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 JURASSIC OPEN BOAT FESTIVAL 2010

This years Jurassic Open Boat Festival took place on the weekend of 24th, 25th July out of West Bay and was sponsored by Coastal Nets and West Bay Sea Angling Club with other prizes being donated by; Essex Boatyards, Samways, Haddon House Hotel, Groves Nurseries & garden Centre, River Cottage, Boat Fishing Monthly & Longs Fish & Chips. Eleven boats fished the match over the weekend with twenty eight competitors fishing on the Saturday and thirty three on Sunday. The boats set off at 10.00am and had to be back in the harbour by 5.00pm each day. None of the fish was wasted as those not wanted by the competitors was taken on by other people.

SATURDAY:
 Saturday dawned cloudy with a southwesterly wind blowing, which throughout the day got stronger making the sea choppy, but the competitors persevered with the fishing, with most of the competitors catching some fish. The competitors were only allowed to bring one of ach species back to the scales and the daily winners and overall winners would be decided by the best two fish of different species % of specimen weight. The species caught were; pout, cuckoo wrasse, ballan wrasse, dogfish, poor cod, dab, red gurnard, dragonet, tub gurnard, pollack, conger eel & thornback ray. The runaway leader was Steve Harwood who caught a red gurnard 610 g 108% and pout 1 kg 440 g 106% giving Steve a total percentage for the day of 214%. Top Lady on the day was Lisa Wagstaff with 52%, Most Species winner was Peter Grinter who caught seven species, Best Flatfish went to M Smith with a dab of 48% & best round fish went to Steve Harwood with his red gurnard of 108%.

Saturday Result: (Any ties would be decided by the best single Specimen %)

1st Steve Harwood 214% Prize donated by Essex Boatyards
2nd Peter Grinter 148% Prize donated by Samways Fish Merchants
3rd Dave Cornick 133% (this was tied between Dave & Cliff Rooney, but Dave won on tie break)  Prize donated by Groves Nurseries & Garden Centre.
Most Species: Peter Grinter 7 species Prize donated by River Cottage.
Top Lady: Lisa Wagstaff 52%
Top Junior: No Junior Fished.
Best Flatfish: M Smith dab 48%
Best Round Fish: Steve Harwood Red Gurnard 108%

SUNDAY:
Sunday dawned with sunshine and a lighter westerly wind blowing making it the best of the two days for fishing. The overnight leader was Steve Harwood with a total percentage of 214%, even though this was a good percentage and would prove a challenge to beat everyone was in high spirits with the thought of being the one to catch better specimens to beat Steve. Once again the boats set off to their chosen marks at 10.00am, Steve being cautious left the harbour last trying to avoid anyone following him to were he caught his two good fish. he boats were all back in the harbour by 5.00pm, the competitors had had a good days sport with most of them catching fish to bring to the scales, news filtered through of a good ray being caught which if true had a chance of knocking Steve off the top position as long as the captor had a good second fish to go with it. The captor, Dave Morris brought the ray to the scales, it was a sting ray of 15 kg 910 g 117%. Once the weigh in was over we all waited for the result with baited breath to see if Steve had won the event overall or had been beaten by Dave. Dave had won the second day but lucky for Steve his total was not good enough to stop Steve winning the event overall.

Sunday Result: (Any ties would be decided by the best single Specimen %)

1st Dave Morris 190% prize donated by Essex Boatyards
2nd Fred Bowditch 146% Prize donated by Boat Fishing Monthly
3rd Chris Harwood 145%  Prize donated by Haddon House Hotel
Most Species: Rod Barr 8 species Prize donated by Longs Fish & Chips
Top Lady: Julie Livesy 84%
Top Junior: No Junior Fished
Best Flatfish: Steve Fowles dab 70%
Best Round Fish: Dave Morris sting ray 117%

OVERALL RESULT:

Overall Winner: Steve Harwood red gurnard 108% pout 106% total 214%
Overall Most Species: Peter Grinter 9 species (conger eel, pout, dogfish, cuckoo wrasse, poor cod, black bream, pollack, ballan wrasse & smoothound).
Best Bass: Mike Hansell 2 kg 620 g 61%
Best conger: Peter Grinter 16 kg 440 g 91%
Best Bream: Rob Stephenson 1 kg 40 g 65% (black bream)
Best Pollack: Steve Sweet 865 g 12%
Best Ray: Dave Morris 15 kg 910 g 117% (sting ray)
Best Wrasse: Fred Bowditch 515 g 91% (cuckoo wrasse)
Best Cod: None caught.

West Bay Sea Angling club would like to thank the sponsors Coastal Nets, Essex Boatyards, Haddon House Hotel, Samways Fish Merchants, Groves Nurseries & garden Centre, River Cottage, Boat Fishing Monthly & Longs Fish & Chips.
also a big thank you to all who helped over the two days and to the competitors for turning out.

 
Steve Harwood with his Red Gurnard 108% & Pout 106% Chris Harwood with a nice Ballan Wrasse
Mike Hansell Conger 12 kg 960 g 71% Mike Hansell Bass 2 kg 620 g 61% Mike Rogers Bull Huss 4 kg 315 g 95%
Steve Harwood (on right receiving prize from Club President Fred Bowditch) winner day 1 with 214%, also best round fish red gurnard 108% Peter Grinter most species day 1 seven species M Smith Best flatfish day 1 dab 48%
Dave Morris winner day 2 with 190% Fred Bowditch 2nd on day 2 with 146% receiving his prize from Boat Secretary James Barr Chris Harwood 3rd on day 2 with 145%
Rod Barr most species day 2 with 8 species Top Lady day 2 Julie Livsey Best flatfish winner day 2 Steve Fowles dab 70%
Best Round Fish winner Dave Morris Sting Ray 117% Best Bass over the two days Mike Hansell 61% Best Conger over the two days Peter Grinter 91%
Best Bream over two days Robert Stephenson black bream 65% Best Pollack over two days Steve Sweet 9% Best Ray over two days Dave Morris sting ray 117%
Best Wrasse over two days Fred Bowditch cuckoo wrasse 91% Overall Winner of most species Peter Grinter with 9 species
Overall Winner of the two day event Steve Harwood whose winning percentage was 214% caught on day one

 

Saturday

Name Specimen 1 Specimen 2 Total  Species Position Saturday 

Winners Sunday
Steve Harwwod Red Gurnard 108% Pout 106% 214% 6 1 Winner & Best Round Fish
 Red Gurnard 108%
Peter Grinter Conger 91% Dogfish 57% 148% 7 2 Runner Up & Most Species
Dave Cornick Dogfish 74% Pout 59% 133% 5 3 3rd on tie break
Cliff Rooney Dogfish 65% Cuckoo Wrasse 68% 133% 5 3  
Chris Harwood Ballan Wrasse 58% Dogfish 67% 125% 4 5  
Roger Livesy Pout 62% Cuckoo Wrasse 63% 125% 5 5  
Malcom Mercer Dogfish 91% Ballan Wrasse 28% 119% 3 7  
Alan Tombs Dogfish 56% Cuckoo Wrasse 63% 119% 3 7  
Izzy Edmonds Dogfish 58% Pout 57% 115% 6 9  
Vic Antona Cuckoo Wrasse 59% Dogfish 56% 115% 4 9  
Mike Hansell Cuckoo Wrasse 70% Pout 43% 113% 2 11  
John Hansford Cuckoo Wrasse 67% Dogfish 44% 111% 2 12  
Andrew Palmer Cuckoo Wrasse 64% Dogfish 45% 109% 3 13  
Steve Sweet Cuckoo Wrasse 70% Pout 39% 109% 3 13  
M Smith Cuckoo Wrasse 56% Dogfish 49% 105% 5 15 Best Flatfish Dab 48%
James Barr Dogfish 59% Pout 42% 101% 4 16  
Gerry Reed Dogfish 52% Cuckoo Wrasse 44% 96% 3 17  
Mike Rodgers Dogfish 47% Cuckoo Wrasse 45% 92% 4 18  
Rod Barr Pout 42% Cuckoo Wrasse 38% 80% 3 19  
Dave Morris Pout 48% Dogfish 28% 76% 4 20  
Chris Quick Pollack 8% Dogfish 64% 72% 2 21  
Lisa Wagstaff Pout 39% Tub Gurnard 13% 52% 2 22 Top Lady
Eddie Tarnowski Dogfish 51%     51% 1 23  
Julie Livesy Pout 38%     38% 2 24  
Fred Bowditch Didn’t Fish       0%      
Steve Fowles Didn’t Fish       0%      
Rob Stephenson Didn’t Fish       0%      
Graham Stephenson Didn’t Fish       0%      
Bill maxom No Fish       0%      
Gary Hanks No Fish       0%      
Nick Tarrant Didn’t Fish       0%      
Dave Smith Didn’t Fish       0%      

Sunday

Name Specimen 1 Specimen 2 Sunday Total Species Position Sunday Winners Sunday
Dave Morris Sting Ray 117% Pout 73% 190% 5 1 Winner & Best Round Fish Sting Ray 117%
Fred Bowditch Cuckoo Wrasse 91% Pout 55% 146% 6 2 Runner Up
Chris Harwood Dogfish 74% Cuckoo Wrasse 71% 145% 6 3 3rd
Dave Cornick Cuckoo Wrasse 77% Dogfish 67% 144% 6 4  
James Barr Dogfish 74% Pout 64% 138% 5 5  
Peter Grinter Cuckoo Wrasse 79% Dogfish 56% 135% 7 6  
Mike Hansell Conger 71% Bass 61% 132% 5 7  
Izzy Edmonds Pout 69% Dogfish 63% 132% 4 7  
Roger Livesy Dogfish 54% Pout 66% 120% 5 9  
Mike Rodgers Bull Huss 95% Red Gurnard 25% 120% 5 9  
Malcom Mercer Cuckoo Wrasse 63% Dogfish 53% 116% 4 11  
Steve Fowles Dab 70% Dogfish 46% 116% 6 11 Best Flatfish dab 70%
Cliff Rooney Dogfish 70% Black Bream 45% 115% 5 13  
Rob Stephenson Black Bream 65% Ballan Wrasse 49% 114% 6 14  
Gerry Reed Cuckoo Wrasse 56% Dogfish 54% 110% 4 15  
Graham Stephenson Dogfish 43% Black Bream 63% 106% 4 16  
Eddie Tarnowski Cuckoo Wrasse 70% Black Bream 34% 104% 4 17  
Steve Harwwod Pout 42% Cuckoo Wrasse 60% 102% 4 18  
Rod Barr Dogfish 64% Cuckoo Wrasse 36% 100% 8 19 Most Species Winner
Bill maxom Cuckoo Wrasse 50% Dogfish 43% 93% 3 20  
Andrew Palmer Ballan Wrasse 28% Cuckoo Wrasse 63% 91% 3 21  
Gary Hanks Dogfish 40% Cuckoo Wrasse 49% 89% 3 22  
Steve Sweet Ballan Wrasse 48% Pout 37% 85% 4 23  
Julie Livesy Dogfish 55% Pout 29% 84% 3 24 Top Lady
Vic Antona Dogfish 47% Ballan Wrasse 34% 81% 5 25  
Nick Tarrant Plaice 40% Dab 41% 81% 6 25  
Alan Tombs Cuckoo Wrasse 45% Ballan Wrasse 26% 71% 3 26  
Dave Smith Pout 65%     65% 2 27  
John Hansford Didn’t Fish       0%      
M Smith Didn’t Fish       0%      
Chris Quick Didn’t Fish       0%      
Lisa Wagstaff Didn't Fish              

Overall

Name Specimen 1 Specimen 2 Total  Species Position Saturday    Specimen 1 Specimen 2 Total Species Position Sunday Overall % Overall Species Overall Position
Steve Harwwod Red Gurnard 108% Pout 106% 214% 6 1   Pout 42% Cuckoo Wrasse 60% 102% 4 18 214% 6 1
Dave Morris Pout 48% Dogfish 28% 76% 4 20   Sting Ray 117% Pout 73% 190% 5 1 190% 6 2
Peter Grinter Conger 91% Dogfish 57% 148% 7 2   Cuckoo Wrasse 79% Dogfish 56% 135% 7 6 170% 9 3
Malcom Mercer Dogfish 91% Ballan Wrasse 28% 119% 3 7   Cuckoo Wrasse 63% Dogfish 53% 116% 4 11 154% 4 4
Dave Cornick Dogfish 74% Pout 59% 133% 5 3   Cuckoo Wrasse 77% Dogfish 67% 144% 6 4 151% 6 5
Fred Bowditch Didn’t Fish       0%       Cuckoo Wrasse 91% Pout 55% 146% 6 2 146% 6 6
Chris Harwood Ballan Wrasse 58% Dogfish 67% 125% 4 5   Dogfish 74% Cuckoo Wrasse 71% 145% 6 3 145% 6 7
Mike Rodgers Dogfish 47% Cuckoo Wrasse 45% 92% 4 18   Bull Huss 95% Red Gurnard 25% 120% 5 9 142% 8 8
Mike Hansell Cuckoo Wrasse 70% Pout 43% 113% 2 11   Conger 71% Bass 61% 132% 5 7 141% 6 9
James Barr Dogfish 59% Pout 42% 101% 4 16   Dogfish 74% Pout 64% 138% 5 5 138% 7 10
Cliff Rooney Dogfish 65% Cuckoo Wrasse 68% 133% 5 3   Dogfish 70% Black Bream 45% 115% 5 13 138% 6 10
Izzy Edmonds Dogfish 58% Pout 57% 115% 6 9   Pout 69% Dogfish 63% 132% 4 7 132% 6 11
Roger Livesy Pout 62% Cuckoo Wrasse 63% 125% 5 5   Dogfish 54% Pout 66% 120% 5 9 129% 6 12
Eddie Tarnowski Dogfish 51%     51% 1 22   Cuckoo Wrasse 70% Black Bream 34% 104% 4 17 121% 5 13
Alan Tombs Dogfish 56% Cuckoo Wrasse 63% 119% 3 7   Cuckoo Wrasse 45% Ballan Wrasse 26% 71% 3 26 119% 5 14
Steve Sweet Cuckoo Wrasse 70% Pout 39% 109% 3 13   Ballan Wrasse 48% Pout 37% 85% 4 23 118% 5 15
Steve Fowles Didn’t Fish       0%       Dab 70% Dogfish 46% 116% 6 11 116% 6 16
Vic Antona Cuckoo Wrasse 59% Dogfish 56% 115% 4 9   Dogfish 47% Ballan Wrasse 34% 81% 5 25 115% 5 17
Rob Stephenson Didn’t Fish       0%       Black Bream 65% Ballan Wrasse 49%