The first announcement from Steve was a sad one: our friend “Mad Mick” Beattie has lost his long battle with cancer and passed away last week. Our condolences to his family and friends.
Onto happier things: the current club standings have had a switch around after a flurry of plaice catches – see the Standings Listing below.
Fish Of The Month had a number of entries but the hot contenders were Andy Bird’s mullet of 5lb 4oz and Steve Tamblin’s huge stingray of 43lb. The stingray was 143.4% of the specimen weight and wins Steve a medal and £10 – an impressive catch.
We couldn’t bring news of the SMAC Open Species Competition because it was postponed from last Sunday and will carry forward each successive Sunday until we have fishable weather. Dan has a hot tip for small species identification: take a clear plastic container and photograph the fish in water. Fins are a good indicator of species and they are much easier to see when swimming.
The Cod Pool is now officially open so please pay Steve £10 before you catch a cod to be in with a chance of taking all the pool money.
The date for the SMAC Cod Open Competition will be Sunday 30th November. Put that date in your diaries and clear every Sunday afterwards until about the end of January. The only year we actually fished the Cod Open on the original date was the year I couldn’t be there, which I am still sore about. It’s a great event.
The Inter-Club Competition was won last year by Langstone Harbour Fishermen’s Association so they are hosting this year’s event. So far we only have a suspicion of a date based on rumour so we are seeking clarification, to put it politely.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday 7th October at 7pm in the Marina Bar.
