Club Record Fish

Ryan pictured with his new junior shore record Mackerel of 373gms caught from Abbotsbury in July

Ollie with a new LRSAC shore record Thin Lipped Mullet of 1,193gms (2.63lbs) caught when fishing at West Bay

Ollie with a new Shore record Scad of 348gms caught in July when fishing at Abbotsbury.

Roy when fishing on Pegasus (skipper Lewis Hodder) increased his Tope record when catching this fish that weighed in at 8,308gms (18lbs 5ozs). The fish was returned safely to the water.

Picture of new Junior club member Sam Norman with a 4lb 5ozs Cod caught on Pegasus (skipper Lewis Hodder) when boat fishing for the very first time. This fish becomes a new Junior Boat record for Sam.

Roy pictured with the new club record Spurdog of 20lbs 1oz ((9,110gms). This fish weight is being submitted to the Wyvern region as it is believed that it betters the old Wyvern record of 16lbs 3ozs. (All Spurdogs caught were safely returned back to the sea.) Congratulations to Roy on an outstanding fish.

Roy caught this Tope of 17lbs 13ozs (8,100gms) which equals the club record Tope by Mike Vickery back in 2004

New Junior club member Aydan reels in a first for the club - the first ever Gilthead Bream of 96gms, which becomes the new Junior record. Well done Aydan. He also finished second in the competition.

Ryan Male fishing in the Senior Wednesday Shore league caught a new junior record L.S.Dogfish of 705 grams.

Darren Herbert broke the LRSAC Shore record for a Smooth Hound with a fish that weighed in at 10lb 7ozs when fishing in a Wednesday shore match at Hive.

On the same day that Tony Bessford weighed in the first ever Spotted Ray for the club Richard Bagg, fishing on the same boat (Pegasus), broke his record of a few hours by catching a new record fish of just under 4lbs. Well done Richard - Hard luck Tony!

Tony Bessford with a new first for the club and consequently a new club record of a 2lbs 5oz Spotted Ray

Ollie went down to Chesil to fish for rays and finished up with this new club shore record Turbot of 1,852gms (4.08lbs. Congratulations Ollie!

Roy Shipway with his new LRSAC Thornback Ray boat record of 7,800gms (17lbs 3ozs) which gave him a club specimen size of 132.27%. The fish was caught on Pegasus - skipper Lewis Hodder.

Keir Tweedale (aged 10) with his new Junior Record Boat Pollack of 11lb 8ozs caught on Pegasus (skipper Lewis Hodder) during the LRSAC Senior Boat Competition.

Well done to Ollie Male who broke the LRSAC Shore Record for an Undulate Ray which weighed in at 14lbs 3ozs. The fish took a mackerel and squid cocktail when fishing at West Bexington. The fish was returned safely to the sea.

Picture of Roy Shipway with the new record LRSAC boat Ling of 22lbs caught on Alice Rose on 19th February 2017. This beat Darren Herbert's previous record that had stood for just two hours!!! Congratulations to Roy

Darren Herbert whilst fishing on Alice Rose on 19th February 2017 broke the Boat Spur Dog record with a fish of 12lbs 10ozs (specimen size 105.27%). This fish took a whole squid and was safely returned to the water. Congratulations to Darren.

Picture of Roy Shipway, fishing on Pegasus (skipper Lewis Hodder), with his new LRSAC boat record Spur Dog of 6lbs 6ozs which bettered his previous record set last year.

Picture of Andy Sheader with his new club boat record Undulate Ray of 16lbs 4ozs caught on Pegasus with Phil Hodder skipper.

Picture of Lewis Hodder with the new LRSAC boat record Ling of 9lbs 10ozs he caught on 30.12.16

Picture of Ollie Male with the new club record shore caught Bass of 10lbs 6 ozs (weighed) which beats Steve Fowles long standing record of 2008. The fish was caught at Cogden on the 14th November, Congratulations Ollie!

Paul Blake with his new boat record Blonde Ray of 13lb 3ozs caught on Alice Rose off the Shambles in May 2016

Roy Shipway with his new record Spur Dog of 1,167gms (Calculated) caught on Pegasus (Phil Hodder - skipper). After fishing all day for the first ever club caught Spur Dog, Roy's persistence paid off when this fish was caught just as the anchor was being pulled up to go home. Prior to this the boat had caught over 60 L.S.Dogfish during the day and Roy brought in a seasons best dogfish as well.

Picture of Ben Male with the new club record Thornback Ray of 1,919gms (4.23lbs) caught at Abbotsbury

Phil Marshall with the new LRSAC club record Pollack of 16lb 14ozs which was over 1lb heavier than the previous record. This fish was caught on the 6th March aboard Alice Rose (skipper Lewis Hodder). This was one of over 50 Pollack caught on the day with over half of them being over 10lbs.

Ryan Male (Junior) with his new record Shore Rockling of 510gms caught off North Wall when fishing in the Wednesday Shore League in February 2016

"Desperate Dan" Evans with the new boat record Bull Huss of 14.61lbs. This beat Mark Suter's 2002 record by 3.5lbs. The fish was caught in the opening 30mins fishing on November 4th on Amaretto IV. Just to prove it wasn't fluke Dan then caught another sizeable Bull Huss of 8-9lbs. This fish returned a specimen size of over 146% and sits at number 12 in the Top 20 Fish list.

LRSAC Junior, Liam King has just broken the out of waters club record for a Blue Shark. The fish weighed 48lb 7ozs and was caught on a boat out of Looe whilst fishing with his Dad and Grandad. Well done Liam!!

Phil Marshall went fishing with a friend out of Weymouth. Off Portland he caught this new record boat (out of area) Ballan Wrasse which tipped the scales at just over 7lbs.

Andy Sheader with the new club record Turbot caught at Weymouth. Andy had earlier lost another sizeable fish but was obviously well pleased with this fish that was caught on a launce "flapper"

Phil Marshall with his 2014 club record shore-caught Black bream which weighed in at 1.98 lbs. (901gms)

Rollo Squire with his Blenny of 71 gms. a new club record.

Mike Roger's 18.80lb (8,545 gms) Cod caught on Amaretto IV in 2014 during the first FIVE GO FISHING IN DORSET competition.

Mike Hansell with his club boat record Whiting of 4.28 lbs. (1,947 gms.) caught in 2014 on Alice Rose. This fish took a whole squid fished on a Pennel rig of two 3/0 hooks.

Brian Moss with his 31lb (14,090 gms) Blonde Ray caught in Dec 2013 from a Weymouth charter boat.

Ryan Turner's club record Skate - caught in Scotland. This fish was over 2 metres long and estimated weighing approx. 120-140lb. Needless to say this is the heaviest fish to be caught in British waters by a LRSAC member.

Ryan Turner's club record Skate - caught in Scotland. This fish was over 2 metres long and estimated weighing approx. 120-140lb. Needless to say this is the heaviest fish to be caught in British waters by a LRSAC member.

Paul Blake's 2014 shore-caught Dab weighing in at 0.76 lbs (345 gms).

Peter Yates, with the new shore record Pouting for 2014. The fish weighed in at 2.21 lbs (1,005 gms.). The fish was caught using Black Lug, fishing on Chesil Beach. Its specimen size is 147% and it sits at number 10 in the Top 20 Specimen Fish list.

Gavin's first fish of 2014, a 15.84 lbs (7,200 gms) Undulate Ray. Caught on a squid and worm bait on a size 2 hook plaice rig. Alice Rose from Lyme Regis - skipper Lewis Hodder.

Callum Taylor with his shore record Scorpion Fish of 235 gms (0.52 lbs) caught off North Wall in 2013. This fish was 48 gms short of the British Record.

Paul Blake's shore caught conger weighed in at 40.75 lbs (18,521 gms) in 2013. Landed on Chesil Beach the fish was released after this picture was taken. This fish was a 163% specimen and sits at number five in the Top 20 Specimen Fish list.

Mike Hansell's Ballion's Wrasse was a British Record in 2011. Caught from Amaretto III during the Jurassic Two Day Boat Competition it weighed 240 gms (0.53lbs).

Ron Bailey with the best specimen the club has seen, at the time it was just short of the British record at 7.78lb (3,545 gms) and worked out at 223% specimen. This fish sits at number one in the Top 20 Specimen List.

John Hansford and his club record boat Herring Caught on Amaretto 111. It weighed 258 gms (0.57 lbs).

Pete Williams holding his record 2012 shore whiting weighing in at 2.53 lbs (1,149 gms). It worked out as a 168.72% specimen and sits at number 3 in the Top 20 Specimen fish caught by a LRSAC member.

Mike Smith beats a long standing Thornback Ray record on a day that it was beaten twice in 2013. The ray was caught from the boat Helga and weighed 12.39 lbs (5,630 gms).

Mike Hansell holding a West Bay and LRSAC Record Ballan Wrasse. Caught from Phil Crabbe's boat Liberty Taker it weighed in at 6.08lbs(2,763 gms.)

Steve Sweet's club record John Dory caught from his boat Amaretto III. It weighed in at 2.24lbs (1,016 gms)