Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition - Pevensey Bay - Tues 24th February 2015

The fourth Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition of 2015 was held in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK on Tues 24th February.

Heaviest round fish went to  Gerald Sargeant with an eel of 1lb 12¾oz ,
and the biggest flat fish went to Fred Wassell  with a flounder 1lb 1¾oz

Points are awarded as follows, with 15 points for the winner, decreasing down to 1 point

1st  Fred Wassell - 3lb 11¾oz  (15 points) 
2nd  Gerald Sargeant -  2lb 9¼oz  (14 points) 
3rd  Gary Banfield - 2lb 4oz (13 points) 
4th  Alan Smith-  2lb ½oz    (12 points)  
5th  Mick Timms- 1lb 10¾oz (11 points)  
6th  Dave Rudland - 1lb 9½oz    (10 points)  
7th  Keith Erridge - 1lb 8¾oz  (9 points)  
8th  Les Glazzard -  1lb 6¾oz  (8 points)                          
9th  Mike Perfect  - 1lb 4¼oz (7 points)   
10th  Sam Samson  - 1lb 3¾oz (6 points)  
11th  Norman Message -1lb 3¼oz (5 points)  
12th  Paul Christopher - 1lb ½oz (4 points)
13th  Pete Fountain  - 1lb ¼oz (3 points)
14th  Malcolm Payne - 1lb (2 points)
15th  Tony Kirrage - 15¾oz (1 point)                            
                               

Points awarded so far

Ian Hopper - 90 Points 
Keith Erridge - 84 Points
Malcolm Payne -  79 points 
Alan Smith - 74 Points
Dave Rudland - 73 Points 
Gerald Sargeant - 71 points
Vernon Vivian - 70 Points 
Mike Perfect - 59 Points
Gary Banfield - 57 Points 
Fred Wassell - 54 Points
Paul Christopher - 52 Points
Iain Smart - 52 Points
Tony Bush - 48 Points
Tony Kirrage - 48 Points
Sam Samson - 46 Points  
Carol Vivian - 29 Points
Les Glazzard - 27 Points
Mick Timms - 25 Points 
Barry Sinden - 18 Points
Trevor Rooney - 16 Points
Terry Taylor - 13 points
Gordon Welfare - 13 Points 
 Norman Message - 9 Points                          
Jeff Burgess  - 8 points
Billy Plumstead - 7 Points
M James - 5 Points
Pete Fountain - 3 Points
Gary Coulson - 1 Point


Fortnightly Over 50s Beach Competitions run throughout the autumn/winter in Pevensey Bay and are co-ordinated from Anglers Den. These comps usually take place on a weekday, over lunchtime.

The Next Comp is on Tues March 10th - 11am - 3pm.

Anderida Members Only Big Fish Comp - Sunday 22nd February 2015

Anderida Fishing Club held it's annual Members Only Beach Fishing Competition on Sun 22nd Feb in Pevensey Bay. This year the theme of the competition was different, with the biggest fish only being allowed to be weighed in. Anglers were permitted to bring their biggest flatfish and their biggest roundfish back to the scales, at the end of the comp.

The prizes were awarded for the top 4 heaviest roundfish, top 4 heaviest flatfish, and the top 4 combined flat and round weights.

BIGGEST FLAT FISH
1. Dan Wood....plaice........ ....1lb ½oz
2. Paul Parsons...flouder  ........ .14¼ozs
3. Rod Reynolds....flounder........9ozs
4. Tony Bush.........paice..............8¼ozs

BIGGEST ROUNDFISH
1. Gerald Sargeant......cod...........3lb 9ozs
2. Gary Banfield........whiting........10½ozs
3. Martin Payne.........whiting..........7½ozs
4. Tom Jarrett.............whiting.........6½ozs

COMBINED FLAT & ROUND WEIGHTS
1. Gerald Sargeant..............3lb 14¾ozs
2. Dan Wood.......................1lb 3ozs
3. Paul Parsons....................1lb 2¾ozs
4. Rod Reynolds.........................14¾oz

 

Kev's East Sussex Diary - 19th February 2015

Kevin Morgan of Anglers Den Sussex, Pevensey Bay, East Sussex gives a monthly summary of local sea fishing competition results.

PEVENSEY BAY ANGLING CLUB

The second club match was fished on Sunday 1^st February with 32 anglers fishing on a short tide. The winner with 2lb 2 ¼ oz was Paul Christopher. Second was Keith Erridge with 2lb 2oz, third Colin Issacs with 2lb ½ oz and fourth Malcolm Payne with 1lb 14 ½ oz. The biggest round was a whiting of 8oz for Gerald Sargeant and the biggest flat a flounder of 11oz for Colin Isaacs.

The Pevensey Bay ANGLING Club annual open was held on Sunday 8^th February, organised by Steve Dell with help from Ian Hopper, Joe Plumstead and Dan Wood. The over all winner with 2lb 7 ¾ oz was Gerald Sargeant, including the biggest fish a 1lb 8 ¾ oz flounder! Second was Ben Arnold with 2lb 5 ½ oz, 3^rd Colin Crosby 2lb 3 ¼ oz, 4^th Rod Parris 1lb 14 ¾ oz, 5^th Dave Checksfield 1lb 14 ½ oz and 6^th Nick May 1lb 13 ¼ oz. Ben Arnold won A zone with Colin Crosby second and Rod Parris third. Gerald Sargeant won B zone with Dave Checksfield second and Nick May third. The pairs winners were Colin and Ralph Crosby with a combined weight of 3lb 13 ½ oz and the runners up were Dean Murphy and Gerald Sargeant with 3lb 13oz. The heaviest round was a whiting of 7 ½ oz for Shaun Mitchell.

Gerald Sargeant

THE RAILWAY

The second match of the season was held on Sunday 25^th January in Pevensey Bay, in calm mild conditions. The winner was Mark Underhill (rollerball) with 1lb 4oz, second Karl Puttick with 1lb 1oz and third Peter Fountain with 1lb. The heaviest round was a whiting of 7oz for Dan Puttick and the heaviest flat a flounder of 11oz for Dennis Puttick.

The third match on Saturday 7^th February was won by Paul Spiers with 2lb, second Gary Windeat with 1lb 7 ½ oz and third Dan Puttick with 1lb 4oz.

Gary Windeat

NEWHAVEN AND SEAFORD SHORE CLUB

On Thursday 22^nd January The club fished a roving competition with Mark Gillett landing 4lb 4lb 6 ¾ oz. Second Tim Roser with 4lb 4 ¾ oz and third Brian Henderson with 1lb 1 ½ oz.

On Sunday 25^th January Mark Gillett won with 6lb 6oz. Second was Glynn Hutchinson with 4lb and third Eric Burnett with 3lb.

THE NOMADS

On Tuesday 20^th January the second Slater cup was fished with Richard Newman winning with whiting and codling for 7lb 5oz. Second was Joe Plumstead with 4lb 6oz and third Graham Lewis with 4lb 1oz. The heaviest round was a codling of 2lb 15oz for Joe Plumstead and the heaviest flat a flounder of 9 ¾ oz for Arran Aghili.

On Tuesday 3^rd February the third Slater Cup was fished for! The winner with 1lb 12oz was Dan Wood. Second Paul Parsons with 1lb 6oz and third Arran Aghilli with 1lb. The heaviest round was a whiting of 1lb 12oz for Dan Wood and the heaviest flat was a flounder of 7oz for Colin Essery.

ANDERIDA

On Monday 15^th January In Pevensey Bay, the second match was held with Les Glazzard managing to land both the heaviest round and superpool with a codling of 1lb 14oz and the heaviest flatfish a dab of 4 ½ oz. The winner was Mick Lowe with a nice catch of whiting for 5lb 8 ¾ oz. Second Kevin Morgan with 5lb 5 ½ oz, third Rod Reynolds with 4lb 2 ½ oz and fourth Phil Metcalf with 3lb 12 ¾ oz.

The 3^rd match on Wednesday 4^th February was won by Darren Mitchell with 1lb 12 ½ oz. Second was David Tame with 1lb 10 ¾ oz and third Colin Everest with 12 ½ oz. The heaviest round was a whiting of 6oz and the heaviest flat and superpool went to David Tame for a flounder of 13 ¼ oz.

OVER FIFTIES

On Thursday 22^nd January Paul Christopher won the match with whiting for 4lb 6 ½ oz. Second was Keith Erridge with 3lb 15 ½ oz, third Gerald Sargeant with 3lb 11 ¾ oz and fourth Vernon Vivian with 3lb 7 ¼ oz. Biggest round was a whiting of 9 ¾ oz shared between Paul Christopher and Gerald Sargeant and the biggest flat was a dab of 5 ½ oz for Malcolm Payne.

The third match of the year fished in Pevensey Bay was won by Dave Rudland with 5 rockling for 12 ¼ oz. Second was Tony Bush with 10 ¾ oz, third Malcolm Payne with 10 ¼ oz and fourth Gerald Sargeant with 9 ¾ oz. The heaviest round was a whiting of 5 ¾ oz for Ian Hopper and the heaviest flatfish a flounder of 7oz for Fred Wassell.

GENERAL

Steve Hanks (of Hook, line and Sinker, Bexhill) caught a cracking 3lb plaice at Splash Point, Eastbourne on Sunday 15th february. Steve won the Catch and Release comp run by Joe Plumstead, who was second. The sunshine and settled conditions seem to have brought the plaice in early.

Derek Box landed a nice 19lb 5oz cod out of Eastbourne Marina recently fishing on a  private boat called Wanderer using cuttle and an ABU Suveran rod.

Steve Hanks

Anderida Beach Competition - 4th Match - Tues 17th February 2015

Anderida Beach Fishing Club held it's forth competition of 2015 on Tuesday 17th February in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK with 18 anglers fishing. The main species caught were codling, whiting, ling and flounder.

Results as follows:

1st Darren Mitchell 3lb 1oz
2nd Malcolm Payne 2lb 13¾oz
3rd Harry Spencer 2lb 8¼oz

Heaviest round fish - Darren Mitchell (Codling)   2lb 7¾oz
Heaviest flat fish - Malcolm Payne  (Flounder) 1lb 2½oz

Superpool -  Darren Mitchell (Codling)   2lb 7¾oz

Darren Mitchell - Codling - 2lb 7¾oz

Plaice at Splash Point, Eastbourne - 15th Feb 2015

Steve Hanks (of Hook, Line and Sinker, Bexhill) caught his cracking 3lb plaice at Splash Point, Eastbourne, UK today - 15th Feb 2015.

Steve won the Catch and Release comp run by local angler Joe Plumstead, who came second.

The sunshine and settled conditions seem to have brought the plaice in early.

See the Anglers Den Sussex website for details of shore fishing marks, along the Sussex Coast, from below Eastbourne's Beachy Head, past Langney Point through Pevensey Bay to Cooden, near Bexhill-On-Sea.   Click here for Fishing Mark Information

The beach along this stretch varies dramatically from the shingle beaches towards the east at Cooden, with shallow flats exposed at low water, contrasting with the cliffs at Beachy Head and the rock Marks towards the west.

Fishing Mark information advises what seasonal fish species to target, and of fishing tactics, tackle and bait.

Darren's Dungeness Trip - 10th Feb 2015

Fishing Away From Home - news from Fishing Trips and Holidays. 

Darren Mitchell sent us this fantastic report of another successful days fishing at Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9NB

Today three of us fished at Dungee on a calm day with a flat sea. We had a great day with Keith  landing the biggest whiting of the day 46cm weighed 1lb 12oz .

Keith Bean

I was the only cod catcher of this trip (nothing new there then !!! ) with the only three of day biggest 52cm weighing 3lb 9oz  

Darren Mitchell

I also had a nice whiting of 45cm but was a bit thinner than Keiths weighing in a 1lb 9oz . We also had dabs to 34cm all on 3/0 hooks.

lost loads of gear ( that will please the lads at anglers den !! ) to the point where bean though it easier just to attach his fishing box to the line and cast the ####ing lot in !!!!

Simon who fished with us had a proper bite lifting the rod off the stand only to lose it after a great fight 10 yards out .. 

Final keeper fish  group catch

2x monster whiting

3x cod

15xdabs .

Tally of cod for this cod season for daz is now 42 ..... Since October

Great day looking forward to next time .

Click on the link at the bottom of this post to go to a Google Map of Dungeness, Kent.

Pevensey Bay Angling Club Annual 'Open' Beach Competition - Sunday 8th February 2015

Pevensey Bay Angling Club held its annual 'Open' Beach Angling Competition on Sunday 8th February between 10am and 3pm in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK.

The event was organised by local angler Steve Dell with help from Ian Hopper, Joe Plumstead and Dan Wood. A bright sunny day saw just over 60 anglers from around the county fishing the beaches in central Pevensey Bay. Although fishing wasn't prolific, there were a good number of fish caught considering the conditions.

The main species caught were Flounders, Rockling, Dabs and Whiting.



Overall Results:                                      

Gerald Sargeant - Overall Winner and Heaviest Flat Fish

         
 1st Gerald Sargeant - 2lb 7¾oz
2nd Ben Arnold - 2lb 5 ½oz
3rd Colin Crosby 2lb 3¼oz
4th Rod Parris - 1lb 14¾oz
5th David Checkfield - 1lb 14½oz
6th Nick May 1lb 13¼oz
7th  Barry Sinden 1lb 12oz
8th Ralph Crosby 1lb 10¼oz
9th Tony Methren 1lb 9¾oz
10th Mick Webb 1lb 9½oz
11th Iain Smart 1lb 8½oz
12th Brett Green 1lb 7¼oz

Ben Arnold - Zone A Winner

Zone A
1st - Ben Arnold 2lb 5 ½oz
2nd - Colin Crosby 2lb 3¼oz
3rd - Rod Parris - 1lb 14¾oz
4th  - Barry Sinden 1lb 12oz


Zone B
1st - Gerald Sargeant - 2lb 7¾oz
2nd - David Checkfield - 1lb 14½oz
3rd - Nick May 1lb 13¼oz
4th -  Ralph Crosby 1lb 10¼oz




Heaviest Flat Fish - Gerald Sargeant (Flounder) 1lb 8½oz
Heaviest Round Fish - Shaun Mitchell (Whiting) 7½oz

Ralph and Colin Crosby - Pairs Winners

Pairs
1st - Colin Crosby and Ralph Crosby - 3lb 13½oz
2nd - Gerald Sargeant and Dean Murphy - 3lb 13oz
3rd - Nick May and Brett Green - 3lb 4½oz

Gerald Sargeant - PBAC Open Beach Competition Winner 2015!

For more information about Pevensey Bay Angling Club click below:
http://www.anglersdensussex.co.uk

Big Cod out of Eastbourne Sovereign Harbour - February 2015

Derek Box sent us this picture of a 19lb 5oz Cod he caught off his boat out of Sovereign Harbour Eastbourne last week.

It was the largest fish of a good catch of cod. The fish would have been a mid-high 20lb fish had it been in prime condition.

Derek was pleased to christen his new Abu Suveran boat rod with this fish!

Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition - Pevensey Bay - Thurs 5th February 2015

The third Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition of 2015 was held in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK on Thurs 5th February.

Heaviest round fish went to Ian Hopper with a Whiting of 5¾ ozs ,
and the biggest flat fish went to Fred Wassell with a flounder of 7ozs

Points are awarded as follows, with 15 points for the winner, decreasing down to 1 point

1st  Dave Rudland- 12¼oz  (15 points) 
2nd  Tony Bush - 10¾oz  (14 points) 
3rd    Malcolm Payne - 10¼oz (13 points) 
4th    Gerald Sargeant -  9¾oz    (12 points)  
5th    Ian Hopper- 8½oz (11 points)  
6th  Les Glazzard  - 8oz    (10 points)  
7th  Fred Wassell - 7oz  (9 points)  
8th  Mike Perfect -  4¾oz  (8 points)                          
9th   Keith Erridge - 4½oz (7 points)   
10th Gary Banfield  - 4¼oz (6 points)  
11th  M James - 4oz (5 points)                                 
                               

Points awarded so far

Ian Hopper - 90 Points
Malcolm Payne -  77 points
Keith Erridge - 75 Points
Vernon Vivian - 70 Points
Dave Rudland - 63 Points
Alan Smith - 62 Points
Gerald Sargeant - 57 points
Iain Smart - 52 Points
Mike Perfect - 52 Points
Paul Christopher - 48 Points
Tony Bush - 48 Points
Tony Kirrage - 47 Points
Gary Banfield - 44 Points
Sam Samson - 40 Points
Fred Wassell - 39 Points
Carol Vivian - 29 Points
Les Glazzard - 19 Points 
Barry Sinden - 18 Points
Trevor Rooney - 16 Points
Mick Timms - 14 Points
Terry Taylor - 13 points
Gordon Welfare - 13 Points                           
Jeff Burgess  - 8 points
Billy Plumstead - 7 Points
M James - 5 Points
Norman Message - 4 Points
Gary Coulson - 1 Point


Fortnightly Over 50s Beach Competitions run throughout the autumn/winter in Pevensey Bay and are co-ordinated from Anglers Den. These comps usually take place on a weekday, over lunchtime.

The Next Comp is on Tues 24th Feb 11.30am - 2.30pm.

Anderida Beach Competition - 3rd Match - Weds 4th February 2015

The third Anderida beach fishing competition of 2015 was held on Wednesday 4th February in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK with 16 anglers fishing. The main species caught were whiting, ling and flounder. Results as follows

Results:
1st Darren Mitchell 1lb 12½oz
2nd David Tame 1lb 10¾oz
3rd Colin Everest 12½ oz

Heaviest round fish - Darren Mitchell (Whiting)   6oz
Heaviest flat fish - David Tame (Flounder) 13¼oz

Superpool - David Tame (Flounder) 13¼oz

Day Trip to Dungeness - 2nd Feb 2015

Fishing Away From Home - news from Fishing Trips and Holidays. 

Kev and Glyn Morgan of Anglers Den were among a group of local anglers fishing on Dungeness beach, Romney Marsh in Kent this week, following reports of good catches being recorded there.

Reports indicated that there were good numbers of large dabs, codling and dogfish being caught from the point itself.

The group had a productive trip, catching plenty of fish as the pictures below show. Another trip is planned in the non too distant future.

Click on Location at the bottpm of this post to go to a Google Map of Dungeness, Kent.

Phil Metcalf - Dabs

Rod Reynolds - Dabs

Gerald Sargeant - Dabs

Phil Metcalf - Dogfish

Kevin Morgan - 4lb Cod

Pevensey Bay Angling Club Beach Competition - 2nd Match - Sunday 1st February

The second Pevensey Bay Angling Club Beach Fishing Competition of 2015 took place on Sunday 1st February between 9am - 1pm in Pevensey Bay, near to Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.

Results as follows:

1st Paul Christopher 2lb 2¾oz

2nd Keith Erridge 2lb 2oz

3rd Colin Isaacs 2lb ½oz

4th Malcolm Payne 1lb 14½oz

Biggest Flatfish Colin Isaacs (Flounder) 11oz

Biggest Round Gerald Sargeant 8oz

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