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Issue 505: 8 May - 4 June 2014, pages 121 & 122
Deal Pier (1920s ?)
Image supplied by Dean Curry
Sandwich Bay Looking South: Thursday, 15th May 2014
Photo supplied by Dean Curry
Photo submitted by Stuart Bush
Fishing the lower deck on Sunday, Stuart Bush caught this lovely 12½lb (5.67kg) thornback ray using herring fillet on a pulley Pennell rig with a size 4/0 hook. This ray is now fish of the month for May …
Photo submitted by Dan Townsend
Dan Townsend caught this 8lb 13oz (4kg) thornback ray, one of seven rays he caught during the Saturday night session, all coming on herring bait fished on a pulley rig with a 4/0 Kamasan hook
Report by Dean Curry, Pleasure Angling
Ivan Rubins caught this 8½lb thornback ray from the Pier on Tuesday using herring bait presented on a pulley rig with a size 4/0 hook.
42cm bass caught by Joe Smith during Deal & Dover Junior Competition
Photo by Mark Cross
Report by Dean Curry, Pleasure Angling
Ivan Rubins caught two thornback rays on Saturday, both just shy of 9lb.
Photos of a 6lb pier-caught lobster submitted by Simon Yardwood
Report by Dean Curry, Pleasure Angling
4am Sunday morning, fishing in Sandwich Bay, Damian Card lands his personal best - a 14lb 3oz (6.44kg) thornback ray caught on a bluey-herring cocktail bait. Other fish caught included codling and whiting.
Deal Pier: Saturday, 29th March 2014
Will Humphrey with his pier-caught 12lb thornback ray caught on a pulley Pennell rig baited with herring from only about 20 to 30 yards out from the DWAA cabin on the pier's lower deck.
Deal Pier: Saturday, 22nd March 2014
Stuart Bush with his pier-caught 10lb ¾oz (4.55kg) thornback ray.
Ryan Lee fishing Deal Pier (upper deck): Saturday, 15th March 2014
Charlie Cross & Codling: Friday, 29th November
Photos by Mark Cross
Photos by Dean Curry
Deal Pier Sea-Bed Dragging: Wednesday, 27th November
Photo by Andy Jelley
Dave Mullaney: November 2013
Dave Mullaney: September 2013
Daniel Knapp: Sunday, 9th June 2013
8lb thornback ray caught by Daniel Knapp (Gravesend) on Sunday morning at about 2.30am fishing from the pier just after the third shelter on the north side.
Tim Jarett: 23rd March 2013
Dean Curry: 12th March 2013 Storm Damage to Lower Deck
Dean Curry: 12th March 2013 Storm Damage to Beach
Les Ramsey - 18 January 2013
Dean Curry
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Stumpy |
Dave Chamberlain
Dave Chamberlain
Nick Mitchell
Tony Friend
"What kind of bird is that" is a frequently asked question on Deal Pier. In
recent years the "Ruddy Turnstone" (Arenaria interpres) has been a regular visitor to Deal Pier and the local
beaches. Although the bird is a winter migrant there seems to be a few that are
permanent fixtures and also spend the summer here. The ruddy turnstone belongs to the
plover family and is an opportunistic feeder with a liking for shellfish and
crustaceans which often feature as angler's bait. That is why ruddy turnstones are so
common on the Pier where they can be seen cleaning up bits of crab, prawn,
lugworm, squid, mackerel etc left by anglers. The birds are popular with the
anglers and each year they await the return of "Stumpy", a one-legged ruddy turnstone
that, for many years, would arrive at the start of winter. Recently "Stumpy" has
been discovered to be a fraud as the missing leg has switched from left to right
... obviously acting as a stand-in for the original bird.
Update: Cyril, who has fed Stumpy for many years, claims that Stumpy now has a toe missing on his other foot and that another ruddy turnstone, called "Hoppy", also has a leg missing (recognisable by a slimmer stump than Stumpy's stump). Cyril has also spotted a bird hopping on one foot imitating Stumpy and Hoppy until he is fed, whereupon he picks up the food and runs off - cheeky. This evolutionary adaptation to life on the pier could result in a new species being recognised - Sandwich has its tern and now Deal has its own turnstone ... Arenaria dolapila... alternatively, Arenaria interpres sub-species "cheekychappy".
Dean Heatlie (8lb 10oz (3.9kg) thornback ray)
Dave Langley (3lb (1.4kg) trigger fish)
James Flashman (his sister's first fish)
Dave Chamberlain
Keith Lambkin
