2012 REPORTS


1/02/12

The Heron Angling Club Herne Bay had its 1st beach comp of the year yesterday(29/01/12) which 
saw 21 members fishing. Whiting, rockling, dabs and a flounder were caught with 13 members 
weighing in their catches. 
Notably, Kevin Morris weighed in a specimen dab at 12.5oz.
Final results as follows;
1st- M.Morris, 5 fish for 1.96lb
2nd- K.Morris, 4 fish for 1.36lb
3rd- D.Smith, 4 fish for 1.18lb
4th- M.Turner, 2 fish for 0.90lb
5th- B.Morris, 2 fish for 0.86lb
6th- M.Bryant, 2 fish for 0.76lb
7th- M.Pritchard, 3 fish for 0.74lb
8th- M.Dinley, 2 fish for 0.42lb
9th- S.Hudson, 1 fish for 0.26lb
9th- C.Rozee, 1 fish for 0.26lb
11th- P.Gower, 1 fish for 0.20lb
12th- J.Williamson, 1 fish for 0.14lb
12th- K.Grove, 1 fish for 0.14lb.
 
8 other members fished but failed to weigh in.
Next beach competition is the Tamkin cup on March 17th
For more details about the Heron Angling Club phone 01227 363780

The Skate and Cod are at Hernebay.

 

Andy Frost and Dean Fox launched 'Joker' Sunday morning a 6.30am.

With a lumpy sea, it was decided to fish the Princes Channel No 4 Buoy.

Several small Codling were caught, up to 3lb, along with some nice sized Whiting.

An early showing of Skate put in an appearance, 4 in all.

The biggest Skate tipped the scales at 16lb, a PB for Andy Frost.

 

The biggest surprise, not a Dogfish seen allday.

 

Other boats also hit the Skate along with some nice plump Codling with Mark Kennets boat hitting 18 Codling.

Alan Callaway also lauched early and hit 5 Skate when fishing alongside Dean and Andy.

Greenhill Angling Club held the Princess Trophy on the 22/01/12  venue was Deal Chequers  to Deal Castle
1 st Alan Fuller with 13 fish for 1.560 kg
2nd Paul Harnett with 10 fish for 1.344 kg
3rd Andy Coffin with 10 fish for 1.116 kg
4th Samuel Coffin with 8 fish for 0.824 kg
5th Dennis Foreman with 5 fish for 0.798 kg
Heavest fish of the competition was caught by Paul Harnett a Dab of 0.270kg .
Alan Fuller fished " The Pill Box " Chequers  and his bag was made up of Whiting ,Rockling and Dabs Paul Harnett fished outside the 1919 Club house and Andy Coffin fished Gordon Road  best bait on the day was Lugworm .

NEXT COMP SUNDAY FEB 12 TH  01227 742284 FOR MORE DETAILS

21/01/12

Results of The Dungeness Dab Only Open (16th Jan). Top Ten -
1st Mark Baddeley 4lb 6oz (16 Dabs)
2nd Tony Sadik 4lb 2.4oz (13 Dabs)
3rd Ken Royden 3lb 1.8oz (10 Dabs)
4th Dean Amos 2lb 11.4oz (11 Dabs)
5th Trevor Kennedy 2lb 2.8oz (8 Dabs)
6th Michael Chalk 2lb 0oz (10 Dabs)
7th Steve Crimmins 1lb 15.4oz (7 Dabs)
8th Ricky Joyce 1lb 12.5oz (8 Dabs)
9th David Chalk 1lb 7.2oz (5 Dabs)
10th Barry Palmer 1lb 5.8oz (5 Dabs)

Heaviest - Tony Sadik 8.4oz
Numbers - Mark Baddeley 16 fish

21 anglers fished, almost all club members. The fishing itself was damaged by strong East/ South East winds that meant Dab catches were down on previous weeks and the average size was noticeably smaller too. However, it was still a very interesting competition with lots of close weights at the scales (17 out of 21 anglers weighed in) and really good to see both some old faces coming back and some new faces too. Congratulations to Mark, Tony and Ken on taking the overall honours

Report by Michael Chalk

15/01/12
With the calm weather yesterday a few boats launched from herne bay and headed for the North East Spit area the result was a day of good fishing with plenty of Skate and a few nice cod  being caught the best bait on the day was Cuttle  and Squid  for the cod and fish bait for the Skate  Mark Kennet had a nice cod of 13 lb  and Dean Fox and his fishing partner landed 14 skate

                                                                
                                                     MARK KENNET WITH A 13LB ER FROM THE FORLANDS
11/01/12
Greenhill Sea Angling Club held the Banjo Cup competition on Sat 7th  fishing time was 17.00 till 22.00 the venue was Hythe
TREVOR kENNEDY WON WITH 45 FISH FOR 6.364 KG
2ND  LEWIS STEVENSON WITH 24 FISH FOR 3.266KG
3RD RICKY JOYCE WITH 24 FISH FOR 2.930 KG
4TH RAY PHILLIPS WITH 16 FISH FOR 2.130 KG
5TH SAM HUDSON WITH 22 FISH FOR 1.824 KG
Trevor fished near the Boats on Fishermans Beach and his bag was made up of Dabs and Whiting  the best bait on the day was Lugworm tipped with  fish .
Next competition is on the 22 Jan PHONE DENNIS FOR MORE DETAILS ON 01227 742284

HERNE BAY ANGLING CLUB HELD THE WENIGER CUP ON JAN 8TH VENUE H.B.A.A. CLUB LIMITS  FISHING TIME 08.30 TIL 13.30

WENIGER CUP RESULT Top 10 -
1st D.Andrews 2.65lbs (11 fish)
2nd R.Joyce 2.23lbs (8 fish)
3rd D.Chalk 1.67lbs (6 fish)
4th L.Bates 1.49lbs (5 fish)
5th S.Hudson 1.45lbs (5 fish)
6th B.Belton 1.435lbs (4 fish)
7th O.Swift 1.43lbs (5 fish)
8th M.Chalk 1.395lbs (6 fish)
9th K.Royden 1.16lbs (4 fish)
10th C.Packham 0.96lbs (3 fish)
Heaviest Fish - K.Royden 0.43 Dab
Numbers - D.Andrews 11 fish
Heaviest Flatfish - K.Royden 0.43 Dab

Report - A really close match with less than two ounces covering five places! Most anglers caught a variety of Dabs, Whiting and Rockling, only two anglers failed to weigh in. Top weight came from the Rand, 2nd from Reculver and 3rd from the Harbour Arm. Weather was warm for this time of year with a gentle westerly wind. Thank you to all those that supported this event - hope to see you again next week at Dungeness for the Dabs only event!

REPORT FROM MICHAEL CHALK

8/01/12

Unlike most  years the Whiting  that normaly leave the North Kent Coast before Christmas are still here  in good numbers  i am still getting reports of them being caught at Hampton Jetty  and Reculver after dark.