2010

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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. 

22-10-10.  A few reports now starting to show a few small Plaice from the Chesil, get them rods out and go and find them.

8-2-10.  The Feb rover took place at the weekend with some 28 members signing on to fish the event.  On top of this 28 there were also a few who are likely to sign on next month.  Members fished wide a field for the fish that were caught.  Best fish (£40)went to Lee Fearnley with a nice Cod of nearly 10lb.  Second and third place in the pool went to Doggies.  The roll over Pout pool for £55 went to Stefan Herbert with a fish of 0-11-8!!! 

26-1-10.  Last Saturday saw the first junior event of the year with 6 juniors taking part.  The fishing was not good at Lyme with only 2 juniors catching fish.  Both Callam and Jonathan scored 33 points.

Terry Hartnell fished at the Chesil on Saturday night.  By all accounts it was a bit slow going but Terry did manage one good specimen Whiting, which weighed in at 1-10-8.

11-1-10.  The first comp of the year has taken place and boy was it cold!!!!! with a strong N/E wind blowing the event was moved from Slapton to Abbottsbury.  Around 16 signed to fish and only around half of those fished until the end of the night.  Fish caught included small Whiting, Rockling and one Codling for the Dr of around 6lb.  First prize in the pool went to Stefan Herbert with a Whiting.

4-1-10.  Welcome to the new year, lets hope it will be a good 2010 for everyone.

A few have been out and about over Xmas and new year.  Half a dozen or so made the trip to Slapton to fish in the Wyvern Open Shore.  Not a nice day weather wise but a few fish around.  Ben Bradstock came in at runner-up from the 100 or so entries (see gallery), Ben weighed in a dog and Whiting combination for the 2nd spot (WELL DONE) The other bit of good news was that the Honiton Team (Honiton Hookers) won the team event, so well done to Ben, Terry, Barry and Stefan.  That was a good win.(see picture on home page)

Other fish reported over the holidays is Boxing day Rex Hardman had a specimen Whiting from down Slapton way (see gallery) and Dennis Retter had a Whiting of 1-12-0 at 11pm on the 31-12-09 from the Chesil.  This fish will be in line for the last specimen fish caught in 2009 i'm sure.  

2009

14-12-09.  The December shore comp has just been fished at Bexington and 23 members fished the event in near perfect conditions for a change.  In all 7 specimen Whiting were caught with the best at 2-11-8 for Terry Hartnell (see gallery)  Peter Riggs also had a good specimen of near 2lb, this was his first specimen so that was nice to see.  Colin Berry managed 2 specimen fish with his best at around 1-12-0.  Other members catching good fish were:- T Churchchill, B Codling and ? (sorry forgot the name)  Other fish caught included Dogs, Codling, Sole, Rockling and Pout.  Weighing in the best two fish for the meat prizes Terry came out on top with some 250% with two fish for the top Turkey prize.  Second went to Colin Berry who recorded two specimen Whiting for his Turkey and Third for another Turkey was Pete Riggs.

Overall points on the night again went to Terry Hartnell (he has won the last 6 matches) and this was enough to give him the senior shore championship for 2009.

Terry also fished at Minehead on Sunday in the Blackdown SAC xmas open and he came away with 6th spot.  This won him another xmas hamper.  WELL DONE TERRY YOU HAVE DONE WELL THIS YEAR>  

7-12-09.  The last junior comp of the year took place at Lyme at the weekend and the weather was awful.  However most of the 8 juniors that fished caught fish.  There were Pout, Rockling, Silver Eel, Dogfish and a cracking Bass for Callam of 5-7-8. (see gallery)

3-12-09.  Reports again that a few Cod have been caught.  Steve Butler managed a couple of eaters with a couple of Cod around 5lb.  Ken Sparks and Colin Berry fished around the South Hams again and they caught Codling, Whiting and a nice Huss near 8lb.

23-11-09.  A few have been out and about.  Stuart Crawford had a nice Cod from Chesil at the weekend of just over 16lb (see gallery) and Ken and Colin fished at Slapton on Friday night and it seemed had some nice fish, with Whiting 1-3-0 and Dogs and Pout.

31-10-09.  Saturday night saw the Oct competition take place and it was fished by a good number of members again.  You could fish from Cogden  to Abbottsbury and everyone seemed spread over the three venues.  Conditions were good with the wind increasing as the night went on from the S/W.  Fish caught on the night included Dogfish, Whiting, Pollack, Pout, Plaice and Sole.  Best fish on the scales was Stefan Herbert with a specimen Sole of 2-2-0.

Junior Liam Crawford has recently broken the junior shore Cod record with a fish of 3-1-0.  He was out fishing with Dad (Stuart) on Chesil when the fish took his wormbait. (picture to follow for the gallery)

26-10-09.  The Westward Festival has just been fished at the weekend with Honiton SAC hosting the competition.  Highlight of the day for me was seeing Dr Kim turn up at Seaton to have a chat with some of our team.  Dr Kim had just had major surgery and was now back home doing well.  NICE TO SEE YOU KIM.  The competition went well with plenty of fish at Branscombe and a bit slower at Seaton.  Fish caught were :- Dogs, Mackerel, Gars, Scad, Wrasse, Sole, Plaice, Huss, Rockling, Whiting, and Pollack.  In first place was Watchet with 40 points followed by Honiton SAC on 33 points with the mighty Exmouth not far behind in third spot.     

Rex and Brigid has been fishing hard over the last week and some good fish have been caught.  Fishing close to home they had a good session on the Bass with both catching some nice fish.  Rex had the best at a shade over the 10lb mark (see gallery)

19-10-09.  The Torbay Shield event has just taken place at Paignton.  Conditions on the day were good but the fishing was nothing special.  Most anglers from the ten teams weighed-in with Mackerel, Gars, Wrasse and Dogs being caught from the zones around Torbay.  The boat section fished a number of wrecks well up into Lyme Bay and all that was caught was Pout, Scad and one Bass of around 7lb for Chris Atkins from Sidmouth SAC.  Teignmouth SAS run out the winning team just in front of the host club Paignton.  Honiton came in 7th spot.  Even the mighty ESAA came higher up the tree than us.

Stefan Herbert weighed-in a good shore fish on Saturday morning he fished off Chesil and had a super Black Bream of 3-2-0 (see gallery) other fish caught on the trip with Stuart Crawford included more Bream, Triggers, Pout and Doggies. 

Saturday Night also saw the Jurasic Open Shore event at Lyme Regis.  Some 40 anglers fished the competition from 5pm - 10pm all along the front of Lyme Regis.  Most anglers weighed-in fish with plenty of Wrasse, Pout, Gars, Dogs, Bass, Rockling and Mullet being caught.  Winner was a local lad Toby who had a nice Mullet and Doggie combination, this won him £250 and a ABU reel.  In second spot was Terry Hartnell who recorded a Doggie and Pout combination to win him £150 and a rod and reel.

On the same Saturday night was the latest junior shore event again at Lyme.  Another good turn out with 2 more juniors joining up with the club.  ALL THE JUNIORS CAUGHT FISH which was good for them.  Pout, Gars, Whiting, Gurnard and Pollack.        

12-10-09.  A few Mackerel and Gars coming from Seaton last night.  Whitebait all over the place and the fish just having a gorge.  Also reports of a Cod being caught of the beach at Seaton of 3.5lb in the week.

11-10-09.  The Wyvern junior shore competition has taken place and Callam Hardwick took the prize for the best under 12 with a Garfish of 6oz.  Not alot caught on the day a few Gars and a couple of Mackerel.

A few out and about at the weekend just gone.  A few Cod showing along the Chesil, Ken Sparks had one just under 8lb also the first sizable Whiting now also coming from the Chesil.

A few other bits and pieces have been recorded over the last few weeks, Barry Codling found some good fishing over the water which included some nice Triggers and Bream.  Ken Sparkes fished last weekend and had a near specimen Golden Grey Mullet, again from Chesil. 

  28-9-09.  Reports of just a few flat fish from Chesil. (if you find a patch to fish without nets!!!)  A small Sole for Ken Sparks and a couple of nice Plaice for Barry Codling.

The latest junior comp was fished at Seaton on Saturday night with around 5 juniors fishing.  I was not there myself but I think there were some Mackerel, Scad and Gars caught.

22-9-09.  The Lyme Bay shore event has just taken place with 4 clubs taking part.  Fishing in the day light the fishing was steady but in the dark it was slow!.  Fish caught included Dogfish, Scad, Gars and Mackerel.  Each club was allowed to weigh-in their best 10 fish and Honiton SAC ran out the winning team with 545 %.  Close behind was West Bay with 515 % (see gallery)

17-9-09.  News that the All Nighter has taken place and again a good numbers fished the event last weekend.  In all some 17 species of fish were caught, the best fish went to Simon Vincent with a very good Plaice Of 4-2-0.  It would appear Ben and Terry again done well catching some 10 or 11 species each.  Two other specimens caught on the night which were A Trigger for Fish Shop Phil and another specimen Plaice for Micky Kane.

8-9-09.  News from Leon Rice that his daughter Chloe Rice had a good result at the Seaton Carnival shore comp last week.  Chloe caught a Mackerel and Gurnard combination to take 2nd spot and win a tackle voucher for Seaton Tackle shop.  Congratulation again to Chloe who joined the club a few months back. 

7-9-09.  Five members have just returned from Ireland after a weeks hard fishing.  14 specimen fish were recorded like Dogfish, Pollack and Dab.  The weather was not good all week with heavy rain at times, gale force winds and the sea was the colour of Tea!!!.  Best fish of the week went to John Pidgeon who had a nice shore Pollack of 6.5lb.  In all 20 different species of fish were captured during the week.  (photo on gallery soon)

Other tales of fish being caught are :-  Dr Kim had a good day in Cornwall on the Bass with a good numbers hooked and returned and Nice one Dave Bowyer had a shore Pout just short of specimen weighing 1-7-8. 

24-8-09 The Chesil rover has just taken place at the weekend with a very good turn out for this event.  The fishing was patchy at times but Mr Hartnell done well again recording 7 species of fish and he weighed in the required two of each for another great victory.  A good number of species were caught in the event.  Rex had a nice Plaice of 2.5lb and Bridget also had a nice Smoothound of around 6lb (weighed/photo and returned alive)  Best specimen on the night was Stuart Crawford with a Dogfish of over 2lb, winning him over £30.  The Garfish pool also went on this comp with Terry Hartnell landing two with the best one around 8oz, it was worth nearly £70!!!  This event was also the inter-club against Beer for the Lively Lady shore.  The results will be published soon for each clubs 10 best fish.

18-8-09.  Trigger Fish do seem to be showing now in Dorset.  Mike Spiller tried his luck during his holiday and found them to 2lb to his rag/crab bait.

17-8-09.  Junior member Callam Hardwick recently went on holiday to Cornwall and tried his luck at going for Mullet.  He did manage to find of 2.5 lb on his lug worm bait.  WELL DONE CALLAM. 

28-7-09.  A bit of a story from Micky Kane.  Together With Lee, Aaron and Paul they traveled over the fleet to fish at their secret mark and it sounds like they had a good days fishing with Gurnard, Mackerel, Bream, Doggies, Bass and Smoothounds.  The best fish was still to come for the four of them, whilst rowing back across the Fleet in the dark a 6lb Mullet jumped into the boat and hit poor old Lee right in the chops! Apparently you could hear the laughing as far away as Weymouth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

27-7-09.  The third Friday evening comp took place last Friday at Sidmouth and a good number ofmembers took part.  The water was murky but there was Gars, Mackerel, Scad and Doggies caught.  Best specimen went to Ben Bradstock who had a Garfish of 1lb.

14-7-09.  The all nighter has just taken place and the weather was bad (wet and windy)  A good number fished the comp and there was a fair bit caught like Bream, Mackerel, Doggies, Bass, Gurnard, Mullet, Smoothounds etc.  Best specimen went to Micky Kane with a Red Gurnard of 15oz followed by Terry Hartnell with another Gurnard of 14 oz.  Mike Spiller was third with a Mullet of 3-10-0.  There were also some prizes sponsored by Neil Loomes at Otter Country Sports for Best Bass (S Crawford), Best Bream (P Rouse), Best Doggie (L Fearnley) and best Smoothound (P Rouse).  Many thanks to Neil for his support. (see gallery) 

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.   

The Ferry Bridge event has taken place and by all accounts it was a bit slow I here top rods on the day was Ben Bradstock and Terry Hartnell who caught plenty of most things on the day.  Ben also had a specimen Red Gurnard of just over the 1lb rate.

25-6-09.  A few nice Rays being reported by Barry Codling and Stefan Herbert.  Between them they had a selection of Small Eyed Ray to over specimen and also a few Spotted Ray.

16-6-09. Last Friday saw the evening comp at Branscombe with around 15 fishing.  On a very foggy night there were Mackerel, Wrasse and Doggies caught.  Best fish went to Terry Hartnell with a Dog of around 2lb.

15-6-09.  A few fish being reported, Taff from Exmouth has been up on the North Coast and found some nice Thornbacks.  Two fished weighed in at 7-14-0 and 8-8-0.

3-6-09. The inter-club comp against Exmouth SAA took place at weekend on a super day weather wise.  A good number of anglers from both clubs turned out to fish the competition at Budleigh.  Each team could weigh-in their best 10 fish (mostly Doggies)  At the presentation after the comp Exouth SAA came out on top with around 850 % to Honiton's 750%.  Best fish of the night for Honiton went to Ken Sparks with a Small Eyed Ray of over 7lb.   (WELL DONE EXMOUTH)

2-6-09.  A few good fish have been recorded lately.  Dave Bowyer had a good Small Eyed from the North Coast of over 8lb.  I understand on the same day there were other nice ray caught.  Colin Berry had a good session recently when he hooked into and landed a super Smoothound of well over 10lb and reports too of other good fish lost on the night.  (see gallery)

Mike Spiller been to Ireland recently and had some good catches of Pollack and Mackerel. Nothing too big but did manage a specimen Dogfish of 2-9-8.

Reports of a few small Black Bream being caught.  Ken Sparks and Colin Berry fished on the Chesil and had them to 1.5lb

The junior shore has just taken place and only 2 juniors turned up ? (do we not like Budleigh?)  Liam and Harry both had catches of Mackerel on the night, with 4 each.

18-5-09.  The first evening comp has taken place at Budleigh at the weekend.  Around a dozen turned out to fish it in poor conditions, fish caught included Mackerel, Bass and Doggies.  Best specimen went to Barry Codling with a Doggie of 2-2-0.

11-5-09.  More news from the normal Friday gang.  Ken, Colin and Trevor done well again catching 3 nice Bass again all around the 5lb / 6lb mark.  Well done chaps.  (see gallery)

6-5-09.  More good Bass have been taken recently.  Ken Sparks and Colin Berry fished recently and had a good number of small Bull Huss also included in the catch were two nice Bass of 8lb and 5lb, both being taken by Colin.

27-4-09.  Well there has been a couple of good fish taken this weekend.  Stuart Crawford had a huge Bass of 14-13-0 and Stefan Herbert had another of 10-3-0 whilst out fishing on Sunday.  Both fish took a live Pout bait. (see gallery)  Both of these fish are PB's for Stef and Stuart by a fair margin.  Cracking fish lads, well done.

The junior shore event took place at the weekend, should have been at Seaton but it was moved to Lyme due to the weather.  8 juniors took part along with around 7 adults.  The fishing was poor with just 3 fish being caught, measured and returned.   

20-4-09.  The club April comp has just taken place and again very good numbers fishing it.  The event was opened up due to the parking restrictions at Seatown so it was made from Charmouth up to Cogden.  A good range of fish were caught including Smoothounds, Pout, Dogs, Ray and Rockling.  Top rod on the night was Lee Fearnley and Lee also took the pool.

14-4-09.  A few more small Ray coming from Charmouth / Seatown recently. Club junior Samson Roberts done well over the weekend, he had a Small Eyed Ray of 9-13-4 on Sand eel bait cast just 20 yards out !!(see gallery)

30-3-09.  A few out and about fishing at the weekend.  Ken Sparks, Colin Berry and the Dr tried down in the South Hams somewhere.  Not too much about other than Doggies and a few small Huss. Mike Spiller and Taffy tried the Dorset coastline for the Rays.  Only one caught for the Welsh Wizzard, a Small Eyed of just over 6lb.  Other fish caught included Pouting and Dogs.

25-3-09.  The March shore event took place last weekend at Burton Bradstock.  A good entry of 23 members turned to fish the event from 4pm - Mid.  Conditions were good but I here the fishing was generally poor.  Not 100% sure of the results but I think Colin Berry won the comp with a Doggy of around 2-3-0 and Lee was 2nd with another Doggy. I even heard that not everyone weigh-in !!!!.

17-3-09.  The junior shore took place at Lyme over the weekend with some 7 juniors and 9 helpers turning up to assist.  All the juniors caught fish on the night with mainly Pout, Rockling and Doggies being caught.  The best Doggie caught was for Callam and Jonathon (see gallery)who both had fish of the same size.  Top rod on the night was Callam Hardwick.

16-3-09.  Reports of a few small Small Eyed Ray coming from the East of our region, no size yet but looking good for the next few months.    

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. 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 !!!

9-2-09.  The February rover has just taken place at the weekend with the weather playing a big part in traveling around the area.  21 members fished the event from areas from Plymouth up to the Chesil.  Fish caught included Bull Huss, Doggies, Pout, Whiting and Dab.  Best fish was a specimen Whiting (picture to follow the gallery) for new member, Simon Vincent.  Simon also won the pool of £30 and the super pool of £60.  Terry Hartnell picked up the 2nd pool of £20 for a LSD of 1-15-09 and Trevor Churchill took the third spot with another Doggy.  

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.

28-1-09.  The first junior event of the year has taken place at Lyme Regis in far from perfect conditions. However, 6 juniors fished the 3 hour event along with 5 adults helping.  Fish were a bit scarce with 3 of the juniors catching a mixture of Pouting and Rockling.  In first spot was Liam Crawford who caught a good number of Pout and Rockling, all of which were measured and returned.  Best fish of the night was a Pouting of 8oz for Steve Trenchard.

6-1-09.  The first comp of the year has been held in icy cold conditions.  The event was moved from Slapton due to expected strong East winds and lack of beach.  The event was moved to be a Chesil rover.  A good number turned out on the day to fish but it sounds like no one told the fish to be there !  Sounds like there were very few Doggies and Whiting caught along with a few Pout and Codling plus a dab.  The dab took first place in the pool for Ben Bradstock.  The best win of the day went to Lee who had the super duper 2 comp roll over Pouting pool of around £45 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

First comp of the year will be at Slapton on 3rd Jan 2009 (see the competition page for more details.

22-12-08.  The December junior event has just taken place at Lyme Regis.  All the juniors caught fish which included Pout and Whiting.  In first place was Tom Strong, he won some chocolate and a voucher for Otter Country Sports (many thanks to Neil for these) Runner up was Harry Bright, Harry also had a voucher plus chocolates. Well done also to Callum, Toby and Liam on the night.

Two nice Cod reported at the end of last week for Ken and Colin.  The best was Colins fish at around 10lb and Kens fish was around 7lb.  The Chesil does seem to be fishing well at the moment.

15-12-08.  The December competition has just taken place at Slapton and again a good turn out by members was seen.  Conditions for Slapton was good but the fish did seem a bit shy on the day.  Best specimen was taken by Colin (the rocket) Berry with a Doggy of just over 2lbs.  Fish caught included :- Whiting, Conger, Mackerel and Doggies.  Stefan Herbert took the turkey crown with a Doggy and Whiting combination.  Many thanks must go to Terry for getting all the meat prizes and thanks also to Neil at Otter Country Sports for the tackle vouchers.

9-12-08.  Reports that a few more good Whiting coming from the Chesil. Club Chairman, Dennis Retter has recorded another fish over the 1-8-0 specimen weight.

1-12-08.  The November shore event has just been held at Abbottsbury and there was a very good number of members turned up to fish this 12 hour marathon.  Everyone caught fish on this very cold day, fish caught included:- Pout, Dog fish, Mackerel, Garfish, Dabs, Whiting and Codling.  Best specimen went to Ken Sparks who had a specimen Whiting of 1-13-0, (see gallery) 2nd spot went to John Pidgeon with a Dogfish.  The pool for the best Mackerel went to Mike Spiller.  The points are all getting a bit tight at the top spots with Ken and Terry battling away.  Last comp of the year will be at Slapton on the 14th December.

30-11-08.  Reports from the normal gang that Dave 'Nice One' Bowyer had a nice Whiting last weekend from the Chesil.  The first specimen Whiting this year weighing 1-8-8.    

25-11-08.  Reports of plenty of Whiting all along the Chesil and a few from Seaton.  With the cold spell it should start to move the Congers on a bit too, Chesil worth a try.

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 

13-10-08.  Saturday night saw the junior comp at Lyme Regis.  With 3 seniors present along with only 3 juniors this time.  All the juniors caught fish, fish caught included Garfish, Pout, Dogfish and Pollack.  Top rod on the night was Callum with Tom and Harry not that far behind.

Sunday saw the club put a team in the Torbay Shield which was hosted by the Sidmouth club.  There were 4 beach zones at Branscombe along with 1 zone at Sidmouth and 1 boat zone out from Beer on the boat section.  Our team done really well and finished in 2 nd spot with Sidmouth SAC winning this long running competition.  Congratulations must go to the whole team from the club.

8-10-08.  The October all-night comp has just been held in only what could be described as awful conditions, very heavy rain and gales most of the night!!!.  However most of the members that fished through the night caught fish.  Fish coming to the scales were:- Bass, Whiting, Pout, Pollack, Dogfish, Garfish, Mackerel and Red Mullet.  Best fish of the comp went to Stuart Crawford with a Doggy of 2-6-8.  Super pool winner was the Dr (it was), I believe Kim had a Mackerel and Doggy combination for the £55.  Kim also had the golden pool for the best Garfish (12oz).  Most anglers fished around Torbay as most of Dorset was blown out.

30-9-08.  The junior September shore comp has just been held at Seaton with 7 juniors and 5 seniors attending.  A mix of fish were caught like Scad, Mackerel and Garfish.  The points have not yet been done but I guess Harry Bright done well catching all three species mentioned.

23-9-08.  The last shore comp has just taken place from all along Chessil.  Members fished from the Cogden end right up to the cove at Portland and most anglers made good catches with some 9 different species caught.  A few plaice and Sole came in to the weigh-in.  Best specimen went to Dr Kim, it did.  He had a Pout of 1-7-8.  Dave Bowyer also had a nice Mackerel of 1-8-0.

15-9-08.  A seems a few flats are now coming at the West of of the Chessil.  'Top Gun' Colin Berry saw a few small Soles last weekend for his efforts.

11-9-08.  It appears the weather took its toll on the Lyme Bay shore competition last weekend.  Bad weather made it un fishable.

10-9-08. Three club members have just returned from a weeks fishing in Southern Ireland.  Mike Spiller, Terry Hartnell and John Pidgeon braved the wet and windy weather for most of the week down in Kerry.  Plenty of fish were caught and released (or eaten)  Flat fish seemed plentiful along with the Doggies.  Best fish of the week fell to new member John Pidgeon with a nice Pollack 0f 6-15-0, John also had another Pollack of 5-3-0. (see gallery and home page)

25-8-8.  Seaton Carnival has just taken place and 56 anglers fished the event.  Good conditions and a fair bit caught, like Dogs, Gars, Mackerel and Pollack.  Top rod on the day was Dave Chidzoy with 127%.  Second was Steve North with 107% and third was Dave Graham with 106%.  In all £60 was raised for the carnival.

On Saturday night the August club comp took place at West Bay - Bexington.  Conditions were not that good with a strong s/w and showers.  Top rod on the day was Stuart Crawford who landed Bass, Mullet, Dogs, Pout, Mackerel.  Best specimen went to Stuart with his Mullet.  Second went to Micky Kane with a nice Pout. 

18-8-08.  It seems the DR has been out and about, he has.  A Dorset beach in search of some Cod in August !!!  But he got it right this time and Kim had a nice Codling of 6-10-4 he did.  NICE ONE KIM.

30-7-08.  The all nighter has taken place and for a change the weather was kind.  most anglers it seems headed for the Ferry Bridge stretch and it seemed there was plenty to weigh-in.  Good mixed bags come from Ferry Bridge with Gurnard, Dogs, Bream, Scad, and Pout etc. Best fish of the night come from Ben Bradstock with specimen Pout of 1-11-0.  A few fished at Seaton and found Mackerel, Scad, Gurnard and Mullet. New member Ian had a nice Bass of just over 6lb too at Seaton.  Winner of the super pool was Ben (Brown Stones!!!) Bradstock (£50) and second was Terry (the Rance) Hartnell (£25)   

A few Mullet seemed to now being caught in and around Seaton with both Tim Goddard and Rob Eade having a few nice ones.  Robs best were around the 4-8-0 and mark and Tim's best was 5-7-0.

14-7-08.  Last weekend saw two club events, on the Friday night was the third Friday eve competition at Sidmouth.  Only around 10 turned up to fish this event !!!!  fish caught included Small Eyed Ray, Doggies, Mackerel and Silver Eels.  Best specimen went to Barry Codling and second best went to Mike Spiller. 

On the Saturday night saw the re-arranged junior shore competition at Seaton from 7pm - 10pm. 4 seniors and 5 juniors fished and all the juniors caught fish which were mainly Mackerel and the odd Scad.  Top rod on the day went to Steve Trenchard.

8-7-08.  Five club members have just returned from Ireland, they battled against wind,rain and the swells for a weeks shore fishing on the Ring of Kerry.  Some 15 different species of fish caught with 5 of them going over the 100% specimen mark for NFSA area T.  All five of the anglers had Pollack to around 5lb mark, the best caught in the week was a fish of 6-7-8 for Ken (Kerry Commando) Sparks.  Other good Pollack in the week were:-  Mike Spiller 6-0-0 and Stefan Herbert 5-12-0.  Other fish caught included:- Thornback Ray, Spotted Ray, Wrasse, Conger, Bull Huss, Flounder, Plaice and Dabs.  (Some pictures should go on the gallery soon)  

23-6-08.  A good night was had by junior member Marley McCrae at the weekend.  He was fishing at Lyme Regis when a nice Wrasse took his bait, it weighed 4-4-0. 

22-6-08.  The second evening comp has just been held at Seaton and the fishing was a bit slow.  Fish caught included Dogfish, Mackerel, Plaice and Smoothounds.  Top spot in the pool went to Stefan Herbert followed by 2nd and 3rd for Mike Spiller.  Best Smoothound on the night was just over 4lb for Mike Spiller and Dave (nice one) Bowyer had a Plaice of around 1lb 8 oz.

16-6-08. The first specimen Mullet of the year has fallen to Leon Rice, fishing at Budleigh, his best reported was 4-10-0 and he had another of 4-4-0.  Both fish being taken on Bread.

More Garfish for Mike Spiller at the weekend down at Torbay with most of the fish well over the 1 lb mark.

Mike Spiller went fishing at Torbay last weekend and came away with some pretty big Garfish, most fish being around the 1lb mark but the best caught went 1-6-4.

A few Smoothounds reported from the shore in the East of the region to crab baits.  Stefan and Barry tried recently and came away with a couple the best weighing just over 8lb.

The interclub event has just been held at Branscombe against  Exmouth SAA (AKA the Ladies) Knowing full well Exmouth wanted to win the shield we helped them along nicely on the night by only weighing and recording our smallest fish, we decided to put back any fish that might give them a problem with.  Guess what it worked they went away with a nice lead of 500%.  The next stage will be easy too for them at Ferry Bridge at the end of June.  Not telling them again but most of our team will be away in Ireland !!!  WELL DONE EXMOUTH, YOU HAVE WON THE INTER-CLUB AT LAST.

Had a few txt from Top gun Colin Berry who is away in Cyprus at present.  He says its very hot at the moment (90 ish) and the Golden Grey Mullet are going crazy, with plenty being caught to just over the 1Lb mark.

Please note that if you need to get hold of Kim Gibbs his mobile number is 07974075680 and not as shown in the May newsletter. 

27-5-08.  The first of the Friday evening matches has just been fished at Budleigh. Not a great turn out for the first of 4 competitions but there was plenty caught.  Most recorded Mackerel and Doggies and the odd pouting were caught.  Dave Bowyer had the first and second place in the pool with Doggies and the DR had the third spot also with a Doggy.  

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. 

19-5-08.  The May junior shore event has just taken place at Budleigh Salterton with 3 three  juniors fishing.  A bit of a showery evening but there were plenty of Mackerel to catch to keep then occupied all night.  Most of the Mackerel came to pop ups and a few to the dexter wedges.  First place on the night went to Tom next was Callum and third was Harry.  Positions up to the May event  are :-  1/ Tom  2/Harry 3/ Callum.

12-5-08.  The May shore event has just taken place at Budleigh at the weekend.  With the weather being warm, there were more Bushes on the beach than there are in the fields !!!.  With that said there was a fair bits caught on the night with Mackerel and dogs featuring high plus there was one small Plaice caught by Stefan.  First and second spot in the pool went to Ken Sparks  and Fish Shop Phil took the third spot.  Peter Riggs had the best spot of the night he set up camp on top of the best bush on the beach !!!!!!

9-5-08.  Plenty of Mackerel being reported at all the local beaches.  Also Bass and small Smoothounds being caught at and around Seaton.

6-5-08.  Ken and Colin have been down South chasing the big Gars at the weekend.  No big ones reported but 1-1-0 was the best caught for Colin Berry.

3-5-08.  Mike Spiller and wife Bev took part in the beach clean at Exmouth at the weekend, lots of rubbish collected along with a complete gill net dug out the sand (see gallery). 

28-4-08.  The Seatown shore event has just taken place at the weekend and the fishing was not too bad. No Rays caught but there were plenty of other species caught like :- Smoothounds, Plaice, Doggies, Pout, Rockling and  Flounder.  Top rod on the night was Lee who caught 8 different species.

22-4-08.  News in on the Chessil Champs that was held at the weekend, a number of members entered and done well for fish.  Barry Codling done really well and came away with pool for the best Flatfish with a Plaice of around 2-8-0.  Well done Barry.  Perhaps he will put his pool money back and buy a few Black Ones in Ireland !!!.

21-4-08.  The Friday gang have been out and about again (the Dr, Colin and Ken) They had half a dozen Small Eyes or so with the Dr having one of 12-9-0. NICE FISH KIM and worthy of a gold medal.

14-4-08.  The Honiton presentation has just taken place at the Motel with 45 attending the buffet/Presentation and disco.  A good night was had by all.  Anyone not attending and having awards to pick up, please contact M Spiller to arrange a pick up and presentation.    

The Chessil flatty has just taken place with a entry of around 169 anglers.  I believe there were a few plaice and dabs caught on the day.  Terry Hartnell tried his luck and had 2 plaice and 1 dab and this was enough to give him 14th spot.  Well done !!!.

7-4-08.The junior comp has just taken place at Seaton with 4 juniors fishing on a bright but cold night.  Three fish were recorded a couple of small Whiting and a single Pout.  First spot went to Mat Long with 55 points and second spot went to Harry Bright with 30 points.

A few out and about fishing last weekend.  Ken, Kim and Colin tried their luck on Friday night.  Loads of Doggies around all through the night and then Kim went home as he thought that the fish were going out with the tide.  Just after the Dr left Colin landed a nice Small Eyed Ray of dead on 9lb and within 5 minutes Ken also had one of 7lb. 

1-4-08. The March shore comp has just taken place and it should of been at Bexington but due to Southerly gales (50 MPH) it was moved to Beesands for safety.  I understand there was a few Doggies caught on the night.  Top rod on the day was Dave Bowyer with two good size Doggies to take the pool.

Reports of a few Plaice coming from Chessil, Barry Codling recently had one around the 2-12-0, a good opening fish.  Lets hope for a few more next month.

16-3-08.  The Doctor (Kim) has been out again chasing those Cod again.  Found a few this time to around 3lb size plus the odd Bass.

10-3-08. The junior shore competition has just taken place in pretty bad conditions at Lyme at the weekend.  However all entering caught some fish of one shape or another on the night.  Harry Bright cleaned up on the evening recording some 6 fish, which were Pout, Dogfish and Rockling.  Total points for Harry on the night were 189 points, 2nd spot went to Steven Trenchard with 69 points and 3rd pot went to Thomas Strong with 34 points.  After 2 events Harry is in the lead with 266 points. 

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 !!!.

The first junior shore event has taken place at Lyme Regis with six juniors taking part.  The rules for the juniors are slightly different than the seniors, we now measure and release and give points per species plus points per cm.  Fish caught on the evening were Dogfish, Whiting, Pouting and Rockling.  In first place was Matt Long with 150 points   2/ Callum Hardwick 137 points 3/ Steven Trenchard 125 points 4/ Tom Strong 122 points 5/ Harry Bright 77 points 6/ Marley McCrae 10 points. In all there were 24 fish caught and the best two fish were :- Dogfish of 1.17LB for Steven Trenchard and a Whiting of .49LB for Matt Long.  

Last weekend saw the February shore event take place (2-2-08) this one is always a rover at this time of the year, the weather forecast was foul for the night with gales and heavy rain and cold !!!.  The areas fished went from Slapton and Dartmouth all the way up to Bexington.  Fish caught included Codling, Dogfish, Pout, Whiting, Pollack, Rockling and Mackerel (in Feb!!!!!)   Winner of the super pool on the evening was Terry (the Rance) Hartnell who had a combination of a Doggy and Pout to win the £50, in 2nd spot was Jim Ogbourne with a Dog and Mackerel combination from Torbay.  Winner of the normal pool for the best fish was Top Gun Colin Berry with Doggy of 2-2-0.

5-2-08.  The first competition of the year was at Slapton back in early January.  Most of the members fishing weighed in Dogfish, Whiting, Pout and there were also a few Pollack and Coalfish recorded.

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.

2007

22-10-07.  The Torbay Shield has just taken place at Brixham at the weekend.  The weather was not too bad with light/med S/E winds the shore venues were not too bad but the boat section on the Skerries Bank was a bit bumpy.  Winners of the event were Paignton SAA their team fished well in all the areas fished.  Honiton SAC came in in 8th place just infront of Budleigh Salterton and South Devon SAC.  Fish caught in the event were Plaice, Gurnards, Gar, Mackerel, Doggies, Trigger Fish, Bass, Whiting and Pollack.

30-10-07.  The October all nighter has taken place, the weather was bad with strong wind and wet rain for most of the night.  A few Cod were caught from Chessil before it came un fishable.  Other venues fished were Slapton, Beesands, Berry Head and Blackpool sands.  Despite the weather some good fish were reported with Cod, Whiting, Pollack, Red Mullet, Scad, Mackerel and Garfish. Top rod on the comp was specimen Sparksy (Ken) he took all three places in the pool and also won the super pool !!!!.  Kens best fish was a Mackerel of 1-12-8 and he had another slightly smaller. (picture on the gallery)

5-11-07.  Reports coming in that there are some big Mackerel around.  Barry Codling fished in the East of the region and the best one he caught was 1-12-4. 

15-11-07.  Steve Butler, Mike Spiller and two friends have just returned from Alderney from a weeks fishing on the shore.  Strong N/W winds all week did not help but there was plenty caught with Mullet, Black Bream, Codling, Sole, Bass, Pollack, Wrasse and Small Eyed Ray.  Mike Spiller took the offer of a couple of hours boat fishing around the many tide rips and returned with a fine plug caught Bass of 11-9-8 (see gallery)  

19-11-07.  The November rover has just taken place and the forecast before the match was bad, heavy rain and galeforce S/W winds so most decided to try down Slapton way plus a few tried at Budleigh before the bad weather arrived.  Fish caught included Gars, Mackerel, Whiting, Dogs and Pout.  Best fish of the day was Ken Sparks with a Doggy of around 2-0-0.  Budleigh fished fairly well on the night with Mike Spiller recording Gars,Mackerel and Whiting.  Not bad since he was home by 8pm !!! 

22-11-07.  I have just had a TXT message from the Doctor (I did) and a picture message of two nice Codling from Bexy 4lb 2oz and 3lb 12oz plus other bits and pieces on the night.

The team for the Westward has now been finalised.  It will be A Pike, T Hartnell, B Bradstock, K Sparks, B Codling, K Pike, P Abrahams and J Ogbourne.  The event will be on the 25-11-07 at or around Minehead.  GOOD LUCK TO THE TEAM.

26-11-07.  News is through that yet again we have won the Westward Festival.  The team this year were :- T Hartnell, A Pike, K Pike, B Bradstock, B Codling, P Abrahams, J Ogbourne and K Sparks, congratulation must go all of the team for another great result up on the North Coast of Somerset.   I think the fishing was slow but when the chips are down our team always try that bit harder and the rest is history.  We scored some 31 points and the second spot team could only manage 19 points, so it was a bit of a hammering really.  WELL DONE.  (Picture on the gallery)   Thanks must go to Watchet and West for a super day up on the North Coast, host club for 2008 is Beer.

3-12-07.  The last competition of the year has just taken place at the weekend.  It should have been at Abbottsbury but due to very strong S/W winds and rain it was moved to Slapton/Beesands.  The fishing was pretty good really with plenty of fish being caught like Bull Huss, Dogfish, Whiting, Garfish, Smoothound and Pout, not bad when the wind was blowing around 30/40 mph !!!.  The best fish was a Doggy of 2-4-0 for Stefan Herbert and the next best not far behind was a Bull Huss of 8-5-0 (weighed and returned on the beach) for Micky Keane (see gallery)  This event also was for the Xmas prizes of Turkey and Beef (many thanks to Terry Hartnell for sorting them out)  These prizes were awarded down to 7th place, I cant remember who won what but Mick came first and Stefan picked up the 2nd spot.

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.

11-12-07.  Ken Sparks and Colin Berry fished down in the South Hams last weekend.  A few Doggies and a few Whiting were caught along with a Bull Huss for Ken which weighed 8-8-0 on the beach.

18-12-07.  The last junior event of the year took place at the weekend.  Lyme Regis was the venue on a bitterly cold evening, 4 junior anglers turned up to fish which is encouraging.  Fish caught were Pouting and Rockling.  Thanks must go to the three new juniors who turned up on such a cold night (see gallery)  lets hope we see you at the signing on night on the 3-1-08 at the motel at 7-30pm.