Shields open

Ok then so if somebody started in the river say,then after an hour and a half moved onto the pier but had to climb around the gate because it was locked are they them disqualified as well? Because several people who picked up prizes done just that. Also,like has already been mentioned what about those of us who decided to leave the pier early but found we had been locked on and no choice other than to climb around the gate?
A total farce in all honesty and the amount of reaction it has provoked on here goes to prove just that.
Well done to the real winner none the less.
 
Keith Can you put the results up mate .Cheers

Keith Can you put the results up mate .Cheers

Was a good turn out, with some unexpected results ... Some cracking fish caught by all .I myself started off on a bad note, having all my bait washed in the sea by an unexpected five footwave.Good to see the funnyside of it like when a few texts were flying around "anyone seen a blue colemans bait box its mine" Never the less, I cracked on and hit the cliffs .After a quick leap of faith I was on my mark .Armed with 30 worm and two crab left in the tray first chuck resulted in a 4lb 8oz cod .Things were looking up ..mind, i had to scramble down the bottom of the cliff because one angler refused to give me a hand ....he was 5ft away from the fish ....ah the joys of fishing.:rolleyes:
 
The club set the dates for the competitions.
The committee set the rules for the benefit of the anglers to show fair play in the competitions.
If the rules are broken then its up to the committee to enforce them and deal with the offender.

And at the end of the day the committee's decision is final.

Could the pier not be pegged then this would stop the overnight camping and would make the club committee a bit easier to organize the event.

I understand that the keen angler wants to fish the prime marks and is willing to sit all night before the comp starts so he has a advantage to win the comp,but in my eyes these competitions are not fished on a level playing field as not all angler want to do this or have the time to do this.

Give me a pegged match any day...much fairer.

Just my thoughts by the way.
 
Cod Commando said:
Was a good turn out, with some unexpected results ... Some cracking fish caught by all .I myself started off on a bad note, having all my bait washed in the sea by an unexpected five footwave.Good to see the funnyside of it like when a few texts were flying around "anyone seen a blue colemans bait box its mine" Never the less, I cracked on and hit the cliffs .After a quick leap of faith I was on my mark .Armed with 30 worm and two crab left in the tray first chuck resulted in a 4lb 8oz cod .Things were looking up ..mind, i had to scramble down the bottom of the cliff because one angler refused to give me a hand ....he was 5ft away from the fish ....ah the joys of fishing.:rolleyes:
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l seen your box at johnsons the lid was still closed then a wave come along and it opened l seen a packet of blueys come out and some other stuff so it might be on the rocks down there as it was getting washed
 
this is a crock of sh*te.

its hypocritical to say the least and it doesnt matter which way you look at it, the lad should of took top honours. you cant just turn round and disqualifie someone because they climbed on the pier when you had to climb off at the end ! its ludicris !

in my opinion south shields club has just shat in their own nest because this will put a lot of people off and rightly so.
 
wavy davy said:
Yes i agree, pegged would save a lot of hassle.
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tynemouth open used to have a 100 pegs with 2 stewards and never had a bit of bother on the pier,we also had a rule no fishing 2 hours prior to the comp starting,most of the opens north of the tyne had this rule .
feel sorry for the lad with the big fish and bag but better luck next time davy
 
Shields open

This is ridiculous, that Lad should have not have been treated like this, shocking, I will not fish this comp again, as many others will probably not i can imagine.
 
bollocks

bollocks

i fished not more then 5 rods away when he caught the fish, he caught the fish 30 mins before comp finished why should he be disqualified everyone that fished the pier that day had the same chance wether u got on pier early or not i moved from the 42 mk and moved up next to where they where fishing cause a few had left, i could of caught it but sadly not my turn, so the way i see it he done nowt wrong.
 
As a chairman of a local fishing club with the help our committee strive to get more anglers to fish our open as do all the other clubs I think this decision has not helped us at all .Surely in this instance a little bit of common sense wouldn’t have come a miss if the lad had blanked would the club have tracked him down and gave him is money back I don’t think so. Most of the anglers I have spoke to and the comments on this site seam to be the lad were very hard done by. I can see both sides but feel so sorry for this lad.
I no up our area to get to some marks you have to cross farmer’s fields which you could say you are trespassing to get to your mark so should you be disqualified if that happened you would lose so many anglers as I have said hopefully common sense would prevail
 
I dont see how he'd of gained an unfair advantage, he's only got a slight priorety of a fishing spot, not directly cheating by fishing befor the official kick off time. Its like everone climbing over railings along the cliff tops or along the river. Let him get done for trespassing rather than strip his prize.

Well done on the fish whoever the lad is. What wieght officially won it then.
 
most of the rock marks are not open to public access,i heard there was fish caught at the south shelf whitburn,if so,you cross a barrier to fish there,was that fish disqualified?there has to be 1 rule for everybody,boaties,3 shelves,point are all shots that have to be called out of bounds,i feel for the lad,fair enough if the pier hadnt of been opened at all and called out of bounds,but to be disqualified for going on before gates were opened is ridiculous.
 
fishing for luckys

fishing for luckys

these are the rules The South Pier (South Shields) is included bar the Round End, the foundations any part closed to the PUBLIC are strictly OUT OF BOUNDS what do you make of this it says nothing about getting to your mark like every angler over the years has done they took there chance and went on to the pier in the hope that the gate would be open if not then they would have had to get off. in futre the club may have to make it more clear or put a signe on the gate to all anglers not to pass this point unless the gate is open. then the other problem arises what if the gateman locks the gate once the anglers are on to stop PUBLIC ACSESS and other anglers turn up later what do the rule's say there. l have to admit l would of not like to have told the angler he broke the rules as did many other anglers that fished the pier and had fish we all make mistakes and learn by them but after 63 years what more can l say
 
what a load of sh$te, the lad won fair and square in my eyes, what about all the other anglers that crossed barriiers to gain access to cliff marks, ? this whole thing stinks , and the club commitee should hang their heads in shame, this is bad press for the ss club and they know it , do the right thing and award the lad 1st prize you know its right:mad:
i for one shall never fish your open again if this is not settled in the lads favour
 
in that case also any of the lads that have fished any unauthorised areas crossing barriers or railings ,piers and won a prize take it back your also in breach of rules :D

and welldone dean for winning ;)
 
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The angler was disqualified because he climbed around the gate. It clearly stated in the rules that you can not climb round, over to gain access to an area. The pier was not open until 8am so he gained an advantage over the rest of the competitors who waited for the gate to be opened.This lad knew what he was doing and i am sorry but I have no sympathy for him. You all pay the same money to enter a competition so why should someone have an advantage in this way over the rest of you.
 
committee

committee

whenever you participate in any organised competition , no matter what the sport, you are governed by the official list of rules and ultimately "the committee". at the end of most rule books there is a statement which basically informs you that if anything crops up that isn't mentioned in the original rules then the committee has the power to do whatever they see fit.

i would think this is more a problem with the original rules not the final decision. the fish was caught within the times of the comp, and at the time it was landed the mark was also in bounds. it is splitting hairs saying the pier was out of bounds when the angler accessed it.

sless, you touched on the point how would you feel if you had second heaviest fish? i personally would confirm the winning fish was caught legally from a mark that was in bounds and then congratulate him. i would ask though sless how would you feel if you were the angler who was disqualified from 1st place due to the discretion of the committee?

the lad has been hard done by, but the committee have also been unfairly bashed to a degree.

i dare bet other anglers weighed in from the pier after accessing it before the 8am mentioned, but they wouldn't cause as much fuss as they didn't win....
 
i dare bet other anglers weighed in from the pier after accessing it before the 8am mentioned, but they wouldn't cause as much fuss as they didn't win....

good point elliot

in my eyes the the lad is the true winner, and the s.s. club will be the loosers
 

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