Shallow Boat Competitions for 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 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.
22/08/2026.
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.