3rd July 2010, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Sixteen members signed on at the Angling Centre to fish the latest match in the Andy Neal Rover series. Out of the sixteen only eight managed to catch weighable fish, Chesil beach once again proved poor with only a few dogfish in the dark, Lyme Regis produced a few small wrasse over rough ground. In all only four different species were caught.

1st: Lyam Bull 1500 g
2nd Phil Maggs 1420 g
3rd Adam Cullingford 1090 g
Most Species: Dave Chidzoy 3 species ballan wrasse, shore rockling & corkwing wrasse
Heaviest Fish: Tony Colls dogfish 810 g

19th June 2010, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Six juniors signed on to fish on east pier, in sunny warm weather with a northerly breeze. All six competitors managed to catch fish to weigh in, species caught included sea scorpion, flounder, wrasse, pout, and shanny. Best bait once again proved to be ragworm.

WEATHER: Sunshine with occasional cloud with a northerly 3 wind. Sea was calm and very clear.

PRIZES DONATED BY: The Old Watchouse Café, Kay Guppy, Andy Preston & Tiny.

17th June 2010, Thursday Night Rover 1900-2230
Eighteen members fished the first of the Thursday night rovers of the year, competitors chose various venues including Lyme Regis, West Bay and Chesil beach but once again the top three winners fished St Gabriel's. Chesil is very quiet for fish at the moment this may be in part due to lots of sandeel's in the water which the fish are gorging themselves on.

1st PJ Wheeler 6 kg 935 g smoothound, dogfish & mackerel
2nd Phil Maggs 4 kg 620 g dogfish & mackerel
3rd Adam Cullingford 4 kg 325 g dogfish & mackerel
Most Species Oliver Mears 3 species
Heaviest Fish Steve Harwood smoothound 2 kg 140 g

12th June 2010, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
eighteen members signed on to fish the match, many of the competitors chose to Chesil beach but this proved poor fishing as the spider crabs have now arrived in droves. The competitors lost lots of bait and hooks to the spider crabs. A couple chose to fish the pier at West Bay, and Lyam Bull caught the heaviest fish of the night from this venue. But the top two and the most species winners all fished St Gabriel's.

1st Phil Maggs 6 kg 155 g
2nd Craig Horton 4 kg 120 g
3rd Dave Chidzoy 3 kg 720 g
Most Species: Adam Cullingford 3 species won on tie break mackerel, dogfish and silver eel
Heaviest Fish Lyam Bull dogfish 700 g

5th June 2010, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Seven juniors fished the match on a warm day with only a sea breeze to keep them cool. Once again for the second match in a row all the competitors caught fish, species caught were; flounder, pollock, weever, shanny, sea scorpion, plaice and wrasse. 

WEATHER: Hay sunshine with a sea breeze, sea calm and clear.

PRIZES DONATED BY: The Old Watchouse Café, Kay Guppy & Tiny.

27th May Thursday Night Charmouth 1900-2230.
Twenty members signed on to fish the match at Charmouth. Half of the competitors managed to catch weighable fish which consisted of dogfish, wrasse & mackerel. Peter Grinter caught a fine wrasse of 1 kg 461 g from the car park area, the fish was weighed then released alive.

1st Adam Cullingford 3 kg 665 g 6 mackerel & 3 dogfish
2nd Dave Chidzoy 2 kg 535 g 3 dogfish, 2 wrasse & 1 pout
3rd Oliver Mears 2 kg 500 g 4 dogfish
Most Species: Phil Maggs 3 species
Heaviest Fish: Peter Grinter ballan wrasse 1 kg 461 g

 22nd May 2010, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Eight members and one guest signed on to fish the match on east pier West Bay. All the competitors managed to catch fish, which included; flounder, wrasse, plaice and weever. Once again, the best bait on the day proved to be ragworm.

WEATHER: Sunny and warm with a southerly 2 wind, the sea was calm and clear

20th May 2010, Thursday Night West Bay 1900-2230.
Twenty one members fished the match at West Bay, with most of the competitors choosing to fish east beach where a few mackerel were caught using spinners. The winner of the match took a gamble and chose to fish the promenade towards Eype, he managed to catch five dogfish and one mackerel.

1st Peter Grinter 4 kg 705 g 5 dogfish & 1 mackerel
2nd Steven Rathbone 4 kg 585 g 4 dogfish & 4 mackerel
3rd Simon Bowditch 4 kg 330 g 4 dogfish & 5 mackerel
Most Species: Oliver Mears 4 species
Heaviest Fish: Peter Grinter 970 g dogfish.

16th May 2010, Sunday Daytime (Including Junior Shore Festival) West Bay. 1300-1800.
Nine members fished the match at West Bay, the day started well, but the sea roughened up and when it rained it got cold. Only two competitors caught weighable fish.

1st Oliver Mears 310 g (Won the Junior Shore Festival Cup)
2nd Adam Cullingford 285 g

15th May 2010, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Seventeen members signed on to fish the match. Venues fished included West Bay, Lyme Regis, West Bexington & Burton Bradstock, lyme Regis proved to be the top venue as all but one of the winners fished the cobb at Lyme Regis.

1st Dave Chidzoy 5 kg 890 g
2nd Oliver Mears 3 kg 705 g
3rd Phil Maggs 2 kg 215 g
Most Species: Dan Bristow 3 species
Heaviest Fish: Kim Hyett dogfish 670 g

9th May 2010, Sunday Boat Match (Boat Festival Cup) 0900-1700.
Nine competitors signed on to fish the match. The competitors left West Bay on four boats for hopefully a good days fishing afloat. The weather was not great with a cloudy sky and northerly 4-5 wind blowing which was very cold for this time of the year. Species caught were: plaice, dogfish, pout, wrasse, pollock and gurnard., many of the fish were weighed on board the boats then released back alive. As long as the scales used to weigh the fish are certified and you have a witness all boat competitors can now weigh and release their fish.

Heaviest Bag: Graham Stephenson 3 kg 967 g
Most Species: this was tied by three competitors with 3 species, but Steve Harwood won on the tie break
Best Specimen: James Barr cuckoo wrasse 495 g 87%

8^th May 2010, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Six junior members and one guest signed on to fish the match from East pier West Bay. Yet  again fish were in short supply with only fifteen fish being weighed in,  species caught were flounder, shanny and wrasse,. The best bait once again was ragworm on a size 4 or 6 hook. All the fish were returned alive to the water.

 WEATHER: Cloudy with a northerly 3 wind, sea was calm and clear.

PRIZES DONATED BY: The Old Watchouse Café, Kay Guppy & Tiny.

25th April 2010, Sunday Daytime Eype 1300-1800.
nine competitors fished the match at Eype beach. The competitors enjoyed a warm day, but fish were few and far between with only some small wrasse being weighed in at the end of the match.

1st Phil Maggs 510 g
Oliver Mears 330 g
3rd Craig Horton 290 g
Heaviest Fish Oliver Mears 220 g ballan wrasse
Most Species Dave Cornick 2 species

24^th April 2010, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Seven junior members signed on to fish the match from East pier West Bay. Once again fish were in short supply with only ten fish being caught, these were all flounders. The best bait on the day was ragworm on a size 4 or 6 hook. All the fish were returned alive to the water.

WEATHER: Sunny with a south easterly 3 wind, the sea was choppy but clear.

PRIZES DONATED BY:    The Old Watchouse Café, Kay Guppy, Frank Daw

18th April 2010, Boat Match (Prism Press Trophy) 0900-1700.
Fourteen members embarked on five boats from West bay for the first boat match of the year. They couldn't ask for better weather, Warm sunshine, a calm sea with a southerly 1-2 breeze. All the competitors managed to catch some fish, species caught were; pout, pollock, dab, plaice, wrasse, whiting, conger and dogfish.

Heaviest Weight: David Smith 11 kg 420 g
Most Species: Ralph Probert 6 species
Best Specimen: Chris Harwood dogfish 74%

17th April 2010, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Eighteen members signed on to fish the match from a variety of venues including Chesil beach, Lyme Regis and Seatown. The competitors who chose the rockier venues managed to catch fish, but those that chose Chesil Beach really struggled to find the fish. The top two prizes went to Dave Chidzoy and Kim Hyett who fished the Cobb at Lyme Regis.

1st Heaviest Bag Dave Chidzoy 4 kg 975 g
2nd Heaviest Bag  Jake Bagwell 2 kg 910 g
3rd Heaviest Bag Dave Cornick 2 kg 890 g
Most Species Kim Hyett 3 species (Shore rockling, dogfish & corkwing wrasse) this prize is equal to 1st Heaviest Bag.
Heaviest Fish oliver Mears 795 g dogfish.

15th April 2010, Thursday Night Lyme Regis 1900-2230.
Seventeen members signed on to fish the match from various areas within Lyme Regis. The evening was calm but with a chilly north easterly wind. Most of the weights were made up with dogfish caught mainly from the cobb wall or Monmouth beach, but a few good ballan wrasse were also caught in the daylight. Peter Grinter caught the heaviest one which weighed in at 470 g which was a good fish so early in the year. Also caught were some large shore rocklings, with the heaviest being caught by Kym Hyett  at 425 g (keep an eye on this name as I reckon she will give Frances Kitchin a run for her money).

1st Dave Chidzoy 4 kg 720 g dogfish, wrasse and rockling.
2nd Andrew Privett 1 kg 585 g dogfish & rockling.
3rd Chris Harwood 1 kg 550 g dogfish & rockling.
Most Species Oliver Mears 3 species.
Heaviest Fish Dave Chidzoy 875 g

11th April 2010 Saturday Juniors, (Fred Tolley Memorial Match)1200-1500 East Pier West Bay.
Nine juniors signed on to fish the first Saturday Junior match of the year, hoping to win the Fred Tolley Memorial Trophy. Only four competitors managed to tempt fish to weigh-in, mainly flounders, but one sea scorpion and one plaice were also caught. All the fish went back alive after being weighed.  If anybody would like to fish the Saturday Junior matches, you will need to be under 17yrs on 1^st January 2010. You may fish two matches as a guest upon payment of the entry fee of £1.00, if after this you wish to fish more matches, you will need to join the club, forms available from the Angling Centre West Bay or phone the Secretary on 01308 421272 and he will send you a form. Oliver Mears was the winner of the match and trophy.  

 WEATHER: Sunny with a light sea breeze, sea was calm becoming choppy.

 PRIZES DONATED BY:  The old Watchouse Café, Kay Guppy, Kirsty Hallett & Tiny.

8th April 2010, Thursday Night West Bexington 1900-2230.
Once again a good turnout with twenty four members fishing the match, on a warm, calm evening. All the competitors enjoyed a good nights fishing, with all weighing fish in, mainly dogfish which after weighing were returned back alive. Also two competitors caught small eyed rays, Dave Chidzoy caught one of 3 kg 310 g but he was well and truly beaten by the ray junior member Oliver Mears caught which weighed in at 5 kg 715 g which is 157.52% of specimen weight it may also be a Wyvern junior record. The two rays fell to sandeel while the dogfish were caught with ragworm tipped with mackerel.

1st Oliver Mears 6 kg 210 g small eyed ray & dogfish
2nd Dave Chidzoy 4 kg 100 g small eyed ray, dogfish & rockling
3rd Peter Grinter 2 kg 770 g dogfish
Most Species Dan Bristow 2 species (those who win any of the top three prizes are unable to win the species pool).
Heaviest Fish Oliver Mears 5 kg 715 g small eyed ray.

14th March 2010, Sunday Daytime 1300-1800
Nineteen members signed on to fish the match at West Bexington. only three competitors managed to catch weighable fish, these were two plaice and one flounder. Ragworm proved to be the top bait on the day.

1st Dave Chidzoy 995 g plaice
2nd Dave Cornick 465 g Plaice
3rd Steve Harwood 175 g flounder
Heaviest Fish: Dave Chidzoy 995 g plaice.

11th March 2010, Thursday Night West Bay 1900-2230.
Another good turn out with twenty one members signing on to fish the match on a calm warm evening at West Bay. Half of the  competitors chose to fish the piers or the promenade, the rest chose the beach but most of the fish came from the piers and promenade. Species caught were flounder, pout and rockling, once again using ragworm and small hooks.

1st Oliver Mears 1 kg 145 g rockling & flounder
2nd Craig Horton 705 g rockling
3rd Dave Chidzoy 650 g rockling
Top Lady Frances Kitchin 440 g rockling & pout
Most Species Keith Woods 2 species
Heaviest Fish Lea Windsor 280 g rockling

4th March 2010, Thursday Night Eype 1900-2230.
Fifteen members turned out to fish the match on a rising tide, with high tide at 2245. The anglers enjoyed a calm but cold evening, with many of them choosing to fish the rough ground with small hooks baited with ragworm. Once again mainly pout & rockling were caught but one lucky angler managed to tempt a dogfish, this helped him to win the match. Now march is here Chesil beach should start to pick up with the plaice moving in and dab's.

1st Dave Cornick 945 g dogfish & rockling
2nd Keith Woods 590 g Rockling & pout
3rd PJ Wheeler 440 g rockling & pout
Most species Chris Harwood 2 species
Heaviest Fish: Dave Cornick 390 g dogfish
 

28th February 2010, Sunday Daytime Seatown 1300-1800.
Eighteen members signed on to fish the match on a bright warm Sunday afternoon, and a rising tide with high tide at 1845. Most of the competitors chose to fish the rockier areas in the hope of finding that elusive good fish that would give them the win but once again the fishing was poor, with the top weight only managing to tip the scales at 635 g.

1st Dave Chidzoy 635 g pout & rockling
2nd Simon Bowditch 420 g pout & rockling
3rd Chris Harwood 375 g
Top Lady Kim Hyett
Most Species This was split between Oliver Mears & Lewis Bowditch
Heaviest Fish PJ Wheeler 225 g rockling.

24th February 2010, Thursday Night Burton Bradstock 1900 - 2230.
The forecast for the evening was heavy rain, this put a few members off from fishing the match. But thirteen members who did decide to fish enjoyed a warm bright evening. Once again the fish were scarce, with most of the fish being caught from the right hand side of the venue were there is a reef that runs in close to the beach.

1st Dave Chidzoy 1 kg 820 g dogfish, pout & rockling
2nd PJ Wheeler 810 g 6 rockling
3rd Chris Harwood 675 g rockling & pout
most species Steve Harwood
Heaviest Fish Dave Chidzoy 785 g dogfish

20th February 2010, Andy Neal Rover 1700 - 2300.
Nineteen members signed on to fish the latest Andy Neal Rover. Due to February being a lean month for good fish, most of the competitors chose to fish rocky venues such as Eype, Charmouth & Seatown, Pj Wheeler chose to stay closer to home and fished the pier at West Bay, this proved a good move as he won the match.

1st PJ Wheeler 900 g
2nd Keith Woods 670 g
3rd Tied between J Bentley & Gareth Edwards 610 g
Most Species Dave Cornick 2 species shore rockling & 5 bearded rockling
Heaviest Fish Steve Harwood 265 g pout

4th February 2010, Thursday Night Seatown 1900 - 2230.
Fifteen members turned out to fish the match. The match started off in good weather but during the match the wind picked up to gale force and the rain poured down. Ragworm on small hooks cast out about 40 yards was the best tactics.

1st Chris Harwood 505 g pout and 3 rockling
2nd Steve Harwood 370 g pout and 2 rockling
3rd Tony Colls 300 g pout and 2 rockling
Pool Chris Harwood pout 235 g
Most Species Gareth Edwards 3 species.

31st January 2010, Match at Baiters Park Poole 0900 - 1400.
Nineteen members and 5 guest signed on to fish the match, they were hoping to catch some flounder but alas none showed up. I think the competitors would have settled for any fish but they were all disappointed as no fish came to the scales.

13th December 2009, Christmas Fayre Match 1300-1700.
Thirty five members signed on to fish the annual Christmas Fayre match at West Bay. The anglers were greeted with bright sunshine, calm sea but an icy cold north wind. The competitors fished from a variety of locations in the Bay many fishing the beaches. After the weigh in the competitors retired to the Salthouse for the presentation and a wonderful buffet.

1st Simon Bowditch 5 kg 25 g
2nd Phil Maggs 4 kg 850 g
3rd Adam Cullingford £ kg 695 g
Top Junior Craig Horton 1 kg 450 g
Most Species Oliver Mears $ species, dogfish, pout, 5 bearded rockling & shore rockling.
Heaviest Fish Dave Cornick 1 kg 380 g bass.

10th December 2009, Thursday Night West Bexington 1900-2230.
Fifteen members turned out to fish the first Thursday Night match since October due to the bad weather. All the competitors enjoyed a calm, bright evening, with lots of dogfish being caught as well as some pout and a few small whiting, alas no cod were caught. Best bait on the night Frozen Mackerel.

1st Phil Maggs 5 kg 10 g dogfish, pout & whiting
2nd Steve Harwood 4 kg 770 g dogfish, pout & whiting
3rd Hugh Rathbone 4 kg 450 g dogfish & pout
Most Species Paul house 3 species
Pool: Chris Harwood dogfish 985 g

5th December 2009, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300,
Only six members turned out to fish the last Andy Neal Rover of the year, on a wet, windy and cold night. Paul House the winner on the night decided to fish Weymouth stone pier, he managed to catch 3 dogfish and 2 pout, the also helped him to win the Andy Neal Trophy for the year with a total weight of 43 kg 385 g just beating Phil Maggs into second place  by couple of hundred grams, a close result after twelve matches. Oliver Mears managed to retain the Jake Neal Trophy for the winning junior in the Andy Neal Rover series, with a total weight of 37 kg 670 g, this also placed him third overall. In total 28 members fished this series over the year.

1st Paul house 2 kg 305 g 3 dogfish and 2 pout,
2nd D Cornick 740 g
3rd Oliver Mears 295 g
Most Species Steve Harwood 3 species dogfish, pout and rockling.
Heaviest Fish Chris Harwood 85 g shore rockling.

24th October2009, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Nine members and one guest signed on to fish the match on a very windy day, with a rough sea. All the competitors managed to catch fish including the guest Nathan McMaster whose first ever fish caught was a flounder of 23 g which won him the heaviest flatfish prize. Other fish caught on the day were; pout, rockling, bass & Weever.

 WEATHER: Cloudy with a strong south/southwesterly 5 wind. Sea was very rough and coloured.

PRIZES DONATED BY:  The Old Watch House Café, Michael & Marie Mears, Tiny & Kay Guppy.

 22nd October 2009, Thursday Night West Bexington, 1900-2230
Eleven members signed on to fish, the numbers were slightly down due to the bad weather earlier in the day (strong gale), but by the start of the match the wind had died down and the sea became calm. Plenty of whiting were caught, with a few good sized pout and a few dogfish. Competitors were hopeful for a cod or bass but alas none showed, the best bait on the night was mackerel.

1st Simon Bowditch 3 kg 445 g dogfish, pout, whiting & pollock
2nd Phil Maggs 3 kg 335 g dogfish, whiting & pout
Steve Harwood 2 kg 615 g dogfish, whiting & pout
Heaviest Fish: Gareth Edwards dogfish 785 g
Most Species: Paul House 4 species.

17th October 2009, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Ten members signed on to fish the match on a calm evening, many of the competitors chose to fish West Bexington where plenty of garfish were caught as well as the occasional mackerel. The winner of the match, Oliver Mears fished the Jurassic pier at West Bay, he managed to weigh in nearly 2 kg 500 g more than the seconded place competitor.

1st Oliver Mears 9 kg 90 g
2nd Paul House 6 kg 430 g
3rd Adam Cullingford 6 kg 305 g
Most Species: Phil Maggs 7 species, dogfish, pout, tub gurnard, garfish, whiting, scad & sole.
Best Fish: Tony Colls 770 g dogfish.

10^th October2009, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Twelve junior members signed on to fish the latest Saturday Junior Match, with now only two more to fish after this one, before we start the Jurassic series of matches. Eight of the competitors caught fish which included; flounder, dogfish, pout, whiting & bass. In all four dogfish were caught and as with all the fish once weighed they were returned alive to the sea.                                     

 WEATHER: Sunny with occasional cloud and a northerly 3 wind. The sea was calm and coloured.

 PRIZES DONATED BY: , The Old Watch House Café, Tiny, Kay Guppy, Kevin Dean, Mike Hallett & Les Peters.

8th October 2009, Thursday night Seatown 1900-2230.
Nineteen members signed on to fish the match, The fishing was patchy maybe due to a lot of freshwater coming out of the river. All competitors weighed in, with those fishing to the east catching the most fish. Tony Colls did manage to catch a specimen pout of 730 g.

1st Simon Bowditch 4 kg 900 g dogfish, pout & poor cod
2nd Hugh Rathbone 3 kg 170 g dogfish, pout & poor cod
3rd Oliver Mears 3 kg 145 g dogfish, pout & poor cod
Most Species Gareth Edwards 4 species
Pool Simon Bowditch dogfish 765 g

4th October 2009, Wyvern Division of the Angling Trust Junior Open at Teignmouth.
Twelve juniors from West Bay Sea Angling Club travelled to Teignmouth to attended the match. In all twenty six juniors from the region took part in the match on a misty and damp day, the water was clear and the fish scarce with only six fish being weighed in.

26th September 2009, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
fourteen members turned out to fish the rover from various venues of their choice, eight of the competitors chose to fish Chesil Cove. Hoping to catch some big wrasse, the conditions were perfect with a clear calm sea but they struggled to catch with only a few dogfish and scad being caught.

1st Oliver Mears 6 kg 385 g
2nd Phil Maggs 6 kg 290 g
3rd Adam Cullingford 5 kg 410 g
Most Species Dan Bristow 8 species, rockling, corkwing and ballan wrasse, mackerel, dogfish, silver eel, scad, & pout.
Heaviest Fish Paul House dogfish 705 g.

24th September, Thursday Night West Bexington 1900-2230.
Eighteen members fished the match on a calm evening. in all ten different species were caught including bream and gurnards which will soon be leaving our shores as the sea begins to cool down.

1st Hugh Rathbone 4 kg 200 g smoothound, dogfish, pout & poor cod.
2nd PJ Wheeler 3 kg 50 g dogfish, pout, scad & garfish.
3rd Simon Bowditch 2 kg 900 g dogfish, pout & gurnard.
Most Species: Adam Cullingford 5 species.
Pool: Steven Rathbone dogfish 905 g

12^th September 2009, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Twelve members and one guest signed on to fish the match which made thirteen competitors, which is unlucky for some but not for Connor Hallett who managed to win his second match in a row. The junior secretary was kept extremely busy as the small whiting showed up and the juniors caught so many of them, in all 283 fish were caught on the day with all being put back alive. Most of the fish were whiting but some pollock, flounder, wrasse, shanny and bass were also caught. Tiny arrived for the last hour; bringing ice creams for all the juniors and adults.                                   

WEATHER: Sunny with a north easterly 3 wind and a calm clear sea.

PRIZES DONATED BY: , The Old Watch House Café, Tiny, Kay Guppy, Mike Hallett & Les Peters.

5th & 6th September 2009, Wally Pettet Memorial Trophy Match, Charmouth. 1700-2200 both days.
Fifteen members fished the two day annual match at Charmouth. Saturday evening was really mild with many competitors fishing in shirt sleeves, though Charmouth is a great beach to catch rays, only one was caught but this was too small to weigh in so was returned to the sea. Oliver mears who fished under the cliffs to the left managed to catch a nice bass of 2 kg 840 g which along with six pout placed him first on the day. On Sunday the competitors returned to Charmouth with all to play for. as on Saturday a bass was caught this time by Cliff Rooney, this one weighed 3 lb. The fishing on Sunday was not as good as the first day with mainly pout showing, but Oliver managed to catch six pout which helped him to stay in the lead and win the Wally Pettet Memorial Trophy.

1st: Oliver Mears 5 kg 205 g
2nd: Simon Bowditch 4 kg 170 g
3rd: Norman Stokes 3 kg 780 g
Most Species: Dave Cornick 4 species
Heaviest Fish: Oliver Mears bass 2 kg 840 g

29th August 2009, Saturday Junior Match (Stokes Family Trophy), East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Ten juniors signed on to fish the annual Stokes Family Trophy match, which is sponsored by the Stokes family. Eight of the juniors managed to tempt the fish to the scales, with quite a few small bass being caught as well as the first ever Dover sole caught in a Saturday junior comp. This year the Stokes Family had also commissioned a nice wooden spoon trophy which was won by Elliot Joy. Though it was a close comp Connor Hallett managed to find two good sizable fish to win the trophy.

WEATHER: Sunny with occasional cloud and a southwesterly 5 wind. The sea was quite rough and fairly coloured 

PRIZES DONATED BY:  The Stokes Family, The Old Watch House Café, Tiny, Kay Guppy, Frank Daw & Les Peters.

27th August 2009, Thursday Night Rover 7.00-10.30pm.
Eighteen members turned out to fish the last Thursday night rover of 2009. The competitors fished from a few different venues but once again West Bay proved the best choice, as the top two found out.

1st PJ Wheeler 3 kg 585 g ray, dogfish, pout.
2nd Oliver Mears 2 kg 575 g ray, pout & eels.
3rd Peter Grinter 2 kg 80 g dogfish, eels & pout.
Most Species: Hugh Rathbone 3 species.
Pool: PJ Wheeler small eyed ray 2 kg 325 g

23rd July 2009, Thursday Night Rover 1900-2230.
Eighteen members turned out to fish the match from a variety of venues including West Bay, West Bexington & Lyme Regis. Many of the open beaches had a lot of weeding floating in the water which made fishing difficult, this meant not a great deal of fish were caught with some members not even weighing in.

1st Steven Rathbone 1 kg 780 g dogfish, bull huss & pout (fished East Beach West Bay)
2nd Simon Bowditch 1 kg 155 g four Pout & one Dogfish
3rd Steve Harwood 1 kg 60 g six pout
Most Species: Craig Horton 3 species
Top Lady: Frances Kitchin 155 g two silver eels
Pool: Dan Bristow 1 kg 40 g dogfish (fished Jurassic Pier)

18th July 2009, Saturday Junior Match, East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Eight juniors fished the match from east pier West Bay; this included the two juniors Oliver Mears and Steven Rathbone who had returned from the Home Internationals with Gold Medals after helping the England Junior Team to victory. Six of the competitors found the fish to weigh-in these included; wrasse, flounder, shanny & blennies. After the fishing Club President Fred Bowditch congratulated Steven & Oliver on their achievement.

WEATHER: Cloudy with showers and a southwesterly 4 wind. The sea was choppy with slight swell and coloured due to water from the river

PRIZES DONATED BY: Fred Bowditch, Tiny, Mike Hallett, Hugh Rathbone & Les Peters.

25th June 2009, Thursday Night Rover 1900-2230.
Thirteen members fished which is unlucky for some, but not for Oliver Mears who won the match, fishing from the pier at West Bay. Other members chose to fish rockier venues like Seatown & Eype hoping to catch a big wrasse, unluckily no big wrasse were caught from these venues. June was a very poor month for fishing from the shore, with even the mackerel being scarce, lets hope July improves the fishing.

1st Oliver Mears 1 kg 350 g pollack, wrasse, pout & poor cod.
2nd Simon Bowditch 1 kg 95 g pout & poor cod.
3rd Steven Rathbone 975 g bullhuss & pout.
Most Species: Dave Cornick 3 species.
Pool: Steven Rathbone 875 g bullhuss.

20th June 2009, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Eighteen competitors braved the warm sunny evening to fish the match from various venues. Phil Maggs chose to fish at St Gabriel's, the long walk to the beach is often worth it as this venue produces some nice wrasse, dogfish & bull huss, but he only managed to catch four dogfish but luckily it was enough to win. Connor Hallett who earlier in the day came second in the Saturday Junior Comp managed to take third place.

1st: Phil Maggs 2 kg 275 g Dogfish
2nd: Peter Grinter 1 kg 935 g bass & wrasse
3rd: Connor Hallett 1 kg 845 g bull huss & pout
Most Species: Craig Horton 4 species wrasse, dogfish, silver eel & rockling
Best Fish: Lewis Bowditch ballan wrasse 990 g

20th June 2009, Saturday Junior Match, East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Eight juniors signed on to fish the match from east pier, six of the competitors managed to tempt some fish to weigh. Species caught were wrasse, flounder, shanny & rockling, a couple of shoals of mackerel did show in the harbour but only Elliot Joy managed to hook one which came off the line before he was able to land it.

All junior matches and weigh and release unless the fish are of the size laid down by our national body the Angling Trust, then they can be kept for eating or bait is so desired.

WEATHER: Warm & sunny with a cooling sea breeze and a north westerly 3 wind. Sea was calm and clear

PRIZES DONATED BY: Kay Guppy, Hugh Rathbone, Tiny & Les Peters.

14th June 2009, Open Boat Festival West Bay click for full report.

13th June 2009, Saturday Junior Match, East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Ten juniors turned out to fish the match from east pier, six of the competitors managed to tempt some fish to weigh. Species caught were wrasse, flounder, shanny & blenny.

WEATHER: Cloudy with sunny spells & a southerly 1 wind. Sea calm and clear.

PRIZES DONATED BY: Kay Guppy, PJ Wheeler, Tiny & Les Peters.

7th June 2009,Sunday Daytime Chesil Cove 1300-1800.
Eight members and one guest signed onto fish the match. The venue is renowned for large wrasse but the good fish eluded all but one competitor who managed to catch one weighing 1 kg 10 g, this helped him to win the match and take the pool. Dave Cornick the clubs fish recorder managed to catch a goldsinny wrasse of 20 g, this set a new club record.

1st: Simon Bowditch 1 kg 465 g 3 wrasse.
2nd: Dave Cornick 1 kg 390 g 3 wrasse and 2 pout.
3rd: Adam Cullingford 1 kg 255 g dogfish, 2 gurnard & mackerel.
Most Species: Paul Grinter 2 species.
Pool: Simon Bowditch 1 kg 10 g wrasse.

30th May 2009, Saturday Junior Match, East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Seven junior members and one guest signed on to fish the latest Saturday Junior Match on a sunny day. Six of the competitors managed to weigh fish in, species included; flounder, shanny, sea scorpion & wrasse

WEATHER: Sunny with easterly 3 wind blowing, sea slightly choppy and small amount of colour.
PRIZES DONATED BY: Kay Guppy, Tiny & Les Peters.

16th May 2009, Saturday Junior Match, Inner Harbour West Bay 1200-1500.
Seven juniors braved the south westerly 6-7 wind to fish the match. The decision was taken to fish the inner harbour behind the harbourmasters office due to the wind and roughness of the sea. Only three of the competitors managed to catch fish, with each of them catching one a piece.                                               

WEATHER: Sunny with some cloud and a south westerly 6-7 wind blowing, sea was rough with large waves and coloured.

PRIZES DONATED BY: Kay Guppy, Hugh Rathbone, Tiny & Les Peters.

3rd May 2009, Sunday Boat Match 0900-1500.
Seven members braved the slightly rough conditions to fish the second match of the year, but the first match to be fished (the first match was cancelled due to bad weather). Six of the competitors managed to catch fish, consisting of pout, dogfish, wrasse, pollack & conger to weigh in. All competitors are restricted to bringing only two of each species to the scales, this is for conservation reasons, also the conger was weighed on the boat and released back alive. Any fish not for eating is given away to be used as pot bait.

2nd May 2009, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Eight members fished the match from various advantage points, two members fished the Pulpit Rock at Portland hoping to land a big wrasse, the biggest they caught was 895 g. The winner decided to stay closer to home and fished East Beach West Bay, All of the competitors caught. weighable fish.

1st Phil Maggs 4 kg 775 g dogfish & pout
2nd Adam Cullingford & Paul House tied on 2 kg 555 g each
Most Species: Craig Horton four species silver eel, rockling, pout & dogfish
Pool: Oliver Mears dogfish 705 g

2nd May 2009, Saturday Junior Match, East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
Once again ten juniors signed on to fish the match from the east pier West Bay. Five of the competitors managed to catch some fish to weigh; species caught were rockling, wrasse & shanny. Hopefully the fishing will improve as the sea warms up.

WEATHER: Hazy sunshine with a south westerly 4-5 wind blowing, sea was slightly choppy and coloured with a temperature of 12ºC.

PRIZES DONATED BY: Kay Guppy, Christine Tolley, Tiny & Les Peters.

30th April 2009, Thursday Night Lyme Regis 1900-2230.
Fifteen members signed on to fish the latest Thursday night match. The competitors enjoyed a warm sunny evening with most of them fishing Monmouth beach, this proved the top venue on the night, with plenty of rockling and some dogfish being the main species caught. Monmouth beach is a rough ground venue with plenty of rocks and weed, so it is best to use flat leads. Cannon wall also fished well with pout, rockling and silver eels being caught in good numbers. Lyme Regis is a popular venue amongst members as we have members who travel from Chard & Crewkerne.

1st Dave Cornick 3 kg 375 g  dogfish & rockling
2nd Simon Bowditch 2 kg 990 g dogfish & rockling
3rd Hugh Rathbone 1 kg 935 g dogfish, rockling & wrasse
most Species: Steven Rathbone 4 species.
Pool: Gareth Edwards bull huss 1 kg 5 g

18^th April 2009, Saturday Juniors (Fred Tolley Memorial Trophy).
Ten juniors signed on to fish the first match of the year. This was also the inaugural match of the Fred Tolley Memorial Trophy, which will be fished annually in memory of club member and supporter of the juniors who passed away in 2008. Half of the competitors managed to catch some fish to weigh in, the species caught were; shore rockling, shanny, wrasse & flounder. If anybody would like to fish the Saturday Junior matches you will need to be under 17yrs on 1^st January 2009, you may fish two matches as a guest upon payment of the entry fee of £1.00, if after this you will need to join the club, forms available from the Angling Centre West bay or phone the Secretary on 01308421272 and he will send you a form. Craig Horton was the winner of the match and trophy. The Fred Tolley Memorial Trophy was presented by Christine Tolley the daughter of the late Fred. Photo left to right Hoot, Craig and Christine Tolley.

 WEATHER: Overcast with a north easterly 3-4 wind. Sea was calm and clear

 PRIZES DONATED BY: Kay Guppy, Hugh Rathbone & Tiny.

 DONATION: Gregor Grant

11th April 2009, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Fifteen competitors signed on to fish the match from a variety of venues, these included Cogden, Lyme Regis, West Bay, Weymouth & West Bexington. Paul House who chose to fish Cogden caught a smoothound of 1 kg 760 g which helped him to tie for first place with Oliver Mears. Plenty of dogfish were caught and weighed then returned alive, some god shore rockling were caught at Monmouth beach Lyme Regis.

1st Tied between Oliver Mears & Paul House 4 kg 435 g each.
3rd PJ Wheeler 3 kg 320 g
Most species: Peter Grinter 3 dogfish, pout & shore rockling.
Best Fish (above four removed): Paul Grinter bull huss 980 g.
Top Lady: Frances Kitchin 1 kg 185 g

9^th April 2009, Thursday Night West Bay 1900-2230.
Eleven members turned out to fish the match at West Bay, many of them choosing the prom or pier to fish from. The winner PJ Wheeler managed to catch a specimen dogfish of 1 kg 280 g, also Dave Cornick managed to catch a specimen dogfish of 1 kg 260 g.

1^st PJ Wheeler 4 kg 460 g dogfish, pout & rockling.
2^nd Dave Cornick 2 kg 635 g dogfish, pout & rockling.
3^rd Hugh Rathbone 1 kg 250 g pout & rockling
Most Species: Steven Rathbone 3 species
Pool: PJ Wheeler dogfish 1 kg 280 g.

23rd March 2009, Sunday Daytime 1300-1800.
Thirteen members and one guest signed on to fish the match on a warm sunny day, with a flat calm sea. This promised a good catch of plaice, but between the fourteen competitors only three plaice, two dogfish and one flounder were weighed in. Well done to Mike Spurdle who fished as a guest and came second and took the pool.

1st: Adam Cullingford 1 kg 210 g plaice & dogfish
2nd: Mike Spurdle 770 g dogfish
3rd: Simon Bowditch 490 g plaice
Pool: Mike Spurdle 770 g dogfish

19th March 2009, Thursday Night West Bexington, 1900-2230.
Twenty one members turned out to fish on a lovely warm evening, all the competitors caught weighable fish which mainly consisted of dogfish. Only a few pout were weighed in, also a couple of whiting were caught which indicates the water is still cold. best bait proved to be Mackerel, with ragworm catching the pout.

1st: Hugh Rathbone 4 kg 195 g dogfish, pout & whiting
2nd:  Simon Bowditch 3 kg 765 g dogfish & pout.
3rd: Adam Cullingford 3 kg 515 g dogfish
Most Species: Dave Cornick 2 species
Top Junior: Oliver Mears 3 kg 345 g
Pool: Oliver Mears dogfish 965 g.

8th March 2009, Sunday Daytime Burton Bradstock 1300-1800.
This match was turned into a rover due to the very rough sea conditions & strong wind which made Chesil beach unfishable. The top two chose to fish Monmouth beach in Lyme Regis as this protected them from the worse of the  weather. Some of the competitors chose to fish Weymouth Stone Pier but this proved unfruitful.

1st: Steve Harwood 775 g rockling
2nd: Chris Harwood 400 g rockling
3rd: Adam Cullingford 335 g pout
Pool: Steve Harwood rockling 295 g
Most Species: Lee Sherry 2 species
Top Junior: Oliver Mears 85 g

5th March 2009, Thursday Night Seatown 1900-2230.
Twelve members and one guest signed on t fish the match at Seatown. Plenty of pouting were caught but were small in size, some dogfish were caught by anglers that chose to fish the rockier areas.

1st: Simon Bowditch 3 kg 300 g dogfish, pout & rockling
2nd: PJ Wheeler 2 kg 280 g dogfish, pout & rockling
3rd: Peter Grinter  1 kg 600 g dogfish, pout & rockling
Pool: PJ Wheeler dogfish 970 g
Most Species (above winners removed): Lee Sherry 2 species
Top Junior: Oliver Mears 590 g

28th February 2009, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Most of the members that signed on to fish the match chose to fish various venues along Chesil Beach including; West Bay east beach, Burton Bradstock, West Bexington & Abbotsbury. Oliver Mears who won the match chose to fish close to home, on East beach, His catch was made up of six dogfish, two pout and a small eyed ray of 2 kg 660 g. Dan Bristow managed to catch a five bearded rockling weighing
180 g that equaled the Wyvern record. Best bait on the night proved to be sandeel.

1st Oliver Mears 6 kg 420 g dogfish, pout & small eyed ray.
2nd Phil Maggs 4 kg 820 g
3rd Adam Cullingford 4 kg 580 g
Most Species: Dave Cornick 4 species, dogfish, ballan wrasse, shore rockling & pout.
Best Fish (above 4 winners removed): Peter Grinter 780 g dogfish.

19th February 2009, Thursday Night Burton Bradstock 1900-2230.
Fifteen members turned out on a perfect night for fishing with high tide at midnight. Plenty of dogfish and pout were caught in front of the car park area, but those members that fished about 30 meters from the car park struggled to find fish. Top bait on the night was mackerel.

1st: Peter Grinter 4 kg 820 g dogfish & pout
2nd: Simon Bowditch 4 kg 710 g dogfish & pout
3rd: Paul House 3 kg 905 g dogfish, whiting & pout
Most Species: Adam Cullingford 3 species
Pool: Steve Harwood dogfish 880 g
Top Lady: Frances Kitchin 1 kg 270 g
Top Junior: Paul Grinter 3 kg 580 g

12^th February 2009.Thursday Night West Bay 1900-2230.
Sixteen members and one guest signed on to fish the match with many choosing to fish the piers. Fishing was once again poor due to a lot of fresh water coming out of the river Brit into the harbour. 

1^st PJ Wheeler 1 kg 90 g rockling & dogfish
2^nd Keith Woods 565 g rockling ~&  pout
3^rd Dave Cornick 455 g rockling
Most Species: Graham Stephenson 2 species
Pool: PJ Wheeler dogfish 710 g

8^th February 2009, Sunday Daytime Seatown 1300-1800.
As the ten members signed on to fish light rain was falling, but as the day progressed the weather became very windy with heavy rain. The fishing was very poor with most fish being caught on the eastern side of Seatown amongst the rocks.

1^st PJ Wheeler 830 g rockling & pout
2^nd Simon Bowditch 340 g pout
3^rd Chris Harwood 225 g pout
Most Species: Dave Cornick 2 species
Pool: Simon Bowditch pout 220 g
Top Junior: Oliver Mears 160 g

31^st January 2009, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Twelve members turned out to fish this match which was postponed from the January 17th. Once signed on the competitors headed out to their chosen fishing spot, these included Abbotsbury, West Bexington, Burton Bradstock, West Bay & Lyme Regis. All the competitors struggled to find weigh able fish due to the strong easterly wind blowing and January is also a poor month for fishing. 

1^st: Lee Sherry 3 kg 375 g dogfish & whiting
2^nd: PJ Wheeler 1 kg 355 g
3^rd: Dave Cornick 1 kg 90 g
Most Species: Pete Runciman 4 species flounder, whiting, pout & rockling
Best Fish: Oliver Mears flounder 600 g

29^th January 2009, Thursday Night Abbotsbury, 1900-2230.
Nine members signed on to fish the match. The weather forecast was bad, which meant a low turnout  but thankfully the wind stayed in the north giving a nice evening.

1^st: Simon Bowditch 4 kg 400 g dogfish & whiting
2^nd: Lee Sherry 2 kg 860g dogfish, pout, whiting & poor cod
3^rd: Adam Cullingford 2 kg 860 g dogfish, whiting & Pout
Pool: Simon Bowditch dogfish 1 kg
Most Species: Steve Harwood 4 species

14th December 2008, Xmas Fayre Match West Bay 1300-1700.
Members signed on to fish the club's annual Xmas Fayre Match which is fished at West Bay. Due to a lot of fresh water coming down the river into the harbour many members chose to fish the prom or east beach. The winner of the match started fishing from the prom but decided to move onto the pier, which proved the ideal choice. After the competition the competitors and their families retired to the Salthouse for a buffet and drinks and the prize presentation.

1st: PJ Wheeler 5 kg 75 g
2nd: Peter Grinter 2 kg 745 g
3rd: A Cullingford 2 kg 505 g
Most Species: Oliver Mears 4 species
Top Junior: Steven Rathbone 910 g
Pool: PJ Wheeler 925 g dogfish

6th November 2008, Thursday Night Abbotsbury 1900-2230.
Twenty two members turned out to fish the match on a warm still night. some competitors did manage to catch some mackerel in the dark but overall the fishing was poor mainly due to a neap tide.

1st: Simon Bowditch 3 kg 40 g dogfish, whiting, mackerel, poor cod & pout
2nd: Phil Maggs 2 kg 685 g dogfish, whiting, poor cod & pout
3rd: Adam Cullingford 2 kg 20 g dogfish & pout
Top Junior: Paul Grinter 670 g dogfish
Top Lady: Frances Kitchin 475 g mackerel & pout
Pool: Phil Maggs dogfish 755 g
Most Species: Hugh Rathbone 4 species.

16th October 2008, Thursday Night Abbotsbury 1900-2230.
Twenty one members turned out to fish the match at Abbotsbury. all those fishing managed to catch a minimum of six whiting, due to a large shoal being close in to shore. the best bait on the night was mackerel.

1st: PJ Wheeler 4 kg 645 g dogfish, whiting & pout
2nd: Phil Maggs 4 kg 475 g dogfish, whiting & pout
3rd: Simon Bowditch 3 kg 665 g dogfish, whiting, poor cod & pout
Pool: Geoff Ackerman dogfish 965 g

Most Species: Peter Grinter 4
Top Junior: Paul Grinter 2 kg 825 g
Top Lady: Frances Kitchin 1 kg 815 g

4th October 2008, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Eleven members signed on to fish the match mainly from well sheltered venues due to a southwesterly gale blowing. The top venue on the night was Weymouth Stone Pier, which the top three chose to fish.

1st: PJ Wheeler 2 kg 830 g.
2nd: Pete Runcieman 1 kg 570 g.
3rd:Keith Woods 750 g
Most Species: Paul House 4 species
Heaviest Fish: Paul Grinter pout 230 g 

2nd October 2008, Thursday Night Seatown 1900-2230.
Sixteen members signed on to fish the match on a calm night, the water was coloured from a few days of bad weather, but the fish didn't mind as there was plenty of pout and dogfish to be caught. Most of the anglers managed to catch weighable fish, with the best bait being mackerel or sandeel.

1st: Graham Stephenson 5 kg 250 g dogfish & pout
2nd: Adam Cullingford 5 kg 20 g dogfish & pout
3rd: Dave Cornick 4 kg 805 g dogfish & pout
Most Species: Oliver Mears 4 species.
Pool: Graham Stephenson dogfish 990 g.

27th September 2008, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
                                                Ten members and one guest fished the match from east pier on a beautifully sunny day with hardly any wind. Five of the competitors manage to find fish to weigh in, with Oliver Mears catching the most with eleven fish, which included wrasse, shanny, pollack & rockling.                                                          

WEATHER: Sunny with an easterly 3 wind. Sea was fairly clear with a slight choppiness

PRIZES DONATED BY: Marion Crawford, Les Peters, Hilary, Kay Guppy & Tiny.

20th September 2008, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500.
                                                Fourteen members and two guests turn out to fish the latest match from east pier. This was a good turn out due mainly to the sunny weather and hopefully the chance to catch mackerel and garfish, but in the end only two mackerel and one garfish were caught. Also caught was flounder, shanny, pollack, blenny & rockling.                                                           

 WEATHER: Sunny with an easterly 3 wind. Sea was fairly clear with a slight choppiness 

PRIZES DONATED BY: Mike Hallett, Fred Bowditch, Hugh Rathbone,  Hilary & Tiny.

18th September 2008, Thursday Night Burton Bradstock 1900-2230.
Nineteen members turned out to fish the latest Thursday night match on a bright sunny evening. Lots of garfish and mackerel were caught using float fishing tackle with a strip of mackerel strip for bait, four grey mullet were also caught, the competitors could only weigh in six of each species, any fish not required for bait or eating were released alive.

1st Steve Harwood 4 kg 350 g dogfish, garfish, pout & scad (nice to see Steve back out fishing again)
2nd PJ Wheeler 3 kg 750 g dogfish, pout, garfish & mackerel
3rd Hugh Rathbone 3 kg 455 g dogfish, pout, garfish & mackerel
Top Junior: Oliver Mears 3 kg 275 g garfish, mackerel, pout & scad
Most Species: Pete Runcieman five species
Pool: Adam Cullingford 765 g dogfish.

13th & 14th September 2008, Wally Pettet Trophy 1700-2200 each day.
This match is fished over two days at Charmouth, the winner is the competitor with the heaviest weight over the two days. Seventeen competitors signed on to fish the match over the two days. Most of the competitors managed to catch weighable fish. The weather was good for a change with the evening being very pleasant. After day one Peter Grinter with a weight of 4 kg 160 g, this included a nice wrasse of 1 kg 205 g. On day two Cliff Rooney managed to catch a nice bullhuss of 3 kg 875 g (see photo in photo gallery) which helped him to take overall 1st place and win the trophy.

1st Cliff Rooney 7 kg 690 g bullhuss, dogfish & pout
2nd Adam Cullingford 7 kg 140 g dogfish, thornback ray & pout
Most Species: Dave Cornick five species.
Pool:

8th September 2008, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300
Eleven members turned out to fish from various venues including Lyme Regis, West Bexington, West Bay & Burton Bradstock. a nice cod of 2 kg 560 g was weighed in by the winner Paul House, some early whiting were caught but they were very thin.

1st:Paul House 9 kg 675 g
2nd: Oliver Mears 5 kg 570 g
3rd: PJ Wheeler 4 kg 690 g
Most Species: Mike Hallett 4 species dogfish, pout, pollack & shore rockling.
Best Fish (above winners removed): Phil Maggs dogfish 825 g.

4th September 2008, Thursday Night West Bexington 1900-2230.
Seventeen members signed on to fish the match, though the sea was rough at the start it soon calmed down as the wind dropped and the rain stopped falling. The anglers enjoyed the nights fishing with plenty of fish being caught, including two codling. Top bait on the night was frozen mackerel.

1st: PJ Wheeler 4 kg 525 g dogfish & pout
2nd: Phil Maggs 4 kg 5 g dogfish & pout
3rd: Adam Cullingford 3 kg 990 g dogfish, pout & silver eel.
Top Junior: Steven Rathbone 3 kg 250 g
Pool: PJ Wheeler dogfish 1 kg 110 g.

23rd August 2008, Saturday Juniors East Pier West Bay 1200-1500 (Stokes Family Trophy.
Ten juniors and one guest signed on to fish the annual Stokes Family Trophy on east pier, which is kindly sponsored by the Stokes family. The weather was such a contrast to the last match two weeks earlier, with sunshine with some cloud. Eight of the competitors caught fish, which included for the first time this year mackerel and garfish along with the usual catch of flounder and shanny. The guest Jimi Smith caught a twaite shad but these are not allowed to be weighed in because it is usually hard to distinguish the twaite from the allis shad which is a protected species. Elliot joy also managed to catch a nice thick lipped mullet which gave him third place in the match.                                                           

WEATHER: Sunny with some cloud and a south-westerly 3 wind, sea was fairly clear with a slight chop.

PRIZES DONATED BY: Stokes Family, Hilary, Kay Guppy & Tiny.

For full report and photo's see junior page

21st August 2008, Thursday Night Rover 1900-2230.
Twenty members fished the match on a dry calm evening. the competitors chose to fish from various venue which included West Bay, Burton Bradstock, West Bexington and Cogden, Cogden proved to be the venue of the evening with the 1st and 2nd placed anglers in the competition choosing to fish there.

1st: Pete Runcieman 5 kg 465 g dogfish & pout.
2nd: PJ Wheeler 5 kg 45 g dogfish & pout.
3rd: Oliver Mears 4 kg 70 g dogfish & pout.
Most Species: Adam Cullingford 4 species
Pool: Pete Runcieman dogfish 1 kg 90 g

31st July 2008 Junior Boat Festival.  (for full report click here)

26th & 27th July 2008, Jurassic Open Boat Festival. (for full report click here)

24th July 2008, Thursday Night Rover 1900-2230.
Eighteen members signed on to fish the rover, the competitors chose a variety of venues to fish, these included Ferrybridge, Charmouth, Chesil Cove, Burton Bradstock , Seatown & Jurassic Pier West Bay. The weather for the evening was warm & sunny with a northerly breeze blowing which kept the sea calm.  Between them the competitors caught twelve different species including red mullet & black bream. the decision to fish Jurassic Pier once again proved correct as he managed to win the match.

1st Oliver Mears 3 kg 315 g pout, wrasse, silver eel, rockling, poor cod, scad & mackerel
2nd PJ wheeler 2 kg 830 g wrasse & pout
3rd Simon Bowditch 2 kg 430 g wrasse & pout
Top Lady: Frances Kitchin 2 kg 190 g pout, pollack & mackerel
Pool: PJ Wheeler wrasse 1 kg 10 g

12th July 2008, Saturday Juniors, East Pier West Bay 1200 - 1500
Ten juniors turned out to once again fish the match from east pier. Once again the fish were few and far between, with only thirteen fish being caught between seven competitors. The fish caught included flounder, wrasse & blenny.

 WEATHER: Sunny with occasional cloud and a north-westerly 3 wind, sea was coloured and choppy.

 PRIZES DONATED BY:  Hilary, Les Peters, Tiny, Kay Guppy.

28th June 2008, Saturday Juniors, East Pier West Bay 1200 - 1500
Six juniors and four guests signed on to fish the match from east pier. The water was slightly coloured with a temperature of 17ºc. Only four of the competitors managed to catch fish, in all five different species were caught, flounder, wrasse, blenny, shanny & sea scorpion, Connor Hallett managed to win with the last fish caught of the match If any junior would like to fish one of our matches as a guest you are welcome to fish two matches, so why not come and give it a try, all ages welcome but under sevens will need to be accompanied by an adult. For a list of Saturday Junior Matches see the notice board at The Angling Centre West Bay or visit our website at www.westbaysac.co.uk or contact the secretary on 08453242278 for more information. If you haven’t got a rod no worries as we can arrange one for you just call the secretary to let him know what date you will be attending and he will make sure there is one available, all you need to bring is some bait (ragworm is best unless mackerel are about then mackerel is the best choice of bait).    

 WEATHER: Sunny, with a south westerly sea breeze force 4. Sea was choppy & coloured, temperature 17ºC.

 PRIZES DONATED BY:  Hilary, Les Peters, Tiny, Kay Guppy, Mike Hallett & Fred Bowditch.

26th June 2008, Thursday Night Rover, 1900-2230.
Thirteen members fished this the first of three Thursday night rovers. Most of The competitors chose to fish at Seatown as this provided some shelter from the bad weather, the sea was rough and full of floating weed, which made the fishing hard going. only six competitors weighed in.

1st A dam Cullingford 3 kg 595 g smoothound, dogfish & pout
2nd Oliver Mears 2kg 10 g Smoothound
3rd Simon Bowditch 1 kg 20 g silver eel & pout
Pool Oliver Mears smoothound 2 kg 10 g
Most Species Dave Cornick 3 species

21st June 2008, Andy Neal Rover, 1700-2300.
Eighteen members turned out to fish the match from various venues from Lyme Regis to Weymouth Stone Pier. The winner Paul House chose to fish Charmouth, his catch included two smoothound's the heaviest being 2 kg 60 g, both were weighed and released alive.

1st Paul House 4 kg 550 g
2nd Peter Grinter 4 kg 300 g
3rd John Bentley 2 kg 550 g
Top Lady Frances Kitchin 870 g
Top Junior Craig Horton 2 kg 20 g
Most Species Peter Runcieman 4 species silver eel, flounder, ballan wrasse & pout
Heaviest fish (above winners removed) Adam Cullingford 1 kg dogfish

18th May 2008, Sunday Daytime West Bay 1300-1800. (This match also included the Junior Shore Festival).
Fifteen seniors and four juniors fished the match from various venues at West Bay. Half of the competitors chose to fish the Jurassic pier with the rest choosing the inner harbour or East beach. The choice of fishing from the pier turned out to be a good decision as the beach & inner harbour proved very quiet where the fish were concerned, The second place angler only joined the club that morning and this was his first competition. The competitors enjoyed a sunny afternoon which in some little way made up for the lack of fish.

1st Oliver mears 1 kg 960 g pout, rockling, wrasse & Eel. (Oliver also won the Junior Shore Festival Cup).
2nd Damien Allinson-Roughton 780 g pout, wrasse & rockling
3rd PJ Wheeler 540 g rockling.
Pool: Oliver Mears wrasse 620 g
Most Species ( with the above removed): Craig Horton 2 Species

10th May 2008, Saturday Juniors, East Pier West Bay 1200 - 1500
Seven juniors signed on to fish the latest match on East Pier, in sunshine with occasional cloudy periods. Five of the seven competitors managed to catch some fish to weigh in, these included wrasse, blenny, sea scorpion, rockling, weever and flounder.            

 WEATHER: Sunny with cloudy periods & light wind, sea was calm & very clear. coloured.

 PRIZES DONATED BY: Hilary, Kevin Dean, Mike Hallett, Tiny & Les Peters.

8th May 2008, Thursday Night Lyme Regis 1900-2230.
Sixteen competitors signed on to fish the match. Many of the competitors chose to fish rocky marks around Lyme Regis but the top marks on the night were the Cobb and Monmouth beach. Eight different species of fish were weighed in, Pete Runcieman managed to catch a specimen sized dover sole 920 g, also a lot of dogfish came to the scales, all were returned alive to the sea. Top bait proved to be ragworm.

1st Phil Maggs 6 kg 100 g dogfish, pout, bull huss & rockling
2nd Hugh Rathbone 5 kg 520 g dogfish, bull huss, pout & rockling
3rd Simon Bowditch dogfish, pout & rockling
Most Species: Pete Runcieman 5 different species
Pool: Hugh Rathbone bull huss 1 kg 120 g
Top Junior: Steven Rathbone 3 kg 300 g dogfish

27th April 2008. Boat Match, Prism Press Trophy. 0900-1500

26th April 2008, Saturday Juniors West Bay 1200-1500
Ten juniors signed on to fish the match from east pier on a sunny day with occasional cloud. Seven of the competitors managed to catch some fish, lesser weever, flounder, rockling, blenny wrasse & shanny. Elliot Joy managed to catch a legal flounder 215 g in the last five minutes of the match, this gave him first place overall.

 WEATHER: South easterly 4 wind. Sunny with occasional cloud, sea was choppy & slightly coloured.

 PRIZES DONATED BY: Hilary, Tom Marley, Tracey Marley, Mike Hallett, Hugh Rathbone & Les Peters.

24th April 2008, Thursday Night West Bay 1900-2230.
Twenty one members signed on to fish at West Bay. the competitors were fishing a rising tide with high tide at 2120hrs. most of the competitors fished east beach, but the fish were few and far between the winner had chosen to fish the Jurassic pier.

1st PJ Wheeler 4 kg 720 g dogfish & rockling
2nd Simon Bowditch 4 kg 320 g dogfish, pout & flounder
3rd Phil Maggs 2 kg 600 g dogfish & rockling
Top Junior Craig Horton 1 kg 880 g dogfish
Most Species Steven Rathbone 3 species
Pool Oliver Mears & PJ Wheeler tied with a dogfish 920 g.

13th April 2008, Sunday Daytime Burton Bradstock 1300-1800.
Thirteen members turned out to fish the match most of the competitors chose to fish the clean ground on the left rather than risk losing tackle on the reef under the cliff to the right. Only half the competitors managed to catch weighable fish, with best bait being ragworm on the day.

1st Adam Cullingford 1 kg 260 g dogfish
2nd John Coombs 920 g dogfish & pout
3rd Dan Bristow 860 g dogfish
Pool: Dan Bristow dogfish 860 g

12th April 2008, Andy Neal Rover 1700-2300.
Sixteen competitors signed on to fish the latest match in the Andy Neal Rovers. Due to a strong southwesterly wind blowing most of the anglers chose to fish at Lyme Regis, Monmouth beach provided good sport, Peter Grinter & Dave Cornick who fished the beach caught plenty of dogfish & rockling.

1st Peter Grinter 4 kg 20 g dogfish & rockling
2nd Dave Cornick 2 kg 780 g dogfish & rockling
3rd Dan Bristow 900 g dogfish
Most Species Adam Cullingford 3 species dogfish, pout & poor cod.
Heaviest fish J Bentley 860 dogfish.

12th April 2008, Saturday Juniors West Bay 1200-1500
Eight junior members and one guest signed on to fish the first Saturday junior match of 2008. Six of the competitors managed to catch fish, these included plaice, flounder, pout, pollack & rockling. Best bait on the day proved to be ragworm.   (to clarify what we mean by legal weight: all fish the children catch are weighed and those that are not to the N.F.S.A minimum size for keeping are returned alive, those that do meet the minimum size (legal Weight) take precedence over all the other fish when working out the winner).      

 WEATHER: South-westerly 4-5 cold wind and heavy showers, with some sunny spells. Sea was rough and coloured.

 PRIZES DONATED BY:  Hilary, Tom Marley, John Coombs, Mike Hallett, James Draper.

10th April 2008, Thursday Night Burton Bradstock 1900-2230.
Eighteen members signed on to fish the match, most of the fish were caught at long range as Burton beach is a very shallow beach. No flatfish were caught during the daylight it was mostly dogfish and pout being caught.

1st Peter Grinter 2 kg 760 g dogfish& pout.
2nd Hugh Rathbone 2 kg 360 g dogfish & pout.
3rd Adam Cullingford 2 kg 80 g dogfish, mackerel & pout.
Most Species: Keith Woods 4 species.
Top Junior: Steven Rathbone 360 g pout

27th March 2008, Thursday Night Seatown 7.00-10.30pm.
Eighteen members signed on to fish the match at Seatown, the weather was calm. Many of the competitors chose to fish to the left hand side, over the rougher ground this proved wise as on the right hand side hardly any fish were caught. best bait on the night proved to be ragworm.

 1st Dave Cornick 3 kg 60 g dogfish, pout & rockling.
2nd Peter Grinter 2 kg 540 g dogfish, rockling & pout.
3rd John Bentley 2 kg 540 g dogfish & pout.
pool: Adam Cullingford dogfish 1 kg 20 g
Most Species: PJ Wheeler 4 species.
Top Lady: Frances Kitchin 620 g pout & rockling.
Top Junior Paul Grinter 1 kg 120 g pout & rockling.

16th March 2008, Sunday Daytime West Bexington 1.00-6.00pm
Sixteen members signed on to fish the match at West Bexington. Lots of dogfish were caught, with many members catching their quoter of six dogfish, the reason for so many dogfish was because of the coloured water due to a week of storms. Top bait on the day proved to be frozen mackerel.

1st PJ Wheeler 4 kg 440 g Dogfish & Rockling
2nd Simon Bowditch 4 kg 380 g dogfish
3rd Adam Cullingford 4 kg 240 g dogfish
Most Species: Dan Bristow 2 species
Top Junior: Craig Horton 240 g dogfish
Pool: Pete Runcieman dogfish 1020 g.

13th March 2008, Thursday Night Charmouth 7.00-10.30pm.
Eleven members signed on to fish the match, the number was down due to the forecast of bad weather for the evening, but once again the forecasters got it wrong as the sea fell flat and the rain stayed away. Mind you the fish also stayed away, seven competitors failed to catch any fish. At 8.00pm a visiting angler from Devon came down to fish the beach and by 8.30pm he had caught a bass of 14 lb 5 oz a fish of a lifetime, with envious eyes our club members looked on as the fish was weighed on our club scales. luckily the angler was not fishing the competition as he would have won it.

1st PJ Wheeler 620 g rockling & pout
2nd Peter Grinter 220 g pout
3rd Simon Bowditch 180 g rockling
Pool: PJ Wheeler rockling 260 g

8th March 2008, Andy Neal Rover. 5.00-11.00pm.
Ten members braved the awful weather, with heavy rain and an increasing  south-westerly gale. Most of the competitors chose to fish Lyme Regis or Weymouth stone pier as this afforded them some protection from the wind. Two Competitors  braved the wind and rain to fish on the pier at West Bay, this proved a good choice as they managed to take the top two places.

1st PJ Wheeler 1700 g 
2nd Adam Cullingford 510 g
3rd Peter Grinter 310 g
Most Species: P Runcieman 2 species (this prize is equal to 1st place)
Heaviest Fish: O Mears pout 90 g.

10th February 2008, Sunday Daytime Seatown 1.00-6.00pm
Fourteen members turned out on a warm sunny day to fish the match. Many of the anglers chose to fish the rock marks which fished well, even though it was in daylight hours. John Coombs weighed in a good dogfish of 1 kg 80 g & Paul Daw in only his second match caught a small eyed ray of 3 kg 400 g on squid, which along with a dogfish gave him first place and the pool.

1st Paul Daw 4 kg 140 g small eyed ray & dogfish
2nd Dave Cornick 2 kg 220 g bull huss, pout & rockling
3rd Simon Bowditch 1 kg 300 g dogfish & pout
Most Species: Dan Bristow 3 species
Top junior: Oliver Mears 240 g
Pool Paul Daw small eyed ray 3 kg 400 g

7th February 2008, Thursday Night West Bay 7.00-10.30pm.
Nineteen members signed on to the match at West Bay. Most of the competitors chose to fish the beaches with the top three fishing at Port Coombe.

1st Steven Rathbone 5 kg 240 g cod, pout & dogfish
2nd Hugh Rathbone 4 kg 280 g dogfish, poor cod & pout.
3rd Simon Bowditch 2 kg 980 g dogfish & pout
Most Species PJ Wheeler 4 species
Pool Steven Rathbone cod 1 kg 960 g.

24th January 2008, Thursday Night Abbotsbury 7.00-10.30pm.
Sixteen members turned out to fish the match at Abbotsbury. January is normally a quiet month for fish, as they move out to deeper water to spawn, but the anglers managed to catch a fair number of dogfish & whiting. Dan Bristow caught a specimen whiting of 740 g on the night.

1st Paul House 5 kg 580 g dogfish & whiting
2nd Adam Cullingford 5 kg 560 g dogfish & whiting
3rd Hugh Rathbone 5 kg dogfish & whiting
Pool: Oliver Mears dogfish 1 kg 60 g
Most Species: Steven Rathbone 4 species

19th January 2008, Andy Neal Rover 5.00-11.00pm.
Eight members signed on to fish the first Andy Neal Rover of 2008. Most of the competitors chose to fish the piers at West Bay or Weymouth, due to the heavy sea that was running up the beaches. Paul Daw in his first ever club match chose to fish east beach and managed to catch the only dogfish of the night, this won him the pool for heaviest fish. Best bait on the night was mackerel.

1st Peter Grinter 2 kg 300 g
2nd Paul Grinter 2 kg 15 g
3rd Dave Cornick 2 kg
Most Species: PJ Wheeler 3 species
Heaviest Fish: Paul Daw dogfish 665 g

1st January 2008, Daytime Match Abbotsbury 1.00-6.00pm.
Sixteen members turned out to fish the first club match of 2008 at Abbotsbury. All the competitors managed to catch weighable fish, with a lot of pout & whiting showing up with a smattering of dogfish. The weather was kind to the competitors with the day not being as cold.

1st Hugh Rathbone 1 kg 960 g dogfish, pout, poor cod & whiting
2nd Adam Cullingford 1 kg 600 g dogfish, whiting, poor cod & pout
3rd Steven Rathbone 1 kg 580 g dogfish, pout & poor cod
Most Species: This was tied by Paul House & Oliver Mears with 3 species each
Pool: Steven Rathbone dogfish 960 g

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