BRIXHAM SAC - FISHING ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010

BRIXHAM SAC - COMPETITION PROGRAMME 2010

April  4           Best Fish Skerries Competition ( £25 first prize only )      Boat

April 17         Presentation Night

April 25          Flatfish Competition: Boat and Shore

May 15-16     Best Fish Roving Comp. No. 1: Boat and Shore ( 7pm to 7pm )

May 26           Wednesday Evening Comps Start ( Heritage Comp )

June  13         Pairs Competition ( T.O + 2 x £10 first prize ):Boat and Shore (see rules )

June 20          Breakwater Barbeque Comp. No. 1, Prizes only : 10 am to 4 pm : Shore

June  27         Senior/Junior Event ( see notice board ) : Boat & Shore

July 21           Weds Evening Lifeboat Comp.     Breakwater   Shore

July 23 - 25    BRIXHAM SAC Festival Competition ( see notice board ) - Friday 8 pm to Sunday 7 pm

Aug 1             His and Hers Comp.( T .O + 2x £10 first prize ): Boat and Shore (see rules )

Aug  8            Breakwater Barbeque Comp. No. 2 , Prizes only 10 am to 4 pm : Shore

Aug  22          Conger Competition: Boat  ( Weigh – in at Hut )

Aug 25           Wednesday Evening Competition End

Aug  29          Shakespeare Starter Kit  Comp. ( Shore , Breakwater only )  2 pm – 6 pm  Optional Pool Only

Sept 4^th to 12^th        Torbay Festival ( Weigh in at Hut )

Sept 25         Inter Club Comp with Sidmouth SAC ( see notice board )

Oct (all month )     Conger Hunt : Roving Shore ( £20 first prize see notice board )

Oct 3              Mullet Competition:  Boat and Shore

Oct  9             Evening Comp No.1 Breakwater to Berry Head ( 4pm to 9pm ) : Shore  ( Weigh-in at Hut by 9-30 pm ) Vouchers awarded after Comp 3

Oct 17            Torbay Shield Inter Club Competition

Oct 23 – 24th Best Fish Roving Comp. No. 2: Boat and Shore ( 7pm to 7pm )

Oct 31            South Hams Roving Comp.( see notice board ): Shore , Best Fish £25 Voucher  , Best Lady £10 Voucher , Best Junior £10 Voucher ; plus Trophies.

Nov 14            Flounder Competition No.2 ( Vouchers awarded after Comp 3 ): Shore

Nov 27            Evening Comp No. 2 Breakwater to Berry Head ( 4pm – 9pm ): Shore  ( Weigh-in at Hut by 9-30pm ) Vouchers awarded after Comp 3

Dec 5              Christmas Fayre Breakwater Comp 10 am to 4 pm: Shore

Dec 12            Flounder Competition No. 3 ( Vouchers awarded £25 ,£20,£15,£10 ):Shore

Dec 18            Evening Comp No. 3 Breakwater to Berry Head ( 4pm – 9pm ) : Shore  ( Weigh-in at Hut by 9-30pm ) Vouchers awarded £25, £20,£15, & £10.

Jan 2011         Flounder Competition ( see notice board ): Shore  

T.O   Trophy Only – One prize per person unless insufficient fish are weighed ( Vouchers £20, £15, £10 & £5 unless stated )

 Brixham SAC Wins Angling Trust Sea Angling News Trophy for 6th Consecutive Year

Thursday 4th March - Mike Concannon wrote:  I'm 65 today.  I have just received the best news I could wish for, from Norman Berry, Editor & Proprietor of Sea Angling News and the England Shore Angling Team Manager.  It is an even better Birthday present than my entitlement at long last to my OAP.

The more than 300 recreational sea angling clubs across the UK, which are affiliated to the Angling Trust, (formerly the N.F.S.A. before it became a component of the Angling Trust), compete each year for the Sea Angling News Trophy, which was donated by Norman Berry, several years ago.

It is awarded each year to the affiliated club which submits the most fish of, or exceeding, 100% of specimen size to the AT.

Eric Gerrey of the AT, maintains records and sorts out the certificates and medals for members of the competing clubs across the Country.  Eric confirmed yesterday evening, that Brixham SAC members submitted 102 successfully ratified entries during the past year, which is the most for any sea angling club.

I am therefore proud to disclose that Brixham SAC and its members have won this valued Trophy for a 6th consecutive year, which clearly confirms the club's reputation as probably the most successful sea angling club in the UK.  No other club has won this award for so many consecutive years.

Norman Berry has confirmed to me that he will once again attend the annual presentation evening at Brixham SAC on Saturday 17th April 2010 to present his Trophy.

I hasten to add that although it is my home club, and I do write my regular "Fishing Dartmouth" pages every month for Sea Angling News, that I had absolutely nothing to do with the decision to award the Trophy to Brixham SAC.  It is simply awarded on the merit of numbers of specimen fish submitted, by an affiliated club, to the National Governing Body for consideration.

Well done lads.  Please give yourselves a pat on the back.  Our collective thanks go to Norman Berry for sponsoring this Trophy and to Eric Gerrey and the Angling Trust for impartially administering it.

BRIXHAM SAC - Fish of the Month for February from Boat

Chris "Ralph" Martin a member of Brixham SAC caught this excellent big Ling while fishing aboard his own private boat out of Dartmouth Saturday 20th February 2010 Photo courtesy of Jason Upham

SHORE ANGLING HAS BEEN TOUGH

Report Received 3rd March 2010 from Russell Farley, who wrote:  Shore Fishing has been tough! Members have caught small Huss, Conger, LSD and Rockling but nothing considered worthy of taking to the scales

Best Pollack Competition Results - 14th February 2010

Best Pollack/Coalfish - Boat Only Successfully fished with the top angler imparting much advice to his crew mates who thoroughly appreciated his winning catch : Doug Mosedale - Pollack 18-4-12.

Doug Mosedale, Fishing Chairman of Brixham SAC proudly holds his best Pollack of the day 18 lbs 4 ozs 12 dr caught from a mid-Channel wreck aboard Brixham charter boat "Silver Sea" Skippered by Mark Criddle Sunday 14th February 2010 Photo courtesy of Mike Concannon

Moves to Protect Silver Eel

It is a well known fact, that the Silver Eel population breeds in the Sargasso Sea.  It returns to our home waters as a tiny Eel, known as an "Elver", where it grows and breeds, before making its own mammoth return to breed in the Sargasso Sea.

In recent years the numbers of Eels returning to our shores has declined to somewhere around 1 percent of their former numbers, due to a viral disease, which has adversely affected their numbers.

Mike Concannon reported several weeks ago on his web page, that the EEC is in the process of completely protecting the Silver Eel.  It will become an offence to take or to kill them.  This may ensure that those few Silver Eels, that become resistant to the virus, may in the future breed and multiply.

Mike Bailey, Hon. Sec. Emailed yesterday to say that, at the Committee of Brixham SAC, which met on Tuesday 2nd February, 2010, it was decided that in future, the Club will, with immediate effect, bring in a voluntary ban, "i.e: catch and release.  Possibly weigh Silver Eels, but always return them to the sea alive."

This seems to be the right decision, in view of the incontrovertible scientific evidence.

Coincidentally, on Thursday 4th February, a major seafood supplier removed Silver Eels from their product list:

M&J Seafood has announced that it will no longer supply European Eel to the catering trade from end of March 2010 due to the species being classified as critically endangered' on the IUCN Red List.

The decision to remove all European Eel from its frozen and fresh product portfolio comes as part of M&J’s continued efforts to support sustainable sourcing and champion under-utilised species.

The company has also taken the decision to ban all North Atlantic Halibut sourced from ‘target capture fisheries’.  Now M&J’s frozen Halibut steaks will be sourced from sustainably certified Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) fisheries in the Pacific Ocean and fresh Halibut, will be sourced from Wild Pacific, Canadian and Alaskan MSC certified fisheries (season April –Nov) as well as Farmed Scottish and Norwegian suppliers.

M&J Seafood is working closely with suppliers, WWF, Goodcatch and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to ensure its fish supply is not taken from threatened or depleting stocks, and is committed to raising awareness of sustainable sourcing in the foodservice industry.

Mike Berthet, group director, fish and seafood at M&J comments: “At M&J we believe the catering industry operators and suppliers have an enormous role to play in supporting the sustainable management of our fish stocks.  By refusing to sell endangered species and taking the initiative to help customers understand the issues and the alternatives open to them, suppliers like us can generate real change and help slow down and reverse over-fishing.”

BRIXHAM SAC - JANUARY FISH OF THE MONTH & COMP RESULTS

Boat : Graham Dryer - Pollack  16-5-1

Graham Dryer, proprietor of Brixham Bait & Tackle who is also Chairman of Brixham SAC proudly holds his winter Pollack 16 lbs 5 ozs 1 dr the first Brixham SAC specimen of the year caught from a mid-Channel wreck aboard "Silver Sea" chartering out of Brixham and Skippered by RNLI Torbay Lifeboat Coxswain Mark Criddle Sunday 31st January 2010 Photo courtesy of Jason Upham

Shore Bottom : Sean Coulson - Conger Eel 21-7-2 Shore

Float : No Entry

Junior : No Entry

COMPETITIONS UPDATE

Sunday 17th January - Wrasse Comp - No entries

Sunday 24th January -  1st Flounder Comp

1st - S Czinege   1-11-5

2nd - P Cottell 1-10-5

An early lead in the Triple Fluke race for Mr Czinege with a Flounder taken from Portlemouth.

Paul Cottell is in his customary runners-up spot with a fish from the Teign, but at least he didn't miss a bite like "Duff".

Saturday 30th January -  Angling Trust Wyvern Division Presentation Evening.

Brixham SAC Juniors dominated the shore prizes and although the boat prizes went almost entirely to commercially caught Pollack, they won't be allowed this coming year, so hopefully we can do better.

Graham Dryer won one of the principle prizes with his excellent Black Bream of over 5lbs.

Brixham tackle dealer and Chairman of Brixham SAC Graham Dryer won the prestigious Local Assocaition Cup, presented for Best Fish from Wreck, during Torbay Festival with his super Black Bream 5 lbs 3 ozs 8 drams taken at a Lyme Bay wreck from Mark Criddle's charter boat, "Silver Sea", out of Brixham.  The fish was 160.577% of specimen weight Sunday 13th September 2009 Picture courtesy Mike Millman

Ciaran Farley is pictured having collected his FOM Medal and certificates.

Ciaran Farley a Junior Member of Brixham SAC proudly holds his medal and certificates for Fish of the Month at the recent Angling Trust Wyvern Presentation Night Saturday 30th January 2010 Photograph courtesy of Russell Farley

BRIXHAM SAC - DECEMBER - FISH OF THE MONTH & COMP RESULTS

December FOM:

BOAT : NO ENTRY

SHORE BOTTOM : Andy Copping  Flounder  3-7-4 SHORE FLOAT : Rob Marshall  Ballan Wrasse  5-3-10 JUNIOR : Shay Upham  Flounder  2-7-13

COMPETITIONS

(see attached photo! Caption should read "You should see the ladder he uses for the Ledge!!!") A good turn out of Anglers, although many did not have the stamina to resist the tumultuous rain showers which lashed the Breakwater.......

There is still a stewards enquiry into whether fish caught with the assistance of a ladder should be permissible?

Doug "Duff" Mosedale with a little added height on his personal fish ladder at Brixham Breakwater Photo courtesy of Russell Farley

1. Xmas Fayre 6th December Brixham Breakwater 1st - Doug Mosedale  Lesser Spotted Dogfish  1-14-12

2nd- Graham Dryer  Lesser Spotted Dogfish  1-12-10

3rd- Andre Burke  Lesser Spotted Dogfish  1-8-4

4th- Paul Cottell  Lesser Spotted Dogfish  1-8-0

2. Flounder Competition #3 13th December Roving I chose the wrong spot again and along with Andy Halliday shared Frogmore Creek with half the population of Plymouth. Paul Cottell won and came agonisingly close to ousting that "Flounder Bounder" Dave Fortune from the 'Triple Fluke' leader board, Dave's fish from Flounder Comp #2 weighed (including half a can of WD40 on his bait)  2-1-13........

1st- Paul Cottell  2-1-5

2nd- Adam Slack  1-12-9

3rd- Sean Coulson  1-11-15

4th- Paul Cottell  1-6-0

3. Evening Competition Breakwater - Berry Head 19th December Despite good weather conditions only two fish over 50% were taken. I was still nursing a pretty good Hangover from my works Xmas do and failed to make it to the seaside! Well done to Jason Hemmings for a good Whiting on the night.

1st- Jason Hemmings  Whiting  1-1-4  78.409%

2nd- Graham Dryer  Lesser Spotted Dogfish  1-10-6  65.787%

BRIXHAM SAC MEMBERS - when you have entered fish in a competition, or just have an interesting photo from the days fishing - PLEASE TAKE THE PICTURE and e-mail it to Russell Farley [ russelljf@tiscali.co.uk ] so that we can incorporate more pictures with these updates. They don't have to be great fish, just something from the competition.  Even if it is just a picture of Dennis Wright picking beads out of the rocks!

You should all receive a list of Provisional Trophy Winners with your next mail shot, "so have a look at what you could have won."

BRIXHAM SAC - AGM MINUTES 2010 & PROVISIONAL WINNERS' PRIZE LIST 2009/2010 - Minutes of last Sundays AGM for Brixham SAC & Provisional List of Annual Competition Trophy Winners 2009/2010 - To view just left click your mouse on either of the below buttons:

First Specimen Fish of the Decade? A 21-1-11 Conger Eel caught by your favourite Fish Recorder....

BRIXHAM SAC - NOVEMBER - FISH OF THE MONTH

Boat - Doug Mosedale - Grey Mullet 4-9-14

Shore - Bottom - Roy Repton Ballan Wrasse 6-5-0.

Shore - Float - Tony Smith - Ballan Wrasse 5-10-3

Junior - Ciaran Farley - Lesser Spotted Dogfish 2-7-6

BRIXHAM SAC EVENING COMPETITION BREAKWATER TO BERRY HEAD

Evening Comp Breakwater-Berry Head : Inclement conditions left only half a dozen entrants in this competition.

Winner STEVE FORD with a Dogfish, RUNNER-UP Graham Dryer with a Whiting and 3rd DOUG MOSEDALE with another Dogfish.

BRIXHAM SAC LEAGUE UPDATES - (ONE MONTH STILL LEFT)

Individual League

Team League

Junior Team League

Results from Brixham SAC Flounder Competition on 8th November 2009

Wednesday 18th November - Results from Brixham SAC Flounder Competition on 8th November - Email received late evening 17th November -  from my good pal and fellow member of Brixham SAC, Dave Fortune.  Many thanks Dave, as always, your input is greatly appreciated.  Here's what Dave wrote:

Results from Brixham SAC Members' Flounder Comp on the 8th November.  Been a bit tied up at work!  Members visited the Teign and Kingsbridge Estuaries but only 2 fish were caught.  I took 1st and 2nd with fish of 1-13-14 and 2-1-12 from Kingsbridge.  Not big but hopefully a sign of better to come.

Results - BSAC Members' 2 Day 2nd Roving Competition - Saturday 31st Oct & Sun 1st Nov 2009

Winner : Doug Mosedale, Grey Mullet (Boat) 4-9-14
Runner-Up : Ciaran Farley, Lesser Spotted Dogfish 2-7-6

3rd : Russell Farley, Lesser Spotted Dogfish 2-5-8
4th : Rob Marshall, Ballan Wrasse 3-13-13

BSAC "FISH OF THE MONTH" - OCTOBER 2009

BOAT - Owen Thomas - Pouting (Inshore Boat): 2-13-2
SHORE BOTTOM - Jason Upham - Small Eyed Ray: 10-7-2
SHORE FLOAT - Roy Repton - Bass: 7-9-14
JUNIOR - Shay Upham - Mackerel: 1-3-1

BSAC OCTOBER CONGER HUNT

No Entries Received

BSAC SOUTH HAMS COMPETITION RESULTS - SUN 25th OCTOBER 2009

Brixham SAC South Hams Competition : Fished for the Kingswear Castle Trophy - Strong Westerly winds limited locations members could fish in comfort.

Paul Cottell & Doug Mosedale tried Portlemouth but only got sand in their eyes. Adam Slack amongst others fished Beesands and Darryll and Russell Farley hid from most of the wind at Dartmouth Castle.

Very few fish were caught - Jason Hemmings had LSDs, Darryll Farley a small Bull Huss and Russell Farley had LSDs to 2-3-5 which surprisingly was good enough to win.

NEXT WEEKEND - 24 Hour Roving Competition : 7pm Saturday - 7pm Sunday Club Waters.  Please support your club! Full set of vouchers available.

BSAC Fish Of The Month - September 2009

BOAT  -  Graham Dryer - Black Bream:5-3-8

SHORE BOTTOM  -  Andy Copping - Trigger Fish:3-1-5 

SHORE FLOAT  -  Sean Coulson - Golden Grey Mullet:3-1-6 

JUNIOR  -  Ciaran Farley - Lesser Spotted Dogfish:2-8-1

BRIxhAM SAC MEMBER'S Mini Festival RESULTS

Winner  -  Peter Blower 4-12-8 Black Bream (Wreck)

Junior Winner  -  Corey Upham 4-9-3 Ballan Wrasse

Saturday Shore  -  Sean Coulson 25-2-14 Conger Eel

Saturday Boat  -  Martin Slowley 3-14-12 Black Bream

Sunday Shore  -  Russell Farley 2-10-1 Lesser Spotted Dogfish

Sunday Boat  -  Tim Hoult 11-15-12 Small Eyed Ray

Interclub Competition -v- Sidmouth

Brixham SAC Winners, with Jason Hemmings making a 'Man-of-the-Match' with his catch of Scad