Alderney Angling Shore League 2016

RULES and PRIZES! (Note changes)

• Top 4 will compete in a fish off on a fish race for a 10 day trip for the winner to the Florida Keys (or if preferred a European destination) – flight, accommodation, car hire all paid for by Alderney Angling. The Fish Race is a one off competition whereby a nominated 6 species to be drawn then caught as per previous finals each species at a time. Winner of the league will have a 10 minute head start over 2nd who in turn will have 10 minute head start over 3rd and thus for 3rd on 4th. Holiday trip to be taken during 2017 with Jan/Feb/March preferred. The winners bait, tackle and food paid for by themselves.

• The Fish Race Final to be fished on an agreed day between 4th December and 31st December – sharpen your tools!

• Points wise your top 14 matches count so you can drop 6 matches. This allows for holidays, shift work, missed matches, matches you don’t like etc.

• In the event of tie for 4th and 5th all 5 will enter Fish Race Final.

• All Roving matches - end of match time is the arrival time back at booking in place so pack up fishing with plenty of time to get back. Pegged matches fish to the end of the match.

• Start and end of match time is officiated by the nominated match organiser.

• Points awarded as follows:

1st : 100 points; 2nd : 80 points; 3rd : 60 points; 4th : 50 points; 5th : 45 points; 6th : 40 points; 7th : 35 points; 8th : 30 points; 9th : 28 points; 10th : 26 points; 11th : 24 points; 12th : 22 points; Everyone else who weighs in : 20 points; Everyone who attended but never weighed in: 10 points

Points double if joker played!

TROPHIES – Awarded the same as last year plus Best Bass, Best Pollack and Best Conger

PAIRS

Pairs are back! Each pair will be drawn from seeded pots at the presentation. Anyone who has not fished the league or has no current form will not be entered. If you intend fishing please let us know before presentation - you are more than welcome.

Points will be the total accumulated points. The top 3 pairs will also fish a Fish Race Final. Rules to be finalised but likely the pair will alternate to get the species required to win so almost like a tag team! The winning pair will have a four day trip to Dorsets famed Chesil Beach in September/October/November 2017. Flights, accommodation and car hire paid for by Alderney Angling.

No angler can win two prizes.

PLAY YOUR JOKER!!

Everyone will get two jokers. You can choose to play a joker on any match you wish. The joker, if played, will double any points you earn for that match! You have two jokers to play, only one joker can be played at a time and you MUST nominate your joker when you book in so it can be marked on your card. A change of mind once match has started is too late!

Scheduled Matches

Saturday 9th January 12.00 to 12.00. NEW 24 Hour Best Specimen. Best accumulated %! Catch as many species as you can from the list supplied of fish over the qualifying weight. Highest % wins! Booking in from 11.30 at the shop. Two rods, max 4 hooks. Qualifying weights and target species available at shop one week before match. Weigh in match. Roving match.

Saturday 23rd January 14.00 to 22.00. Heaviest Fish. Booking in from 13.30 at shop. No Wrasse. Two rods, max 4 hooks. Weigh-in match. Roving match.

Friday 12th February 18.30 to 23.00. Platte Saline pegged match – longest length caught, accumulated length of catch overall. Booking in from 17.45 to 18.15 at Gravel Works. One rod, max 3 hooks. Cards to be signed, fish to be witnessed and measured by nearest angler. No size limits. All species.

Saturday 20th February 14.00 to 20.00. Breakwater peg match – longest length caught, accumulated length of catch overall. Booking in from 13.15 – 13.45 at peg 37. Fish inside or out. Cards to be signed, fish to be witnessed and measured by nearest angler. Ballan Wrasse limited to first 6 measured and signed on the card. Pegs 37 to 55 to be drawn at booking in. One rod, max 3 hooks. No size limits. All species.

Saturday 12th March 14.30 to 21.30. Commercial Quay Zonal Match. Booking in from 13.30 at Quay. Longest length of fish. Four zones, 45 minutes in each zone, daylight and darkness in each zone as we did last year. Maximum of 10 of any one species. One rod, maximum 3 hooks. Cards to be signed and measured by nearest competitor.

Saturday 26th March 13.00 to 20.00. (or when last competitor completed task) Fish Race!! Booking in from 12.30 at shop. Nominated species are: Ballan Wrasse, Garfish, Pollack, Corkwing Wrasse, Goby/Blenny, any Bream, Pout, plus any one other species! 8 sections. Can be caught in any order. Photo card to be displayed in the picture with the fish, card will be will be issued at booking in. No rock pools! When task completed meet at Divers Inn and start drinking LOL. If first back ring match official. One rod only, max 3 hooks. No size limits. If task not completed by any individual competitor then return to Divers by 8pm and pick others up off the floor! Placings could still be up for grab depending on what you have caught.

Saturday 9th April 12.00 to 00.00. Best Specimen. Best % of Alderney record. Booking in from 11.30 at shop. Two rods, max 4 hooks. Qualifying weights and target species available at shop one week before match. Weigh in match. Roving match.

Friday 22nd April 19.00 to 23.00. Platte Saline pegged match – longest length caught, accumulated length of catch overall. Booking in from 18.15 to 18.45 at Gravel Works. One rod, max 3 hooks. Cards to be signed, fish to be witnessed and measured by nearest angler. No size limits. All species.

Saturday 7th May 12.00 to 12.00. 24 Hour Species Hunt. Booking in from 11.30 at shop. ID cards issued at booking in so all species, if wanted, can be photographed and returned. 2 rods and 4 hooks. No rock pools!! Goby/Blenny count as one. No size limits.

Sunday 22nd May 09.00 to 16.00. (or when last competitor completed task) Grand Prix Fish Race!! Booking in from 08.30 at shop. Eleven species in each competitors envelope, of which 6 need to be caught during the match to win. As with the 2014 final you draw your first fish from your envelope, go catch it, bring it back to AA alive to the steward, draw your next species to be caught and repeat until you caught the 6. First to catch 6 is the winner. Other competitors continue till they have caught 6 or till 16.00 in which they return to shop. Nominated species are: Ballan Wrasse, Garfish, Pollack, Corkwing Wrasse, Goby/Blenny, Mackerel, Mullet, Bass, any Bream, any other Wrasse (Cuckoo, Baillons, Rock Cooks, Goldsinny) and Pout. No rock pools! One rod only, max 3 hooks. No size limits. You will get a 2 fish pass - if after one hour you want to move on from drawn species you can re-draw.

Saturday 4th June 14.00 to 22.00. NEW. Top 3 Heaviest Fish. Booking in from 13.30 at shop. Two rods, max 4 hooks. Its for the top 3 heaviest fish caught, nominated species and size limits available at shop one week before match. All 3 fish weighed in need to be different species. Wrasse excluded. Number of species dictate position then weights of fish. Weigh in match. Rover.

Saturday 2nd July 14.00 to 19.30. Float Only Breakwater. Booking in from 13.30 at number 35 of Breakwater. Longest total length of all fish. Cards to be signed, fish to be witnessed and measured by nearest angler. One rod, max 3 hooks. No weight to make contact with the bottom!! Venue is between number 35 and 55. Wrasse - first 6 only.

Saturday 23rd July 14.00 to 21.30. Mackerel, Garfish, Pollack, Bass - maximum of 6 of each - heaviest bag. Booking in from 13.00 at shop. One rod, max 3 hooks (not 3 lures! ie: feathers if you want to fish 6 feathers then cut three hooks off, or if using a feathered rig of 3 hooks and want to attach a lure to the bottom make sure no hooks attached to lure so you are still fishing 3 hooks). Weigh in. Roving match. Size Limits – Mackerel 24cm, Garfish 55cm, Pollack 40cm and Bass 42cm (Subject to EU enforced bag limits).

Sunday 28th August 10.00 to 16.30. Best Ballan Wrasse (Breakwater only). Booking in from 09.30 at start of Breakwater. One rod, max 3 hooks. Heaviest fish. Weigh-in match. Scales available on Breakwater with match official or placed mid-way during match so fish can be returned alive and cards signed.

Sunday 18th September 14.30 to 21.30. NEW. Best Bass. Booking in at shop from 14.00. Heaviest fish. Minimum size limit is 42cm. Weigh in match. Rover. Two rods, max 4 hooks.

Saturday 22nd October 17.30 to 22.00. Heaviest Bag of Squid. Booking in from 17.00 at Commercial Quay. Weigh in match. Commercial Quay only.

Saturday 29th October 12.00 to 12.00. 24 hour Rover Heaviest Bag – nominated species and size limits which will be available from shop one week before match. Booking in from 11.30 at shop. Two rods, max 4 hooks. Weigh in match.

Saturday 19th November 14.30 to 22.00. Worm only. Booking in from 14.00 at shop. Nominated species with size limits are: Red Mullet 27cm, Bass 42cm, Sole 34cm, Plaice 30cm, Black Bream 30cm, Couches Bream 27cm). Maximum two of each fish except Bass if single bag limit still enforced. Heaviest weight. Roving event. Weigh in. Two rods, max 4 hooks.

Saturday 26th November 14.00 to 01.00. NEW. Best Conger and Best Pollack. Two matches - normal match points for best conger, normal match points for best pollack but time frame for each species same duration. Jokers played on this match is one for each category or nominate a category. Booking in from 13.30 at shop. Two rods, max 4 hooks. Heaviest fish for each category. Weigh-in match. Roving. Minimum size 15lb for Eels. Photo and measure smaller fish.

Saturday 3rd December 14.00 to 00.00. NEW. Biggest/Smallest Fish match! Booking in from 13.30 at shop. Winner is the one who has the biggest fish in their nominated big fish category and the smallest in the their nominated small fish category. Add the positions together to get the position in match, lowest number wins. Big fish to be bought to scales, smallest fish we will do on a card/measure/photograph format. Rover.

FISH RACE FINAL - to be arranged

December 2016 Match - Biggest/Smallest - Results and Report

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2016-12-07 12:41:37

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Best Biggest and Smallest Smallest Fish!!

Once again more than challenging conditions spoilt what could have been a really good match. Only 8 attended, one or two due to other commitments elsewhere but I am sure the weather played a major part I the low turnout. It was fun, the format was good and set the challenge. Can you get both the smallest and the biggest fish in the same competition? The overall winner was decided on your positions in each an...

November 2016 - Best Pollack and Best Conger - Results and Report

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2016-11-30 15:46:41

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Best Conger/Best Pollack

This match was supposed to put the cat amongst the pigeons points wise as it was two matches rolled in to one so potentially much at stake. As it turned out the weather played a major part with a challenging Easterly wind scuppering most fishable marks and once anglers had settled on their marks the inclination to move deteriorated.

The format was simple though – the best Pollack for one section, the best Conger for the ...

November 2016 Match - Worm Only - Results and Report

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2016-11-30 15:48:41

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Worm Only

Well that was eventful!! 10 brave, hardy and determined souls participated plus one more turned up for the last hour – Angus!! Angus did all right though, driving every one of their marks, soaking them and made us all stand at 45 degrees!!

The worm event means just that; worm is the only bait allowed. It’s a weigh-in event made trickier by just the six nominated species with a maximum of 2 of each allowed with minimum size limits: Red ...

October 2016 - 24 Hour Heaviest Bag - Results and Report

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2016-10-31 16:24:00

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – 24 Hours Heaviest Bag

Fishing was way tougher than expected with Black Bream, Mullet and Bass dominating the weigh in for the 12 competitors. Easterly winds have taken the brunt of the blame as night time fishing was non-existent and for those putting in the hours for the full match with no sleep reward was scant. Better was much deserved! That’s fishing though, sad faces at the weigh in as those leading the pack were scrabbling for points to mainta...

October Match 2016 - Heaviest Bag of Squid - Results and Report

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2016-10-23 14:04:51

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Heaviest Bag of Squid

First try at this format and what fun! Even the squid turned up to play which was a right bonus! It wasn’t just squid neither, a quick tweak of the rules included cuttlefish so really I guess this match was the Heaviest Bag of Cephalopods!! Top rod was Dicky Smith with a bag of 1 cuttle and 11 squid for a weight of 6lb which just about pipped Cephalopoder extraordinaire James Clarke who somehow managed 18 squid for 5lb 14oz. D...

August 2016 - Best Ballan Wrasse - Breakwater - Results and Report

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2016-08-29 15:46:00

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Heaviest Ballan Wrasse - Breakwater

Great to see so many turn out despite the weather, how unlucky was that!? Despite that though with the exception to poor Jordan everyone managed to weigh in - better luck next time Jordan. The fishing itself wasn't inspiring and everyone had to work for their fish with the focus for most being the biggie and ignoring the smaller stuff. It certainly paid of for James Clarke who had his first league win ever with a...

September - Best Bass - Results and Report

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2016-09-21 16:55:25

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Heaviest Bass

A turnout of 13 on a perfect day for hunting Bass! Plenty of Bass had been reported from around the island but a lot of small fish, so the challenge was getting one over the minimum size limit of 42cm. Most had a similar plan, throw some lures around till dusk and then sit for the last two hours on bait in darkness to try to improve what they had. Big fish were elusive but 7 anglers managed to bring fish to the scales which made for a...

July 2016 Match - Heaviest Bag Gar, Pollack, Bass and Mackerel - Results and Report

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2016-07-29 08:54:33

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Heaviest Bag Pollack, Garfish, Mackerel and Bass

Great weather greeted just the 7 participants to this match, the attendance being kept down by lots of other activities going on. Limited to a maximum of 6 per species (Bass 3) and size limits each angler had their own idea as to where to go and when using tidal and species knowledge to their advantage. As it was it was all a bit too quiet - well with a exception. Having battered his way down a clif...

July 2016 - Breakwater Float Only Match - Results and Report

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2016-07-05 18:57:42

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Breakwater Float Only Match

A tricky start to this match as to whether it should be on or off but on it was and with some sort of gusto the 8 that attended applied their various skill sets to overcome the windy conditions. Float only was the rule which meant no lead weights hit the bottom and with various rigs hitting the horizons from some, others chose to concentrate on their first permitted 6 Wrasse. Quickly Mikey and Fieona got in to their stri...

June 2016 - Fish Race - Results and Report

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2016-06-22 14:11:15

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Fish Race!

A difficult match given the circumstances of the lack of any real quality to our angling at the moment until the ’elements’ sort themselves out hence why this match has been held back to fish at a suitable time. It was then compounded by Aurigny being unable to fly in any live ragworm and there we have it – a can of worms opened as to what’s what. Actually those worms could have proved useful – I digress!

Only 10 fished but the same ...

June 2016 - Top 3 Heaviest Fish - Results and Report

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2016-06-06 14:24:33

Alderney Angling Shore League 2016 – Top 3 Heaviest Fish!

A new match for 2016 with which the format has gone down really well. One twist to the heading though and that is all 3 weighed in fish need to be different species. Given how poor the fishing is currently the size limits issued were negligible to try and provide a full weigh in and all species counted except for mini ones plus Wrasse and Tope. There were still plenty to go for but alas despite excellent weather from the 14 angl...

May 2016 - Grand Prix Fish Race - Results and report

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2016-05-31 13:28:33

Grand Prix Fish Race – 22nd May 2016

Match Results:

1. Darren Braby – 4 species in a time of 6hrs 38m

2. Dicky Smith – 2 species in a time of 5hrs 2m

3. Scott Audoire – 1 species in a time of 50m

4. Fieona Cosheril – 1 species in a time of 59m

5. Mark Harding – 1 species in a time of 3hrs 21m

6. James Clarke – 1 species in a time of 6hrs (Missed first 4hrs so not so bad!!)

7. Wayne Cosheril – 1 species in a time of ...

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Alderney Angling Shore League 2016