EFSA England

Results – Iceland Open 2017

EFSA Iceland Open 2017-  Olafsvik Twenty members travelled to Iceland to fish what was a trial event for next year’s European Boat Championships.  In addition to the Icelandic anglers there were anglers from Belgium, Ireland and Scotland. The practice day was fished in good weather with most of the target species being caught.   Colin Searles, … [Read more...]

Results – English Shore Championship 2017

This year’s event took place at Eastbourne and had a good entry of 25 anglers fished the two days of 28th and 29th April 2017. Day 1 It soon became apparent that the fishing was not as good as it was a couple of weeks ago. New comer to EFSA Jamie Morton landed a sizable 5 bearded rockling when retrieving the first cast of the day, but unfortunately for her that was the only … [Read more...]

Results – England Species Championship (Flatfish) 2017

EFSA England Species Festival (Flatfish) Weymouth 2017 The annual EFSA England Species Festival was fished form Weymouth on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th of April with the flatfish including rays as the target species.  At registration on Friday it became clear from the chat that the rays were not around in any numbers and very few plaice so turbot and brill would be … [Read more...]

Results – Fun Fish (Flounder) 2017

Results Fun Fish (Flounder) 2017 After a successful AGM on the Saturday 32 anglers fished the Fun Fish on Sunday 15 January 2017 Five of the anglers elected to fish from the shore with the rest boarding their nominated charter boats. The match was to be fished on a measure and release basis with total length of fish caught deciding the winner. All four charter boats decided … [Read more...]

Fish of the Year Awards 2017

  SPECIES - Boat BASS Ray Barron PM 13 lb 3 oz BLACK BREAM Ray Barron PM 4 lb 12 oz COD Mark Coles Portland 16 lb 13 oz CONGER Ryan Casey Weymouth 90 lb 0 oz FLOUNDER Alan Painter PM 3 lb 0 oz PLAICE Andy Smith PM 3 lb 5 oz POLLACK Matthew Lavis BCC 17 lb 9 oz RAYS - Blonde Rod Adamson PM 30 lb … [Read more...]