Boat Competition Results.

Large Boats 2011.

Large Boats 20th November. Report sent in by Malcolm Stote.  
Nine members enjoyed an unseasonal November day to fish their monthly large boat competition off the Needles. Cod proved elusive but a selection of other species, including pout, whiting, smoothhound, dogfish, thornback ray, pollack and turbot, provided all day action. A specimen thornback ray of 14lbs was caught {and returned} by Malcolm Gerrish.
1st Steve Batchelor 152pts, 2nd Derek Smith 119pts, 3rd Robin Lane 102pts, 4th Malcolm Gerrish 66pts, 5th Alec Harmer 42pts.
Large Boats 14th August.  This report was sent in by our Publicity Officer Malcolm Stote. 
A strong tide, troublesome weed and stronger than predicted winds, resulted in several moves during the day by skipper Art Savage to find optimum fishing conditions. Apart from the ever-obliging dogfish, fish remained scarce and included black bream, garfish, spotted and thornback ray and pout. Robin Lane caught and returned a near specimen thornback ray that went 12lbs when weighed on the boat. Perhaps the highlight of the day was watching nearly 300 yachts participating in the Fastnet Race, buffeting their way across Christchurch Bay.
1st Kim Gregory 53pts, 2nd Steve Batchelor 33pts, 3rd Jane Hopkins 27pts, 4th Robin Lane 23pts, 5th Derek Smith 19pts.
Large Boats 24th July.   This report was sent in by our Publicity Officer Malcolm Stote. 
1st Steve Batchelor 40pts, 2nd Robin Lane 35pts, 3rd Kim Gregory 33pts, 4th Andy Fielder 30pts, 5th Nelson Phillips 21pts,
Species included pout, dogfish, black bream, pollack and thornback and undulate rays. {including an undulate ray weighed on the boat at 15lbs and caught by Nelson Phillips}
Large Boats 26th June. This report was sent in by the Large Boat Commodore Alec S Harmer.
After weeks of high winds, a brief window in the weather enabled ten members to fish their June large boat competition off the Isle of Wight. The morning mist eventually burned off to make way for the hottest day of the year so far. Tope up to 20lbs plus proved to be an obstacle by taking baits meant for target species. Kim Gregory caught the first brill seen on a large boat competition for possibly at least twenty years.Best fish on the day was a spotted ray of 4lbs 10.4ozs and caught by Steve Batchelor. Other fish caught included turbot, blonde ray, small-eyed ray, dogfish, black bream, pollack, pout, mackerel and weever.
1st Steve Batchelor 119pts, 2nd Derek Smith 66pts, 3rd Kim Gregory 50pts, 4th Robin Lane 39pts, 5th Andy Fielder 33pts.

Small Boats 2011.

20th November. This report was sent in by the Shallow Boat Commodore Richard Rickman.
AT LAST !!!!! we got out. The last 5 Shallow Boat competitions have been cancelled due to the wind.
6 members fished and 1 boat fished the shingels and 2 boats fished the Needles and fish caught included pout, cod, bass, smoothhound, whitting and dogfish.
1st Neil Micthenever with 2 cod for 32lbs 5ozs.
2nd Ali Humme with 2 bass, 1 cod, 1 pout and 1 whitting for 31lbs 9ozs. {1 bass weighed 7lb 12ozs}
3rd Fred Bigham with 1 whitting and 1 cod for 16lbs 8ozs.
4th Bob Miness with 2 smoothhounds for 7lb 4ozs.
5th Phil Morgan with dogfish and pout for 5lb 8ozs.
The best specimen and heaviest fish was a cod weighing 25lbs 8ozs and caught by Neil Michenever.

22nd May.  
7 members fished and all 7 weigh-in fish which consisted of pout, smoothhound, dogfish, wrasse, bass and bull huss.
1st R.Rickman 15lbs 7ozs, 2nd P.Morgan 11lbs 8ozs, 3rd B.Dawkins 10lbs 15ozs, 4th R.Miness 9lb 1oz, 5th S.Rickman 7lb 7ozs,
6th G.Short 5lb 14ozs, 7th T.Smith 5lb 10ozs.
The heaviest fish was a bass weighing 5lb 2ozs and caught by R.Rickman.
The best specimen was a dogfish of 2lb 2ozs and caught by P.Morgan.
These results were taken from the Lymington Times.

17th April.
7 members fished and all 7 weighed in fish which consisted of pout, smoothhound, dogfish, wrasse, bass and bull huss.
1st R.Rickman 15lbs 7ozs, 2nd P.Morgan 11lbs 8ozs, 3rd B.Dawkins 10lbs 15ozs, 4th B.Miness 9lb 1oz, 5th S.Rickman 7lb 7ozs,
6th G.Short 5lb 14ozs, 7th T.Smith 5lb 10ozs.
Heaviest fish was a bass of 5lb 2ozs and caught by R.Rickman.
Best specimen was a dogfish weighing 2lb 2ozs and caught by Phil Morgan.

12th December.  
4 club members and 1 guest fished this competition.
Heaviest fish of the competition was a cod of 24lbs 1oz and was caught by Phil Morgan. Phil also had the bet specimen caught in this competition.
1st P.Morgan with 2 cod for 35lbs 2ozs, 2nd G.Phillips with 1 cod for 16lbs, 3rd B.Miness with 3 dogfish for 5lb 4ozs.