FOR the second month in succession Mick Damarell topped the catch list in the Bailiwick Bass Club and won the Collenette Jones Bass of the Month award for the heaviest fish, a 7-12-1 specimen. He landed a total of five, his others weighing 5-11-4, 5-5-6, 4-11-4 and 4-2-10 for an overall weight of 27-10-9.
Three other members caught just the one bass, Shane Huxster 5-12-7, Daryl Butcher 5-6-3 and Jason Piriou 4-8-6.
It’s not surprising that Damarell has already built up a healthy lead in the club championship. He has recorded nine bass for 52-7-11, well clear of Butcher in second spot who has four bass for 28-7-0.
The leaders in the pairs championship are Shane Branquet and Damarell who have 10 for 56-13-5.
The pair currently in second place are Butcher and Colin Patch with six fish for 32-9-7.
THE members of the Sark Angling Club struggled to find fish in their May competition, a six-hour roving shore event.
Just eight turned out and only three found fish.
The total catch consisted of two ballan wrasse, one pollack, two garfish and one mackerel.
The winner was Darren Dyke who caught three fish for a total weight of 2-8-0 to gain 18 points.
Close behind was Dave Brehaut who had two fish for 2-7-0 and 14.75 points, while third spot went to Liz Dewe who landed a 1-9-0 ballan wrasse worth 8.25.
After two competitions, Darren Dewe leads the club championship with 55.25 points.
Brehaut holds second place with 25.5 points, Jimmy Martin is third on 11, junior Jason Brehaut is fourth on 10 and Liz Dewe fifth on 8.25.
JOHN HOLDAWAY had the heaviest fish and topped the catch list in the Guernsey Mullet Club in April.
He landed three for 12-4-0, his biggest weighing 5-2-0. In all eight members weighed in a total of 17 fish.
Three other anglers also had three mullet during the month: Mike Weysom’s weighed a total of 11-6-0, Gary Le Poidevin’s 10-8-0 and Sam Robins, 10-3-0.
Paul Carre had two for 6-3-0, while three other members entered one each, Mick Dowinton (4-1-0), Pete Taylor (2-11-0) and Tim Cotterill (2-8-0).
The March/April heaviest mullet award went to Mark Gillson for a 6-5-9 fish landed in March.
Each of the top three in the club championship have entered four mullet to date, but Weysom is 2-14-14 clear of Le Poidevin at the top of the list, with Cotterill a further 2-4-9 back in third place.
MAY is proving to be a disappointing month as far as angling is concerned.
With half of it gone there have been no entries for the fish-of-the-month competition, an almost unprecedented situation for this time of the year.
Without doubt the recent bad weather has curtailed many planned trips afloat, but anglers who have got out have reported very mixed catches.
A number of big turbot have been caught, but overall the number of flatties seems to be down on recent years both as regards quantity and quality.
Some early mackerel have been reported, but catches are at best very patchy.
Inshore marks have yet to produce with any consistency and shore results are equally poor.
Article posted on 16th May, 2007 - 12.00am
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