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Tides are vital for club's tankard contest
The River Arun at Petworth & Bognor Angling Club's water at Watersfield was in good condition with little tidal flow of floating vegitation for the club's Charles Tankard.
Most matches on the river are held on a falling tide, but this time the match was fished either side of high tide, which brought its rewards.
First place went to Mick Greenway, who bagged up a good 6lb 3oz, with roach caught trotting with a stick float, while match secretary Steve Simmonds was second with 5lb 9oz, again trotting below the outlet.
Mark Pantling was third with another mixed bag of roach, dace and small perch.
For leisure anglers, the Arun is fishing really well at the moment. Eels seem to take nearly everything on offer, while not welcomed by most anglers eels are highly protected and must be returned immediately to the water.
Certainly during the summer, float trotting seems to be most rewarding. Roach, dace and perch have all been caught recently, mostly on maggot, while sweetcorn and bread have found the bream – a fish that thrives in the Arun and very different from lake bream.
Hook an Arun bream and not only will it put up a good fight but can be a sizeable catch. Bream have also been caught of late from the Rother at Coultershaw and Coates Castle, which also has a good head of roach and dace with the occasional carp showing.
The whole river would benefit from a few days' rain.
Unlike the Arun, the Rother depends on rainfall so despite a recent downpour the river remains low. Likewise the ponds at Walberton and Storrington, where work will shortly commence to deepen and clear the middle carp lake.
The Hunston Lane fishery will need to close for a couple of weeks during this work and members are asked to go to www.sussexangling.co.uk, where further information will be available once we have firm dates.
* Bognor Regis Amateur Angling Society held an evening match at Bognor Pier.
Results: 1 Dan Middleton (junior), 1 pouting, 1 bream, 1lb 3oz; 2 Jamie Middleton, 2 bream, 1lb 2oz; 3 Tom Cline, 3 pouting, 13 oz. Heaviest fish: Dan Middleton, bream, 11oz. Eight people fished. Four people weighed in. Total aggregate weight: 3lb 9oz.
The society held a boat match.
Results: 1 A Sandell, 2 skate, 1 dogfish, 20lb 14oz; 2 D Bright, 1 skate, 2 dogfish, 16lb 13oz; 3 K Shelley, 1 skate, 6 dogfish, 15lb 11oz. Heaviest fish: D Bright, skate, 13lb 13oz. Junior: T Hart, 6 pouting, 6lb. 14 people fished. 11 weighed in. Total aggregate weight: 114lb.
A boat match was also staged by the club.
Results: 1 T Hart, skate 5lb 1oz, pouting, dog: 22lb 7oz; 2 W Hart, pouting, dog, 1 bream: 16lb; 3 K Sherley, skate 7lb 4ozs, dog, 10lb 4oz. Heaviest fish: K Sherley, skate 7lb 4oz. Junior: T Hart, 22lb 7oz. People fished: 14. People weighed in: 7. Total aggregate weight: 69lb 4oz.
* The first round of the Three Counties Angling League has been held.
Results: A Division (Greenhouse Lakes, Cranleigh): 1 Bognor 24pts, 2 Rother I 23, Jt 3 Rother II/Ash I/Rudgewick A/ Rudgewick B 20. Individuals: 1 Robbie Gaiger (Rudgewick B) 45lb 6oz (mainly carp), 2 Robert Stevens (Rother I) 29lb 13oz, 3 R Carter (Rudgewick B) 19lb 6oz.
B Division (Marsh Pools, Petersfield): 1 Rother A 27, 2 Marsh Pools 19, 3 Team Spirit 17. Individuals: 1 Andy Muchmore (Team Spirit) 25lb 14oz, 2 Ivor Osbourne (Rother A) 22lb 9oz, 3 Trevor Hooper (Rother A) 21lb 8oz.
C Division (Kingsley Pond): 1 Rother 22, Jt 2: Oakhanger A/Stedham 21. Individuals: 1 Mark Coates (Bognor) 19lb 13oz (carp on feeder and pole), 2 Scott Cross (Oakhanger B) 18lb 1oz, 3 Colin Kingsbury (Stedham) 9lb 11oz.
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