John Brown is the latest to hit the spotted ray trail.

The Southampton angler landed a superb 5lb 8oz specimen - one of three spotties caught during the session at Southsea with the others weighing 3lb 15oz and 4lb 8oz.

They all fell to sandeel baits along with a number of dogfish and whiting.

Other rays to be caught locally include a nice thorneback beached at Lepe by Shane Hartley (Blackfield) who caught it on a bluey/squid wrap.

Dean Scott-Denness also got a taste of the ray action, landing a 9lb 12oz specimen small-eyed ray after casting a loop rig baited with sandeel just 40 yards.

Dogfish, bass, whiting and pout provided most of the action during the latest Allan’s Marine midweek catch & release league fished at Stokes Bay.

Danny Mogridge won the heaviest fish category with a 1lb 10oz dogfish followed by his father Martin Mogridge with a 1lb 6oz bass and Andrew Carter with a 1lb dogfish.

Results: 1st Danny Mogridge 3lb 12oz, 2nd Martin Mogridge 3lb 2oz, 3rd Andrew Carter 2lb 4.5oz.

Durley Chine was the setting for the third round of the Wessex Tackle & Guns midweek catch & release spring series where whiting, pout, rockling, bass, sole and smoothhound provided the action.

Dan Jenner topped the action in A zone with 143cm followed by Toby Oldfield (141cm) and Dennis Holton (74cm).

The pool for the longest flatfish in the section was shared between Andy Mitchell and Toby Oldfield who both recorded a 33cm bass while the flatfish section as won by Dave Pearson with a 25cm sole.

The pool for the longest round fish in B zone was won by Jeffery Fisk with a 35cm smoothhound while Chris Rogers took the flatfish pool with a 23cm sole.

Peter Christopher was the zone's top performer with 151cm followed by Hugh Rathbone (143cm) and Malcolm Parsons (119).

Luke Anderson (Warren Boat AC) wins the latest round of the Angling trust Wessex Division Marine junior fish of the month awards with a 1lb 4oz tub gurnard caught from a shore location.

Oliver Warren (Lymington) was the runner-up with a 1lb 14.5oz dogfish caught from the shore. The youngster also took the third prize with a 14.5oz shore caught whiting.

AROUND THE CLUBS

GOSPORT & DISTRICT AC: A good variety of species including whiting, bass, smoothhound, dogfish and pouting were recorded during a midweek catch & release junior match held at Stokes bay.

Results: 1st Samuel James 354cm, 2nd Ben Eggleton 323cm, 3rd Shane Oakes 139cm, 4th Adam Griscti 130cm.

LYMINGT0N & DISTRICT SFC: Competitors struggled during the monthly Shingle Bank League competition fished at Milford where just a smattering of dogfish, pout and rockling were recorded.

Results: 1st Danny Panks 1lb 11oz, 2nd Gavin Sloper 10.25oz, 3rd Paul Watson 10oz-, 4th Ollie Hopkins 8.75oz

CHRISTCHURCH & DISTRICT FC: A catch & release winter league match fished between the two piers at Bournemouth produced a fair number of bass, pout, whiting and sole.

Results: 1st Gavin Sloper 445cm, 2nd Aaron Rabbetts 323cm, 3rd Keith Mills 322cm, 4th Jurgen Schedler 312cm.