Competition Results

Seventeen members fished throughout this month with a few good specimen fish being registered, particularly Dave Brooke with a Starry Smoothhound of 12lb 8oz (125%) taking first  and forth with a Common of 10lb 5oz (103.125%). Mario Manley also did well taking second and third places with a Thin Lipped Mullet of 3lb 13oz (108.929%) and a Thick Lipped Mullet of 4lb 2 1/2oz (103.906%). A Small Eyed of 9lb 1oz (90.625%) was registered by Kevin Legge. 

A very successful night at Putsborough with thirty eight anglers fishing. A bit blowy earlier in the evening but died away as the tide turned. Many thanks to those who donated prizes including, Sakuma, Ammo, Trim, Braunton News and of course the club for £100. We will get a full report out later but winners are, 

1st    Simon Sylvestor with a Dogfish of 2lb 2 3/4oz, 2nd    Steve Luxton with a Small Eyed Ray of 6lb 12oz, 3rd    Danial Redmoor with another Small Eyed of 6lb 1/2oz, 4th    Ronnie Crockett with a Dogfish of 1lb 12 1/2oz, 5th    Chris Rowe with a Small Eyed of 5lb 11 1/2oz, 6th    Sean Brockenshire another Small Eyed of 5lb 8 1/2oz, 7th    James Atkinson with a 1lb 10 1/4oz Dogfish, 8th     Julian Stainer with a 1lb 9oz Dogfish, 9th    Graham Snow with a Small Eyed of 5lb 3oz, 10th     Kevin Lydiard with a Dogfish of 1lb 7 1/4oz, 11th    James Atkinson with a 1lb 6 1/4oz Dogfish and finally 12th    Ross Prior with a 1lb 6oz Dogfish.

Many many thanks to those competitors who attended I know from some distance away and many thanks to Stefen for his help on the night. 

Fishing has slipped back a little over the last few weeks with some species getting late. However seventeen members fished throughout the month and some quite good specimens were caught. First to Graham Snow with a tidy Thin Lipped Mullet of 3lb 15oz (112.5%), second to John Avery with a Thick Lipped Mullet of 3lb 15 1/2oz (99.219%) and third to Guy Spriggs with a late Smoothhound of 9lb 10oz (96.25%).

Quite a successful event where 10 members fished from two boats from Minehead and Lynmouth. Several smaller boats were going to fish but unfortunately due to the fresh NW breeze which got up we lost a couple of the smaller boats and therefore members fishing. Fishing was hard in general, but Jon Patten took top prize with a Small Eyed of 9lb, other fish included many other smaller ray, conger to 20lb, pollock, huss smoothhound and many, many dogfish. The "weigh in" (all fish were returned) was held at The Rising Sun, Lynmouth who laid on plates of delicious food, breaded chicken, sausages and sandwiches. Many thanks to Tony Vickery and The Rising Sun.    

Well, well well... April saw one fantastic turn around in the last few days of the competition. Sixteen members fished and saw some awesome specimens registered throughout the month. Clear winners all the way till the end then piped at the post by some late entries. First place went to Adrian Gove with a fine Thick Lipped Mullet of 4lb 11 1/2oz (117.969%), second to Kevin Legge with a thoughtful Thornback of 13lb 3 1/2oz (110.156%), third to Dave Brooke with his desirable Dogfish of     3lb 4 3/4oz (109.896%). Other places worth a mention include Chris Martin with brave Bull Huss of 10lb 15oz (109.375%) and of 10lb 13oz (108.125%), also Dave Brooke with another Huss of 9lb 7oz (94.375%). Brilliant month.

This months competition saw a variety of species for the sixteen participating anglers throughout this month. First place to Andy Joslin with a Conger of 25lb 7oz (127.187%), second to Guy Spriggs with a Thornback Ray of 10lb 8oz (87.5%), third place to Stefen Jones with a Dogfish of 2lb 8oz (83.333%) and forth place to John Avery with a Mullet of 3lb 4oz (81.25%). May I remind all members to book fish through John Avery please..

With seventeen anglers taking part this month general fishing proved difficult however magic Mullet made many anglers smile around the coast. First place went to Graham Snow with his Mullet of 4lb 7 3/4oz (110.938%), second to Adrian Gove with one of 4lb 1 1/2oz (102.344%) and third to John Avery with a fish of 3lb 7oz (85.938%). Dave Brooke registered a Dogfish of 2lb 8 3/4oz (84.896%) to give him forth place. 

What a super start to the new year with 19 members fishing throughout this competition with a cracking Cod taking first place. Many members though have had difficulty in getting out because of the wintry weather we have endured throughout this last month. However Jason Barrow was to take first place with his boat caught Cod of 17lb 14oz (119.167%), second to Ashley Clarke with a smashing Spurdog again from the boat of 11lb 8oz (95.833%) and third place to Dave Brooke with a difficult Dogfish of 2lb 12oz (91.667%). Notable runners up include Wayne Thomas with another boat caught Spurdog of 10lb 8oz (87.5%) and Chris Martin with a Thornback of 12lb 2oz (86.607%)  

Meeting up on January 3rd at The Cricket Club on the first Sunday of the following month which is our new format. 18 members fished throughout the month and some good Dogs were recorded by Dave Brooke and others, but dominating the month were Thick Lipped Mullet to John Avery who took all placings with fish of 4lb 12oz (118.75%), 4lb 11oz (117.188%) and 4lb 3 1/2oz (105.469%). Other Mullet just below specimen size were also caught. 

John Avery's Mullet of 4lb 11oz took first place with Kevin Legge runner up with a Dogfish of 2lb 3 1/2oz.

Kevin Legge            35            Rick Blackmore        30        John Avery 22            Mario Manley        19

Graham Snow        19               Chris Martin        18        Guy Spriggs        18        Wayne Thomas        16

Jon Patten            15             

With 14 members registered fishing this month has badly been effected by the weather. However Jon Patten was able to get out between the storms to register first and second places with a Rockling of 2lb 6 3/4oz (138.393%) and a Tope of 37lb (123.333%). 

16 members fished throughout this month with some cracking fish registered this month. First to Kevin Legge with his Sole of 3lb 13oz (190.625%), second to Guy Spriggs with a tremendous shore caught Tope of 44lb (146.66%), third place to John Avery with a magic Mullet of 4lb 11 1/2oz (117.969%). All fish excellent specimens even fourth place to Jon Patten with another Tope of 30lb 3oz (100.625%).  

Specimens are getting bigger and better....15 members registered for this months competition and some cracking specimens came in and were returned. First place went to Rick Blackmore with an exceptional Smoothhound of 16lb (177.77%), second place to Kevin Legge with a sizzling Sole of 2lb 15oz (146.825%) and third place to Jon Patten with another cracking Sole of 2lb 10oz (131.25%). Many other specimen fish were registered including a Smoothhound of 9lb 1oz (100.694%), a Pouting of 1lb 15oz (129.167%), other Soles of 2lb 3oz (109.375%) and 2lb 2oz (106.25%).

13 members fished this event with a majority putting their faith on the water, but although caught good numbers of different species no fish were brought to the scales from boats. However, well done to Paul Spratley and John Avery with good specimen Mullet of 4lb 5oz (107.813%) taking first place and second to John with 3lb 10oz. Tony Vickery at The Rising Sun provided a delicious platter of sandwiches and beef and yorkshire pudding. (Link)

16 members booked in throughout the month and some good specimens were registered. Guy Spriggs took first place with a fantastic Tope of 42lb 2oz (140.417%), second to Jon Patten with another Tope of 39lb (130%) and third to Mario Manley with a Thin Lipped Mullet of 4lb 5 1/2oz (124.107%).  Jon Patten also landed another Tope of 27lb (90%) during the month. Other fish to note were Bass of 9lb 5oz and 8lb 4oz by Chris Martin and Kevin Legge, a Smoothhound of 10lb 4oz by Rick Blackmore and another Thin by Mario of 3lb 10oz.

Another good turnout for this month with many fine specimen fish coming in throughout the month. Many Mullet trips cancelled due to river levels however Graham Snow was able to land a Thin Lipped Mullet of 3lb 14oz (110.714%) to bring him just outside the placings. However Chris Martin fished well this month with a cracking brace of Common and Starry Smoothhound of 10lb 12oz (119.444%) and 10lb 10 1/2oz (118.403%) to take the top two places. Third place we to Jon Patten with a Smoothhound of 10lb (111.111%). A couple of boat caught Tope of 38lb 8oz (96.25%) and 37lb 8oz (93.75%) came to Ashley Clarke and Donald Kyte. James Gubb-Fradgley from Lynmouth also caught a Tadpole Fish of 1lb 1oz (103.03%) from the boat. Percentage based on 75% of British Record  of 1lb 6oz equals 100% specimen rating of 1lb 1/2oz. ie 75% of 22 ounces are 16.5 ounces.

Nice to see Mullet starting to come to the scales at better percentage ratings and Ray are still coming in albeit smaller quantities. Graham Snow took first with a Thick Lipped of 4lb 7oz (110.938%), second to John Avery with a Small Eyed of 9lb 7oz (104.861%) and third to Chris Martin with another Small Eyed of 9lb 3oz (102.083%) 

It was inevitably that Kevin's Tope would take some beating and take first place in the monthly competition for May. Twelve members fished the month with his Tope of 45lb 13oz ( 152.708%) and second place went to Rick Blackmore who has had some very good Ray throughout the month if you have a look at our reports page, anyway with a Small Eyed Ray of 12lb 5oz (136.806%) and also took third place with a Ray of 10lb 4oz (120.833%)

Well what a night....40 anglers fished a perfect night with perfect conditions and with a perfect tide and a good range of species came to the scales with our winning fish not coming to the scales..!!!! If you know what I mean. Second place went to Keith Owen with a Conger of 14lb 15 1/2oz, third to Nathan Clements with his Dogfish of 1lb 12 1/2oz, fourth to Andy Joslin with a Small Eyed Ray of  5lb 4 1/2oz, fifth to Mario Manley with a Dogfish of 1lb 11 1/2oz, sixth to Stefan Jones with an Eel of 11lb 1 1/2oz and best brace to Keith Owen with his Eel and a Dogfish of 1lb 10 1/2oz. I'll give you all the percentage figures and prizes when I get my sheet back. Ooohhh and the winner was Kevin Legge with a Tope of 45lb 13oz.

      and being returned...      

Rick Blackmore kept our boat anglers at bay on the day with a brilliant Small Eyed of 10lb 14oz (120.833%) to take first place. Second went to Mario Manley with a Small Eyed of 10lb 3oz (113.194%) and third to Jason Barrow with a cracking Bull Huss of 10lb 4oz. 

On Sunday April 26th CMSAC members enjoyed an action packed trip on Steve Webber's boat "Osprey" out of Minehead. Over 50 ray were landed including thornback, small eyed, blonde and spotted. Best specimen of the day was a small eyed of 11lb 3oz to Wayne Thomas and top blonde a fish of 13lb to Jason Barrow who also managed to land all four ray species in the day. A solitary smoothound was also landed along with the inevitable doggies. 

Another cracking month with many, many specimen fish caught by members from both shore and boat. Boat caught Spurdog are still dominating with a few Mullet showing along with a few Bull Huss. Have a look at our specimen report page. So this months results are Guy Spriggs with a boat caught Spurdog of 14lb 2oz (141.25%) taking first place, second to Chris Martin with another Spurdog of 13lb 8oz (135%) and third to Colin Joy with a Spurdog of 12lb 12oz (127.5%). 

This month long competition saw the "weigh in" on the last Sunday at the Braunton Cricket Club. A really good turn out for the month with 17 members taking part. Some cracking good Spurdog and Huss were returned throughout the month. Rick Blackmore took first place with a Bull Huss of 12lb 11oz (126.875%) and second and third places went to Ashley Clarke with boat caught Spurdog of 12lb 2oz (121.25%) and 11lb 14oz (118.75%).

With only a few members fishing this weekend rover and no fish brought to the scales a roll over will go to next months rover.

Our new format monthly competition is working well with all fish now weigh and release throughout the month with the "weigh in" on the last Sunday. This month saw Kevin Legge take first with a new club record Spurdog of 11lb 4oz, second to Derek Ferrett with a good Bull Huss of 11lb 1/2oz and third to John Avery with another Bull Huss of 10lb 5 1/2oz. A reminder to members to book in for the following competition with seven days of the last weigh in.

Fished over a rough weekend but first place went to Derek Ferrett with a Dogfish of 2lb 6oz and second place to John Avery with a Bull Huss of 7lb 8 1/2oz. These fish are weighed, witnessed and returned according to our new Club procedure.

The new Club year started with a cracking Eel from Derek Ferrett with a fish of 32lb 12oz, well over 163%, and second and third places went to Kevin Legge with Dogfish of 2lb 12oz and 2lb 8oz. All monies were paid out following roll overs from previous competitions.

Kevin Legge        26 points                Adrian Gove        15 points

Derek Ferrett        21 points                Rob Pearson        14 points

Andy Joslin          19 points                Nick Phillips        13 points

John Avery            18 points                Wayne Thomas    13 points