A big thank you to Simon Drieu & all the people who turned up.
The morning started with a look at the different types of rods & reels used,from
light mullet rods up to heavy conger rods,fairly ancient up to modern day was on display.Then it was onto rigs from your basic running ledger up to long distance rigs incorporating impact shields,imps,cascade swivels,srt springs & powergum.Hooks,
line & lead use was covered in some detail.The importance of a shockleader & good knots was told, a tying demonstration of a variety of knots followed culminating in a rig being made.Next bait presentation,how to use a baiting needle to load your hooks with worms,baiting with squid,sandeel,mackerel & using elasticated cotton were
all covered.
After Simon had finished Steve Mullins took over giving an admiralty chart guide around the island.This covered tidal flows,why fish move into certain areas,safety when on the rocks or in the gullies.The tour started in st Ouens & went north,east,
south,west around the island,he showed what fish its possible to catch from each part of the island & weather it was best to fish night or day.Areas for Bass,Congers,
Mullet,Red mullet,Rays,Sole,Smooth hounds,Bream & Wrasse.A lot of good marks were told by Steve or freely given by other club members.Lets hope we can put it all to good use & catch some better fish.
TIGHT LINES TO ALL THIS COMING SEASON
The treasurer.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
TACKLE & RIG DEMO
Ever wondered what a loop rig,pulley rig,one up one down,sliding wishbone or a wessex
rig is?
Do you get wound up when you're bait flys off the hook when you cast?
Are impact shields,imps,cascade swivels,srt springs & power gum all double dutch to you?
Advice on rods,reels,rig tying,bait presentation,lead making,hooks,line, shock leaders,knots,how to rig your bait & tackle to catch more fish.
hosted by our tackle tart Simon Drieu,with help from S.M. & others.
MEET AT GLENCOE 10.30am SUNDAY 22nd FEB. non members welcome.
rig is?
Do you get wound up when you're bait flys off the hook when you cast?
Are impact shields,imps,cascade swivels,srt springs & power gum all double dutch to you?
Advice on rods,reels,rig tying,bait presentation,lead making,hooks,line, shock leaders,knots,how to rig your bait & tackle to catch more fish.
hosted by our tackle tart Simon Drieu,with help from S.M. & others.
MEET AT GLENCOE 10.30am SUNDAY 22nd FEB. non members welcome.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Sinkers 29th Annual Meal
Last night saw the clubs 29th annual meal/prize giving held at the Shakespeare Hotel. The meal was stunning as ever and the service second to none, a big thank you was given to Marcus Troy and his staff for a great evening.
With all the trophies laid out the awards were read out by Mark Gallichan, who as ever adds his wit and twists and everyone gets a mention.
2008 was a good year for the club, we had our best turn out for the bass festival ever and our membership is growing and growing. It was also a good year fishing wise, with club records, Jersey records and CI records being broken by club members.
There were two new trophies this year, lure caught bass from boat and shore. Bob Jameson won the boat one with a lovely bass of 9lb 8oz.
Richard Le Blond won the shore one with another fine bass of 9lb 7oz caught on a surface plug.
Here are some more members recieving their awards, starting off with Graham Le Gresley, who since his release from prison has become an outstanding angler for his age, he is in his early 90's now (he worked as a prison warden for decades by the way!)
Daniel Ferguson with more trophies than hair on his chest, well done young man, you are becoming a very good angler.
Ladies champion Ann Thompson, well done Ann, watch out though as we have more and more female members joining all the time, the preasure is on for next year.
Artur our favourite Polish angler recieves his throphy for best conger (just before the alcohol kicks in!!)
The boy Mullins makes his dad proud again, reciving his trophies from Danny Le Merrer
And finally this years club champion is Jason Touzel, who had an awesome years fishing with some stunning fish including specimen Blond Ray, Cod, Red Mullet and Sole. Jason is testemony that if you put the hours in that there are some amazing fish to be caught around our shores, that or the fact he has recently become a father and feels the need to be out the house more, joking of course Jason, well done mate.
Finally I must thank Simon Drieu for auctioning off the sample polo shirts and a rugby shirt at the meal, he managed to raise £135 for club funds, and a big thank you to all the members that joined in the fun and bidded for the clothing. £35 for a polo shirt!! Bet you regret it this morning!! Good sports the lot of you, we have a good club and good members.
We all did get a little drunk and althougth it was just high spirits we did get a bit crazy towards the end, with Arthur getting a free taxi home via the hospital with a little too much alcohol flowing through his veins. I do hope sicerley that he is ok and I hope we did not spoil our great relationship we have with Marcus and the Shakespeare, I do think we need to tame it a little next year and keep Arthur under control. I appologise now for anyone that was shocked by the ammount of drinking that was done. I think this picture of Arthur kind of says it all, let this be a warning to all you younger members, alcohol should be consumed sensibly and enjoyed.
With all the trophies laid out the awards were read out by Mark Gallichan, who as ever adds his wit and twists and everyone gets a mention.
2008 was a good year for the club, we had our best turn out for the bass festival ever and our membership is growing and growing. It was also a good year fishing wise, with club records, Jersey records and CI records being broken by club members.
There were two new trophies this year, lure caught bass from boat and shore. Bob Jameson won the boat one with a lovely bass of 9lb 8oz.
Richard Le Blond won the shore one with another fine bass of 9lb 7oz caught on a surface plug.
Here are some more members recieving their awards, starting off with Graham Le Gresley, who since his release from prison has become an outstanding angler for his age, he is in his early 90's now (he worked as a prison warden for decades by the way!)
Daniel Ferguson with more trophies than hair on his chest, well done young man, you are becoming a very good angler.
Ladies champion Ann Thompson, well done Ann, watch out though as we have more and more female members joining all the time, the preasure is on for next year.
Artur our favourite Polish angler recieves his throphy for best conger (just before the alcohol kicks in!!)
The boy Mullins makes his dad proud again, reciving his trophies from Danny Le Merrer
And finally this years club champion is Jason Touzel, who had an awesome years fishing with some stunning fish including specimen Blond Ray, Cod, Red Mullet and Sole. Jason is testemony that if you put the hours in that there are some amazing fish to be caught around our shores, that or the fact he has recently become a father and feels the need to be out the house more, joking of course Jason, well done mate.
Finally I must thank Simon Drieu for auctioning off the sample polo shirts and a rugby shirt at the meal, he managed to raise £135 for club funds, and a big thank you to all the members that joined in the fun and bidded for the clothing. £35 for a polo shirt!! Bet you regret it this morning!! Good sports the lot of you, we have a good club and good members.
We all did get a little drunk and althougth it was just high spirits we did get a bit crazy towards the end, with Arthur getting a free taxi home via the hospital with a little too much alcohol flowing through his veins. I do hope sicerley that he is ok and I hope we did not spoil our great relationship we have with Marcus and the Shakespeare, I do think we need to tame it a little next year and keep Arthur under control. I appologise now for anyone that was shocked by the ammount of drinking that was done. I think this picture of Arthur kind of says it all, let this be a warning to all you younger members, alcohol should be consumed sensibly and enjoyed.
Friday, February 6, 2009
POUT ROUT
Sinkers members did well at the recent pout rout organised by mrFish,Steve Mullins came out top with 36,Chris Steel was close behind with 30.Over 100 pout were caught in really crap weather, so well done to all who came out especially our juniors & ladies,Nichola Ward in particular who managed 7 pout.Bonuses of the night went to Scot Johnston with a club weigher rockling of 1.6lb & that jammy git Steve Mullins
who had a pound & half lobster.
Next event is a rig tying & explanation teach in to be held at Glenco auction room at st Lawrence on sunday 22nd feb 10.30 am.
who had a pound & half lobster.
Next event is a rig tying & explanation teach in to be held at Glenco auction room at st Lawrence on sunday 22nd feb 10.30 am.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
club clothing
Sinkers are in the process of getting some tops done with the new club logo on,
they will cost £10 for the polo shirt & £15 for the rugby shirt.Please let Steve Mullins or Mick Ward know if you would like one, they can be seen at Mr Fish.
they will cost £10 for the polo shirt & £15 for the rugby shirt.Please let Steve Mullins or Mick Ward know if you would like one, they can be seen at Mr Fish.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Beach Bass "Teach in"
Yesterday afternoon saw the second teach in for club members at Grouville bay. Steve Mullins organised it as his first one he did at the begining of january was so successfull. 27 members and future members gathered at Gorey slipway at half past one, and all headed down the beach.
Steve gathered everyone around and explained the basics of digging worms, how to dig a drainage trench first to keep your digging area drier and to help stop your trench from filling with water.
It didn't take long and everyone started to find the worms. I was quite surprised that they lug were not very deep as sometimes in the winter they can be alot deeper than they were yesterday.
Before long everyone had more than enough bait to fish for a few hours, it really doesn't take long to get enough, a big mistake people make is getting stuck into it and digging far too much to be safe than sorry, we are all culprits of that I think. But with plenty of worms each we headed back up the beach.
On the way up the beach Mr Fish showed the guys how to make a crab trap for collecting hard back crabs in the summer for wrasse and smoothies. It is simply a pile of rocks with a gap underneath for the crabs to take shelter in.
Steve then went on to explain how to fish beaches and what features to look out for. Explaining how to fish flat beaches, that look featureless, but are not if you look closely. Dips and shelves in the beach help, and any sand bars or gullies and how the fish swim along them was all explained.
He then went back to his van and ran through all the rigs he uses and why. He explained what type of rod to use for beach bassing and and types of tackle you need like tripods and spikes.
We then all headed off to behind the golf coarse and set up our gear. There was a bit of weed on the beach when we first got there but it soon cleared.
After a while a few of us started to get some bites and we even managed a few small bass, not bad for January I suppose and it is great to see the juvenile bass thrieving on our beaches.
It was great to see our youngest angler there catch his first ever bass. Young William King (9yrs old) had his first bass and just goes to prove that any age angler can enjoy his hobby.
A big thank you to Steve for a great afternoon.
The club will be doing more events like this, we are trying to make Sinkers more pro-active with meets and teach ins. Simon Drieu came up with a great idea of having a rig tying class for members that are interested how to tie their rigs. We can all learn from each other here, it is a great idea from the rig master himself Mr Drieu. We will let you know when this is happening.
Mick Ward will be doing a plug/lure teach in in the spring so you will be kept informed about that too.
Don't forget if you have photos or questions/ideas please email the club with them on sinkersseafishingclub@hotmail.com.
Steve gathered everyone around and explained the basics of digging worms, how to dig a drainage trench first to keep your digging area drier and to help stop your trench from filling with water.
It didn't take long and everyone started to find the worms. I was quite surprised that they lug were not very deep as sometimes in the winter they can be alot deeper than they were yesterday.
Before long everyone had more than enough bait to fish for a few hours, it really doesn't take long to get enough, a big mistake people make is getting stuck into it and digging far too much to be safe than sorry, we are all culprits of that I think. But with plenty of worms each we headed back up the beach.
On the way up the beach Mr Fish showed the guys how to make a crab trap for collecting hard back crabs in the summer for wrasse and smoothies. It is simply a pile of rocks with a gap underneath for the crabs to take shelter in.
Steve then went on to explain how to fish beaches and what features to look out for. Explaining how to fish flat beaches, that look featureless, but are not if you look closely. Dips and shelves in the beach help, and any sand bars or gullies and how the fish swim along them was all explained.
He then went back to his van and ran through all the rigs he uses and why. He explained what type of rod to use for beach bassing and and types of tackle you need like tripods and spikes.
We then all headed off to behind the golf coarse and set up our gear. There was a bit of weed on the beach when we first got there but it soon cleared.
After a while a few of us started to get some bites and we even managed a few small bass, not bad for January I suppose and it is great to see the juvenile bass thrieving on our beaches.
It was great to see our youngest angler there catch his first ever bass. Young William King (9yrs old) had his first bass and just goes to prove that any age angler can enjoy his hobby.
A big thank you to Steve for a great afternoon.
The club will be doing more events like this, we are trying to make Sinkers more pro-active with meets and teach ins. Simon Drieu came up with a great idea of having a rig tying class for members that are interested how to tie their rigs. We can all learn from each other here, it is a great idea from the rig master himself Mr Drieu. We will let you know when this is happening.
Mick Ward will be doing a plug/lure teach in in the spring so you will be kept informed about that too.
Don't forget if you have photos or questions/ideas please email the club with them on sinkersseafishingclub@hotmail.com.
Monday, January 19, 2009
ANNUAL DINNER
Hi folks just a reminder that the dinner is on 7th feb at the shakespere hotel,meet
7.30pm. The cost is £25 per head,if you want to sleep its an extra £20 per head.
early payment will make steves night a lot easier.You can either post your payment to the treasurer or drop it into Mr Fish.
7.30pm. The cost is £25 per head,if you want to sleep its an extra £20 per head.
early payment will make steves night a lot easier.You can either post your payment to the treasurer or drop it into Mr Fish.
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