Saltwater Boat Angling — December 2017

Saltwater Boat Angling 23

Fast start

And thus, to this year’s event; the first thing we did was

drift on the famous Shambles Bank (featured a few issues

back) where Andy Collings immediately got on the score

sheet by landing a small blonde ray. This was immediately

followed by a much bigger specimen in the form of an 8Ib

3oz small eyed ray caught by the oldest competitor,

73-year-old John Ward.

A tug from a blonde!

Next up, Ian Youngs had a tug on his tackle from a blonde

(he should be so lucky at his age). It was a ray of course

and it turned out to be a lovely 16 pounder. All of these

rays were tempted by strips of mackerel on 4/0 Sakuma

Stingers using a long flowing trace and all were returned

alive.

We then moved south, away from the Shambles Bank, and

anchored on a reef which produced a variety of fish;

including black bream, red gurnard, conger, undulate rays

and the ubiquitous lesser spotted dogfish. Then as the

tide changed, and strengthened, it was time to move

again as the ‘old gits’ were not keen to fish with big

weights.

Anchored up

We then had a session anchored on a reef to the east of

Portland. The competitors used a combination of baits

and several bull huss and congers were boated during our

time there as well as more black bream and a couple of

cod - Jim Stone (pictured) pulled up the best cod;

weighing 10Ib 2oz.

During what was a very enjoyable day in reasonable

weather we reminisced, as you do, about all sorts of

things; music, sweets we used to eat as kids, our lost

youth, TV programmes and of course the fishing from

by-gone years. It’s always better back then.....

As always, and all to soon, it was time to call lines up and

head back to Weymouth.

The competition was pretty fierce but good natured and

there weren’t a lot points between the top three.

So, the winner, and “Old Git of 2017”, was Andy Collings

winning the shield for the second time. Runner Up was

Jim Stone who was fishing for the first time in this

competition.

2017 Results – Andy Collings 169 points, Jim Stone 160

points, Ian Youngs 154 points, Robin Amor 135 points,

Bill Oliver 98 points, John Ward 88 points, Graham

Rosamond 86, Denise Youngs 32 points.  

We all had a lot of fun, caught a lot of fish and put the

world to rights; and how enjoyable it was too.

The date for the next “Old Gits” competition is

September 12th 2018.

Past winners

2011 Trevor Lockyer 2012 Mick Nunn

2013 Paul Lawson 2014 Bill Oliver

2015 Andy Collings 2016 Robin Amor

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Andy’s 3Ib

black bream

Ian’s 16Ib

blonde ray

Jim’s 10Ib 2oz cod

John’s 8Ib

3oz small

eyed ray

Denise with a

nice red

gurnard

Ian’s 9Ib1 1oz

lesser spotted

dogfish

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