MARKS along the shoreline of the Isle of Wight have been producing some cracking fish with Stephen Ayres beaching the pick, a 10lb 3oz small-eyed ray at Compton.

Ayres used a mackerel/ragworm cocktail to tempt his specimen during a night flood tide. I was verified by Duncan McFarlane from the Tackle Box at Totland.

Miles Downer from Cowes also got among the specimen when he tackled Atherfield where he beached a superb specimen ballan wrasse, which tipped the scales down to 5lb 3.5oz.

Back on the mainland, some quality black bream have been recorded with ten-year-old Matt Hayes from Ringwood landing a 4lb 10.50z specimen while fishing from his uncle's small private boat 'Jayne Ann'. The youngster, who is a member of Marden Edwards SAC, used mackerel to tempt the specimen, which was the only bream taken during the session.

Closer to home, James Masson, a member of Gosport & District FC, caught a new club record black bream weighing 4lb 8oz while fishing from a small private boat launched from Stokes Bay. Masson used a slither of squid presented on a size four hook along with an old fibreglass rod and a Mitchell reel to tempt the record-breaker.

A first-round fixture in the four-a-side CIU boat knockout saw Eastleigh Working Men's Club do battle with Hamble SAC.

Fishing three miles to the south off the Needles on the Keyhaven based boat Lady M, the two teams landed a number of conger, smoothhound, spotted ray, whiting, dogfish and pouting.

The Hamble squad comprising Tony Spridgeon, Rob Shattock, Colin Searles and Ray Ashby landed 90 fish weighing 191lb, while the Eastleigh team comprising Pip Saunders, Steve Pragnell, John Ogburn and Chris Ford landed 35 fish weighing 63lb.

Small smoothhound and bass supplied most of the action during the latest Rovers midweek evening catch and release match held at Stokes Bay, where John Williams from Southampton came out on top with 112 points. The runner-up was Ray Pope with 109 points.

The pool for the longest fish was won by Ray Pope with a 50cm smoothhound.

The next match in the open pegged series has been set for May 13 with fishing from 8pm to 11.30pm along Clarence sea wall. Tickets are strictly pre-book only; Rovers Tackle will have all the details on 01329 220354.

The first round of the four-a-side Neptune League was staged along the Milford Shingle Bank where dogfish and pouting supplied most of the action, with Paul John beaching a trio of doggies weighing 3lb 11oz to give Wessex Angling a narrow victory on the night.

Second were Boscombe & Southbourne B with 3lb 8.50oz, followed by Hamworthy RBL with 2lb 12oz.

The next round in the series will be held between Double Dykes and the Boundary board on May 10 with fishing from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.

Any new teams interested in joining the league should contact Simon Barber at the Wessex Angling Centre on 01020 668244.