Busy couple of weeks on the Specimen Hunt
It has been a busy couple of weeks for the Weymouth Charter Boat Specimen Hunt with some great entries from anglers from all over the UK.
Competition update......
Our most unusual fish so far was caught by Jake Brotherwood from Leicester, a 38lb Porbeagle Shark, a beautiful specimen. Jake was aboard Meerkat and had a second entry with a 50lb 6oz Conger Eel. With just 9oz in it, Darren Miles from Hampshire was close to being the first Weymouth Charter Boat Specimen Hunt entrant to beat the Port Record, with a Bull Huss of 15lb 3oz landed on Supanova Charters. Keith Newton, from Farnborough entered the competition with a 21lb 5oz Turbot landed on Supanova Charters, beating the earlier entry by over 5lbs. Keith is also currently winning the Chris Caines Memorial Trophy for the best Turbot caught from a Weymouth charter boat. Finally yet another entry from Meerkat, here's Pete Whiteman with a 21lb 10oz Spurdog. We are hoping for some more great weather so keep an eye on our Facebook group for the latest entries.
If you have not heard about our Charter Boat Specimen Hunt, here is the rundown! It is a brand new 2017 competition for local anglers or visitors. Fish from any of the participating Weymouth charter boats to be in with a chance of winning £3,000 for breaking a British record, £1,000 for a Port record or an array of tackle prizes for categories including best fish of each nominated species, best overall area specimen and most unusual fish. It is only £5 to enter which you can pay to the skippers or simply pop in the shop.
Join our Facebook group for a list of all of the entries so far, so you can see the current fish to beat and participating charter boats.
Sponsored by Zebco, Fin-Nor and Quantum.
|
Species |
Port Record |
British Record |
Current Record |
Angler | Boat |
|
BALLAN WRASSE |
8lb 61/4oz |
9lb 7oz |
3lb 14oz |
Mark Cosgrove |
Top Cat II |
| BASS |
18lb 6oz |
19lb 9oz |
5lb 4oz |
Paul Stone |
Supanova II |
|
BLACK BREAM |
6lb 4oz |
6lb 14oz |
4lb 12oz |
Ray Barron |
Wild Frontier II |
| BRILL |
13lb 10oz |
16lb | 5lb 11oz |
Rob Burgin |
Meerkat |
|
BULL HUSS |
15lb 12oz |
22lb 4oz |
15lb 3oz |
Darren Miles |
Supanova II |
| COALFISH |
27lb 8oz |
37lb 5oz |
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| COD |
34lb 8oz |
58lb 6oz |
20lb 3oz |
Will Everett |
Offshore Rebel |
| CONGER | 103lb |
133lb 4oz |
50lb 6oz |
Jake Brotherhood |
Meerkat |
|
GURNARD (TUB) |
6lb 14oz |
11lb 7oz |
1lb 12oz |
Dave Torrice |
Top Cat III |
| LING | 44lb |
67lb 5oz |
24lb 4oz |
Tom O'Gorman |
Supanova II |
| PLAICE |
8lb 1oz |
10lb 3oz |
2lb 2oz |
John Johnson |
Meerkat |
| POLLACK |
22lb 14oz |
29lb 4oz |
18lb 3oz |
Raymond Crowe |
Fish-on 2 |
|
RAY- BLONDE |
34lb 15oz |
39lb 10oz |
28lb 8oz |
Chris Reeks |
Meerkat |
|
RAY- UNDULATE |
22lb 13oz |
22lb 13oz |
17lb 8oz |
Mark Tricker |
Snapper |
|
RAY- THORN BACK |
17lb 8oz |
31lb 7oz |
17lb |
John Johnson |
Meerkat |
|
SMOOT HOUND |
22lb 4oz |
28lb | |||
| SPURDOG |
22lb 14oz |
24lb 5oz |
21lb 10oz |
Pete Whiteman |
Meerkat |
| TOPE |
71lb 4oz |
82lb 8oz |
29lb 8oz |
Mark Cosgrove |
Top Cat III |
| TURBOT |
29lb 12oz |
33lb 12oz |
21lb 5oz |
Keith Newton |
Supanova II |
| WHITING |
5lb 4oz |
7lb 6oz |
2lb |
Rob Field |
Supanova II |
|
PORBEAGLE SHARK |
38lb |
Jake Brotherwood |
Meerkat | ||
| GARFISH | 1lb 8oz |
David Bennett |
Atlanta |
