Portland Fishing

Weymouth Angling Centre bring you the latest news and local catch information.
Please see the reports below.

Weymouth Angling Centre Chesil Beach Flatfish Open - 9/04/06

The 2nd Weymouth Angling Centre Chesil Beach Flatfish Open was fished on Sunday 9/4/05 it attracted 149 anglers. These were made up of 8 juniors, 6 OAPS,  2 Ladies and 133 senior men.
Anglers came from as far as North Wales, Cornwall, and Suffolk to fish the Event.The anglers were competing for a Top Prize of £500 (longest combined length) and £250 for the longest flatfish with a prize table worth over £1200 going down to 3oth place.
This is a catch and release event with stewards measuring the fish and returning them. The angler with the highest combined measurement wins.The competition was fished in near perfect conditions, only flatfish counted but other fish were caught including Dogfish, Pout, Codling, mackerel and Gurnard.

Winners

1^st Place Mike Taylor Southampton 2 Plaice, 2Flounder; Total 134cm £500

2^ND Place Ben Stockley Weymouth 2 Plaice, 1 Flounder; Total 91cm

3^rd Place K. Buckler Devon 1 Plaice, 1 Flounder; Total 67cm

4^th Pete.Taylor 2 Flounder 65cm

5^th Lee Cullen 2 Plaice  64cm

6^th Alan Gilbert 1 Plaice 1 Flounder 50cm

7^th Darren Taylor 1 plaice  42cm

8^th Paul Walker 1 plaice  41cm

9^th Gary Bowler 1 plaice 40cm

9^th Chris Equeall 1 flounder 40cm

11^th Andy Mills 1 flounder 38cm                                     

12^th Joe Arch , Steve Tucker , Ian Dancey all 37cm

15^th Glenn Short 36cm

16^th Chris Snow 35cm

17^th R. Christo 33cm

18^th Kevin Hughes , Alan Mapes , Ray Pope  all  32cm

21^st Alan Jones 30cm

22^nd M.Webb 29cm

23^rd Kev Vinnell 28cm

24^th Dave Lane , Julian Shambrook both 26 cm

26^th Dave Chidzoy, Kev Bradstock  both  25cm

Largest Flatfish – Darren Taylor Plaice 42cm £250

Pairs Event -1^st Mike Taylor & Steve Mould 134cm £150

Top Lady- Sally Radcliffe 23cm

Total Fish Caught

Plaice 25

Flounder 12

Date	Species	Notes	Picture (Click to enlarge)
11/3/06	Halibut	The fish was caught on Saturday 11/3/06 by angler Billy Verney from Newbury, Berkshire using a Shimano rod and reel set up. He was fishing for plaice on the Shambles Bank on Dave Pitman's Charter boat Atlanta. Using a flowing beaded trace with Ragworm bait caught this fish, which we believe to be the first ever caught on rod and line from Weymouth. The fish was weighed and verified at Weymouth Angling Centre as weighing 8lb 4oz.