Weymouth Species Festival 16-17th November 2013 So here we are some 8 months later than planned, the weather looked a lot better than it did back in march, but the forecast for the fishing was a little less optimistic. A few of the competitors had booked a practice day on-board one of the boats booked for the weekend, they returned with little to show for the day out. Day 1 … [Read more...]

This year the annual EFSA England Shore competition was held on the mighty Chesil Beach in Dorset. This was a fishing adventure that started with a boat trip across the fleet from the Bridging Camp landing in an area highly prized for its access to deep water and largely untapped fishing due to the difficulty factor in access. Once across the Fleet the anglers were faced with … [Read more...]

European Boat and Line Championships 2013 3rd to 11th August Monday morning and the 115 anglers mustered on the quayside to board 1 of the 4 boats. Each boat had up to 30 anglers on board, with each side of the boat having 15 anglers as ‘one boat’ for the purpose of the championships so 4 boats would give 8 boat winners. On a positive side the boats had good facilities with … [Read more...]

English boat championship, Plymouth 13/14th July 2013 It was 6 in the evening when we arrived in Plymouth (after a 7 hour drive from Kent) and well what a pleasant change to arrive at the chosen venue in shorts and tee shirts, not only that the forecast for the weekends weather was for no wind and sunshine, the local news channel had however commented that it would be a … [Read more...]

Fun Fish Prince of Wales Pier Dover Jan 12th 2013 A bit of a change to kick of the EFSA England competitions year, we normally hold our 1st event of the year in and around Poole harbour however, due to the retirement of a number of the older style wooden boats in Poole harbour (there are very few charter boats left that can venture into the shallows to find descent numbers of … [Read more...]