Alderney Angling Shore Festival 2006

[alderneyangling]

Latest update on now from yesterday.

[Scotty T]

Latest update on now from yesterday.

 

36lb Eel, good effort that man, thats a proper shore caught conger

 

Scott

[alderneyangling]

Updated again, for some anglers the tension is geting higher. Its neck and neck for the best Channel Island angler and there are 4 or 5 anglers contesting the Top UK slots. I've a feeling some of the lads won't be having any sleep tonight.

[AlderneyBassman]

Well it's all over for another year, and at last I've got time to get in front of the PC.

 

My week started brilliantly with a black bream of 3-1-10 falling to floatfished bread, not at all uncommon here.

 

Soon after I had a Couch's bream on the bottom rod of 1-4-0, that fell to legered verm (a type of ragworm only found in the C.I.)

 

So at the first weigh in I had 2 species on the leader board

 

That night my angling partner Puffin (from this forum) went for a combination of conger on one rod and legered worm on the other to see what was about. My luck had obviously run out as I blanked but Puffin's conger rod suddenly registered a cracking run. His live pout bait had been snaffled and I soon had to swap the gaff for a landing net when I saw a cracking bass thrashing on the surface

 

Puffin was over the moon when it turned out to be a PB of 9-9

Not only that he repeated the feat soon after with another of 6-5, on the same pout too!! Tight arse

 

So after one day we were flying, 3 fish on the board (only allowed one fish per category) and looking forward to the rest of the week.

 

Thats when it started going wrong Its all a bit of a blur of fishing and snatching a few hours kip when you can. Eating becomes an afterthought too, drinking a nono

 

About midweek I had a golden grey mullet which was half an ounce under the qualifying weight, the Puffin had one of 1-13-6 which made it 2 on the board for him . The pairs prize was looking good for us!

 

The next to last day, Friday, saw me stalking the golden greys and I was rewarded with a corker of 2-8-0 which made it another fish for me

 

That afternoon we were mulleting and Puffin had one of about 3lb, one of many during the week for him, when I decided to ring the changes and go wrassing a bit further along the rocks.

 

After a quiet hour I had the bite which you know is the one, just a slight tremble then the crab is engulfed and the rod arches over. Fish on!

 

She went 6-5-0 and I kept her alive until the weigh in to be returned.

 

That made 4 fish for me and 2 for Puffin, the pairs look safe

 

The last morning saw us at it again, Puffin still after the elusive mullet (to 3-12 this time) and me after a garfish over 1lb. Suffice to say we failed but we had some good news that our team member in the 4's had a Couch's bream of 2-7-10 worth 127%, so now the team prize looked promising.

 

The Festival finished at midday and I found out I had done enough to lift the best CI angler trophy :

 

Later at the presentation our efforts were rewarded with best pairs for Puffin and me plus best team of 4 for our team

 

The drinking wansn't a nono that night

 

A great but totally exhausting week we had

[Grant]

Sounds like a great week fishing! Conversely, in the Bass festival in Jersey, most of my baits got taken by congers!

 

Do you have any pictures of verm you can post- think I have come across them but not too sure.

[Toerag]

Do you have any pictures of verm you can post- think I have come across them but not too sure.

 

Have a look here Grant:-

 

http://www.fishing-guernsey.co.uk/Baits/ba...='Verm'

 

You're not likely to find them accidentally apart from the odd one digging rag. The kind of ground you find them in is like a mixture of hardcore and boulders the size of your head, with a bit of mud to stick it all together!!

[Norm B]

Have a look here Grant:-

 

http://www.fishing-guernsey.co.uk/Baits/ba...='Verm'

 

You're not likely to find them accidentally apart from the odd one digging rag. The kind of ground you find them in is like a mixture of hardcore and boulders the size of your head, with a bit of mud to stick it all together!!

No link to the Sea Angling News I note, why would that be?

[FishingGuernsey]

You didn't ask?

[Toerag]

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QUOTE(Norm B @ Oct 23 2006, 10:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No link to the Sea Angling News I note, why would that be?

 

 

 

 

 

Eh???? I'm confused!!!!! I was simply replying to Grant, should I have been doing something else??

[chappers]

outstanding performance there Dick a clean sweep bet your still recovering from the hangover