The Vernon Everitt Match Boat League for 2025.
These are species-based boat competitions with no size limits Please contact Robin Lane on 07876 471901.
1st. 26th April Poole. 2nd. 31st May Poole. 3rd. 28th June Poole-Lymington. 4th. 19th July Poole. 5th. 9th August Poole/Lymington. 6th 20th September Poole. 7th 25th October Weymouth.
1st Vernon Everett Match Boats 26th April. Report sent in by George Fox and photos sent in by Ed Taylor and Colin Saunders.
On Saturday 26th April the club held its first Vernon Everitt Match Boats which were Piscary skippered by Matt Rowe, Ocean Runner skippered by Rayn Jones and Silver Spray skippered by Sam Cumming with 22 club anglers fishing. Flat calm seas and ideal weather conditions with a big tide, the boats started in the harbour with the gulls working the water with bass topping (all caught and released).
The boats then scattered across the bay with a variety of species coming in. The banks fished slowly to start with dogfish, congers, bream and even a couple of 5 bearded rockling! With a move to some rocky marks, the species count grew showing various wrasse species, gobies, blennies and even a mackerel or two! A total of 21 species were caught over the three boats.
A thoroughly enjoyable day's fishing was had by all and a strong competitive scene. A great opportunity for anglers to fish and learn alongside very experienced competitors and to catch some lovely fish.
Piscary: 1st Cliff Newbold 395pts, 2nd Ed Taylor 353pts, 3rd George Fox 301pts, 4th Chris Ellis 285pts, 5th Gareth Smith 283pts, 6th Chris Rogers 276pts and Andy Richmond 219pts.
Silver Spray. 1st Gary Young 367pts, 2nd Steve Batchelor 270pts, 3rd Marc Duncan 252pts, 4th Richard Day 240pts, 5th Paul Wilson 205pts, 6th Glyn Barker 196pts and Robin Lane 140pts.
Ocean Runner. 1st Martin Bobbett 304pts, 2nd Mike Fox 263pts, 3rd Paul Hollyoake 239pts, 4th John Bellamy 216pts, 5th Mark Boldick 170pts, 6th Russell Latimer 166pts 7th Andy Southwick 150pts and 8th Karl Bates 65p
Boat Scores: Piscary 2,112. Silver Spray 1,670. Ocean Runner best 7 out of 8 1, 508.