Bobby’s Barry Sole Tripp

Penarth angler Bobby Tripp was knocked flat after landing a near Welsh record Dover sole while fishing at Jacksons Point, Barry.
The 4lb fish came in the early evening three hours before high tide and fell to ragworm, fished on a custom-built Century Tip Tornedo rod, size 4/0 Uptide Z Viking hooks.
The fish is thought to be just 3oz short of the Welsh shore record, also caught at Barry by W Creed in September 1991.
“I took it to a nearby angler who had some digital scales and he weighed it for me at exactly 4lb,â€