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Sussex National at Bognor regis this year (2008)

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KWM

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Hello all, please see attached information about our National competition this year.

SUSSEX NATIONAL COMPETITION BOGNOR 2008

Venue Bognor Reef
Date April 26th (Sat)
Back Up Date Sept 20th (Sat)
Meeting Point 'The Green' junction of Marine Drive West and Silverston Avenue, West Bognor 9.00am
Start & Finish From the Green
Competition Area Felpham Buoy to Barn Rocks
Start Time 10.00 am
Finish 16.00 pm.
Fish As per National Rules, Bass 45cm
Entry Fee Senior £15 Including Raffle
Juniors & OAPs Free

Competitors must not swim inside of the yellow buoys east of the pier.

Contact E-mail kevinmannall@hotmail.co.uk or PM at deeper blue
or eric.aquaman@btinternet.com
Note
Bass 45cm in the Sussex Area
Wrasse & Congers Excluded
Pollack 300gms for juniors but will not count for national pos.
Juniors must have signed permission from an adult to dive.

Compasses are a national rule, as fog is a real problem at this time of year, make sure you have one or you may not be able to fish.

UNDERSIZE FISH SHOULD NOT BE LANDED.

History

We are holding the competition early again hoping to catch the arrival of the Bream and Pollack shoals like the very successful dive last year. The start is from the beach to take advantage of the big up coming tide that seems to produce more big bass, like the fish of 8 kilos that came out of this area last season!

Watch out for Boats including Yachts there are launch ramps and sailing clubs in the area.

regards Kev
 
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In case you are interested here are the other competition dates for 2008

26 April 2008 Bognor, shore dive (Sussex Club) (Back up 20 September 2008)

8 June 2008 St Albans (if can organise boat dive)/if not Durdle Door (Wessex Club) (Back up date 22 June 2008)

12 July 2008 Portland Bill (LIC) (Back up date TBC)

27 July 2008 Selsey (Southsea Club) (Back up date TBC)

8/9 August 2008 Seaton (Plymouth Club – Alan Mills) (Back up date TBC)

7 September 2008 Sandy Bay (Exeter Club) – no wrasse, no dogfish, no congers. (Back up date TBC)

Regards Kev
 
Just a quick word to let you all know that several of the Sussex lads will be checking Bognor on Thursday morning 24th next week and will post a report on the forum as soon as a decision is made. Water temp is now 10o and Pollack have started to appear on the shallow water wrecks these are usually closely followed by the bream shoals and the bass. Anybody scouting this week, be warned, major work is going on, on the boat ramp and it will be unusable for several weeks.

PS what happen to Global Warming?
Eric Smith (Sussex Vice Chairman):
 
Sussex National Competition

Due to the funeral of our old friend Jim Taplin taking place on Thursday 24th April, as a mark of respect, the Sussex National Competition will be cancelled this Saturday26th April. After consulting all the committee members we could get hold of, under these special circumstances, we will be holding a boat comp at Bognor on Saturday 14th June, with our back up date of Sept 20th still applying.
 
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