Ventnor ASC will be hosting the Kevin Mole Outboards & Chandlery Open Boat Specimen Competition on Sunday 27th July with a first prize of a Suzuki DF2.5hp Four-Stroke Outboard worth £399. Plastimo have donated a SX200 Handheld VHF Radio worth £124.99 for second and an EchoFish 300 Handheld Fish Finder worth £74.99 for third. Other prizes include a drawn pairs, first junior sponsored by Scotties and Ian Smith Carpentry and a prize table. Entry Forms will be available from all Island Tackle Shops or Kevin Mole Outboards from Friday 11th July. Fishing times are from 10am till 4pm with all fish cards returned to the Clubhouse in Wheelers Bay , Ventnor by 5.30pm where all are welcome as Kevin Mole Outboards will be displaying a range of Angling Kayaks.
14 year old Daryl Garrett from Ryde recorded the capture of a Sting ray last week which tipped the scales at 35lb 8oz. Daryl who attends Ryde High School was fishing from Ryde Pier with his father Drew and friends when his line went slack and when he tightened it realised he was in to a good fish. Thinking he had a Smoothound Daryl played the fish letting it run and only realised he had a Sting Ray when his Dad was trying to get it in his landing net. Once the fish was weighed and photographed it was returned to the sea alive and well. As far as I am aware this is the biggest fish from Ryde pier and the best Sting Ray by a junior on the Island
