31/12/10
After Alistairs success on Wednesday Dean Fox and his son had a ride to the NE Spit yesterday the first bite of the day turned out to be a lovely double figure cod sadly the rest of the day did not produce any more cod only a few small Whiting and Dabs .

                                  
                                                DEAN FOX LANDS A NICE DOUBLE

29/12/10
Paul Moss and Alistair Wright launched from Herne Bay Harbour this morning and decided to take the hour ride down to the NE Spit off the Forlands the day ended very productive for Alistair he had 4 cod the best one weighed in at 18 1/2 lb  he also had one of 141/2 lb one of 12lb and one of 2 1/2 lb  Paul had plenty of practice with the Landing net  so if you are looking for a partner that can land a good fish then Paul is your man !!!

                            
       ALISTAIR WRIGHT WITH THE 181/2LB COD                      ALISTAIR WRIGHT WHAT A PAIR

20/12/10
The snow over the last few weeks has caused mayhem all over the country and it has'nt helped the fishing around the kent coast either .The freezing tempretures in the early mornings has pushed all the worms deep and forced all the small fish ,crab and shrimps into deep water..The next problem will be the fresh water in the sea when all the snow melts .

Having listened to all the sad storied on the news about pepole not reciving there presants in time for christmas from internet companys may be people should think about going back to shopping in there local shops where they can pick stuff up and take it home with them might not be quite as cheap but at least it will be there for christmas.

12/12/10
The Medway Rollers Club held a competition at Reculver last night it was a hard match with very few fish being landed but Roy Hooper managed to find a Flounder and a Dab for  0.33kg to win the competition second was Darren Lord with a Flounder for 0.13kg and third was rob Dunk with a dab of 0.30kg .
                              
                                              
                                                   Roy Hooper wins Medway Rollers comp

8/12/10
The fishing in Herne bay has slowed as the cold weather chills the beaches and all the crab prawn and shrimp move out to deeper water, but to make up for the lack of fish here there has been a good show of double figuer cod from Dungeness look at the WSF site for more info


                                     
                                            12lb 12oz cod from Dungeness returned alive

6/12/10
Herne Bay Angling Association held there boat Cod Festival on the 4th and 5th the competition started at 8:30 am on the Saturday due to the weather forcast there was a 3 mile limit imposed the result of this was that there were no Cod weighed in .
On Sunday the limits were lifted and the boats could get out to the deeper water still only 4 Cod were caught .
the winner with a Cod of 4lb 12 oz was Mark Kennet
2nd was Steve Whiting with a Cod of 3lb 1oz
3rd was Robert Bates with a Cod of 2lb 8oz
4th was Jim Presley with a Cod of 1lb 14oz
Mark was using a Lugworm and Squid cocktail to lure the winning fish .

                                 
                                      MARK KENNET WITH HIS WINNING FISH

30/11/10
Competition report from the Medway Rollers fished on 28/11/10
 Venue : New Sea Wall Isle Sheppey . 20 anglers braved the conditions the sub zero temperature and bitting east wind meant the fishing was very difficult 8 anglers managed to weigh in a total of 3 Whiting and 7 Flounders

1 st John Macken  2 Flounders for 0.740 kg
2 nd Rob Dunk  2 Flounders for 0.560 kg
3 rd Dave Hudson 1 Flounder for 0.360 kg
Biggest roundfish was a Whiting of 0.320  caught by Tim Hayes
Biggest flatfish was a Flounder of 0.410 caught by Rob Dunk


29/11/10
Herne Bay Angling Clubs 95th Annual Beach Festival was held this weekend 27 th and 28 th November it was a pegged competition fished on the east beach of Herne Bay and Reculver  the fishing time on the Saturday was 14.00 -19.00 at the end of the first session Steve Whiting was in the lead with 3 Whiting for 1lb 9 1/2 oz .The second day looked to be better conditions and the fishing time of 14.30 - 19.30 should have produced more fish but teh final results tell a different story .

                                                         BEACH FESTIVAL RESULTS



Report from anglers fishing at Dungeness over the past few days have been on a simmular line to the boat fishing with anglers getting double figure Cod Ben Swift fished on Saturday night and landed one of about 12lb, there have been other reports of a 19lb Cod if you know any more details let me know ..

28/11/10
COD COD COD  have made a show at last on the north Kent coast . Dean Fox set off early yesterday morning from Herne Bay and made his way down to the East Margate bouy the fishing was non stop all day he had 6 Cod the best one came in at between  12 to 13lb weighed on the boat a Skate of 10 lb Dabs and Whiting he used Lugworm and Squid and  retuned to Herne Bay Harbour at 3 pm .
Dave Hancock skipper of Excel out of Ramsgate took his charter party out to the Spit off the North Forlands the fishing was good all day with plenty of good Cod ,Whiting Dogfish and Skate the best Cod of the day up to 3pm was a lovely fish of 16 lb then in the last hour Mick had one of 19 lb just to finish the day off .
I recived a email today from Keith Slater regarding a competition held in the Medway on behalf of The Lifeboat the winner of the competition was Chris Danton from Gravesend with a total weight of 16 lb 8oz  second aws Keith Slater with a weight of 4 lb 9oz  both men fished on board SEEKER  owened by Alan Wadhams .The total raised for the Lifeboats was £405.00 well done to all who entered the competition .
GO TO THE LINKS PAGE FOR LINKS TO THE ROCHESTER CHARTER BOATS

             
        DEAN FOX 6 NICE COD A GOOD START                     MARK COOMBS  WITH A 19LB COD ON EXCEL

        
                 THATS NOT A COD                                                YET ANOTHER COD ON EXCEL
                
  MICK PILCHER WITH 3 LOVELY MEDWAY COD        13LB 6OZ COD FOR SKIPPER STEVE HARRIS
                
              CHRIS DANTON 16 LB 8 OZ                                           KEITH SLATER 4 LB 9OZ



27/11/10
Fishing out of Rochester Kent Mick Pilcher fished the Medway No 2 bouy on friday 19/11/10 he had several cod the best one weighed in at 11lb bait on the day was Squid and Lugworm .Also out of Rochester Steve Harris skipper of DENTEX landed a wonderful Cod of 13 lb 6oz he was fishing the Sea Reach Bouy No2  bait again was Lugworm and squid .
Tony Jennings on board Seeker out of Rochester had a 14lb Cod whole Squid was the bait.
                                    

21/11/10
Back on the beach at the Kings Hall Herne Bay Andy Allen( aka Hairy Pollocks wsff ) fished two hours up and two hours down yesterday he had 38 Whiting in total but only 5 were keepers . He said that the crabs are still a pain but there was no weed, he also managed to get his personal smallest Whiting it measured about 2 inch the bait for this monster was Lugworm tipped with Mackerel on a 2/0 hook .

21/11/10
Greenhill Angling Club held The Reculver Cup last night they fished 7pm - nmidnight the venue was Reculver Railings to Coldharbour . Fishing the Reculver Railings Mike Terry was 1st with a bag of 9 Whiting and 1 Rockling for 1.942 kg  2nd was Tony Sadik with 10 Whiting and 1 Rockling for 1.930kg  3rd was Trevor Kennedy with 7 fish for 1.264 kg . Paul Harnett was 4th and Dennis Forman was 5th. Heaviest fish of the competition was a Dogfish of 608 gms .The top bait on the night was Lugworm tipped with Mackerel.If you want to join GSAC then phone Dennis on 01227 742284. NEXT COMPETITION SATURDAY 18TH DEC

18/11/10
Ken Royden and Barry Palmer picked a flat calm day to go out to sea as the weather was so good they decided to run out to the Knock John Towers the fishing there was non stop they had 50 large Dogfish the best one weighed in at 2 lb 12oz all the Doggies went back alive the other spices they caught was Whiting and Dabs but Ken and Barry only wanted Cod so the Whiting and Dabs also went back alive . For the other boats that were out that day the story was much the same plenty of Whiting and Doggies.

14/11/10
Fishing the Kings Hall Herne Bay on Saturday 13th Charlie Emerson had 30 Whiting most of them were undersize but 6 made the grade and were taken home for tea ,the largest of them nearly made the 1lb bait used was lugworm tipped with Mackerel.

8/11/10
The Dymchurch Angling Club Cod Open was fished on Sunday 7/11/10 37 boats turned up arriving from 6am all the competitors were greeted with free hot drinks plus bacon and sausage rolls.All the boats were on the sand and ready to launch at 8am at 8:15 the start was called and 37 boats sped off in search of monster cod . Most of the boats headed for Kerton Road with a few choosing to fish other areas.A persistent Northerly breeze made the fishing difficult but some of the boats managed to sneak out a few cods on the last of the ebb tide . The sea calmed once the flood tide started to ease and in the last hour of the competition one of the boats managed to land 3 cod one of 17lb one of 13lb and one of 9lb . By 3pm it was all over and all boats had returned safely.

RESULTS
1st FREEDOM WITH 6 FISH FOR 55.7LB COLIN BISHOPP AND SID HOMEWOOD WINNING £296.25
2nd LEEWAY WITH 7 FISH FOR 43.8LB LEE HILLS AND ALECCRAWFORD WINNING £197.50
3rd RAPTOR WITH 5 FISH FOR 41.8LB JEFF HANDY AND MICK BYE WINNING £98.75
4th CODSWALLOP 2 WITH 5 FISH FOR 34.5LB
5th STINGRAY WITH 5 FISH FOR 32.5LB
6th FIFTY-FIFTY WITH 5 FISH FOR 30.1LB
7th LUSCA WITH 2 FISH FOR 22.3LB
8th OPTIMIST 2 FISH FOR 22.2LB (biggest fish deducted for biggest cod prize)
9th CATCH 22 1 FISH FOR 9.4LB
10th NORTH QUAY 1 FISH FOR 8.4LB
11th JEANNIE 2 1 FISH FOR 8.2LB
12th FOUR BOUYS 1 FISH FOR 6.2LB

Heaviest Whiting was caught by Four Bouys and netted them £175.00( biggest Whiting pool)
Heaviest Cod was caught by Ray on OPTIMIST a fish of 17.9lb that won him £197.50 plus a £100.00 veals voucher donated by J G Duval Heating and Plumbing Services.
The club would also like to thank the other sponsors British Energy and Redgill ,also a big thankyou to the wives and girlfriends of the members that help out on the day.



       
                     READY FOR THE OFF                                         RAY WITH THE WINNING FISH


7/11/10
The Herne Bay Angling Ass  two day festival reserve was fished today the conditions were horrific a westerly wind verging on gale 8 and gusts approching 50mph . The winner of the competition was Jimmy Pressley with a bag weighing in at 29 lb 14oz second was Mick Pritchard with a weight of 24lb 1oz third was Robert Bates with a total weight of 15lb 4oz the best fish of the festival was a Skate of 10 lb 7oz caught by Mick Pritchard  fishing time was 9.30 till 14.30 but most of the boats were in before the ending time.
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held The Rod And Reel Trophy the venue was Swalclife Point to Hampton Pier  and the fishing time was 10.30 am to 3.30 pm  fishing at Studd Hill Ray Phillips weighed in a bag of 13 fish for 2.534 kg to win the competition in second place was Dennis Foreman with a bag of 7 fish for 2.050 kg  in third  was Alan Fuller with 9 fish for 1.628 kg fourth was Rob Brown and fifth was Andy Coffin . Dennis Foreman had the heaviest fish of the competition a LSD of .790kg best bait on the day was Lugworm .The next competition is on Saturday  20th nov Phone 01227742284 for more details

                                            
                              JIM PRESSLEY WINNER OF THE HBAA BOAT FESTIVAL

24/10/10
Herne Bay Angling Ass two day boat festival was cancelled this weekend due to bad weather forcast for the weekend .

23/10/10
Having done a bit more research i think the fish Kevin caught of Herne Bay last night is not a Dodtooth Tuna but a Striped Bonito wich is identified by the 8 to 11 strips down its flank its still along way from home normaly found of the coast of Austraila.
23/10/10
Commercial fisherman Kevin McCully from Herne Bay had a shock while pulling his nets last night on the Middle Sands  off Herne Bay along with the Bass Herrings Dogfish and Whiting was this 3 1/2lb Dogtooth Tuna this species is more common off the coast of Japan than in the colder waters of North Kent
                                      
                                         KEVIN WITH  A 3 1/2 LB DOGTOOTH TUNA
19/10/10
It all started last weekend at Herne Bay the Whiting have arrived in good numbers and there are plenty of Dogfish with them, there is also a good chance of catching Bass as they migrate out of the estuary. Charlie Emerson fished the Kings Hall Herne Bay on saturday night he had a Bass of 55cm about 3 1/2lbs  and plenty of Whiting all Whiting were put back alive .Richard Hannington fished The Ship Inn on Monday night he had 7 Dogfish and 8 Whiting the best Whiting was 1 1/4 lb.
On the 16/10/10 Greenhill Sea Angling Club held The Cindy Cup competition between the Harbour Arm Herne Bay and Middlebank Reculver. Fishing long range at the 100 Steps Herne Bay Andy Coffin was first with a bag of 18 Whiting and 4 Dogfish for a total of 5.91kgs included in his bag was a Whiting of 560gms and a Dogfish of 706gms second was Alan Fuller with a bag of 5 fish for a weight of 1.064kg he fished the first beach past Recluver Towers third was Dennis Forman with 1 Eel for 166gm the best bait on the day aws lugworm tipped with Mackerel. Greenhill clubs next comp is on Saturday 30th October phone Dennis on 01227 742284 for details .
Sunday the 10th October Herne Bay Angling Ass held the Dutton Cup a boat competition fishing time was 11.30 till 16.30 first was Steve Whiting with a bag of16 fish for  61 lb 10oz second was Russel Cane with 13 fish for 34lb 4oz and third was Jim Pressley with 10 fish for 13lb 4oz .Heaviest fish of the comp was a Skate of 10lb 5oz caught by Steve Whiting .

5/10/10
Fishing a deep water bank of the Isle Of White on Monday 4th October Jolyon Ifil from Herne Bay caught and returned a tremendous Blonde Ray that he weighed on the boat at approximately 40lb the fish took about 40mins to land and took a 12 inch fixed pennel rig loaded with Squid this was possibly a uk record fish but Jolyon said "as much as i would have liked the record , it would have been shameful to kill such a fish for my own vanity".

                                                        

04/10/10
Reports from around the coast have been quiet for a while but last week the Whiting have shown on the beaches around Kent .Dover Deal Folkstone and Dungeness have also had a spattering of Cod the best one was a 8lb fish from Dungeness last week caught behind the power station , the piers in Dover have also been producing codling but its been hard to get anything over the 3lb mark Dogfish and Whiting are there in good numbers .
On the 26/9/10  the Herne Bay Angling Ass held the Tamkin Shield (members only competition) in 1st was Mathew Church with 5 eels for 3 lb 7 oz  Steve Crimmins came 2nd with 2 Eels  1 Dogfish for 2lb 9oz Michael Chalk came 3rd with 4 Whiting for 2lb 3oz , the best weight for a junior was 8oz  1 Eel caught by Ashley Hughes . The NW gale made fishing difficult all the Eels were returned alive after the weigh in .Phillip lau fished Reculver on Saturday evening he had 8 sizeable Whiting using Lugworm and Mackerel





27/09/10
Dennis Tregaskes had trip out to the wind fram off Herne Bay most of his day was occupied with Whiting and Dogfish his best fish of the day was a Skate of 9lb 15oz he was using Lug Squid and Mackerel as bait .
The reports from other boats is that there is plenty of Whiting and Dogs and a few Bass . Mr Lau fished the outer bank of the Woolpack he had 6 Bass upto 5lb and over 30 sizable Whiting all the Dogfish they caught were returned alive .
                                          
                                    DENNIS TREGASKES WITH HIS 9LB 15OZ SKATE
22/09/10
Guy Colgate has another good Bass from the beach on sunday 19/09/10  , fishing near Long rock at Swalecliffe Guy was using a surface popper to tempt a Bass of 3lb followed  quickly by one of 7 lb 3oz  Guy returned the smaller fish to fight another day .
Ken Royden fished to the north of the Pan Sand stick on Tuesday 21/09/10 on the boat they had over 40 Whiting 20 + Dogfish a Skate and a Lobster Ken returned all the Dogfish and most of the Whiting alive .

17/09/10
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held the ST Martins Trophy on the 12/09/10 this is a kent roamer competition the competitors may fish anywhere on the Kent coast and are only restricted by the start and finish time , on the day Sandwich Bay was the venue  the top three weights came from there  Martin Finch had 7 fish for 1.260 kg  Andy Coffin had 6 fish for 1.00kg Alan Fuller had 5 fish for .876 kg  Rob Brown was 4th and Ray Phillips was 5th  .The heaviest fish was a Whiting of .240 kg caught by Alan Fuller  best bait on the day was Lugworm  . The next competition is on Sunday 26th sept phone 01227 742284 for more details ask for Dennis

15/09/10
Fishing on the Herne Bay beaches has improved over the last week i have had reports of Whiting showing on the night tides the best place is between the Ship Inn and the old Look out  just past the sailing club .On Sat 11/09/10 Charlie Emerson and Phill Shilling fished at the Kings Hall they fished the dropping tide from 3.30 pm on Charlie landed 4 Bass the best one was a 50cm fish that weighed 3 1/4 lb and a 45cm fish that weighed 2 1/2lb the other two were returned  Charlie aslo caught and returned a eel ,Phill managed to miss all the bites he had .The bait they used was lugworm and Mackerel.

14/09/10
On Sunday 12/09/10 Herne Bay Angling Ass held a Open Boat competition with the early start and the NW wind forcast  the competition only attracted 6 boats 12 competitors but the weather held fair. The overall winner was Steve Whiting with 23 fish for  a total weight of 50lb 2oz  in second place was Jim Pressley with 27 fish for a weight of 41lb 2 1/2 oz and third was Mick Carpenter with14 fish for 31lb 5oz . The heaviest fish of the comp was a skate of 9lb 15 oz  there was also a Bass of 5lb weighed in by junior angler Olly Swift .
Dean Fox and Andy Frost also launched on Sunday at 5.45am they fished the NW Shingles in about 60 ft of water the 6mtr tide was ripping through and they had high hopes for an early cod or two but  Dogfish and small Whiting were the only thing they could catch , as the tide slackened over low tide they made a move to the Woolpack a mark about 2 miles off Reculver Towers here they soon found more Dogfish after about 1/2 hour they landed there fist Skate  this was followed by more skate  they ended they day with 12 skate the best one weighed in at 10lb 8oz .
           

                         DEAN FOX                                                                       ANDY FROST

                       
                                OLLY SWIFT 5LB BASS 

26/08/10
With there being so few windows in the weather this month there has been very little to report but on wednesday 25/08/10 Mick Carpenter managed to launch from Herne Bay the best fish of the day was a bass that almost made the magic 10lb . Mr Lau also from Herne Bay got out on the same day and manage to get one Bass of 3lb 8oz and one of  2lb 10oz
                                      
                                       MICK CARPENTER NEARLY MADE THE 10LB
23/08/10
Guy Colgate fished a number of the Bass marks between Hampton Jetty and Minnis Bay on Sunday eve 22/08/10 on the flooding tide he fished with a light spinning rod the reel loaded with 10lb braid with a flourocarbon leader he had 3 Bass the best one weighed in at 7 lb 12oz the other two were around the 2 lb mark and were returned the lure used was a Maria Chase in pink .

                             
                                            GUY COLGATE'S 7LB 12OZ BASS
22/08/10
Greenhill Angling Club held The Adrmalty Pier Competition on the 21/08/10 venue this year was Deal Pier fishing time was 7.00pm till midnight in first place was Simon Stephenson with 26 fish for  4.67 kg second with a total of 17 fish for 2.598 kg  was Paul Harnett third with 4 fish for  .682 kg was Andy Coffin . the winning weight came from The Well at the end of Deal Pier Simon had a mixed bag of Scad Herring and Pouting ,Paul managed to get the Herring and Pout but the Scad that made up the winning bag avoided him Simon fished with Feathers tipped with White Rag  THE NEXT COMPETITION IS ON SUNDAY THE 29 th AUG PHONE 01227 742284 for more details

21/08/10
WEED WEED WEED  its everywhere  havent heard of any one thats gone fishing over the last few week that hasnt caught the piles of the stuff.
can anyone send me a picture of a Mackerel Ive forgotten what they look like !!!!
13/08/10
Not much to report this month until Mat Hope  caught a 11 lbs 3 oz Bass off Herne Bay  whilst fishing on Dave Wedlake’s boat on Wednesday 11th August.Mat’s fish is the heaviest Bass weighed in at the HBAA clubhouse this year.
Mark Kennet and Colin Walker ( from Herne Bay )  went to Looe in Cornwal for a week of Shark fishing  the best one on the boat was a blue Shark of 116 lb Mark had one of 50 lb .
Dymchurch Angling Club held a boat competition on the 25 th July Derek Cripps caught a specimen pollock of 10 lb 6oz  you can get the results from there web site WWW.dymchurch-angling.co.uk . If you like the idea of fishing around the dymchurch area then they are holding a open boat competition on the 24th october again full details are on there web site (there is a link from my links page )

                        
              DEREK CRIPPS 10LB 6OZ POLLOCK                     MALC AND SKIPPER DAVE WITH A 116LB
                                                                                                                   BLUE SHARK

                    
               MAT HOPE WITH A 11LB 3OZ BASS                     MARK KENNET WITH A 50 LB BLUE

27/07/10
Herne Bay Angling Association held its 21st Open National Bass Festival on the 23 rd 24th and 25th july the fishing time was 4am till 10pm friday and saturday and 4am till 5pm sunday for the boat anglers . The beach anglers were allowed to fish 4am Friday untill 5pm sunday.The best fish weighed in on the beach was caught by Michael Chalk a Bass of 3lb 5 1/2 oz .
The boat results for
          Friday                              Saturday                                                   Sunday
Jolyon Ifil     8lb   3oz            Chloe Gardner     10lb   14oz           Ian Gammon    7 lb   10oz
Ian Martin    7lb   8oz            Jolyon Ifil               6  lb  14oz           Ian Martin        6  lb   15 1/2 oz
Les Bates    6lb   9oz           Jason Young          6  lb  10oz           Nick Curry       6  lb   15oz

Chloe Gardner was the overall winner she picked up the first prize of £500 plus the heaviest fish on Saturday and the heaviest fish caught by a lady angler congratulations to her from KCF2010 . I think she is only the second lady to win this competition .
 
                                       
                                                     CHLOE GARDNER

     
                   JOLYON IFIL                                                   IAN GAMMON
     
                        IAN MARTIN                                                      NICK CURRY
27/07/10
I have had a letter from DEFRA today concering fishing for Tope below is an extract from the letter


for more information go to the defra web site
 
21/07/10
Greenhill Sea Angling Club has held two competitions over the last 2 weeks the first was the Nason Cup on the 10/07/10  between sandown Castle and Kingsdown Butts the fishing time was from 7.00pm untill midnight Andy Coffin was first with 1 dogfish for 960gms  2nd was Allan Fuller with a weight of  958 gms 1 Dogfish and a Sole  and 3rd was Mathew Wright with 520gms 1 Dogfish other species caught were Rockling Eels and Pouting . Andy fished with Lugworm tipped with Ragworm at Walmer Castle .
The second competition was the Foyster Trophy held on the 18/07/10  a Kent Coast Roamer . Fishing near the Ship and Lobster Pub Gravesend Andy Coffin was first with a bag of 2 Soles and a Flounder for 750 gms second went to Chris Rozee with 2Eels and a Whiting for 424 gms other competitors fished Hythe, Deal ,Gravesend and Herne Bay all had undersized fish the best bait again was Lugworm tipped with Ragworm

14/07/10
More Mackerel have been caught at Hampton Jetty. Yesterday Kathleen Hastie fishing for the first time managed to get 10 Mackerel the other people on the Jetty had fish aswell, some were only catching 3 or 4 but those that got it right were getting 6 at a time .
A commercial fisherman from Ramsgate last week had a record breaking Bass in his net it was a massive fish of 22 lbs he was netting close in shore at Minnis Bay .
 

                                            

12/07/10
The Mackerel finaly showed at Hampton Jetty on Friday night one angler managed to get over 20 then as the wind moved back into the west and coloured up the water again the shoal dispersed and there was none on saturday or sunday but they are now here, so any day that the water is clear would be worth a try . If you want Mackerel they have also shown at the Piers in Dover and on Sanphire Hoo, Trevor Buggs went to Sanphire on Thursday afternoon and had over 60 .Hythe shops have aslo been reporting catches of Mackerel along Princes Parade .
The boat fishing off Herne Bay this week has been very good for those that have found the Bass on the wrecks Jason Young and his son Adam had some good fish up 9lb and Kevin Mcully had about 30 fish between 3 and 8lb on Thursday evening .
Steve Crimmins and Kelvin Hogbin fished Sunday on the Shingles wrecks and they had over 100lb of fish the best one was a Bass of 5lb
I have had a email this week from Dennis Tregaskes looking for a boat fishing partner (preferably a none smoker ) if you are intrested and can fish week days out of Herne Bay  then please contact Dennis on 07773563914


       
                 DENNIS'S BOAT                                                  ADAM YOUNG

09/07/10
Ken Royden and Barry Palmer fished the forts off Herne Bay on Tuesday 6/7/10  they had Smoothound ,Skate ,Dogfish and plenty of Bass  only 2 Bass were sizeable so all the others were returned alive bait was Ragworm and fresh Mackerel. Barry wont tell us where the shoals of Mackerel were  so good hunting there out there somewhere.

07/07/10
Andy Coffin fished sandown castle on Tuesday 6/7/10 and had 16 Smothounds 9 Dogfish 1 eel and a Pouting he fished the last 3 hours of the ebb tide and 1 hour of the flood he was using Ragworm tipped with Squid as bait the best one he landed was a hound of 8 to 9 lb  the rest ranged in size from about 3lb .Andy returned all the fish alive
George Watford fished the Longsand a well known mark about 13 miles off Herne Bay for Bass yesterday he was very suprised to have a 8lb Cod along with several Bass the fish came to Ragworm bait he also used  wedges and hokkai lures .
Phillip lau from Herne Bay fished Dungeness on Monday and had 35 Mackerel this is the best catch of Mackerel that Ive heard of so far this year unless you know better .
                               
                                         ANDY COFFIN FISHING SANDOWN CASTLE
04/07/10
The boat fishing this week off the North Kent coast has been fantastic with al the boats reporting good catches of Bass many of them have found Bass upto 8lb and in large numbers. Julian Tuck from Cliftonville launched at Palm Bay had a great day with over 60 bass being caught the best was a fish of 7lb, he kept 6 fish and all the others were returned , he used Ragworm and sandeel .
The beach anglers are still catching Bass and Mullet from the Kings Hall Herne Bay through to Reculver fishing with Plugs ,Spinners Feathers,Flies and ragworm all produce good numbers of fish. I have heard of fish upto 4lb on every method .This week with the neap tides the amount of sea weed should be noticeably reduced  making the fishing much easier.

02/07/10
Thursday 24 june Frank Thomas age 82 and his son bob fished the columbine Bouy just out of the Swale Mouth Franks best fish of the day was a Skate of 11 1/2 lbs they also had bass to 4lb bait used was sandeel and Ragworm.
Last week Mark Kennet  and friend Gavin lee went to Essex on a charter boat Tope fishing the only one that was caught was one of 51lb by Gavin they fished the Longsands area and around the Barrow Deeps .

       
           FRANK THOMAS 11 1/2lb SKATE                      GAVIN LEE AND HIS 51lb TOPE


29/06/10
Where are the Mackerel????  Charlie Turnner and Trevor Buggs went to Samphire Hoo yesterday looking for some fresh Mackerel for bait, after a few hours of feathering and no Mackerel they move on to Hythe , there had been reports of people catching up to 100 Mackerel in a session but again after several hours still no Mackerel back to Samphire Hoo in the afternoon for another try .the result for the day 3 Mackerel .If you know where they are let me know !
Stuart Mchaffie and Kingsly Ifill launched on sunday and fished between the Woolpack and the Pan sands they had plenty of fish Bass Smoothound and Dogfish they took home 7 Bass the best two went about 5 lb the others were between 3 to 4 lb each
What great sport Steve Richards catches Mullet on the fly Clousers in various sizes are most productive you should be able to get a selection of Bass flies from your local tackle shop  if not Roly at Ron Edwards Fishing Tackle in Herne Bay keeps them . ( 01227 372517 )

                                
                                  STEVE RICHARDS MULLET ON THE FLY
28/06/10
Shoals and shoals of small fry have come to Herne Bay and the guys that have gone out on boats  with the spinners have done very very well for Bass wedge shape spinners in the 85gm size with a set of feathers or hokkai's are the best , if you find the birds working then gills and shads of various colours are working as well .If you prefer to fish with bait then Ragworm and fillets of Mackerel should have you catching the bass Squid and fish baits will produce Skate and Dogfish . I have also heard that there is a number of Black Bream being caught around the Black Rock area off Reculver . George Watford fishing the out fall off the Kings Hall (The Chair) had a 6 3/4 lb bass on wed evening 23/6/10 .

     
              GEORGE WATFORD                            MORE MULLET ON FEATHERS  JON SUTTON


25/06/10
Tommy Bennet fishing on the beach within Herne Bay Club limits with Bluey Bait 40 yards out had a fablous fish of 9lb 12oz a little disappointed that it was short of the 10lb mark it would have been his 5th double in the last 3 years from the beach in Herne Bay .
This week there have been some strange things happening in and around Herne Bay waters, shoals of Bass have been within 50 yards of the beach I'am sure they are confused and think they are Mackerel.Mullet have been running with the Bass and are taking sabiki feathers, best one on the feathers is about 4 1/2 lb caught by Richard Hannington from the Harbour Arm in the dark.If your a fly fisherman this has got to worth a try , the fly boys have reported having upto 40 Bass in an evening session at low tide .
Boat fishermen have been finding shoals of Bass topping all the way through the north Kent coast alot of the fish are small and have been returned but those that have the patience to fish a bait have been having fish upto 8lb and alot in the 3lb - 5 lb  size range the best results come from Ragworm  Squid and Mackerel
Steve Crimmins fishing just past the Kings Hall Herne Bay had a 4 1/2lb Mullet on Peeler Crab there are some strange things going on

                
          TOMMY BENNET 9LB 12oz                                                 DEAN FOX

          
       RICHARD HANNINGTON 4 1/2lb MULLET                ARE YOU SURE ITS 6 LB DEAN
                                      
                                                 STEVE CRIMMINS  4 1/2LB MULLET  
20/06/10
Today, Greenhill Angling Club hosted the Paternoster Trophy, a inter-club competition fished between H.B.A.A, Whitstable Angling Club, and the Greenhill Angling Club. The venue was Swalecliffe Point to Middle Bank Reculver. The winning club was the H.B.A.A with a weight of 8.426kg, second was Greenhill with 4.126kg, and third was Whitstable with 0.860kg. The heaviest bags of the day was Michael Chalk (H.B.A.A.) with 3.380kg, Dave Andrews (H.B.A.A.) with 2.748kg and Andy Coffin (G.A.C.) with 2.134kg.
Michael was fishing at Hampton Rocks then moved on to the Harbour Arm, he had 2 Bass and 3 Eels. Dave fished Bishopstone Point for 2 Bass and 1 Eel, and Andy fished Chalkies Wall for 2 Bass and 1 Eel. The best fish of the competition was a Bass of 1.364 kg caught by Dave Andrews. Mash Church had the largest Eel of the competition, it weighed in at 1lb 12 oz.
Sheerness Steel Angling Club had a competition at Garrison on Sat. 19/6/10 fishing pegs 1-40 fishing time was 4.00pm until 9.00pm, this was a catch and release competiton. First was Andy Coffin with 7 fish for 21 points; 1 Dogfish, 1 Flounder, and 5 Eels. Second was Mark Cross with 2 fish for 15 points; 2 Dogfish. Third was Rick Reader with 2 fish for 3 points; 2 Eels .
                       

                                
                            MICHEAL CHALK TOP ANGLER IN THE PATERNOSTER

16/06/10
HBAA held a species competition on Sunday 11 boats went out to scour the area for as many different species as they could find the winning pair was G.Miller and S.Whiting with 5 species they were Skate,Bass,Lsd,Mackerel and Pouting 2nd was J.Presley and R.Bates with 4 species which included Herrings 3rd was N.Witton and C.Packham(Patch) with 4 species Patch had a Bass of over 5lb.
                           
                       PATCH WITH HIS 5LB BASS ( YES ANDY THATS A BASS)


11/06/10
I've looked all over the Bay over the last few days and have still not managed to find the elusive Mackerel i have found plenty of small Bass though .

8/06/10
Kayak fisherman Norman Turner fished off Herne Bay this evening with spinners and feathers he fished about 500 yards from the shore on a long drift on the flood tide  from the Kings Hall area to the Street in Whitstable the result was 9 bass between 4lb and 6.5 lb  the beach anglers have reported seeing shoals of Mackerel along Herne Bay town beaches , if the weather stays settled they should  be being caught in numbers from the beaches soon .

2/06/10
Tony Sparkes fishing just past the King's Hall at Herne Bay this morning had a Bass of 4lb which came to Ragworm bait fished on a pully rig with size 3/0 circle hooks at about 80 yards ,Tony fished 2am till 5am .

                          
                                          TONY SPARKES 'S 4lb BASS


01/06/10
Ken Royden fishing with Barry Palmer today had plenty of Smoothounds the best of them was a fine fish of 18lb 10 oz
Dave Andrews fishing the Swalecliffe Banks at low tide on Saturday night had the biggest Skate of the year so far caught in Herne Bay Angling Ass Club competition, the Skate weighed in at 8lbs and won him the competition , Ricky Joyce came second with 2lb 12 oz and third was Michael Chalk with 2 lb 1 oz .
Barry Seabrook fishing the Ridge Bank 9 miles off Herne Bay on Thursday 27th May  had a Bass of 8 1/2 lbs and three others one of 7lb and 2 about 6lb

         
      DAVE ANDREWS   8LB SKATE                             BARRY SEABROOK 8 1/.2LB BASS                                            
                                    KEN ROYDEN'S 18LB 10 oz SMOOTHOUND    
26/5/10
Cliff Richardson fished Sandwich Bay on Monday night using lugworm and squid he had 1 smoothound 11dogfish and 2 whiting he started fishing at 7.00 pm and packed up at 11.00 pm
24/5/10
Fished on the 22nd and 23rd May the Herne Bay Angling Association 37th National Open Dinghy Festival had 49 entrants the weather conditions for once were perfect with a light NE wind and clear skies , they put to sea at 10.00 am and strated fishing at 11.00 am by the end of day one Dean Amos had a commanding lead with 158 lbs to the scales the bait that he used was localy caught live prawns ,shrimps and peeler crabs. In second place on the first day was Jolyon Ifill with 121.99lbs  at the end of fishing on the second day Dean Amos had held the lead and ended with a massive total of 233.77lbs  he was 62 lbs ahead of the second placed competitior Michael Ferrier with 171.77lbs  in third place was Mark Baddeley with 163lbs . The heaviest fish of the festival was a Smoothound of 17.96lbs caught by Robert Bates ,Clifford Kennedy had the heaviest Skate a fish of 12.88lbs  the best Bass of the festival was a fish of 4.25lbs caught by Gareth Jackson, the heaviest two day catch by a lady was 25.025 by Joanna Martin ..
JY has finaly stopped his run of going to sea for nothing on Saturday he went out and returned with a nice box of Bass the best was a fish of 5lb , so early sunday morning he took his son Adam out for his first Bassing trip  they returned at noon and again had a box of Bass the best fish of the trip was a Bass of 8 lb 12 oz caught by Adam a brilliant fish for your fist trip well done Adam .
Also this week the HBAA club record for the Tub Gurnard was broken the old record held by Mark Kennet was 1.62lbs and the new record is 3.52lbs the fish was caught at the Wear Bank by Dennis Tregaskes

           
           ROBERT BATES 17.96 HOUND                                   ADAM 8LB 12OZ BASS
       
          BILLY HARDS   15.78LB HOUND              DENNIS TREGASKES 3.52LB TUB GURNARD
                                                                                      NEW HBAA CLUB RECORD
21/5/10
Charlie Turner and Trevor Buggs fished the East Last banks on wendnesday 19/5/10 they had plenty of fish Dogfish Smoothound and Skate were the most predominate species caught , the best two fish of the day were 2 skate of about 9 lb  Ragworn and Peeler Crab the best bait on the day .
With the settled weather and the SW wind anglers in Herne Bay are expecting the Mackerel to show at anytime. This morning on Hampton Jetty the water was crystal clear and the Garfish were jumping everywhere so float fishing with a small hook and thin strips of Mackerel as bait should be very productive .

          
                WHAT A SUNRISE                                            TREVOR BUGGS NICE SKATE               



18/5/10
Fishing between Herne bay and Reculver over the weekend has once again produced fish for Steve Richards and his friends Dave Sales and Mathew Church . Mathew Church had 4 Bass the best one was alittle over 3 1/2 lb Dave had 2 Bass and Sreve had 2 Bass the bait again was Peeler Crab and fishing the night tide is proving to be the best .


                          
                                         MATHEW CHURCH WITH HIS 3 1/2 LB BASS

17/5/10
What a great weekend calm weather and no rain. Boats came from everywhere after the Bass ,Skate and Smoothounds that showed up with the second run of peeler crab , the boats that stayed within 3 mile of the shore seemed to find more fish than the boats that went over the horizon to the wrecks (JY). Charlie Turner and Trevor Buggs went out on saturdaay they had 4 Skate to bring home but caught small Smoothound ,dogfish annd whiting aswell .Steve Crimmins and Clifford Hogbin also went to sea on saturday they came in with a good catch of Bass the best one was a fish of about 8 lb  they aslo had Skate and Smoothounds .
The Heron Angling Club had a two day boat competition over the weekend the overall winner for the two day was Jim Presley with a total of 54lb comprising of Skate ,Smoothounds ,Dogfish and Bass in second place was Robert Bates with 45lb his best fish on Saturday was a Smoothound of 11lb 10 oz . On Sunday he had a Bass of 6lb 8oz the heavest fish on the Sunday was a Skate of 9lb 3oz . There was 10 competitors and I will up date you with a full result sheet when i get one
On Sunday Stuart Macaffie and Kingsly Ifill went out and fished the Woolpack they had a nice Smoothound of  12lb and Bass to about 4lb . Mark Kennet and fishing partner Colin Walker also went out on Sunday they had Bass to 5lb and a skate of 9lb . JY had another go on sunday and blanked again maybe you should go back to Carp fishing J
SEND YOUR REPORT TO Mr COD ON 07539 402065

                                  
  STEWART MaCAFFIE NICE HOUND                                                 KINGSLY IFILL 

                                              
                                         ROBERT BATES WITH HIS 6 1/2 LB BASS
                                                                                         
11/5/10
Ian Bagley fishing on board Terry Batt's charter boat Cacheflow  out of Bradwell Essex caught a monster Bass using whole squid as bait .After the fish had laid on board the boat for 7 hours it weighed in at 18 lb 7oz only 1 lb 2oz short of the record . One can only surmise that this fish would have broken the british record if it had been weighed within an hour of capture what a missed opportunity so the record will stay in Herne Bay for a while yet !
                                                
               IAN BAGLEY 'S 18 LB 7 OZ BASS( better pictures on the WSF web site )



8/5/10
Greenhill Sea Angling Club had a competition on Saturday night the venue was Herne Bay Harbour Arm to Middle Bank Reculver Alan Fuller fishing the sea wall at Bishopstone weighed in with 12 fish for  2.388kg  2nd was Andy Coffin with 6 fish for 2.126kg  3rd was Ray Phillips with 1 fish for 1.120 kg  4th was nathan Wright with 2 fish for  .710kg .Andy Coffin had the heaviest fish a bass of 1.200kg fishing on the Rand , There was over 15 eels weighed in and three Bass the top bait on the night was Peeler crab and Ragworm  .. Phone 01227 742284 for details of the next competition .

3/5/10
Local anglers Steve Richards and Dave Sales fished their favourite beach mark between Herne Bay and Reculver and came up trumps on two sessions, they fished low tide on Sat 1/5/10  and Mon 3/5/10  peeler crab was the killer bait .they caught and returned over 10 fish between them and the best one's recorded were 2 bass 3lbs 2 bass at 4lbs and one fish of a little over 5lb .so this just goes to show if you put yourself out and get the tide and bait right there are fish to be had around Herne Bay.  Well done Steve and Dave look forward to seeing more pictures. If the weather settles down a bit may'be Steve you will get the chance  to have that elusive 10lb bass on your fly rod

                       
                 STEVE RICHARDS                                                            DAVE SALES
2/5/10
Herne Bay Anling Ass had there 21st annual open beach classic on sunday this was possibley the worst day of the year for wind it was blowing about 50mph NNE and the waves were crashing up the beach, a good number of the 80 competitors gave up after a few hours and went home . For those that stuck it out the fishing was patchy to say the least , the overall winner was Saul Page from Deal with two Bass for a weight of 6.85 lbs second was Wally Eisinger with a Bass of 2.625 lbs this was the best bag by a HBAA member  Wally was pegged to the east of reculver towers (Zone 3) . Mash Church also fishing to the east of the towers(Zone 2) can third with 2.575 lbs and in the same zone 2  was Tim Fagg with 2.245 lbs .Fishing to the east of the Kings Hall in Herne Bay in zone 1 Trevor Kennedy took the zone prize with 0.95 lb ,

                  
                                                          ZONE 1 just beyond the spray
30/4/10
Dean Fox takes his Grandaughter out fishing for the first time this year Isabell age 5 had two Skate the best one a fish of about 7lb she used fresh Herring as bait .
Billy Hards also took his kids out for a day fishing for Skate Bonnie and Harrison had four Skate between them .

               
           Bonnie and Harrison                                                               Isabell
                            MAKE YOUR KIDS HAPPY TAKE THEM FISHING !!!!
26/4/10
Fishing a undisclosed mark off Herne Bay Mick Carpenter and fishing partner Peter Revell had the first double figure Bass caught by a angler this year , rumour has it that they were fishing within 1/2 mile of the beach, may be the bass have moved in shore after the peeler crabs that are shedding at sea not on the beaches where they should be by now .
Greenhill sea angling club had a pier roamer competition this weekend they can fish any pier in Kent Andy Coffin chose to fish the Adrimaly Pier in Dover and he won the competition with a bag of 16 fish for a weight of 4.290kgs second at the same venu was Alan Fuller with a bag of 17 fish for a weight of 4.010kgs and third was Dennis Foreman fishing the Prince Of Wales Pier Dover with a bag of 4 fish for a weight of 1.116kgs ,the best fish was a L S Dogfish of  654 gms the best bait on the day was lugworm tipped with fish .




19/4/10
After a long break  from dingy fishing Phill Thornton decided after much deliberation to buy himself a boat "Sea Dancer " a 17 ft samurai he launched at miday on sunday with his fishing partner Richard Lowe not wishing to venture to far they settled on the Wier Bank about 2 miles from Herne Bay , the fishing was excellent and in 3 1/2 hours  they had 6 skate to take home the best on was over 10lbs and they put as many back, Blueys was the best bait .
11/4/10
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held a competition (sunday 11/4/10) the venue was the Dover Piers fishing from 9.00am till 3.00pm Trevor Kennedy fishing on the Adrimalty Pier managed a bag of 3.312kg with 7 fish Dogfish and Whiting and came first , second was Andy Newell with 1.646kg also fishing on the Adrimalty .Third place went to Dennis Forman who fished the Prince Of Wales Pier with a weight of .390kg he had a Flounder and Pouting best bait for both Piers was Lugworn tipped with fish .
The next Greenhill competition is on the 24th April phone 01227742284 for more details

Geoff Wimbal and his grandson fished Deal Pier on sunday the fishing was non stop with a fish every cast sadly they were only pouting and whiting but it still made for a great day for his Grandson. The fish took all baits and the best fishing was on the flood tide .

Herne Bay Angling Ass had a boat competition today with a total of 16 competitors the weather was against them fishing the normal club limits so the committee decided to fish the competition as a commodore with a limit of 1 mile east and west of the Margate Hook .First place went to Bill Hards with a total weight of 19.9lb Second was Robert Bates with 13.08lb and Third was Sean Quinlan with 11.160lb. Most of the competitors had Dogfish but the best fish of the competition was a Skate caught by Jolyon Ifill that weighed in at 6.555lbs.

Bill Hards with a handfull of Dogfish

Beach reports are comming in of good numbers of Skate from Warden point on Sheppey and Grenham Bay Thanet the bait to use is Blueys or Sandeels, fish the low tide to the high for the best results .
Peeler Crabs are well behind this year and as long as the N.E wind continues to blow they will stay out in the deep water away from the surf on the beach .

9/4/10
Trevor Buggs and Tim Welch went out to the Woolpack and had a mixed bag of Skate ,Smoothound,Dads,whiting and Dogfish bait used was lugworm and squid and al the fish can on the flood tide .
After there successful trip on bank holiday Monday with the Dymchurch club Steve and Cliford went out again on friday evening on the flooding tide and fished at the East last they fished squid bait and had 13 Skate, 4 Smoothounds and plenty of dogfish.

5/4/10
Local angler Steve Crimmins invited friends from the Dymchurch Angling club to fish Herne Bay sadly the weather was not going to allow then to get out after the cod so Steve decided to take them Skate fishing instead . Steve and his fishing partner Cliford Hogbin had 12 Skate between them and all the boats from Dymchurch had Skate too

   
                                                                               Two happy anglers from Dymchurch club

Beach fishing from the bay has shown a marked inprovment over the last week with a few small Bass being caugth from the Harbour arm and the Kings Hall and the Dabs are still there to fill in the gaps . The comercial fishermen have been going out this week and have reported plenty of skate and a few Bass the best one a fish of 16lb 9oz caught onboard " jacko" .
Peeler Crabs look that they will be very late this year there is no sign of them, normally there would be the odd one or two about by now as soon as there is a break in the winter type conditions I am sure they will show and bring in the Bass and Skate to the shores around Herne Bay and Reculver



22 anglers fished the H.B.A.A open boat competiton this sunday Barry Palmer and Ken Royden hit the Skate  1st Barry Palmer with 8 fish with the winning total weight of 39.990 lbs, winning the numbers as well with 8 fish. 2nd Ken Royden with 2 Skate weighing 20.520 lbs. 3rd was Mick Carpenter  with 1 Skate winning him the heaviest fish weighing in at 15.120 lbs.. Mark Kennett weighed in a Cod at 9.73 lbs and Robert Bates bought in a 8.802 lb cod

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Picture 1 darren kennedy  Picture 2 Mark Kennet Picture 3 Barry Palmer and Ken Royden Picuter 4 Mick Carpenter and Jolyon Ifill.

                                                                 Another good day for Dean Fox                                                             

21/3/10
An early start for Jason Young and his son charlie they launched from Herne Bay and went to the NE spit off the North Forlands they had some nice cod upto 8lb ,Dean Fox also went to the NE spit he had another good day with cod upto 11lb they used squid and lug cocktails
Jason ,Charlie and Dean back in Herne Bay

Mark Kennet and his fishing partner Colin Walker also had an early start out of Herne Bay determined to fish within the Herne Bay club limits (Whitstable street to the East Margate bouy) they tried many well known marks with no great succes but on there last move in to deep water and a stronger tied they found fish Colin a Cod of 12.8lb and Mark one of 14.2lb the fish were very timid and hard to hook.
Colin and Mark with two great fish

 good weather good tide and good fishing returns to Herne bay

Whitstable Angling Society held there third competition of the year at Deal the Don Goodwin Trophy the winner of the competition was Ray Page he weighed in two Rockling and a Cod of 16lb 6oz this is one of the biggest cod to be caught in this part of Kent for some time , this is also the largest fish to be weighed by a Whitstable club member since 2003.

18/3/10
Dean Fox launched very early on Tuesday and headed for the East Margate bouy where he fished for about an hour the result was one cod of about 5 lb .Thinking there should be better fishing off the Forelands he contacted his friend and charter boat skipper Allan Booth and was told by Allan that there was some good cod coming from the NE Spit ,Dean uped anchor and made his way there he anchored the boat in 50 - 60 foot of water and within a few minutes was having cod, he ended the day with 12 cod all  8 - 10 lb ers the bait that worked for him was lugworm and squid.
Charter boat from Ramsgate are all reporting good catches of Cod  from wrecks and the open ground is producing good numbers of skate .If the weather settles then the fishing prospects look like being very good for the rest of this month ,keep an eye on the forcasts and book your bait early so your not disapointed at the weekend also if you order bait please pick it up from your dealer I've had alot of dealers complaining about orders mot being collected.

    A few of the Cod caught by Dean

16/3/10
Herne Bay Angling Ass had a boat competition on sunday weather was wnw 12mph there was only three boat afloat the winning weight was Robert Bates with 2 cod for 13lb .Robert and his fishing partner Jimmy Presley fished the NW Shingles bait for the day was lugworm and squid  second was Jolyon Ifill with 2 codling for 7lb

9/3/10
The rumours from last week have been confirmed by 2 local Tackle Shops as well as the Skate there has also been some codling and under sized Bass caught from the beaches between Reculver and Grenham Bay best tides should come later this week fishing from the low to the high at about 23.00 hr on sat .
Sheerness Steel Sea Angling Club results for 2009 overall winner was Andy Coffin from Herne Bay with a total of 78 points and 2nd was Ray Jeffrey with 65 points . Top bag of the year also went to Andy with a wt of 7.120 kg from the Prince of Wales Pier Dover for full details of the results go to the sssac web site from the Links page .
Greenhill Angling Club had a Kent coast roamer competition ( The Shorncliffe Trophy ) on sun 7th 1st was Andy Coffin with 414g 2nd was Ray Phillips with 284g and 3rd was James Harrison (junior) with 56g best bait on the day was Lugworm.The next Greenhill competition is saturday 27th March venue River Medway phone 01227 742284 for more details.

4/3/10
I have heard rumours this week of the first Skate of the year has been caught in Thanet at Grenham bay if anyone has any details of this please let me know some pictures would be nice . If you dont mind a session Dab fishing there are still some coming up at the Kings Hall in Herne Bay .
28/2/10
Still the weather persists not now with the snow but rain in buckets and N.E winds, TheHerne Bay Angling Ass boat competition to be held today has been cancelled due to gale warnings fron the Met Office .

27/2/10
Greenhill angling club competition The Lydd Trophy was fished at Deal - Sandown Castle Ray Phillips won with a weight of 526 gms 1 Dab and 5 Rockling  2nd Dennis Forman 260 gms 3rd Mike Terry 250gms  4th Chris Rozee 192gms best bait on the day was lugworm next competition is on the 7th March phone 01227 742284 for more details

22/2/10
Sheerness Steel Sea Angling Club had a competition yesterday at Dungeness the best wt was 1.368 kg by Andy Coffin he had 5 Dabs 3 Rockling and a whiting  2nd was R.Weeks with 4 Dabs 3 Rockling and a whiting , there was 27 anglers and all weighed in, plenty of weed was caught, so if you go there keep things simple and close in .

16/02/10
Stewart Brown fishing at Seasalter last week end reported a good catch of Flounders the best  was just short of a 1lb may be sign of thing to come .There are still Dabs being caught at The Kings Hall in Herne Bay best report to date was 16 on one late tide last week by john Seager .
The boat anglers continue to suffer at the moment
 The commercial fisher men are starting to get bass in the channel so lets hope some of the Bass  manage to get to the North Kent Coast this year
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11/2/10
After more snow this week the prospects of the fishing on the north Kent coast getting better has been dashed again , but i am still getting reports of fish being caught around the coast at Dover ,Deal, Folkstone and Dungeness . The main species that are being caught are dabs and the best reported baits are lugworm and lugworm and fish cocktails.

January
The fishing in January was at very best unspectacular, however, locally in Herne Bay there has been a rumour of some Dabs being caught at The Kings Hall. as the snow melts and disipates into the estuary the fishing on the North Kent coast generally deteriorates, this is due to lack of food for the fish caused by excessive amounts of fresh water. As the amounts of melt water diminishes this problem will be rectified and fish will start to return as their food (e.g. prawns, crab, shrimp, etc.) return to the shallows.

Elsewhere in Kent the fishing has been mixed with Dabs from the river at Rochester and Gravesend.  Further round the coast there have been mixed bags of Dabs Whiting Pout and Cod the best area has been Dungeness where there has been up to 6  Cod per rod .