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2025 Membership: Full
Our match reports, Clubman Table, tides, weather, news, images and more.
2025 Membership: Full
The first league match for this year takes place at Mersey Road on Sunday 2nd February. Meet for 10 am, fishing 11 am - 3 pm. This match to be based on points awarded for the following:
Codling under 30cm - 12 points, 30cm and over - 30 points.
Whiting under 30cm - 6 points, 30cm and over - 12 points.
Dab under 25cm - 5 points, 25cm and over - 10 points.
Flounder under 25cm - 8 points, 25cm and over 12 points.
Rockling any size - 10 points.
Any other species - 25 points.
Plus, 10 bonus points given for each additional species caught.
Best 5 of each species to count.
Anglers on same points, countback to be on longest fish to break any ties.
Pools - longest and shortest fish.
Please record only species and size of fish on your match card, the points will be sorted and added after the match.
Sunday 16th February (Replaces match provisionally scheduled for 28/2)
Vale Park, fishing 10 am - 2 pm
Friday 28th March
Tobin Street to Town Hall, fishing 8 pm - midnight.
Friday 25th April
The Gun / Guinea Gap, fishing 8pm - midnight.
Our 2025 matches began at Vale Park with the annual Memorial (pairs) Match, where the format involved accumulating bag lengths from each pair's total.
Fishing started slowly, but as high water approached, more fish began to show. As usual for the time of year, catches were dominated by small dab and whiting, resulting in mixed fortunes throughout the match length.
At the conclusion, a draw was held to determine the pairs. Based on the results, the winning partnership was Paul Bonner and Jim Morris, with a combined total, including their bonus, of 740 cm. Lee Edwards and Mike Watterson took second place having 672 cm, with Steve Bonner and Mark Roberts third on 599 cm.
Nigel Conlon won the longest flatfish with a 38 cm flounder, Steve Bonner took the longest round with a 37 cm whiting, and Lee Edwards had the shortest at 16 cm.
Thank you to all who participated. See the chart below for the full results. Our league starts at Mersey Road on 2nd February.
16 anglers = £160.
Payout; 1st, 2nd and 3rd pairs, longest round, longest flat and shortest fish =£160.
Species caught; dab, flounder and whiting.
50 cm bonus for each additional species caught by each pair.
Pairs drawn by Steve Bonner.
Kinglake Promenade played host to the final encounter of 2024 – our Christmas match, which, as tradition dictates, is based on total bag length with no Clubman Points.
All competitors recorded fish, but there was a marked contrast in the final results, with some anglers having plenty of success while others had to settle for one or two fish.
With an absence of cod, dogfish, and ray, it was, once again, the usual Mersey stalwarts, mainly small whiting and dab, that contributed towards the totals.
With the results counted and verified, (continental style) the winner was Phil Simpson with a total of 493 cm. Jim Morris took second, with Dave Ostler third and Mike Flanagan fourth. Longest flat went to Phil Ord and longest round to Jim Morris. Mike Flanagan had the shortest fish.
Thank you to all who have supported the club throughout another successful year. Congratulations to this year’s league winner, Steve Bonner.
Our final league match of the year took place along the Town Hall section of the promenade, with the format based on the total bag length of each angler's best three whiting measuring over 25 cm.
Given the time of year, this appeared relatively straight forward. However, results proved otherwise early on with only undersized whiting and small flatfish were being landed.
As the match progressed and high water approached, some better-sized whiting came on the feed, helping anglers meet the requirements. At the conclusion of the match, the winner was Steve Bonner, whose best three whiting totaled 92 cm. Roy Watterson and Mark Allanson came second and third respectively after countback, with Dale Glass taking fourth.
The winner of the longest round fish (excluding whiting) was Mark Allanson , with a dogfish measuring 52 cm, while Phil Ord secured the prize for the longest flatfish with a 31 cm flounder.
Congratulations to Steve, whose skill and judgment throughout the match not only earned him the win but also crowned him the league champion for 2024.
Thank you to everyone who participated this year in our friendly yet competitive league. The final standings can be found on the Points Table.
This was a total-length match based on each angler's best flat and round fish combined. Given recent catch reports, it made sense to target dogfish alongside a flat. While a decent volume of fish were caught from some of the pegs, the expected dogfish invasion failed to materialise. Instead, the ever-faithful whiting and dab made up the bulk of the catches.
At the conclusion, Phil Simpson, being the only angler to land a dogfish, emerged as the clear winner, with his combination giving him a total of 81 cm. Dale Glass took second place with 60 cm, and Mark Allanson was third with 57 cm. With many fish of similar size, countback was used to determine some of the remaining places.
The shortest flat was caught by Paul Bonner, while the shortest round was shared between Peter James and Gary Tull.
See the Points Table for the latest league standings. Thank you to all who took part.
It certainly proved to be an exercise in good judgement to classify this event as a species hunt, while there weren't large numbers of fish, a total of ten different species were caught.
Clubman Points were awarded based on the total length amassed from each angler's longest fish of each different species.
As is customarily the case, the lead changed frequently as the species list grew and some better fish were caught. However, several pegs failed to record any fish.
At the conclusion, it was Gary Ritson who emerged the winner, having 5 species giving him a total length of 179 cm. Steve Bonner was second, with his 5 species culminating in 142 cm, while Nigel Conlon took third.
Gary also claimed the payout for the longest fish, having a smooth hound measuring 88 cm in his bag, plus a 15 cm fish for the shortest. Gary’s success continued as he shared the prize for most species with Steve.
See the Points Table for current Clubman League positions. Thank you to all who took part.
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