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Section Organiser, Terry Jones.TEJJONES@aol.com
Summer Shore League 2008
Match 6 - Club waters rover - Saturday 16th August 2008
Just 13 of us this time, with a forecast of prolonged periods of heavy rain, I`m not surprised some felt the call of the armchair and Match Of The Day!
We all had different ideas about where to fish, some choosing to target eels and flounders in the Conwy, while some opted for the rough ground areas for dogfish.
At the end it turned out that the doggies came on in the last hour and a half, and the top 4 bags went to them.
Top weight
was Terry Jones with 7 dogs and a whiting from
Norman
Dorling took 5th place with 11 eels and a rockling from the Conwy
estuary for 1.64, and 6th was John Jones with 2 dogs and a whiting
from
Janet took the ladies prize with 4 eels for 0.52, and top team were John Smith and Mark Hill with 68 points.
Match 5 - Porth Iago - Sunday 13th July 2008
Everyone weighed in, but some struggled to find their dogs and wrasse so that made it quite interesting when weigh in time arrived.
Mike Jones found a good spot, with his 3 fish bag limit on 4 species - ballans, dogs, pollack, and corkwings, giving him a runaway winning bag of 6.09 kgs. Nearest to him, but well behind was Terry Jones, with 3 ballans, a dog, and a small conger for 3.55 kgs.
Norman Dorling took 3rd with 3.39 to stay top of the league and also winning the final of the K.O. cup. 4th place went to Dave Mitchell with 2.90, 5th was Mike Peters with 2.66, and 6th Gary McLeod with 2.53. This was just sufficient to win him the Trevor Davies cup with 71 points to Norman`s 70 over the last 2 matches.
The heaviest fish prize went to Mike Jones with a ballan wrasse of 1.24 kgs (
Match 4 - Llam Carw, Amlwch - Sunday 29th June 2008
A very poor turnout this time, with just 9 of us making the trip. The weather started with showers, but the wind was behind us, and after the fist hour or so it turned into a pretty decent afternoon.
The dogfish were easy enough to find, with most of us getting our limit of three quite quickly, it was the other species that some were struggling to find.
Gary McLeod found his 3 wrasse after a move, and with 3 dogs and a Pollack he won with 5.04 kgs. Gary Bates had 3 dogs and 3 wrasse for 4.69 in 2nd place, and Kev Jones took 3rd with 3 dogs and 2 wrasse for 3.43. Norman Dorling was 4th with 2 wrasse and a dog for 2.42, Mitch 5th with 2.14, and Adam Davies 6th with 1.95.
Top team
were Gary McLeod and Norman with 72 points and Dave Lunt had the heaviest fish,
a wrasse of 1.32 kgs. (
Match 3 - Holy Island rover - Saturday 7th June 2008
A splendid turnout for the first away match saw 18 members turn up on a glorious sunny day, but our plans for signing on at the car park may need a rethink next time, as it was full and we all ended up double parking by the slipway and getting moved on by the police, oops!
We all had our ideas where to fish, but as usual some went badly wrong in the weather conditions, it was just too nice a day, and a limit of 3 of each species meant the wrasse were going to make a big difference for those who found them.
Norman Dorling carried on his run of good form with a winning bag of 3 wrasse, 3 dogs and a whiting for 4.99 kgs., after a move to the breakwater for the dogs. Dave Mitchell went mountaineering near South Stack, and found 3 wrasse, 3 pollack, 3 pouting, a dog and a poor cod for 4.72, and 2nd place. Gary McLeod took 3rd place with 3 dogs and 2 wrasse for 3.75, and the last of the money went to Adam Davies in 4th with 3 dogs, 3 wrasse, and 3 tompots for 3.72.
Dan Davies and John Major tied for 5th place on 3.25 kgs. John`s bag included 2 spotted rays from “lilypond rock” the best of which took the heaviest fish prize at 3-07-08 lbs. just two and a half ounces short of the club record!
Janet Dorling won the ladies prize with 2.32 kgs.Top team were Norman and Sam again with 73 points, and no juniors fished.
Match 2 - Greenfield - Sunday 11th May 2008
Just 18 members turned up this time, in blistering sunshine and light winds it really felt like summer at last. It wasn`t to last though, we had a thunderstorm and rain for the last half hour of the match, catching a few people out who weren`t dressed for it!
The fishing wasn`t up to expectations, with just a few managing to find more than one fish. Eels and flounders mostly with just the odd plaice, and half a dozen whiting.
Norman Dorling took the honours with a 4 species bag from the ship end of the venue, 2 flounders, 2 eels, a rockling, and the only 6 in-size whiting of the match, for a winning bag of 2.64 kgs. Chris Gibbons fished the dock end for his 6 eels and 2 flounders for 2.58 kgs. Mike Jones had a plaice and a couple of eels for 1.16 in 3rd, his plaice taking the heaviest fish prize at 0.82 kgs. (
Top team were Norman and Sam with 72 points, and Janet took the ladies prize. No juniors fished.
Match 1 - Deganwy - Saturday 12th April
2008
24 members turned up for the opening match
of the league, the calendar said summertime had started, our match diary said
it was summer, but the weather obviously hadn`t been told! A cold wind coming
across the estuary brought a procession of heavy showers straight in our faces
to make for a very uncomfortable four hours.
The usual bags of flounders were the target,
but some of us were less successful than in previous years, with 3 of the top 6
from last year`s match here blanking this time. Norman and Janet Dorling opted
for the signal box area, and came back with a dozen between them, while the
rest of us spread out around the downstream end of the narrows and beyond.
Janet had the top bag of 7 flounders for
2.45 kgs., with Mike Jones in 2nd place with 5 for 2.19 kgs.
Two teams tied on 64 points, Mark Hill and
John Smith were one, and Norman Dorling and Gary McLeod the other. Janet took
the ladies prize, and Thomas Jones the juniors. The heaviest fish was one of
Mike Jones`s flounders at 0.58 kgs.
Winter Shore League 2008
Match 5 - Club Waters Rover - 22nd March
A spell of horrendous Easter weather reduced
the turnout to just 11 anglers for this one, with 2 of the pre-booked members
deciding not to bother. 10 of us opted to face the strong North-westerly at
Talacre, where we were pretty sure to catch something at least, this worked with
everyone weighing in. The only one with another plan was Norman Dorling, who
chose Deganwy, this paid off handsomely, with his bag of 15 flounders for 6.91
kgs., more than treble the weight of the next best effort. His best flounder of
0.69 ( 1-08-04 lbs.) also taking the heaviest fish prize.
Bill McLintock took 2nd with 13
dabs for 2.06, and I managed 3rd with 10 dabs and a whiting for
1.74., 4th place went to Gary Bates with 8 dabs and a whiting for
1.64. Chris Gibbons was 5th with 1.08, and Dave Mitchell 6th
with 0.93. Two teams scored 65 points, Dave Mitchell and Gary Bates, and Kev
and myself.
The league title went to Norman Dorling, his
masterstroke today taking him level on points with Dan but winning on total
weight by a wide margin, Kev took 3rd place just 3 points behind.
The team title went to Dan Davies and Chris Gibbons, 11 points clear of Kev and
Terry.
Thanks to everyone who turned up to the 5
matches, and I hope we can keep up the support for the forthcoming summer
league.
Match 4 - Perch Rock - New
Another attempt at a match in the
The match started very slowly, with rumours
of the odd fish or two, but few and far between, a few dabs and rockling on the
ebb with the occasional under size whiting. As the tide turned there were a few
more fish about, but still very disappointing , I for one was glad to see nine
o`clock come to put an end to it, and I don`t think I was alone!
Chris Gibbons took the honours with 3 dabs,
a whiting and a rockling for 0.73 kgs. Norman Dorling was 2nd
with 3 dabs and a rockling for 0.68, Gary Bates 3rd with 3 dabs and
2 rockling for 0.65 , and Dan Davies 4th with 3 dabs for 0.57. This
was enough to give Dan the lead in the league going into the last match.
Bill McLintock took 5th with
0.54, and Wayne McGilloway 6th with 0.36, 16 anglers weighed in, in
all. The heaviest fish was one of Norman`s dabs at 0.25 kgs and top team
were Chris and Dan with 71 points from 1st and 4th places.
Match 3 – Penmaenmawr - Saturday
9th February 2008
This time we got the weather right, with a
spring-like day turning into a cold calm evening with a bit of frost, 26 turned
up to give it a go. However the fishing let us down badly, with a flooding tide
pushing us back up the beach at a gallop, there were people with 250 yards of
line out and no sign of a bite.
A few whiting came on before the end of the
match, but the in-size ones were very few and far between. Three anglers found
a dog each, taking the fist 3 places as follows. 1st John Jones with
one of 0.83 kgs also taking the heaviest fish prize. 2nd was Karl
Rowan with one of 0.81, and 3rd Mark Hill 0.79. Dave Lunt took 4th
with a flounder of 0.61, Wayne McGilloway 5th with 0.41 ( the only
one to find 2 in-size whiting ) and Kev Jones 6th with 3 rockling
for 0.38.
Top team were Karl Rowan and Bill Mclintock
with 64 points.
Match 2 -
23 anglers for this one, after some grotty
weather for a couple of weeks we were fortunate to find a day with some
sunshine and hardly any wind.
The fishing was a bit patchy for the first couple of hours with just a flounder
or two coming in all along the match length. This soon changed as the tide got
half way in, it was like turning a switch on, the whiting started all the way along.
Some were undersize, but there were some around 35-38 cms as well, better fish
than we`ve been getting off the open beaches this year.
Norman Dorling came out on top with 11
whiting and 2 flounders for 2.88 kgs. Gary Jones was 2nd with 5
whiting and 2 flounders for 2.27, Glyn Williamson 3rd with 10
whiting and a flounder for 2.17, and John Jones 4th with 7 whiting
and a flounder for 1.97.
Just missing out on the money were Dan
Davies in 5th with 1.93, and Kev Jones, 6th with 1.74.
John Davies took the heaviest fish prize with a specimen flounder of 0.85
(1-13-12 lbs. ) and top team were Norman and John with 71 points from 1st
and 4th places.