SSF League

SussexSeaFishing - Match/Meets

SSF MEET 27th Jan Seaford

Results from the first SSF meet of 2008:

Firstly thanks for coming along and hope you all had a good day. All in all there were 16 of us. 8 weighed in and results as follows

1st Craig Ide (Ideyboy) with 2 Flounders for 1lb 12 1/2 oz
2nd John Nicholas (ugly Johnny) 2 Flounders for 1lb 8oz
3rd Glenn Arnold (arnoldteamssf) 1 Flounder 1 Plaice for 1lb 1 1/2 oz
4th Martin (Madonfishing) 1 Flounder for 1lb 1oz
5th Vic (Vicfishier) 1 Flounder for 13 1/2 oz

Heaviest Flat: was shared between me and Martin with two 1lb 1oz Flounders. Both would have been bigger but they had spawned.

Heaviest Round: Shared between Sam and my old man with 3 1/2 oz Rockling each.

Top Pairs: me and Simon Pickles.

All in all a good days fishing and although there werent as many fish as we would have hoped, the bright conditions didnt really help. There were other species caught including shooly bass, whiting, bullheads, dabs and pout but mostly undersize.

Action seemed to start quickly with me having my two Flounders in the first hour and our area seemed to produce most flounders in this time as this was when me, glenn and vic landed ours (approx 4 hours befoe ht). Things slowed until high tide which bought some fish on and despite Johns late arrival he managed to sneak second place with 2 Flounders at very close range nearer ht. Most productive baits for the flounders seemed to be kingrag but glenn, having put in the effort, caught his fish on whites and managed 7 species although only 2 sizeable fish. Everyone left with a prize of some form and i hope everyone had a good day.

we did stay on after the match and fish for an hour or so as it got dark and action seemed to pick up with a fish a cast but mostly small undersize fish except glenns whiting and my flounder last cast

I have some video footage and will add a link to this in the next day or so when i have put it on my pc. I have also added a pic of our mine glenn and johns catches.

Points will be based on positions in each event. The person that comes 1st in a competition will get 15 points, second 14 points and so on until 7th will get 8 points. All others will get 5 points for turning up and if they weigh in a sizable fish they will get 7 points.

· If two people fish a competition and have exactly the same finishing weights, placement will be drawn and so will points. In such circumstances the points will then be allocated evenly. The next placed person will then recieve the next point allocation.

· The person with the most points at the end of the year is the SSF League Champion. It is all a bit of fun but a way of seeing how you do over the course of a few matches.

· NFSA rules and sizelimits apply.

· Matches are decided by all parties interested approximatelty a month before each competition and competition rules will also be decided at this time. For example, one match may be a standard match with one rod, 3 hooks and no lures whereas another competition may be lures only or 2 rods and 3 hooks shared between them, alternatively it may be a species only comp such as Bass only. points will still be allocated in the above manner and this is how the league system will work. Basically matches are decided by you the viewers of the website.

· There will be a bag limit on Mackerel and Garfish of 6lb each, meaning that once you have weighed in 6lb of Mackerel or Garfish then you cannot weigh anymore in.

· More to follow...

Match Reports:

SussexSeaFishing held its meet on saturday which was a great success. We fished Seaford on Saturday 9th June between 1600-2030. the weather was lovely, we had some top food on the bbq and we had a nice section of beach near tidemills where there were no bathers. Given the weather we all assumed that it would be mostly Gars and Mackerel, however, this wasn't the case. Things started promisingly with Simon Pickles catching a Gar and Mackerel early on but after this it went slow and the only other garfish caught was by Glenn Arnold. People tried all sorts of tactics including floats & sliders etc but the mackerel and gars werent there, testament to this was some guys pleasure fishing/spinning down the beach and they didnt appear to catch much either. Things began to pick up when i pulled in a sizeable flounder, after this a few other people caught one or two and it appeared the fishing was picking up. As things were slow in the float I changed from using a 1 hook running ledger and 2 hook sliding float to 2 hooks (1up 1 down) and 1 on the slider alternated every cast for a 3 hook flapper using Redrag (maddies) as bait on size 4 hooks throughout. When fishing the flapper i let a bit of slack out to ensure that the baits laid on the bottom. I managed to hook into 4 more sizeable Flounders and a couple of undersize ones, beads on the bottom in the clear water seemed to be tempting them. Reports also came through that earlier that day (morning tide) that a guy had a Flounder of 2lb 2oz so maybe we should have expected it. All in all it was a good day and pretty much everyone weighed in. Reds were the bait of the day and flowing rigs fished on the bottom proved best so if your heading to tidemills this week it may be worth a go. There were plenty of prizes and a nice fixed spool reel was amongst the prizes won courtesy of www.abfishingtackle.com.

Results:

1st	Craig Ide (2lb 12oz, 5 Flounders)
2nd	Jay Bradley (1lb 2oz, 2 flounders)
3rd	Simon Pickles (15oz, 1 Gar & 1 Mackerel)
Most Fish	Craig Ide (14oz Flounder)
Heviest Fish	Craig Ide (5 Flounders)

Craig Ide 1st (me) with 3 of my flounders

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Jay Bradley 2nd (report writer) with his 2 flounders

Oh and just a mention for Glenn, he tried hard to catch a flounder for the last part of the match but just couldnt get one, then as murphys law would have it, he had one cast after the final whistle and typically landed a sizeable fish, which he couldnt weigh in!

18/02/07:

SussexSeaFishing held its first meet of 2007 and thanks to all those that came along. The weather was lovely, however, this effected the fishing. throughout the day catches included pout, whiting, dab, flounder and Rockling. Best results came on fresh black lug cast out far. Everybody tried a variety of baits including king and red rag, fresh lug, mackerel, squid, peeler crab and shellfish but the best results were black lug by far. The match started slowly and as the day progressed so did the fishing. There were plenty of bites and fish but most of them were small and just undersize. There were some bigger fish caught as the day progressed but most fish ranged between 3-6oz, so as you can see most fish were only just sizable and it was a hard days work. The event went well and i got to meet people that viewed the site and hopefully made some new fishing buddies, plus some useful tips. Again i want to say a big thanks to every one that turned up.

Result:

1st
Craig Ide 2lb 8oz (11 fish)

2nd
Howie 14 1/2 oz (3 fish)

3rd Olly Kean 11 1/2 oz (3 fish)

4th Keith Blackman 11oz (3 fish)

5th Simon Pickles 10oz (3 fish)

Heaviset Fish: Howie (Dab)