Minehead Festival

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Plus, the Porlock and Bossington series, along with other Channel Anglers events.

27/05/2026

2027 Minehead Festival
Friday 21st May
Peg draw and bait allocation 12.30-1.30pm
Fishing 5.30pm - 9.30pm

Saturday 22nd May
Bait allocation 1-2pm
Fishing 6pm - 10pm

Bait supplied by Westcoast Angling centre in Watchet : squid and mackerel

All those names below will get first refusal on a peg for 2027 👏👏🎣

1) Tom Wells
2) Jason Brown
3) Dave Wade
4) Saul Page
5) Brogan Bayford
6) Dorian Harris
7) Darren Bond
8) Ben Price
9) Nathan Elliott
10) Dave Bowring
11) Shaun Moore
12) Chris Equeall
13) Peter Hammond
14) Matthew Jones
15) Mark Pinder
16) Ben Bradstock
17) Joe Wales
18) Leigh Davies
19) Chris Read
20) Steve Rathbone
21) Andy Ellard
22) James Madsen
23) Shaun Tucker
24) Rob Marshall
25) Shane Russell
26) Dave Morris
27) Ian Dancey
28) Russell Preston
29) Justin Bird
30) Ian Bowell
31) Andy Storey
32) Chris Stokes
33) Gary Davies
34) Darren Newland
35) Dave Lane
36) Harry Coxhead
37) Terry Hartnall
38) Dai Llewellyn
39) Peter Lee
40) John Johnson
41) Mark Cruickshank
42) Danny Parker
43) Joe Croxon
44) Tom Bayford
45) Andy Gallacher
46) Doug Thorpe
47) Steve Liddle
48) Rob Tuck
49) David Knight
50) Bevan Self
51) Steve Smyth
52) Simon Clutterbuck
53) Jack Reynolds
54) Alfie Tucker
55) Gary Parsons
56) Darren Stevens
57) Jordan Brown
58) Chris Jones
59) Mike Treharne
60) James Waygood
61) Asher Kelly
62) Craig Groves
63) Lee Suter
64) Josh Norris
65) Richard Reynolds
66) Phil Lovell
67) David Nicholls
68) Brad Lock
69) Wayne Phillips
70) Lexie Groves
71) Lee Jones
72) Richard Dorgan
73) Julian Shambrook
74) Rich Snook
75) Mark Mossman
76) Dave Shore
77) Tyrone Jones
78) Sam Collier
79) Matt Werbitzky
80) Simon Springell
81) Lewis Hobrow
82) Tony Smith
83) Paul Skipworth
84) Mark Gooch
85) Andrew Hutchings
86) Donna Bayford
87) Sally Tucker
88) Alun Price
89) Paul Beard
90) Dylan Beard

West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet
Anyfish Anywhere

Minehead Festival 2026Congratulations to our festival winner Shaun Tucker 🎉🎉🥇👏👏🎣 Find out where you finished in this yea...
19/05/2026

Minehead Festival 2026
Congratulations to our festival winner Shaun Tucker 🎉🎉🥇👏👏🎣

Find out where you finished in this year's event. Also detailing payouts, fish numbers and weights 👏👏🎣



West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet

17/05/2026

Minehead Festival 2026
Day 2 Results

A zone Porlock Weir pegs 1-15
1st Thomas Wells 34 fish 59lb 10oz £100
2nd Dave Bowring 16 fish 30lb 12oz £80
3rd Rob Marshall 20 fish 27lb 8.5oz £65
4th James Waygood 16 fish 22lb 6oz £40
5th Joe Croxon 17 fish 20lb 14.5oz £35
6th Bevan Self 9 fish 16lb 3oz
7th Josh Norris 6 fish 14lb 12oz
8th Julian Shambrook 13 fish 14lb 6.5oz
9th Lexie Groves 7 fish 11lb 11oz
10th Craig Groves 5 fish 5lb 15.5oz
11th Donna Bayford 1 fish 9oz
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B zone Bossington pegs 16-30
1st Saul Page 14 fish 36lb 7.5oz £100
2nd James Madsen 5 fish 28lb £80
3rd Leigh Davies 8 fish 16lb 14.75oz £65
4th Dai Llewellyn 9 fish 15lb 4.5oz £40
5th Ian Dancey 5 fish 15lb £35
6th Terry Hartnell 12 fish 14lb 14.5oz
7th Ben Price 8 fish 12lb 4.5oz
8th Ben Bradstock 7 fish 6lb 11.5oz
9th Matt Werbitsky 2 fish 6lb 10.5oz
10th Dave Knight 2 fish 6lb 5.5oz
11th Rich Snook 2 fish 2lb
12th Chris Stokes 3 fish 1lb 14oz
13th Paul Beard 3 fish 1lb
14th Mark Gooch 2 fish 10oz
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C zone Bossington pegs 31-45
1st Jason Brown 10 fish 24lb 3.5oz £100
2nd Andy Gallacher 9 fish 17lb 10.25oz £80
3rd Lee Jones 8 fish 16lb 15.25oz £65
4th Danny Parker 12 fish 14lb 13.5oz £40
5th Darren Newland 10 fish 11lb 6.5oz £35
6th Darren Bond 9 fish 9lb 0.5oz
7th Tyrone Jones 4 fish 8lb 12.5oz
8th Doug Thorpe 3 fish 8lb 7oz
9th Sam Collier 6 fish 7lb 10.5oz
10th Mark Pinder 9 fish 5lb 6oz
11th Dave Wade 5 fish 3lb 6oz
12th Darren Stevens 3 fish 3lb 10.5oz
13th Gary Davies 5 fish 2lb 6oz
14th Dave Morris 2 fish 1lb 10.5oz
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D zone Golf Links pegs 46-60
1st Peter Hammond 10 fish 15lb oz £100
2nd Andrew Hutchings 10 fish 12lb 5oz £80
3rd Joe Wales 9 fish 10lb 4.5oz £65
4th Justin Bird 9 fish 9lb 10oz £40
5th Shaun Moore 9 fish 9lb 8oz £35
6th Brogan Bayford 5 fish 9lb 2oz
7th Andy Storey 6 fish 9lb 0.5oz
8th Dave Lane 8 fish 8lb
9th Chris Jones 6 fish 7lb 7oz
10th Shane Russell 6 fish 6lb 11.5oz
11th Mike Treherne 5 fish 4lb 13.5oz
12th Gary Parsons 4 fish 4lb 9.5oz
13th John Johnson 4 fish 4lb 7.5oz
14th Andy Ellard 3 fish 3lb 2.5oz
15th Steve Smyth 3 fish 2lb 8oz

E zone Golf Links pegs 61-75
1st Nathan Elliott 10 fish 17lb 14oz £100
2nd Russel Preston 11 fish 17lb 4oz £80
3rd Ian Bowell 10 fish 15lb 14.5oz £65
4th Wayne Phillips 9 fish 15lb 11oz £40
5th Jack Reynolds 12 fish 14lb 15.5oz £35
6th Dorian Harris 11 fish 12lb 2oz
7th Dillan Beard 7 fish 6lb 2.5oz
8th Lee Suter 5 fish 5lb 8oz
9th Simon Springell 5 fish 5lb 6oz
10th Tony Smith 4 fish 4lb 15oz
11th Steve Rathbone 4 fish 4lb 9.5oz
12th Steve Liddle 2 fish 2lb 2oz
13th Paul Skipworth 2 fish 1lb 14.5oz
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F zone Blue Anchor pegs 76-90
1st Shaun Tucker 14 fish 14lb 13oz £100
2nd Mark Cruikshank 5 fish 9lb 0.5oz £80
3rd Richard Dorgan 3 fish 8lb 14oz £65
4th Harry Coxhead 5 fish 8lb 7oz £40
5th Lewis Hobrow 4 fish 8lb 1oz £35
6th Rob Tuck 4 fish 6lb 10oz
7th Alun Price 5 fish 5lb 13oz
8th Chris Read 5 fish 5lb 10.5oz
9th Rich Reynolds 5 fish 5lb 8oz
10th Peter Lee 4 fish 5lb 4oz
11th Simon Clutterbuck 4 fish 4lb 7.5oz
12th Alfie Tucker 4 fish 4lb
13th Dave Shore 3 fish 2lb 15.5oz
14th Sally Tucker 3 fish 2lb 15oz
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Day two winner : Thomas Wells £100
Heaviest fish Josh Norris Smooth hound 10lb 1oz £100



West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet

17/05/2026

Live Results Show
Minehead Festival 2026
Please join us in congratulating all of this years winners and especially our new 2026 festival champion 👏👏🎣


West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet

16/05/2026

Minehead Festival 2026
Star raffle draw for the Penn Fathom 12 SD Mag


West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet

16/05/2026

2026 Minehead Festival
Day 1 Results
A zone Porlock Weir pegs 1-15
1st Shaun Tucker 35 fish 55lb 15oz £100
2nd Shaun Moore 27 fish 43lb 9.5oz £80
3rd Steve Smyth 22 fish 33lb 7.5oz £65
4th Dorian Harris 25 fish 32lb 0.5oz £40
5th Ian Bowell 19 fish 28lb 1.5oz £35
6th Rob Tuck 18 fish 27lb 11oz
7th Chris Read 21 fish 26lb 1.5oz
8th Jack Reynolds 14 fish 23lb 15.5oz
9th John Johnson 19 fish 22lb 2.75oz
10th Harry Coxhead 18 fish 19lb 11.25
11th Lewis Hobrow 13 15lb 2oz
12th Russel Preston 8 fish 12lb 15.5oz
13th Paul Skipworth 5 fish 3lb 9.5oz
14th Richard Dorgan 2 fish 3lb 2oz
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B zone Bossington pegs 16- 30
1st Joe Wales 18 fish 32lb £100
2nd Shane Russell 15 fish 25lb 10oz £80
3rd Gary Parsons 11 fish 21lb 4oz £65
4th Peter Lee 8 fish 20lb 10oz £40
5th Andrew Hutchings 11 fish 20lb 9.75oz £35
6th Peter Hammond 9 fish 14lb 1oz
7th Steve Liddle 8 fish 13lb 5.5oz
8th Justin Bird 7 fish 13lb 2.75oz
9th Mike Treharne 6 fish 10lb 3oz
10th Chris Jones 3 fish 7lb 7.5oz
11th Phil Lovell 1 fish 5lb 3oz
12th Richard Reynolds 5 fish 3lb 15.5oz
13th Alfie Tucker 5 fish 1lb 10.5oz
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C zone Bossington pegs 31-45
1st Steve Rathbone 8 fish 21lb 10.5oz £100
2nd Brogan Bayford 11 fish 19lb 7.5oz £80
3rd Andy Ellard 9 fish 16lb 3.5oz £65
4th Andy Storey 7 fish 15lb 15oz £40
5th Dave Lane 11 fish 12lb 2.5oz £35
6th Wayne Phillips 8 fish 12lb 0.5oz
7th Dave Shore 6 fish 10lb 10.5oz
8th Mark Cruickshank 6 fish 8lb 8.25oz
9th Nathan Elliott 8 fish 8lb 2oz
10th Lee Suter 1 fish 7lb 1oz
11th Simon Clutterbuck 5 fish 3lb 12oz
12th Simon Springell 3 fish 3lb 2oz
13th Tony Smith 2 fish 8oz
14th Alun Price 1 fish 2.5oz
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D zone Golf Links pegs 46-60
1st Sam Collier 8 fish 10lb 1.5oz £100
2nd Danny Parker 5 fish 9lb 15oz £80
3rd Darren Newland 8 fish 8lb 10.5oz £65
4th Bevan Self 3 fish 8lb 7oz £40
5th Lexie Groves 1 fish 7lb 13oz £35
6th Ben Price 5 fish 6lb 2.5oz
7th Tyrone Jones 5 fish 5lb 5.5oz
8th Mark Pinder 4 fish 3lb 14.5oz
9th Mark Gooch 3 fish 3lb 5.5oz
10th Matt Werbitsky 3 fish 3lb 3oz
11th Paul Beard 2 fish 2lb 3oz
12th Andy Gallacher 1 fish 1lb 1oz
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E zone Golf Links pegs 61-75
1st Darren Bond 16 fish 36lb 10oz £100
2nd Dia Llewellyn 12 fish 19lb 2.5oz £80
3rd Ben Bradstock 15 fish 18lb 3.5oz £65
4th Josh Norris 14 fish 15lb 15oz £40
5th Chris Stokes 13 fish 15lb 0.5oz £35
6th Jason Brown 4 fish 10lb 12.5oz
7th Rob Marshall 9 fish 10lb 3oz
8th James Madsen 5 fish 10lb
9th Dave Wade 5 fish 5lb 6.5oz
10th Darren Stevens 2 fish 3lb 3oz
11th Donna Bayford 1 fish 1lb 0.5oz
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Zone F Blue Anchor pegs 76-90
1st Saul Page 9 fish 21lb 13.5oz £100
2nd Terry Hartnell 12 fish 18lb 1oz £80
3rd Julian Shambrook 5 fish 14lb 10oz £65
4th Tom Wells 8 fish 11lb 5oz £40
5th Rich Snook 4 fish 11lb 4.5oz £35
6th Dave Bowring 4 fish 7lb 15oz
7th Joe Croxon 7 fish 7lb 9oz
8th Doug Thorpe 6 fish 7lb 2.5oz
9th Lee Davies 3 fish 3lb 8.5oz
10th Ian Dancey 3 fish 2lb 12.5oz
11th Asher Kelly 1 fish 1lb 10oz
12th Mark Mossman 1 fish 1lb 2.5oz
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Day 1 Winner Shaun Tucker 55lb 15oz £100
Heaviest fish: Andrew Hutchings Smooth Hound 9lb 4oz £100



West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet

15/05/2026

Minehead Festival 2026
Heads up to all the anglers participating. Talking weather, along with fishing day 1 and day 2 in this year's event.



West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet

10/05/2026

Great news, everyone has now paid and we have the full compliment of 90 anglers fishing this year's Minehead Festival 👏👏🎣

We will be holding the peg draw for both days at Westcoast Angling centre in Watchet (TA23 OAB) between 12-1pm on Friday 15th May. You will also collect your bait for day one after the peg draw.

List of who's fishing....

1) Tom Wells
2) Jason Brown
3) Dave Wade
4) Saul Page
5) Brogan Bayford
6) Dorian Harris
7) Darren Bond
8) Ben Price
9) Nathan Elliott
10) Dave Bowring
11) Shaun Moore
12) Chris Equeall
13) Peter Hammond
14) Matthew Jones
15) Mark Pinder
16) Ben Bradstock
17) Joe Wales
18) Leigh Davies
19) Chris Read
20) Steve Rathbone
21) Andy Ellard
22) James Madsen
23) Shaun Tucker
24) Rob Marshall
25) Shane Russell
26) Dave Morris
27) Ian Dancey
28) Russell Preston
29) Justin Bird
30) Ian Bowell
31) Andy Storey
32) Chris Stokes
33) Gary Davies
34) Darren Newland
35) Dave Lane
36) Harry Coxhead
37) Terry Hartnall
38) Dai Llewellyn
39) Peter Lee
40) John Johnson
41) Mark Cruickshank
42) Danny Parker
43) Joe Croxon
44) Tom Bayford
45) Andy Gallacher
46) Doug Thorpe
47) Steve Liddle
48) Rob Tuck
49) David Knight
50) Bevan Self
51) Steve Smyth
52) Simon Clutterbuck
53) Jack Reynolds
54) Alfie Tucker
55) Gary Parsons
56) Darren Stevens
57) Jordan Brown
58) Chris Jones
59) Mike Treharne
60) James Waygood
61) Asher Kelly
62) Craig Groves
63) Lee Suter
64) Josh Norris
65) Richard Reynolds
66) Phil Lovell
67) David Nicholls
68) Brad Lock
69) Wayne Phillips
70) Lexie Groves
71) Lee Jones
72) Richard Dorgan
73) Julian Shambrook
74) Rich Snook
75) Mark Mossman
76) Dave Shore
77) Tyrone Jones
78) Sam Collier
79) Matt Werbitzky
80) Simon Springell
81) Lewis Hobrow
82) Tony Smith
83) Paul Skipworth
84) Mark Gooch
85) Andrew Hutchings
86) Donna Bayford
87) Sally Tucker
88) Alun Price
89) Paul Beard
90) Dylan Beard



West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet
Anyfish Anywhere

28/03/2026

Minehead Festival 2026
List of people fishing: please let me know if you cannot make the dates this year

Friday 15th May 4pm -8pm
Saturday 16th May 4.45pm -8.45pm

1) Tom Wells
2) Jason Brown
3) Dave Wade
4) Saul Page
5) Brogan Bayford
6) Dorian Harris
7) Darren Bond
8) Ben Price
9) Nathan Elliott
10) Dave Bowring
11) Shaun Moore
12) Chris Equeall
13) Peter Hammond
14) Lloyd Summers
15) Mark Pinder
16) Ben Bradstock
17) Joe Wales
18) Leigh Davies
19) Chris Read
20) Ian Carpenter
21) Andy Ellard
22) James Madsen
23) Shaun Tucker
24) Rob Marshall
25) Shane Russell
26) Dave Morris
27) Ian Dancey
28) Russell Preston
29) Justin Bird
30) Ian Bowell
31) Andy Storey
32) Chris Stokes
33) Gary Davies
34) Darren Newland
35) Dave Lane
36) Harry Coxhead
37) Terry Hartnall
38) Dai Llewellyn
39) Peter Lee
40) John Johnson
41) Mark Cruickshank
42) Danny Parker
43) Joe Croxon
44) Tom Bayford
45) Steve Liddle
46) Doug Thorpe
47) Stu Withyman
48) Rob Tuck
49) Cameron Enticott
50) Bevan Self
51) Steve Smyth
52) Simon Clutterbuck
53) Jack Reynolds
54) Alfie Tucker
55) Mark Hurcombe
56) Darren Stevens
57) Jordan Brown
58) Chris Jones
59) Mike Treharne
60) James Waygood
61) Lee Dawe
62) Craig Groves
63) Lee Suter
64) Scott Barton
65) Richard Reynolds
66) Phil Lovell
67) David Nicholls
68) Brad Lock
69) Kevin Warner
70) Archie Sweetland
71) Lee Jones
72) Richard Dorgan
73) Julian Shambrook
74) Rich Snook
75) Ivor Smith
76) Dave Shore
77) Tyrone Jones
78) Sam Collier
79) Matt Werbitzky
80) Simon Springell
81) Lewis Hobrow
82) Lexie Groves
83) Chris Sweetland
84) Mark Gooch
85) Craig Maddock
86) Donna Bayford
87) Sally Tucker
88) Alun Price
89) Derek Gammon
90) David Knight

West Coast Tackle/Angling Minehead &Watchet
Anyfish Anywhere

New event kicking off in Minehead, September 2025 👏👏Get your names down for this new flagship event organised and ran by...
08/05/2025

New event kicking off in Minehead, September 2025 👏👏

Get your names down for this new flagship event organised and ran by Weston Outcasts S.A.C

Already looking likely to be another very popular event with almost 80 names already down for pegs. Take it from us, the fishing should be fantastic at this time of year, on these venues as well:

Minehead Town beach
Golf links
Dunster
Blue Anchor beach
Blue Anchor sea wall

Contact James T Madsen for pegs 🎣👍

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