On Friday 29th November, we met at the The Old Ship Aground to register for the two-day EFSA England Species event fishing for conger eels and rays. Other fish over 5lb in weight would also count. After registering, we drew for our boat positions, instead of waiting until we were on our boat, which was how it had been done previously.  This seemed to meet the approval of … [Read more...]

The event hosted by EFSA Germany started with the opening ceremony on Sunday evening 6th October 2024 at Hotel Rudkøbing Skudehavn. This event was the first competition where competitors would be fishing from self-drive boats not from charter boats with the target species flatfish. As this was a first for EFSA Marcus Wuest gave a detailed explanation of how it would work. He … [Read more...]

EFSA England hosted the 2024 Championships at Weymouth with the welcome and opening ceremony being held at the Rembrandt Hotel on Sunday 8th September. A chance to catch up with old friends and get the latest information on the event. It was announced that due to forecasted weather conditions the 2-day Line Class event would take place on Thursday and Friday not Monday and … [Read more...]

This year’s English Boat Championship was held in Poole over Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th July. Friday evening registration for the event was held at the King Charles Pub, where besides confirming entry and entering optional teams, it was a good chance to meet up again and catch up with fellow anglers. Day 1 and the weather was not great with a stiff westerly wind, but the … [Read more...]

Ray Ashby, Vice Chairman of EFSA England, attended Weymouth Angling Society’s annual presentation on 16th February 2024 to present the prizes to winners of EFSA England Fish of the Year 2023 who had been unable to attend the AGM. Winners receiving their prizes were: Boat Ray -Blonde       … [Read more...]