Shore Competitions are organised by Roland Blomfield. For more information, please contact Roland on 01590-683363
11th Club Shore Competition. Results sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 10th October Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club held its 11th Club Shore Competition. This was changed into a rover competition because the wind was very strong at Milford-on-Sea.
With the strong south westerly wind slowly decreasing 9 club members signed on and 6 weighed in fish consisting of black bream, conger eel, dogfish and small eyed ray. On these competitions undersize fish count for points which were bass, black bream, conger eel and small eyed ray. A total of 13 sizable fish weighed in for a total weight of 24 lbs 5 oz.
Best round fish of the evening was a conger eel of 8 lb caught by Chris Ellis.
Results:
1st Chris Ellis 14 lbs 3 oz and 75 points, 2nd Malcolm Stote 5 lb 3 oz and 50 points, 3rd Steve Monckton 4 lb 4 oz and 65 points, 4th Bruce Samber 2 lb 7 oz and 60 points, 5th Shane Samber 1 lb 4 oz and 55 points, 6th John Hitchiner undersize fish 60 points, 7th Roland Blomfield and Summer Monckton both undersize fish 25 points, 9th Martin Pink no fish but 5 points.
Best specimen fish pool of £105-00 and best flat fish pool of £9-00 are both rolled over until the next competition.
10th Club Shore Competition report sent in by Roland Blomfield.
On Saturday evening 26th September Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club held its 10th club shore competition which was at Warren Edge, Southbourne. With a flat cam sea and a light south westerly wind 10 club members signed on and 4 weighed in fish consisting of black bream, bass, sole and tub gurnard. On these competitions’ under-size fish count for points which were bass, black bream, tub gurnard and small eyed ray. All the fish were weighed and measured and then returned to the sea as quickly as possible. 7 fish were weighed for a total weight of 8 lb 11 oz. Best round fish of the evening was a bass 49 cm 2 lb 11 oz caught by Malcolm Stote. Best flat fish was a sole of 1 lb 2 oz caught by Steve Monckton.
Results:
1st Malcolm Stote 2 fish 4 lb 12 oz and 55 points, 2nd Steve Monckton 3 fish 2 lb 12 oz and 70 points,3rd Derek Slack 2 fish 0 lb 12 oz and 55 points,
4th Martin Pink 1 fish 0 lb 7 oz and 40 points, 5th Chris Ellis 3 fish under-size 45 points, 6th Bruce Samber 1 fish under-size 25 points,
7th Roland Blomfiel, Pete Tomkins, Shane Samber and Summer Monckton no fish all get 5 points each.
The best specimen pool of £96.00 is rolled over until the next competition.
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.