Angling Cymru Sea Anglers East Region Shore League - Leg 5 at Sully & the Bendricks
Practise fishing during the week ahead of the match looked promising with a good few fish being caught. On the day the weather was not pleasant where is rained for most of the day with a fresh westerly wind blowing throughout the match. 68 anglers fished the match of which 54 caught fish, consisting of 8 different species including blonde, small eyed & thornback rays, conger eel, rockling, bass, huss & pouting totalling 196kgs.
Top 5 individuals on the day:
1st Shaun Tucker fishing for Knockout Baits with 7 conger eels 16.585 kgs.
2nd Rhydian Edwards fishing for Gwent Don’t Knows with 2 blonde rays a bass for 9.59kgs.
3rd Casey Vaughan fishing for Holton Road with 3 conger eels, 2 thornback rays & a rockling for 9.47kgs.
4th Nigel Putbrace fishing for the South Wales Matchmen with 6 conger eels for 9.08kgs
5th Dorian Harris fishing for Wrigglers Baits with 3 conger eels for 8.10kgs.
Overall Individual positions after 5 legs:
1st Dan Crump with 456 fish points.
2nd Shaun Tucker 453 fish points.
3rd Chris Jenkins with 440 fish points.
4th Peter Hammond with 436 fish points
5th Chris Jones with 427 fish points.
Heaviest Conger eel pools including roll over money from le4 4
Ist Shaun Tucker with a storming conger eel of 7.075kgs.
2nd Nathan Hobbs with a conger eel of 4.82kgs.
3rd Dorrian Harris with a conger eel of 4.41kgs.
Most Fish - Pools
1st Shaun Tucker with 7 fish.
2nd on weight was Casey Vaughan with 6 Fish.
Top 5 Teams on the day:
1st Reel Fishing with 423 fish points.
2nd South Wales Matchmen with 403 fish points.
3rd Veal's Match Team with 377 fish points.
4th Garry Evans Match Team with 363 fish points.
5th Holton Road with 343 fish points.
Team Positions after 5 legs:
1st Wrigglers Baits 66 Points.
2nd South Wales Matchmen 63 Points.
3rd Veal"s Match Team 61 Points.
4th Reel Fishing 60 Points.
5th Team Knockout Baits 59 Points.
Remaining team & individual positions can be found by clicking on the link HERE
Individual winner Shaun Tucker with organiser Steve Chadwick
Shaun Tucker with his 7.075kgs conger eel
Team winners Reel Fishing with organiser Steve Chadwick
Welsh Smooth Hound Festival Llanwit Major 2nd August 2026
Tata SAC hosted the above festival which took place over a 3-mile stretch of local beaches this weekend. A light south easterly wind stayed constant throughout the day with 55 anglers fishing the match, coming from all over Wales & Kent. 8 different species of fish were caught consisting of smooth hound, conger eel, 3 bearded rockling, bull huss, trigger fish, bass & pouting & spotted ray. Fishing was patchy with 33 anglers catching fish totalling 267kgs.
Heaviest smooth hound went to Shaun Tucker from Neath with a hound of 5.61 kgs. Shaun won £250 & the smooth hound cup donated by Simon Davies Carpentry & Fire Protection LTD.
Heaviest conger eel prize of £100 donated by Maria's Llantwit Major Beach Cafe was won by Lee Brimifield fishing for Tata SAC
All top ten Heaviest bag weights received prizes which were funded from the competition entry fees & will receive seamaster points as will the remaining top 20.
Top 5 winners.
In first place with a great bag of 41.14 kgs was Holton Road tackle shop owner was Dan Crump consisting of 12 smooth hounds. Dan won £300. Runner up for the third consecutive year went to Angling Ambitions rod builder Dai Llewellyn from Barry fishing for Holton Road SAC with another cracking bag of 7 smooth hounds for 22.34kgs, Dai won £200. A close third place went to Cardiff SAC angler Joe Arch with 7 smooth hounds for 22.208kgs, Joe won £100. 4th place was Steve Smyth fishing for the Garry Evans Match Team with 6 smooth hounds for 19.57kgs, Steve won £75. 5th Place went to Cardiff SAC member Chris Equall with 5 smooth hounds for 16.59 gs, Chris also won £75. 6th Place was Lee Williams fishing for SWSA with 5 smooth hounds for 15.046kgs again winning £75.
Heaviest Bag winner Dan Crump
Runner up heaviest bag Dai Llewellyn
Third place heaviest bag Joe Arch