The annual Osprey Open Sea Fishing competition was recently held at its traditional home in Amroth and 71 doughty anglers took part before Robbie Scale (Milford Haven) proved to be the eventual winner.
 
The Osprey Sea Angling Club, based in Pembroke Dock, holds this  open beach fishing competition or flatfish festival and conditions did look good from the off with an easterly breeze and a nice surf running with coloured water on an overcast warmish day with the sun doing its level best to try and come out.
 

Terrific support

 
The anglers included four ladies and seven juniors, locally and even east of the Severn Crossing, turned out to support the club for which the Osprey club members are very grateful and the organisers thank them one and all.
 
27 anglers, including two ladies and one junior, weighed in 24 flounder, more than last year, 13 golden grey mullet and three lesser spotted dogfish, not the usual dog fest. Other fish were caught, both undersize and smaller but not weighed in, as the anglers either realised they were on the small side or, if their pair’s partner had not caught, then they were out in that category, as both anglers had to weigh in for their score to count.
 

Local anglers Robbie and Sheila win well

 
The winner was a local angler from Milford Haven, Robbie Scale, with four flounder for 2 Kg 535gms. Second, from Bridgend, was Andy Bunston, a regular supporter of these opens, with a golden grey mullet weighing 940gms, the heaviest fish of the day for which second prize was up for grabs.
 
Top lady was Sheila Mason, again from Milford, with a flounder of 320gms and top junior was yet another local, a young lad from Tavernspite, Seth Rowlands, with a flounder for 495gms. One other lady, Welsh International Sally Owen, weighed in, but no other junior managed to catch a fish in size. The pair’s competition was won by two locals Adam Roberts and Gareth Protheroe with a bag of 3Kg 30gms. In second, was the Swansea area pairing of Steve Tucker and Dom Lewis with a combined weight of 2Kg 640gms.
 

Well done, Skeelo!

 
The only other occurrence of note was the winner of the Stewards draw for the third time running was Osprey chairman Andrew Skeels. However, he very selflessly donated it to the match in aid of the Air Ambulance on 10^th January, a date for your diaries, as is the date of the match, sponsored by Felinfoel Brewery, to support the RNLI, which will be on 7^th February.
 
Finally, thanks must go to Roger Harries of the Amroth Arms for accommodating the anglers and also to our sponsors who donated cash and raffle prizes to further help support the club. These were Shane Tucker, Steve Parry, Martin and Sandra Thompson of Anglers Corner in Milford Haven, Andy Luxford, John Loring, Leigh and Andrew Rogers, Andrew Skeels and Roger Harries.