Latest Catch reports for Brixham SAC members

BSAC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed in the following catches for the Brixham clubs member. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Steve Ford fished a Plymouth shore mark for a nice Cod of 9.3.2. Mike Bailey fished the breakwater for a Wrasse of 4.5.0 , which was returned after weighing. Shay Upham fished Scabbacombe for a Bullhuss of 10.0.9.

The last heat of the evening comps was won by Jason Upham with a Whiting of 1.1.6, 2nd Ciaran Farley Whiting 1.0.0, 3rd Russell Farley 0.15.0. Overall result from the 3 heats was

1st Russell Farley LSD 2.8.10

2nd Darryl Farley LSD 2.0.12

Junior winner Ciaran Farley whiting 1.0.0

The club has the 3rd and final heat of the Flounder comps this Sun 20th Dec.  Cheers, Dave

 

BASC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed in the following catches for the Brixham clubs member. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Rob Caunter fished the 'Skerries Banks' to take a new club record Smoothhound weighing 9.13.2. Paul Flavell fished Beesands for a Spotted Ray of 4.13.2. Jason Hemmings and Mike Smith visited Chesil Beach in the search for Cod,Jason getting them to 6.1 while Mike landed a Conger Eel of 27.1.0.

The South Hams competition was won by Russell Farley with a Bullhuss of 11.4.4,Ciaran Farley took best junior with another Bullhuss 10.0.14. Cheers Dave.

BSAC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed in the following results for the Brixham clubs Roving competition. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, the roving comp was won  Darryl Farley with a Pollack 3.2.11 from Scabbacombe. 2nd place went to Russell Farley with an LSD 2.6.15 and 3rd went to Ciaran Farley with another LSD 2.1.10, so a productive day out for the Farleys!

Pete Kandes fished from boat in Brixham harbour for a Golden Grey Mullet of 2.5.0. Cheers, Dave.

BSAC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed in the following details of some catches for the Brixham clubs members. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Russell Farley fished the River Exe for Thin Lipped Mullet to 2.10.15, he was outdone though by son Ciaran, who had them to 2.15.0.
Jason and Corey Upham visited a Plymouth mark for Golden Grey Mullet, Corey got the best at 2.1.15 and Jason getting them to 1.15.10. Chris Scales fished the breakwater for a Mackerel of 1.4.13.
The Mullet competition was won by Ciaran Farley with a Thin Lip of 2.3.6, putting dad, Russell, into 2nd place with one of 1.10.0.

The best shore caught bass in October will win the Bill Blackmore memorial trophy, none weighed yet so any size will do! Cheers, Dave.

BSAC catch update - Dave fortune very kindly updated me with catches that the BSAC member have been catching. Many thanks Dave, as always it's good to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, members have been catching some good Mackerel from Berryhead and the breakwater with the best was one of 2.3.10 for Jason Hemmings,  Andy Smith also found them to 1.12.4.
The club fished an inter club match with Sidmouth and Kingfisher SAC  from Plymouth , Brixham running out winners with some good Mackerel, best 1.9.0 for Steve Harrison and Doug Mosedale getting one of 1.7.14. Liam Ford fished a wreck for a good black bream of 4.5.14.
This sun 4th October the club has its annual Mullet competition, boat and shore. Cheers Dave.

Monday 24th August - BSAC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed a catch update from the Brixham Sea Angling Club. Many thanks Dave, as always it's good to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, the ‘His and hers’ competition was won by Kate Gillette and Sam Jordan with a pair of double figure Bullhuss. Liam Ford fished the breakwater for a good Mackerel of 1.8.10, Shay Upham fished Scabbacombe for his 3 Bearded Rockling of 1.14.14 and Jason Upham fished a Plymouth shore mark for a Golden Grey Mullet of 2.1.4. Cheers Dave.

Maitland Criddle lands a new personal best Ling - Rob Marshall very kindly emailed in details of a wrecking trip he took with Mark and Maitland Criddle. Many thanks Rob, as always it's great to hear from you and thanks for your valued input. Here's what Rob wrote:

Hi Rob, here is a photo of a couple of Ling we caught on Sunday. I was out with Mark Criddle and his son Maitland pictured here on the left. We were wreck fishing catching a few medium sized Cod and Pollack  but as the bites eased off we moved to another wreck which produced Maitlands personal best Ling of 18lbs 6ozs 
and I was lucky enough to catch a Ling of 25lb 8ozs. Along with the weather we had it was a great day out. Cheers Rob.

BSAC catch update -  I received this message from Dave Fortune, the BSAC press officer. Many thanks Dave, as always it's good to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, the St Austell Brewery comp was well supported by anglers from all around the area. Best Fish Overall and £100 went to Doug Mosedale with a boat caught Thornback Ray of 14.6.1. Best Fish Boat went to junior member Sam Jordan with a boat caught Thornback of Ray 13.7.6. Best Fish Shore went to Bobby Drew with a Pollack of 2.12.11. Best junior was Ciaran Farley with a Thin Lipped Mullet of 2.6.4. Best Fish by a Lady went to Sally Hoult with a Dogfish 2.10.3 .Thanks to all who supported this event.

Before the comp Liam Halliday fished Berryhead for a Thornback of 8.5.5 and Jason Hemmings visited a Somerset shore mark for a Smoothhound 13.2.0.  Cheers, Dave.

BSAC catch update -  I received this message from Dave Fortune, the BSAC press officer. Many thanks Dave, as always it's good to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Liam Halliday, Luke Rogers and Chris Scales enjoyed a good days mulleting on the River Teign last week. Targeting the thin lipped variety they caught fish all day with all three getting fish over the 3 pound mark. Liam Hallidays was narrowly the best, weighing in at 3.4.3. Cheers Dave.

Brixham SAC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some catch updates of BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as usual it's good to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi all, Mike Smith and Jason Hemmings visited North Somerset to catch some nice Smoothhounds. Mike had the best at 12.3 and Jasons best 10.4. Junior member Corey Upham fished the Teign for a good Thin Lipped Mullet of 3.0.13.

The winners of the pairs comp were Mike smith and Jason Hemmings with Wrasse and tjree Bearded.Rockling for 183%. 2nd were Shay Upham and Russell Farley with Thin Lipped Mullet and LSD for 176%. 3rd went to Kate Jordan and Pete Kandes with LSD and Thornback Ray for 157%.

The club has its junior/senior comp this Sun 28th June. Boat or shore. Cheers, Dave.

Brixham SAC Catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed in details of the recent catches for BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. This is what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Liam Ford fished Beesands for a very nice Dab of 1.4.10, the best one weighed into the club for some years. Graham Dryer fished the 'Skerries Banks' for a Smoothhound of 8.9.10. Junior members found a few fish, Sam Jordan fished a Torquay mark for a wrasse 2.12.0, while Ciaran Farley fished Scabbacombe for a dogfish 2.10.0. The club has its pairs comp this sun 21st June. Cheers Dave.

Liam Ford proudly holds up his fine Dab of 1lb 4oz 10dr which he caught on a recent trip to Beesands. 14th June 2015 Pictures courtesy of Dave Fortune

Brixham SAC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some catch updates of BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as usual it's good to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Jason Hemmings visited a Somerset mark for a nice Bass 5.10.9. Jason Upham and his son Corey found a few fish, Corey landing a nice Gilthead Bream of 2.2.1 from a South Hams mark and Jason finding Thin Lipped Mullet to 3.0.3. Russell Farley fished Sharkham for a Pollack of 2.1.11 and wrasse to 4.13.7.
The clubs ‘'Skerries Banks' Banks’ comp was won by Rob Caunter with a good Bullhuss of 14.2.9.  Cheers Dave

Reminder from Dave Fortune - Hi all, just a reminder, the club has a best fish ‘'Skerries Banks'’ comp this Sun 24th May. Also the popular Weds evening open comps also begin on Weds 27th May. The usual times apply.

Mark Criddle lands a surprise of a lifetime - RNLI Torbay lifeboat coxswain Mark Criddle took a trip to Berryhead in search of Garfish. Question: What would you normally expect to catch as a by-catch of your intended species? You would think that he'd encounter Mackerel, Scad, Herring possibly a Bass but to his amazement he hooked into much more of a fish which turned out to be a cracking Sea Trout of around 8 - 9lb. Mark did the honourable thing and got wet feet and returned the majestic specimen to the sea. Well done mate!

Brixham SAC prize presentation night - On Saturday I was very kindly invited along to the Brixham SAC Prize presentation held at their Castor Road club house. It was good to catch up with some local anglers who I haven't seen in person for a while. There was a pretty extensive trophy table which was awarded to the BSAC members by Rita Blackmore and myself, followed by a good buffet and of course the obligatory Guinness. Many thanks Brixham SAC!

Brixham SAC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some catch updates of BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as usual it's good to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, at last a couple of fish to report! Mike Smith fished a scabbacombe shore mark to catch a good Bullhuss of 12.7.6. and Steve Ford fished a wreck mark to catch a nice ling of 25.9.15. The club has its presentation night Sat 18th April, from 7pm at the clubhouse. Cheers, Dave.

Tuesday 10th February - Graham dryer gets in on the Pollack - Trawling my Facebook posts I came across a post by Graham Dryer, the owner of Brixham Bait and Tackle. Graham said they'd had a good day on the Pollack with lots of double figure fish which fed throughout the tide. Unfortunately, they didn't get the 20lb ones they were after but were smashed up a couple of time by large unstoppable fish. Unlucky mate, better luck next time.

 Local anglers catch update - Firstly, BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune sent in some nice pictures of some nice Wrasse that he and Jason Upham had during the clubs Wrasse competition. Dave also said that Mike Bailey won the clubs 'Triple Fluke' competition with a very nice Flounder of 2lb 10oz 14dr caught in the Kingsbridge estuary. Secondly, TSAS member Joe Drew sent in a lovely picture of a fine Bass of 8lb 8oz which he caught from a shore mark. This is a new personal best for Joe. Well done guys!

Catch update from BSAC members - BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune very kindly sent me details of the recent catches by BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, very little to report again I’m afraid. Graham Dryer did find a nice Cod of 4.8.2 at Berry head along with smaller ones in a decent mixed bag of fish.
The club has its wrasse comp this coming Sun Feb 1st.Boat or shore, usual times. Cheers,Dave.

Rob Marshall lands another decent Wrasse just shy of the magical 6lb mark - BSAC member Rob Marshall very kindly emailed in details of a really good Wrasse he caught at the weekend. Many thanks Rob, as always your input is greatly appreciated. Here's what Rob said:

Hi Rob, Happy new year, here’s a photo of a Wrasse I caught today, Sunday 4^th Jan from Berryhead. It went 5lbs 14oz 12dms and was caught with hardback crab fished 
 on the bottom. After a couple of photos it was released on the Brixham breakwater slipway where it made its way out to sea. Cheers Rob Marshall

Shay Upham lands a new personal best Flounder - Looking through my Facebook status's I came across this post by Jason Upham:

Had a nice day down Kingsbridge today, Corey Upham got this new pb Flounder of 2lb 4oz 3dr. And a big thanks to Mike Adkins and Nick berry for the bump start to my car, cheers mates.

Catch update from BSAC members - BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune very kindly sent me details of the recent catches by BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, no fish to report this week, just a reminder that the club has the 3rd and final heat of its triple fluke series this Sun 14^th Dec. Leading fish so far is Graham Dryers 2.12.13. so all to fish for. Cheers Dave.

Catch update from BSAC members - BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune very kindly sent me details of the recent catches by BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Joseph Caunter beat his own junior record for Blonde Ray from boat with a good fish of 26.6.1 from the ‘'Skerries Banks' Banks’. Other juniors found dogfish feeding, Sam Jordan getting them to 2.5.10 and Ciaran Farleys going 2.4.2. Only one senior fish of note was Russell Farley getting a Wrasse of 4.8.3 from a Sharkham shore mark.
The club has the 2nd in its triple fluke series of Flounder comps this sun 30th November, usual times apply. Cheers Dave.

BSAC's Rob Marshall lands a lovely Wrasse nudging the 6lb mark -  I received a very welcome email from BSAC member Rob Marshall with details of a fine Wrasse he caught and released. Many thanks Rob, it's always good to hear from you. Here's what Rob wrote:

Hi Rob, just thought you would like this photo of a Ballan Wrasse I caught today at a local rock mark using float fished prawns. The fish went 6lb 6dms and after weighing and a quick photo it was put back alive at Brixham breakwater. Cheers Rob Marshall.

Catch update from BSAC members - BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune very kindly sent me details of the recent catches by BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Chris Scales fished a Kingsbridge shore mark for a Grey Mullet of 4.1.1. Doug Mosedale fished from a boat in Torbay for a few Whiting, the best two 1.11.2 and 1.8.8.
The club had the last of its 3 roving comps last weekend, won by Junior member Ciaran Farley with a 3 Bearded Rockling of 1.9.10 from Scabbacombe, 2nd place going to Sean Coulson with a wrasse from Sharkham 4.5.5.
The club has its annual South Hams comp this sun 2nd Nov, shore only. Cheers Dave

Catch update from BSAC members - BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune very kindly sent me details of the recent catches by BSAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Chris scales visited a river Exe shore mark and caught a Tub Gurnard of 1.5.6. On the boats junior member Sam Jordan caught a few Wrasse to 3.1.0 all returned after weighing. Tim And Sally Hoult fished the start area from their own boat and had a mixed bag. Tim getting a Black Bream of 3.1.11, Sally getting bream to 3.1.2, Plaice to 2.8.8 and a bonus Sole of 1.11.0
The club had the first of 3 breakwater to Berryhead shore comps on sat night. Winning fish was a good Bullhuss of 11.12.8 for Russell Farley. 2nd place went to his son Ciaran Farley with a Dogfish of 2.6.8, 3rd going to Jason Upham with a Scad 0.10.12. Cheers Dave.

Tuesday 16th September - New Brixham SAC record Tope - I received a very welcome email from doug Mosedale with details of a new BSAC boat record for tope. Many thanks Doug, as always it's good to hear from you. Here's what Doug wrote:

Hi Rob, I’ve attached a picture of John Heather with a 32lb 8oz Tope, which he caught during the Torbay Festival this year. He returned it alive and it’s a new Brixham SAC record.

4th September - BSAC catch update - I received a very welcome email from Dave Fortune, Brixham SAC's press officer, with the latest catches of club members. Many thanks Dave, your input is always valued. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, our junior members have been catching some nice fish. Ciaran Farley fished the Dart for a Thin Lipped Mullet of 2.6.0. He also fished Sharkham for a nice Wrasse of 4.13.3. Sam Jordan fished from a boat in the harbour for a Thick Lipped Mullet of 2.15.7 and a Golden Grey of 1.11.4.
Senior members managed a few fish, Mike Bailey fished the Dart for a fine Thick Lipped Mullet of 4.8.0, Russell Farley fishing there too for his Thin Lipped Mullet of 2.13.8.  Russell also managed a Conger of 18.0.15 on another outing from Sharkham. Cheers Dave.

BSAC catch update - BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune, very kindly emailed with some fine catches from the Brixham SAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always, it's good to hear from you. Here's what he wrote:

Hi Rob, not a lot to report from the club but a couple of members did well in open competitions.
Steve Ford fished the Plymouth International Boat Festival on Saturday 9th Aug and took top honours, knocking England international Ray Baron into 2nd place. Steve’s fish were a Ling of 27.9.0, Pollack of 7.8.0 and Whiting of 2.0.0 for best overall percentage and the £1000 cash prize. Well done Steve.
On a smaller scale but still creditable, club chairman Doug Mosedale won the help for heroes Wednesday comp fished at Brixham breakwater on  30th June. He caught a good mackerel of 1.9.4 to claim top spot. The event raised £65 for the charity.
On Sun Aug 17th the club has its annual boat only conger comp. Cheers Dave.

Doug Mosedale wins the BSAC 'Help for Heroes' competiton - Doug Mosedale very kindly emailed with details of the BSAC 'Help for Heroes' competition held on Wednesday 30th. Many thanks Doug, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Doug wrote:

Hi Rob, please find a picture of my Mackerel which was caught on the Brixham Breakwater. It weighed 1-9-4 and it the best Mackerel I have seen for a long time. It won our small ' Help for Heroes' competition on Weds night 30/7/2014. We raised £34 on entry fees and sold £31 of burgers so in all we raised £65 in total for the charity. Thank you to all who took part. All prizes were donated by Dave Kiddy of Sidewinder/Storm and Graham Dryer from Brixham Bait & Tackle.

BSAC catch update - BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune, very kindly emailed with some fine catches from the Brixham SAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always, it's good to hear from you. Here's what he wrote:

Hi Rob, the St Austell Brewery competition was well supported. Unusually, all fish caught came from boat without a single shore entry. Rob Caunter was the winner with a Black Bream of 3.3.5 caught from an inshore mark taking the £100 cash first prize. 2nd went to John Heather with a Bullhuss of 11.4.12 and 3rd was Tim Hoult with another Black Bream of 2.10.3. Best junior was Sam Jordan with an LSD of 2.7.0.
Before the comp Owen Thomas fished a mark near Start point from his boat to catch a good Gilthead Bream of 5.8.15. This sun 3rd Aug the club has a barbeque comp at the breakwater, fishing is 10 till 4. Cheers Dave.

BSAC catch update - BSAC press officer, Dave Fortune, very kindly emailed with some fine catches from the Brixham SAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always, it's good to hear from you. Here's what he wrote:

Hi Rob, Jason Upham almost beat his own record for Thin Lipped Mullet with a fish of 3.13.4, missing out by less than an ounce. His son Corey also had a nice one of 2.9.2.These fish from the Teign. Another junior member Sam Jordan fished from a boat in Brixham harbour for a Golden Grey Mullet of 1.13.2.
Graham Dryer fished the ‘'Skerries Banks' for a Small Eyed Ray of 10.5.12. Owen Thomas fished the reefs near Start Point for a few Gilthead Bream, the best a good one of 5.0.0.
A reminder the club is holding an open comp sat 26th July to sun 27th fishing 6pm till 6pm.100 pounds cash first prize plus numerous other prizes and pool. Cheers Dave.

BSAC catch update - Dave Fortune and Doug Mosedale very kindly emailed with some fine catches from the Brixham SAC members. Many thanks guys, as always, it's good to hear from you. Here's what they wrote:

Hi Rob, some members had a good day on the ‘'Skerries Banks' aboard John Heathers boat "Excalibur". They had numerous flatties and rays coming aboard. Best Ray went to Liam Ford with a Blonde of 20.1.15. John had a nice turbot of 7.3.6 and also managed a Dover Sole of 1.3.10.Rob Caunter also fished the ‘'Skerries Banks' for a good Blonde Ray of 26.3.4, his son Joseph, finding them to 20.3.4 plus a  Bull huss of 10.9.10.
From the shore the Upham family fished a mark near Plymouth to find a few Mullet, the best was a Golden Grey of 2.8.10 to Jason, son Shay had a Thick Lip of 3.6.13, while youngest son Corey had Golden Greys to 1.12.10.
This sun 6th July the club has a barbeque comp at the breakwater, usual times. Cheers Dave.

BSAC catch update - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some fine catches from the Brixham SAC members. Many thanks Dave, as always, it's good to hear from you. Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi Rob, Junior member Joe Caunter fished on his dad Robs boat on the ‘'Skerries Banks' for a nice spotted ray of 5.2.9. Liam Foord fish aboard John Heathers boat ‘Excalibur’ on a wreck 20 miles out and landed a fine cod of 16lb 7oz.
On the shore fellow junior member Corey Upham fished the Teign for a Thin Lipped Mullet of 1.12.11, Dad Jason, finding them to 3.1.7.
This Sunday 29th June there is the annual junior senior comp. See club notice board for details. Cheers Dave.

Brixham SAC presentation night - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with the details of the BSAC prize presentation held at the weekend.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

A very busy clubhouse was the scene of the clubs centenary presentation. Guests included angling journalist Mike Millman and Julian Shambrook of Anyfish Anywhere fishing tackle who came to present the trophies with Julian presenting all the junior trophies. Mike Millman presented the club with a history of 100yrs of the clubs fishing history for which the club was very grateful.
 

 

Mon 8th April - Update on BSAC member catches - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some updates of the catches that BSAC members have had.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

Due to the continuing bad weather there’s just one fish to report which is a Three Bearded Rockling of 1lb 13oz 2dr caught from a South Hams shore mark by Sean Coulson.

 

The club has its presentation night this coming Sat 13th April, starting 7.30. Hopefully see a few more members in the clubs centenary year.

 

Tuesday 26th February - Update on BSAC member catches - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some updates of the catches that BSAC members have had.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

 

Hi all, just a couple of nice fish to report this week. Club member Doug Mosedale fished a wreck to catch a nice Pollack of 16lb 0oz 5dr and a good pout of 3lb 1oz 6dr and Mike Bailey fished a shore mark in the river Teign to catch a Flounder of 1lb 15oz 7dr.

Monday 11th February - Biggest Pollack of the year so far goes to Rob Caunter - BSAC member Rob Marshall very kindly emailed me with details of a trip that fellow members Chris Martin and Rob Caunter had.  Many thanks Rob, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Rob wrote:

Hi Rob, I had a phone call from my mate Chris Martin asking me to take a picture of Rob Caunters specimen Pollack he caught whilst wreck fishing in the English Channel on their joint owned private boat ‘Charlotte Lee’. The Pollack weighed 21lb 8oz 15dms, which is the best Pollack weighed into the B.S.A.C. for many a year, it is also Robs new personal best. Whilst Rob was busy catching Pollack Chris concentrated on the Cod & Ling which he found one or two getting them to double figures, sounds like they had a good day.
 

Tuesday 29th January - Update on BSAC member catches - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some updates of the catches that BSAC members have had.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

Sean Coulson fished the Kingsbridge area for a very nice flounder of 3lb 7oz 5dr which was released after weighing. Jason Upham fished Berryhead for a big Whiting of 2lb 4oz 8dr,which is one of the best from the area this year, His son, Corey, finding them to 1lb 6oz 5dr.

BSAC member Sean Coulson proudly displays his fine Flounder of 3lb 7oz 5dr which he caught from the Kingsbridge area. Sunday 27th January 2013 Picture courtesy of Sean Coulson

Wednesday 23rd January  - Club Notice - The leader after the first heat of the clubs ‘Triple Fluke’ Flounder competitions is Kevin Elliot with a fish of 1lb 12oz 4dr caught from the Teign.

Next Sun the 27th Jan the club has a Wrasse comp usual times and rules apply.

Monday 21st January - BSAC member Rob Marshall lands a new PB Cod - Rob Marshall very kindly emailed me with details of his trip on Sunday. Many thanks Rob, as always your emails are most welcome. I'll let Rob take up the story:

Just to let you know I had a new personal best Cod today whilst out with Mark Criddle and his son Maitland and Doug Mosedale on their private boat ‘Anna May’ .
We left Brixham at 9am and had a steady ride out to the wreck with the weather improving all the time. After what seemed an eternity we stopped at the wreck 
and after a few drifts catching Pout , small Pollack and a couple of cod to 10 lb  I managed to hook in to a large Cod and after a 10 minute battle the fish surfaced. After it was carefully netted we realised how big it was. Once ashore we weighed it at the B.S.A.C hut and the fish weighed 28lbs 10ozs 2 dms which beat my personal best by 4lb 10ozs. It is the best cod weighed into the club for many a year and a truly great day out.

BSAC member Rob Marshall proudly displays his new personal best Cod of 28lb 10oz 2dr which best his previous best by 4lb 10oz. Sunday 20th January 2013 Picture courtesy of Rob Marshall

Club Notice - Just a quick reminder that the club has the first of it's 'Triple Fluke' Flounder competitions this Sunday 20th Jan. Usual times apply.

Rob Marshall lands a fine Ballan Wrasse - I received a very welcome email from BSAC member Rob Marshall with a fine Ballan Wrasse which he caught at the weekend. Thank you Rob, as always your emails are most welcome. Here's what Rob said:

Happy New Year, please find attached a photo of a shore caught Ballan Wrasse of 5lb 5oz 2 dms caught on float fished live prawn. After being weighed at the BSAC hut near the breakwater and after a couple of photos the fish was released back where it swam of towards the marina.

BSAC member Rob Marshall proudly holds up his fine Ballan Wrasse of 5lb 5oz 2dr which he caught from a local mark on live Prawn. Saturday 5th January 2013 Photo courtesy of Rob Marshall

 

Tuesday 1st - Update on BSAC member catches - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some updates of the catches that BSAC members have had.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

The club had a Berry head comp last sat night and some nice fish were caught

1st was Darryl Farley with a big 3 Bearded Rockling of 2lb 8oz 12dr
2nd was Jason Upham with a Whiting of 1lb 12oz 8dr
3rd was junior Ciaran Farley with another good 3 Bearded Rockling of 1lb 13oz 10dr. He also came 4th with another 3 Bearded Rockling of 1lb 10oz. Ciaran had a good night as he also reeled in a nice Pout of 1lb 7oz 8dr.

Before the competition Paul Cottell fished Berryhead for a Whiting of 1lb 8oz 10dr. A reminder for members that the clubs angling AGM is Jan 6th 2013 8pm at the clubhouse.

Tuesday 4th December - Update on BSAC member catches - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some updates of the catches that BSAC members have had.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

It’s been a bit of a quiet week but John Heather fished a Torbay mark for a Whiting of 1lb 6oz 8dr and Jason Upham fished Sharkham for a 3 Bearded Rockling of 1lb 10oz 11dr.
There were no fish weighed in the 3rd heat of the ‘Triple Fluke’ competition so winning fish was Dave Fortunes Flounder of 1lb 9oz 6dr caught in the first heat.
This Sunday, 9th December is the clubs Christmas Fayre competition fishing at the breakwater from 10 till 4 with a barbeque at the weigh in.

Thursday 29th November - Update on BSAC member catches - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some updates of the catches that BSAC members have had.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

Jason Upham and sons, Shay and Corey, fished at Berryhead for a good catch of big Whiting and Pout. Jason had the best Whiting of 1lb 14oz 1dr and the best Pout of 1lb 11oz 2dr. Shay had Whiting to 1lb 4oz 3dr while Corey also had Whiting to 1lb 0oz 14dr and Pout to 1lb 0oz 9dr.
Doug Mosedale fished from a boat in Brixham harbour for a Golden Grey Mullet of 2lb 0oz 8dr.
The second heat of the ‘Triple Fluke’ competition produced no fish at all. The 3rd and final heat is this Sunday 1st December usual times. Leading fish so far is a small  fish of 1lb 9oz caught in the first heat by Dave Fortune, so all to fish for!

Club Notice: The 2nd of the clubs 'Triple Fluke' Flounder competitions is being fished this coming Sunday 25th Nov. Weigh in 7 - 7.30 at the club.

Thursday 15th November - Mid Channel wrecking for Cod and Pollack with Tim and Phil Hoult - Dave Harrison has been out to sea on Sunday 11th November aboard his BW Seacat, "Gemini".  Dave emailed his fishy tale and photos for your interest and enjoyment.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave said:

We were back out on the mid Channel wrecks today after a few days break and losing trips due to bad weather. Fishing was steady with some nice fish coming aboard. Still good to see the Cod, hopefully they will stay with us now as they did through the winter  last year. All our fish today came on Sidewinders and shads with the best fish falling to Bill Gronow which gave him the sweepstake. Good fishing to everyone.

Phil Hoult proudly holds up his fine Pollack which he caught on the mid Channel wrecks aboard Dave Harrisons, Dartmouth based, charter boat "Gemini". Sunday 11th November 2012 Picture courtesy of Dave Harrison	Phil Hoult (L) and Aidrian Piotrowski proudly hold up their fine Pollack and Cod which they caught on the mid Channel wrecks aboard Dave Harrisons, Dartmouth based, charter boat "Gemini". Sunday 11th November 2012 Picture courtesy of Dave Harrison	Tim Hoult proudly holds up his fine Cod which he caught on the mid Channel wrecks aboard Dave Harrisons, Dartmouth based, charter boat "Gemini". Sunday 11th November 2012 Picture courtesy of Dave Harrison

Wednesday 14th November - Update of BSAC member catches - BSAC member Dave Fortune very kindly email some of the latest weigh ins at the Brixham club. Many thanks Dave. Here's what Dave wrote:

The 3rd rover comp was won by a big shore caught Pollack of 4lb 1oz 3dr taken from Sharkham by Jason Upham, This cracking fish has taken the overall prize of the 3 heats fished. Plus a new junior boat record Flounder was caught by Sam Jordan with a nice fish weighing in at 2lb 4oz 8dr caught from the River Teign.
Club Notice: There is a Berryhead competition for members fishing 4 till 9 Sat 17th November. Weigh in is at the club hut 9 to 9.30.

Jason Upham (L) and Sam Jordan proudly hold their fine Pollack of 4lb 1oz 3dr and Flounder of 2lb 4oz 8dr caught from Sharkham and the River Teign. Sams Flounder is a new Brixham SAC junior record. Sunday 11th November 2012 Pictures courtesy of Dave Fortune

Tuesday 6th November - Update of BSAC member catches - BSAC member Dave Fortune very kindly email some of the latest weigh ins at the Brixham club. Many thanks Dave. Here's what Dave wrote:

Jason Upham fished a South Hams shore mark to take a Blonde Ray 9lb 14oz 1dr. Junior member Corey Upham also did well catching a new club record shore Rockling of 13oz and a good 3 Bearded Rockling of 1lb 14oz 10dr while his brother Shay had an LSD of 2lb 12oz 15dr. Russell Farley fished a local shore mark to catch a dab of 14oz 12dr. Junior Sam Jordan fished in Brixham harbour to catch a Mackerel of 1lb 0oz 15dr.
Just a reminder to members that the club has its 3rd and final roving competition of the year on Sat 10^th and Sun 11th November. Fishing 7am till 7pm boat or shore.

Tuesday 23rd October - Update on BSAC member catches - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some updates of the catches that BSAC members have had.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

Hi to everyone. The South Hams BSAC competition was won by Darryl Farley with an LSD of 2lb 6oz  2dr. The best Junior was Ciaran Farley with another LSD of 2lb 3oz 9dr. Before the compeition Jason Upham fished a local mark for a shore caught Golden Grey Mullet of 2lb 7oz 5dr. Ciaran Farley fished Berryhead for a nice Mackerel of 1lb 7oz 2dr.

The club has a 24hr roving competition, boat or shore, starting 7 pm on the 27th October till 7 pm on the 28^th October.

Sunday 21st October - Spurdog fest aboard Tim Hoults 'Sea Jay' - Tim very kindly emailed to let us know of a great couple of days fishing he has had. Many thanks Tim, as always it's great to hear from you. Here's what Tim wrote:

I’ve been out for a couple of trips on our boat ‘Sea Jay’.  Saturday, I was out with with my brother Phil and Sunday with wife Sal. Great sea conditions for a change but water very coloured, which made catching bait a bit of a challenge. On Sat caught the expected species as usual. Then we hooked into a fish which felt a bit odd. As we were getting it in we thought it was a Starry Smoothound but to our surprise it was a Spur dog. We were thinking it was a fluke (excuse the pun), but Phil and I ended up catching over 20 of them! The best was approx 9lb 8oz, a few ounces short of the BSAC record of 9lb 11oz caught in 1979! They all went back alive, as I read somewhere that they are a critically endangered species...is that right? Sal and I caught more on the Sunday and it was nice to catch a new species. 

Tuesday 16th October - Update on BSAC member catches - Dave Fortune very kindly emailed with some updates of the catches that BSAC members have had.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

Plenty of Mullet were landed in the clubs competition on Sunday. The best fish went to junior member, Sam Jordan with a boat caught Golden Grey Mullet of 2lb 4oz 3 dr.
2nd place went to another junior, Corey Upham having a Golden Grey mullet Mullet from shore of 2lb and 3rd place went to Jason Upham with a shore caught Thick Lipped of 3lb 15oz.
John Heather fished the ‘Skerries Banks’ in his boat ‘Excalibur’ to take Blonde Rays of 24lb1oz 5dr and 21lb 9oz 4dr.The clubs annual South Hams competition is on Sunday 21st Oct, shore section only fishing midnight till 7pm.

NOTICE:  Just a quick reminder to members that the club has a Mullet competition, boat or shore, this Sunday 14th October. Usual times apply.

Saturday 6th October - Day 1 of the Dartmouth Fishing Festival - Rob & Joseph Caunter and Chris Martin endured lumpy conditions out on the 'Skerries Banks' but came up trumps when Rob Caunter landed a specimen Blonde Ray on Day 1 of the Dartmouth Fishing Festival.

Notice - There's a inter club competition with Sidmouth this Saturday 29th September fishing at the breakwater from 10am till 5pm. Any club member is welcome to fish.

Torbay Festival - Weigh in results Day 2, Sunday 9th September - The Torbay Festival's usual weather returned today with blowy conditions restricting a lot of the fishing activity. However, Chris Martin had a nice Thornback Ray of 14lb 13oz 12dr caught on the 'Skerries Banks' on his & Rob Caunters private boat 'Charlotte Lee' in difficult conditions.

Torbay Festival - Weigh in results Day 1, Saturday 8th September - With the usual good weather at the start of the Torbay Festival 2012 the weigh in stations at Brixham, Paignton, Torquay and Sidmouth were busy places between 7pm and 8pm and some good fish were weighed in, topped by a cracking Black Bream of 5lb 15oz 4dr for BSAC member Doug Mosedale.

Wednesday 15th August - Brixham SAC members catch update - BSAC members Dave Fortune and Rob Marshall very kindly emailed to let me know of the recent catches by BSAC members.  Many thanks guys, as always your emails are much appreciated.  Here's what they wrote:

Just to let you know I went out with Mark Criddle and his son Maitland for a bit of inshore wreck fishing for Conger Eels. The wind wasn’t quite right for anchoring but persistence paid off and we settled down to do some ‘Eeling’ . After twenty minutes we saw a fairly steady stream of Eels coming to the boat. Maitland was catching a few eels to 25lb, when a different size eel had taken his bait and was giving him a hard fight. He managed to coax it of the bottom after five minutes and the Eel decided it wanted to dive back in to the wreck. Yet again Maitland managed to pull the Eel back of the bottom and this tug of war lasted fifteen minutes.  After four more powerful dives the Eel eventually surfaced and to all of our surprise it was a lot bigger than we first thought. The Conger was successfully boated and weighed and pushed the scales round to 62lbs 2 1/4 ozs which is twice the size of his previous best, not bad for an eleven year old. Today he’s is nursing a sore back & arms. All the eels apart from this one were released .

Wednesday 1st August - Brixham SAC catch update - BSAC member Dave Fortune very kindly emailed to let me know of the recent catches by BSAC members.  Many thanks Dave, as always your emails are much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

The BSAC mini festival fished at the weekend produced some good fish including a new junior record and a joint senior record for Blonde Ray.

Before the competition, members were out and about and found some fish. Tim Clyburn found an unseasonal whiting of 1lb 8oz 15dr from Berryhead, he also had a nice Garfish of 1lb 7oz 14dr. Tim Hoult fished a wreck for a Bass of 9lb 12oz 14dr and  Mark Criddle and John Heather fished from Johns boat ‘Excalibur’ to find more Blonde Ray.  John had the best at 28lb 1oz 10dr and Mark finding them to 25lb 9oz 15dr. Chris Martin fished an inshore boat mark for a Bullhuss of 12lb 3oz 4dr.

Monday 30th July - Large Blonde Ray aboard John Heathers 'Excalibur' - BSAC member Doug Mosedale very kindly emailed to let me know of a cracking session that John Heather and friends had on the Ray while fishing the 'Skerries Banks'.  Many thanks Doug, as always your emails are much appreciated.  Here's what Doug wrote:

Hi Rob, please find some pictures of Blonde Ray caught on John Heathers boat ‘Excalibur’ on the 29th July 2012 from the ‘Skerries Banks’. Paul Cottell (centre) is holding his best fish, equalling Brixham SAC boat record, of 31lb 3oz 4dr. John Heather is on the left with his 24lb 6oz Ray and Doug Mosedale on the right with his 23lb 4oz Ray. We had 30 Ray in total with all the rest being returned alive. Pauls fish won the BSAC Competition at the weekend.
 

Thursday 26th July - Doug Mosedale very kindly emailed in a report of a fine Bass that BSAC member Tim Hoult caught while fishing aboard his own boat. Thank you Doug, as always your email is most appreciated.
 

Tim Hoult proudly holds up his fine Bass of 9lb 12oz which he caught at a local wreck mark on his own private boat. Wednesday 25th July 2012 Photo courtesy of Jon Maylor

Recent catches by BSAC members - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune who emailed some of the latest catches of BSAC members. Thank you Dave your input is much appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Junior member Shay Upham had a week to remember, out fishing the seniors in 2 big competitions last week. First he won the lifeboat comp on weds night with a good Garfish of 1lb 6oz 10dr, then repeated his success on Sunday to win the Masterline competition with a Scad 1lb 1oz 4dr beating many top senior anglers.
  
At Berry head Graham Dryer of Brixham Bait and Tackle found a good Thornback of 10lb 4oz 5dr. Corey Upham had a Garfish of 1.4.0. and fellow junior, Harvey Bevan Jones had Garfish to 1lb 1oz 8dr. Mike Smith fished Sharkham area for an Lesser Spotted Dogfish of 2lb 10oz 8dr.
  
A reminder to members that the clubs mini festival starts Fri 27th July at 8pm, weigh in Sat night at 7 and Sun night at 7. Cash and tackle prizes up for grabs also a team pool. Sign on at the club or Brixham bait and tackle.

Shay Upham proudly holds up his Masterline competition winning fish of a Scad of 1lb 1oz 4dr. Sunday 22nd July 2012 Photos courtesy of Dave Fortune

Recent catches by BSAC members - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune who emailed some of the latest catches of BSAC members. Thank you Dave your input is much appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Not much at all this week  apart from John Heather took his boat out to the 'Skerries Banks' to catch a new club record Starry Smoothhound of 7lb 10oz 14dr.
 
 
A reminder to members that the clubs mini festival starts Fri 27th July at 8pm, weigh in Sat night at 7 and Sun night at 7. Cash and tackle prizes up for grabs also a team pool. Sign on at the club or Brixham bait and tackle.

Below is Shay Upham, the Lifeboat Competition winner with Graham Dryer of Brixham Bait & Tackle, who generously sponsored the entire Competition  and Lifeboat Coxwain Mark Criddle. His winning fish was a Garfish of 1lb 6oz 10oz. There were 56 anglers ( including 14 juniors ) fishing the event on Brixham Breakwater on Wednesday Evening 18th July from 7pm till 9pm and we raised £154 for the RNLI. 21 fish were weighed in and all competitors received a prize. Thank you to all who took part.

Recent catches by BSAC members - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune who emailed some of the latest catches of BSAC members. Thank you Dave your input is much appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Jason Upham enjoyed a couple of good sessions at Berryhead, catching a good shore Pollack of 3lb 3oz 11dr and following it up the next day with a big Garfish of 1lb 12oz 3dr. Liam Ford also had Garfish to 1lb 7oz 2dr. Sean Coulson is still catching the Golden Grey Mullet, his best this week 2lb 11oz.
  
Next Wednesday 18th July, the weds competition is being run in conjunction with the lifeboat competition. Open to all, fishing 7pm-9pm. Entry fee £3 senior and £2 for junior. Sponored by Brixham Bait and Tackle with many prizes up for grabs. The prize presentation is outside the lifeboat house.

Wednesday 4th July - Recent catches by BSAC members - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune who emailed some of the latest catches of BSAC members. Thank you Dave your input is much appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Jason Hemmings fished the Sharkham area for a good Bullhuss of 11lb. Sean Coulson has been out targeting the Mullet and had a nice Golden Grey Mullet of 2lb 11oz 12dr in Brixham harbour and junior angler Sam Jordan fished the same area for another Golden Grey Mullet of 2lb 1oz.
The breakwater barbeque competition was won by Liam Ford with a Mackerel of 12oz 8dr, 2nd place went to Paul Cottell and 3rd Doug Mosedale again both with Mackerel.

Tuesday 26th June - Update of catches from Brixham SAC members - I received a very welcome email from Dave Fortune with the latest catch reports from Brixham SAC members. Many thanks Dave your input is most appreciated. Here's what Dave wrote:

Members have been fishing Berry head for Garfish. Best fish went to Tim Clyburn with a good one of 1lb 14oz 6dr. Darryl Farley found them to 1lb 7oz 10dr, brother Russell had them to 1lb 6oz and his son Ciaran had them to 1lb 4oz 8dr. Shay Upham found a nice shore Pollack of 2lb 2oz 10dr again from Berryhead.

Chris Martin fished a wreck 25miles out from his own boat "Charlotte Lee" to take this good Cod weighing in at 20lb 13oz.
 

Sunday July 1st the club has a competition and barbeque at the breakwater from 10 till 4

Tuesday 19th June - Potential new British record for Golden Grey Mullet for Sean Coulson -  I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune who emailed some of the latest catches of BSAC members and a potential new British record for the Golden Grey Mullet for Sean Coulson . Thank you Dave your input is much appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Monday 28th May -  Members Notification - On the 3rd June the club has a pairs competition, please see the club notice board for details.

Large Bullhuss for Brixham SAC member Ciaran Farley - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Russell Farley who emailed about his son, Ciaran, who caught a fine Bullhuss from Scabbabcombe. Thank you Russell your input is much appreciated. Here's what Russell said:

Hi Rob. please find a picture of Ciaran Farley with his personal best, and heaviest ever shore caught fish with a Bull Huss of 11lb 2oz 11dr, which he caught from Scabbacombe. It came in rather serenely which I think helped him to land something that much bigger than the 6 - 8lbers he has previously encountered!
 

Wednesday 23rd May - Brixham SAC members catch update - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune who emailed some of the latest catches of BSAC members. Thank you Dave your input is much appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Sean Coulson fished a South Hams shore mark on Monday night to catch this cracking bass of 10lb 0oz 12dr. He also landed another one of 7 pound plus.
 

Brixham SAC members catch update - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune who emailed some of the latest catches of BSAC members. Thank you Dave your input is much appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Tuesday 15th May - Brixham SAC members catch update - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune who emailed some of the latest catches of BSAC members. Thank you Dave your input is much appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Monday 23rd April - Updates of catches from Brixham SAC - I received a very welcome email from BSAC member Dave Fortune with the latest recorded catches from club members. Thank you Dave. This is what Dave said

Darryl Farley fished at Sharkam for a 3 Bearded Rockling of 1lb 9oz 3dr  while nephew Ciaran had an LSD of 2lb 9oz 7dr. Jason Upham fished a local estuary for a good flounder 2lb 10oz 13dr  and Doug Mosedale fished the breakwater for his Mackerel of 1lb 0oz 10dr.
From the boats junior Joseph Caunter had a couple of nice Plaice 2lb 8oz 10dr and 2lb 4oz 7dr. Senior member Tim Hoult finding Plaice as well to 3lb 4oz 13dr
This Sunday, the 29th, the club has a flattie comp, its boat and shore and usual times apply.

Dartmouth Plaice Festival - Day 2 and Final Results

Weather wise, day 2 was pretty much a repeat of the Saturday with heavy downpours and feisty squalls hampering the fishing but for the anglers that braved the conditions there were better quality fish being caught. The best Plaice from Saturday was bettered by BSAC member Tim Hoult with a fine fish of 3.29 lb which won him the 'Best Specimen from Boat' prize and a nice cheque for £75.00. On top of that Tim also had a 2.90 lb Plaice on the Saturday which also gave him the 1st prize of 'Best Two Fish' and another nice cheque for £250.00 plus a Rod. And finally Tim also won the Sunday Pool prize. Tim's wife, Sally, was very pleased with her husbands efforts.

Dartmouth Plaice Festival - Day 1

I went down to the weigh in of the Dartmouth Plaice Festival this evening and it was great to see the amount of nice quality Plaice that were coming to the scales especially considering the 'not so good' weather conditions. The current leader is Mr Kenneth Lynch with a fine brace of Plaice of 2.99 lb and 2.37 lb. The competition is still wide open so good luck to all the competitors.
 

Brixham S.A.C General Prize List

2011 Presentation 14th April 2012

Programme

Brixham SAC prize presentation night - On Saturday I was very kindly invited to the Brixham SAC presentation night. It was a great night to meet many people in the flesh who I've 'known' for years by photograph and emails. There was an impressive display of trophies to be presented followed by a cracking buffet. Amongst the banter, jestfull jeering, beer and buffet a great night was had by all.

Most notable achievement had to be junior Corey Upham taking the biggest prize of best fish for the year with a super shore caught Pollack of 4lb 0oz 5 dr. Other notable performances were Chris Martin with 'Best fish from boat' with a fine Conger Eel of 96lb 4oz 13dr, Sally Hoult 'Best fish by a lady' with a Blonde Ray of 24lb from boat, Harvey Bevan Jones 'Best fish by a junior' with a Bull Huss of 12lb 5oz 12dr and League champion was Neil Burnell with 967%.

The ever popular "Gump" trophy for the biggest cock up of the year was won by Steve Ford who managed to take a box of food on a wreck fishing trip instead of bait.
 

Brixham SAC's fine selection of trophies ready for the presentation Saturday 14th April 2012 Photos courtesy of Dave Fortune
Chris Martin proudly receives his prize for the 'Best fish from Boat' senior category for a fine Conger Eel of 96lb 4oz 13dr. Saturday 14th April 2012 Photos courtesy of Dave Fortune	Back Row: Harvey Bevan Jones, Shay Upham and Corey Upham. Front Row: Ciaran Farley, Sam Jordan and Maitland Criddle.  The junior anglers proudly display their main trophies. Saturday 14th April 2012 Photos courtesy of Dave Fortune	Harvey Bevan Jones proudly receives his prize for the 'Best fish by a junior'  for a fine Bull Huss of 12lb 5oz 12dr. Saturday 14th April 2012 Photos courtesy of Dave Fortune
	Corey Upham (L) proudly shows his prize for the 'Best fish of the Year' with a fine shore caught Pollack of 4lb 0oz 5dr and Sally Hoult proudly receives her prize for 'Best fish by a Lady' with a fine Blonde Ray of 24lb. Saturday 14th April 2012 Photos courtesy of Dave Fortune
	Neil Burnell (L) proudly shows his prize for the 'League Champion' with a score of 967% and Steve Ford cheerfully receives his 'Gump' prize for 'Best Cock up of the year'. He won the prize after carefully preparing Scallop Frills and freezing them for a Bream trip. On the day of the trip he took his prize 'bait' from the freezer only to open it aboard the boat and find he'd taken a nice Beef stew with him. Bet that took some whipping on? Saturday 14th April 2012 Photos courtesy of Dave Fortune

 

Section 1 : Boat or Shore					Section 2 : Shore Float or Bottom Fishing
Best Fish Overall	W.J Bower Memorial Trophy	Corey Upham	Pollack 4-0-5	178.65%	Best Fish August Bank Holiday (3 day weekend)	Calley Challenge Cup	Corey Upham	Lesser Spotted Dogfish 2-8-3
Best Fish Overall by a Lady	Cherry Trophy	Sally Hoult	Blonde Ray 24-2-4	120.703%	Best Fish Spring Bank Holiday (3 day weekend)	Gardner Cup	Liam Ford	Garfish 1-11-10	30/5/2011
Best Variety of Specimens	Brooks Luxicars Trophy	Jason Upham	8	929.87%	Best Fish by a Lady Member	Joyce Tolcher Cup	Shinta Nilawati	Lesser Spotted Dogfish 2-3-2
Best Variety of Species (50%+)	Social Committee Coronation Bowl	Jason Upham	18		1st Specimen of the Year	President Trophy	Adam Slack	Whiting 2-3-8	1/1/2011
Best Fish River Dart	Mike Mahon Memorial Trophy	Neil Burnell	Bass 7-11-5	140.13%	Best Fish Berry Head Quarry	P.Curries Memorial Trophy	Jason Upham	Garfish 1-11-12
Best Fish Overall by a Junior	Cove Clark Miniature	Harvey Bevan-Jones	Bull Huss 12-5-12	123.59%	Best Variety of Species(50%+)	J.A Lucas Challenge Cup	Jason Upham	15
					Best Variety of Specimens	Izod Challenge Cup	Sean Coulson	8
					Best Mullet (any Species)	Tolcher Challenge Cup	Sean Coulson	Thick Lipped Mullet 4-10-8
Section 3 : Shore Float Fishing Only					Section 4 : Shore Bottom Fishing Only
Best Mackerel	Bert Chase Memorial Trophy	Liam Ford	1-5-8		Best Skate/Ray	Christine Trophy	Neil Burnell	Small Eyed Ray 11-2-14
Best Scad	Victory Cup	Ciaran Farley	0-10-2		Best Bull Huss	Lovell Brothers Trophy	Adam Slack	14-10-10
Best Garfish	Sloman Cup	Mike Smith	1-6-6		Best Coalfish/Pollack	Fuller Brixtel Trophy	Shay Upham	Pollack 1-10-11
Best Wrasse	Gill Challenge Cup	Rob Marshall	4-15-2		Best Flatfish	Lee Trophy	Dave Fortune	Flounder 2-12-0
Best Pollack/Coalfish	Cove Clark Trophy	Jason Upham	1-14-14		Best Bream	Bream Trophy	Darryll Farley	Black Bream 2-8-8
Best Grey Mullet	Olive Shrives Memorial Trophy	Sean Coulson	4-6-13		Best Wrasse	Ray Rush Trophy	Rob Marshall	5-12-2
Best Bass	Eathorne Challenge Cup [held up to three years if unbeaten]	Roy Repton	7-9-14 (Third Year)		Best Conger	D.Wagstaff Trophy	Tim Clyburn	24-8-0
Best Mackerel on a Wednesday	Berry Cup	Jason Hemmings	0-15-4	08/06/2011	Best Bass	Presidents Challenge Cup	Tim Clyburn	6-10-15
Best Garfish Brixham Breakwater	Ron Linton Memorial Trophy	Steven Pickin	1-4-3		Best Rockling	Winfield Trophy	Tim Clyburn	1-12-5
					Best Lesser Spotted Dogfish	Lesser Trophy	Sean Coulson	2-11-15
					Best Whiting/Pouting	Whiting Trophy	Jason Upham	1-11-6
Section 5 : Shore Spinning/Trolling					WYVERN TROPHY AWARDS ( 2011 ) Mike Spiller to Present
Best Fish Overall	Derek Oakley Trophy	Ciaran Farley	Thin Lipped Mullet 2-15-8		Best Fish Shore by a Junior	Ciaran Farley		Flounder 3-7-8
					Best Conger from Wreck	Chris Martin		96-4-13
Section 6 : Boat Class I or II					Section 7 : Boat Class I
1st Specimen of the Year	Coronation Cup	Mark Criddle	Pollack 16-4-10	31/1/2011	Best Fish Overall	Fred Stone Trophy	Sean Coulson	Golden Grey Mullet 2-12-0	137.50%
Best Whiting	Devon & Cornwall Ice Company Trophy	Maitland Criddle	2-2-0		Best Mullet	Mullet Shield	Sean Coulson	Golden Grey Mullet 2-7-3
Best Fish by a Lady	Rose Cup	Shinta Nilawati	Blonde Ray 22-7-6		Best Bass	G.Harkness Memorial Trophy	Rob Caunter	8-5-14
Best Variety of Species(50%+)	Bruton Trophy	Doug Mosedale	8 [Best %]		Best Scad	Stockman Cup	Jason Hemmings	1-0-8
Best Variety of Specimens	H.Goods Cup	John Heather	4		Best Fish Skerries	Ralph Foot Memorial Trophy	Pete Blower	Blonde Ray 26-14-12
Best Fish Private Boat	Ted Ray Trophy	Sean Coulson	Golden Grey Mullet 2-13-3	141.21%	Best Blonde Ray	Dave Gallimore Memorial Trophy	Pete Blower	Blonde Ray 23-1-5
Best Bream	Gloyne Cup	Mike Smith	Black Bream 2-15-4		Best Pollack/Coalfish	Wyness Trophy	Sam Jordan	Pollack 2-4-5
					Best Plaice	Mel Ingham Memorial Plate	Chris Martin	4-8-7
					Best Skate or Ray	Larkin Brothers Trophy	John Heather	Blonde Ray 24-5-7
					Best Mackerel	Colin Eastwood Trophy	Joseph Caunter	1-3-10
Section 8 : Boat Class II					Section 9 : Special Event Trophies
Best Fish Overall	Dudley Stone Memorial Trophy	Chris Martin	Conger Eel 96-4-13	175.09%	Best Fish Overall BSAC Festival	Len Brimecombe Mem Trophy	Rob Marshall	Ballan Wrasse 5-12-2
Best Conger	Derek Oakley Plaque	Mike Smith	63-13-2		Best Fish South Hams Comp	Kingswear Castle Trophy	Darryll Farley	Bull Huss 8-15-1
Next Best Conger	Vic Evans Memorial Trophy	Liam Ford	57-5-7		Best Junior South Hams Comp	The Bennet Trophy	Ciaran Farley	Lesser Spotted Dogfish 1-10-0
Best Ling	D.Smith Memorial Trophy	Rob Marshall	25-0-15		Best Conger Shore Comp	Double Diamond Cup	Tim Clyburn	24-8-0
Best Pouting	Miller Cup	Doug Mosedale	3-5-2		Best Conger Boat Comp	Hamlin Conger Cup	Chris Martin	96-4-13
Best Pollack/Coalfish	Hugh Hedley Trophy	Doug Mosedale	Pollack 14-1-2		Brixham Individual League Champion	M.Wright Cup	Neil Burnell	966.819%
Best Bass	Ray Rush Trophy	Steve Ford	10-8-0		Brixham Individual League Best Junior	Pied Piper Cup	Corey Upham	835.635%
Best Cod	John Trust Memorial Trophy	John Heather	20-14-12		Mullet Comp	Carlsberg Trophy	Shay Upham	Thin Lipped Mullet 2-11-10
					Pairs Comp	Doreen Pope Memorial Shield	Shay Upham & Corey Upham
Section 10 : Outside Club Waters Boat or Shore					Flatfish Comp	Maurice Coopman Plate	Chris Martin	Plaice 3-3-12
Best Fish Overall	Specimen Hunters Trophy	Adam Slack	Thornback Ray 12-4-13	[Area B] 153.71%	Senior/Junior Comp	Hamlin Senior/Junior Trophies	Maitland Criddle & Mark Criddle
Best Salachii	Tuckermans Trophy	Jason Upham	Common Smoothound 14-0-0	[Area B] 140.00%	Best Shore Fish Torbay Festival [Festival%]	Torbay Festival Trophy	Jason Hemmings	Bull Huss 11-4-13	132.95%
					Best Boat Fish Torbay Festival [Festival%]	Jim Laing Memorial Trophy	Pete Blowers	Blonde Ray 26-14-12
Section 11 : Junior Boat and Shore					Triple Flounder Comps	Margaret Pope Trophy	Graham Dryer	1-2-0
1st Specimen of the Year	Trevor Trophy	Corey Upham	Whiting 1-8-13	01/01/2011	Best Points Breakwater Comps	King/Queen of Breakwater Cup	Liam Ford
Best Variety of Species(50%+)	Mivor Cup	Corey Upham	10		Winter League Champions	Jason Upham, Neil Burnell & Sean Coulson			1481.63%
Most U.A.T Specimen Fish	W.Jury Memorial Trophy	Corey Upham	4 (3 species)		Summer League Champions	Jason Upham, Neil Burnell & Sean Coulson			2690.44%
Best Fish of the Month	David Stone Cup	Corey Upham	Spotted Ray 4-12-13		Junior Team League Champions	Shay Upham / Corey Upham			2047.03%
Best Conger	2nd Hamlin Trophy	Maitland Criddle	33-7-6		Junior Team League Runners-Up	Maitland Criddle / Joseph Caunter			1233.21%
Best Thin Lipped Mullet	Brimecombe Trophy	Ciaran Farley & Shay Upham	2-11-10		Junior Team League 3rd Place	Ciaran Farley / Harvey Bevan-Jones			1203.20%
Best Pollack	J.Bingham Cup	Ciaran Farley	1-12-0		Biggest Twat of the Year	Cod Piece Trophy	???????????
Best Bull Huss/Rockling	Hamlin Parsons Trophy	Ciaran Farley	Three Bearded Rockling 1-5-8		Senior Citizens Award	Mike Bailey	Red Gurnard	1-4-14	104.38%
Section 12 : Junior Shore Float or Bottom					Section 13 : Junior Shore Float Only
Best Bass	Dorothy Cup	Shay Upham	4-4-13		Best Mackerel	Allery Cup	Ciaran Farley	0-13-14
Best Wrasse	Lesley Solomons Cup	Corey Upham	3-12-15		Best Garfish	1st Hamlin Trophy	Shay Upham	0-13-7
Best Scad	Cornhill Trophy	Ciaran Farley	0-8-0
Best Combination of Garfish, Mackerel & Scad	Gordon Parker Combination Trophy	Ciaran Farley		170.63%
Section 14 : Junior Shore Bottom					Section 15 : Junior Shore Spinning/Trolling
Best Flatfish	Furzecroft Shield	Corey Upham	Flounder 1-9-8		Best Fish Overall	Hamlin Cup	Ciaran Farley	Thin Lipped Mullet 2-0-13
Best Bull Huss/Lesser Spotted Dogfish	Winfield Junior Trophy	Corey Upham	Lesser Spotted Dogfish 2-11-5
Section 16 : Junior Boat Class I or II
Best Fish Overall	Allison Cup	Maitland Criddle	Blonde Ray 22-6-12	112.11%
Best Mullet	Maurice Coopman Trophy	Sam Jordan	Thick Lipped Mullet 4-0-14
Individual League 2011					Winter League
1st Neil Burnell 966.819 % 2nd Jason Upham 960.174 % 3rd Corey Upham 835.635 % 4th Mike Smith 786.987 %					1st : Jason Upham, Neil Burnell, Sean Coulson - 1481.63 % 2nd : Mike Smith, Adam Slack,  Steve Harrison - 1135.739 %
Summer League
1st : Jason Upham, Neil Burnell, Sean Coulson - 2690.44 % 2nd : Mark Criddle, Doug Mosedale, Rob Marshall - 1139.344 %

Monday 5th March - New club record for Brixham SAC member Shay Upham -  I received two very welcome emails from Brixham SAC members Jason Upham and Dave Fortunes who very kindly told me of a new club record and an update on member catches. Thank you Jason and Dave your input is most appreciated. Here's what they said:

Monday 27th February - Updated catches from Brixham SAC members - Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune very kindly emailed me with some of the latest catches of Brixham SAC members. Thank you Dave, your input is most appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Saturday 25th February - Mid Channel wreck fishing for Cod, Pollack and Ling with Dave Harrison - Dave Harrison has been out to sea on Saturday 25th February aboard his hired catamaran, "Mako".  Dave emailed his fishy tale and photos for your interest and enjoyment.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

We were back out on the wrecks again today with one of Brian Coles’ charters of a mixed group made up of locals and anglers from the midlands. Had a very good days fishing on the Cod today. Tim Holt fished really well catching Cod and Ling as you can see by the photos. Our best Ling today was 17lb for Paul Arkol from Birmingham . All the lads used a mixture of lures today with no one colour being predominantly better than the others. Back out again on the wrecks tomorrow. Thanks lads for an excellent day out and thank you for washing the boat out.
 

Wednesday 15th February - Mid Channel wreck fishing for Cod, Pollack and Ling with Dave Harrison - Dave Harrison has been out to sea Sunday 12th February aboard his hired catamaran, "Mako".  Dave emailed his fishy tale and photos for your interest and enjoyment.  Many thanks Dave, your input is much appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

Back out again on Sunday with local anglers on board. Our fishing was not as good as Saturday but we still had some nice fish on the boat, again caught on a mixture of lures. We fished a total of 5 wrecks today.
 

Tuesday 14th February - Updated catches from Brixham SAC members - Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune very kindly emailed me with some of the latest catches of Brixham SAC members. Thank you Dave, your input is most appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Chris Martin (L) proudly holds up his fine Whiting of 3 lbs 7 oz 8 dr which he caught from his own boat "Charlotte Lee" and Sean Coulson proudly holds up his fine shore caught Conger Eel of 34 lbs 0 oz 15 dr which he caught while fishing for Wrasse. February 2012 Photos courtesy of Chris Martin and Sean Coulson

Tuesday 7th February - Updated catches from Brixham SAC members - Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune very kindly emailed me with some of the latest catches of Brixham SAC members. Thank you Dave, your input is most appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Large Wrasse and nice Dab - I received a very welcome email from Brixham SAC member Russell Farley who's been out and about wetting a line with his son Ciaran. Thank you Russell your input is much appreciated. Here's what Russell wrote:

Hi Rob here are some of our January catches. I had a nice Dab of 1 lb 1 oz 7 dr taken from Beesands on the 27th January. It was a very fat fish in perfect condition. Bait was frozen black lug and cockles  cast out as far out as I could sling it! On the 28th we fished at the mouth of the River Dart  targeting Wrasse.  Ciarans had a fish was 4 lbs 2 ozs 12 dr and mine 5 lbs 2 ozs 4 dr. Both were caught on peeler crab.

Russell Farley proudly holds up his fine specimen Wrasse of 5 lbs 2 ozs 4 dr which he caught on Peeler Crab while fishing at the mouth of the River Dart. Saturday 28th January 2012 Photo courtesy of Russell Farley	Ciaran Farley proudly holds up his fine specimen Wrasse of 4 lbs 2 ozs 12 dr which he caught on Peeler Crab while fishing at the mouth of the River Dart. Saturday 28th January 2012 Photo courtesy of Russell Farley	Russell Farley proudly holds up his fine Dab of 1 lb 1 oz 7 dr which he caught on Black Lug and Cockle while fishing at Beesands. Friday 27th January 2012 Photo courtesy of Russell Farley

Tuesday 24th January - Updated catches from Brixham SAC members - Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune very kindly emailed me with some of the latest catches of Brixham SAC members. Thank you Dave, your input is most appreciated. Here's what Dave said:

Wednesday 11th January - Updated catches from Brixham SAC members - Brixham SAC member Dave Fortune very kindly emailed me with some of the latest catches of Brixham SAC members. Thank you Dave, your input is most appreciated. Here's what Dave said: