2010

Defra and the Devon Sea Fisheries would like it to be known to club members that anglers should report illegal netting if seen, in the rivers or the sea.  They can be contacted on 0800807060

8-3-10.  The Presentation Night went really well with 100 members and partners turning up.  A big thank you to all for making it a great night. 

16-2-10.  The boat trip out from Beer was fished last week and again some nice Pout are still being caught with 5 fish over 3lb being caught.  Best one weighed 3-5-0 for Malc Wheaton.  Lean Rice had another one just over the 3lb and Jim Ogbourne had one of 3lb dead.  Other fish caught included Whiting of which the best was around 2.5lb.

1-2-10.  The first boat trip of the year has at last gone out from Beer with Cyril Newton.  Leon's trip enjoyed a day afloat with plenty of Whiting to 3lb.  Other fish caught were Doggies and Pouting.  Best fish of the day went to Leon Rice with a Specimen Pout of 3-2-8.  Best Whiting went to Vinny Strudwick with a fish of just short of 3lb.

18-1-10.  A few fish have now been reported.  Mike Spiller and new member from Sidmouth Bill Cassar went out from Beer with Kim Aplin on Sunday.  Not that nice out there but I suppose it is January!!! a few whiting, Pout and doggies were caught along with a nice dab for Mike Spiller. Top three fish of the day were all specimen Pout with the best at 3-8-0 for Bill, Mike had one of 3-2-0 and Bill again managed to find another of 3-1-0.

13-1-10.  All a bit slow with no one going to sea.

2009

23-12-09.  Last weekend saw one of Leons trips out from Beer and by joe was it cold out there.  Everyone caught plenty of tasty Whiting along with few Doggies and a few late Mackerel.  Best Whiting of the day fell to Jim Ogbourne who had one of 2.5lb.

3-12-09.  Has anyone been ? the weather is awful still.

26-10-09.  The monthly boat trip again was good last weekend with some good Bream caught.  Best of the bunch was Vinny Strudwick with a belter of 4-1-8 and there were a few more well over 3lb.(see gallery)

28-9-09.  The monthly boat trip with Leon has just taken Plaice and I here it was a Bream Fest.  Lots of Black Bream caught (well over 60) also the odd nice jumbo Mackerel with Jim Ogbourne having one of 1-15-0.

Also at the weekend was the Lyme Bay Boat competition.  The event was hosted by us this year and Steve Butler and Mike Spiller made the team up.   A good day was had by all with plenty getting caught.  Honiton came out on the top spot with West Bay second Beer third and Axminster fourth. (see gallery)

17-9-09.  Around 10 members travelled down to Salcombe for the small boat event held there each month.  A fresh N/E wind made conditions a tadge choppy.  A good mixture  of fish were caught.  Pete Wilkins young lad (Billy) came home on 4th spot with a nice Garfish of 1-6-0 and a Dogfish of 2.5LBs.  Steve Butler had the best of a few Trigger Fish caught at 1-13-0.

7-9-09.  The monthly trip has taken place out from Beer and again some good fish were caught.  Nice Bream and big Mackerel featured in the catches.

!8-8-09. Leon's monthly trip has been out from Beer last week and again the fishing was steady with Bream, Dogs, Pout, Scad, Mackerel and Gurnard caught.  Best fish of the day went to Mike Spiller with  specimen Red Gurnard of 1-10-0.  Vinny Strudwick also had a specimen Red Gurnard too of 1-4-0. (see gallery)

17-8-09.  Beer Regatta boat competition has taken place and a good day was had by club members.  In first place was Terry Hartnell who scored 398% with 9 species of fish(WELL DONE TERRY) runner up went to Tom Travers (WELL DONE TOM) with 8 species and 383%, Tom also had a specimen Bull Huss of over 10lb.  Best Bream went to Mike Spiller with a fish of 3-4-8.  Terry also won the Sean and Ali cup for the most number of species (9)  (see gallery)

Pete Riggs recently fished out with Mike Spiller from Lyme Regis in Mike's boat and Pete landed a tasty Cod of 6-10-0.

6-7-09.  A few members have been out on the boats at Minehead with a few nice fish showing at the weekend.  Carol Pike had a few Rays of the Small Eyed and Blonde variety also taken were a few Conger to around the 20lb size.

29-6-09.  A few members on your behalf (mostly due to Dr Kim and Si of Exmouth/Honiton club) have talked to the owners of Branscombe car park and organised  a pass system for cheap parking.  A car permit is available from Mike Spiller (car reg number is needed) this will then allow you to park that car at Branscombe from 6pm - 6am for £2 at anytime of the year.  A big thank you must go to all who helped get this permit system going.  Contact Mike Spiller for details.   

25-6-09.  The 2 nd heat of the Lively Lady boat competition took place last Sunday and I believe the fishing was again a bit slow.  Beer took a small lead to this event from round 1 (20%)  On the day the team from Honiton done well and secured a win of some 200% with each angler recording their best fish of different species.  Well done to John, Dave, Leon and Vinny.

15-6-09.  Leons last boat trip went out from Beer last Saturday with 'Blue Lady'.  Fishing was a bit slow but there was a couple of Cod caught for Pete Riggs (6lb) (see gallery) and Dave Baugh (4lb) .  Also some of the first Bream were caught out from Beer with around 20 being caught.  Best Bream on the day went to Mike Spiller with a fish of 2-12-0.

Mike Spiller and Terry Hartnell fished out of Mike's boat last Sunday.  Again cod were targeted but only 2 were taken, both for Terry with his best at 8lb (see gallery)  A couple more Bream were caught in the afternoon in the 1.5lb class. 

12-6-09.  Reports from Chris Mills up near Weymouth having a good day out on his boat from Weymouth.  Chris reports of a good number of Cod up to 14lb on small shads. (see gallery)

11-5-09.  The summer boat competition has just taken place out from Minehead.  14 members filled the two boats owned by Dave James.  Conditions were very good with light East winds and sunny.  Fish caught included Conger, Doggies, Whiting, Smoothounds, Blonde Ray, Thornback Ray, Small Eyed Ray and Spotted Ray.  This event was run on points per species, so no fish had to be kept other than for the table.  There was tie for first place on 45 points (more than 10 Doggies,4 Ray and 1 Smoothound each) for Chris Mills and Mike Spiller, each receiving vouchers provided by Neil at Otter Country Sports.  Runner up was John Stanford on 41 points.  The last twp prizes went to the best fish on each boat as decided by the skippers, these were Neil Loomes with a Smoothound of 12lb and Chris Mills with a Blonde Ray.   Many thanks to Archie and Carol for running the comp and again thanks to Neil at Otter Country Sports. (Pictures to follow soon on the gallery page)

6-5-09.  The monthly boat trip out from Beer organized by Leon has taken place at the weekend.  Again the fishing was a bit slow with fish like Pout, Wrasse, Pollack, Mackerel, Doggies and a couple of nice Conger.  Best Conger was for Leon Rice with a fish of 35lb (WAS).

27-4-09.  A few members went to fish from Minehead with Marcus James on the 'Mary Ellen' boat.  A good day was had by all with around 16 ray being caught (Blondes, Thornback and Small Eyed)  Best fish of the day was a Starry Smouthound of 12-12-0 for John 'Jammy' Stanford.(see gallery)

20-4-09.  A few Plaice seem to be coming from Dartmouth out on the Skerries bank.  Mike Spiller recently fished aboard the charter boat 'Gemini' and landed a few Plaice to a best size of 2-1-0.  All the fish being caught on a cocktail of worm, prawn and squid strip.

14-4-09.  Club junior Toby Lawrence-King went out with his dad recently from Lyme Regis and landed a tasty Cod of nearly 5lb (see gallery) 

Leon has just had his monthly boat trip out with Cyril, a nice day weather wise but the fishing was poor.  Best fish of the day was a Cuckoo Wrasse of 1-3-0 for Mike Spiller.

17-3-09. Leons monthly boat trip has just taken place and it was also the first heat of the Lively Lady boat event.  Fishing on this fine day was a bit slow with everyone struggling to catch decent fish.  The best fish caught was for James Manley who had a Cuckoo Wrasse of 1-5-0 and 1-3-0 (see gallery)  At the weigh-in Beer just piped Honiton for the Lively Lady by some 16%, next heat will be in June.

 Other fish caught on the same day by members who were out in private boats, Steve Butler had a few Pollack at the wrecks around the 10lb mark. 

12-3-09. The last of the training nights has now taken place at the Honiton Motel.  Attendance at all three nights was not too bad ranging from around a dozen and up to twenty members turning up.  Many things were covered like reels and leader knots, shore and boat rig making, weight selection and last night bait cutting was shown to all.  Thanks to all that turned up and helped on these nights. 

23-2-09.  Mike Spiller has been out in his own boat recently along with Terry Hartnell from Lyme Regis.  Best fish of the day fell to Mike's bait with a nice Pouting of 3-4-0.  Other fish caught included Pollack, Whiting, Doggies and Wrasse.

The Lively Lady evening has just taken place at the Social Club at Beer.  A good turn out from both clubs saw a great night of Darts, Skittles and a quiz.  It all got a bit tight on the results near the end with Honiton winning the night by one pin in the skittles, thanks to jammy Jimbo !!!

16-2-09.  Leons monthly trip has just taken place on the boat 'Blue Lady' out from Beer.  Conditions were good but the fishing was slow with plenty of small Whiting and a few Pout, Wrasse, Dabs and Mackerel.  Best fish of the day was a Whiting for Craig Nation of 3lb dead. (see gallery)

4-2-09.  A new link for you to try, this one is from the fishing expert team.

www.fishingexpert.co.uk/home.htm

29-1-09.  The first of three training evenings took place last night at the motel.  Around 20 members took part with leader knots and reel tuning on the first table and rig making and weight selection on the next table up.  Craig (squadron leader) Nation was also there on the end providing some simple DVD's on fishing.

6-1-09.  The monthy boat trip has just taken place out from Beer and some good Whiting were caught, also caught were Pout, Doggies and even a few Mackerel.  Best Whiting of the day weighed 3-3-0 and Mike Spiller managed a specimen Pout of 3-2-8.

9-12-08.  Leon has just had his December boat comp out from Beer.  A nice day was had by all with plenty of Whiting to up around 2.5 lbs. Other fish caught was Doggies and a nice few Mackerel, with the biggest at 1.5 lbs. 

25-11-08.  The boys have been out again with Cyril from Beer on 'Blue Lady'  They all seemed to catch some nice table Whiting and I believe plenty of jumbo sized Mackerel and a few Garfish. (see picture on gallery of Jimbo)

20-10-08.  Westward winners again, that is the news from Sundays match.  The whole team fished well with 3 zone wins on the shore.  Conditions were not too good for the boat and shore match but we came out on top with a massive 55 points.  Sidmouth came in at 2nd spot some 20 points behind.   WELL DONE TEAM 

30-9-08.  It seems every man and hid dog were out at the weekend with good weather over both days.  A number of members towed their own small boats up to West Bay for their open boat event.  Martin Travers done very well picking up something like 3rd or 4th spot.  Carol Pike also done well whilst out with Archie, she managed the prize for the highest number of species (9).

Leon also had his monthly boat trip out from Beer with Cyril Newton, good conditions again had with it near perfect  for a good days fishing. They had plenty of Bream all day, Leon had the best at 3-5-0 and there were also a few Cod reported for Matt to 10lb ish.

On the same day Mike Spiller and Terry Hartnell fished out from Beer with Kim Aplin on 'Sambe' this event was the Lyme Bay boat event hosted this year by Beer and District SAA.  The event this year was run on a points basis and Mike And Terry done us proud winning by some 100 points.  Runner up were Beer with Axminster close behind.  Notable fish on this trip were Bream of 3-6-8 for Terry and a specimen Red Gurnard for Mike of 1-6-0.  Thanks must go to Beer for a good days fishing, with well over 100 Bream caught and most of them released !!!     

18-9-08.  Around 8 members have just returned from the weekend comp at Salcombe for small boats and some good fish were landed by all 113 anglers taking part.  Rob had a good Wrasse of 4lb, see picture on the home page.  Tom Travers finished in 6th spot with a good Cuckoo Wrasse and a nice Small Eyed Ray.  Carol Pike also had the best by a lady award with her Bull Huss of 10lb and a Wrasse of 3.5lb

The Summer boat event has taken place out from Minehead on Dave James's two boats.  12 members fished the event with most catching plenty of fish, like Huss, Smoothounds, Ray and Dogs.  Top rod on the day went to Steve Butler who ended up with the most points on the day.  

26-8-08.  Second leg of the Lively Lady has just taken place out from Beer with Kimmer.  Not a good day by all accounts and not a lot caught either.  Beer managed to get their nose in front from the start and came out winning by a small margine, even though we had a small lead going into the match.  Best fish was for Les Bradbeer with a Cuckoo Wrasse of around 140z.  Congratulations to Beer again for winning this competition.

7-8-08.  Leons monthly boat trip with Cyril has just taken place, with a nice day had by all.  A few Bream seem to around now out on the reef marks with most anglers aboard catching some with the best at around 2.5lb.  Other fish caught included Bull Huss to 8lb, Scad, Wrasse, Doggies,  Mackerel and Pout.  

30-7-08.  A few members fished at West Bay last weekend at their 2 day boat open.  For a change some good weather was forecast which came with some good catches for all the competitiors there over the weekend.  3 small hsac club boats attended with Carol and Archie pike picking up some prizes for the Sunday.  A couple of Sidmouth members done very Well, Wayne ? had the second best fish on Sunday and J Trivett had the highest number of different species over the 2 days and this won him a new colour sounder for his boat.

16-6-08.  A few members joined Mike Spiller at Minehead at the weekend and fished aboard Marcus James boat the 'Mary Ellan'  The weather was kind for a change and the fishing was good too, fish caught included Conger, Bull Huss, Dogfish, Thornbacks, Tope and Smoothounds.  Best fish of the day went to Matt Kerslake with a nice Bull Huss of 11-1-0.  Mike Spiller had a few Smoothounds the best was a Starry type of 9-9-0 and a common of 8-13-0 and the best Tope was one of 20lb for Rob Dominy which was a good achievement by Rob as he landed it on 10lb line ! (should be some pictures up on the gallery soon)

9-6-08.  Some boats got out at the weekend, a few small boats fished out from West Bay for their Open 1 day event.  Conditions were good and there was plenty caught including a few small Cod !  Steve Butler done well he won the West Bay Open event with a good size Cuckoo and LSD, this gave Steve the first prize of £140.  Steve was fishing aboard Tom and Bobs new boat which is a Warrior 165.

Leon also had his monthly event out from Beer, they fished the rough ground all around they too caught some small Cod plus all the normal species expected.

27-5-08.  Good news from the Lively Lady Team, they have a small lead to take into the 2nd heat in August.  They fished against Beer in Leons last trip out from Beer a couple of weeks ago.  It was a bit of a slow day but there was enough caught to get in front at last.  Next heat of the Lively Lady event would be in August

Please do not forget that the first heat of the interclub against Exmouth SAA will take place at Branscombe on the 7th June from 5pm - 11pm.  Please note there is new parking charges there now, but if you ask Mike Spiller for a window sticker you can park their for £2 for the evening.  No sticker and you will pay the going rate on parking. 

6-5-08.  Chris Mills, Steve Butler and Russel Boddy recently fished out from Weymouth for the Black Bream over towards Lulworth area.  Around 40 were caught with most being returned.  Best fish of the day was one of 2-5-0.

17-3-08. Mike Spiller has had the first trip up at Minehead on the 'Mary Ellan'.  Plenty of Dogs caught through the day with the odd Thornback Ray, best fish of the day was Mat Kerslake with his Thorny of 12-1-0 (see gallery)

A few members have ventured up to Weymouth to try for the Plaice but most trips being blown off due to the weather.

Leons monthly boat trip with Cyril has just taken place and there were some fair catches on the day.  Some good number of Whiting were caught with the best weighing 3-5-8 for Rob Dominy.  Most of the Whiting were between the 1lb - 2lb mark on the day with a few up around the 3lb mark.  Other fish caught were Pouting, Dogfish and Mackerel. 

27-2-08.  Three members of the club attended the Defra RSA Strategy meeting at the NFSA headquarters on Monday night.  We went along and listened and asked some questions to the meeting.  Points raised were licenses, size and numbers of fish and netting.  I ask now that you read the document and reply with your thoughts by the 31-3-08.  Do not let this chance slip by without looking at it !!!.

5-2-08. Were back at last and on line.  Many thanks must go to the website provider that has let us down big time since the middle of December.  But thanks to Varihost we are now up and running again.

Over the last 6 weeks or so the fishing has been fairly good, if you are lucky enough to get out.   A few trips out from Beer on 'Blue Lady' found plenty of Whiting, Mackerel and even a few Garfish !.

Leons last boat trip with Cyril they had plenty of Whiting, Pouting, Dogs and still a few Mackerel thrown in too.  Best fish on the day was a non member (Craig) who had a specimen Pouting of just over 3lb's.

 2007

At the same time some members towed their boats to salcombe to fish in the 2 day Wyvern small boat event at the weekend. Conditions were perfect with no wind and everyone could get out to fish the full zone 3 area.   Archie and Carol Pike done really well, Archie was in the lead up to Sunday and was only piped at the post by the winner Danny Dagger of Teignmouth SAS.  Danny caught a Cuckoo Wrasse pf 1-11-2 and a Ballan Wrasse of 3-14-0 (206%)this won him a Suzuki outboard and a chance to fish the final in Guernsey later this year.  Archie recorded a Blonde Ray of 27-4-0 and a Doggy of 2-6-0 (204%) this won him a new Lowrance GPS/sounder unit. (see gallery).  Carol also done well she took the prize for the best Pollack and Wrasse at the event and along with Arch they won the team prize.  Pete Wilkins son Tommy also travelled down to fish with dad, Tommy caught a nice Bull Huss of 11lb enough to win the best junior award.   A few club juniors also fished the competition, Ollie Butler and Daniel Mills fished well, Ollie had a tidy Blonde Ray to weigh-in too.

24-9-07.  Craig has just had a trip out from Beer with our Cryril on 'Blue Lady'.  It was a bit windy for Craigs friends who had come down from Bristol for the day.  There were plenty of Bream caught and Craig had a nice Ling on the rough ground of 13Lb (see gallery) 

8-10-07.  The Lyme Bay boat comp has just taken place out from West Bay with Carol and Archie fishing for our team.  Other teams included West Bay, Beer and Lyme Regis.  The fishing was steady with Bream, Pout, Dogs, Scad, Mackerel and Wrasse.  Congratulations must go to Arch and Carol as after trying very hard then won the event for us and so this year we have won the boat and shore versions of the Lyme Bay events.  Positions were :-  1/ Honiton 2/ Beer 3/ West Bay 4/ Lyme.  Well done to all who helped win these two events.

18-10-07.  How is this for speed then, Archie and Carol are out in their boat today and they have each caught their own PB Bass today of 11-14-0 and 11-2-0.  What a good day they must be having and there report and pictures are on the club website before they have got back in and got their boat back on the trailer  !!!!!  (see gallery)

5-11-07. Leon has just had his monthly boat trip with Cyril on 'Blue Lady'.  They fished on the Whiting ground to the West of Beer and had plenty of Whiting to around 1-8-0.  Other fish caught included Garfish and BIG Mackerel, with most on board having them to around 1-8-0/1-12-0.  The best fish of the day fell to Cyril, whilst fishing for bait he had a Mackerel when weighed ashore weighed 2-7-0 !!!  NICE ONE CYRIL!!  

15-11-07.  Mike Spiller and friends have just returned from a weeks fishing in Alderney, whilst there Mike managed a few hours boat fishing and hooked a good Bass of 11-9-8 on a sinking Plug.  In all there were around a dozen fish caught to the plugs, mostly around the 4lb-6lb range. 

Not sure how anglers know but there is a new tackle shop open in Honiton in Black Lion Court.  Its called Otter Country Sports and its run By Neil Loomes.  Pop in some time and have a look, there were Peeler and Ragworm as well as the normal frozen bait on offer last weekend.