THE JURASSIC TWO DAY OPEN BOAT FESTIVAL- 2018

 

WEST BAY – 21^ST – 22^ND JULY

 

 

The annual two day open boat festival organised by the West Bay SAC was fished by 41 anglers with very good weather conditions over the weekend of the 21^st and 22^nd July. Each angler was allowed to bring two different species to the weigh in and the event was judged on the best two specimens.

 

Lewis Hodder took his boat Pegasus down with a private charter group who fish this competition annually. Seven members of LRSAC fished on Steve Sweet’s boat Amaretto IV.

 

After the first day Barry Moore, fishing on Amaretto IV, was in the lead with a specimen percentage of 133% and he won the pool for best round fish as well as the first prize. It had already been decided that those fishing on Amaretto IV would “pool” their winnings so £228 was rolled over into the next day’s pot. Two other members of the group were handily placed for the next day having both caught very good specimen Black Bream but they both needed to catch another decent fish.

 

Unfortunately on the second day those LRSAC members fishing the competition didn’t catch many fish of note and consequently this gave an opportunity for people on other boats to catch up on fishing for the Sunday prizes and to improve their chances in the overall rankings.

 

Congratulations go to Paul Fisher fishing on Lewis’s boat for winning the competition:

 

Final placings and scores as follows:

 

1^st           Paul Fisher                          Red Gurnard 380gms (67%), Undulate Ray 4,840gms (76%)            143%

2^nd          Rod Barr                              Plaice 1,220gms (60%), Black Bream 1,280gms (81%)                        141%

3^rd           Mike Hansell                      Black Bream 1,260gms (79%), Scad 380gms (56%)                             135%

4^th           Barry Moore                        Black Bream 1,380gms (87%), Mackerel 420gms (46%)                    133%

 

Dave Houghton                 Black Bream 1,300gms (82%), Mackerel 280gms (31%)                    113%

Lewis Hodder                    Black Bream 850gms (53%), Mackerel 400gms (44%)                        97%

Mike Rogers                       Black Bream 880gms (55%), Scad 240gms (35%)                                90%

Pete Waterer                      Black Bream 360gms (23%), Mackerel 440gms (49%)                        72%

Tony Churton                    Black Bream 400gms (25%), Mackerel 200gms (22%)                        47%

Steve Sweet                       Pollack 600gms (8%), Mackerel 340gms (37%)                                     45%

Nigel Bell                                                             No fish weighed in

Clive Perry                                                          No fish weighed in

 

 

Mike Hansell

29^th July 2018