Worcester District Scouts - Fishing Competition 2009

Scout and Explorer Fishing Competition Saturday 19th June 2009

Although only 4 Scouts and 2 Explorers turned up to take part in the above competition arranged by Keith and James Burkert, what a fantastic day they all had and what a volume of fish were caught.

The sun shone and the pond at Brockamin was beautifully clear and clean with a wealth of wildlife to be spotted, including a mink, ducks, moorhens and even a domestic chicken who took a great liking to some of the bait boxes alongside the pegs!!!

Both Scouts and Explorers were competing for prizes (and badges) and a good hearted banter between anglers took place. There were three prizes up for grabs, the biggest catch overall (weight wise), the largest fish caught and the largest number of fish caught. Also during the day the anglers were tested on their knowledge of fishing which built on that gained earlier in the year when they attended a fishing training day. All Scouts have now achieved their Scout Angler Badge and the 2 Explorers have completed their Physical Recreation Angler badge.

The overall winners were Charles from 8th Inca Troop with the largest weight catch - totalling 20lb 8 oz having bagged 29 Perch, 5 Roach, 1 Bream, 5 Common Carp and 1 Common Carp Ghost.

Adam from West Explorer Unit – catching the largest fish – a Carp at just over 4lb.

A final prize went to Jack from 10th Worcester, who had previously told me he had not fished competitively before but still managed to catch 94 fish altogether. These were made up of 1 Hybrid Roach/Bream, 82 Perch and 11 Roach.

The total number of fish caught during the day was 193 comprising 3 Rudd, 1 Hybrid Roach/Bream, 143 Perch, 28 Roach, 4 Bream, 12 Common Carp and 2 Common Carp Ghosts.

The table below shows all catches and contestants.

Name	Total	Weight	Rudd	Hybrid Roach/Bream	Perch	Roach	Bream	Common Carp	Common Carp Ghost
Charles – 8th Inca	41	20lb 8 oz			29	5	1	5	1
Adam – West Unit	5	12lb 12 oz				1		3	1
Ben – North Unit	24	7lb 14 oz	2		16	3	1	2
Jack 10th	94	10lb		1	82	11
Emily 10th	22	15lb			12	6	2	2
Peter 16th	7	2lb	1		4	2

Well done everyone who attended and thanks to James and Keith Burkert who arranged both the instruction day and today’s fishing competition, Alan Hayden and John Benjamin from Fellowship for helping to walk the bank and Andrew Jenkins 16th SL for assisting likewise. Also a big thank you to Allen’s Fishing Tackle of St Johns for allowing us to use their excellent facility at Brockamin.

The photographs below give you a “flavour” of the day.