Popular Post mike farrants Posted April 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2023 It was the 1st comp in a series run by Weymouth Boat angling society and we were aboard Tims Boat seadog. over 30 anglers took part across about 10 boats How it works - One rod each, max 3 hooks, min 2 competitors on a boat so you cant cheat. Leave the harbour at 8am, fishing commences 9am - 3.30 - last bag back at the club before 5pm. theres a list of the usual species (not inc mackerel) theres no min size - fish recorded and returned, and you score as follows 30 points for the 1st, 15 second, 15 third and 40 points for the 4th fish of a species then 1 point each up to a max of 10 for each species. (eg 1 doggie = 30 points, 4 doggies = 100 points, 10 doggies = 106 points) seemed to work well - it Encourages variety and pushes you to get that 4th fish. the kitty is split 4 ways - with Prizes for most points, most fish & most species, plus there's also a nominated species revealed on the day with the biggest fish also taking a share of the prize money - this month it was Thornback ray. we set off to our usual mark over mixed ground - i deployed a novel rig that i think stood me in good stead - a 2 up flapper for small fish & 1 down rig - big bait on the bottom. I had a glow weight, pop up lumi beads, the lot and i hoped the big fish bait would not only get me a big fish, but act as a bit of chum to draw in the smaller fish and stopped me changing rigs all the time - it worked well as i had a good run of bream/pout/dogs/rays and conger all on the same rig. Baits were Rag, Squid, Mackerel, and Gar. with a few hours to go we moved location to go and try for pin whiting, small pollock and Wrasse - as that seemed a good tactic to bag more points - but we really stuggled and should have stayed put for more rays I got 3 thornies - biggest 21inches across the wings but didn't win, 2 pout, 7 bream inc a PB at 2.25lb, 7 doggies and a conger I ended on 335 points and didn't win - but Tim did win most species with 8 as he also had a poor cod, Bull Huss & Ballan Wrasse - a nice £64 for the day! great fun! thejollysinker, Geoff, Saintly Fish and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Nice one Mike, good Bream too Nothing like a monetary gain to sharpen the instincts, what you gonna spend your winnings on ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 18 hours ago, jonnyswamp said: Nice one Mike, good Bream too Nothing like a monetary gain to sharpen the instincts, what you gonna spend your winnings on ? He didn't win anything, his mate Tim did.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Well done Mike and Tim. Some nice fish and a good result for the skipper. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Andy135 said: He didn't win anything, his mate Tim did.... I know, but surely sharsies!!! Andy135 and Saintly Fish 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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