The Swanage Poppy Appeal Open produced a wide variety of species with the best specimen and a heaviest fish, a 2lb 2.50oz three bearded rockling, falling to 16-year-old William Chellingworth.

The second heaviest fish was a 2lb 2oz doggie bagged by Chris Clark and then Scot Titt with a 2lb 1.50oz bass.

Clark had a clear win in the overall weight category with a 28lb 6.50oz mixed bag of doggies, pout, poor cod and whiting.

The runner-up was Dave Johnson with 15lb 5oz followed by John Stanford (4lb 5oz0, William Chellingworth (3lb 6.50oz), Scott Titt (2lb 1.50oz) and Walt Bishop (1lb 7.50oz).

l Flounders provided the action during the Hamworthy RBL Poppy Appeal Open which attracted 75 seniors and ten juniors, the heaviest flattie landed by Den Huish weighed in at 2lb 8.75oz.

The overall winner was Craig Prewer with five flatties weighing 4lb 12oz followed by Brian Fisk (4lb 6oz), Den Huish (3lb 4.75oz), Richard Garrett (2lb 12.50oz), Phil Muspratt (2lb 0.50oz) and Neil Saxby (2lb 0.25oz).

The junior section was won by George Cater with 3lb 4.50oz, including a nice flattie of 2lb 0.50oz.

Others: 2nd, Ben Carter, 2lb 4.75oz; 3rd, Marcus Christopher, 2lb 2.75oz; 4th, Charlie Bainton, 1lb 5.25oz; 5th, Joe Poole, 7.50oz.

l On Sunday the Lymington Club stage their open cod boat competition which has a £300 top prize along with a £50 for the top junior.

The event, which is being sponsored by BHG Marine at Bucklers Hard, with be fished from 9am to 3pm with competitors allowed to fish from their own boat or from a charter boat.

Tickets have been set at £10 which includes pools and a two man team event. For details contact Brian Ansell (01590-672628) or Bob Thompson (01425-617885).

The Christchurch club organised Christmas Fayre open will also be held on Sunday with fishing along the Southbourne seafront from 7.30pm to 11pm with booking getting underway from the cloisters just east of Boscombe pier from 5.30pm.

Whiting, pout and the odd small-eyed-ray are expected to figure. Tickets are £4 plus a 50p pool for the heaviest flat and the heaviest round fish plus a two-man team event at £1 per competitors.

The match also doubles up as a Penn point fixture, the Christchurch club are organising the fixture.