Specimen Fish Sizes for Herne Bay Waters Only
Species | Boat | Beach |
| Species | Boat | Beach | Angler Fish | 12.0lbs | 10.0lbs |
| Monkfish | 25.0lbs | 15.0lbs | Bass | 10.0lbs | 6.0lbs |
| Mullet (Grey) | 4.0lbs | 4.0lbs | Black Bream | 1.0lbs | 0.75lbs |
| Mullet (Red) | 0.75lbs | 0.75lbs | Brill | 1.0lbs | 1.0lbs |
| Plaice | 2.0lbs | 1.0lbs | LS Dogfish | 2.25lbs | 1.5lbs |
| Pollack | 3.0lbs | 0.75lbs | Coal Fish | 3.0lbs | 1.5lbs |
| Pouting | 2.25lbs | 0.75lbs | Cod | 15lbs | 6.0lbs |
| Scad | 1.0lbs | 1.0lbs | Conger | 20lbs | 10lbs |
| Sting Ray | 30lbs | 15lbs | Dab | 1.0lbs | 0.75lbs |
| Thornback Ray | 15.0lbs | 8.0lbs | Flounder | 2.0lbs | 1.5lbs |
| Weaver | 0.375lbs | 0.375lbs | Garfish | 1.0lbs | 0.75lbs |
| Whiting | 2.0lbs | 1.25lbs | Gurnard | 1.0lbs | 1.0lbs |
| Wrasse | 1.5lbs | 0.75lbs | Haddock | 2.0lbs | 0.75lbs |
| Smoothound | 12.00lbs | 5.0lbs | Rockling | 0.5lbs | 0.5lbs |
| Spurdog | 6.0lbs | 2.5lbs | Mackerel | 1.25lbs | 0.75lbs |
| Sole | 2.0lbs | 1.0lbs |
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A Fish of the Month (FOM) award is given each month for the best specimen fish from boat and beach caught in Herne Bay waters. For this purpose the normal limits to the east and west apply, but there is no limit seaward.
To qualify, all fish must be weighed at the Clubhouse and must be a minimum of 80% of specimen size for boats and 70% for beach. Juniors have their own awards and fish must be 50% to qualify.
Minimum Fish Sizes (cms) Fish below these sizes must be returned to the sea
Species | Boat | Beach | Species | Boat | Beach | Bass | 41 | 41 | Ling | 71 | 71 | Bream | 23 | 23 | Mackerel | 30 | 30 | Brill | 36 | 36 | Monkfish | 15lb | 15lb | Bull Huss | 58 | 58 | Mullet (Grey) | 33 | 33 | Coal Fish | 35 | 35 | Plaice | 27 | 27 | Cod | 41 | 35 | Pollack | 30 | 30 | Conger | 70 | 70 | Pouting | 26 | 18 | Dab | 23 | 23 | Ray (Across wings) | 50 | 41 | Lesser Spotted Dogfish | 51 | 46 | Rockling | 21 | 18 | Flounder | 25 | 25 | Smoothound | 80 | 51 | Garfish | 38 | 38 | Spur Dog | 58 | 58 | Gurnard | 23 | 23 | Scad | 25 | 25 | Haddock | 36 | 28 | Sole | 25 | 25 | Hake | 38 | 38 | Turbot | 41 | 36 | John Dory | 33 | 26 | Whiting | 30 | 28 |
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N.B. Shad and Silver eel are now a protected species and must not be landed.
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