Wirral Sea Anglers

upcoming match dates

The Gun, Sunday 22nd November

Our final league encounter for this year is at The Gun on Sunday 22nd November. Meet by 5pm, fish 6 till 10pm. Format is bag length made up from each anglers 5 longest fish added together be they flat or round or a combination of both. All species to be measured, no size limits.

Tobin Street / Kinglake, Sunday 6th December

This is the date for our Christmas match. Meet by 6 pm, fishing 7 till 11 pm. Further info coming soon. No points at this match.

latest match reports

Kinglake 8/11/26

Our penultimate league encounter of 2026 took place at Kinglake, with the format based on the combined length of each angler’s four best round fish and their two best flatfish.

Unfortunately, fishing proved particularly slow for the time of year, with no anglers managing to reach the set target. In fact, several failed to register a single fish, while most managed just one or two throughout the session.

As expected, whiting were the dominant species, with dab, flounder and plaice also making an appearance. The hoped-for dogfish, which could have provided a welcome boost to overall totals, failed to materialise.

Nevertheless, there was still a competition to be decided, and at the conclusion of proceedings, it was Gary Tull who emerged victorious, recording a winning combined length of 104 cm. Nigel Conlon secured second place, with Paul Bonner completing the top three.

The longest fish honours went to John Wood, for a flounder of 32 cm, while Mike Flanagan recorded the shortest, a whiting of 12 cm.

The full results can be found in the chart below, with individual and pairs standings available on their respective pages as our eagerly contested, yet always friendly, league approaches its conclusion.

Thank you to everyone who participated, and we look forward to the final league encounter of 2026!

Guinea Gap 6/11/26

After two cancelled dates due to bad weather our league finally continued at Guinea Gap where the format was bag length made up from each anglers best five fish, with the match consisting of 2 zones.

With the annual whiting invasion well underway this was going to be an achievable task, and so it was going to down to whoever could muster the longest length from their catch. That in mind, it would be a case of targeting "better species" to accumulate the required target. Dogfish were the obliging specie and this was born out in the final results.

After a check of the card the winner was Phil Ord (zone A) amassing 180cm. Second, only a cm behind was Martin Bleasdale (zone B). Dave Vernon (zone A) took 3rd with Andy Sothern (zone B) 4th. Colin Cooke had the shortest fish whilst Dave added to his winnings having the longest fish.

See the table below for the full round up. Updated league standings, both individual and pairs can be found on the relevant pages. Thank you to all who took part.

Kinglake 27/09/26

Due to the severe weather forecast it was decided to move this match from our original planned venue of Vale Park to Kinglake. The format remained at species with length taking priority over numbers.

Once again there were good numbers of species caught although a recurring theme this year has been the lack of fish in numbers. Whiting and flounders appeared to be the dominant species. Although, as the match progressed, other species came to the fore.

Despite length taking priority, with nothing of great size being caught the match looked to be heading for whoever had landed the most number of species.

At the conclusion, Phil Ord had five species with an overall length of 117cm; Gary Tull provided the longest fish, a tope pup of 47 cm, which added to the rest of his catches rewarded him with 88cm and 2nd place. Dale Glass took 3rd with his two species totaling 52cm.

As mentioned, Gary had the longest fish while Mark Roberts came in with the shortest; a 10cm whiting.

Check out the relevant pages for updated league standings - pairs and individual. Thank you to all that took part.

Mersey Road 30/08/26

Species (with number of species taking priority over length) was the format for our Mersey Road encounter.

After a slow start, the fish eventually came on the feed and, although they were not present in great numbers, catches were a marked improvement on previous matches.

Sizes varied from single-figure centimetre whiting through to some good-sized strap congers. However, it was the highest number of species that was required to secure the top places. After a tense four hours, Gary Tull and the ever-consistent Steve Bonner had recorded four species each. Gary’s four fish totalled 148cm, while Steve’s totaled 120cm, giving them first and second place respectively.

John Wood counted an impressive 86cm conger among his bag, with his other fish bringing his total length to 170cm. However, having recorded only three species, he had to settle for third place.

Mickey Duff also recorded three species to take fourth place, with Phil Ord recording two species to finish fifth.

Thank you to everyone who took part. Updated league tables can be seen on the relevant pages.

Blue Bridge 26/07/26

Total bag length (eel and sea trout excluded), with a minimum size of 20cm, was the format for our visit to the Blue Bridge, where the fishing followed a similar pattern to all the other venues this year in not producing the quantity of fish expected for the time of year.

However, match fishing can be decided by just one fish, and after a slow start some of the anglers began to catch.

With flounder and bass the only species to be recorded, there was frustration for some with undersized fish and eel which would fail to register.

Most of the contingent caught, but again there were some pegs that failed to produce. Cards sorted, the winner was Paul Bonner, having a bag length of 188cm, pushing son Steve into second place with 179cm. Gary Ritson took third on 166cm.

The longest round went to John Wood for a bass of 43cm, while the longest flat was a tie between Dave Evans and Gary Ritson, both having flounder of 42cm.

Updated league placings, both individual and pairs can be seen on the relevant pages. Thank you to all who took part.

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