slapton 17th dec

[pingu]

well as said I went off for the last 'official' Club meet ( sure there will be some unoficiall fish ins over christmas) of the year last night,

venue was slapton ( memorial carpark)fishing 7-midnight with the high arround 10pm, this was both a league and a stand alone cup comp( away cup) so there was something to fish for
weather was first clear skies with fantastic stars( no light pollution here) then overcast andquite mild

was unfortunately too early a start for rich so after looking at a car share was chuffed when i jumped in the car with andy and si and trundled through the 50mph average speed lanes on a30 to get there at 7

amazed at how many rods were there considering that this was a "school night" comp but set up v quickly off to the left( there were 15 fished in end)

as predicted we were all into the whiteing very quickly on the size 1/0 2 hook flapper and it wasn't long before I had a sizeable pair to weigh in at 10 and 13 oz ( average size on night there was only 1 over the pound), then bingo cod/dog rod 3/0 pennel with worm and squid at range ( and i was really casting well tonight) found a doggie and and then a cute little hermit crab which i renamed bait , and dutyifully it produced my best dog at 1lb 15

despite all efforts i could not get a pout or a pollock to add to the list( you can only weigh 2 best of each species so more species = more points) a couple of others had caught the odd pollock also a makkie of 1lb 4oz and a solitary pout
no dabs or cod despite best efforts of those there

come the weigh in it was brian the viking with 2 dogs , 2 whiteing and a pout who won, also getting best specimin with a 2lb4 dog,

think was andy T who got 2nd ( was v late by now)
taf got third which i am sure gave him the league win ( well done mate)

I was not in top 3 but not by much and was well pleased with how I fished ( seem to be on an up at last)
a lovely night, a good end to club year with good mates

roll on 2009 as theres some cracking fixtures for me to fish and too waffle on about


dave

[fishypaul]

glad you had a good night mate,hope for more in 09

[tjnorton]

Glad 2 hear u had a good night dave.I'm thinking of fishing Blackpool sands as a nw on cesil is not coin to be much fun.

th

[Fishing Forum Admin]

NIce to hear of lots of fish being caught - well done mate

[Norfolkboy]

Nice one Dave, good luck for 2009

[gullyworm]

Well done Dave. Why do you call him Brian the viking?

[Spahill]

UNLUCKY on the Podium Dave.
As for Brian the Viking, if I ever meet him I think I will just call him "Sir" (looks like a lighthouse though) .

[cuckoo]

Sounds like a great evening dave , well done