One of the season's heaviest whiting has been caught from marks a couple of miles to the south of The Needles.

Roy Rolle from Dibden Purlieu is pictured above, with the specimen, which tipped the scales down to exactly 5lb.

Rolle, a labourer who works for Trants in the Fawley refinery, bagged the specimen fishing from the Lymington-based boat Tomkat, skippered by John Skeggs.

The cracking fish was among a number of quality whiting caught during the session.

Rolle used hokeyes baited with a slither of mackerel to tempt his prize fish, which sets a new personal best.

The pegged event is open to all anglers but strictly pre-book only - full details from Trevor Sutch (023 9220 1696).

Dogfish and pouting dominated the annual hangover match held at Abbotsbury, where Malcolm Stote from Lymington won A section with a 17lb bag of doggies to nudge out Dave Chidzoy (14lb 15oz) and Lee Cullen from Southampton (11lb 0.25oz).

Ben Assaritti was once again on good form to win B section with 9lb 11.50oz to nudge out Craig Prewer and Alan Jones, with 8lb 12oz and 5lb 13.50oz respectively.

The pool for the heaviest fish was collected by Alan Hunt with an 8.75oz dab, while Alan Jones collected the round fish pool with a 1lb 11.50oz specimen whiting.

Flounders supplied the action during the Stamshaw Lake AC hangover match held along their local shoreline where visiting angler John Linter came out on top with a brace of flatties nudging the three-pound mark, followed by Ina Golds, who was just a couple of ounces further adrift.

Six-year-old Luke Woods landed his first-ever flounder to win the final round of the ABU Garcia Wessex Junior Flounder League.

The youngster, who was certainly in a festive mood, used ragworm to tempt the flattie which weighed in at 14.75oz. While young Luke was all smiles on the night, ten-year-old Emily Fisk ran out overall winner of the series with 3lb 2.75oz.

Surprisingly enough, Emily's dad, Brian Fisk, who is a seasoned match angler, has drawn a complete blank in all eight rounds of the senior flounder league this time round.

Runner-up in the overall series was Natham Coward with 2lb 14.5oz, followed by Marcus Christopher (2lb 3.50oz), George Carter (1lb 15oz) and Ellis Cowler and Joe Poole, who both finished with 1lb 7.25oz.

The prize for the heaviest flounder throughout the series was won by Natham Coward with 1lb 9.50oz, while Joe Poole came second in the category with a 1lb 7.25oz flattie.

The Lymington club stage their annual flounder open beach festival on Sunday, with fishing around the Lymington and Pennington sea walls in three zones from 10am to 3pm.

The area has been fishing pretty well during the past few weeks, with a 3lb flounder very much on the cards.

The event, which doubles up as a Penn Points fixture, has a £200 top prize. Tickets have been set at £7 plus a £1 pool and a two-man team event. Booking-in gets under way from their Lymington clubhouse, situated at the far end of Bath Road car park, from 8am. All anglers must collect their own tickets (last-minute details from Robin Lane - 01590 676711).

Rover's stage their first midweek pegged Catch Seven release open of the year at Stokes Bay on Thursday evening (fishing 8pm to 11.30pm). The event will be fished to the measure-and-return system with an 18cm size limit for all species.

Pout, rockling and dabs are expected to dominate, along with a codling if you are lucky.

Tickets for the event, inclusive of pools, have been set at just £5. They are strictly pre-book only. Rovers Tackle will have all the details (01329 220354).

A £500 top prize is in offer when Ford Sports SAC stage their 29th open beach competition in conjunction with the Meon Valley Lions club at Weston Shore on January 25 (fishing 10am to 3pm).

The Ford Branch (2/251) of the Transport and General Workers Union are sponsoring the event with all proceeds going to children's charities.

Apart from the huge top prize there will also be £150 for the runner-up and £150 for the third-placed angler, along with a prize table worth £500 and prizes valued £100 in the junior section.

Senior tickets have been set at £8 plus pools while juniors will have to pay just £3.

The event will be fished in three zones, with a special easy-access section set aside for disabled anglers.