Piriou climbs eight places thanks to a fruitful July
DURING July, Bailiwick Bass Club members entered nine fish in the shore championship competition.
DURING July, Bailiwick Bass Club members entered nine fish in the shore championship competition.
Jason Piriou was the most successful, weighing in three, including the heaviest of the month.
His best fish weighed 8-11-4 and, barring any late but valid catch slips being returned, it has given him the Collenette Jones award for the top fish. It was caught on a plug and has put him in pole position for the Plugging Trophy.
His other two fish weighed 4-13-4 and 4-12-0 to give him a total of 18-4-8.
Ben Mahy also landed three, but of 5-12-0, 4-13-5 and 4-5-11 for a total of 14-15-10.
Members with single fish were Daryl Butcher (7-8-4), Nicky Donaldson (5-2-7) and Steve Huxster (4-0-9).
There was no change at the top of the championship list for both the leader, Mick Damarell, and second-placed Colin Patch had a blank month.
Piriou's success in July has moved him up from fourteenth to sixth.
No entries were received for boat-caught fish.
Members of the Guernsey Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society enjoyed a similar catch rate to the BBC anglers, entering six shore-caught fish and five boat-caught.
The Mick's Fishing Supplies bass-of-the-month prize went to Andy Hockey for his 6-9-0 specimen. He only just beat Dean Tulie who had one of 6-8-0.
Brian Montgomery topped the shore catch list with fish of 5-2-0 and 4-11-0 for a total weight of 9-13-0.
Paul Clark's two weighed 5-9-0 and 3-7-0 for a total of 9-1-0. Although Shore Championship leader Karl Le Prevost had a blank, he still leads with 15 bass for 92-0-0. Clark's catches have meant that he stays in second place with 10 for 56-10-14.
Clark does, however, top the boat championship. In July he landed fish of 5-4-0, 5-2-0, 4-4-0 and 4-7-0 for a total of 19-1-0.
The only other boat-caught entry came from Jean Prout who won the Boatworks+ bass of the month award for his 6-3-8 fish.
Members of both bass clubs and indeed all bass enthusiasts will be looking forward to the GBASS Open Bass Festival which commences on Thursday 30 August.
It will be the longest bass festival ever held in the Bailiwick for it will run for four days from 5.30pm on the Thursday to 8.30pm on Monday 3 September.
There is a guaranteed prize fund of £3,500 and a £5,000 bonus prize for a bass that beats the Bailiwick shore record, which currently stands at 18-6-5.
Prizes for both the shore and boat sections are similar, heaviest bass £500 plus a rod, second £250 plus rod, third shore bass £100 Boatworks+ voucher, third boat Daiwa boat rod supplied by Western Tackle Supplies, fourth fishing tackle.
The best fish each day, shore and boat-caught, will win a 100-gram silver bar.
Other prizes in each section include £150 for the pairs winners, plus £50 for the top woman, junior and visitor.
The angler achieving the highest aggregate weight of shore and boat-caught bass will also win £150.
One innovation this year is a £100 prize in each section for the heaviest bass that is safely returned alive to the sea after it has been weighed in.
There are also the optional pools for each section.
The registration for the festival and all the weigh-ins, which will be 8 to 8.30am and 8 to 8.30pm daily, will take place at the Boatworks+ premises on the Castle Emplacement.
The event will be brought to a close with the presentation evening held at the Carlton Hotel Wicked Wolf function room at 7.30pm on Thursday 6 September.
FOUR black bream weighing 8-11-0 were enough to give Glyn Williams victory in the Sark AC's seven-hour roving shore competition.
The event attracted 14 members and eight found fish, the total catch consisting of six ballan wrasse, one cuckoo wrasse, one mackerel and seven black bream.
Current championship leader Darren Dene had a disappointing day, catching just one ballan wrasse weighing 1-15-0. Neverthe-less, he has retained his healthy lead over second placed Liz Dewe.
Williams' catch has consolidated his position in third spot and he is now close enough to challenge for the runner-up spot.
The September competition could produce changes to the list as it is a 24 hour roving shore event.
GUERNSEY Mullet Club members entered 26 fish in the club competitions during July.
Secretary Mike Weysom easily topped the month's catch list with 10 for a total weight of 32-5-0.
John Holdaway also had a good month, landing seven thick-lipped mullet for 25-3-0 and a 2-2-0 golden-grey.
The heaviest of the month was a 5-9-4 fish caught by Peter Taylor.
Two members had three, Tim Cotterill's total weight being 9-15-0 while Gary Le Poidevin totalled 7-13-0.
Paul Carre had a 3-15-0 fish and Mark Dyke one of 2-8-0.
The results did little to change the top positions in the club's overall championship. Weysom still leads with seven mullet for 33-11-7, 4-10-12 clear of second placed Le Poidevin.
