Fish4Kidz 2015 - Children's Beach Fishing Competition - Sun 26th April 2015

Fish4Kidz 2015 - Children's Beach Fishing Competition - Sun 26th April 2015

The fourth annual Fish4Kidz Children's Beach Fishing Competition was held on Sunday 26th April and was a FANTASTIC SUCCESS!!
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Fish4Kidz is an annual FREE Children's Beach Fishing Competition for youngsters aged between 5 - 16yrs which was established in 2012. This unique event was founded by Steve Frost of the Eastbourne Nomads Angling Club, and for the past 4 years the organisation of annual Fish4Kidz events has involved close collaboration between local angling clubs, fishing tackle shops and the RNLI, with support from local MP Stephen Lloyd.

Fish4Kidz Organising Committee

Steve Frost and Glyn Morgan - booking in

Kevin Morgan - sorting the rods

A huge amount of organisaton needs to be done before the children start arriving at 10.30 am.
The event saw 72 children fishing from Eastbourne beaches in drizzly, damp conditions, and nearly 50 of them catching fish!

Nikki

Aniyah

Harvey

Connor

This was a Catch and Release Competition fished from 12 midday til 2.30pm, with entrants being grouped by age (5-9yrs, 10-12yrs, and 13-16yrs),

Josie

Biggest Flat Fish

Ollie

Morgan

Josephine

The rods and reels used in the event were donated by Rovex Masterline, and much of the angling equipment given out as prizes was donated by Pure Fishing tackle company. Terminal tackle given out in goody bags, was kindly supplied by Tronix Pro .Crisps and drinks for all the children were supplied by our own Eastbourne Bookers.
Fishing rigs supplied to all the children were made and donated by a local fishing rig maker.


This year the RNLI ,as well as supplying loads of goodies for the goody bags, also donated mugs and hats so that all the children that caught fish went home with a prize.
In addition many local bait diggers, including a number of the stewards,  got up early to dig bait which was donated free to support the event.

Tianna and Reon

Ellie

Children were all accompanied by adults, as well as being under guidance from local experienced anglers who had volunteered their time to act as Stewards.

Glyn Morgan of Anglers Den - Assisted Casting

Steve Frost with Aniyah (5yrs) 

Steve Tibbals with Tianna

This year fishing time was adjusted to try to ensure more children caught fish! The inclusion of face painting, balloon modelling and a barbeque back at the Angling Club also ensured that, after the competition, children and their families waiting for the results were successfully kept happy, fed and entertained!

Face Painting

BBQ and Balloon Modelling

Final Results - by age group

Every participant who caught a fish was awarded a prize, presented by Eastbourne MP Stephen Lloyd, who has been a keen supporter of this event since it began in 2012.

The Overall Winner of Fish4Kidz 2015 Callum Jones (15yrs)

Prize Winners

A huge THANK YOU is owed to the stewards who give up their day to offer Fish4Kidz entrants the opportunity to experience the joys of beach fishing, and so help to safeguard the future of our sport.

The organising committee for Fish4Kidz is already planning ahead for Fish4Kidz 2016!

Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition - Pevensey Bay - Tues 21st April 2015

The eighth Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition of 2015 was held in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK on Tues 21st April, with 19 anglers fishing.

Heaviest round fish went to  Fred Wassell (Pictured) with  a bass of 5lb 13¼oz ,
and the biggest flat fish went to  Dave Rudland with a flounder of 12¾oz

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

1st  Fred Wassell - 6lb 7oz  (15 points)         
2nd  Gary Banfield -  3lb 2½oz  (14 points) 
3rd Mike Perfect - 2lb 4½oz (13 points) 
4th Keith Erridge - 2lb 3½oz  (12 points)  
5th  Gerald Sargeant -  1lb 15½oz (11 points)  
6th  Sam Samson- 1lb 11oz  (10 points)  
7th Vernon Vivien - 1lb 10oz   (9 points)  
8th  Tony Kirrage -  1lb 7oz  (8 points)                          
9th  Tony Bush  - 1lb 6½oz (7 points)   
10th  Mick Timms  - 1lb 6¼oz (6 points)  
11th  T Royal - 1lb 4oz (5 points) 
12th Ian Hopper -  1lb 3½oz (4 points) 
13th Dave Rudland - 1lb 2½oz (3 points)  
14th Alan Smith - 7¾oz (2 points)  
                       
 

Fred Wassell with 5lb 13¼oz bass 

                             

Final Points Total

1st Place - Ian Hopper - 124 Points

2nd Place - Mike Perfect - 108 Points

3rd Place - Keith Erridge - 99 Points

Gary Banfield - 95 Points
Dave Rudland - 94 Points  
Gerald Sargeant - 92 points 
Vernon Vivian - 87 Points
Alan Smith - 84 Points  
Fred Wassell - 84 Points 
Sam Samson - 83 Points 
Malcolm Payne -  81 points       
Tony Bush - 81 Points
Paul Christopher - 79 Points 
Tony Kirrage - 69 Points
Iain Smart - 52 Points  
Carol Vivian - 50 Points 
Mick Timms - 42 Points 
Pete Fountain - 35 Points
Les Glazzard - 27 Points
Barry Sinden - 18 Points
Trevor Rooney - 16 Points
Terry Taylor - 13 points
Gordon Welfare - 13 Points 
 Taylor Solerno - 12 Points
M James - 12 Points
 Norman Message - 9 Points 
Tony P - 9 Points
J F - 8 Points                         
Jeff Burgess  - 8 points
Billy Plumstead - 7 Points
T Royal - 5 Points
Richard Booker - 5 Points 
R Roberts - 5 Points
Gary Coulson - 1 Point

Congratulations goes to Ian Hopper who won this series of Over 50s Competitions, and also Congratulations to Mike Perfect who came second and who organises these comps, and to Keith Erridge who came in third! 

The Next Series of Over 50s Competitions will commence in September 2015.

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 first competition of the new series will be held on Tuesday 15th September  11am - 3pm.

  

Kev's East Sussex Diary - 19th April 2015

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

ANDERIDA

The clubs presentation night was held on Wednesday 11^th March at the Ocean View Bakery with over 25 members in attendance. The trophy winners included Martin Payne winning the junior championship as well as the junior sole cup, bass cup, species cup and cod cup! Jim Whippy won the senior sole cup as well as the best flatfish in club comps with the same fish, also winning the  species cup with 15 species, the in match species cup with 10, and the pairs trophy with Les Glazzard. The bass cup was won by Shaun Mitchell with 5lb 7oz, the smoothound cup by Paul Parsons with 4lb 3 ½ oz and the cod cup Kevin Morgan with 5lb 14oz. Dennis Puttick won the best round fish in club matches with a bass of 4lb 1oz. The biggest dab was a club record fish of 1lb for Adrian Darker and the biggest whiting also a club record of 1lb 12 ¼ oz for John Craig. Colin Everest also broke a club record with a rockling of 7 ¾ oz. The heaviest flounder was 1lb 2 ¾ oz for Colin Isaacs and Colin also shared the spring cup with Shawn Smith with 69 points. The club champion for 2014 was Dan Wood with Colin Isaacs runner up.

Anderida Trophy Winners

On Wednesday 18^th March 19 anglers fished in Pevensey Bay with Malcolm Payne catching a mixed bag including a codling and flounder for 3lb 4oz. Second was David Tame with 2lb 12 ¼ oz, third Colin Everest with 2lb 5 ½ oz and fourth Phil Taylor with 2lb ¾ oz. The heaviest round was a codling of 2lb 3 ½ oz for David Tame and the heaviest flat a flounder of 10 ½ oz for Tim Lane.

On Wednesday 1^st April 19 anglers again fished in Pevensey Bay with Darren Mitchell landing 2 codling and some whiting for a winning weight of 7lb 6 ¾ oz. Second was Colin Isaacs with 6lb, third Rod Reynolds with 5lb 13 ½ oz and joint fourth Martin Payne and Phil Metcalf with 5lb ½ oz. The heaviest round was a codling of 3lb 3 ½ oz for Darren Mitchell and the heaviest round a flounder of 12 ¼ oz for Dan Wood.

THE EASTBOURNE NOMADS

The club fished a match on Monday 16^th March with 24 anglers fishing at Langney Point. The winner with 5lb 7oz was Phil Chapman including the biggest fish, a codling of 4lb 1 ¼ oz. Second was Paul Parsons with 2lb 15oz, third Gerald Sargeant with 2lb 11 ¼ oz and fourth Tony Kirrage with 2lb 4oz. The heaviest flatfish was a flounder of 7 ¼ oz for Gerald Sargeant.

PEVENSEY BAY ANGLING CLUB

On Sunday 22^nd March 28 anglers fish in Pevensey Bay, in calm conditions Jo Plumstead fishing near Alices Pipe landed two codlings for a weight of 4lb 5 ¼ oz to win! Second was his brother Ollie with 3lb 12 ½ oz, third Paul King with 3lb 6 ¾ oz and fourth Gerald Sargeant with 3lb 6oz. Biggest flatfish was a plaice of 1lb ½ oz for Gerald Sargeant and the biggest round a codling of 2lb 14oz for Paul King.   

Joe Plumstead

   

OVER FIFTIES MATCHES

On Tuesday 24^th March 23 anglers fished at Whitehorses with Ian Hopper catching 2lb 7 ¼ oz to win the match. Second was Sam Samson with 1lb  ¼ oz, third Mike Perfect with 13 ½ oz and fourth Dave Rudland with 12 ¼ oz. Biggest flat was a flounder with 13 ½ oz for Mike Perfect and the heaviest round was 3 ¾ oz for Dave Rudland.

On Tuesday 7^th April the fishing was again scratchy with Fred Wassell winning with 1lb 3 ½ oz. Second was Tony Bush with 1lb 2 ¼ oz, third Paul Christopher with 14 ½ oz and fourth Taylor Solerno with 13 ¼ oz. The heaviest round was a whiting of 4 ¼ oz for Alan Smith and the heaviest flat a flounder of 14 ½ oz for Paul Christopher.

THE RAILWAY TAVERN  FISHING CLUB

The 6^th round of the Railway Tavern club ws fished on Saturday 21^st March in Pevensey Bay. First was Mathew Brown with whiting pout and ling for 3lb 2oz. Second Paul Spiers with 1lb 5oz and third Ian Bishop and Dennis Puttick with 1lb. Heaviest flat was a flounder of 7 oz for Fred Puttick and heaviest round a whiting of 7oz for Kevin Merner.

On Sunday 5^th April Mathew Brown won the match with 13 ½ oz, second was Jason Anderson with 10 ½ oz and third Steve Merner with 7oz. The heaviest round was a whiting of 5oz for Peter Fountain.

GENERAL

On Monday 23^rd March Chris Voller fished near Billy’s Tower in Normans Bay and managed to catch some nice plaice!!!   Then a week later fishing in the same area Rod Hutchinson used salted and oiled frozen lug o catch a nice codling of 3lb 8oz.  Gary Banfield fish along Eastbourne Seafront recently and landed several nice plaice and flounder!! February through to April has been a good season for this area as when its been rough the codling have appeared and on calm days the plaice! Happy days!!!   The Eastbourne Charter boats have been enjoying some god fishing with plenty of cod and Pollack from off-shore wrecks! With several fish into the high 20’s being caught on Deep Blue in recent weeks.

Anderida Beach Fishing Competition - 8th Match - Thurs 16th April 2015

The eighth Anderida Beach Fishing Club competition of 2015 took place on Thursday 16th April in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK with 20 anglers fishing.

Results
1st David Tame 2lb 12¼oz
2nd Gerald Sargeant 2lb 9¾oz
3rd Colin Isaacs 2lb 3¾oz
4th Colin Findley 1lb 12oz

Heaviest Round Fish - David Tame (Dogfish) 1lb 5½oz
Heaviest Flat Fish - Rod Reynolds (Flounder) 12¾oz
Superpool -  David Tame (Dogfish) 1lb 5½oz

Eastbourne Shore Caught Plaice - the sun is out and so are the plaice! - Thurs 9th April 2015.

The sun is out, and so are the plaice, as Gary Banfield shows after a good session fishing at Eastbourne on Thursday 9th April. Gary's catch also included some nice flounder, which were returned.

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.

Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition - Pevensey Bay - Tues 7th April 2015

The seventh Over 50s Beach Fishing Competition of 2015 was held in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK on Tues 7th April, with 18 anglers fishing.

Heaviest round fish went to  Alan Smith with  4¼oz ,
and the biggest flat fish went to  Paul Christopher with 14½oz

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

1st  Fred Wassell - 1lb 3½oz  (15 points) 
2nd  Tony Bush -  1lb 2¼oz  (14 points) 
3rd Paul Christopher - 14½oz (13 points) 
4th Taylor Solerno - 13¼oz  (12 points)  
5th  Mike Perfect -  9¾oz (11 points)  
5th Pete Fountain - 9¾oz  (11 points)  
7th Sam Samson - 8oz   (9 points)  
8th  Alan Smith -  4¼oz  (8 points)                          
9th  M James  - 3¾oz (7 points)   
10th  Gary Banfield  - 2oz (6 points)  
11th  Dave Rudland - 1½oz (5 points) 
11th R Roberts -  1½oz (5 points) 
                       
                               

Points awarded so far

Ian Hopper - 120 Points
Mike Perfect - 95 Points
Dave Rudland - 91 Points  
Keith Erridge - 87 Points 
Alan Smith - 82 Points  
Malcolm Payne -  81 points     
Gerald Sargeant - 81 points
Gary Banfield - 81 Points   
Paul Christopher - 79 Points 
Vernon Vivian - 78 Points
Tony Bush - 74 Points
Sam Samson - 73 Points  
Fred Wassell - 69 Points 
Tony Kirrage - 61 Points
Iain Smart - 52 Points  
Carol Vivian - 50 Points 
Mick Timms - 36 Points 
Pete Fountain - 35 Points
Les Glazzard - 27 Points
Barry Sinden - 18 Points
Trevor Rooney - 16 Points
Terry Taylor - 13 points
Gordon Welfare - 13 Points 
 Taylor Solerno - 12 Points
M James - 12 Points
 Norman Message - 9 Points 
Tony P - 9 Points
J F - 8 Points                         
Jeff Burgess  - 8 points
Billy Plumstead - 7 Points
Richard Booker - 5 Points 
R Roberts - 5 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 Tuesday 21st April 11.30am - 3.30pm.

Anderida Beach Fishing Competition - 7th Match - Weds 1st April 2015

Anderida Beach Fishing Club held it's seventh beach competition of 2015 on Wednesday 1st April in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, UK with 19 anglers fishing.
The main species caught were codling and dogfish.

Results:
1st Darren Mitchell 7lb 6¾oz
2nd Colin Isaacss 6lb
3rd Rod Reynolds 5lb 13¼oz


Heaviest Round Fish - Darren Mitchell (Codling) 3lb 3½oz
Heaviest Flatfish - Dan Wood  (Flounder) 12¼oz
Superpool - Darren Mitchell  (Codling) 3lb 3½oz