Thanks again to our regular members who supported our monthly meeting on Tuesday! We started as usual with the Standings, see below. Points to note: The Plaice cup is wide open, just a small plaice could earn a lot of points. The same with cod, although that season is yet to arrive, if it actually does. Pete Churchill is romping away ahead of the field in the Species Hunt, now at 33. You wouldn’t need to catch an unusual number to get into the placings behind him and Andy Bird though. One new entrant in the Bass Charts is Neville Merritt, straight in at Number One but probably like the charts, a one-hit-wonder.
Next was Fish Of The Month, and although Andy’s specimen mullet was a few points larger and Ray Plomer’s little silver eel a lot rarer, the room graciously voted your Chairman’s bass Fish Of The Month, probably because it’s unlikely to happen again. The £10 prize was donated to the RNLI/GAFIR pool which currently stands at £402. We’ll add that to next meeting’s agenda to decide how to donate it.
Your Treasurer Eleanor Atkins has done an amazing job of organising our paperwork and finances, which is more necessary now that we have several committee members involved in the administration. Thanks Steve Kelly for doing such a comprehensive job before!
The Bass Competition was a great success although it was a tough day, and a couple of visiting regulars couldn’t make it. Our members dominated the prize table, and we gave Neil Glazier his 11th Prize at the meeting. Full report here.
The Species Competition date has been moved to 22nd (or 23rd) August due to the marina channel dredging works. We have some good prizes, so we need to get the word out and attract plenty of visiting competitors. This is a great competition because everyone has a good chance, especially fishing inshore over varied marks. Fishing 8am to 5pm this time. Tie-break scoring will be reviewed!
The Sole Trip proposed for 7th August will be postponed because we won’t have a Holding Pontoon to return to! A new date will be scheduled.
Lawrence Sargrove will be donating a quantity of industrial conger-wrangling gloves. They are Medium size so suitable mainly for junior and lady wranglers. They would also come in handy for any seriously mucky jobs like stripping anti-foul.
A note on the marina dredging works: berth holders will have received an email and a notice from Langstone Harbour Board. The work will be mainly carried out at high tide which allows boats to navigate around them over the shallows. At other times the channel will be open as usual. The main inconvenience is the lack of a holding pontoon while the work is carried out. Diesel fuel will be available as usual, but you will have to clear the berth once refuelled.
The next Monthly Meeting will be at the later date of 8th September at 7pm in the Marina Bar, due to the Bank Holiday.
