou.

The following weekend 4 boats made it out for a short one over top tide. Two of the boats pushed out in to a fairly lumpy sea with the other two staying in the shelter of the river. The fishing was considerably better further out with a surprising number of eels, loads of thornies and dogs but no one found a cod.

The next weekend was big spring tides so no one ventured out but Stephen Saxby and myself had a charter trip on Valkyrie and spent a pleasant day in the solent with Stephen catching his first cod of the winter of 10-14.

Friday the 21st and 2 boats made it out in pleasant conditions for a short one over high. Both boats headed down to Lilstock with the 5 anglers catching a steady stream of eels, thornies and dogs with man of the moment Andy Georgiou again finding the only cod with a nice one of 10lb 4oz. Although not everyone’s cup of tea I enjoy catching conger and it's great to see the numbers on the up in the bay.

The next month should see the cod numbers increase and hopefully some good size whiting to add to the usual suspects.

Fish of the month for September was won by Andy Georgiou with a hound of 18lb 7oz and 119 % The next club competition is the Wilf Dunstone Trophy from Burnham on Sea on Sunday 27th November. Our next club meeting is on Thursday 17th November which is also our AGM at Burnham Motor Boat and Sailing Club on the sea front, pop along if you are interested in joining a friendly club.

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ALDERNEY FESTIVAL PRESENTATION PHOTOS

Ah yes!! Top CI Angler - meeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Andy Loveridge with the Veteran trophy

Helen Young won the Best Lady

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Steve Mullins with Best Conger

Well deserved top UK angler Dan Curgenven

Top Pair was Jacob Maurice and Mark Harding

Phil with a nice Bullhuss - Seafire II

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Top CI angler Mark Harding and Top UK angler Dan Curgenven - gingers UTD!!

Top team were the Reel Deal of Steven Bunn, Andy Loveridge, Michael Bohan and Rick Ball

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MINEHEAD AND WATCHET REPORT

by Keith Wigglesworth

October turned out to be a strange old month here in the Bristol Channel. If you were after rays, congers or huss then there was plenty of sport to be had within a short distance of either Minehead or Watchet harbours. A number of 20lb + blonde rays have been caught, but the most prolific ray by far has been the small eyed ray. Congers have ranged from boot-laces up to 50lb and several nice bass have turned up with one of 11lb+ falling to a Minehead boat and a monster of 15lb+ from the Blue Anchor/Dunster beach area.

There are still a few smoothounds about too.

For species angler the month started off very slowly with the skippers having to search hard to find the

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The whiting are now showing and it would appear that the cod are following them in. Four double figure cod have been caught in the past two weeks with the best tipping the scales at over 15lb to private boat owner Tom Wright. Finding a cod of any size at the moment is still a bit hit or miss, but with smaller codling starting to show from shore marks, it won’t be long before they appear at the boats.

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MINEHEAD / BRISTOL CHANNEL

BRISTOL CHANNEL SHORE REPORT

By Craig Butler of West Coast Tackle I must admit, it's been a bit disappointing on the number of codling we are experiencing in the channel this autumn. Things were encouraging in late August into early September. But we can't dwell on what's lacking and we must concentrate on what happening.

We can have faith in the cod as they always surprise us in one way on another.

There's plenty of other species to get stuck into if the codling are thin on the ground.

The past month has seen Small eyed ray, spotted ray, blonde ray and the trusty Thornback ray making themselves known along with a few late smoothounds and a few bass and the odd quality sole in and around the Minehead area.

Colin Evans from Dunster caught a fine sole of 2lb 6oz on his last cast late night on Minehead town beach. Piling on the last of his rag and lug on a 4/0 hook looking to get a last cast bass or codling the big sole wasn't what he expected.

Honiton Sea angling club member Martin Pearce (aka Taff) has been on a mission with fellow club members and mates. They have been hunting down the tope along the north Devon coast. Recently it all came good with with Taff bagging a fine 31lb 4oz specimen and a new club record. It doesn't end there for Taff though.

A few days later the lads are back out again. Unable to get on the chosen mark ,they fish another and I'd say Taff was extremely please as he smashes his own club record again with a fantastic Tope of 42lb 8oz. Well done Martin from the S.A.N team. (See page 10) From one achievement to another. Gary from Wells has recently notched up his 4000th fish that he has

Gary from Wells with his 3999 & 4000 fish he has caught from Blue Anchor wall. Gary fishes most weekends at Blue Anchor and has recorded every fish he has caught here.

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caught from Blue Anchor wall. Gary fishes back to back tides most weekends regardless of the weather.

I may be wrong but I'm sure it's taken Gary 3 years to reach this target. He's already looking to 5000, so watch this space. As we approached the middle of October a few better cod started to appear. The first double reported was caught by local Minehead angler Andy Stilling. Fishing with Justin Haller they fished a local mark on a flooding tide, about half tide Andy only managed to lob a large 3 squid bait out 40m planning a walk back as the tide was flying in.

What happened next had me laughing my head off when they relayed what happened. As the cod was beached the hooks fell out which can happen now and again, Andy noticed this and just dropped his rod and literally launched himself on top of the cod in the surf, now laying flat on top of the fish trying to get his hands on it it makes a dash for it and escapes only to beach itself, luckily for Andy who was soaked to the skin. In all the excitement of such a great fish and the tide flying in over the shallow ground Andy went to pick his rod up but the sea had claimed it. The next low tide he went to hopefully pick it up, and there it was still in good order with a near 20lb conger on the end that had scavenge the remaining squid.

The month ahead will hopefully sea the cod fishing pick up as the bigger cod and codling move into the channel. Fishing low any of the low water marks mainly on neap tides should increase the chances of finding one or two. Realistically tho a decent cod can turn up anywhere.

Wherever you go.

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Minehead local angler Andy Stilling with a cracking 11lb 10oz cod caught from the shore at Watchet.

The photo doesn't do it justice but it was carefully weighed on a couple of different sets of scales on and off the beach.

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Smalleyed ray tagged & ready for release - Anna 2

Looks like the skipper has caught his supper - Anna 2

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LAST LAUGH REPORT

By John Skeggs The weather has now turned autumnal and we focus our attention on the winter Cod fishing. South of the Needles, we have seen the first of the winter species turn up in the gullies. Whiting,Cod, Bullhuss, Pollack are all making an appearance, the signs look good for the coming months. You might even be lucky enough to catch a Turbot ! Western Solent , the Brambles and Ryde middle are all producing Cod and Whiting. The average weight Cod being around 8lb.

Don't miss out on a Needles Lunker (big Cod), make a booking with a local skipper! There are still plenty

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of Rays being caught along with the odd mackerel and scad, catches of bream and smoothounds have thinned out as they move to deeper water. November is the last month of my Catch and Release Bass Competition.If you would like to be in with a chance of a Free boat charter, get your booking in. Competition rules can be found on my web site www.lastlaughcharterfishing. co.uk

WEST WIGHT REPORT

By Arthur Savage This month has seen the arrival of the Channel Whiting along the West Wight (as predicted), they are in good numbers with some under size fish amongst them, the unusual thing is that we are also pulling up Scad and Mackerel on the same gear, so its a win win situation at the moment. Along with the arrival of the Channel Whiting we have seen a lot of small Conger Eel around eighteen inches long (more like a silver Eel) plus a lot of small Pouting which is the feed stock for the larger predators. The summer fish are also still here with Tope Smoothound and Bream being boated and returned, These fish will move on over the next few weeks however if the weather stays mild you could still see the Smoothound in January.

The inshore Cod are still arriving on the usual marks around the Needles, all around the 6lb to 10lb mark however the Solent (as last year) has really kicked off with some boats reporting up to eight fish over one tide. This month I have also taken some night trips Sole fishing which has produced some good Sole and Plaice, but the surprise catch was a 9lb Cod in 3.8mtr

of water which was very welcome.

Ps. The British Cod Championship will be held again this year from Lymington. Two day event held on Wednesday 23rd November and Thursday 24th November The entry forms can be obtained from our web site (West Wight charter skippers Assoc.) or you can ring Kevin Jewl on 07843208597.

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RECENT CATCHES ABOARD LAST LAUGH

17lb Stary smoothound

Early winter cod caught in 3.8m of water whilst sole fishing.

Dover Sole

WESTWARD FESTIVAL INTERCLUB COMPETITION

Honiton sea angling club came on top of the pile of the westward festival fishing competition at Seaton.

They scored 43 points to win the day. 8 sea angling clubs took part at Seaton, Branscombe and Beer on

a catch and release event. Blackdown SAC came a close 2nd with exmouth and the Weston outcasts in joint 3rd. Top shore angler was Rob Marshall and best in the boat was Scott Shepperd.

Thornback ray - Private Venture

Early inshore Cod - Private Venture

Three bearded Rockling - Private Venture

First bass of the day - Private Venture

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NEWS / WEYMOUTH

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Port Report We are indeed fortunate in Weymouth to have the Weymouth Angling Centre as a major part of our angling community. Andy Selby, owner of the Centre, is an untiring ambassador of our sport and, through his multitude of contacts, brings a great deal of very welcome work to the local charter fleet though the various competitions he and his wife Charlotte along with his enthusiastic Angling Centre staff encourage to the town.

one. There is a global shortage of squid to add to the increasing challenges facing the angler.

October is often an unsettled month of weather in which many 'normal' angling charters can be lost but competitions can still proceed due to the structuring of each different daily event within it and how the fishing can adapt to the conditions which in themselves become part of the challenge.

November has, for the past few years, been an excellent month for bass. There may be a few launce around, joey mackerel or little scad to use as bait but this is the month when artificial lures are used with white being the current favourite. Bream usually stay around until the first sustained period of unsettled weather but, with sea temperatures still so warm, they could continue well into the month before moving off.

The WIBAC (Weymouth International Boat Angling Competition) is such a five day event and took place in very brisk easterly winds in the middle of October and involved half of the Weymouth boats. The event will be featured in the next edition of Jim Whippy's excellent new glossy magazine ' Saltwater Boat Angling and so I will not go into detail of how the adventure unfolded. It is well worth noting, however, that in a year regarded by many as being a hard year as far as the 'popular' fish (plaice, bream, bass) go the WIBAC showed just how many species Weymouth does offer to the sporting angler rather than those more concerned with justifying their trip by the amount of 'quality' fish to take home for the table.

In the 'Species' event, competitors aimed to catch just one of as many different types of fish as they could within the six hour fishing period. Just imagine how many YOU could catch in a day. We often tot up the species caught by everyone on the boat on a charter trip and sometimes we manage to get into double figures but these competition anglers will be aiming to individually achieve double figures of species with the winners needing to get at least 14 species to be in with a chance of winning although this year an amazing 15 species took top spot on this particular day.

Apart from this excellent event, the Weymouth boats have been targeting bream which have shown up in good numbers from the usual inshore marks around Portland. Bream are not as easy to catch as some anglers imagine and there are always those on the boats who have the knack and will consistently catch whilst others around them struggle. It is always worth noticing how a successful angler is fishing and then try to adapt your own terminal tackle to match it. That seems a pretty obvious statement but observing and then changing the end gear often seems too much hassle for many. It makes sense to put as much effort into the day as you can, especially when the fish are biting all around you!

Angler Paul Gale at a whooping 5lb 6ozs bream well done to him - Duchess II

Ray fishing has been excellent with blondes and undulate rays the main species but we have continued to experience an increasing number of thornback rays.

Although common to many other ports, they have become a very welcome addition to the Weymouth/ Portland sea area.

19lb undulate ray Duchess II

Black bream Duchess II

Caroline with a nice turbot & Garfish - Duchess II

Whiting start to show along with an occasional inshore cod with marks to the west of Portland seeing the first of the whiting catches before they venture further eastwards around Portland Bill and come into Weymouth and settle on their favourite Adamant Bank.

Expect the rays to continue to feature throughout the month plus a few conger venturing out onto 'open' ground as well as smoothounds which have provided superb sport this year with a number of outstanding specimens in the 20lb range turning up from many different marks.

The Shambles Bank has been exceptional this year in terms of quantity of turbot caught. There have been catches into the 20's and even 30's of turbot with a couple of truly amazing days of 40+ landed. The vast majority of these fish are undersized and have been returned but they have kept the rods busy and, in our naively optimistic way, we believe these numbers are 'good for the future'.

Barry Scanlon Brill 6lb 4oz - Sall Ann Jo Chris Bulmer Cod 16lb 8oz - Sall Ann Jo

Pollack have started to return to the offshore wrecks and will increase thoughout November. There are also a few bass on the wrecks with the slim chance of finding a cod that decided not to leave with the rest.

So, plenty to look forward to in November and hopes will be high for the weather letting us go to sea and to enjoy one of the 'Autumn Pleasures' in the shape of the big 'English' squid at the end of a trip as we approach Weymouth Harbour.

Thank you to everyone for continuing to come to Weymouth and for supporting the local charter fleet.... your custom is very welcomed and valued.

Bass - Fish On II

Bassing has picked up. Make the most of it....the future of the bass is this year's hot topic and there are all sorts of ideas and rumours flying around with growing demands for a complete ban on all bassing for 2017. It will be very interesting to see what happens next year but the Recreational Angling sector has been harshly treated in 2016 and there is an ever growing resentment towards the decision makers at the unfairness of it all.

The 'big fish' year continues with stacks of conger about from both the wrecks and inshore reefs. With the ever increasing scarcity of mackerel for bait, anglers have been catching and using pout. Pout is the most numerous species of any wreck and once the conger do get on the feed they will take pout although not as readily as mackerel. Cuttlefish can be good but it is very expensive as is squid. Remember when we complained about 5lb box of squid being nearly a tenner??? Now that same box is ÂŁ25 IF you can get

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RECENT CATCHES ABOARD FINS-UP The winds up and I have called today's trip off. No chance on getting out on an easterly 7. Oh well, a good opportunity to stock up in leads, terminial tackle and tie some rigs. At least the forecast is looking better for next week.

Black bream fishing has proved fairly consistent for me with good numbers, some in the region of the 3-4 mark.

Cracking Turbot, Brill and Blonde Rays coming up from the banks with a new Fins up boat record for Graham Lock from Weymouth. His 8 lb Brill was caught on frozen Mackerel.

Wreck and reef anchoring has generated pollock to double figures. The majority of these fish caught when using

The kraken aka Martin

7 lbs 9oz Turbot

rag worm fished just off the bottom using light gear. It is imperative that the anglers set their clutches lighty as the larger fish will make a ferocious hit and take an intial savage run.

After blanking on the first couple of attempts the squid are back! MARTIN pictured with the best of the day With the bream and flat fish continuing to show and pollock still in abundance, November should prove a successful month providing the wind is kind to us.

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Heaviest Flatfish: Caolan Ayers 52g flounder Heaviest Round Fish: Jack Parkman 888g thick lipped mullet Most Species: Jack Parkman 7 species Heaviest Weever: Robbie Hall 29g Heaviest Plaice: None caught prize to roll over Smallest Fish: Caolan Ayers 8g weever Last fish: Jamie Salvador-Swords 23g whiting.

Wooden Spoon: Abbie Button.

SAMALITE LEAGUE ON CHESIL October 15th, Chesil centre, 4pm - 9pm.

On this match we were joined by the Southern League members which bumped the entry to 53, a well attended match considering the weather was against us once again !!

Flat calm right up until the Friday then with the wind swinging around to a moderate to strong south westerly bringing with it torrential rain it was difficult fishing conditions to say the least.

Although rough the water was clear which meant garfish saved the day as the bottom fishing was awful .

A few managed to catch mullet which was a bonus on the light tackle but as many were lost in the surf and undertow. I was next to Chris Read who hooked and lost 3 in the surf but managed to land the 4th. Into darkness scad also fell to the long snoods and pop ups.

For the lads that fished the bottom only a few black bream , 2 dogfish and 2 cod, the most unusual catch was Julian Shambrooks 4lb 6oz wrasse on clean ground. John Sloper caught a nice pollack of 2lb in A zone and Ben Bradstock skilfully landed a 60cm conger which must of weighed 2lbish.

A ZONE; 1st, Mike Groves, 7lb 11 5/8oz 2nd, Mike Brown, 7lb 10 5/8oz 3rd, Paull Curtice, 3lb 11 1/4oz 4th, Gerald Barnes, 3lb 3 1/4oz B ZONE; 1st, Ben Arnold, 10lb 1/8oz 2nd, Julian Shambrook, 6lb 1 1/8oz 3rd, Ben Bradstock, 3lb 14 1/2oz 4th, Nick Hayter, 3lb 2 3/8oz C ZONE; 1st, Chris Read, 9lb 15 7/8oz 2nd, Danny Mogridge, 9lb 6 3/4oz 3rd, Joe Arch, 8lb 9 7/8oz 4th, Dave Lane, 6lb 12 1/2oz.

HEAVIEST FISH; A zone, Mullet 2lb 14 1/2oz Mike Groves B zone, Wrasse, 4lb 6oz, Julian Shambrook C zone, Cod , 7lb 3/4 oz, Danny Mogridge

Sponsors on the day: Watchouse Cafe, Kay Guppy, Richard "Tiny" Daw, Punch & Judy, Gus Parkman, Paul Lynham & Andrew Fowler.

Here are the results of our latest matches which were a Deep Boats trip out from Keyhaven aboard 'Reel Easy and a Shore match at Weston & Netley Shores on Sunday 16th October.

DEEP BOATS. 8 members went afloat and all 8 caught & released 3 Scad, 7 Pout, 9 Dogfish, 35 Whiting, 1 Pollack, 1 Bull Huss, 1 Conger and 1 Turbot with the best fish being a Pollack of 4k 800gms caught by Glen Murray while Paul Bryson had a New Club Record Turbot of 4k 380gms beating the late Mike Eden's record set in 1991.

RESULT. 1. Paul Bryson 10 fish 107pts 2. John Bel 17 fish 84pts 3. Henry King 10 fish 58pts 4. Steve Southwell 10 fish 48pts 5. Pasquale Mucci 4 fish 28pts SHORE. 22 members fished with 14 weighing in 17 fish for 7k 240gms. Species were Flounder & Silver Eels with the best fish being a Silver eel of 960gms caught by John Bell who also won the Jack & Ruby Bray Memorial Cup for top Seniors.

RESULT. SENIORS. 1. John Bell 2 fish 1k 300gms 2. Glen Murray 2 fish 1k 160gms 3. John Carstairs 1 fish 880gms 4. David Beale 1 fish 640gms 5. David Dorey 1 fish 480gms Peter Mcpeake 1 fish 480gms No Juniors weighed in.

Match organiser Dave Lane with a cod

West Bay SAC 8th October 2016, East Pier West Bay 12:00 - 15:00 Thirteen members and two guests turned out to fish on a chilly and cloudy day, the sea was flat calm & clear, the wind North-easterly 2.

All but two of the competitors managed to catch fish, with some nice sized legal fish being weighed in. The best fish of the day fell to the eventual competition winner jack Parkman who caught a thick lipped mullet of 888g, this fish alone would have won him the competition but he also caught a legal rockling and two legal wrasse for a total legal weight of 1kg 318g.

Species caught on the day were: flounder, weever, rockling, mullet, wrasse, shanny, blenny, whiting, pollock & pout.

1st: Jack Parkman 2kg 26g (1kg 318g legal weight) 2nd: Harry Courtice 536g (486g legal weight) 3rd: Aaron Chambers 394g (192g legal weight)

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Chesil Beach Report

By Wayne Hand

This month it appears that for many, including myself, it's been a month of highs & and lows. We all expected the Cod to have arrived in big numbers, as in previous years. Most of us had already started targeting the Cod but many have struggled with just the odd few being landed for most anglers.

The water temperature was up around 18c, the warmest of the whole year and with a steady eaterly wind the sea has been very settled and calm. With the Bream arriving everywhere, the Sole & Plaice fishing had picked up along Bexi, Cogden and Burton Bradstock. It became apparent that everything is running late this year, maybe because of the settled weather.

The Sole are generally landed & targeted between 30 to 90 yards along Chesil, but this year I have been finding most fish at range. With this in mind I was finding a basic up and over rig with a weighted snoods the best option to allow me to fish at distance with the bait nailed hard on the bottom for the Sole, this is a must as these lovely flat fish feed hard on the deck.

I’ve also found that static fresh lug or fresh blacks have been doing the business, whilst the Plaice have been feeding hard on nice Rag baits.

We were fortunate to have some lovely clear evenings which have allowed the Plaice to feed under moon light, so anglers have had some lovely bags of Plaice being landed all night in between the Sole catches.

As you can see from the photos I myself was fortunate to land 8 Sole over 2lb each in 3 sessions with the

biggest weighing in on the scale at 3lb 1, which was a beautiful fish to see, let alone catch! I wasn't on my own with the Sole, as many anglers have had some remarkable sessions with these lovely fish.

Halfway through the month we finally saw the wind change direction and the South Westerly blow began to set in. Unfortunately, it only lasted a few days but we did see a few Cod caught and I was one of the fortunate ones that landed 2 Cod over 8lb on a trip to West Bexington. The recent fish haven’t been in their prime, having skinny lean bodies with lacerations and appearing unhealthy to previous years. Though a few anglers have been landing lots of healthy Codling weighing in at up to 2lb, a great sign for the future!

Though the last few days we have been seeing reports of a steady run of healthier Cod that have been feeding and chasing the massive shoals of Whiting, which have been running the full lengths of the beach. The Conger have also started feeding and I'm sure it won't be long before some lucky angler gets themselves a big double!

Well it's definitely looking up this next month with the water temperature dropping down to 15.5C. With the late Cod arriving I think we still have a good few weeks of these beautiful fish and I'm looking forward to seeing reports of catches in the big 20’s over the next few weeks, probably on a nice live Whiting.

Thanks for all your great reports and photos, keep it up and Tight lines!

Matthew CROWE from The Total Sea Fishing Magazine, Travelled down from Ipswich for this Codling.

Craig Pope with a double shot of Sole from a recent haul of 17. Well done again

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By Charlie Tudball in association with HTO With the winter invasion of whiting and pouting being a pain in the bum while whacking out big baits for the ever sought after cod, why not actually target these species or those species that predate on them during the winter months? While most people either side of you on the pier or harbour are sat down staring at a beach caster rod tip thicker than your lrf rods butt, reeling in the odd fish every 15 to 20 minuets why not have some great sport with the same fish but with gear that allows them to show what dogged fighters these species can be. Aswell as allowing these species to fight using lrf tactics to target them can really help you learn more about these species and understand how and where bigger predators snaffle the juveniles “silvers”, being on the move can not only keep you warm and active but allows you to search out areas where bigger specimens hide, once you have found a spot with a few decent fish you can usually return to that spot day after day and find a group of similar size fish will be in the area most of the time. If you are lucky enough to have some rock marks with safe access and conditions that allow for winter lrf then you may find some bigger fish in

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holes and crevasse usually associated with wrasse although casting beyond these areas can really bring good rewards too.

My tips for winter whiting lrf are; Don't be afraid to fish bigger, as usually there will be lots of juveniles alongside the reel rod benders so moving up to a size 4 or 2 hook and a much bigger lure can help you pick out those bigger fish.

Don't be afraid to fish heavier 7gram weights usually get lost in the bottom of my lrf bag over the summer but as the leaves start to fall from the trees I know its time to search them out and go to them as standard rather than just a last resort.

More movement! To really get the predatory instincts out of these species more erratic and speedy movements of lures can really up catch rates.

And most of all don't give up on lrf once the thermometer reads below 0 !!!

WINNER The Tronix Pro England World Youth Shore team headed to Castellon in Spain to compete the 16th FIPS-M World Youth Shore Angling Championships between the 8th and 15th October 2016. The England team, managed by Malcom Stote consisted of Callum Graham, Toby Oldfield, Charlie Tudball, Joseph Smith, Rory Eastlake, Tony Mcafee Williams.

Shane Munford with a LRF caught flounder

Nessa Nesbit with a Tompot

Sea Angling News LRF & mini-species competition Each Month we will be running a competition in association with HTO. We will asking you to target a specific mini-species the winner will be the entrant who provides the best quality selfie photo of them and the fish. The fish must be clearly identifiable from the photo and the editors decision will be final...

Email your entries to: james@seaanglingnews.com

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THIS MONTHS TARGET SPECIES IS LRF POUTING The winner will receive an HTO goodie bag

Host nation Spain took full advantage of competing on home territory with fantastic individual and collective performances resulting in team gold and further success with individual gold and silver medals. The Italian team finished in second giving them a silver medal closely followed in third place by Portugal while Team England finished a creditable fifth place.

Throughout practice England established that there were limited numbers of larger fish to be caught and any success would depend on finding these fish these during the match days.

England ended day one in fourth place, a solid start however day two proved to be more challenging and the team dropped into fifth place. England enjoyed some success on day three as they finished third and gave them a shout of a podium finish if they could find a win or second on the final day of competition.

Unfortunately for England, strong performances from

Spain, Italy and Portugal meant England could not displace the top three nations and the team finished fifth overall in the competition. England’s Charlie Tudball finished as highest placed England rod in ninth place followed closely by Callum Graham in twelfth.

Final team positions 1st Spain 2nd Italy 3rd Portugal 4th Netherlands 5th England 6th Croatia 7th France Top 5 individual positions 1st Diego Perez, Spain 2nd David Romero, Spain 3rd Federico Spagnoli, Italy 4th Henrique Jesus, Portugal 5th Hector Molina, Spain The England Youth Team and the Angling Trust would like to thank their official sponsor Tronox Pro for the support in helping the team prepare and compete and to Christchurch Angling Centre for their additional help and support.

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FIXTURES / SNOWBEE

MATCH PLANNER WEYMOUTH ANGLING SOCIETY OPEN COMPETITIONS Weymouth Angling Society shore festival, Dorset rover, 3rd September, 4pm - 10pm.

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council shore festival, Dorset Rover, 4th September, 4pm - 10pm Weymouth Angling Society Open, Chesil Centre, October 22nd, 6-11pm , last bag 11.30pm. book on 4-5pm.

Weymouth Angling Society heaviest fish week, book on by 2pm 18th Nov, finish 10pm 26th Nov. Dorset coast, fish may be weighed in during the week at tackle shops or in the club during the evenings from 7 - 11pm, Weymouth Angling Society Xmas fayre open, Chesil Centre 10th December, book on 12 - 1pm fishing 2 - 8pm.

Weymouth Angling Society Bangers & Beans harbour match, 27th Dec (bank hol) , book on in the club from 12 fishing from 2-7pm, last bag in club 7.30pm.

Further details on all of the above, Dave 07977132951

2016 Samalite Chesil League (open) Date Sept 24th Oct 15th Nov 19th Dec 17th

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Penn Points Sunday 4 December 2016 1000 to 1500 pagham beach booking in 0900 pagham yacht club 1 west front road PO21 4SY ALL COMPETITIONS ARE PEGGED PENN POINTS ENTRY COST SENIOR £8 JUNIORS / OAP £ 4 POOL FLAT £1 ROUND £1

TEL JOHN SMALL 07799 762377 AFTER 5 pm

ROVERS TACKLE 2016 MATCHES 2016 Pegged thursday evening matches Measure & return entry fee £10 Payout for 3 longest bags & longest fish – 50% 30% & 20% Only one prize per angler per section.

Flat/round fish – one-off £5 payment. Longest flatfish and roundfish of series – eels & garfish excluded Fishing 8pm – 11.30Pm - peg numbers drawn in the shop. Pre- book only – latest 5pm on the day Date September 15 October 13 November 3 December 1

Venue pyramids stokes bay (bistro) lee-on-solent stokes bay (bistro) All anglers fish at their own risk

High tide 11.23 pm 10.13 pm 01.13 am 12.23 am

WYVERN OPEN SHORE Wyvern Open Shopre will be at slapton sands on January 8th 2017. Times TBA. More details from mike spiller 01404 43397

NWASAC Summer League dates.

North West Association of Sea Angling Clubs Summer League 2016 Contact Bill or Heather, 0151 677 0011. All rounds offer Penn Points, two hooks only, measure & release to 18 cms. Book on an hour and a half before match time.

5. Town Hall & Maddock Banks, Wallasey, Sun Oct 23rd 9.45am- 1.45 pm. Book on at bottom of Tobin Street (CH44 8DF).

VEALS WINTER LEAGUE 2016 DATE

DRAW

START

FINISH

8.15am 8.45pm Littleton on Severn 5.15pm 7.45pm 8.15pm Aust 4.15pm Littleton on Severn 7.45pm

12.15pm 12.45am

Aust Sun Oct 4th Fri Oct 7th

7.15am 7.45pm

Sun Oct 30th Fri Nov 4th Fri Nov 18th

4.15pm 6.45pm 7.15pm

Sun Nov 27th

3.15pm

Sat Dec 3rd

6.45pm

9.15pm 11.45pm 12.15am 8.15pm 11.45pm

All matches pegged 1 ROD 3 HOOKS NO WHITES OR MADDIES £50 League entry / best 6 matches from 7 Optional Pools on Day. Burger van on-site 100% PAYOUT PLUS PRIZES 1st Prize Zziplex M4 GT + Fathom 15, 2nd Prize Veals Channel Special, 3rd Prize Daiwa Prizes Quality Prizes down to 15th. Penn points Weekend matches only PRE-BOOK ONLY TO FISH AS OPEN’S £11 entry all in (includes Zone, Pool, & G/Peg Steve Tel: 0117 9260790

Swanage Beach Open competition 29th October 2016 In aid of Julias House Childrens hospice. Fishing Swanage Beach, 2 zones, £12 pre book or £15 on the night, optional flat and round pools £2 each, Penn points, sign on 1700-1800 Seabreeze fishing time 1830-2300. To pre book Contact Will 07549833240 or Swanage and District Angling Club via Facebook.

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TACKLE SHOPS DIRECTORY / RESULTS

Sea Angling News, November 2016

TACKLE SHOPS DIRECTORY ALDERNEY ALDERNEY ANGLING 32 Victoria St., Alderney GY9 3TA Tel/Fax: 01481 824884 Mob: 07781 130304 Email: mark@alderneyangling.com Website: www.alderneyangling.com

DEVON SEAVIEW ANGLING 14/15 Faraday hill, Plymouth PL4 0ST. Tel: 01752269698 SEATON ANGLING CENTRE The Harbour, Axmouth, Seaton Devon EX12 4AA Tel: 01297 625511 www.seatonanglingcentre.co.uk HIGH STREET TACKLE, 153 High Street, Ilfracombe, Devon EX34 9EZ info@highstreettackle.co.uk Tel: 07516 730749 CULM VALLEY ANGLING 11 Alexandria Industrial Estate, Cullompton, EX15 1BW 01884 839273 www.culmvalleyangling.com

DORSET SWANAGE ANGLING CENTRE 6 High St., Swanage BH19 2NT Tel. 01929 424989 email martin@ swanageanglingcentre.co.uk THE ANGLING CENTRE, 10a West Bay, Bridport tel. 01308 421800 www.fishto.net WEYMOUTH ANGLING CENTRE 2-3 St Edmunds Street, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8QU Tel 01305-777771 Fax 01305-788881 ABBOTSBURY FISHING TACKLE Rodden Row, Abbotsbury Weymouth DT3 4JL Tel 01305 871199. Delivery service to beach available.

WESSEX TACKLE & GUNS 321 Wimbourne Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 3DH 01202 668 244 CHESIL BAIT N TACKLE 77 Portland Road Wyke Regis, Weymouth Dorset DT4 9BE Tel: 01305 766222, www.chesilbaitntackle.co.uk

ESSEX COLCHESTER BAIT & TACKLE, Harwich Road Colchester CO4 3DQ Tel: 01206 860649 www.colchesterbaittackle.co.uk

JERSEY MORNING WATCH TACKLE St Catherines Breakwater, St Martins Jersey JE3 6DD 01534854359

HAMPSHIRE ALLAN’S MARINE 143 Twyford Ave., Portsmouth Tel 02392 671833 www.allansmarine.co.uk ROVERS FISHING TACKLE 178a West St., Fareham, Hants PO16 0EQ Tel. 01329 220354 Fax 01329 829040 roverstackle@yahoo.co.uk POINGDESTRES Unit 11, Southampton Trade Park, Third Avenue, Southampton, Millbrook SO15 0LE 023 8077 2958 www.poingdestres.co.uk

KENT DOLPHIN ANGLING CENTRE 11-13 Queens St. Gravesend. 01474 355440 SEAGULL FISHING TACKLE 4 The Parade, Greatstone, Romney Marsh. 01797 366837 THE ANGLERS DEN 10 Franklin Road, Gillingham Tel. 01634 852180

SOMERSET VEALS FISHING TACKLE, Brunel Rooms, Unity St. Bristol, BS2 0JP. 01179 260790 THYERS FISHING TACKLE, 1A Church Street, Highbridge 01278 786934 Fax 792397 WEST COAST TACKLE The Quay, Minehead Tel. Craig 01643 705745 WEST COAST ANGLING CENTRE 53 Swain St, Watchet Tel. Steve 01984 634807 FISHING TACKLE WAREHOUSE Unit 1 Warne Park Warne Rd Weston-super-Mare Somerset BS23 3TP Tel: 01934 782407 WESTON ANGLING CENTRE 25A Locking Road, W-S-M, North Somerset, BS23 3BY 01934 631140 email: westonanglingcenter@hotmail.co.uk

SUSSEX THE ANGLERS DEN 6 North Road, Pevensey Bay, East Sussex BN24 6AY Tel: 01323-460441 LAGOON BAIT& TACKLE, 327 Kingsway, BN3 4LD Brighton - 01273 415879 TROPIKOI AQUATIC & ANGLING CENTRE Chalcroft Nurseries, Chalcraft Lane, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 5TS Tel: 01243 842660 Email: info@tropikoi.com www.tropikoi.com SQUIRES 25 Southwick Square, Southwick, Brighton BN42 4FP Phone:01273 592903 PRIME ANGLING 74 Brighton Rd, Worthing BN11 2EN Phone:01903 821594 www.primeangling.co.uk/

WALES TELBOY’S TACKLE Amlwch, Anglesey Tel. 01407 832965 www.telboystackle.co.uk

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