The day after the AGM 21 members boarded their boats at the All-Tide Landing, Queenborough for an 8 a.m. start to fish for flatfish in the Medway. It was a cold overcast day with a light breeze and calm waters.
With black lug and herring for bait the target species, dabs, were soon being caught. There was a steady stream of fish coming aboard throughout the day. Other species caught included a few whiting, 5 bearded rockling, pout and a bass.
The presentation back on shore was delayed by half an hour as one of the boats had broken down and had to be towed back to the Landing.
Richard Russell was top dab catcher with 29 fish for 581cm fishing on Dentex. 2nd place went to Gary Geoghegan on Hurricane with 24 fish for 522cm. Coincidentally this was the same result for him as the last time we held the Funfish at this venue for flatfish in 2019. Kim Bowden on Dentex took 3rd spot with 25 fish for 500cm.
Longest dab was 29cm caught by Ray Barron on Dentex.
Congratulations to the winners. Many thanks to the skippers and to Matt Osbourne for arranging the bait.
Final Results
Position Name No. of Fish Total Length (cms)
1st Richard Russell 29 581
2nd Gary Geoghegan 24 522
3rd Kim Bowden 25 500
4th Ray Barron 24 495
5th Mike Smith 24 489
6th Andy Selby 19 401
7th Gary Galbraith 19 392
8th Rob Quinn 17 382
9th Russell Latimer 17 377
10th Nigel Hearn 18 366
11th Paul Roper 17 357
12th Paul Hart 18 349
13th Barrie Senior 17 338
14th Graham Lewis 13 311
15th Matt Osborne 14 304
16th Alain Painter 14 293
17th Andy Smith 14 280
18th Ash Currier 13 268
19th Martin Bobbett 11 238
20th Gary Dennis 9 190
21st Neil Cottington 7 158
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