All about the club.
The clubhouse, completed in 1993,is located off Bath Road car park, Lymington. It provides a congenial place to socialise with fellow anglers and offers the opportunity for members to improve their knowledge and skill at the regular tackle talks and demonstrations held there.
The aims of Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club are to promote shore fishing and boat fishing for all anglers, in a safe and friendly environment and to encourage conservation of fish stocks. New members, in particular juniors, are always welcome. A membership application form is available to download from the web site. The club is also on facebook. A monthly newsletter is sent out to all members.
SHORE FISHING.
Numerous competitions are held throughout the year at various beaches along the Hampshire and Dorset coast. As well as the monthly competitions, there are also several leagues: for example, The Shingle Bank League and the Win-Sum League. There are also one open shore competition during the year.
BOAT FISHING.
Boat fishing is divided into two sections: large boats {or charter boat} fishing and shallow boats {privately-owned craft}. The large boat section has something for everyone and for all levels of skill and competitiveness.
- Monthly large boat competitions out of Lymington: semi-competitive, fished to minimum size limits. from April - December.
- Match Boat League competitions out of Lymington, Poole and Weymouth: highly competitive and based on species, with no size limits. Fished from April - September.
- Recreational boat trips out of Lymington, Poole and Weymouth, on weekdays and weekends. Friendly atmosphere, no pressure. Fished January - December.
- The Shallow {or small} boat section is fished from privately owned boats, which stay within a designated area, with competitions running throughout the year.
- In addition, a Small Boat Open to privately owned boats is held in the autumn.
Officers of the Club 25/26.
Club Vice-Presidents: Miss. S. Moody, Mr. R. Davies, Mr. C. Clark, Mr. R. Saunders and Mr.. A, S. Harmer.
Honorary Life Members: Mr. R. Bayzand, Mrs. G. Moody. Miss. S. Moody. Mr. A. D. Smith and Mr. R. Lane.
Officers of the Club.
Chairman: Mr. Alec S. Harmer. 01590-674045. Vice-Chairman: Mr. Roland Blomfield. 01590-683363.
Hon. Secretary: Mrs. Alison Day. 07929 876939
Membership Secretary: Mr. Brian Ansell. 01590-672628. Hon. Treasurer: Mr. Alec Harmer. 01590-674045.
Hon. Auditors: Mr. Colin Saunders & Mrs. Alison Day. Docket Steward. Mr. Robert Flicos. 01590-676785.
Large Boat Commodore. Mr. Marc Duncan. 07810 876281 Large Boat Vice Commodore. Mr. Richard Day. 07989 282245
Shallow Boat Commodore. Mr. Brian Ansell 01590-672628.
Boat Compound Commodore: Mr. Adrian Moody. 0794 1204 306 . Clerk of Scales. Mr. Steve Monckton. 0792 5549 313
Shingle Bank Secretary. Mr. Malcolm Stote 07894 902254.
Shore Secretary. Mr. Roland Blomfield. 01590-683363. Win-Sum League Secretary. Mr. Colin Saunders.
Hon. Cup Custodian. Mr. Colin Saunders. Publicity Officer. Mr. Brian Ansell. 01590-672628.
Junior Representative. Vacant.
Newsletter Editor. Mr. Brian Ansell. 01590-672628. Bar Steward and Hall Booking Officer. Mr. Terry Kempton.
Committee Members:
Mrs. Summer Monckton
Mr. Chris Ellis. 07790 231350. Mr. Alan Martin. . Mr. Nelson Phillips.
Mr. Pete Drodge. 07812 663842. Mr. Martin Bobbett. Mr. George Fox.
All the Club Competitions for 2026.
The Club's Link Page
Christchurch Angling Centre is owned by Tom Bagnall who sponsors some of the boat and shore competitions. Tom participates in many club activities, is also a very good angler and on some occasions makes a very good cup of tea. www.christchurchanglingcentre.co.uk
Angling Trust is where you can get the latest news on all aspects of angling and the latest news about covid-19 regarding angling. www.anglingtrust.net
Lymington Harbour Commissioners a good site for local tides and weather reports. www.lymingtonharbour.co.uk
Loni's a good friendly shop and Garry is very helpful. www.loni's.co.uk
Fish of the Month 25/2026
Shore. Junior. No junior weighed in any fish.
Adult. Fish of the month was Keith Warren with a smooth-hound weighing 13 lbs 2 oz.. New catch and release record for the shore was Keith Warren with a black bream weighing 1 lb 2 oz. New catch and release record for the shore was Keith Warren with a gilt head bream weighing 1 lb 2 oz. Catch and release for the shore broken by Keith Warren with a smooth-hound weighing 13 lbs 2 oz.
Boats. Junior. Junior catch and release record was Tom Harker with a black bream weighing 14 oz.
Adult. Fish of the Month was Malcolm LeMougnan with a gilt head bream weighing 5 lb 12- 1/4 oz. Club record broken by Malcolm LeMoignan with his gilt head bream weighing 5 lb 12-1/4 oz. New catch and release record for boats by Robert Flicos with a black bream weighing 1 lb 4 oz.
May 2026. Results sent in by Robert Flicos.
Shore. Adult. Martin Pink with a spotted ray weighing 4 lb 1 oz. Catch and release record broken for the shore by Martin Pink with his spotted ray of 4 lb 1 oz.
Boats. Adult. Alan Mapes with a gilthead bream weighing 2 lb 11-1/4 oz. Catch and release record broken by Alan Mapes with his gilt bream of 2 lb 11-1/4 oz.
Catch and release record broken by Alan Mapes with a smooth-hound weighing 9 lb 7 oz.
Catch and release record broken by Martin Bobbett with a turbot weighing 2 lb 4 oz. New catch and release record for a plaice caught by Chris Ellis weighing 2 lb.
April 2026. Results sent in by Robert Flicos.
Shore. Adult. Paul Watson with a dogfish weighing 1 lb 12-1/8 oz. Catch and release records for the shore Keith Warren
with a 3/b rockling weighing 10 oz and a pollack weighing 11 oz
Boats. No fish were weighed in.
March 2026. Report sent in by Robert Flicos.
Shore. Adult. Peter Chamberlain with a dogfish weighing 2lb 3oz. Junior. Mia Samber with a whiting weighing 9oz.
Catch and release record broken for the shore by Paul Watson with a thornback ray weighing 4lb 6oz.
Catch and release record adult for the shore Paul Watson with a pouting weighing 11oz.
Catch and release record junior for the shore Mia Samber with a whiting weighing 9oz.
Boats. Adult. Neil Pullman with a 3 bearded rockling weighing 1lb 1oz.
Catch and release record for the boats Neil Pullman with a 3 bearded rockling weighing 1lb 1oz.
February 2026 Report sent in by Robert Flicos.
Shore. Adult. Keith Warren with a dogfish weighing 2lb 6oz. Junior. Mia Samber with a dogfish weighing 1lb 4oz.
Adult shore club catch and release record broken by Keith Warren with his dogfish of 2lb 6oz.
New junior catch and release record shore Mia Samber with her pouting of 11oz.
Boat. Adult. Chris Rogers with a bull huss weighing 10lbs 8oz.
January 2026.
Shore. Adult. Chris Ellis with a dogfish weighing 1lb 11oz.
Boats. Adult. Robin Lane with a small eyed ray weighing 7lb 2oz.
December 2025.
Shore. Adult. Paul Watson with a small eyed ray weighing 7lb 12-1/8oz. Junior. Seth Hopkins with a bass weighing 2lb 8oz.
Catch and Release record broken for the shore by Ben Daniel and Alan Mapes both with a dogfish of 2lb 1oz.
Boats. Adult. Denis Mapes with a bull huss weighing 10lbs 5oz.
New Catch and Release record for the boats was Ryan Nash with a pouting weighing 2lb 3oz.
Shallow Boat Results 2024/5.
All Competitions are now fished on Saturday's or Sunday's weather wise.
Shallow Boat Competition 9th August.
On Sunday 9th August the club held a Shallow Boat competition. The weather was dry, with a gentle breeze and very hot. It was a mixture of events on the day. We should have had 11 club members fishing but unfortunately one boat had engine trouble and had to pull out. A couple of members from the Isle of Wight fished for the first time this season because they had engine problems at the beginning of the year and it has taken 5 months to sort out. 9 club members fished the competition and caught fish consisting of bass, black bream, bull huss, conger eels, spotted and blonde ray, smooth-hound and scad. A total of 75 fish were caught, measured and returned to the sea. We only keep fish for the table.
Results.
1st Alan Mapes 117 points, 2nd Ady Hulme 104 points, 3rd Ryan Nash 78 points, 4th Paul Watson 50 points, 5th Charlie Nash 40 points, 6th Jack Nash 35 points, 7th Chris Hardy 25 points, 8th Colin Wright 15 points, 9th Neil Mitchener 10 points.
Shallow Boat Competition 19th July
On Sunday 19th July the club held a Shallow Boat competition. The weather was dry, sunny and hot, with a moderate breeze. Unfortunately, with all the hot weather the weed was a big problem. 8 club members signed on and 7 caught fish consisting of bass, black bream, bull huss, conger eels, dogfish, pouting and small eyed ray. A total of 47 fish were caught and most were returned to the sea. We only keep fish for the table.
Results:
1st Alan Mapes 103 points, 2nd Paul Watson 65 points, 3rd Charlie Nash 58 points, 4th Ady Hulme 55 points, 5th Neil Mitchener 45 points, 6th Jack Nash 35 points, 7th Adrian Moody 25 points.
6th Shallow Boat Competition 24th May.
On Sunday 24th May the club held its 6th Shallow Boat competition. This was a changed date because the competition earlier in May had to be cancelled due to the weather. On the day it was very hot with light winds and a gentle swell, the start of summer hopefully.
9 club members signed on and all caught fish consisting of bass, black bream, bull huss, conger eel, dogfish, garfish, smooth-hound, wrasse and tope. All the fish are measured and weighed and returned to the sea as quickly as possible.
Results:
1st Paul Watson 155 pts, 2nd Alan Mapes 145 pts, 3rd Ryan Nash 81 pts, 4th Ady Hulme 77 pts, 5th Charlie Nash 70 pts, 6th Neil Mitchener 69 pts, 7th Jack Nash 65 pts,
8th Daniel White 59 pts, 9th Paul Dibden 49 pts. Every one had a good day's fishing and a total of 144 fish were caught and returned to the sea.
2nd ShallowBoat Competition 26th April.
On Sunday 26th April the club held a Shallow Boat competition this was an extra competition and the weather and tides were just right because we had to cancel a couple of compreitions earlier in the year due to bad weather.
11 club members signed on and all 11 caught fish which included bass, black bream, bull huss, dogfish, plaice, conger eel and whiting. On these competitions only fish which are big enough for the table are kept. All the rest are measured and returned straight away back into the sea.
Results:
1st Adrian Hulme 117 pts, 2nd Ryan Nash 97 pts, 3rd Barry Littlefair 95 pts, 4th Alan Mapes 88 pts, 5th Denis Mapes 70 pts, 6th Adrian Moody 67 pts, 7th Charlie Nash 65 pts,
8th Neil Mitchener and Jack Nash 60 pts both with 14 fish each, 10th Alan Martin 60 pts and 8 fish, 11th Paul Watson 58 pts.
1st Shallow Boat Competition.
On Saturday 13th December the club held its 1st Shallow Boat competition for the 2026 club year. This was a changed day because the weather forecast for the Sunday was for very windy day so we changed to the Saturday which was a good move because we had light winds and sunshine.
!0 club members signed on and al caught fish consisting of conger eel, dogfish, bull huss, pouting, thornback, small eyed and undulated rays and whiting. All the fish are counted, measured and returned to the sea and points awarded.
Results:
1st Alan Martin 115 pts, 2nd Adrian Moody 107 pts, 3rd Charlie Nash 91 pts, 4th Ady Hulme 78 pts, 5th Denis Mapes 69 pts, 6th Barry Littlefair 62 pts, 7th Paul Watson 56 pts,
8th Alan Mapes 48 pts, 9th Neil Mitchener 35 pts, 10th Ryan Nash 30 pts.
Some good fish were caught on the day which were a bull huss 10 lbs 5 oz by Denis Mapes an undulated ray of 12 lbs 9 oz by Adrian Moody and a small eyed ray of 5 lb 8 oz by Alan Martin.
Shallow Boat Competitions 2027.
| No. | Date. | Start. | Finish. | High water. | Duration. | Back in club compound. |
| 1. | slipway | closed | for | repairs. | ||
| 2. | slipway | closed | for | repairs | ||
| 3. | slipway | closed | for | repairs | ||
| 4. | 14th March. | 08-00 | 14-00 | 15-30 | 6 Hrs | 15-30 |
| 5. | 25th April. | 08-00 | 15-00 | 15-30 | 7 Hrs | 16-30 |
| 6. | 16th May. | 09-00 | 16-00 | 09-00 | 7 Hrs | 17-30 |
| 7. | 27th June. | 08-00 | 16-00 | 18-20 | 8 Hrs | 17-30 |
| 8. | 11th July. | 08-00 | 16-00 | 18-40 | 8 Hrs | 17-30 |
| 9. | 15th August. | 08-30 | 16-30 | 11-50 | 8 Hrs | 18-00 |
| 10. | 12th September. | 08-00 | 16-00 | 10-40 | 8 Hrs | 17-30 |
| 11. | 10th October. | 08-00 | 15-00 | 09-00 | 7 Hrs | 16-30 |
| 12. | 7th November. | 09-00 | 15-00 | 05-50 | 6 Hrs | 16-30 |
| 21st November. Small Boat Open. | 09-00 | 15-00 | 05-20 | 6 Hrs | 16-00 | |
| 1. | 19th December 2028. | 08-00 | 14-00 | 15-20 | 6 Hrs | 15-30 |
Shallow Boat Competitions for 2027. Organised by Brian Ansell, phone number 01590-672628
Shallow Boat Competition Rules. 100% pay out on all competitions. Now Fishing Saturdays or Sundays. General Rules. The Shallow Boat competitions will now be fished on a Saturday or Sunday of the weekend chosen for that month’s competition. This will be depend on the weather forecast. Entry Fees.
The entry fee for each competition is £6.00 per person, out of which £3.00 is paid back to the angler who is 1st on the day with the most points. £2.00 is paid to the 2nd and £1.00 is paid to the 3rd on the day.
Bad Weather for Saturday or Sunday Fishing. The Shallow Boat Commodore in consultation with various weather forecasts and some other shallow boat competitors will decide which day to fish or restrict the competition to the Solent or cancel altogether. Then he will let all the competition members know by Thursday afternoon (through the groups WhatsApp) if it is be fished Saturday or Sunday so they can get bait for Saturday or Sunday before the competition
Signing-on. Competitors must phone or use the shallow boat WhatsApp before 8.00pm on the Friday evening or the Saturday evening before the competition to inform The Shallow Boat Commodore that they will be fishing the next day. Starting Times. Competitors cannot start fishing before the stated time on their competition list.
Finishing Times. These are printed on your fishing list and then you will have 1½ hours to be back in the club boat compound and hand in your results card.
Later than this you will be disqualified. For reasons of safety, as well as consideration for the competition organiser, competitors must inform the organiser if you intend to leave prior to the end of the competition or stay on and fish after the end of the competition.
Tackle. Competitors can fish using 2 rods but with a maximum of 3 hooks. Lures with only 1 hook can be used. You cannot use lures with treble hooks.
Fishing Rules. Stewards. All competitors are stewards. Any problems will be discussed at the end of any competitions and the Shallow Boat Commodore’s decision will be final.
Fishing Area. The area is from Calshot Spit across to Egypt Point on the Isle of Wight. The southern mark is to latitude 50-31N (approximately 5 miles south of the Needles.
Safety Measures. All competitors fishing in any shallow boat competitions are responsible for their own safety. Each boat must have a mobile phone or a VHF Radio. It is a legal requirement that you must display a black ball above your boat when fishing at anchor. No boat will be allowed to enter the competitions with only one person aboard.
Points. Competitions are fished on a points system. Points are awarded for fish that equal or exceed the minimum sizes specified in the club handbook. (Angling Trust mini-species and mackerel are excluded from the points system). Points 20 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, 18 for 3rd, and so on down to 1 point for 20th. Any member after that will receive 1 point. Each species is allocated a specific number of points. The first 5 fish of each species get full points, the next 5 receive only 1 point each and no further points are awarded for that species. 5 additional points are awarded for each species caught. Any fish that equals or exceeds the Angling Trust specimen sizes will be awarded an extra 25 points for that day’s competition only. They will not be added to their yearly total. A photo of the fish next to a ruler most be shown at the weigh-in. In the event of 2 competitors having an equal number of fish points, the competitor with the greatest number of fish takes precedence. The other competitor receives 1 point less. In the event of any competitors tying with the same number of fish and fish points, the same number of competition points will be awarded to each competitor. The number of competition points awarded to the following competitors is suitably adjusted (for example, 2 competitors both having 5 fish and 40 points are both awarded 20 competition points). The next competitor will then receive 18 competition points.
Shallow Boat Competition 9th August report sent in by Brian Ansell.
On Sunday 9th August the club held a Shallow Boat competition. The weather was dry, with a gentle breeze and very hot. It was a mixture of events on the day. We should have had 11 club members fishing but unfortunately one boat had engine trouble and had to pull out. A couple of members from the Isle of Wight fished for the first time this season because they had engine problems at the beginning of the year and it has taken 5 months to sort out. 9 club members fished the competition and caught fish consisting of bass, black bream, bull huss, conger eels, spotted and blonde ray, smooth-hound and scad. A total of 75 fish were caught, measured and returned to the sea. We only keep fish for the table. Results. 1st Alan Mapes 117 points, 2nd Ady Hulme 104 points, 3rd Ryan Nash 78 points, 4th Paul Watson 50 points, 5th Charlie Nash 40 points, 6th Jack Nash 35 points, 7th Chris Hardy 25 points, 8th Colin Wright 15 points, 9th Neil Mitchener 10 points.
Large Boat Results 2025-6.
All Large Boat competitions are fished on Sunday only.
Weekend Recreational Fishing Trip report and photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
On Saturday 15th August the club held a weekend recreational fishing trip and 8 club anglers and a guest ventured out aboard “Ocean Runner” skippered by Ryan Jones in search of bass. The bass fishing of late hadn’t been as good as previous trips, possibly due to the strong sunlight and heat.
First stop was to catch live bait which was mainly tiny pouting. Dave Wood did manage a red gurnard. We then pushed out onto the banks fishing live bait on Portland/Pulley rigs in search of bass. Second drift saw Marc Duncan land a 5lb bass and following 2 drifts saw Brett Harker and Mike Fox landed a bass each. Mike also had a small thornback on live bait. With the tide easing we had no further bites, so for the short window of slack water we anchored up where John Wood and the guest had a conger each.
Once the tide had turned, we decided to continue the bass fishing with Neil Pullman and Mike catching whilst we lost 3 or 4 others. Al, our guest also had one. Ryan (the skipper) decided to have a go and managed to eke out 3 on lures before Brett and Mike added to the list.
Our next bass trip is Thursday 10th September where there are still a few places available.
Mid-week Recreational Fishing Trip report and photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club had to reschedule a mid-week recreational fishing trip because of the weather. This was now held on the Thursday 13th August aboard “Double-Six” skippered by Ben Wood. We headed out past Hurst and just after rounding the Needles came across some birds on the water and could see many bass topping out amongst them. We feathered here for a while catching scad, some mackerel and school bass, - but only one was sizeable so we decided to move on to Freshwater Bay.
We anchored here on a reef and continued to catch nice sized scad the best going to George Dark and Paul Ibberson-Groves and the odd good-sized mackerel. Also, we had some small bream. Bob Sheridan caught a small tub gurnard and Neil Pullman had a 10.5lb thornback ray. We moved out to a bank on the slack water and here Tony Methven caught his conger and a few others too. On the way back we found three other flocks of birds on the bass and whitebait and tried drifting by them but only one keeper bass was caught by Anton Emblem.
Even fishing deeper for larger ones, we could not find any. Of note though we caught 60 mackerel and a similar number of good sized scad so it was a very entertaining day.
Wessex Champ of Champions 2026 report and photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The Champ of Champions took place on Saturday 13th June out from Poole, using charter boats "Ocean Runner", "Silver Spray" and "Piscary". Martin Bobbett, MalcolmGerrish, Dave Wood, Paul Hollyoake and Marc Duncan represented the club at the competition., with the aim to catch as many species as possible. Fish caught ranged from brill, red gurnard, red mullet, rays, dogfish, bream and mini-species.
Well done to all anglers who fished on the day and to Martin who came 3rd with Paul and Malcolm also in the top 10.
2nd Large Boat Competition. Report and photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
The club held their 2nd large Boat competition on Sunday 23rd March from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. 10 anglers ventured out with almost perfect weather conditions, First mark was for pouting, dogfish and congers with Pete Chamberlain and Malcolm Gerrish having 3 congers each. Dave Wood and Neil Pullman also managed to find a couple of 3 bearded rocklings with the best going to Neil of 1lb 1oz. Next move saw more dogfish with Marc Duncan having 8 and John Wood 5.
We then decided to drift for plaice where the only fish caught was a small thornback ray caught by Neil. Final stop was for some early bream, where yet again Neil found a plaice and most anglers landed at least 1 bream.
Despite it turning cool after lunch and the fishing hard work, a good day was had by all.
Results.
1st Neil Pullman 118 points, 2nd Dave Wood 80 points, 3rd Malcolm Gerrish 78 points, 4th Pete Chamberlain 73 points ant 5th Marc Duncan 57 points.
The Vernon Everitt Match Boat League for 2026.
Vernon Everett Bait Supplied Boat Match Series
| No. | Date. | Day. | Port. | Boats. |
| 1. | ||||
| 2. | ||||
| 3. | ||||
| 4. | ||||
| 5. | 29th August. | Saturday. | Poole. | Ocean Runner, Piscary and Silver Spray. |
| 6. | 12th September. | Saturday. | Poole, Lymington | Piscary and Double Six. |
| 7. | 31st October. | Saturday. | Weymouth. | Meerkat, Snapper and Al's Spirit. |
These are species-based boat competitions with no size limits Please contact Richard Day 0798 9282 245.
Vernon Everett Boat Match League Rules.
1. All competitors must be a LDSFC member. 2. Each angler will be required to commit to 5 of the 7 matches. Any other anglers will be designated reserves for the series. 3. There will be seven matches, of which the best six will count. In the event that some of the matches are cancelled, a minimum of four matches must be finished before a match can be dropped. They are all to be fished within club waters. 4. If a charter boat breaks down the scores on all boats will be void if under 3 hours. 5. All matches will be fished unless severe weather is predicted, in which case anglers will be notified of the match cancellation. 6. Best results count if one or more matches are cancelled due to adverse weather for example. 7. A percentage score system will be used (for overall league). Percentages on each boat will be calculated from the highest CLUB angler. In the event that more than one guest angler is fishing on the same day, they need to be spread across the boats evenly. 8. All matches will be a minimum of three hours in duration, weather permitting. 9. At the beginning of each competition the charter skipper will give anglers a safety briefing. The skipper will advise the locations to be fished, with estimated times at each location, subject to the conditions of the day. 10. The charter skipper will announce the start and stop times at each location. 11. Boats will be allocated a minimum of 5 anglers. Boat positions will be drawn within the week prior to each match. 12. Each competitor’s duties will include the following:- Ensure score cards are checked at the end of each location. Any dispute can be verified at this point. Once the Start signal has been announced the points cannot be changed for any previous fishing session within that day’s competition Ensure all rules are obeyed Liaison with the skipper Observing fishing start and finishing times Assisting the skipper with the identification of fish if so required 13. Each competitor is responsible for checking that the catch has been registered with the boat’s skipper. It is his/her duty to make sure the skipper acknowledges their catch every time a fish is caught. 14. Competitors may only bring two rods on board, assembled with reels and only one of these rods with terminal tackle attached. A maximum of THREE hooks is allowed per rod – no treble hooks. 15. There are extra bonus points for each different species of fish caught per angler, see chart. The first FIVE fish caught of each species will score the maximum points and thereafter each fish of that same species will score ONE point. A maximum of 10 fish per species. 16. All MINI SPECIES are identified individually and counted as separate species within the mini species category. (10 tom pot blenny and 10 goby would attract 55 points plus 55 points). 17. Fish scores will be counted and bonus points added to determine match places as soon as possible after the match. 18. Any angler who blanks will not score any points. 19. Any grievances are to be raised with the boat steward (steward allocated prior to match), before returning to the pontoon, where all grievances will be dealt with and adjudicated by the commodore. 20. Wire line or wire traces are prohibited. 21. Foul hooked fish WILL count. Fish must not be deliberately foul hooked. Should a fish be hooked by more than one angler, it is the angler whose hook is in the fish’s mouth that is awarded the points. Should more than one angler’s hooks be in the fish’s mouth, then no points will be awarded . 22. All fish caught will score the appropriate points, including mini species. NO minimum sizes, NO weighing, NO measuring. 23. Bait will be supplied. There must be no additives used. Bait fish caught during the competition by any angler can be kept for their own use. All tails must be docked on any intended bait fish at the point of capture. 24. A larger fish will count as soon as the skipper/crewman touches the trace ie. The trace is the monofilament that is connected to the hook attached to the fish, NOT the leader. This will enable the fish to be safely released in the water. This relates to congers, rays and tope. All other fish have to be boated, any fish falling off before being boated will not count even if it falls off and bounces back into the water after hitting the gunwale. 25. Fishing tackle must be used in such a way as not to endanger other people. Tackle and equipment must be kept within the allocated area and be safe and tidy. 26. All fish should be returned or designated to be retained before the angler is allowed to re-cast. 27. No overhead casting, underarm or roll casting only. 28. Rough weather risk assessment – If conditions cause doubt as to if it is safe to fish, the skipper and commodore will decide on an alternative location. 29. No alcohol will be allowed on board. 30. All competitors are responsible for their own safety and for ensuring that their actions do not affect the safety of others. The boat commodore has the authority to disqualify any competitor from the competition who does not adhere to this requirement and from any subsequent events. 31. Any angler cancelling their booking within 14 days of the competition will be liable for the cost of their space unless it can be filled. 32. Species tally – prize money will be paid out as 1st, 2nd and 3rd on a 3:2: 1 ratio.
BONUS POINTS
| No of species | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Etc |
| Bonus points | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | Etc |
1st Vernon Everett Match League.
On Saturday 11th April the club held the first match of the Vernon Everett Match League aboard 'Piscary' and 'Silver Spray' out from Poole. We left the harbour at 8a.m. with 18 club members. The weather was not favourable and all the anglers wrapped up to combat the elements. Despite the conditions being challenging, a respectable 17 species were caught across all the anglers. A good day at sea despite the forecast and a lot of laughs and enjoyment aboard both boats.
Top 3 anglers on each boat.
'Piscary' 1st Chris Rogers 150 points, joint 2nd Gary Young, Russ Latimer and Mike Fox all with 135 points.
'Silver Spray' 1st Dave Cogger170 points, 2nd Garth Croft 165 points, 3rd John Bellamy 140 points.
2nd Vernon Everett Match League.
On Saturday 2nd May the club held its second match of the Vernon Everett Match League aboard 'Piscary' and a late stand-in 'Strongbow' who offered to help the club at the last minute when another boat was unable to participate. The 16 club members had a productive day that led to 19 species across the 2 boats. Alively day filled with fish and laughs at sea.
Top 3 on each boat.
'Piscary' 1st Dave Cogger 307 points, 2nd Chris Ellis 300 points, 3rd Chris Rogers 284 points.
'Strongbow' 1stJohn Bellamy 375 points, 2nd George Fox 344 points, 3rd Richard Day 292 points.
Recreational Boat Fishing Trips Results 2025/26.
Mid-week Recreational Fishing trip 23rd July report and photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
On Thursday 23rd July the club held a recreational fishing trip and the target fish being tope, rays and conger aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. Ryan took us a few miles offshore westerly to a wreck, very snaggy but fish around with Russ Latimer hooking into some tope but they bit through or came off before being landed. Andy Southwick then landed the first nice conger of around 15 lbs followed by Russ with another double figure conger, but we had many bite-offs and hook ups on the wreck so Ryan moved us half a mile in to another more friendly one - still some bite-offs but Tony Knight landed a 2nd target fish with a lovely tope of 28 lbs.
After lunch we moved inshore to a sandy bank to try for rays with no luck - but Russ was hooking tope again and landed one in the mid 20 lbs. Harry Gray had been fishing with half a mackerel and fresh scad bait all day and here it paid off. He hooked into a very hard fighting tope which was landed and reckoned to be late 30s to 40 lbs (we were not weighing fish today as it was very hot and we were trying to minimise stress for them). We carried on here a while and Harry was on a roll as he hooked and landed another 20 lbs+ tope. Well done to Ryan for finding 2 of 3 target fish.
Mid-Week Recreational Mid-Channel Fishing Trip report and photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
On Tuesday 12th May 10 club members ventured out aboard "Ocean Runner", skippered by Ryan Jones out of Poole for a wrecking trip in the channel. Off we set at 07-00 and reached the first wreck by 09-20. Fishing with lures, we tried several wrecks moving a bit west each time in search of pollack, unfortunately with no luck but most anglers losing lures to the wrecks!! We were catching large pouting and red gurnards on the lures.
With a move to another wreck before slack water, Marc Duncan hooked into a cod. We then moved off the wreck and drifted for red gurnard whilst we had lunch and a coffee. Several gurnards were landed but then we were catching mackerel 3 at a time.
When the tide turned, we then went back on some more wrecks drifting again for the pollack. Alas we were unable to find any, but a move to the final wreck saw Jim McGreavy on the last 2 drifts landed 2 pollack.
After speaking with Ryan, the final Mid Channel trip on the 28th June has been cancelled and the plan will be to fish for reef pollack and large bream. There is currently a space available should anyone wish to come along.
Mid-Week Recreational Fishing Trip. Report and Photos sent in by Marc Duncan.
On Tuesday 27th April 7 club members joined Ben Wood aboard "Double 6" for a day out after bream and plaice in the bay. With a very stiff wind blowing from the north, we kept fairly close in, first anchoring by the North Head buoy for a while3 but with no success. Ben took us out toa deeper rocky mark where we started getting some fish initially doggies but the first bream was caught by Tony Knight, followed by Russell Latimer then Paul Ibberson-Groves with a nice male doggy. The best fish went to Tony Methven with a smooth-hound. At noon we moved out to the Dolphin Bank after plaice but after a couple of drifts and a spell at anchor there was no sign of them. So, for the last hour we came back onto the deeper shingles mark again. Here were doggies, small bream and a couple of small bull huss, then Paul had another nice bream and another good smooth-hound went to Anton Emblem. A slow day but the sun was out and so were we despite the wind.
Recreational fishing trip Saturday 3rd January. Report sent in by Dave Price.
The club's recreational fishing trips started early this year with a trip on Saturday 3rd January from Poole aboard "Ocean Runner" skippered by Ryan Jones. It was a very cold start with the temperature at zero degrees when we boarded via a rather slippery pontoon at Poole. The temperature did pick up a few degrees as the sun came out later and stayed out for most of the day which made things a bit better. There were predicted north westerly winds of 15 mph gusting up to 25 mph which was the case but as this was an inshore trip we were pretty well sheltered by Studland and the Poole/Bournemouth coast.
According to the skipper, the water temperatures had only just started to lower and this has delayed the arrival of the whiting, so they were not around in the same numbers as they might usually be in early January. This made for quite tough fishing. We moved around 4 different marks during the day but never really found the fish in any numbers.
In total we caught several pouting, some small congers, quite a few small dogfish, a single dab, one very impressive 7lb 2oz small eyed ray caught by Robin Lane and a few whiting, although the majority of the whiting were on the smaller side with only a few keepable sized fish, the best being a 2lb 3oz fish caught by Andy Southwick.
Another cold spell may bring the whiting inshore more, so hopefully the next recreational trips might have a bit more luck if we choose to target them.
Shore Competitions Results 2025/26.
9th Club Shore Competition results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
Juniors take 1st and 2nd positions.
On Saturday evening 8th August the club held its 9th Club Shore competition. The venue for this competition was Lymington & Pennington Seawalls and the weather for the evening was good, a flat calm sea and warm. 14 club members signed on and 13 weighed in fish consisting of black and gilthead bream, silver eel, conger eel and smooth-hound. On these competitions under size fish count for points which were bass, conger eel and smooth-hound. All the fish are measured and weighed and returned to the sea as quickly as possible. A total of 35 fish were weighed for a total weight of 15 lbs 8½ oz.
Best round fish of the evening was a smooth-hound of 1 lb 1 oz caught by Barry Samber.
Results:
1st Seth Hopkins (Jnr) 2 lb 9 oz and 85 points, 2nd Mia Samber (Jnr) 2 lb 3¾ oz and 90 points, 3rd Barry Samber 1 lb 15¾ oz and 55 points, 4th Steve Monckton 1 lb 8¾ oz and 70 points, 5th Brian Dawkins 1 lb 7⅜ oz and 45 points, 6th Summer Monckton 1 lb 1 oz and 30 points, 7th Andy Hopkins 1 lb 0¼ oz and 35 points, 8th Bruce Samber 0 lb 14¾ oz and 50 points, 9th Simon Stockley 0 lb 14 oz and 50 points, 10th Tom Short 0 lb 11 oz and 60 points,
11th Malcolm Stote 0 lb 9⅞ oz and 30 points, 12th Pete Tomkins 0 lb 8 oz and 30 points,
13th Roland Blomfield 0 lb 3 oz and 30 points, 14th Shane Samber no fish but 5 points.
Best specimen pool of £86.00 and best flat fish pool of £33.00. are both rolled over until the next competition.
8th Club Shore Competition results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Sunday 19th July the club held its 8th Club Shore competition. This competition was a rover competition and 8 club members signed on. 5 weighed in fish consisting of bream, wrasse, and silver eel. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were bass, conger eel, gild-head bream and corkwing wrasse. The number of fish caught, weighed and released back into the sea was 16 for a total weight of 14 lbs 8-3/4 oz no juniors fished this competition. Best round fish of the evening was a bream weighing 1 lb 10 oz caught by Bruce Samber.
Results:
1st Bruce Samber 6 lb 6 oz and 65 points, 2nd Steve Monckton 4 lb 6-1/4 oz and 60 points, 3rd Summer Monckton 3 lb 2-1/2 oz and 65 points, 4th Shane Samber 0 lb 8 oz and 40 points,
5th Malcolm Stote 0 lb 2 oz and 55 points. Brian Dawkins 2 under size fish for 25 points. Roland Blomfield and Martin Pink 1 under size fish each and 15 points each.
The pools of best specimen fish of £72-00 and best flat fish of £19-00 are both rolled over until the next competition.
7th Club Shore Competition results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Sunday 7th June the club held its 7th Club Shore competition at Lepe Deepwater. This was a changed venue from Double Dykes because of the wind. The weather at Lepe was a strong south-westerly with a flat sea and warm.
11 club members signed on and 5 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish, bass and smooth-hound. 7 fish in total were caught, weighed and released back into the sea as quickly as possible for a total weight of 14 lbs 7 1/4 oz. Under size fish count the points on these competitions which on the day was only bass. Best round fish of the day was a smooth-hound weighing 3 lb 2 oz caught by Steve Monckton.
Results:
1st Steve Monckton 5 lb 3/8 oz and 65 pts, 2nd Martin Pink 3 lb 13 ox and 60 pts, 3rd Malcolm Stote 2 lb 15 oz and 45 pts, 4th Charlie Nash 1 lb 10.8 oz and 40 pts, 5th Bruce Samber 1 lb 1 oz and 35 pts. Summer Monckton and Ton Short undersize fish both 15 pts each. Roland Blomfield, Pete Tomkins, Shane and Barry Samber and guest angler William Short (jnr) all no fish but get 5 pts each.
Shingle Bank League Results 2025/6.
On all competitions you sign-on at Cut Bridge between 18.30 and 19.00.
7th Shingle Bank league competition results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Thursday evening the club held its 7th Shingle Bank League competition. It was a very hot evening with a slight easterly breeze and thundery. It was also very slow fishing wise. 5 club members signed on and 3 weighed in fish consisting of bass and bream. 4 fish were caught for a total weight of 6 lb 5-5/8 oz.
Best fish of the evening was a bass weighing 3 lb caught by Chris Ellis.
Results:
1st Chris Ellis 3 lb 12-5/8 oz, 2nd Malcolm Stote 2 lb 1 oz, 3rd Pete Chamberlain 0 lb 8 oz.
6th Shingle Bank League Competition results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Tuesday evening 12th May the club held its 2nd competition of the summer section. The weather was good but chilly and 9 club members signed on. 3 weighed in fish consisting of dogfish and conger eel. 3 fish were caught and weighed for a total weight of 3 lb 13-1/8 oz. Best fish of the evening was a dogfish weihing 1 lb 12-3/8 oz caught by Chris Ellis. 2nd best fish was also a dogfish weighing 1 lb 2-1/8 oz caught by Malcolm Stote.
Results:
1st Chris Ellis 1 lb 12-3/8 oz, 2nd Malcolm Stote 1 lb 2-1/8 oz, 3rd Ben Daniels 0 lb 14-5/8 oz.
With a good tide it should have fished a lot better, but sadly there was a bitter cold wind.
5th Shingle Bank League Competition. Results sent in by Malcolm Stote.
On Thursday evening 27th April the club held its 1st competition of the summer section.. The weather building up to the competition was very windy but on the day of the competition the wind dropped and it turned out to be a perfect evening for fishing.
11 club members signed on and all 11 weighed in fish consisting of pouting, conger eels, dogfish and smooth-hounds. A total of 96 fish were caught, weighed, measured and returned as quickly as possible to the sea, for a total weight of 101lbs 11-3/4oz. The 2 best fish of the competition were 1st a conger eel weighing 4lb 10oz caught by Rory Lancaster and 2nd a dogfish of 2lb 3oz caught by Pete Chamberlain.
Results.
1st Ben Daniel 16lbs 10oz, 2nd Pete Chamberlain 15lbs 7oz, 3rd Rory Lancaster 14lbs 8oz, 4th Derek Slack 12lbs 2-3/4oz, 5th Paul Watson 9lb 12oz, 6th Chris Ellis 7lb 15-1/2oz,
7th Andy Hopkins 7lb 2-1/8oz, 8th Leigh Hatt 5lb 2oz, 9th Martin Pink 5lb, 10th John Tharme 4lb 6oz and 11th Pat Dalton 3lb 10oz.
Win-Sum League Results 2026.
4th Win-Sum League Competition results sent in by Colin Saunders.
On Wednesday evening 10th June the club held its 4th Win-Sum League competition at Goatie Beach, Eling. It was a chilly evening but dry and 12 club members signed on and 11 weighed in fish.
Results:
Zone1. 1st Malcolm Stote 289 pts, 2nd Chris Ellis 283 pts, 3rd Paul Watson 172 pts, 4th Tom Short 146 pts, 5th Garry Mann 137 pts, 6th Martib Pink 676 pts.
Zone 2. 1st Colin Saunders 127 pts, 2nd Steve Monckton 117 pts, 3rd Andy Hopkins 110 pts, 4th Robin Lane 96 pts, 5th Pete Chamberlain 23 pts, 6th Marc Duncan BLANKED.
Largest round fish was an eel of 48cm caught by Chris Ellis. Largest flat fish was a flounder of 28cm caught by Garry Mann. Smallest fish was a bass of 11cm caught by Malcolm Stote
3 Mann Team Results:
1st Team 1. Tom Short, Chris Ellis and Garry Mann 429 pts, 2nd Team 4. Paul Watson, Steve Monckton and Colin Saunders 299 pts,
3rd Team 2. Glenn Short, Brian Dawkins and Malcolm Stote 289 pts, 4th Team 3. Robin Lane, Martin Pink and Pete Chamberlain 163 pts.
3rd Win-Sum League Competition results by Colin Saunders.
On Wednesday evening 27th may the club held its 3rd Win-Sum League competition in which 10 club members signed on and the venue was the Shingle Bank on a very warm and calm evening.
Results.
Zone 1. 1st Malcolm Stote 165 points, 2nd Paul Watson 124 points, 3rd Pete Chamberlain 111 points, 4th Garry Mann 62 points.
Zone 2. 1st Chris Ellis 190 points, 2nd Martin Pink 186 points, 3rd Andy Hopkins 156 points, 4th Glenn Short 46 points, 5th Steve Monckton 36 points, 6th Marc Duncan35 points.
Best round fish of 97 cm was a smooth-hound caught by Chris Ellis. Smallest fish of 23 cm was a black bream caught by Martin Pink.
3 Man Team Reaults.
1st Team 3. Robin Lane, Martin Pink and Pete Chamberlain 297 points, 2nd Team 1. Tom Short, Chris Ellis and Garry Mann 252 points,
3rd Team 2. Glenn Short, Brian Dawkins and Malcolm Stote 211 points, 4th Team 4. Paul Watson, Steve Monckton and Colin Saunders 160 points.
2nd Win-Sum League Competition report sent in by Colin Saunders.
On Wednesday evening 15th April the club held its 2nd match of the Win-Sum League competitions at Hordle Cliff. In dry conditions 10 club members signed on and braved a very brisk south-westerly wind and the fishing was even tougher than the first with only 2 members catching fish.
Results:
Zone 1. 1st Andy Hopkins 1 fish a turbot of 18cm. Zone 2. 1st Pete Chamberlain 1 fish a bass of 28cm.
Largest round fish of the evening was a bass of 28cm caught by Pete Chamberlain. Largest flat fish of the evening was a turbot of 18cm caught by Andy Hopkins.
Smallest fish of the evening was a turbot of 18cm caught by Andy Hopkins.
3-man Team results:
1st team No 3 with 10 points, team no 1 nil, team no 2 nil and team no 4 nil
The Club's Constitution & Data Protection Policies.
Application Forms & Children Safeguarding Policy.
The Phoenix that rose from the Ashes.
The Phoenix that rose from the ashes.
Handbook 1
DATA PROTECTION POLICY – A BRIEF GUIDE
The General Data Protection Regulations came into effect on the 25th May 2018, extending the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. They require organisations to produce a Data Protection Policy and to notify its members of the personal data held and the use to which it is put. The membership Secretary has been nominated as the Data Protection Officer for the purpose of the Regulations. Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club is committed to a policy of protecting the rights and privacy of members in respect of the processing of their personal data. Members are required to give their consent in writing regarding how their personal data is used. The Club will only use the data for as much as it is necessary for the functioning of the Club and its activities. In addition, with the individual members’ written agreement, some details may be released for publicity purposes to third parties eg., photos to local and national publications. Members’ data will on no account be disclosed to any third party for the purposes of commercial gain. Data will not be kept for longer than it is required, and members can require the club the club to erase any data at any time by writing to the Data Protection Officer. A copy of the full policy can be obtained from the Data Protection Officer upon written request.
WHATSAPP GROUPS WhatsApp is a convenient way of sending and sharing messages, photos or videos instantaneously and directly to members. Only Club members can apply to join one or more of the following groups: Match League Boats, Large Boats and Recreational Boat trips, Shallow Boat Competitions and all Shore Leagues and Competitions. A Key Administrator is appointed to each group to monitor the postings and remove inappropriate content and to delete persons from the group if necessary. Postings should be limited to pertinent items relating to the club’s or an individual member’s fishing activities. To apply to join, contact, preferably by text, giving your name and mobile telephone number to Marc Duncan 07810 876281 for Large Boats & Recreational Boat Trips, Brian Ansell 07395 265175 for Shallow Boat Competitions, Richard Day 07989 282245 for Match League Competitions, Roland Blomfield 07731 373119 and Malcolm Stote 07894 902254 for Club Shore Competitions, Colin Saunders 07802511522 and Garry Mann 07970 283581 for Win-Sum League.
IMPORTANT REMINDER Membership Subscription Renewal due 1st December 2026. Annual subscription fees are due for renewal by the 1st December and must be paid directly to the Membership Secretary. Any member who fails to renew their subscription shall cease to be a member. They shall have until the 31st December to renew their subscription and shall not be liable for payment of a joining fee. Until subscription fees are renewed, they are no longer a member of the Club and may only take part in Club events as a guest and will not be entitled to any privileges conferred by membership of the Club, including the awarding of points in competitions or claiming records and associated prizes. If the subscription fee has not been received by the Membership Secretary by the 31st December, they shall be required to reapply to join the Club and be liable for the payment of the joining fee in addition to the membership fee.
CLUB MINIMUM SIZES AND SPECIMEN WEIGHTS
| Species | Boat | Shore | |||||
| Minimum Size | Specimen Weights | Minimum Size | Specimen Weights | ||||
| Area D | Area D | ||||||
| Cm | ins | lbs | Cm | Ins | lbs | ||
| Angler Fish | - | - | 25 | - | - | 20 | |
| Bass | 42 | 16.6 | 9.5 | 42 | 16.6 | 9.5 | |
| Bream-Black | 24 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 24 | 9.5 | 2 | |
| Bream-Gilthead | 24 | 9.5 | 2 | 24 | 9.5 | 2 | |
| Bream-Red | 24 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 24 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| Brill | 35 | 14 | 4.5 | 35 | 14 | 1.5 | |
| Bullhuss | 58 | 23 | 12 | 58 | 23 | 8 | |
| Coalfish | 35 | 14 | 5 | 35 | 14 | 2 | |
| Cod | 35 | 14 | 20 | 35 | 14 | 10 | |
| Conger Eel | 120 | 48 | 50 | 58 | 23 | 20 | |
| Dab | 23 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 1 | |
| Dogfish-L/S | 46 | 18 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 2.5 | |
| Flounder | 27 | 10.6 | 2.75 | 27 | 10.6 | 2.5 | |
| Garfish | 38 | 15 | 1.25 | 38 | 15 | 1 | |
| Gurnard-Red | 20 | 8 | 1.25 | 20 | 8 | 1 | |
| Gurnard-Tub | 28 | 11 | 3.5 | 28 | 11 | 1.5 | |
| John Dory | 33 | 13 | 3.5 | 25 | 10 | 1 | |
| Ling | 72 | 28 | 20 | 72 | 28 | 5 | |
| Mackerel | 30 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 1.5 | |
| Mullet-Gold Grey | 36 | 14.25 | 2 | 36 | 14.25 | 1.5 | |
| Mullet-Thick Lipped | 42 | 17.75 | 4 | 42 | 17.75 | 4 | |
| Mullet-Thin Lipped | 42 | 17.75 | 3 | 42 | 17.75 | 3 | |
| Mullet-Red | 15 | 6 | 1.5 | 15 | 6 | 1.25 | |
| Plaice | 28 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 11 | 2.5 | |
| Pollack | 30 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 12 | 3 | |
| Pouting | 25 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 7.25 | 1.75 | |
| Ray- Blonde | 41 | 16 | 25 | 45 | 17.75 | 12 | |
| Ray-S/E Painted | 41 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 17.75 | 9 | |
| Ray- Spotted | 41 | 16 | 5.5 | 45 | 17.75 | 4 | |
| Ray-Sting | 41 | 16 | 25 | 45 | 17.75 | 20 | |
| Ray-Thornback | 41 | 16 | 12 | 45 | 17.75 | 10 | |
| Ray-Undulate | 41 | 16 | 16 | 45 | 17.75 | 12 | |
| Rockling-3B | 18 | 7.25 | 1.5 | 18 | 7.25 | 1.5 | |
| Scad | 25 | 10 | 1.5 | 25 | 10 | 1 | |
| Silver Eel | 38 | 15 | 2.5 | 38 | 15 | 2.5 | |
| Smooth-hound (All) | 51 | 20 | 15 | 51 | 20 | 10 | |
| Sole | 25 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 2 | |
| Spurdog | 58 | 23 | 14 | 58 | 23 | 8 | |
| Trigger Fish | 30 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 2.5 | |
| Turbot | 41 | 16 | 15 | 35 | 14 | 3 | |
| Whiting | 27 | 10.6 | 3.5 | 35 | 14 | 3 | |
| Wrasse-Ballan | 23 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 4 | |
| Wrasse-Corkwing | 20 | 8 | 0.5 | 20 | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Wrasse-Cuckoo | 20 | 8 | 1.25 | 20 | 8 | 1.25 | |
| Unclassified | 20 | 8 | - | 20 | 8 | - | |
| By Weight | Kg | Lbs | Lbs | Kg | Lbs | Lbs | |
| Monkfish | 7 | 15.5 | 35 | 7 | 15.5 | 25 | |
| Shark-Blue | 23 | 50.7 | 60 | 18 | 50.7 | - | |
| Shark-Mako | 23 | 50.7 | 140 | 18 | 50.7 | - | |
| Shark-Porbeagle | 23 | 50.7 | 140 | 18 | 50.7 | - | |
| Shark-Thresher | 23 | 50.7 | 140 | 18 | 50.7 | - | |
| Tope | 9 | 20 | 45 | 9 | 20 | 25 | |
Please note Allis Shad, Common Eel and Tope are now protected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 and must be returned if caught. Skates and Rays to be measured across the wings. Area D = the Wessex Regional and Specimen Area and includes Dorset, Hampshire & I.O.W.
OFFICIAL WEIGHERS Name Tel No
Christchurch Angling Centre, 7 Castle Parade, Iford Roundabout, Bournemouth BH7 6SH. 01202-480520
C.W.Cousins, 72, Holbury Drove, Holbury, Southampton, Hants. 02380-892205
Ray Davies, 12, North Close, Lymington, Hampshire. 01590-674082
Robert Flicos, 6, Howlett Close, Forest Vale, Lymington, Hampshire. 01590-676785
Loni’s Angling Centre, (fish up to 20lbs), 119 Old Milton Rd, New Milton BH25 6DP 01425-616323
Steve Monckton, 41, Woodbank Park, Stopples Lane, Hordle SO41 0JB. 01590 672530
WEIGHING IN YOUR FISH
Members are reminded that fish caught at other times than in competitions are eligible for Fish of the Year, and Fish of the Month prizes. Take your catch to an Official Weigher, fill in the Official Weigh in form, which must be signed and forwarded to the Docket Steward, not later than the third day of the following month. N.B. Fish caught in Club waters whilst freelancing or taking part in events organised by other clubs are also eligible. Simply obtain a completed docket form from the organisers of the event, or if freelancing, from the local tackle shop, official weigher of the club or any shop that has certified scales and is prepared to weigh your fish and provide a signed receipt stating, weight, date, your name and place of capture (please include whether boat or shore and your signature). NOTE: All weighing-in dockets, MUST state place of capture. Mutilated fish, eg gutted, or fish that have been frozen are not eligible for weighing in.
CLUB FISH OF THE MONTH COMPETITION
The Club awards prizes each calendar month for the best fish caught (based on Angling Trust specimen weights). There are separate categories for boat and shore sections with prizes for both adult and juniors. Fish must be 50%or over specimen weight to be eligible for the competition (N.B. this only applies to adults). Engraved Medals will be presented to Club members who set a new Club record or break an existing one. Trophies are presented to the adult and junior who have attained the most number of “fish of the month” awards during the year. A Club member may use 2 rods with 3 single hooks or 2 pennel-mounted baits between the 2 rods. Only 1 pennel-mounted bait is allowed on each rod and so constructed that the measurement between the eyes of the 2 hooks do not exceed 20cm for boat angling and 10cm for shore angling.
OTHER AWARDS ANGLING TRUST SPECIMEN FISH AWARD SCHEME
Only open to Direct Members and Members of Affiliated Clubs. If you wish a specimen fish to be registered with the Angling Trust, contact Docket Steward as soon as possible.
Weighing at Sea The Angling Trust now accept registration forms for fished weighed at sea provided this fact is indicated on the form. Any certificate awarded will indicate that the weight was estimated, and the fish returned.
N.B. This does not apply to fish entered for the club prizes, fish of the month etc. They have to be weighed on land on certified scales.
IMPORTANT: A member can use not more than 2 rods with 3 single hooks or 2 pennel-mounted baits between the 2 rods. The rule above is in force when fishing for Angling Trust specimen awards. The competition runs from 1st December to 30th November. Angling Trust website address: www.anglingtrust.net Angling magazines and some national newspapers award prizes for noteworthy catches. Check press for details.
PUBLICITY
The Club’s Publicity Officer is Brian Ansell (see back page for contact details) and he is the first point of contact for sending in match reports, photos, etc. He will ensure that any information is subsequently passed on to the Newsletter, Media etc. CLUB WEBSITE: www.ldsfc.co.uk The Club’s website manager is Brian Ansell (see back page for contact details). He can upload photos and information etc.
NEWSLETTERS SENT BY EMAIL Emailing the newsletter result in significant savings for the Club and members are encouraged to receive it in this format. Email newsletters have the additional benefit of being able to include colour photos. If members who have elected to receive their newsletter by email and are not receiving it, please check that: i) the Membership Secretary has your current email address. ii) that your newsletter is not being diverted to your junk/spam mailbox. Please contact the Newsletter Editor if further assistance is required.
QUICK GUIDE TO SHORE & BOAT SIZE LIMITS IN COMPETITIONS
| Species. | Size. | Species. | Size. |
| Bass | 42 cm | Pollack | 30 cm |
| Black bream | 24 cm | Poor Cod | 18 cm |
| Coalfish | 35 cm | Pouting | 18 cm(Boat 25) |
| Cod | 35 cm | Rays (across wings) | 41 cm* |
| Conger | 58 cm (Boat 120 cm) | Rockling | 18 cm |
| Dab | 23 cm | Scad | 25 cm |
| Flounder | 27 cm | Silver Eel | 38 cm |
| L.S.Dogfish | 38 cm(boat 46) | Smooth-hound | 51 cm |
| Mullet | 42 cm | Sole | 25 cm |
| Plaice | 28 cm | Whiting | 27 cm |
*Note Rays are measured from nose to tail in the Win-Sum League matches.
UNCLASSIFIED: 20cm. WEEVERS DO NOT COUNT (except in Boat Match League matches) NOTE: ON CLUB COMPETITIONS ONLY (NOT OPENS) ALL MACKEREL CAUGHT BY ANY METHOD EXCEPT FEATHERING CAN BE WEIGHED IN.
DEFINITION OF CLUB WATERS Shore. Eastern Boundary: Emsworth inclusive to western side of Lyme Regis, Dorset and all beaches, piers and jetties on the Isle of Wight. The above includes Poole Harbour and Southampton Water. Boats. Those waters accessible to all Club members within the Angling Trust Marine Regional Group Wessex area D and extending south to latitude 50⁰29’N (approximately 10 miles south of the Needles).
Handbook 2
JUNIOR CLUB MEMBERS’SECTION
Welcome to the section of the handbook specially for the junior members of the club. (A junior member will be any juvenile under the age of 17 years at the time of application (or renewal) of membership. Any junior reaching the age of 17 years during a Club year will still be considered a junior for the duration of that year.) The Angling Trust has recently introduced a separate Specimen Award Scheme for junior anglers. The specimen weights are approximately 70% of those in the Adult Specimen Award Scheme. If you catch a fish that qualifies, contact the Docket Steward (back cover).
ANGLING TRUST JUNIOR SPECIMEN AWARD SCHEME: QUALIFYING WEIGHTS
| SPECIMEN FISH LIST | BOAT | SHORE | ||
| lb | kg | lb | kg | |
| ANGLER FISH | 17.0 | 7.711 | 14.0 | 6.350 |
| BASS | 6.8 | 2.948 | 6.8 | 2.948 |
| BREAM – Black | 2.8 | 1.134 | 1.8 | 0.680 |
| BREAM – Gilthead | 1.8 | 0.680 | 1.8 | 0.680 |
| BREAM – Red | 1.12 | 0.794 | 1.12 | 0.794 |
| BRILL | 3.4 | 1.474 | 1.0 | 0.454 |
| BULL HUSS | 8.8 | 3.856 | 5.8 | 2.495 |
| CATFISH | 3.8 | 1.588 | 3.0 | 1.361 |
| COALFISH | 3.8 | 1.588 | 1.8 | 0.680 |
| COD | 17.8 | 7.938 | 7.0 | 3.175 |
| CONGER EEL | 28.0 | 12.700 | 11.8 | 5.216 |
| DAB | 0.12 | 0.340 | 0.12 | 0.340 |
| FLOUNDER | 2.0 | 0.907 | 1.12 | 0.794 |
| GARFISH | 0.14 | 0.397 | 0.12 | 0.340 |
| GURNARD – Red | 0.14 | 0.397 | 0.12 | 0.340 |
| GURNARD – Tub | 1.12 | 0.794 | 1.0 | 0.454 |
| HADDOCK | 3.0 | 1.361 | 0.12 | 0.340 |
| JOHN DORY | 2.8 | 1.134 | 0.12 | 0.340 |
| LESSER SPOTTED DOGFISH | 2.0 | 0.907 | 1.12 | 0.794 |
| LING | 14.0 | 6.350 | 3.8 | 1.588 |
| MACKEREL | 1.8 | 0.680 | 1.0 | 0.454 |
| MEGRIM | 0.14 | 0.397 | 0.12 | 0.340 |
| MONKFISH | 25.0 | 11.394 | 17.8 | 7.938 |
| MULLET – Golden Grey | 1.8 | 0.680 | 1.0 | 0.454 |
| MULLET – Red | 1.0 | 0.454 | 0.14 | 0.397 |
| MULLET – Thick Lipped | 2.8 | 1.134 | 2.8 | 1.134 |
| MULLET – Thin Lipped | 3.0 | 1.361 | 3.0 | 1.361 |
| PLAICE | 3.4 | 1.474 | 1.12 | 0.794 |
| POLLACK | 11.0 | 4.990 | 3.0 | 1.361 |
| POUTING | 2.0 | 0.907 | 1.0 | 0.454 |
| RAY – Blonde | 18.0 | 8.165 | 9.0 | 4.082 |
| RAY – Small Eyed/Painted | 7.8 | 3.402 | 5.8 | 2.495 |
| RAY – Spotted/Homelyn | 3.12 | 1.701 | 3.0 | 1.361 |
| RAY – Sting | 20.0 | 9.072 | 17.8 | 7.938 |
| RAY – Thornback | 10.0 | 4.535 | 7.0 | 3.175 |
| RAY – Undulate | 10.0 | 4.535 | 8.0 | 3.628 |
| ROCKLING – 3 Bearded | 1.0 | 0.454 | 1.0 | 0.454 |
| SCAD | 1.0 | 0.454 | 0.12 | 0.340 |
| SILVER EEL | 1.12 | 0.794 | 1.12 | 0.794 |
| SMOOTH-HOUNDS – All | 10.0 | 4.535 | 7.0 | 3.175 |
| SOLE | 1.8 | 0.680 | 1.8 | 0.680 |
| SPURDOG | 8.0 | 3.628 | 5.8 | 2.495 |
| TOPE | 30.0 | 13.607 | 18.0 | 8.165 |
| TRIGGER FISH | 2.0 | 0.907 | 1.12 | 0.794 |
| TURBOT | 10.0 | 4.535 | 2.0 | 0.907 |
| WEEVER – Greater | 0.8 | 0.227 | 0.8 | 0.227 |
| WHITING | 2.4 | 1.020 | 1.0 | 0.454 |
| WRASSE – Ballan | 3.8 | 1.588 | 3.0 | 1.361 |
| WRASSE – Cuckoo | 0.14 | 0.397 | 0.14 | 0.397 |
JUNIOR SHORE RECORDS