Guernsey 2008

[ADM]

The bass are out there.....

Sea Angling for Spearos

Also been several large fish landed by danglers over the festival comp weekend. See www.gbass.co.uk for the results, click festival then onto the 2008 results.

Hopefully still some left out there!!

[ADM]

Originally Posted by Old Man Dave

This is the quoted explanation

"There was one very unfortunate incident this morning which has take up my whole day.
Basically, the committee received a couple of reports that a young lad had been seen setting trot on the shoreline last week. The concerns were based on the fact that if he entered the competition, rightly or wrongly people would be suspicious if he weighed in any fish.

The committee advised me of this last night and before I'd even had a chance to check if the entrance list to see if he'd entered, he turned up with a big fish at the weigh in this morning.

We had to make the difficult decision not to accept the bass on the basis that he should not have been allowed to enter the festival in the first place. He would have been informed of this today even if he hadn't turned up with a fish to weigh in.

Now let me make one thing clear. The young lad in question is from all accounts a completely honest and dedicated angler and I have no doubt that he did catch the fish fairly on rod and line. ...and he did in fact confirm that he'd been setting trots on the shoreline last week The problem for the committee was that we owe it to the other 200 anglers that the event is run fairly. Now if 2 of the competitors raised concerns prior to the first weigh in..... we owe it to them and the other competitors to ensure there is no opportunity for suspicion. If we had of accepted the bass into the competition the whole event would have been in danger of losing credibility.

I'm honesty devastated about the whole matter and I'm sure the poor kid is to..... but he bottom line here has to be that you cannot be seen setting trots one day and entering a competition a couple of days later. On a small island like this people will point the finger.

Bloody shame...... and I hope it doesn't take that shine of a very successful festival and I hope the young lad will get over this"

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There's loads more on Fishing-Guernsey forum.

Issue is sort of closed and I never commented although I'm a forum mamber but as it's come up here then personally as he didn't break any rules I would have thought "innocent unless proven guilty" but apparently not.

Logically anyone who went boat fishing would be banned incase they entered a fish in the shore competition that they'd caught afloat?

One of the trouble with competitions IMHO is people take them very (too) seriously plus there's a lot of money involved in some prizes.

Dave

PS Spaniard any news yet?

Knowing the full story Dave, there is more information which has not been released by the club committee (for various reasons) which does make things look different from what you say above but yes it is a very hard decision to be taken. I would personally have taken the same decision as the committee with the info I have.

It's not an easy thing whatever you do with the events which led to the fish not being accepted, damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Best to leave it at that really and see if anything happens. Not really best thing to discuss further.

[gbo200]

What is a trot?

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[Magpie]

A long line with hooks tied to it every, say, 5m, which is baited and set, either from the shore or from a boat and left for many hours, usually over the rise and fall of one tide, before being retrieved to find out what is left hanging from it.

[Old Man Dave]

I've had some of the best days of my life spent trotting off the shore and boat. It's a Guernsey traditional fishing method. Off the boat it can be very productive and is still a method used by full time commercial fishermen. Off the shore it's very unproductive but great fun.

Dave

[Magpie]

CI August FOM Poll

[Sarnian]

Originally Posted by Sarnian

Good one Jonny!

I thought I'd try a new spot out west yesterday - possibly the same one Jonny went to. Within a short time of getting in, through the murk I sensed some movement in the weed and suddenly realised I was looking at the head of a 5-6lb bass sitting absolutely still! I was able to take careful aim, and bang! headshot. It thrashed around for a bit and then - wriggled off! It swam past me with a rueful look and I could see the wound in its head. Must check the Mamba's pressure! I tried to find it again in case it was dying, but no luck. I saw two more large bass tails disappearing behind rocks, then it started getting very murky as the tide started to flow.

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Jonny I've just realised - your 7lb bass must have been the one that got away from me at G*%$ R*£"* a little while ago! No wonder it was so easy to shoot!

[azapa]

I was wondering where i could spend my 1000th post and I thought this place seemed about the best bet!
Cheers lads!

[Magpie]

Nice starter Az but what did you have for your main course?

[azapa]

Thanks mate. Took three sittings but we got through em, home made mayonnaise with roasted garlic, fresh (hot) bread and butter. Those claws were as sweet as you can imagine! Come on down to Chile Guernsey possee and we'll have a crabfest!

[grob]

Well done Azapa. That looks like the breakfast of champions!

Well so much for getting in this weekend. Spent the last week on call, and the last four weeks tied up with family stuff, and now it looks like conditions may be far from ideal.

If anyone is interested I've got a pair of Omer Runners going cheap, PM me.

[Jonny250]

Yep, looks very good! You and Foxfish will have to exchange recipes!
When woud be the best time to visit ... ?
Roasted Garlick - superb...

completely off topic, but what sort of music do you get down your way - what's on the radio and what's traditional?

[podge]

Originally Posted by azapa

Thanks mate. Took three sittings but we got through em, home made mayonnaise with roasted garlic, fresh (hot) bread and butter. Those claws were as sweet as you can imagine! Come on down to Chile Guernsey possee and we'll have a crabfest!

Crabfest you say, just as soon as you get a couple of buckets full of those claws mate you give me a shout and I’ll pop over and sort um out for you.

[foxfish]

I have a brand new never been used size 12 (small) wet suit to give away to anyone who wants it.
I think it would fit a young lad or teenage girl?

[portinfer]

Went in on Saturday with Fabio (arm twisted), had a nice bass in the murk which was luck more than anything else. It cruised past and I let off a shot and the spear felt limp, pulled it in expecting seaweed but had stoned the bass !

Swam down a channel and out round the back of a reef. Thought I'd check the seabed just for kicks to see how bad it was down there and sure enough light started going at about 5m and then at 8m it was a very spooky dark dark green.... just the two dives like that was enough for me to scurry back tot he shallows.
Fabio gave me a shout from a way off and I noticed two 'divers' in the water... on closer inspection one was a seal.
We watched it watching us for a short while then it went off - gave it some time and then carried on - it didn't show up again so we soon forgot about it and carried on with the search.
Anyway, time to head it so I was mooching along at a slow pace a hundred metres from shore or so in the shallows looking at the bottom when I noticed a curved rock that appeared to be floating, it must have been a good three seconds of thoughts like, cool, never seen that rock before, wonder if I can swim under it, strange that I never noticed it before ...when my brain finally clicked into gear and I realised that rocks don't float and certainly don't have fins I panicked and flew one way walking on water and the seal erupted out of the water and went the other way... Fabio was laughing for a good 5 minutes !