Anglers with one dogfish and one
conger took all the prizes at the end of the Newport and District SAC roving competition.
Don Cook, a retired panel beater from Barry and long time holder of the Welsh bass record, finished in second place in the Festival with a
conger weighing 7.75kg.
In second place, also fishing for Newport SAC, was Ryan Poole with a
conger and silver eel for 1.38kg.
Conger eels are very common off the coast of South and West Wales.
Based on contrasting composes of PBDEs
congers in Tibetan and East China Soil, it is found that:
A scientist's draft report showed stocks were being hit by hungry seals - but the final edited version claimed the damage was being caused by "large predators or
conger eels".
Vic Evans, holder of the World, European and British
conger eel records, is convinced that there are 10ft long, 200 lb-plus specimens waiting to be caught in the English Channel.
The runner-up with four hounds, a
conger eel and two dogfish was Dominic Patch with 35 points.
HOBBS Point, in Pembroke's busy dock, is the local hotspot for
conger eels, skate and other fighting heavyweights.
The junior prize went to 10-year-old Scott Poole, from Newport, who took two
congers weighing 3.32kg to the scales to win a PS50 tackle voucher, donated by Paul Osmond Haulage.
"Full membership is open only to those who catch a 30-pounder from a reef, or 40lb from a wreck, so I qualified with 39lb to spare!" Big
congers are bustin' out all over in sun-warmed offshore feeding grounds.
Runner-up was Nathan Guscott with one ray and two
congers for 5.10kg.
His 8-footer is one of the biggest
congers taken offshore anywhere in the last two seasons.
Closer to home, Newport & District fished St Brides with Tony Hart winning with 4.5kg of two
congers. Second was Dave Leader with two
congers weighing 3.7kg, while John Baghurst netted a
conger of 2.1kg for third place.
Fourth was Chris Read, fishing for the Garry Evans Match Team, with 6.11 kilos consisting of two
congers and a bull huss.
