2011 REPORTS

31/12/11
The last entry for this year.... with the fishing off Herne Bay being very slow and the weather conditions being against fishing localy  some of the lads have gone further afield and started to fish Dymchurch and Dungeness the boat fishing has been very good  two notable fish this year Brian Gaymers 35 lb er and John lukes 31 lb er (pictures below 23/12/11 report)  . Oh and what a fabulous Bass on the beach at Dungeness 18 lb 15 3/4oz one very happy man . Lets not leave Herne Bay out of it alltogether a good run of Bass from Barry Seabrook late in the year and dont forget those Smoothounds back in September.
Anyway i would like to wish all my readers a Happy, Prosperous and Healthy New Year
P.S
Has anyone seen Dean Fox's boat i think it was cleared up by the Lifeboat as  flotsam

   
  DEAN GETTING TO KNOW THE LIFEBOAT CREW.  DEAN YOU EVAN HAVE YOUR 3 PET SEAGULLS WITH YOU

24/12/11

                                           
                           BEST BASS OF THE YEAR CAUGHT AT DUNGENESS 18LB 15 3/4 OZ
23/12/11
Report in from Dave Andrews for the 1919 club Deal

Ken Withington won the three-hour beaxch match with a mixed bag of dogfish and whiting of 8.500kg. Second was Dave Chamberlain’s 7.380kg, and third was Alan Underdown with 7.060kg. Alan also had the heaviest fish, a dog of 1.020kg. Most of the top weights came from Walmer Out of the dabs that were caught, Robbie Holmes Brown managed the best with a 240g specimen and took the flat fish pool. Some anglers had as many as 6 or7 dogs in their bags which is a surprise for so late in the year, perhaps reflecting the high water temperature for the time of year. 

No codling last night but Anfy Manning had one of 1.630 k.g. in the previous match 2 weeks before
Thanks for the report Dave

21/12/11
The fishing out of Dungeness and Dymchurch this winter has been spectacular last week there was a 31lb 8oz cod caught and this week Brian Gaymer from Whitstable fishing on board Sea Jewel skippered by Eric Whenday had a huge cod of 35 lb 4oz  there was 10 other cod landed that weighed between 10lb / 18lb best bait on the day was Cuttlefish and Squid fished whole on 8/0 + pennel rigs


    
              BRIAN GAYMER 35LB 4OZ                                         JOHN LUKE 31LB 8OZ
                                         
                                                                DEAN FOX 20LB+

12/12/11
Herne Bay Angling Ass held the two day Cod Festival on the 10th and 11th dec fishing time was 09.00 - 14.00 h on Sat and 9.30 - 14.30 sunday  the weather forcast was not good so the entries were low this year the results are as follows

Weights

Bill Hards - 19.96lbs

Jim Pressley - 8.52lbs

Sam Hudson - 7.28lbs

 

H/F Bill Hards  7.96lbs

                                                             
                                                      WINNER HBAA COD FESTIVAL BILLY HARDS
7/12/11
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held there Xmas Comp on Sat 3/12/11 the venue was Hampton Pier to the Rand Herne Bay the competition started at 16.00 and finished at 21.00 . Trevor Kennedy won with a bag of 23 Whiting and 3 Dogfish for a total wt of 5.852 kg he was fishing at the end of the Harbour Arm ,second was Ricky Joyce fishing at Herne Bay Sailing Club he had 24 Whiting and 3 Dogfish for 5.690kg, in third place was Paul Harnett 18 Whiting and 3 Dogfish for 5.356 kg he also fished on the Harbour Arm  ,fourth went to Ray Phillips with 5.166kg and fifth went to Andy Coffin with 4.788kg  Best bait on the day was Lugworm tipped with fish ..


26/11/11
Herne Bay Angling Ass held the Vernel Cup Beach Competition on Sunday 20th the venue was HBAA club limits the competition started at 16.30 and ended at 21.30 the results are

 Vernel Cup. 20 November 

First - Barry Mount - 4.215lbs (11 fish)

Second - Colin Spratt - 4.005lbs (11 fish)

Third - Ken Royden - 3.62lbs (10 fish)

Barry Mount winner of the Vernel Cup

Fishing at Reculver on Friday night Barry Seabrook gets yet another November Bass this is the best on so far this month a fine fish of 4lb 151/2 oz  

                                                
                                                            25 th November 4lb 151/2 oz
24/11/11

Barry Seabrook has decided that winter is not going to start yet so he fished Reculver last night and caught yet another brace of Bass both of them around 3 1/2 lb Barry wont tell us the excat mark he fishes in case the gods of winter find out .

 

                        

                11th of November(Seabrook summer time)             23rd November (Seabrook summer time)

21/11/11

 MEDWAY COD COMPETITION IN AID OF THE RNLI

YESTERDAY  THICK FOG HAMPERED THE START BUT NEARLY ALL OF THE 34 ENTERED BOATS AND 140 COMPETITORS GOT FISHING.

AND GUESS WHAT THE COD APPEARED AS WELL.

IT STARTED AT 7AM AT GARRISON POINT AND AT THE WEIGH IN AT QUEENBOROUGH AT 4PM THE RUMOURS OF BIG COD CAUGHT WAS PROVEN.

THE  RNLI WERE HANDED A CHEQUE FOR £700.00 AND THE PRIZES WERE HANDED OUT.THE 3 MAIN PRIZE WINNERS WERE:-

The results were as follows :-

1st prize biggest Cod    Dave Bourne  20lb 8oz (Senna)
2nd prize second biggest Cod  Craig Strudwick 18lb 4oz  (Boy Daniel)
3rd prize Heaviest individual bag of cod  Melvin Baker  20lb 15oz  (Senna

IT WAS GUESTIMATED THAT 50 PLUS COD WERE CAUGHT IN TOTAL ON THE DAY  SO LETS HOPE THEY STAY WITH US FOR A WHILE SO WE CAN SHOW THEM  THE DELIGHTS OF OUR LOCAL HABITAT.

A BIG THANK YOU MUST GO TO THE ORGANISERS FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS AND THE GREAT DONATIONS FROM LOCAL TACKLE SHOPS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS,

I HOPE YOU CAN USE THIS ON YOUR WEBSITE TO SHOW THE GENOROSITY OF ANGLERS AND  THAT HOPEFULLY OUR COD SEASON HAS STARTED

 Keith Slater

Many Thanks to Keith Slater for the report  and pictures

         

     CHEQUE FOR £700 TO THE RNLI                 THE WINNERS                       HAPPY DAYS CODDING

15/11/11

Herne Bay Angling Ass held a open boat competition on Sunday 13 the conditions were good with a light SSE wind  There was 8 boats launched and 16 competitors teh results are

11/11/11
FISHING JUST 750 MILES NORTH OF HERNE BAY IN KENT

Cod almighty! Man catches 80lb whopper big enough to make 135 fish suppers

Oct 31 2011 Adrian Shaw

A proud angler holds aloft his prize catch - a huge 80lb cod big enough to make 135 fish suppers.

The un-named fisherman caught the monster on an angling holiday off the coast of Norway, where massive catches are becoming more common.

Atlantic cod weighing more than 40lb are regularly recorded in Norwegian fjords, compared to 15lb and 20lb fish in domestic waters.

Peter Collingsworth, of Angling Direct Holidays, said: "Norway isn't in the EU. As a result, they look after their waters and fish stocks which is why there are still plenty of them."

However, this monster is still 18lb short of the world record - a 98lb Atlantic cod caught off New Hampshire in 1969.

Another reason for the increase in enormous cod numbers in Norway is the melting of the Arctic ice.

The receding ice has opened up larger areas of shallow Arctic water in the sea where young fish flee to avoid predators.

Fisherman Kaare Ludvigsen said: "On behalf of future generations, I'm truly glad for the cod count."

Angling holiday packages are booming, with more and more fishermen spurning the English Channel and North Sea and flying north instead.

10/11/11
Greenhill Sea Angling Club  held the Reculver Cup competition on sat 5/11/11 the venue was Reculver railings to Coldharbour  fishing time was 18.00 -- 23.00
1st SIMON STEPHERSON WITH 31 FISH FOR 7.374 KG
2ND ALAN FULLER WITH 28 FISH FOR 4.920 KG
3RD DARREN KENNEDY WITH 19 FISH FOR 4.676 KG
4TH RAY PHILLIPS WITH 17 FISH FOR 2.782 KG
5TH ANDY COFFIN WITH 13 FISH FOR 2.082 KG


Simon fished the S Bend at Reculver his bag was 27 Whiting and 4 Dogfish . Alan Fuller fish the second beach past the towers his bag was all Whiting and Darren bag aws made up of 16 Whiting and 3 Dogfish  .The best Bait on the night was Lugworm tipped with Fish .
THE NEXT GSAC COMPETITION IS ON SAT 26 TH NOV FOR MORE DETAILS PHONE DENNIS ON 01227 742284
 
Fishing in the dark on the North Kent Coast has been producing plenty of Whiting and a few Dogfish , during the day it a struggle . The best day time venue is going to be Dungie over the last few weeks there have been several good sized Bass a few Cod and i even heard of someone getting Mackerel on the beach last week


31/10/11

Class	Category	Name	Weight (Decimal lbs)
CLASS 1.	HEAVIEST TWO DAY CATCH The Pitt Centenary Trophy.	R. DUNK	2.740
CLASS 2.	HEAVIEST SATURDAY CATCH The Barry Furlong Memorial Trophy.	D. KENNEDY	1.935
CLASS 3.	HEAVIEST SUNDAY CATCH The Ruffell Challenge Cup.	R. JOYCE	0.780
CLASS 4.	GREATEST TWO DAY NUMBER The Royal Challenge Cup.	D. AMOS	2
CLASS 5.	HEAVIEST FISH OF THE FESTIVAL (After elimination) The Jefcoate Challenge Cup	K. WATSON	0.535
CLASS 6.	HEAVIEST CATCH OF ROUND FISH ON ANY ONE DAY. The Jubilee Challenge Cup	W. HARDS	0.430
CLASS 7.	HEAVIEST CATCH OF FLAT FISH ON ANY ONE DAY. The Browning Memorial Challenge Cup.	J. PRESSLEY	0.385
CLASS 8.	HEAVIEST TWO-DAY CATCH BY A LADY. The Stableford Trophy.	NOT WON
CLASS 9.	HEAVIEST TWO-DAY CATCH BY A JUVENILE. The Philip Geen Challenge Cup. Three Prizes.	NOT WON
CLASS 10.	BEST ONE DAY CATCH BY MEMBER OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE. (After elimination) The Gerry Harpur Cup/The Veterans' Trophy.	NOT WON
CLASS 11.	SPECIES CUP. Greatest number species in any one day.	A. UPTON	1
CLASS 12.	GREATEST ONE-DAY NUMBER. The Michael Hemminway Challenge Cup	M. FINCH	1

DARREN KENNEDY 1.935 LB BASS HEAVIEST FISH                                   ROB DUNK FESTIVAL WINNER
                         OF THE FESTIVAL
23/10/11
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held the second day of the CINDY CUP on the 22/10/11  the results For the second day are
1st SIMON STEPHERSON WITH 21 FISH FOR 4.132 KG
2ND TREVOR KENNEDY WITH 20 FISH FOR 3.530 KG
3RD  RAY PHILLIPS WITH 15 FISH FOR 2.488 KG
4TH TONY SADIK WITH 13 FISH FOR 2.350 KG
5TH SAM HUDSON WITH 14 FISH FOR 2.242 KG

 Simon and Trevor fished at Reculver , Simon had 20 Whiting and 1 Dogfish which won him the most fish and the heaviest fish prize .Ray fished the West Beach at Herne Bay best bait on the day was Lugworm Tipped with Mackerel
NEXT GSAC COMPETITION IS ON 5TH NOVEMBER PHONE DENNIS ON 01227 742284 FOR MORE DETAILS

11/10/11
Herne Bay Angling ass held there 96 th Annual boat festival over the weekend the first day was blown out due to the force 6  NW wind  the Sunday was a better day and 10 boats launched  7.30  the fishing time was 8.30 till 14.00  the winner was Barry Palmer from Essex with a mixed bag for 25.04 lb

CLASS    1.

HEAVIEST AGGREGATE CATCH.

The H.B.A.A. Challenge Shield

Barry Palmer

25.042

CLASS    2.

2nd HEAVIEST TWO DAY CATCH

The H.B.A.A. Aggregate Challenge Cup.

Billy Hards

24.22

CLASS    3.

HEAVIEST ONE DAY CATCH.

The Harlow Challenge Cup

Rob Smithers

21.955

CLASS    4.

GREATEST NUMBER ON ANY ONE DAY.

The Vice-President's Challenge Cup

Jim Pressley

33 fish

CLASS    5.

HEAVIEST FISH OF THE FESTIVAL.

(after elimination).

The Croft Challenge Cup

Jamie Quinlan

8.605 Skate

CLASS    6.

HEAVIEST CATCH OF ROUNDFISH

ON ANY ONE DAY.

The Charlesworth Challenge Cup.

Mark Baddley

17.88

CLASS    7.

GREATEST NUMBER OF ROUNDFISH

ON ANY ONE DAY.

The Wyman Memorial Challenge Cup.

Giles Govier

28 fish

CLASS    8.

HEAVIEST ONE DAY CATCH OF FLATFISH.

The 1920 Challenge Cup.

Chris King

0.54

CLASS    9.

GREATEST NUMBER OF FLATFISH

ON ONE DAY.

The Akers Douglas Challenge Cup.

NOT WON

CLASS  10.

GREATEST VARIETY ON ANY ONE DAY.

The Hastilow Trophy.

Deane Amos

(2 by weight)

CLASS  11.

HEAVIEST CATCH OF SKATE

ON ANY ONE DAY.

The Rose Skate Cup.

John Lewery

5.97

CLASS  12.

HEAVIEST TWO DAY CATCH BY A LADY.

The Maid of Kent Challenge Cup.

NOT WON

CLASS  13.

HEAVIEST ONE DAY CATCH OF 12 DABS.

The Rupert V. Cobb Challenge Cup.

NOT WON

CLASS 14.

BEST ONE DAY CATCH BY MEMBER OVER 55 YEARS OF AGE.

The Veterans’ Trophy

Mick Carpenter

8.66

CLASS  15.

HEAVIEST 2 DAY CATCH BY A JUVENILE.

The Mickleburgh Trophy.         (Two Prizes)

NOT WON

Special Classes CLASS 16.

HEAVIEST TOTAL WEIGHT BY

A TEAM OF FOUR. (Saturday only)

The Ron Edwards Plaques.

NOT WON

CLASS 17.

HEAVIEST FISH OF THE FESTIVAL.

The N.F.S.A. Bronze Medal.

Jamie Quinlan

   

              
              BOAT FESTIVAL WINNER BARRY PALMER                                JOHN LEWERY  SKATE OF 5.97 LB

                                                       
                                                     TOMMY BENNET  WITH A 8LB BASS FROM THE BEACH
A few better sized Bass have been caught around Herne Bay over the last few weeks this one caught by Tommy Bennet  on the 9/09/11 .   The Whiting are here in good numbers now and there is a good number of Dogfish arround to keep your rod ratteling .
Greenhill SAC had a competition ( THE CINDY CUP( 2 DAY  )first day  on 8/10/11 fishing time 19.00 to midnight the venue was Hampton Pier to Middlebank  the results are
1 st SIMON STEPHENSON 6.058 KG 27 FISH
2ND RAY PHILLIPS 5.676 KG 30 FISH
3RD TONY SADIK 2.810 KG 15 FISH
4TH RICHARD GARRATT 2.528 KG 14 FISH
5TH SAM HUDSON 2.082 KG 11 FISH
Simon fished Reculver for his winning bag and was using Lugworm and Mackerel / Squid cocktails. THE SECOND DAY TO BE FISHED ON THE 22/10/2011
         NEXT GSAC COMPETITION IS ON SATURDAY 22ND OCT PHONE 01227 742284 FOR MORE DETAILS


28/09/11
H.B.A.A held a open boat competition on Sunday 25 /09/11 fishing time was 08.30 till 14.00 the winner was Mark Baddeley with a total weight of 41.94lb  second was Jolyon Ifill with a bag of 36.48lb and third was Bill Hards with a bag of 35.44lb best fish of the competition was caught by Mark Baddeley a Bass of 8.805lb .
Greenhill Sea Angling Club had a competition on the 18/09/11 (THE ROZEE TROPHY)a Kent Pier Roamer  the winner was Trevor Kennedy with 13 fish for 2.680 kg taken from the Admiralty Pier Dover second went to Simokn Stephenson with 24 fish for 2.090 kg he was fishing on Deal Pier also fishing on Deal Pier was third place Paul Harnett with 7 fish for 0.716 kg top bait on the day was Lugworm ..THE NEXT GSAC COMPETITION IS ON 2ND OCT FOR MORE DETAILS RING DENNIS ON 01227742284

20/09/11
Not so much to report this month the Whiting have now shown around most of the coast , if your lucky then you will get a few of the bigger ones but the majority of them are small. Read a report on wsf of a 14.5lb Bass from Ramsgates eastern arm but no pic as yet .
There was a 2lb Black Bream caught a dungie on the 16/09/11 by Alan Smith from Ashford he was using  lug Squid cocktails
10/09/11
After a fantastic end to August and start to September with the Smooth Hounds from the beaches around Herne Bay and Reculver  the reality of autum and winter fishing has made a apperance with the first few Whiting from the beach at Reculver  however Don from Herne Bay ( WSF PIGTIN) has shown pics of one he caught the other day that weighed in at over 1lb if only they would all be that size and bigger  this year .Around the coast there have been a few reports of codling comming up at Deal and Dungie lets hope for a good cod year !!!
24/08/11
Decided to go for a walk around reculver tonight to see if the hound fishing is still continuing when i got there at around 20.00  there had allready been a fish of 10lb+ caught on the railings the herne bay side of the towers by Steve from whitstable hope to get a photo soon , walked round the towers to the first breakwater to see Steve Whiting who had a good fish of 7kg on the beach that would be a fish of about 151/4lb that would break the hbaa record again that would be 4 times in a week should have some pictures to add tomorrow   Steve Whiting 's fish confirmed at 15.08lb new hbaa club record .

        
                               STEVE WHITING NEW HBAA CLUB RECORD SMOOTH HOUND 15.08 LB

23/08/11
Rob bates smashes HBAA  beach record for Smoothound caught from Reculver Railings last night  using a variety of baits including Lugworm  ,Crab and fish.
        
                                                      ROB BATES WITH THE 13LB 12 OZ SMOOTH HOUND
23/08/11
What a week HBAA club record broken double figure bass and a 8 year old with a 9lb + smooth Hound .
Back in May Barry Seabrook had a Double figure Bass and now he has done it again this week with a Bass of 10  lb 61/2 oz s this one was caught at the East last  using Mackerel fillet as the bait .
After a quiet spell on the beaches with only a few Mackerel showing around Herne Bay this week the beaches have gone mad. Smooth Hounds have come into Reculver in good numbers Sam Hudson fished the railings  and had two Hounds one in at 5lb 4oz the other fish one of 11 lb 5oz  this had broken the HBAA  beach record by Gary Miller by some 7oz  not to be out done Garry miller weighed in on the same day a Smoothound of  of 12lb 10 1/2 oz to retain the club record  he also had a Hound of 10 lb 8 oz .
Keith Slater and Dave Harris took Keiths grandson James out on Keiths boat " Dont Panic " they travelled to a mark just off Warden point Sheppy  after getting some Hermit crabs in a drop net  they fished for Smoothounds James who is only 8 had his best fish so far a Smoothound of just over 9 lb .

                      
SAM HUDSON  11LB 5OZ SMOOTH HOUND                                GARRY MILLER 12LB 10 1/2 OZ SMOOTH HOUND


   
BARRY SEABROOK  10 LB 6 1/2 OZ BASS                                     HAPPY JAMES WITH A 9LB + SMOOTH HOUND


                                       
14/08/11
Report in from Guy Colgate this morning ..... just to let youi know there have been quite a few Mackerel about between Long Rock and Hampton on the ebb tide towards evening lows last three nights -had between half a dozen and a dozen in a couple of hours on the fly yesterday and friday- a few double hook up fishing a white and olive deceiver on the point with a small gummy minnow on a dropper . Also a few small Schoolie Bass offg the Street on the flood - bigest at best a couple of lbs - all  on the fly -the lures are being ignored at the moment seems the small fish prefer the flies .

Thanks to Guy for the report


07/08/11
                                               SECOND DAY RESULTS HBAA BASS FESTIVAL

1ST NICK CURRY 7.021LB
2ND MATT  HOPE 5.8LB
3RD ANDY CKERR 5.735LB
4TH BILL HARDS 4.53LB
5TH EDWARD HADLOW 4.275LB
6TH MATT SARGENT 4.010LB


06/08/11
Herne Bay Bass Festival gets on the way this morning with boats leaving the slipway at 05.00 conditions for fishing were perfect  with a light sw blowing
                                                                       FIRST DAY RESULTS

1ST MATT HOPE 7.065
2ND DAVE WEDLAKE 7.045
3RD BILL HARDS 5.675
4TH PETER DARBY 5.41                                                        FISH WEIGHTS ARE IN LBS
5TH NICK CURRY 5.15
6TH CHRIS KING 5.145
7TH TREVOR BURREL 4.93
8TH MARK CURRY 4.41
BEST FISH FROM THE BEACH SO FAR IS JOHN MAYNIHAM 2.35LB


Fishing the railings at Reculver Steve Whiting has a Smooth Hound of 9lb 4oz on king rag

                                                     
                                                      STEVE WHITING WITH A 9LB 4OZ HOUND

02/08/11
Fishing the apron at Reculver Towers this afternoon Gavin Gilmour had a Smoothound of 6.5lb on Ragworm .
27/07/11
Monday 25 th Stewart MaHaffie and Kingsly Ifil launched from Herne Bay slipway at about 11 am after waiting for the  light and variable wind  that was forcast to abate from the 15/20 mph notherly that was blowing ( with all the computers they use for weather forcasting why do they still get it wrong !!!!) they decided to fish a well known mark north of the wind farm  the fishing was a little slow but they came home with one good bass of 7/8lb and one of 4/5lb

Keith and Pat Slater fished in the Thames Estuary on there boat Dont Panic. Pat had the fish of the day a cracking Smoothound of 11lb 7oz they also had a Bass of 3lb 8oz  Mackerel and of course Dogfish .


 .
                            
                           STEWART S 7/8 LB ER                                                                   PAT S 11LB 7OZ HOUND

22/07/11
Yet another week of changable weather this summer on Tuesday the sea calmed for the afternoon and the Mackerel showed at Hampton and Reculver . On Wednesday Trevor Buggs went  to Samphire Hoo as the wind turned into the north and had over 100 Mackerel .
Dave Hancock Skipper of Excel 2 out of Ramsgate has had a mixed week  Bass fishing one day then a day on the wrecks for Cod and a couple of days Tope fishing .
Mick Chapman and Roger Stanger went Tope fishing off Ransgate this week they had 5 tope over 40lb and one that they estimated to be over 60lb all were releaced .


17/07/11
If you are a fan of wsf forums you will read the antics of Geordie Si well this week he went Tope fishing with Dave Hancock Skipper of Excel 2 out of Ramsgate have a look at "THE LONGEST DAY "on the south east forum for the full story.

           

        
15/07/11
Greenhill Sea Angling Club  fished the Nason Cup on sat 9/07/11  the venue was Sandown Castle to Kingsdown Butts fishing time was 5.00pm to 10.00 pm , the winner was Trevor Kennedy with a total weight of 1290gms  he had 2 Dogfish and a Whiting 2nd was Sam Hudson with 1 Dogfish and 1Eel for 672gms 3rd was Nathan Wright  wiith 1 Dogfish for 484 gms  4th was Dennis Foreman with 3 Whiting for a weight of 480 gms  Trevor and Sam fished the toilets at Walmer . Top bait on the day was Lugworm tipped with Fish .
NEXT GSAC COMPETITION IS ON 23RD JULY PHONE DENNIS FOR DETAILS ON 01227 742284


Robert Canavan fished Bishopstone last night 14/07/11 he caught a bass of 4lb 10 oz he was fishing the low to high tide there was also a couple of schoolies caught and an Eel the weed just before high tide made fishing very hard . Thanks for the report Paul

10/07/11
Mackerel now showing all along the north Kent coast from Whitstable to Margate  not as many as there was back in 2009 but i have heard of anglers having upto 40 in a session
9/07/11
More Mackerel at Hampton Jetty  Roly from Ron Edwards Fishing Tackle has had 42 Mackerel over the last 3 tides using Tsunami Sabiki in size 8 to 16  , Tony Backham from Canterbury had 20 yesterday morning . The fly fishers have also been having good sport with the Mackerel and Bass at low tide from the Street in Whitstable through to Reculver Towers . If the wind stays in the south west the the Mackerel will stay to feed on the huge shoals of Whitebait that are gathering around Herne Bay

7/07/11
A few mackerel have been showing at Hampton Jetty Herne Bay the numbers of fish have been fairly low but last night and this morning they came  in , some anglers were catching upto 20 fish in about a hour mostly coming on the last of the flood tide . The shoals are fast moving so you need to keep a look out for them the best feathers are sabiki s  in the mid to small sizes .

Boat fishing over the last few weeks has been slow for the boats from Herne Bay but the Charter boats from Ramsgate have been getting an exceptional number of  Tope  Dave Hancock Skipper of Excel 2 out of Ramsgate has had upto 14 in one trip the best fish have been in the 45 to 50 lb range .

the Mackerel are in round the coast  the Addy has had good catches so has Sanphire Hoo but pick your days as they dont seem to show on a south or south west wind .


23/05/11
HBAA held it 38th two day  dinghy festival this weekend there were 30 entries the fishing started at 07.00 on Saturday. For Chris King the first day went well he managed almost 64lb  and had a leed over the rest of the competitors of almost 3lb .in second place was Barry Palmer with about 60lb and in third was Darren Kennedy. On sunday the weather had changed and strong winds from the SW were predicted this would limit the how far out the boats could safly go. The second day of the  competition started at 08.00 but things were not going so well for the leader Chris he only managed to find 2 Dogfish to add to his total but in second place Barry managed find another 19lb to give him a winning total of 79.346lb .                                                                                                                                                      
                HBAA 2011 FULL RESULTS
   
 

OPEN CLASSES     CLASS 1.       Heaviest two day Aggregate weight - Championship Trophy.   CLASS 2.       Heaviest Second Two Day Aggregate Weight - The 1972 Trophy.   CLASS 3.       Heaviest Third 2 Day Aggregate Weight - The Master Angler Trophy.   CLASS 4.       Heaviest one day catch - Jackson Trophy.   CLASS 5.       Heaviest one day catch by a visitor not residing in the Canterbury District   Council Area - Fine Arts Trophy.   CLASS 6.       Heaviest Fish - "With" Trophy.   CLASS 7.       Aggregate two day number of fish caught - Thresher Trophy.        CLASS 8.       Heaviest Skate - Bloy Trophy.   CLASS 9.       Best Specimen Bass - Chamber of Commerce Trophy.                   CLASS 10.     Heaviest one day's catch Skate - Grant Cup.                   CLASS 11.     Heaviest one day's catch Round Fish (Skate excluded).                             R.A. Wood Marine Trophy.   CLASS 12.     Greatest number of Fish on one day - Herne Bay Estate Agents Cup.   CLASS 13.     Heaviest one day's catch of Flat Fish (Skate excluded) - Flat Fish   Cup.   CLASS 14.     Heaviest 2 day catch by a Lady – Greensted Trophy   CLASS 15.      Heaviest 2 day's catch by a Juvenile (under 16 years of age on 1/1/09) - Amphenol Trophy.                                   SPECIAL CLASSES   CLASS 1.       Heaviest Fish caught during the Festival - N.F.S.A. Medal.  Herne Bay Hotel and Guest House Association Trophy.   CLASS 2.       *Top weight on Saturday-1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes.       CLASS 3.       *Top weight on Sunday-1st, 2nd and 3rd Prizes.         * Awarded to competitors who have NOT won a prize in the Open Classes.

Name ( Weight decimal lbs)   Barry Palmer 79.345   Chris King  66.345   Darren Kennedy 57.765   Greg Whiting 46.855     Wally Eisinger 34.525     Stewart McHaffie 10.04   Deane Amos 18 Fish   Stephen Whiting 9.735   Kingsley Ifill 2.31       James Eisinger 23.12     Keith Neame 15.44     Stuart Fuller 6 (by wt)   Not Won   Not Won   Not Won         Chris King 11.28   Jamie Quinlan 24.495 Sean Quinlan 24.205 Kevin Irvine 21.155   Mick Carpenter 8.925 Richard Simes 8.565 Jolyon Ifill 4.955

21/05/11
On Thursday afternoon I fished Samphire Hoo with Trevor Buggs and Ian Douglas it was very quiet so we chose to fish the Folkstone end about 200 yards from the bend Trevors fist cast was 2 Mackerel followed by another 2 and a 4  my first three cast dint go quite so well the first 2 snaged around a lobster pot marker and the third cast hit the bottom . Anyway at the end of the day we had 100 Mackerel between us and Ian even managed a 2lb Pollak on his Feathers 
The Deal 1919 club had a competition on the 17.05/11 20 anglers fished , the competition was dominated by the Smith Family . Louie was first with 15 Dogs from Kingsdown for 8.800kgs with dad Brian second with 5.290 ks from Deal pier  and Leigh Chapman took third prize with 5.130kg  Brian Smith had the biggest fish of the competition a Smoothound of 1.820kg there were 7 hounds in total all were released . Thanks to Dave Andrews for the report ..

20/05/11
Barry Seabrook fishing his normal mark on the Ridge had yet another cracking Bass of 9lb today.
                                                   
17/05/11
Greenhill Sea Angling Club  had a competition ( THE ANNIVERSARY CUP )  on the 14/05/11 the venue was Hampton Pier to Middlebank Reculver 14 Anglers fished 7pm till Midnight . In first  was Andy Coffin with 11 Eels and 2 Bass for 4.250kg Andy fished a Bishopstone Point second was Ricky Joyce with 2 Eels and 1 Bass for 1.348 kg Ricky fished just outside the Ship Inn Third was Ray Phillips with 5 Eels for 1.168 kg  Alan Fuller came fourth with 0 .492kg and Sam Hudson came fifth with  0.352 kg Andy took the heaviest fish prize for a Bass of 1.750 kg  Best bait on the night was Peeler Crab ..
NEXT GSAC COMPETITION IS ON SATURDAY 28TH MAY PHONE DENNIS FOR DETAILS ON 01227742284

14/05/11
Luke Whiddett and Sam Finn  fished the near the coastguard look out just past the Kings Hall Herne Bay this morning they caught 2 Mackerel 5 Dabs and 3 small Whiting between them the bait used was Lugworm .
Trevor Buggs and Tim Welch fished the Woolpack ,East Last and other marks round the Margate Sand yesterday they had Skate ,Bass ,Smoothounds and Dogfish . The best fish of the day was a pair of Skate for 20 lb  bait was Lugworm Squid and Crab .


                       
            WELL DONE LUKE AND SAM                                      TIM WELCH NICE PAIR


12/05/11
There is now Mackerell round the south kent coast the best areas are from Deal to Dungi with Dover Addi  and Sanphire hoo producing the most Trevor Buggs from Herne Bay went to Samphire on  Tue 10/5/11 and had over 100 .
Bernie Power fishing on his own boat out of Ramsgate this week had a cracking Bass of 12 1/2 lb  ,  Dave Hancock skipper of Excel ( GO TO LINKS PAGE FOR CONTACT DETAILS ) has reported good fishing on most trips with Bass, Skate and Smoothound oh and dont forget the Spotty Dogs  ( Spotted Cat Sharks )
John Amos fishing a few 100 yards of Bishopstone near Reculver had a 3lb 6oz Bass
Fishing in the Woolpack Joe Omans had a Skate of 8lb 4oz  and David Emanuel had a skate of 5 lb also fishing oin the woolpack off Herne Bay .
Allan Wadhams skipper of Seaker ( GO TO LIMKS PAGE FOR CONTACT DETAILS ) went out over the weekend to look for some Smoothounds he and found 2 fish over 10 lb  1 at 8 1/2 lb and a dozen or more between 4 and 6 lb  On the sunday it was back to the Skate marks for Allan they had a total of 17 fish to 9lb they kept 10 and returned the others .

                            HAPPY EXCEL CREW WHATS GOING ON             JULIUS 11LB 10 oz HOUND  ON EXCEL
              
BERNIE POWER WITH 12 1/2 LBER                       DAVID EMANUAL WITH 5 LB SKATE
      
 JOE OMANS WITH 8 LB 4 OZ SKATE                        JOHN AMOS WITH 3 1/2 LB BASS

  
HAPPY PARTY ON SEEKER OUT OF MEDWAY                   ON BOARD SEEKER
    
      SCOT AND A 10LB HOUND ON SEEKER            LYN ON SEEKER WITH A 9LB SKATE

7/05/11
Barry Seabrook launched early yesterday and went to his normal mark on the inner bank of the Ridge but due to the work going on with the wind farms and the laying of the cables he had to fish a new mark he  waited patintly and was rewarded at the end of the day weith a fantastic Bass of 12 lb 15 1/2 oz the first double to be caught off Herne Bay this year
 
                                          
                                BARRY SEABROOK WITH A 12 LB 15 1/2 OZ BASS




2/05/11
Steve Richards and Dave Sales fished on the Thanet Chalk ledges on Sunday they fished Crab Baits in the surf Steve had 4 Bass around 3 1/2 lb Dave had 3 Bass the best one weighed in at 5 1/2 lb wind was Northeast 25 mph.  The Bass do like it rough ..

Herne Bay Angling Association held the beach classic on Sunday 1 / 05/11 the weather conditions were not good with a strong East North East wind blowing on shore making fishing hard, but good conditions for the Bass to be close in to the beach looking for the Peeler crabs that had been knocked out of there hiding places by the strong surf. BEST ZONE WAS ZONE 3 EAST OF RECULVER TOWERS
                        OVERALL WINNER  STEVE BROWN 4.17LB
                                        SECOND  JAMES EISINGER 3.53 LB
                                        THIRD      DAVE READ  3.49LB
ZONE 1
FISRT       A UPTON 1.955LB
SECOND   L EVANS 0.97 LB
THIRD        J CHALK 0.59LB

ZONE 2
FIRST         L CLARK    1.46 LB
SECOND    C SHIELDS  0.69 LB
THIRD         M COX        0.65LB

ZONE 3
FIRST         R JOYCE      3.11 LB
SECOND     R HODSON   3.10 LB
THIRD          I FACEY       3.03 LB

            TOP HERNE BAY ANGLING ASS MEMBER
  I FACEY   3.03 LB

                                   
                                     Dave Read             Steve Brown         James Eisinger
Deal 1919 club had a beach competition on Wednesday 27th April  2011the weather conditions made things difficult with winds blowing up to force 8 from the north east but persistance paid off for Saul Page with a bag of 4 Dogfish for 2 kg second was John Chalk with 1.5 kg and third was Fred Leach with 1.44kg biggest fish of the day was a Dogfish of 0.810kg landed by John Chalk . Many thanks to Dave Andrews for the report ..

26/04/11
Fishing has improved now the Peeler Crab have shown i have had several reports of Bass at Hampton , Bishopstone and Reculver .Gary king from Herne Bay fished about 1/2 a mile past Reculver Towers on Sunday he had 3 bass the best one was a little over 3lb . Steve Richards has been fly fishing for the bass and in various location around  Herne bay and Reculver he has landed 12 Bass to date . but the most notable catch so far the year is by Luke Curry fishing just past Reculver Towers he landed a Stingray of over 50lb he was using Peeler Crab as bait and expecting to land a few small Bass the Stingray was returned alive .

                       
   LUKE CURRY FISHING JUST PAST RECULVER TOWERS LAND A 50LB + STINGER

21/04/11
Fishing with his Grandad (George Watford) on the 10th April Jarod landed a nice Skate of 9lb 7oz they were fishing at the Woolpack with Lugworm and Squid baits .
Alan Wadhams skipper of Seeker had partys out on saturday and sunday 16th and 17 th and on both days he found plenty of Skate on the Saturday the party had 14 Skate to take home and on sunday the party had 10 Skate the best one on Sunday was 11lb .



                
                                  HAPPY PARTYS ON SEEKER OUT OF MEDWAY


          
          SEEKER FINDS MORE SKATE                           JAROD WITH HIS 9LB 7OZ SKATE

15/04/11
The Deal 1919 club had a competition on Tues 12/04/11 the first one for about a month but atleast it was worth the wait 21 anglers fished 7 went on the Pier and 14 fished the beach ,  the winner fishing Deal Pier was Dave Andrews with a total weight of 5.920 kg this was made up of a Skate of 3.450 kg 5 Dogfish 2 Whiting and a Pouting Dave's Ray took the biggest fish prize, in second was Nick Hedges with 4.090 kg this included a Skate of 3.370 kg Nick was fishing in the Groynes also fishing the Groynes and in third was Dave Chamberlain with a total weight of 4.080 kg his bag was made up of mostly Dogfish . The heaviest flat fish prize went to Matt Boxall for a Dab of 0.140 kg . There was also one other Skate weighed in by Shawn Pilbeam which weighed 2.100 kg .
THANKS TO DAVE ANDREWS FOR THE REPORT ..

13/04/11
On Sunday 10th April Herne Bay Angling Ass held the Edwards Cup, in good conditions 26 competitiors put to sea the main target species would be Skate and Dogfish . The competition started at 08.30 and they fished til 15.00
The results are
1st STEVE WHITING WITH 14 FISH FOR 107.460 LB
2nd J.QUINLAN WITH 10 FISH FOR 46.620 LB
3rd J.IFILL WITH 7 FISH FOR 45.840 LB
4th M FERRIER WITH 6 FISH FOR 42.960 LB
The biggest fish of the competition was a Skate of 12.300 lb caught by J.Ifill  there was also a Bass of 9 lb 7 oz weighed in caught by Mick Pritchard

                                        
                          MICK PRITCHARD WITH A EARLY BASS OF 9 LB 7 OZ


8/04/11
Dean Fox ,Andy Frost and John Luke launched early this morning to take advantage of the predicted calm weather . Dean decided to run down to the N.E.Spit  about a hour from Herne Bay Slipway ,after about 10 mins of fishing Andys rod was the first to go a cracking cod of 12lb 8oz two hours passed befor the next Cod came aboard this one landed by Dean another cracking fish of 14 1/2lb sadly that was the last of the cod,but there were huge amounts of Dogfish to pinch the bait .Andy later had a Spurdog of 14lb 15oz  they also had Bass and Skate ,the biggest skate was caught by john and weighed 11lb 11oz

       
                              ANDY FROST NOW THATS TWO CRACKING FISH


                                          
                                  DEAN FOX 14 LB 8OZ COD FROM THE NE SPIT
4/04/11
Greenhill sea angling club held the Ron Raine Memorial Trophy yesterday 3rd April the venue was  Dover Piers and Dover Breakwater fishing time was 9.00 am til 3.00 pm 
1 st Martin Finch  with 16 fish for 5.l318 kg
2nd Ray Phillips  with 12 fish for 3.850 kg
3rd Allan Fuller with16 fish for 3.736kg
4th Trevor Kennedy with 7 fish for 1.826 kg
5th Andy Coffin with 6 fish for 1.488 kg
On the day the Breakwater was the place to fish with the first four anglers comming from there. species caught on the day were Dogfish ,Whiting,Pouting,Dabs and Flounders Biggest fish of the day was a Dogfish of  0 .710 kg  bets bait on the day was Lugworm and Fish.


30/03/11
Lol and Ben Howard have just moved their boat Liam Grace from Chatham to Ramsgate and on Friday they had a trip out Codding ben had the best Cod of the day a fish of 15lb they also had Skate after the success of the Friday trip they went again on Monday 28/03/11 and this time Lol had the best fish of the day another Cod of about 15lb .Looks like Ramsgate was a good move for them.

                           

           HAPPY MOVE BEN HOWARD AND LOL HOWARD WITH 2 CRACKING 15LB COD


28/03/11
Herne Bay Angling Ass held a open boat competition on Sunday 27/03/11there was 22 entries and 15 fishermen weighed in the wind was force 4 from the East
1st STEVE WHITING WITH 7 FISH FOR 64.075LB
2ND MICK CARPENTER WITH 7FISH FOR 31.120 LB
3RD DAVID SIMES WITH 4 FISH FOR 30.040 LB
4TH ANDY FROST WITH 14 FISH FOR 28.920 LB
5TH JOHN LEWRY WITH 5 FISH FOR 28.900 L B
ANDY FROST HAD THE HEAVIEST FISH OF THE DAY A SKATE OF 11.700 LB MOST OF THE FISH WAS SKATE BUT THERE WAS ALSO SOME DOGFISH AND A EARLY SMOOTHOUND OF ABOUT 8LB
                                             

I also had a report last week of a comercial fisherman Tony Whitehead  had a Bass of 13 lb 4oz in his nets of Reculver .


27/03/11
Steve Harris Dave Harris and Mick Edwards went out on" Lavington Belle" from Chatham Marina and headed for the mark to the East of the Montgommery wreck 3 different size Cod came to the Lugworm baits small 8 to 10 inch then 12 to 14 inch then came the 2 to 4lb ers, as the tide flow eased the Dogfish started to feed lets hope this is not the end of the spring run of Cod .Thanks to Keith Slater for the pics and report ..


                            
                               STEVE DAVE AND MICK ON LAVINGTON BELLE

24/03/11
Bob Thomas and Dave Oldman fished at the Green car park Leysdown Sheppey yesterday 23/03/11 Dave baited up with Bluey and on his first cast he hooked a skate of about 7lb they also had Flounders but sadly no more Skate 

                                   
                                       DAVE OLDMAN WITH A SHEPPEY SKATE

22/03/11
On Saturday 19/3/11 Dean and Christine Fox launched thier boat "Christadena" from Herne Bay and took a trip of almost 30 mile to the Essex coast  to a mark off Frinton On Sea known as The Wallet just to the west of the Essex wind farm ,Dean had heard reports of a spring run of Cod, they caught 6 Cod of about 4lb and one Skate of 11lb .
On sunday 20/03/11 Dean decided to have another look at the "wallet" he  launched Christadena  with Andy Frost at 3am so they could have a full day. Mark Kennet and Matt Hope launched Tide Spring at the same time and followed Dean on the long ride back to the Essex coast .This trip was more productive on Deans boat they had 22 Cod Dean landed 14 and Andy had 8 all of them were between 21/2 lb and 4lb on Marks boat they landed 10 Cod all the fish came to Lug and Squid .

Keith Slater and his wife Pat took thier boat "Dont Panic" to a mark just east of the Montgommery wreck Lug tipped with Squid was the killer bait for Pat she had 5 Cod between 31/2 and 4 lb Keith was given plenty of practice with the net but he never had a Cod .Keith returned to the same mark on Monday to find the cod still there and managed to get 5 Cod all 3-4lb ers lets hope they continue to show for a few more weeks ..

                   

19/03/11
Allan Wadhams skipper of Seeker out of Medway has had 2 trips out this week and on both occasions he found Skate pictured below is ron with two nice Skate caught on wednesday and the rest of the photos are of the teachers and other staff from Wadaslade Girls School fishing on Saturday best fish of the day went to skipper Allan Wadhams

                     
                     RON ON SEEKER                               ANOTHER 10 LB + ON SEEKER

                  
           ALLAN WADHAMS 11LB SKATE               HAPPY LADY ON SEEKER 9LB SKATE

18/03/11
"Shady Lady" out of Canvey skippered by Ray Martin had a party of novice fishermen on board yesterday they fished off the North shore of the Thames estuary. They found plenty of Skate the biggest one one the day was caught by the only lady ( zoe ) on the boat a good fish of 11lb 3oz the other 5 lads managed to get 8 Skate between them .

                  
               ZOE 11LB 3OZ SKATE                  GOOD DAY SKATE FISHING ON SHADY LADY



15/03/11
Allan Wadhams skipper of Seeker out of the Medway had a good day on Saturday 12/03/11 with a party of lads from Grain vilage they went looking for Skate and found them on the banks around Sheppy they kept 8 Skate the best one was about 10lb most of the fish were in the 5 -6 lb range they also returned a dozen  most of the fish fell to Herring and Squid baits a few came to Squid and Bluey cocktails  .




                            
                             Bryn and the lads from Grain on board Seeker


13/03/11
Dave Hancock skipper of Excel 2 out of Ramsgate took a party of  9 anglers out yesterday he made a last minute decision on the forcast to take the party wreck fishing for Cod instead staying close in to fish for Skate . As the weather find away skipper  Dave had made the right call the fishing was non-stop all day with a total of 170 Cod between them most of the fish were in the 3 - 4lb range  with a few about 7lb .
       
              HAPPY CREW ON EXCEL 2              JUST ENOUGH TIME TO GUT AND FILLET THEM

11/03/11
Steve Harris skipper of Dantex out of the Medway tock a party out for a few hours night fishing they stayed in the river they mainly caught Whiting and Pouting one of the party Simon Church was lucky enuf to catch a sizeable lobster.

                                         
                                               SIMON WITH HIS LOBSTER

8/03/11
Allan Wadhams the skipper of Seeker out of Medway took his party of London ambulance men to a mark west of the wind farm off Herne bay on Saturday they found some nice sized Skate the best one was caught by 83 year old Alex Ring from Beckenham a Skate of 10lb most of the fish were returned .
  
Dave Andrews has sent in a report from the Deal 1919 pier /beach competition .Fished on the 1st March the Deal beach/pier comp was won by Nathan Elliot fishing at Walmer with a weight of 840gm a 600gm Dogfish and two rockling .in second was Dave Chamberlain fishing the Groynes with 6 Rockling for 500gms 3rd was Luke Hutton fishing at the Chequers with 5 Rockling for 370gms .11 anglers fished the competition
The Dogfish didnt show at all for the 17 anglers fishing The Deal beach league match at Walmer on Sunday 6th March.The winner was Brian Smith with a Whiting and a Rockling for 280gms with his Whiting of 180gms he took heaviest fish ,second was Dave Chamberlain with a Whiting and a Rockling for 260gms . Dave Andrews came 3rd with a Flounder and a Rockling for 240gms .

                                      
                              ALEX RING WITH A 10LB SKATE CAUGHT ON SEEKER

7/03/11
Skipper of Dantex Steve Harris put his boat back in the water yesterday after it had been out for Annual Maintenance he took a couple of mates Roy Hogbin and John Powney with him on the sea trials as every thing was going well they decided to have a look for some Cod . On the rough ground to the East of the Montgommery wreck they found them and in a little over two hours they managed to land 12 Codling the best one about 5lb they were using Lugworm as bait . Looks good for the Spring run in the Medway . Thanks to Keith Slater for the report
               
     ROY HOGBIN ON BOARD "DANTEX "                  JOHN POWNEY ON BOARD "DANTEX"


27/02/11
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held the Lydd Trophy on Saturday 26/02/11 the venue was Dungeness fishing time was 2pm till 8pm the winner was Trevor Kennedy fishing the Point with a bag of Whiting Rockling and Dabs 22 fish for 3.8kg second was Tony Sadik with 9 fish for 2.016kg  Tony also foished the Point third was Sam Hudson fishing The Boats with 7 fish for  1.350kg  fourth was Dennis Foreman with 7 fish for 1.282kg and fifth was Ray Phillips with 5 fish for .916kg .The best bait on the day was Lugworm NEXT COMPETITION IS ON 12TH MARCH PHONE DENNIS ON 01227 742284 FOR MORE DETAILS

21/O2/11
Herne Bay Angling Ass held a open boat competition yesterday 20/02/11 18 competitors launched from Herne Bay the conditions were overcast with a 3/5 NNE wind, out of the 18 competitors 7 weighed in
1st Jolyon Ifil                    3 Skate for 28.46 lbs
2nd Steve Whiting            3 Skate for 27.24lbs
3rd Andy Frost                 1 Skate for  9.45lbs
4th Dean Fox                   1 Skate for  9.37lbs
5th Chris King                  1 Skate for  7.865lbs
6th David Simes               1 Dab for 0.88lbs
7th Mick Carpenter           1 Dab for 0.456 lbs




FOR MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE HERNE BAY ANGLING ASS COMPETITIONS PHONE THE CLUB ON 01227362127   MEMBERSHIP FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE CLUB AND RON EDWARDS FISHING TACKLE IN HERNE BAY ....


19/02/11
Reports have come in this week of Flounders being caught at Seasalter most anglers are getting between 10-20 per session small Lugworm is the best bait .
The Deal 1919 Club held a competition on Wednesday the results were  1st Luke Hutton with Ling and Whiting for 570gms 2nd Dick Lawless 540gms and 3rd Matt Summerfield with 510gms ,only 2 Dabs weighed in the best one was 140gms landed by Dave Chamberlain and the heaviest fish of the competition was a Whiting of 270gms caught by Paul Roberts. (Thanks to Dave Andrews for the report ).
Andy Frost and John Luke launched " Joker " at Herne Bay on Friday 18th Feb they left the slipwat at 9am hoping to find some Cod . Unfortuantelyn the East South East winds restricted the fishing to the Woolpack a well known mark about 2.5 miles out from Reculver . Sadley no Cod were landed small pin Whiting were a pain nearly all day ,but it was the lug and Squid cocktail that started to attract the Skate they landed six Skate in total the best one went 11.5lb the others not quite making the double figure mark ..(THANKS ANDY FOR THE REPORT )

I have heard reports of 3 Bass being caught off Seasalter this week reportedly they were between 5 - 7 lb so if anyone has some photos that would be great....



                                  
                        ANDY FROST TWO CRACKING SKATE FROM THE WOOLPACK
       
14/02/11
Dave Hancock Skipper of Excel 2 out of Ramsgate sent a report in for his trip on Saturday 12/02/11 Dave decided to fish the wrecks close in shore as the weather forcast was for the wind in increace the fishing was fantastic all day with Cod comming to every angler on the boat the total for the day was aprox 130 Cod and 15 Pollock if you want to book a trip on Daves boat go to my links page and click on KENTCHARTERFISHING .COM for dave contact details

                                    
                                                HAPPY DAY'S ON EXCEL 2
13/02/11
Ken Royden and Barry Palmer launched from Herne Bay Harbour  yesterday morning with almost perfect conditions the expectations for the day was to catch some Cod .Sadly no Cod but , Dabs and Whiting were there in good numbers but mostly undersized Barry managed the best fish of the day a Skate of 11.54lb weighed in at the H.B.A.A. club house for fish of the month  they were useing Lugworm and Squid baits and fishing a little to the south of the wind farm off Herne Bay


                         
                           BARRY PALMER WITH A SKATE OF 11.54LB
12/02/11
Fishing off Herne Bay on Tues 08/02/11 Mark Kennet and Ian Gammon went out to look for some Cod unfortunately they could not find any Cod, but had a Skate of 12lb (returned ) plenty of Dabs and Whiting they used Lugworm and Squid for bait


                             
                                     IAN GAMMON AND A EARLY 12LB SKATE

Greenhill Sea Angling Club held a Flatfish roamer on Sunday 6th ( The Drop-in Trophy ) the venue was the Borth  Kent Coast . Fishing the Kings Hall at Herne Bay Andy Coffin was 1st with a bag of 1 Flounder and 4 Dabs for 0.608 kg Mike Terry was 2nd with 3 Dabs for 0.376kg  Mike fished at Tankerton . 3rd also with 3 Dabs for 0.370kg  was Alan Fuller he fished at Sheerness ,Ray Phillips came 4th with 2 Flounders for 0.358kg Ray fished at Studd Hill the best bait on the day was Lugworm tipped with Rag or Fish .. The next Greenhill competition is on the 26th feb for more details phone Dennis on 01227742284


10/02/'11
Keith Slater and Dave Harris went fishing on Tues 08/02/11 on Keiths boat Don't Panic out of Chatham they motored down to the Mongomery Wreck and fished to the east of the wreck ,expecting a day of Dab fishing they were supprised when the first fish landed was a cod of about 5lb there day continued to get better and finished with 5 cod all about the 5 lb mark one Dab Pouting and Whiting , well done Keith and Dave this maybe the start of a spring run of Cod for the North Kent Coast
Thanks to Keith for the report
                                         
                                     DAVE HARRIS ON BOARD DON'T PANIC

08/02/11
Yesterday i recived a email from Ken Royden with the results for Herne Bay Angling Ass first three beach  comps of this year ..

09/01/11 Dungeness
13 anglers fished
1st Barry Palmer    11.078lb
2nd Steve Whiting   8.006lb
3rd Mathew Church  7.110lb
Heaviest fish went to A Fuller 1.024lb
Most fish went to Barry Palmer  28 Whiting and Dabs

23/01/11 Hythe
8 anglers fished
1st Barry Palmer   1.088lb
2nd Mathew Church 1.032lb
3rd J Pressley          1.030lb
Heaviest fish went to S Whiting 0.068lb
Most fish went to Barry Palmer  7 Dabs and Rockling

06/02/11 Admiralty Pier Dover
2 Anglers fished
1st Barry Palmer   1.250lb
2nd Ken Royden    1.100lb
Heaviest fish Barry Palmer  1.250lb Dogfish
Conditions were rough but fishable  there were plenty of undersized Dogfish and Codling
                    
                    
                                                KEN ROYDEN AND BARRY PALMER

Thanks to Ken Royden for the update on the HBAA results


05/02/11
Fishing near the Thanet wind farm on Tues 1/02/11 Robert Bates had a Skate of 6lb and a few Dogfish he was using Lugworm and Squid as bait all fish were returned
                      
                              ROB BATES WITH A 6LB SKATE FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR

The Deal 1919 Club had a competition on Tuesday 01/02/11 the following report emailed in by Dave Andrews
The daytime rain stopped and the wind died to leave a perfect winters evening for the latest Deal 1919 match on Tuesday 1 February. With the lower deck of the pier still closed all of the 17 entrants chose the beach with the most popular choice being the North Deal groynes.
Once again Dabs made up the vast majority of the catches with the odd ling and stray whiting.Match winner was Dave Andrews fishing to the North of chequers with 17 Dabs and a ling for 2.260 k.g.Second from the groynes was Kevin Scott with 9 fish for 1.290 k.g and third also from the groynes was Tim Fagg also with 9 fish for 1.140 k.g.
The biggest fish and the biggest flat once again went to tyhe same fish this time a dab of 0.280 k.g. caught by Tim Fagg.
Thanks for the report Dave
IF YOUR CLUB HAS HAD A COMPETITION  AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A REPORT FOR THE SITE JUST E-MAIL IT TO ME  mrcod@kcf2010.co.uk ADD PHOTOS IF YOU CAN

                 
04/02/11
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held the Princes Trophy on 29/1/11 the venue was Deal from the Chequers to Deal Castle fishing time was 17.00 to 22.00 . First was Trevor Kennedy with a bag of 4 Rockling for a weight of 410gm he fished at Sandown Castle ,fishing Deal Castle Andy Coffin was second with a bag of  3 Rockling and a Dab for 388gm third was Nathan Wright also fishing at Deal Castle he had 4 Rockling for 308gm , Alan Fuller was fourth with 286gm and fifth was Dennis Forman with a weight of 242 gm best bait on the day was Lugworm  ..
NEXT COMPETITION SUNDAY 6TH FEB PHONE DENNIS ON 01227 742254 FOR MORE DETAILS

30/01/11
There have been reports of Dabs all along the Kent coast anglers on the beaches at   Whitstable , Tankerton and Herne Bay have all been getting a few the best numbers have come from the Kings Hall at Herne bay the best bait is Lugworm tipped with fish or Squid. Margate and Ramsgate anglers  are also getting Dabs with the odd few Whiting , Sandwich Bay is the same with Daabs and Whiting . Dungeness is still the best place to go reported on the seagull tackle site  Paul Hodges had some good Dabs topped off with a Codling of 3 1/2 lb on the 27th jan  the anglers are also reporting that they are now starting to catch a few good sized Flounders .


                                  
                                      PAUL HODGES FISHING DUNGENESS


19/01/11
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held the Banjo Cup on the 15/01/11 the venue was Deal 1919 Clubhouse to Sandwich Bay Shallows the competition was fished 4.00pm till 9.00pm. Fishing outside the 1919 Clubhouse Ricky Joyce was first with a bag of Dabs and Whiting for 3.178kg 18 fish, Second was Trevor Kennedy also with Dabs and Whiting weighing in at 2.406kg 19 fishTrevor fished at The Pill Box at Sandwich Bay , Third was Alan Fuller with a bag of 14 fish for 2.266kg Alan fished near the 1919 Clubhouse, Andy Newell came fourth with 2.066kg and Tony Sadik came fifth with 2.050 kg. Heaviest fish of the was a LS Dogfish of 0.422kg and Mathew Wright had a Dab of 0.318kg best bait on the day was Lugworm ..G.S.A.C next competition is on Sat 29/01/11 for more details phone 01227742284 ask for Dennis
Andy Allen fished just past the Kings Hall Herne Bay on Sat 15/01/11 he had over 20 Dabs 10 were a good size and the rest were returned he also had a few small Whiting also returned he was using Lugworm as bait .
Les Bates and his son Robert went to Dungeness yesterday they had plenty of Dabs and Whiting Robert had  7 good size Dabs, he was also feathering for the Sprats which were there by the million, nothing much else to catch as all the other fish are so pre occupied by the white bait. The only other species was rockling, ( waste of time fishing for cod, so take advatage with the dabs being around on small hooks and short snoods).

                       
                                                      ROBERT BATES DABS


18/01/11
Herne Bay anglers have  now started to catch Dabs Ive had reports of them being caught at the Ship Inn , Kings Hall and from Hampton Jetty  the best bait for them has been small Lugworm tipped with Squid or Fish .
There have been no reports from the Charter boats over the last week as the strong winds have kept them tied to their berths .

12/01/11
There is a glut of Dabs this year from most of the Kent coast .Ian Facy from Ramsgate fished the Harbour wall at Ramsgate on Sunday and had Dabs on every cast .Tony Sparkes and Robert Bates fished Sandwich Bay on Monday they had about 50 Dabs between them with a few undersided Bass and small Whiting they kept 16 Dabs and the rest were returned they used Lugworm tipped with Squid or Mackerel.

8/01/11
First report of the year . Cliff Richards from Herne Bay went to Sandwich Bay and fished over the high tide on Thursday 6/1/11 the weather condition were very wet Cliff still managed to catch 23 Dabs 12 of them were a good size and were taken home the rest were put back , he also had 2 under sized Bass that were returned  .He used Lugworm as bait
Fishing charges now for Sandwich Bay on the Private estate  are £6/00 per day or  a season ticket for £70.00

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