THIS year’s autumn West Bay Sea Angling Club open boat match was fished in perfect conditions with light winds and a good tide.

The fishing in Lyme Bay has been very poor all summer so competitors were hoping for some better fish this time around.

This competition was fished as a team match with the average score of the team counting towards the prizes.

Twenty anglers split into teams of two or three and set off for the day. Some fine fish were returned to the scales including, bass, black bream, gurnard, pollack, plaice, mackerel and a surprise John Dory.

Team Miss Grace made up of father and son Rod and James Barr took first place with an average of 138 per cent, both anglers weighed in a black bream and a red gurnard each, with Rod Barr’s red gurnard a specimen of 101 per cent being the best of the day.

Second place was taken by Team Wahoo, which included Graham Stephenson, Rob Stephenson and Steve Chambers.

The trio scored an average of 118 per cent and caught some nice fish including bream, bass and pollack.

Third was taken by Team Pilchard which included Brian Moss, Jack Wood and Darren Herbert who averaged 109 per cent.

Moss had a cracking mackerel of 885g and Wood followed this with a plaice of 1,600g.

RESULTS: 1 Miss Grace 138%, 2 Wahoo 118%, 3 Pilchard 109%, 4 Seamouse 73%, 5 One Eyed Wonder 67%, 6 Sharon & Tracey 57%.

Most species: Rod Barr, (three species on tie break)

Round fish pool: Rod Barr (red gurnard 101%)

Flat fish pool: Jack Wood (plaice 78%)