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2016 - 2017

2017 - 2018 Season

2018 - 2019
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Place

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

​11th
12th
13th
14th =
14th =
16th
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Member

​Rob Allison

Denis Thompson

Dave Perrett

Brian Harland

Colin Stainthorpe

Dave Ward

Paul Short

Paul Kilpatrick

Danny Middlemas

Andrew Cass

​Bernard Vasey*
James Moore
Rob Taylor
Dave Hambley
Mike Saunders
Ben Laws
Peter Horbury
James Gilpin
Niki McCourt
Stuart Swales
Steven Swales
Malcolm Pitman
Dave Smith
Richard Deadman
Jason Ebison
Paul Harding
William Atkinson
Dave Turnbull
Keeley Fairbanks*
Chris McCarthy
Mike Bowman
Mike Winton
Norman Middlemas
Fish

98

86

95

89

87

93

88

70

80

63

​62
63
47
38
62
31
47
38
34
31
26
70
26
16
17
13
17
9
3
5
2
4
4
Weight

​186 lb 00 oz

160 lb 07 oz

149 lb 10 oz

133 lb 00 oz

126 lb 05 oz

123 lb 00 oz

119 lb 10 oz

115 lb 05 oz

109 lb 12 oz

108 lb 11 oz

​106 lb 09 oz
83 lb 05 oz
76 lb 09 oz
74 lb 11 oz
74 lb 11 oz
60 lb 13 oz
60 lb 07 oz
53 lb 08 oz
48 lb 03 oz
44 lb 13 oz
44 lb 08 oz
44 lb 05 oz
37 lb 03 oz
24 lb 14 oz
24 lb 12 oz
24 lb 03 oz
18 lb 03 oz
16 lb 09 oz
9 lb 08 oz
6 lb 04 oz
4 lb 03 oz
3 lb 15 oz
3 lb 11 oz
Trophy

Lord Downe Tankard

A Lawson

Chas Rose

Chas Prudom

Bill Brown

I Metcalfe Rose Bowl

A Humble

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Plaque

*James Jamsy dedicated Official Trophy








8 lb 09 oz  - 29/11/2017


​Memorable Moment




*Ladies Champion, Christmas match Heaviest Fish 

Heaviest Fish











Most improved angler
















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F Kirk Cup
Seasons Results

Singles Knockout winner - Colin Stainthorpe - 5 lb 01 oz (3)

Singles Knockout runner up - Paul Kilpatrick - 10 oz (1)

Doubles Knockout winners - Andrew Cass 4 lb 15 oz (2) & Paul Short 2 lb 13 oz (4) Wed 6th Dec 2017.

Doubles Knockout runners up - Colin Stainthorpe 1 lb 02 oz (1) & Chris McCarthy 0 lb 00 oz (0).

Heaviest Fish in a competition - Ste Swales - 8 lb 09 oz (Wed 29th Nov 2017).

Heaviest Fish out of competition - Brian Harland - 15 lb 09 oz (Fri 26th January 2018).

Christmas match winner - Rob Allison - 12 lb 13 oz - 8 fish.

Christmas match Heaviest Fish - Keeley Fairbanks - 8 lb 07½ oz.

Greatest number of fish - Rob Allison - 98 fish.

Heaviest Bag of Fish - Dave Perrett - 23 lb 10 oz - 10 fish - (Sunday 7th January 2018).

Best Aggregate - Rob Allison - 1 lb 14½ oz

James 'Jamsy' Dedicated Official Trophy - Heaviest Fish - Bernard Vasey - 4 lb 04½ oz - Wed 18th Oct 2017

Most Improved angler - Dave Ward

Memorable Moment - Richard 'Deadly Fish' Deadman
Ladies
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1st - Keeley Fairbanks - 9 lb 08 oz - 3 fish

Ladies Heaviest Bag of fish - Keeley Fairbanks - 9 lb 02 oz - 2 fish (Sunday 17th December 2017)

Ladies Heaviest Fish - Keeley Fairbanks - 8 lb 07½ oz (Sunday 17th December 2017)
​No Juniors this season.

Total weight for the season - 2,277 lb 07 oz

Total Number of fish - 1,514

Treasurer - Dave Perrett
Chairman - William Atkinson
Secretary - Peter Horbury

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​Bell Trophy

​Sunday 21st January 2018


Whitby Sea Anglers Association

​WSAA winners
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Secretary's Challenge Trophy

Sunday 4th February 2018

Whitby Sea Anglers Association - V - Cloughton Rock Anglers

WSAA Victorious

Top Tips & Memorable Moments

September
​Match - 1
​Wed 27 Sep 17 
​Leave plenty of time to reach the weigh-in before close - Mike Saunders (1 LSD caught) missed weigh-in
October
Match - 2
​Sun 01 Oct 17
N/A
​Match - 3
​Wed 04 Oct 17 
Dave Hambley declines HF photograph
Match - 4
Sun 08 Oct 17
​Denis Thompson smashes bass records, Paul Kilpatrick uses phone as head torch
Match - 5
​Wed 11 Oct 17
​Paul Short leaves head torch in car, Stu Swales pulled over by police in Filey by an unmarked car
Match - 6
​Sun 15 Oct 17
​Dave Ward fished but not entered - good job he didn't catch.
Match - 7
​Wed 18 Oct 17
N/A
Match - 8
​Sun 22 Oct 17
Paul Short miss threads the eyes on his rod.
Match - 9
​Wed 25 Oct 17
N/A
Match - 10
​Sun 29 Oct 17
Richard Deadman had a nightmare night, first cast and the reel/worm dirve had seized. 1 mile walk back to his van.  Hammer & screw driver to free reel seat & fit spare reel.  Then spare reels' worm froze and reel refused to rotate on this reel. Borrowed a reel from Peter Horbury & fished the night without a bite!
November
​Match - 11

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​Match - 12

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​Wed 01 Nov 17

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​Sun 05 Nov 17

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A night to forget for many - Dave Smith forgot to put batteries in his head torch
Rich Deadman's fix spool worm drive seizes #again
Both Dave Perrett & Danny Middlemas have their bags blown over by the wind, except Danny looses all his bait, took 15 mins to find his flask & had to share Brian Harland's bait for the rest of the match.
James Moore, struggling with the flu underestimates the effort req'd to go up Goldsborough, via holly bush, and was too late to drive Dave Ward {with 4 fish estimated at 15½ lb} to make the weigh-in.  Hopefully it will not cost Dave in the long run.  Lesson learnt, as they say.
​Match - 13
​Wed 08 Nov 17
N/A
​Match - 14
​Sun 12 Nov 17
Andrew Cass had to wade out to free a hung up fish.  Realised his fags & phone were in open pockets had to jump over each swell set.
​Match - 15
​Wed 15 Nov 17
Jason fished, didn't catch then found out he wasn't entered after all.
​Match - 16
​Sun 19 Nov 17
Open Day & Rob Allison takes a tumble on bladder rack, grazed knee & elbow.
Dave Perrett, tripod collapses sewer hole RHB swell takes his bag & he has to drag it full of water to dry land.
​Match - 17
​Wed 22 Nov 17
Paul Short lamp malfunction, had to fish the match using the light under the east pier lighthouse. 
​Match - 18
 Sun 26 Nov 17
Richard Deadman takes a wave, a very cold wet wave.
​Match - 19
​Wed 29 Nov 17
N/A
December
​Match - 20
​Sun 03 Dec 17
N/A
Match - 21
Wed 06 Dec 17
Jason Ebison very nearly lost his rod off Scarborough pier to a gust of SSWesterly.
​Match - 22
​Sun 10 Dec 17
Heavy surging, and again Jason reported nearly losing his rod
​Match - 23
​Wed 13 Dec 17
Mike Saunders drops his first fish of the night down between the rock armour.
​Match - 24
​Sun 17 Dec 17
Christmas match and Richard Deadman has to leave Keeley on cliff top to retrieve her 8 lb 07½ oz fish from the scaur below.
Match - 25
Wed 20 Dec 17
N/A
January 2018
Match - 26
Wed 03 Jan
Peter Horbury misses match due to flu, first time in a number of years.
Match - 27
Sun 7th Jan 18
Fishing the east pier, Andrew Cass hooked & played a fish estimated at 7 lb / 10 lb to the edge of the pier.  Bernard Vasey went to help Andrew but Andrews braid caught the concrete as Bernard lifted it, and snapped.  Fish lost.
Keeley Fairbanks' Christmas match photograph makes the Sunday Sun.
Match - 28
Wed 10 Jan 18
New member Dave Turnbull fished his first match but decides not to return to the scales with his fish thinking others would have fared much better!
Match - 29
​Sun 14 Jan 18
Dave Hambley did not return to the weigh-in, having been told he'd moved marks to Castle Chambers.  Concerned for his well being we had to make contact to ensure he was safely at home as no one had seen him leave RHB.
Match - 30
​Wed 17 Jan 18
N/A
Match - 31
​Sun 21 Jan 18
Whitby Sea Anglers Association win Bell Trophy
Match - 32
​Wed 24 Jan 18
​Danny Middlemas reported turning his back on his rod & tripod only for it to be blown clean off the aqua pods into the sea.  Just 1ft of the rod tip was visibly bobbing in the sea.  Rescuing his tripod first, he was able to claw his rod back.
Match - 33
​Sun 28 Jan 18
Severe WSWesterly winds lowing bags & kit into the water.
Match - 34
​Wed 31 Jan 18
N/A
February 2018
Match - 35
​Sun 04 Feb 18
Secretary's Challenge Trophy - WSAA win
Match - 36
​Wed 07 Feb 18
N/A  -1°C not a night to forget ones gloves.
Match - 37
​Sun 11 Feb 18
N/A - another cold one! -1°C
Match - 38
​Wed 14 Feb 18
N/A - Valentines ♥
Match - 39
​Sun 18 Feb 18
N/A
Match - 40
​Wed 21 Feb 18
Danny Middlemas reports 'snapping off' a better fish.
Match - 41
​Sun 25 Feb 18
N/A
Match - 42
​Wed 28 Feb 18
Beast from the East
March 2018
Match - 43
​Sun 04 Mar 18
N/A
Match - 44
​Wed 07 Mar 18
No waders, Jason Ebison opens his boot at Staithes & has to return home for them.
Match - 45
​Sun 11 Mar 18
'School boy' errors
1) Rob Taylor caught a codling 1 lb 02 oz but wasn't entered - so disqualified
2) Leader Rob Allison gets to his mark before realising he has left his green crab & bait flask at home.
Match - 46
​Wed 14 Mar 18
Strong winds, and Jason's bag takes a swim.
Match - 47
​Sun 18 Mar 18
N/A - Mini Beast from the East
Match - 48
​Wed 21 Mar 18
Peter Horbury caught a black backed gull #Twice
Match - 49
​Sun 25 Mar 18
Worst weigh-in - 1 lb 14½ oz mop from Paul Short.
Match - 50
​Wed 28 Mar 18
N/A

2017 - 2018 Seasons Results match by match

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​Back row
​(left to right)
Jason Ebison, Andrew Cass, Danny Middlemas, James Gilpin, Micky Bowman, Ben Laws, Paul Harding, Niki McCourt
​Colin Stainthorpe
Middle row
Malcolm Pitman, Mike Saunders, Dave Ward, William Atkinson, James Moore, Paul Short, Peter Horbury
Front row
Brian Harland, Stu Swales, Denis Thompson, Bernard Vasey, Dave Perrett.

September 2017

Wed 27th Sept - 1 of 50

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↑ - Sandsend beach 16.20hrs
↓ - Summer growth, fine green weed fouling end tackle - Undersized fish - ↓
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Andrew Cass - 3 lb 14 oz
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Stu Swales (6) 10 lb 02 oz
​High water 21.23 hrs, 4.4 metres, 1018 mbar, 15°C
 
First match of the 50 match 2017 - 2018 Season, members met at the Bandstand, Pier Road for registration, followed by a group photograph.  After which members could depart for their chosen marks at 18.45 hrs.  Fishing from 19.00 - 22.00 hrs, weigh-in in the Fleece car park, Church St. 22.00 - 22.30 hrs prompt overseen by weigh masters Bernard Vasey & James Gilpin
 
Fishing up & over high water, 2-3ft NEasterly swell, little to no colour with a strong SEasterly wind increasing in strength 22-33mph with heavy cloud cover.  Rain was forecast but held off until midnight.
 
Members were full of enthusiasm & keen to get away, many having fished both the Filey & Scarborough festivals over the last month.  No reports of heavy weed, fresh peeler being the bait of choice.  Many undersized codlings were returned, noted a lack of billets at this early stage of the season.
 
22 members fished the season opener, 17 of whom were successful, weighing-in 33 assorted fish for September 45 lb 02 oz.  26 codlings, 4 rocklings, 2 flat fish and a billet.  Man of the Match Stu Swales left it late to get to the scales, 6 codlings 10 lb 02 oz (the only double figure bag) his HF 3 lb 01 oz.  Andrew Cass weighed the HF of the night 3 lb 14 oz.
 
After the weigh-in members retired to the Fleece for refreshments, hot soup & crusty bread.  Jason Ebison took names & payment for the Singles & Doubles Knockouts.  Bernard Vasey also took names of those who wanted to enter the Monthly Sweeps for HF & HBoF, £2/month, commencing Sun 1st Oct. entry is strictly cash in advance.
 
Knockouts draw Wed 4th Oct.
Singles preliminary round Wed 11th Oct.
Singles 1st round Wed 18th Oct.
Doubles to start Wed 25th Oct.
 
Early indication are it is to be a small fish year.
Top tip - Leave in plenty of time to make the weigh-in before it closes.
 
Open Match meeting Tues 10th Oct, Whitby Rifle Club.
​Results:- 33 fish - 45 lb 02 oz (Av 1 lb 06 oz)
​1st Stuart Swales - 6 codlings
2nd Paul Short - 4 codlings
3rd Denis Thompson - 4 codlings
4th Andrew Cass - 1 cod - HF
5th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling 
6th James Moore - 2 codlings
7th William Atkinson - 1 codling, 1 billet
8th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling, 1 rock
9th = James Gilpin - 1 codling
9th = Dave Hambley - 1 codling
11th Ben Laws - 1 codling
12th Dave Perrett - 1 codling, 1 rockling
13th Malcolm Pitman - 2 flat fish
14th Mike Bowman - 1 codling
15th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
16th = Bernard Vasey - 1 rockling
16th = Brian Harland - 1 rockling
​10 lb 02 oz
6 lb 04 oz
5 lb 02 oz
3 lb 14 oz
3 lb 06 oz
2 lb 12 oz
2 lb 03 oz
2 lb 02 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 03 oz
1 lb 02 oz
    15 oz
     6 oz
     6 oz
Inc 3 lb 01 oz
Inc 2 lb 07 oz

Heaviest Fish 3 lb 14 oz
​Inc 3 lb 06 oz
Leader board after 1 of 50 matches - as above
Seasons total to date 33 fish for 45 lb 02 oz
Catch for September
​26 codlings, 4 rocklings, 2 flat fish and a billet.

October 2017

Sun 1st Oct - 2 of 50 - tail end of hurricane Lee then Irma!

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↑ - 9am Sandsend beach
↓ - Sunset, as seen from the Whitby west pier
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Bernard Vasey HBoF - 7 lb 06 oz (4)
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Colin Stainthorpe HF - 2 lb 09 oz
​Low water 20.11 hrs, 2.4 metres, 1002 mbar, 12°C

Sunday nights 4 hr match started in daylight, members going straight to their chosen marks having already registered on Wednesday.  BST ends Sunday 29th October.  Fishing 2hrs either side of low water, flat calm sea state with little to no colour did not fill anyone with enthusiasm.  Condition, as they say, were the same for all, with a 5lb match average req’d for the season some would be disappointed trying to keep pace.

Tail end of hurricane Lee currently dominating the weather, soon to be followed by Irma.  Wind was a warm SSWesterly moving further Westerly, increasing in speed, thankfully much later than forecast, 9pm making bite detection harder.  Heavy drizzle for the first hour soon past as did the heavy cloud cover.

Twenty two members joined anglers from St Mary’s & Saltburn clubs also fishing their club matches.  Members reported returning many undersized fish, confirming the opinion 2017/2018 is going to be a small fish season.  As Wednesday, fresh peeler being the bait of choice.  Fish bites, slow for the ebb, did however increase with the flood tide.  Baits were quickly ‘crabbed off’, increasing from 3, to 4 casts an hour upped the odds.  Members out on the open scaurs reported a bigger ebb than forecast, aided by the offshore winds.

Bernard Vasey & James Gilpin were kept busy at the scales as 16 members weighed-in 35 assorted fish, 24 codlings, 6 rocklings, 3 whitings, 1 flat fish and a billet for 37 lb 08 oz.
HFish of the night fell to Colin Stainthorpe, a codling, 2 lb 09 oz in a bag of 5 for 6 lb 14 oz now tops the Leader Board.
Bernard Vasey, Man of the Match HBoFish 7 lb 06 oz (4) taking him to 5th on the Leader Board.

Knockout draws will take place after Wednesday nights 3 hr match, Fleece, Church St.


Results:- 37 lb 08 oz (Av 1 lb 02 oz)
​1st Bernard Vasey - 4 codlings
2nd Colin Stainthorpe - 4 codlings, 1 rockling
3rd Malc Pitman - 2 codlings, 2 whitings, 1 billet
4th Denis Thompson - 2 codlings
5th Rob Allison - 2 codlings
6th Rob Taylor - 2 codlings
7th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
8th Paul Short - 1 codling, 2 rocklings
9th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
10th James Gilpin - 1 codling
11th Peter Horbury - 1 whiting, 1 flat fish
12th = Ben Laws - 1 codling
12th = Chris McCarthy - 1 codling
14th Danny Middlemas - 2 rocklings
15th Brian Harland - 1 rockling
16th Mike Saunders - 1 rockling
​7 lb 06 oz
6 lb 14 oz
4 lb 10 oz
3 lb 08 oz
2 lb 10 oz
2 lb 06 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 02 oz
    15 oz
    14 oz
    14 oz
    12 oz
     7 oz
     6 oz

​HF - 2 lb 09 oz
Leader board after 2 of 50 matches.
​1st   Colin Stainthorpe - 6 fish 
2nd   Stuart Swales - 6 fish 
3rd   Denis Thompson - 6 fish 
4th   Paul Short - 7 fish 
5th   Bernard Vasey - 5 fish 
6th   Malcolm Pitman - 7 fish 
7th   Andrew Cass - 1 fish 
8th   Dave Perrett - 3 fish 
9th   Danny Middlemas - 4 fish 
10th   James Moore - 2 fish 
11th   Rob Allison - 2 fish 
12th   James Gilpin - 2 fish 
13th = Niki McCourt - 2 fish 
13th = Rob Taylor - 2 fish 
15th = William Atkinson - 2 fish 
15th = Ben Laws - 2 fish 
17th   Dave Hambley - 1 fish 
18th   Mike Bowman - 1 fish 
19th   Peter Horbury - 2 fish 
20th   Chris McCarthy - 1 fish 
21st   Brian Harland - 2 fish 
22nd   Mike Saunders - 1 fish 
​10 lb  4/16oz
10 lb  2/16oz
8 lb 10/16oz
7 lb 14/16oz
7 lb 12/16oz
5 lb 13/16oz
3 lb 14/16oz
2 lb 15/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
2 lb  8/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    15/16oz
    14/16oz
    13/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
     2/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
    12/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
    15/16oz
     1/16oz
     2/16oz
     2/16oz
     2/16oz
     2/16oz
0         oz
     3/16oz
0         oz
    13/16oz
     4/16oz
     3/16oz
     1/16oz
     1/16oz
     7/16oz
​Seasons total 67 fish for 82 lb 10 oz (Av 1 lb 04 oz)

Wed 4th Oct - 3 of 50

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Low water 22.15hrs, 1.5 metres, 1017 mbar, 12°C
 
Thankfully the forecasted strong winds and heavy rainfall held off until midnight, the 3-4ft of NNWesterly swell never arrived for Wednesday nights 3hr match.  Sea state therefore was nearly flat calm.  Close to shore colour soon dropped out with the fast ebbing tide.  What HW swell there was, was not strong enough to overcome the ebb which by LW was larger than predicted.  Probably aided by the increasing wind WSWesterly & high pressure.  Although the wind strength increased during the match, with some gusting, it was not enough to hamper casting.
 
Heavy cloud cover, made for a dark nights fishing, with the early light drizzle soon passing.  Baits were soon ‘crabbed off’, so as Sunday, increasing to 4 casts an hour hopefully to improve chances of some bait being left to tempt a bite.  Fish bites were scarce for many, slow & finicky, playing with the bait and not taking it down, ‘smash & grab’.
 
Twenty five members fished, with 17 returning to the scales in jubilant mood, with fish, predominantly codlings.  Dave Perrett, earlier than usual to the scales, with good reason, was the big surprise, and Man of the Match on such a poor night - 7 codlings - 8 lb 12 oz.  Reporting, ‘I should have had more’.  Dropping 2 better fish, of the 4lb/5lb stamp, off early in the match.  James Gilpin weighed a 14½ oz slinky rockling (which if it had been fatter would have been over a lb), was an impressive length.  Ben Laws & Andrew Cass landed eels, in Cassy’s case 1 lb 03 oz - both returned to the harbour alive after the weigh-in.
 
Members retired to the comfort of the Fleece for welcome hot soup & crusty bread provided by Carla, the Fleece landlady.  Many thanks.  Jason Ebison & Bernard Vasey, overseen by Treasurer Dave Perrett & Secretary Peter Horbury, did the draws for the Singles & Doubles Knockouts.
 
Results:- 37 fish - 40 lb 11 oz (Av 1 lb 02 oz)

​​1st  Dave Perrett - 7 codlings
2nd  Dave Hambley - 1 codling
3rd  James Gilpin - 2 codlings, 2 rocklings
4th  Paul Kilpatrick - 2 codlings
5th  Ben Laws - 2 codlings, 1 eel
6th  Denis Thompson - 2 codlings
7th  Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
8th = Dave Smith - 1 codling, 2 rocklings
8th = Rich Deadman - 1 codling, 1 rockling
10th  Dave Ward - 1 codling, 1 rockling
11th  James Moore - 1 codling, 1 rockling
12th  Steven Swales - 1 codling
13th  Andrew Cass - 1 eel
14th  William Atkinson - 1 codling
15th  Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
16th = Brian Harland - 2 rocklings
16th = Danny Middlemas - 1 rockling
8 lb 12 oz
4 lb 05 oz
3 lb 10 oz
3 lb 06 oz
2 lb 14 oz
2 lb 10 oz
2 lb 03 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 01 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 03 oz
1 lb 00 oz
    15 oz
    11 oz
    11 oz
Tops the Leader Board
HF takes lead in season
14½ oz rockling (photo)
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Leader board after 3 of 50 matches.
​1st   Dave Perrett - 10 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 8 fish 
3rd   Colin Stainthorpe - 7 fish 
4th   Stuart Swales - 6 fish 
5th   Bernard Vasey - 7 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 7 fish 
7th   James Gilpin - 6 fish 
8th   Malcolm Pitman - 7 fish 
9th   Dave Hambley - 2 fish 
10th = Andrew Cass - 2 fish 
10th = Ben Laws - 5 fish 
12th   James Moore - 4 fish 
13th   Danny Middlemas - 5 fish 
14th   Paul Kilpatrick - 2 fish 
15th   William Atkinson - 3 fish 
16th   Rob Allison - 2 fish 
17th = Niki McCourt - 2 fish 
17th = Rob Taylor - 2 fish 
19th = Richard Deadman - 2 fish 
19th = Dave Smith - 3 fish 
21st   Dave Ward - 2 fish 
22nd   Brian Harland - 4 fish 
23rd   Steven Swales - 1 fish 
24th   Mike Bowman - 1 fish 
25th   Peter Horbury - 2 fish 
26th   Chris McCarthy - 1 fish 
27th   Mike Saunders - 1 fish 
​11 lb 11/16oz
11 lb  4/16oz
11 lb  3/16oz
10 lb  2/16oz
9 lb 15/16oz
7 lb 14/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb 13/16oz
5 lb 11/16oz
5 lb  1/16oz
5 lb  1/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb  9/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    15/16oz
    14/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
​     7/16oz
     1/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
     3/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
     5/16oz
     2/16oz
    10/16oz
0         oz
    14/16oz
    10/16oz
     3/16oz
     3/16oz
     9/16oz
     4/16oz
0         oz
     7/16oz
0         oz
     1/16oz
     6/16oz
     4/16oz
     2/16oz
     3/16oz
     1/16oz
     8/16oz
​Seasons total to date 104 fish for 123 lb 05 oz - Av 1 lb 03 oz

Sun 8th Oct - 4 of 50

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2nd win Dave tops Leader Board

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Denis smashes WSAA Bass record - 5 lb 09½ oz

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​High water 18.38 hrs, 5.8 metres, 1025 mbar, 13°C

Beautiful ‘summers’ day on the north east coast, little cloud cover, plenty of sunshine.  3-5ft of coloured Northerly swell, gentle SSEasterly wind 4mph, 13°C the only downside, it did not get dark until well after 19.00hrs.  Fish bites were scarce until then, and even then they were timid, playing with the bait.

Twenty six members were ‘out & about’, joining other clubmen, some members not starting until after 19.00hrs for the all ebb match due to work commitments, parking problems & daylight.  Weed, fine grass, became a problem fouling lines.  Fresh peelers definitely out fished frozen, as anglers with, out-fished those without, was both frustrating & embarrassing.

Bernard, Jason & James were very busy at the scales as 21 members waited patiently for their turn.  Denis Thompson got to the scales just before Dave Perrett, drawing the attention and praise from all, when he placed a 5 lb 09½ oz bass on the pan.  Breaking the WSAA Bass Record, previously held since 3rd Dec 2008 by Peter Horbury 2 lb 15 oz (well done Denis).  Denis added another 5 codlings in the pan, for a bag of 12 lb 01 oz.  His record bass taking HF of the night & season to date.

Dave Perrett, next up, methodically placed 6 codlings & a rockling in the pan for 16 lb 05 oz, his second win in a row, now leads HBoF to date and tops the Leader Board averaging 4 lb/match.

All in all the best weigh-in 68 codlings, 8 rocklings 1 bass, 1 whiting, 1 LSD & 1 eel for 119 lb 02 oz.

​3 double figure bags.

Results:- 119 lb 02 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

​1st Dave Perrett - 6 codlings, 1 rockling 
2nd Denis Thompson - 5 codlings, 1 bass 
3rd Stuart Swales - 6 codlings
4th James Moore - 6 codlings 
5th Bernard Vasey - 5 codlings
6th Steven Swales - 5 codlings
7th Paul Short - 5 codlings
8th Dave Ward - 4 codlings
9th Brian Harland - 3 codlings, 1 rockling
10th Dave Hambley - 1 codling
11th William Atkinson - 4 codlings, 1 eel
12th Rob Taylor - 3 codlings
13th James Gilpin - 3 codlings
14th = Rob Allison - 2 codlings
15th = Richard Deadman - 2 codlings, 1 rockling
16th Dave Smith - 3 codlings
17th Andrew Cass - 1 codling, 1 LSD 
18th Paul Kilpatrick - 2 codlings, 1 whiting
19th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling, 1 rockling
20th Peter Horbury - 1  codling, 1 rockling
21st Mike Saunders - 3 rocklings
​16 lb 05 oz
12 lb 01 oz
10 lb 02 oz
8 lb 05 oz
8 lb 01 oz
7 lb 04 oz
7 lb 01 oz
5 lb 09 oz
5 lb 01 oz
4 lb 15 oz
4 lb 07 oz
4 lb 05 oz
4 lb 04 oz
3 lb 09 oz
3 lb 09 oz
3 lb 04 oz
3 lb 00 oz
2 lb 12 oz
2 lb 10 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 00 oz
Inc 4 lb 08½ oz
HF & new WSAA record Bass 5 lb 09½ oz
Inc 2 lb 08½ oz
Inc 2 lb 09 oz

Inc 2 lb 07 oz
Leader board after 4 of 50 matches.
​1st   Dave Perrett - 17 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 14 fish 
3rd   Stuart Swales - 12 fish 
4th   Bernard Vasey - 12 fish 
5th   Paul Short - 12 fish 
6th   James Moore - 10 fish 
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 7 fish 
8th   Dave Hambley - 3 fish 
9th   James Gilpin - 9 fish 
10th   Steven Swales - 6 fish 
11th   Andrew Cass - 4 fish 
12th   William Atkinson - 8 fish 
13th   Dave Ward - 6 fish 
14th   Rob Taylor - 5 fish 
15th   Brian Harland - 8 fish 
16th = Danny Middlemas - 7 fish 
16th = Rob Allison - 4 fish 
18th   Paul Kilpatrick - 5 fish 
19th   Malcolm Pitman - 7 fish 
20th   Richard Deadman - 5 fish 
21st   Dave Smith - 6 fish 
22nd   Ben Laws - 5 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 4 fish 
24th   Niki McCourt - 2 fish 
25th   Mike Saunders - 4 fish 
26th   Mike Bowman - 1 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 1 fish 
28 lb 00 oz
23 lb  5/16oz
20 lb  4/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
14 lb 15/16oz
12 lb  8/16oz
11 lb  3/16oz
10 lb 10/16oz
10 lb  6/16oz
8 lb  8/16oz
8 lb  1/16oz
7 lb 10/16oz
7 lb  7/16oz
6 lb 11/16oz
6 lb  9/16oz
6 lb  3/16oz
6 lb  3/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb 13/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
5 lb  3/16oz
5 lb  1/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    14/16oz
Difference
​4 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  1/16oz
2 lb  4/16oz
3 lb  1/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
     9/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
     7/16oz
     7/16oz
     3/16oz
    12/16oz
     2/16oz
     6/16oz
0         oz
     1/16oz
     5/16oz
     5/16oz
     5/16oz
     2/16oz
2 lb  8/16oz
     3/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 184 fish for 242 lb 07 oz (Av 1 lb 05 oz)

Wed 11th Oct - 5 of 50

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High water 20.54 hrs, 5.2 metres, 1015 mbar, 13°C

Sea state for Wednesday nights 3 hr evening match, flat calm, and crystal clear - a scratching match.  WSWesterly wind 5mph grew in strength throughout the match.  A cloudless night, thankfully no moonlight, reports of an Aurora Borealis later in the night, was ideal for some star gazing to pass the time as bites were few & far between.

Twenty one members were fishing, one or two travelling* further afield in search of a ‘better’ fish.  Fishing over high water, piers & cliff marks were popular.  No reports of weed.

Despite the poor conditions 15 members returned with a collection of species - 19 codlings, 8 billets, 3 rocklings, 1 pollock, 1 LSD, 1 pouting, and a whiting (34) 41 lb 05 oz

James ‘Jamsy’ Moore, Man of the Match (6) 8 lb 04 oz also with the HF of the night, a pollock 3 lb 05 oz caught 2nd cast.

Danny Middlemas reported ‘dropping off’ a better fish mid match.

Dave Perrett & Denis Thompson, both with fish, now separated by 1 lb, have a lead of 10 lb over third place James Moore.

In the Singles Knockouts Preliminary Round:-
Paul Short (2) 2 lb 09 oz beat Mike Saunders (2) 2 lb 08 oz.
The match between James Gilpin & Ben Laws is to be fished on Sunday.

Wed 18th Oct
Round 1 Singles K/O AND Doubles Preliminary Round
- see web for details!!

Top Tips:-
1) - Remember your head torch.
2) - *When ‘pulled over’ always be polite to the ‘boys in blue’.

Results:- 34 fish - 41 lb 05 oz (Av 1 lb 03 oz)
​1st James Moore - 4 codlings, 1 pollock, 1 billet
2nd Denis Thompson - 4 codlings
3rd Dave Perrett - 3 codlings
4th Dave Ward - 2 codlings, 1 billet
5th Paul Short - 2 billets
6th Mike Saunders - 1 LSD, 1 pouting
7th Rob Taylor - 1 codling, 1 billet
8th James Gilpin - 1 codling, 1 billet
9th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
10th Dave Hambley - 1 codling, 1 billet
11th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling, 1 billet
12th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
13th Peter Horbury - 1 billet
14th William Atkinson - 2 rocklings
15th Malcolm Pitman - 1 whiting
​8 lb 04 oz
7 lb 06 oz
3 lb 11 oz
3 lb 04 oz
2 lb 09 oz
2 lb 08 oz
2 lb 05 oz
2 lb 04 oz
2 lb 02 oz
2 lb 00 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 02 oz
    13 oz
    12 oz
     9 oz
HF 3 lb 05 oz Pollock
Leader board after 5 of 50 matches.
​1st   Dave Perrett - 20 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 18 fish 
3rd   James Moore - 16 fish 
4th   Stuart Swales - 12 fish 
5th   Bernard Vasey - 12 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 14 fish 
7th = Dave Hambley - 5 fish 
7th = James Gilpin - 11 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 8 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 9 fish 
11th   Andrew Cass - 5 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 7 fish 
13th   Steven Swales - 6 fish 
14th   William Atkinson - 10 fish 
15th   Danny Middlemas - 9 fish 
16th   Brian Harland - 8 fish 
17th   Malcolm Pitman - 8 fish 
18th   Rob Allison - 4 fish 
19th   Paul Kilpatrick - 5 fish 
20th   Richard Deadman - 5 fish 
21st   Dave Smith - 6 fish 
22nd   Ben Laws - 5 fish 
23rd   Mike Saunders - 6 fish 
24th   Peter Horbury - 5 fish 
25th   Niki McCourt - 2 fish 
26th   Mike Bowman - 1 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 1 fish 
31 lb 11/16oz
30 lb 11/16oz
20 lb 12/16oz
20 lb  4/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
17 lb  8/16oz
12 lb 10/16oz
12 lb 10/16oz
12 lb  5/16oz
10 lb 11/16oz
10 lb  3/16oz
9 lb 00 oz
8 lb  8/16oz
8 lb  6/16oz
7 lb 15/16oz
6 lb  9/16oz
6 lb  6/16oz
6 lb  3/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
5 lb  3/16oz
5 lb  1/16oz
3 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    14/16oz
Difference
​1 lb 00 oz
9 lb 15/16oz
     8/16oz
2 lb  4/16oz
     8/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
0         oz
     5/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
     8/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
     8/16oz
     2/16oz
     7/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
     3/16oz
     3/16oz
     1/16oz
    10/16oz
     5/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
     8/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
1 lb  4/16oz
     4/16oz
Seasons total 218 fish for 283 lb 12 oz (Av 1 lb 05 oz)

Sun 15th Oct - 6 of 50

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Gilpin through to Round 1
​Is it really mid October, as the North east coast basked in glorious sunshine 18°C, the calm before the storm?  Tail end of hurricane Ophelia being due to hit the west coast Monday.  Sea state flat calm, crystal clear water [ to 2ft ] was far from ideal, another scratching match.  Fishing 4hrs, first hour in daylight, some heavy cloud cover at times and thankfully no moonlight.  Very gentle SSWesterly wind, by match end, 22.00hrs it was still 15°C

Fish bites were timid, 2 tugs and nothing, despite downsizing hooks with smaller baits.  Even still baits were coming back untouched even by crabs.  Straight baits, cocktails, were all tried & at the best time, the flood, did not improve the fishing.

Seventeen members {20 fishing, 19 entered} returned to the scales with 32 assorted fish, giving the poorest weigh-in this season 29 lb 07 oz - Av 15 oz / fish.  17 codlings, 11 rocklings, 2 billets, 1 pollock, 1 flat fish.  Dave Hambley HBoF & HF, a pollock 4 lb 02 oz

James Gilpin & Ben Laws [paired for Doubles K/O] were fishing their Singles Knockout preliminary round, James won with 2 lb 03 oz (2) caught both his fish after 9pm whereas Ben caught his only codling 1 lb 04 oz at the beginning of the match.

Singles Knockout Round 1 this coming Wednesday 18th Oct, also the Doubles Preliminary round will be fished.
Ben Laws, James Gilpin - V- Mike Saunders, Stu Swales

Top tip - just like the lotto, you need to be entered to win it!

Results:- 32 fish - 29 lb 07 oz (Av 0 lb 15 oz)
​1st Dave Hambley - 1 pollock, 1 rockling 
2nd Andrew Cass - 3 codlings, 1 rockling 
3rd = Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
3rd = Niki McCourt - 2 codlings, 1 rockling
5th Colin Stainthorpe - 3 codlings, 1 rock
6th Brian Harland - 2 codlings, 1 rockling
7th James Gilpin - 1 codling, 1 billet
8th Steven Swales - 1 codling, 1 rockling 
9th Paul Short - 1 codling
10th Ben Laws - 1 codling
11th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
12th James Moore - 1 billet
13th Danny Middlemas - 2 rocklings
14th Denis Thompson - 1 rockling
15th = Rob Allison - 1 rockling
16th = Malcolm Pitman - 1 flat fish 
17th Stuart Swales - 1 rockling
​4 lb 08 oz
3 lb 11 oz
3 lb 00 oz
3 lb 00 oz
2 lb 14 oz
2 lb 05 oz
2 lb 03 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 01 oz
    15 oz
     9 oz
     8 oz
     5 oz
     5 oz
     4 oz
HF Pollock 4 lb 02 oz

Inc 1 lb 15½ oz
Leader board after 6 of 50 matches.
​1st   Dave Perrett - 21 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 19 fish 
3rd   James Moore - 17 fish 
4th   Bernard Vasey - 14 fish 
5th   Stuart Swales - 13 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 15 fish 
7th   Dave Hambley - 7 fish 
8th   Colin Stainthorpe - 12 fish 
9th   James Gilpin - 13 fish 
10th   Andrew Cass - 9 fish 
11th   Dave Ward - 9 fish 
12th   Steven Swales - 8 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 7 fish 
14th   Brian Harland - 11 fish 
15th   Danny Middlemas - 11 fish 
16th   William Atkinson - 10 fish 
17th   Malcolm Pitman - 9 fish 
18th   Rob Allison - 5 fish 
19th   Ben Laws - 6 fish 
20th   Paul Kilpatrick - 5 fish 
21st   Richard Deadman - 5 fish 
22nd   Niki McCourt - 5 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 6 fish 
24th   Mike Saunders - 6 fish 
25th   Peter Horbury - 5 fish 
26th   Mike Bowman - 1 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 1 fish 
​32 lb 12/16oz
31 lb  3/16oz
21 lb 11/16oz
21 lb 00 oz
20 lb  8/16oz
18 lb 13/16oz
17 lb  2/16oz
15 lb  3/16oz
14 lb 13/16oz
13 lb 14/16oz
10 lb 11/16oz
9 lb 14/16oz
9 lb 00 oz
8 lb 14/16oz
8 lb  8/16oz
8 lb  6/16oz
6 lb 11/16oz
6 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  5/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
5 lb  6/16oz
5 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    14/16oz
Difference
​1 lb  9/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
    11/16oz
     8/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
     6/16oz
    15/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
    13/16oz
    14/16oz
     2/16oz
     6/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
     3/16oz
     3/16oz
     3/16oz
    10/16oz
     2/16oz
     3/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
     8/16oz
2 lb  4/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 250 fish for 313 lb 03 oz (Av 1 lb 04 oz)

Wed 18th Oct - 7 of 50 - Singles K/O Round 1

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Seasons best weigh-in

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​Low water 22.18 hrs, 1.5 metres, 1015 mbar, 12°C

Hurricane Ophelia past over the west coast of Scotland creating some welcome long distance Northerly swell for Wednesday nights 3hr match.  Plenty of colour but weed was an issue on a number of marks.  During the all ebb match the swell sets were consistent, no surges and grew throughout to LWater.  The mild, 12°C, SEasterly wind 12-17mph did not hinder anglers.

Heavy cloud cover with the odd rain shower, all in all perfect conditions for match & pleasure anglers alike.  Members were spread far & wide within the boundaries, some having better success than others, many undersized codlings returned.

Bernard & James were kept busy at the scales weighing-in 61 codlings, 4 rocklings, for 19 of 22 successful members who fished - 126 lb 15 oz [Av 1 lb 15 oz]

Man of the Match Brian Harland 5 codlings 16 lb 04 oz, unfortunately, his HF 4 lb 10 oz was beaten by Jason Ebison
5 lb 10 oz.  Jason’s fish takes the lead in HF of the season to date by ½oz from Denis Thompson’s bass 8th Oct.  Brian reported switching marks to avoid the weed.

In the Doubles K/Out preliminary round
Ben Laws & James Gilpin [total 9 lb 14 oz] were beaten by Danny Middlemas & Stu Swales [14 lb 01 oz]

In the Singles K/Outs Round 1 - (matches fished)
James Gilpin 4 lb 05 oz beat Andrew Cass 3 lb 12 oz
Bernard Vasey 8 lb 03 oz beat Paul Short 6 lb 14 oz
Brian Harland 16 lb 04 oz beat Stu Swales 4 lb 05 oz
Colin Stainthorpe 12 lb 02 oz beat Dave Perrett 6 lb 05 oz

Results:- 65 fish - 126 lb 15 oz (Av 1 lb 15 oz)

​1st Brian Harland - 5 codlings
2nd Colin Stainthorpe - 7 codlings
3rd Rob Taylor - 7 codlings, 1 rockling
4th Danny Middlemas - 4 codlings
5th Rob Allison - 3 codlings, 1 rockling
6th Bernard Vasey - 4 codlings
7th Paul Harding - 4 codlings
8th Paul Short - 3 codlings
9th Dave Perrett - 3 codlings, 1 rockling
10th Jason Ebison - 1 codling, 1 rockling
11th Denis Thompson - 5 codlings
12th Ben Laws - 2 codlings
13th James Gilpin - 3 codlings
14th Stuart Swales - 3 codlings
15th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
16th Dave Ward - 2 codlings
17th Mike Saunders - 2 codlings
18th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
19th Peter Horbury - 1 codling
​16 lb 04 oz
12 lb 02 oz
10 lb 15 oz
9 lb 12 oz
8 lb 04 oz
8 lb 03 oz
8 lb 02 oz
6 lb 14 oz
6 lb 05 oz
6 lb 02 oz
6 lb 01 oz
5 lb 09 oz
4 lb 05 oz
4 lb 05 oz
3 lb 12 oz
3 lb 10 oz
3 lb 07 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 01 oz
Inc. 4 lb 10 oz



Inc. 4 lb 11 oz
Inc. 4 lb 04½ oz

Inc. 4 lb 06 oz

HF 5 lb 10 oz takes lead from Denis Thompson


​Inc. 3 lb 13 oz
Leader board after 7 of 50 matches.
​1st   Dave Perrett - 25 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 24 fish 
3rd   Bernard Vasey - 18 fish 
4th   Colin Stainthorpe - 19 fish 
5th   Paul Short - 18 fish 
6th   Brian Harland - 16 fish 
7th   Stuart Swales - 16 fish 
8th   James Moore - 17 fish 
9th   Rob Taylor - 15 fish 
10th   James Gilpin - 16 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 15 fish 
12th   Andrew Cass - 10 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 7 fish 
14th   Rob Allison - 9 fish 
15th   Dave Ward - 11 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 8 fish 
17th   Steven Swales - 8 fish 
18th   William Atkinson - 10 fish 
19th   Paul Harding - 4 fish 
20th   Mike Saunders - 8 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 6 fish 
22nd   Malcolm Pitman - 9 fish 
23rd = Paul Kilpatrick - 5 fish 
23rd = Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
25th   Richard Deadman - 5 fish 
26th   Dave Smith - 6 fish 
27th   Peter Horbury - 6 fish 
28th   Mike Bowman - 1 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 1 fish 
​39 lb  1/16oz
37 lb  4/16oz
29 lb  3/16oz
27 lb  5/16oz
25 lb 11/16oz
25 lb  2/16oz
24 lb 13/16oz
21 lb 11/16oz
19 lb 15/16oz
19 lb  2/16oz
18 lb  4/16oz
17 lb 10/16oz
17 lb  2/16oz
14 lb 12/16oz
14 lb  5/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
9 lb 14/16oz
8 lb  6/16oz
8 lb  2/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
7 lb  4/16oz
6 lb 11/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
5 lb  3/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    14/16oz
Difference
​​1 lb 13/16oz
8 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
     9/16oz
     5/16oz
3 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
    13/16oz
    14/16oz
    10/16oz
     8/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
     7/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
2 lb 00 oz
1 lb  8/16oz
     4/16oz
    13/16oz
     1/16oz
     9/16oz
     9/16oz
0         oz
    10/16oz
     5/16oz
    12/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 315 fish for 440 lb 02 oz (Av 1 lb 06 oz)

Sun 22nd Oct - 8 of 50 - Rob wins the Bedlington Open

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1st win for new member Paul Harding
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Rob Allison, winner Bedlington Open (5) 16 lb 08 oz Picture courtesy Alan Charlton
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Stu Swales - 3 lb 08 oz
​High water 18.23 hrs, 5.5 metres, 1013 mbar, 10°C

Storm Brian inbound, strong 28-37mph Westerly winds, swinging WNW during Sunday nights 4hr club match.  Sea state, white horses, growing NWesterly 3-5ft with plenty of close to shore colour.  Clear skies for most of the evening, by far the coldest night this season.  Rain was forecast, thankfully it held off, and no moonlight.

High water, all ebb match, started in daylight, members headed for shelter, cliff marks were popular with mixed results and disappointment.  Piers also popular but anglers took a battering from the relentless wind hampering bite detection.  Weed was a problem causing members to move marks.

Never a good sign to catch a fish first cast, and in daylight, as it gets your hopes up for a good session.  Leading to blinkered vision and disappointment when you know the conditions are not ideal and don’t have another bite all night.  The match Av/fish equals the seasons Av/fish 1 lb 07 oz many small fish still being caught & returned, overall a few better fish showing.

The overall weigh-in was surprisingly better than many forecast, only 5 of 25 members fishing blanked.  Bernard, Jason & James were kept busy - 60 fish, 46 codlings, 13 r/lings, and a slippery eel (returned alive) graced the scales 87 lb 11 oz.

Two double figure bags, Man of the Match, new member Paul Harding 16 lb 01 oz (9) his HF 3 lb 04 oz not enough to beat Andrew Cass 3 lb 11 oz into claiming HF of the night, Stu Swales was nearest at 3 lb 08 oz

In 2nd place Rob Allison, 13 lb 09 oz (8).  Congratulations Rob on winning the Bedlington Open £500 1st place prize 16 lb 08 oz (5).  Rob also took £130 for 1st & 2nd HF 6 lb 11 oz & 5 lb 09 oz respectively.  Ben Laws & Denis Thompson also fished the match, Ben reported coming 6th or 7th, and Denis managed 2 mops.

Hopefully a change at the top of the Leader Board for Denis Thompson will make amends for the Open day’s fishing, nudging his way to the top 6 lb 02 oz ahead of Dave Perrett.

Wednesday night and the Doubles Knockout Quarter Finals are to be fished, see web site for further details.
 
Results:- 87 lb 11 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)
​1st Paul Harding - 9 codlings
2nd Rob Allison - 8 codlings
3rd Denis Thompson - 5  codlings, 1 r/ling
4th Dave Ward - 6 codlings
5th Colin Stainthorpe - 4 codlings, 1 r/ling
6th Andrew Cass - 2 codlings
7th Stuart Swales - 2 codlings, 1 r/ling
8th Peter Horbury - 2 codlings, 1 r/ling
9th Dave Smith - 2 codlings, 1 r/ling
10th Mike Bowman - 1 codling
11th Dave Hambley - 1 codling
12th Paul Short - 2 codlings
13th = Bernard Vasey - 1 codling
13th = Brian Harland - 3 r/lings
15th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
16th = Dave Perrett - 2 r/lings
16th = Steven Swales - 1 codling 
18th Mike Saunders - 1 eel
19th Danny Middlemas - 1 r/ling
20th Keeley Fairbanks - 1 r/ling
​16 lb 01 oz
13 lb 09 oz
9 lb 02 oz
8 lb 07 oz
8 lb 00 oz
5 lb 04 oz
4 lb 04 oz
3 lb 07 oz
3 lb 06 oz
3 lb 01 oz
2 lb 12 oz
2 lb 02 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 03 oz
1 lb 03 oz
    13 oz
     8 oz
     6 oz
Inc 3 lb 04 oz
Inc 3 lb 07 oz

Inc 2 lb 05½ oz

HF 3 lb 11 oz
​Inc 3 lb 08 oz
Leader board after 8 of 50 matches.
​1st   Denis Thompson - 30 fish 
2nd   Dave Perrett - 27 fish 
3rd   Colin Stainthorpe - 24 fish 
4th   Bernard Vasey - 19 fish 
5th   Stuart Swales - 19 fish 
6th   Rob Allison - 17 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 20 fish 
8th   Brian Harland - 19 fish 
9th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
10th   Andrew Cass - 12 fish 
11th   Dave Ward - 17 fish 
12th   James Moore - 17 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 15 fish 
14th   Dave Hambley - 8 fish 
15th   James Gilpin - 16 fish 
16th   Danny Middlemas - 16 fish 
17th   Ben Laws - 8 fish 
18th   Steven Swales - 9 fish 
19th = Niki McCourt - 7 fish 
19th = Dave Smith - 9 fish 
21st   William Atkinson - 10 fish 
22nd   Mike Saunders - 9 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 9 fish 
24th   Malcolm Pitman - 9 fish 
25th = Paul Kilpatrick - 5 fish 
25th = Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
27th   Richard Deadman - 5 fish 
28th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 1 fish 
30th   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​46 lb  6/16oz
40 lb  4/16oz
35 lb  5/16oz
30 lb 10/16oz
29 lb  1/16oz
28 lb  5/16oz
27 lb 13/16oz
26 lb  9/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
22 lb 14/16oz
22 lb 12/16oz
21 lb 11/16oz
19 lb 15/16oz
19 lb 14/16oz
19 lb  2/16oz
18 lb 12/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
11 lb  1/16oz
8 lb  9/16oz
8 lb  9/16oz
8 lb  6/16oz
8 lb  2/16oz
7 lb 14/16oz
6 lb 11/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
    14/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
​6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb 15/16oz
4 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
    12/16oz
     8/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
     1/16oz
    12/16oz
     6/16oz
6 lb 14/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  8/16oz
0         oz
     3/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
     9/16oz
0         oz
    10/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
     8/16oz
Seasons total 375 fish for 527 lb 13 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Wed 25th Oct - 9 of 50 - Doubles K/O Quarter Finals

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​High water 20.05 hrs, 5.1 metres, 1021 mbar, 10°C

Penultimate match for October prior to the end of BST this Sunday 29th when the clocks go back an hour.  Half term and the weather is extremely mild, bright sunshine, gentle WSWesterly breeze 14°C.  Flat calm sea state with little to no colour, far from ideal fishing conditions, a scratching match for the Doubles Knockout quarter finals.

Little to no cloud cover and the temp dropped to 10°C, the evening sky was lit up by the Halloween celebrations at Whitby Abbey Illuminations (open until Tues 31st Oct).

Come 22.00hrs & there was a steady flow of members to the scales to keep Bernard & James busy.  34 assorted fish weighed-in - 16 codlings, 9 r/lings, 4 flat fish, 2 whitings, 2 billets and an eel.  The eel caught by Paul Short, an ounce shy of the current record held by James Gilpin Sun 1st Nov 2015.

From the 25 members fishing, only 16 managed a weigh-in, some reported not having a bite all night.  Man of the Match Brian Harland 3 codlings 5 lb 04 oz, and HF falling to James ‘King Cod’ Gilpin 2 lb 10½ oz not exactly a record breaking weigh-in but much better than expected from the conditions.

Doubles Knockout results:-

Andrew Cass 3 lb 06 oz (2) & Paul Short 4 lb 03 oz (5)
beat
Bernard Vasey 1 lb 10 oz (1) & Peter Horbury 1 lb 02 oz (2)

Colin Stainthorpe 2 lb 03 oz (3) & Chris McCarthy 0 lb 00 oz (0)
beat
Dave Ward 0 lb 00 oz (0) & Paul Kilpatrick 0 lb 00 oz (0)

The other two matches have been rescheduled.

Results:- 34 fish - 39 lb 04 oz (Av 1 lb 02 oz)

​1st Brian Harland - 3 codlings
2nd Ben Laws - 3 codlings
3rd Paul Short - 1 billet, 3 r/ling, 1 eel
4th William Atkinson - 2 codlings
5th = Rob Allison - 1 codling, 2 r/lings
5th = Andrew Cass - 2 codlings
7th James Gilpin - 1 codling HF 2 lb 10½ oz
8th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling, 2 r/lings
9th Malcolm Pitman - 3 flat fish, 1 whiting
10th = Bernard Vasey - 1 codling
10th = Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
12th Peter Horbury - 1 whiting, 1 flat fish
13th = Dave Perrett - 1 billet
14th = Dave Hambley - 1 codling
15th Niki McCourt - 1 r/ling
16th Denis Thompson - 1 r/ling
​5 lb 04 oz
5 lb 01 oz
4 lb 03 oz
4 lb 02 oz
3 lb 06 oz
3 lb 06 oz
2 lb 11 oz
2 lb 03 oz
1 lb 13 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 02 oz
1 lb 00 oz
1 lb 00 oz
     7 oz
     6 oz


Eel - 1 lb 10 oz
Inc 2 lb 10 oz
Inc 2 lb 09 oz

​HF - 2 lb 10½ oz
Leader board after 9 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 31 fish 
2nd   Dave Perrett - 28 fish 
3rd   Colin Stainthorpe - 27 fish 
4th   Bernard Vasey - 20 fish 
5th   Paul Short - 25 fish 
6th   Brian Harland - 22 fish 
7th   Rob Allison - 20 fish 
8th   Stuart Swales - 19 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 14 fish 
10th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
11th   Dave Ward - 17 fish 
12th   James Gilpin - 17 fish 
13th   James Moore - 17 fish 
14th   Dave Hambley - 9 fish 
15th   Danny Middlemas - 17 fish 
16th   Rob Taylor - 15 fish 
17th   Ben Laws - 11 fish 
18th   William Atkinson - 12 fish 
19th   Steven Swales - 9 fish 
20th = Niki McCourt - 8 fish 
20th = Peter Horbury - 11 fish 
22nd   Dave Smith - 9 fish 
23rd   Malcolm Pitman - 13 fish 
24th   Mike Saunders - 9 fish 
25th = Paul Kilpatrick - 5 fish 
25th = Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
27th   Richard Deadman - 5 fish 
28th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 1 fish 
30th   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
46 lb 12/16oz
41 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  8/16oz
32 lb  4/16oz
32 lb 00 oz
31 lb 13/16oz
31 lb 11/16oz
29 lb  1/16oz
26 lb  4/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
22 lb 12/16oz
21 lb 13/16oz
21 lb 11/16oz
20 lb 14/16oz
20 lb  6/16oz
19 lb 15/16oz
16 lb 15/16oz
12 lb  8/16oz
11 lb  1/16oz
9 lb 00 oz
9 lb 00 oz
8 lb  9/16oz
8 lb  8/16oz
8 lb  2/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
    14/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
5 lb  8/16oz
3 lb 12/16oz
5 lb  4/16oz
     4/16oz
     3/16oz
     2/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
    15/16oz
     2/16oz
    13/16oz
     8/16oz
     7/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
4 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
0         oz
     7/16oz
     1/16oz
     6/16oz
2  lb 00 oz
0         oz
    10/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
     8/16oz
Seasons total 409 fish for 567 lb 01 oz (Av 1 lb 06 oz)

Sun 29th Oct - 10 of 50

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​Low water 17.07 hrs, 2.7 metres, 1030 mbar, 7°C

End of BST and Sunday nights 4 hr match started in darkness, and raining!  Sea state, a growing Northerly swell 8-12ft, plenty of colour, wind a strong and gusting NNWesterly 23-27mph.  Rain showers were intermittent and cold due to the wind chill.

A growing sea is not ideal, small tide, slow flood lead to surging.  The swells doubled up & overtook the incoming tide.  Pushing right up the beach/rock marks, and then drawing further back sucking end tackle into snags.  Finding that mark were black water was visible, surging limited with little drag was not easy.

Weed was a problem throughout the match.  Both heavy kelp stalks and fine green & purple grass fouled lines.  Many pleasure and match anglers were out fishing side by side, sadly quite a few were ill equipped, and lacked the common sense to use grip leads, fouling member’s lines on cliff marks fishing flat scaurs as their lines washed in.  Knit one, pearl one.

Consequently the catch was not all that impressive as expected, with only two double figure bags from the 24 members fishing, of whom only 17 returning with fish.  Man of the Match, his first win Dave Ward 12 lb 05 oz (5) had the HF of the night at 5 lb 09 oz.  Paul Kilpatrick (6) 11 lb 11 oz.  Nice to see a few better fish in the weigh-in 5 lb 08 oz Dave Hambley, 4 lb 09 oz Rob Allison.

Angler of the Month Denis Thompson (31) 48 lb 04 oz has a lead of 6 lb 05 oz over Dave Perrett, also 7 lb 05 oz clear of 3rd place Rob Allison.

In the Monthly Sweeps winners:-
Dave Perrett HBoF 16 05 oz Sun 8th Oct.
Jason Ebison HF 5 lb 10 oz Wed 18th Oct.

Octobers catch, 434 fish:-
332 codlings, 66 r/lings, 13 billets, 7 whitings, 5 flat fish, 2 pollocks, 2 LSD, 5 eels, 1 pouting & 1 bass
Total weigh-in 623 lb 12 oz giving an Av fish 1 lb 12 oz

WSAA welcomed two new members last night Mike Winton & Mark Cartwright taking membership to 32 active fishing members.

Moving into November, 2 big local open matches
Filey Brigg Ang. Soc. Sun 5th 9am - 2pm
£500 1st place prize HF match
Whitby Sea Ang. Assoc Sun 19th 10am - 4pm
£500 1st place prize HBoF match

Last night WSAA member Paul Kilpatrick announced the 
Station Inn Open
Sun 7th Jan 2018
11am - 5pm 
£1,000 1st place prize a HF match
1 prize/angler
Also there will be a HBoF prize
Special over 65 OAP prize £100
£10 adult / £3 Juniors (who can win senior prize)

Outstanding Knockout matches results from last night

Singles:-

Peter Horbury 3 lb 07 oz (2) beat Chris McCarthy 2 lb 13 oz (2)

Dave Ward 12 lb 05 oz (5) beat James Moore 4 lb 05 oz (3)

Doubles:-

Danny Middlemas 5 lb 11 oz (5) & Stu Swales 3 lb 04 oz (2)
beat
James Moore 4 lb 05 oz (3) & Mike Saunders 2 lb 13 oz (2)

Dave Perrett 5 lb 13 oz (3) & Dave Smith 9 lb 11 oz (5)
beat
Brian Harland 4 lb 04 oz (3) & Malcolm Pitman 0 lb 00 oz (0)

Results:- 101 lb 13 oz (Av 1 lb 12 oz) 58 fish
​1st Dave Ward - 5 codlings
2nd Paul Kilpatrick - 6 codlings
3rd Dave Smith - 5 codlings
4th Dave Hambley - 4 codlings
5th Rob Allison - 3 codlings
6th Andrew Cass - 5 codlings
7th Denis Thompson - 4 codlings
8th Dave Perrett - 3 codlings
9th Danny Middlemas - 5 codlings 
10th James Moore - 3 codlings
11th Brian Harland - 3 codlings
12th Paul Short - 2 codlings, 1 r/ling
13th Peter Horbury - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
14th Stuart Swales - 2 codlings
15th = Chris McCarthy - 2 codlings
15th = Mike Saunders - 2 codlings
17th Bernard Vasey - 1 codling
​12 lb 05 oz
11 lb 11 oz
9 lb 11 oz
9 lb 04 oz
8 lb 01 oz
7 lb 01 oz
6 lb 10 oz
5 lb 13 oz
5 lb 11 oz
4 lb 05 oz
4 lb 04 oz
3 lb 08 oz
3 lb 07 oz
3 lb 04 oz
2 lb 13 oz
2 lb 13 oz
1 lb 04 oz
HF 5 lb 09 oz


Inc 5 lb 08 oz
Inc 4 lb 09 oz
Leader board after 10 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 35 fish 
2nd   Dave Perrett - 31 fish 
3rd   Rob Allison - 23 fish 
4th   Colin Stainthorpe - 27 fish 
5th   Brian Harland - 25 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 28 fish 
7th   Dave Ward - 22 fish 
8th   Bernard Vasey - 21 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 19 fish 
10th   Stuart Swales - 21 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 13 fish 
12th   Danny Middlemas - 22 fish 
13th   James Moore - 20 fish 
14th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
15th   James Gilpin - 17 fish 
16th   Rob Taylor - 15 fish 
17th   Dave Smith - 14 fish 
18th   Paul Kilpatrick - 11 fish 
19th   Ben Laws - 11 fish 
20th   William Atkinson - 12 fish 
21st   Peter Horbury - 13 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 9 fish 
23rd   Mike Saunders - 11 fish 
24th   Niki McCourt - 8 fish 
25th   Malcolm Pitman - 13 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
27th   Richard Deadman - 5 fish 
28th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 3 fish 
30th   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
53 lb  6/16oz
47 lb  1/16oz
39 lb 12/16oz
37 lb  8/16oz
36 lb  1/16oz
35 lb  8/16oz
35 lb  1/16oz
33 lb  8/16oz
33 lb  5/16oz
32 lb  5/16oz
30 lb  2/16oz
26 lb  1/16oz
26 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb 13/16oz
19 lb 15/16oz
18 lb  4/16oz
17 lb 13/16oz
16 lb 15/16oz
12 lb  8/16oz
12 lb  7/16oz
11 lb  1/16oz
10 lb 15/16oz
9 lb 00 oz
8 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
​6 lb  5/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
2 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
     9/16oz
     7/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
     3/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
2 lb  3/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
     1/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
     7/16oz
    14/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
     1/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
     8/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
    10/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
​Seasons total 467 fish for 668 lb 14 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)
Stats and match by match winners for October 2017
October's sweeps
Heaviest Fish - Jason Ebison
Heaviest Bag of Fish - Dave Perrett

16 lb 05 oz - Sun 8th Oct
5 lb 10 oz - Wed 18th Oct
October
Sun 1st
Wed 4th
Sun 8th
Wed 11th
Sun 15th
Wed 18th
Sun 22nd
Wed 25th
​Sun 29th
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​Sun 1st
Wed 4th
Sun 8th
Wed 11th
Sun 15th
Wed 18th
Sun 22nd
Wed 25th
​Sun 29th
Heaviest Fish
Colin Stainthorpe
Dave Hambley
Denis Thompson
James Moore
Dave Hambley
Jason Ebison
Andrew Cass
​James Gilpin
Dave Ward
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Heaviest Bag of Fish
Bernard Vasey (4)
Dave Perrett (7)
Dave Perrett (7)
James Moore (4)
Dave Hambley (2)
Brian Harland (5)
Paul Harding (9)
Brian Harland (3) 
Dave Ward (5)
Weight
 2 lb 09 oz
  4 lb 05 oz
5 lb 09½ oz
3 lb 05 oz
 4 lb 02 oz
5 lb 10 oz
 3 lb 11 oz
2 lb 10½ oz
5 lb 09 oz


7 lb 06 oz
8 lb 12 oz
16 lb 05 oz
8 lb 04 oz
4 lb 08 oz
16 lb 04 oz
16 lb 01 oz
5 lb 04 oz
12 lb 05 oz
Notes


New bass record






 No. Fish
35
37
80
34
32
65
60
34​
58
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434 fish
Weight
37 lb 08 o
z
40 lb 11 oz
119 lb 02 oz
41 lb 05 oz
29 lb 07 oz
126 lb 15 oz
87 lb 11 oz
39 lb 04 oz
101​ lb 13 oz
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623 lb 12 oz
Catch for October
434 fish for 623 lb 12 oz - Av 1 lb 12 oz
​332 codlings, 66 r/lings, 13 billets, 7 whitings, 5 flat fish, 2 pollocks, 2 LSD, 5 eels, 1 pouting & 1 bass

November 2017

Wed 1st Nov - 11 of 50

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​1st win 1st spragg Denis Thompson

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​Low water 20.03 hrs, 1.8 metres, 1013 mbar, 10°C

The sea state from Sunday had all but disappeared save 1ft [max] long distance Northerly swell as the mild weather returned.  Plenty of close to shore colour for the twenty five members fishing 1 down & 2 up on a slack tide.  Wind strength grew during the evening 17mph with gusts 28 mph WSWesterly.  Fast moving cloud cover was enough to shield the near full moon.

No reports of weed problems but masses have been deposited along the HW line.  Wind was a problem out on the open scaurs pulling lines tight, and end tackle into snags.  Fish bites, {if you were lucky enough to have them} were timid, couple of tugs and no return, tight lines due to the wind to blame. 

Members were very slow to return to the scales with tales of woe, too fast a retrieve, pulling hook out of fish & dropping fish off at your feet.  Forgetting to put batteries in a head torch, realising half way to Scarborough.  Fixed spool worm drive ceasing, to shattered end-eye fraying a spool of nylon.  Sharing your bait with a hapless partner.  A night to forget for many*.  *See top tip

Never the less 17 members managed ‘a weigh-in’, one stood out from the rest.  Denis Thompson, Man of the Match with his first win, weighing-in the first spragg of the season - 7 lb 09½ oz and also takes pole position in HF of the season.  His bag (4 codlings) 12 lb 05 oz.  Both weights set the bar for the Monthly Sweep.  Denis reported catching the spragg on his second cast of the night.  Denis has extended his lead over 2nd place Dave Perrett to 16 lb with Paul Short closing in in 3rd place.

In the last of the Singles Knockouts:-
Paul Kilpatrick 1 lb 11 oz (1) beat Jason Ebison 0 lb 00 oz

* Top Tip:- from 2 members no less.
In windy conditions
1) Ensure your rucksack, and its contents are nailed down.
2) Ensure ‘all’ your thawing bait, like your rucksack, do NOT get blown off the rocks into the sea behind your back.
3) Have a brightly coloured ‘floating’ bait flask {with reflective tape}, as this aids retrieval {15 mins}, even if its empty!

Results:- 33 fish - 46 lb 06 oz (Av 1 lb 06 oz) 18 codlings, 8 r/lings, 4 whitings, 2 billets & 1 flat fish.

​1st Denis Thompson - 4 codlings
2nd Paul Short - 3 codlings
3rd Ben Laws - 3 codlings
4th Malcolm Pitman - 4 whitings, 1 flat fish
5th Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
6th William Atkinson - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
7th Dave Perrett - 1 codling, 1 billet, 1 r/ling
8th = Colin Stainthorpe - 1 billet
8th = Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling
10th Rob Taylor - 1 codling
11th Dave Smith - 1 codling
12th Mike Saunders - 1 codling
13th Rob Allison - 2 r/lings
14th = Andrew Cass - 1 r/ling
14th = Brian Harland - 1 r/ling
14th = Danny Middlemas - 1 r/ling
17th  Peter Horbury - 1 r/ling
​12 lb 05 oz
7 lb 05 oz
4 lb 10 oz
3 lb 05 oz
3 lb 01 oz
2 lb 13 oz
2 lb 08 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 00 oz
     7/16oz
     7/16oz
     7/16oz
     5/16oz
Leader board after 11 of 50 matches.
​1st   Denis Thompson - 39 fish 
2nd   Dave Perrett - 34 fish 
3rd   Paul Short - 31 fish 
4th   Rob Allison - 25 fish 
5th   Colin Stainthorpe - 28 fish 
6th   Bernard Vasey - 23 fish 
7th   Brian Harland - 26 fish 
8th   Dave Ward - 22 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 20 fish 
10th   Stuart Swales - 21 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 13 fish 
12th   Danny Middlemas - 23 fish 
13th   James Moore - 20 fish 
14th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
15th   James Gilpin - 17 fish 
16th = Rob Taylor - 16 fish 
16th = Ben Laws - 14 fish 
18th   Dave Smith - 15 fish 
19th   Paul Kilpatrick - 12 fish 
20th   William Atkinson - 14 fish 
21st   Peter Horbury - 14 fish 
22nd   Mike Saunders - 12 fish 
23rd   Malcolm Pitman - 18 fish 
24th   Steven Swales - 9 fish 
25th   Niki McCourt - 8 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
27th   Richard Deadman - 5 fish 
28th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 3 fish 
30th   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​65 lb 11/16oz
49 lb  9/16oz
42 lb 13/16oz
40 lb 12/16oz
39 lb  3/16oz
36 lb  9/16oz
36 lb  8/16oz
35 lb  1/16oz
33 lb 12/16oz
32 lb  5/16oz
30 lb  2/16oz
26 lb  8/16oz
26 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb 13/16oz
21 lb  9/16oz
21 lb  9/16oz
19 lb 11/16oz
19 lb  8/16oz
15 lb  5/16oz
12 lb 12/16oz
12 lb  5/16oz
11 lb 13/16oz
11 lb  1/16oz
9 lb 00 oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
​16 lb  2/16oz
6 lb 12/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
     1/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
     8/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
     4/16oz
0         oz
1 lb 14/16oz
     3/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
     7/16oz
     8/16oz
    12/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
    10/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
​Seasons total 500 fish for 715 lb 04 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Sun 5th Nov - 12 of 50 Filey Open

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Sandsend beach 15.00hrs, strong NWesterly wind & raining

Denis' double figure HBoF takes seasons lead

PictureDenis Thompson 5 lb 00½ oz
​Low water 22.47 hrs, 0.9 metres, 1020 mbar, 4°C

Filey Open {9am-2pm}, bright sunshine, relatively calm sea state, then the NWesterly wind picked up and the day turned very inclement.  The sea state grew all day NWesterly 5ft, heavy rain showers with periods of sunshine, making for some spectacular rainbows, the temp dropped well into single figures.

Come 6pm the cloud cover had all but past, a near full Beaver moon shone brightly, too brightly!  Plenty of colour in the water for the all ebb 4hr match.  Weed was a big issue on many marks, a thick soup of kelp stalks, bladder rack and fine green & purple grasses.  Standing at the waterline, rods held high in an attempt to avoid the surf riding weed was the only way to fish, and even then, after 10mins lines were fouled with the braid hugging fine grasses.  I am reliable told those fishing with mono do not suffer with the fine grasses as much, as the mono is not as abrasive as braid.  Wind strength dropped, was nowhere near as strong nor gusting as forecasted, still cold on wet hands though.

Members were slow to the weigh-in, to be expected with long walks from open scaurs on the biggest ebb of the month.  Denis Thompson was first at the scales, for good reason.  9 codlings topped the scales at 20 lb 02 oz - now the HBoFish this season, which included the HF of the night 5 lb 00½ oz.  Next Paul Short with the 2nd HF of the night - 4 lb 01 oz in his bag (6) 8 lb 15 oz.  Paul Kilpatrick left it late 7 codlings, 1 whiting took 2nd place 13 lb 01 oz.

59 codlings, 5 r/lings, and a whiting for 109 lb 09 oz, giving only the 3rd best weigh-in so far, an Av. fish weight - 1 lb 11 oz, four ounces higher than the seasons Av. fish to date.  Overall a poor weigh-in for a 4hr match only 36 lb/hr, whereas Wed 18th Oct gave 42 lb/hr in a 3hr match, and Sun 8th Oct 39 lb/hr.

Of the 23 members fishing, 17 managed a weigh-in, sadly 2 members, with fish, missed the weigh-in, leaving it too late to get back to their car - lesson learnt, as they say.

Looking at the Leader Board, Denis has extended his lead over 2nd place Dave Perrett to 31 lb, Paul Short, in 3rd place, has a deficit of 3 lb 04 oz to Dave.  From 2nd to 9th it is very close, some only ounces apart.  Paul Kilpatrick has jumped from 19th to 11th equal with Danny Middlemas.

Wednesday night {8th Nov} the Singles Knockouts Quarter Finals will be fished.  Sea state dropping to 1ft maybe 2ft NWesterly.

Reminders
1- Take your Open match raffle prize(s) to Paula & Malcolm at Hook, Line & Sinker, Church St. please.
2- Paula & Malcolm also have a stock of ‘fish measures’ for those that still don’t have one.
3- Please text-in if you are not fishing/fishing.
4- Text-in if not returning to the weigh-in.
5- Return to the scales having said you are fishing & didn’t have a match entry fee paid & settle dues.
 
Results:- 109 lb 09 oz (Av 1 lb 11 oz)

​1st Denis Thompson - 9 codlings
2nd Paul Kilpatrick - 7 codlings, 1 whiting
3rd Dave Hambley - 6 codlings
4th Paul Short - 4 codlings, 2 r/lings
5th Bernard Vasey - 4 codlings
6th Brian Harland - 5 codlings
7th Rob Allison - 4 codlings, 1 r/ling
8th Andrew Cass - 3 codlings
9th = Danny Middlemas - 4 codlings
9th = Niki McCourt - 3 codlings, 1 r/ling
11th Dave Perrett - 3 codlings
12th James Gilpin - 2 codlings
13th Peter Horbury - 2 codlings
14th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
15th Mike Saunders - 1 codling
16th Steven Swales - 1 codling
17th Richard Deadman - 1 r/ling
​20 lb 02 oz
13 lb 01 oz
9 lb 11 oz
8 lb 15 oz
7 lb 14 oz
7 lb 06 oz
7 lb 02 oz
6 lb 13 oz
6 lb 01 oz
6 lb 01 oz
5 lb 07 oz
3 lb 01 oz
2 lb 11 oz
2 lb 04 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 01 oz
     7 oz
HF - 5 lb 00½ oz


​Inc 4 lb 01 oz
Leader board after 12 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 48 fish 
2nd   Dave Perrett - 37 fish 
3rd   Paul Short - 37 fish 
4th   Rob Allison - 30 fish 
5th   Bernard Vasey - 27 fish 
6th   Brian Harland - 31 fish 
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 29 fish 
8th   Andrew Cass - 23 fish 
9th   Dave Hambley - 19 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 22 fish 
11th = Danny Middlemas - 27 fish 
11th = Paul Kilpatrick - 20 fish 
13th   Stuart Swales - 21 fish 
14th   James Moore - 20 fish 
15th   James Gilpin - 19 fish 
16th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
17th = Rob Taylor - 16 fish 
17th = Ben Laws - 14 fish 
19th   Dave Smith - 15 fish 
20th   Peter Horbury - 16 fish 
21st   William Atkinson - 14 fish 
22nd   Niki McCourt - 12 fish 
23rd   Mike Saunders - 13 fish 
24th   Steven Swales - 10 fish 
25th   Malcolm Pitman - 18 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
27th   Richard Deadman - 6 fish 
28th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 3 fish 
30th   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​85 lb 13/16oz
55 lb 00 oz
51 lb 12/16oz
47 lb 14/16oz
44 lb  7/16oz
43 lb 14/16oz
41 lb  7/16oz
40 lb  9/16oz
39 lb 13/16oz
35 lb  1/16oz
32 lb  9/16oz
32 lb  9/16oz
32 lb  5/16oz
26 lb 00 oz
24 lb 14/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  9/16oz
21 lb  9/16oz
19 lb 11/16oz
15 lb  7/16oz
15 lb  5/16oz
15 lb  1/16oz
13 lb 13/16oz
12 lb  2/16oz
11 lb 13/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb 15/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
30 lb 13/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
3 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  7/16oz
     9/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
    14/16oz
    12/16oz
4 lb 12/16oz
2 lb  8/16oz
0         oz
     4/16oz
6 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    11/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
0         oz
1 lb 14/16oz
4 lb  4/16oz
     2/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
     5/16oz
5 lb 11/16oz
     3/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
​Seasons total 565 fish for 824 lb 13 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Wed 8th Nov - 13 of 50

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Sandsend beach afternoon dog walk 14.00hrs
Never a good sign to find small fish washed up on the beach, the 'fat' whiting I later caught were full of them.

Malc's first win

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​High water 18.47 hrs, 5.6 metres, 1025 mbar, 6°C

High pressure and the north east coast basked in sunshine but the temperature was barely into double figures.  Sea state was flat calm save 1ft right at the shore edge.  Crystal clear water for the all ebb 3hr evening ‘scratching’ match which started at HW.  

Cloud cover was minimal, mainly high altitude at the start, no Aurora Borealis, unlike Tuesday night from the clear skies of Scotland.  Come 20.20hrs, a very bright orange moon, resembling the Star Wars Death Star rose at sea.

The WSWesterly wind was cold, increasing in strength, as members followed the ebbing tide out into the open.  Thicker cloud, bringing light rain showers, followed in the last ½hr of the match.

Singles Quarter Finals, turn out at the scales was good but of the 24 members fishing only 16 had fish to weigh-in.  30 whitings, 17 codlings, 7 billets, 5 flat fish & 5 r/lings 55 lb 08 oz giving an Av 14 oz/fish.  With the arrival of whitings the seasons Av/fish has dropped to 1 lb 06 oz

Man of the Match, Malcolm Pitman 12 lb 15 oz (16) reported taking his 4 codlings in the first 4 casts, then the whitings (10) moved in, & took everything he cast out.  Close 2nd Dave Ward 12 lb 11 oz (21).

Heaviest Fish of the night, a codling, Andrew Cass 3 lb 07 oz

Singles Quarter Finals results:-

Dave Ward 12 lb 11 oz (21) beat Peter Horbury 1 lb 05 oz (2)
James Gilpin 3 lb 14 oz (4) beat Bernard Vasey 2 lb 11 oz (2)
Colin Stainthorpe 8 oz (1) beat Brian Harland 0 lb 00 oz (0)
Dave Smith - V - Paul Kilpatrick yet to be fished

Results:- 64 fish - 55 lb 08 oz (Av 14 oz)

​1st Malcolm Pitman - 4 cod, 10 whitings, 2 f/fish
2nd Dave Ward - 18  whitings, 3 f/fish
3rd Paul Short - 5 billets
4th Rob Allison - 3 codlings
5th James Gilpin - 2 codlings, 2 r/lings
6th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
7th Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
8th Dave Perrett - 2 codlings
9th Dave Smith - 1 codling
10th Dave Hambley - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
11th Peter Horbury - 2 whitings
12th = William Atkinson - 1 billet
12th = Stuart Swales - 1 codling
14th Steven Swales - 1 billet
15th = Colin Stainthorpe - 1 r/ling
15th = Niki McCourt - 1 r/ling
12 lb 15 oz
12 lb 11 oz
4 lb 15 oz
4 lb 01 oz
3 lb 14 oz
3 lb 07 oz
2 lb 11 oz
2 lb 07 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 02 oz
1 lb 02 oz
    14 oz
     8 oz
     8 oz





​Heaviest Fish
Leader board after 13 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 48 fish 
2nd   Dave Perrett - 39 fish 
3rd   Paul Short - 42 fish 
4th   Rob Allison - 33 fish 
5th   Dave Ward - 43 fish 
6th   Bernard Vasey - 29 fish 
7th   Andrew Cass - 24 fish 
8th   Brian Harland - 31 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 30 fish 
10th   Dave Hambley - 21 fish 
11th   Stuart Swales - 22 fish 
12th = Danny Middlemas - 27 fish 
12th = Paul Kilpatrick - 20 fish 
14th   James Gilpin - 23 fish 
15th   James Moore - 20 fish 
16th   Malcolm Pitman - 34 fish 
17th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
18th = Rob Taylor - 16 fish 
18th = Ben Laws - 14 fish 
20th   Dave Smith - 16 fish 
21st   Peter Horbury - 18 fish 
22nd   William Atkinson - 15 fish 
23rd   Niki McCourt - 13 fish 
24th   Mike Saunders - 13 fish 
25th   Steven Swales - 11 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
27th   Richard Deadman - 6 fish 
28th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 3 fish 
30th   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​85 lb 13/16oz
57 lb  7/16oz
56 lb 11/16oz
51 lb 15/16oz
47 lb 12/16oz
47 lb  2/16oz
44 lb 00 oz
43 lb 14/16oz
41 lb 15/16oz
41 lb  3/16oz
33 lb  7/16oz
32 lb  9/16oz
32 lb  9/16oz
28 lb 12/16oz
26 lb 00 oz
24 lb 12/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  9/16oz
21 lb  9/16oz
21 lb  5/16oz
16 lb 12/16oz
16 lb  7/16oz
15 lb  9/16oz
13 lb 13/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
6 lb  2/16oz
5 lb 15/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
28 lb  6/16oz
    12/16oz
4 lb 12/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
    10/16oz
3 lb  2/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
    12/16oz
7 lb 12/16oz
    14/16oz
0         oz
3 lb 13/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
     9/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
0         oz
     4/16oz
4 lb  9/16oz
     5/16oz
    14/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
    13/16oz
6 lb 14/16oz
     3/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
Seasons total 629 fish for 880 lb 05 oz (Av 1 lb 06 oz)

Sun 12th Nov - 14 of 50

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Sunday morning walk with Aussie up on Sandsend cliffs for some shelter from the screaming icy Northerly wind.
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Rich Deadman - HF - 5 lb 00 oz
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Rob Taylor brace of codlings - 4 lb 09 oz
Cassy first season win
Picture4 plumb whitings from Malcolm
​Low water 17.12 hrs, 2.4 metres, 1021 mbar, 4°C

Sunday morning started bright, but an icy NNWesterly wind was gathering speed, sea state was growing steadily.  Come midday it was most inclement.  Sea state forecasted to top 10 - 13ft Northerly.  By 18.00hrs, match start, and many, many marks were unfishable, leading to those fishable marks being overrun with rods, pleasure & match anglers shared what fish were there between them.  No reports of major weed problems, but it was there in the surf and caution had to be exercised.

Wind was a major factor, 29/35mph NNWesterly, in choice of mark for the all flood match.  Sky was relatively clear, but soon clouded over and rain followed.  Some had short heavy showers whilst others had constant rain.  With a growing sea, and the catch forecast was low.

At the scales, turnout was low, many opted to ‘text in’, going straight home to warm up & dry out.  Only 15 of the 27 fishing had fish to weigh-in, predominantly codling.  36 codlings, 4 whitings, 2 r/lings & 1 flat fish - 79 lb 03 oz

Man of the Match, with his first win of the season Andrew Cass 4 codlings, 14 lb 11 oz.  Andrew didn’t have an easy evening, his first fish was ‘hung-up’ on a pellet & mooring line, and he had to wade out, waist deep to free his fish.  Realising his phone & fags were in ‘open’ pockets, had to jump with every swell set.  HFish of the night fell to Richard Deadman 5 lb 00 oz.  Rob Taylor had a nice brace of codlings 4 lb 09 oz in his bag 11 lb 04 oz (4).

In the last Singles Knockout match between Paul Kilpatrick & Dave Smith, they will re-fish their match ASAP, both weighed-in 1 lb 14 oz, and there are no rules in place to decide otherwise ie fish Nos, or HF.

Next Sunday is our annual Open match all welcome.

Results:- 79 lb 03 oz (Av 1 lb 13 oz)

​1st Andrew Cass - 4 codlings
2nd Bernard Vasey - 6 codlings
3rd Rob Taylor - 3 codlings, 1 flat fish
4th Rob Allison - 4 codlings
5th Richard Deadman - 2 codlings
6th James Gilpin - 3 codlings
7th Paul Short - 3 codlings, 2 r/lings
8th = Brian Harland - 2 codlings
8th = Niki McCourt - 2 codlings
10th = Malcolm Pitman - 4 whitings
10th = Danny Middlemas - 2 codlings
12th = Paul Kilpatrick - 2 codlings
12th = Dave Smith - 1 codling
14th Steven Swales - 1 codling
15th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
​14 lb 11 oz
12 lb 03 oz
11 lb 04 oz
7 lb 01 oz
5 lb 15 oz
4 lb 06 oz
4 lb 05 oz
3 lb 06 oz
3 lb 06 oz
2 lb 15 oz
2 lb 15 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 06 oz


Inc 4 lb 09 oz

​Heaviest Fish 5 lb 00 oz
Leader board after 14 of 50 matches.
​1st   Denis Thompson - 48 fish 
2nd   Paul Short - 47 fish 
3rd   Bernard Vasey - 35 fish 
4th   Rob Allison - 37 fish 
5th   Andrew Cass - 28 fish 
6th   Dave Perrett - 39 fish 
7th   Dave Ward - 43 fish 
8th   Brian Harland - 33 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 31 fish 
10th   Dave Hambley - 21 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 29 fish 
12th   Paul Kilpatrick - 22 fish 
13th   Stuart Swales - 22 fish 
14th   James Gilpin - 26 fish 
15th   Rob Taylor - 20 fish 
16th   Malcolm Pitman - 38 fish 
17th   James Moore - 20 fish 
18th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
19th   Dave Smith - 17 fish 
20th   Ben Laws - 14 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 15 fish 
22nd   Peter Horbury - 18 fish 
23rd   William Atkinson - 15 fish 
24th   Steven Swales - 12 fish 
25th   Mike Saunders - 13 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 8 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
28th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 3 fish 
30th   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
85 lb 13/16oz
61 lb 00 oz
59 lb  5/16oz
59 lb 00 oz
58 lb 11/16oz
57 lb  7/16oz
47 lb 12/16oz
47 lb  4/16oz
43 lb  5/16oz
41 lb  3/16oz
35 lb  8/16oz
34 lb  7/16oz
33 lb  7/16oz
33 lb  2/16oz
32 lb 13/16oz
27 lb 11/16oz
26 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
23 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  9/16oz
18 lb 15/16oz
16 lb 12/16oz
16 lb  7/16oz
14 lb 10/16oz
13 lb 13/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
24 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
     5/16oz
     5/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
9 lb 11/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
5 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
     5/16oz
     5/16oz
5 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
1 lb 10/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
     5/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
5 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
​Seasons total 672 fish for 959 lb 08 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Wed 15th Nov - 15 of 50

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14.00 hrs Sandsend beach
First win for Colin secures place in Doubles K/O final
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​Low water 20.14 hrs, 1.9 metres, 1020 mbar, 6°C
 
The sea state from Sunday had died off completely.  SSWesterly winds now opposed any remaining Northerly swell.  Colour had all but dropped out, save a slight milkiness.  Cloud cover was heavy, with the air heavy with moisture, a fog bank formed and moved in off the sea mid match.
 
The wind slowly eased mid match.  Surprisingly the ebb was much larger than the predicted 1.9 metres, pushed further by the SSW wind and high pressure, to well under 1.0 metres.  Giving members a chance to fish the tangle beds.  The flood didn’t take hold until 21.00 hrs.  Small fish bites, playing with the bait, teased members all match.  Typically the fish ‘came-on’ as the flood pushed in just as it was time to pack up and head for the weigh-in.
 
Bernard, Jason and James were kept very busy at the scales, 20 members returning with meagre weigh-ins, sadly 4 members blanked.  The overall individual weights, nothing startling, reflected the poor conditions.  Colin Stainthorpe, Man of the Match with his first win, 3 codlings, 1 r/ling 5 lb 11 oz and the HF of the night 2 lb 09½ oz fell to Paul Short.  Seasons ‘weigh-in’ has now past 1,000 lb from 712 fish Av 1 lb 07 oz
 
Doubles Knockout results:-
Andrew Cass 3 lb 13 oz (3) & Paul Short 2 lb 10 oz (1)
Beat
Danny Middlemas 1 lb 04 oz (1) & Stu Swales 0 lb 00 oz (0)
 
Colin Stainthorpe 5 lb 11 oz (4) & Chris McCarthy ​2 lb 09 oz (2)​
Beat
Dave Perrett 2 lb 01 oz (2) & Dave Smith 0 lb 00 oz (0)
 
Results:- 39 fish - 50 lb 04 oz (Av 1 lb 04 oz) 31 codlings, 5 r/lings, 2 whitings, 1 billet

 ​1st Colin Stainthorpe - 3 codlings, 1 r/ling
2nd Dave Hambley - 2 codlings, 2 r/lings
3rd Denis Thompson - 3 codlings
4th Rob Allison - 2 codlings
5th Andrew Cass - 3 codlings
6th = Malcolm Pitman - 1 codling, 2 w/tings
6th = Brian Harland - 2 codlings
8th Paul Short - 1 codling
9th Chris McCarthy - 2 codlings
10th Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling, 1 billet
11th Dave Ward - 2 codlings
12th Dave Perrett - 2 codlings
13th William Atkinson - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
14th Ben Laws - 1 codling
15th Peter Horbury - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
16th James Gilpin - 1 codling
17th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
18th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
19th Mike Saunders - 1 codling
20th James Moore - 1 r/ling
​5 lb 11 oz
4 lb 14 oz
4 lb 08 oz
3 lb 14 oz
3 lb 13 oz
3 lb 03 oz
3 lb 03 oz
2 lb 10 oz
2 lb 09 oz
2 lb 06 oz
2 lb 02 oz
2 lb 01 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 00 oz
    15 oz
     4 oz



Inc 2 lb 05 oz
Inc 1 lb 08 oz


​HF 2 lb 09½ oz
Leader board after 15 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 51 fish 
2nd   Paul Short - 48 fish 
3rd   Rob Allison - 39 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 31 fish 
5th   Dave Perrett - 41 fish 
6th   Bernard Vasey - 35 fish 
7th   Brian Harland - 35 fish 
8th   Dave Ward - 45 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 35 fish 
10th   Dave Hambley - 25 fish 
11th   Paul Kilpatrick - 24 fish 
12th   Danny Middlemas - 30 fish 
13th   James Gilpin - 27 fish 
14th   Stuart Swales - 22 fish 
15th   Rob Taylor - 20 fish 
16th   Malcolm Pitman - 41 fish 
17th   James Moore - 21 fish 
18th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
19th   Dave Smith - 17 fish 
20th   Ben Laws - 15 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 16 fish 
22nd   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 20 fish 
24th   Mike Saunders - 14 fish 
25th   Steven Swales - 12 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 8 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
28th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​90 lb  5/16oz
63 lb 10/16oz
62 lb 14/16oz
62 lb  8/16oz
59 lb  8/16oz
59 lb  5/16oz
50 lb  7/16oz
49 lb 14/16oz
49 lb 00 oz
46 lb  1/16oz
36 lb 13/16oz
36 lb 12/16oz
34 lb  7/16oz
33 lb  7/16oz
32 lb 13/16oz
30 lb 14/16oz
26 lb  4/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
23 lb  3/16oz
23 lb  1/16oz
19 lb 15/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  2/16oz
14 lb 12/16oz
14 lb 10/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
26 lb 11/16oz
    12/16oz
     6/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
     3/16oz
8 lb 14/16oz
     9/16oz
    14/16oz
2 lb 15/16oz
9 lb  4/16oz
     1/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
    10/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
4 lb 10/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
     2/16oz
3 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
     1/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
     2/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
5 lb 10/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 13/16oz
Seasons total 712 fish for 1,009 lb 12 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Sun 19th Nov - 16 of 50 - Open match

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8am Sandsend beach 7 - 11 ft Northerly swell
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​Low water 10.22 hrs, 1.3 metres, 1022 mbar, 4°C

One hundred and nineteen senior, two junior anglers (sadly this year no ladies) were competing for the first place prize of £500 sponsored by Wilf Noble Construction and Plant Hire, Ruswarp in Whitby Sea Anglers Associations 38th Annual Open.

With a further £300 & £200 for second & third place prizes from Hook, Line & Sinker, Thompson’s Diggers, James ‘Jamsy’ Moore, Shell Fisherman & bait supplies.  Many thanks to our hostess Carla Smith, landlady of the Fleece, Church St. and her staff for their hospitality and hot food provided for all anglers.

Thanks also to Coso’s Tackle Supplies, Scarborough, Keith Sports, Saltburn & Halders Butchers.  Special Placed prizes included £50 17th place prize from Java Café, Heaviest Flat Fish £35 from Mick Beedle Construction, and £25 for last place from Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc.

Sea state was 7 - 11ft Northerly swell growing throughout the 6hr match, fished from 10am until 4pm.  There was plenty of colour in the water but a growing sea is far from ideal with many marks unfishable, and more became unfishable as the flood pushed in, anglers moved marks throughout the match.  NWesterly wind 18/22mph slowly swung further into the West and thankfully decreasing in speed.  Cloud cover was minimal, the bright sunshine did not help even for those on shaded marks.  Temperature in the lower single figures made for a cold days fishing, wind chill on wet hands.

Once fishing it was difficult to determine ‘low water’ as the swell sets were surging throughout the match.  Weed was a problem for many, not the quantity but for the hindrance, the extra drag it caused on lines pulling end tackle into snags.

Weigh Masters, James Gilpin, Bernard Vasey, and Chairman William Atkinson oversaw proceedings as James Hewitson kindly took photographs of the event, as only 30 successful anglers returned with fish.

In the Heaviest Fish Sweeps
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1st John Joe Horner 8 lb 03 oz spragg beating his brother
George Horner into 2nd place, who landed 6 lb 12 oz cod
Both winning £140 & £71 respectively.

Heaviest Flat Fish, sponsored by Mick Beedle Construction, was won by Paul Kilpatrick - 12 oz

The total weigh-in of 85 cod, 1 billet and 1 flat fish - 195 lb 15 oz giving a 2 lb 04 oz average fish weight.

After the anglers received their/chosen prizes, the table was reset with an enormous selection of raffle prizes from which I do not think anyone went home without something.  Many thanks to all our sponsors, if not already mentioned, and to all for competing and hopefully we will see you all next year.

Seniors results:-

​1st George Horner, Bridlington - 8 codlings
2nd Dave Turnball, Darlington - 7 codlings
3rd Rob Allison, Loftus - 5 codlings
4th Chris Scaife, Filey - 4 codlings
5th Chris France, Ravenscar - 6 c/lings, 1 billet
6th Paul Kilpatrick, Whitby - 4 codlings, 1 f/fish
7th Robert Gillings, Unknown - 5 codlings
8th Brad Chapman, Guisborough - 3 codlings
9th Richard Cope, Whitby - 3 codlings
10th John J Horner, Bridlington - 1 spragg
11th Stuart Lincoln, Whitby - 4 codlings
12th Mike Saunders, Guisborough - 3 codlings
13th Mike Vasey, Whitby - 3 codlings
14th Mark Smith, Redcar - 2 codlings
15th John Coussons, Whitby - 2 codlings
16th Andrew Cass, Sandsend - 3 codlings
17th Dan Green, Skelton - 3 codlings
18th Dave Ward, Guisborough - 1 codling
19th Denis Thompson, Lythe - 3 codlings
20th Rob Taylor, Whitby 1 codling
21st Colin Stainthorpe, Whitby - 2 codlings
22nd Dave Perrett, Whitby - 1 codling
23rd Mike Marshall, Sandsend - 1 codling
24th Neil Eglon, Whitby - 1 codling
25th Niki McCourt, Whitby - 1 codling
26th Sean Crowe, Scarborough - 1 codling
27th Daniel Smith, Whitby - 1 codling
28th Michael Winton, Redcar - 1 codling
​22 lb 01 oz
17 lb 02 oz
13 lb 02 oz
12 lb 11½ oz
12 lb 00 oz
11 lb 10½ oz
10 lb 00 oz
9 lb 09 oz
8 lb 07½ oz
8 lb 03 oz
7 lb 08 oz
6 lb 01½ oz
5 lb 09 oz
5 lb 01 oz
4 lb 15 oz
4 lb 11 oz
4 lb 09 oz
4 lb 00 oz
3 lb 07½ oz
2 lb 10½ oz
2 lb 07½  oz
2 lb 04 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 09 oz
1 lb 07½ oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 01 oz
Inc 6 lb 12 oz - 2nd HF

Inc 5 lb 12 oz


Inc 5 lb 13 oz


Inc 4 lb 03½ oz
Heaviest Fish - 8 lb 03 oz

Junior results
​1st Shae Smith, Redcar - 3 codlings
2nd Charlie Crow, Scarborough - 2 codlings
6 lb 15 oz
2 lb 05 oz

​A better stamp of fish now showing
1st - ​John Joe Horner
2nd - George Horner
3rd - Paul Kilpatrick
4th - Rob Allison
5th - Chris Scaife
6th - Brad Chapman
7th - Richard Cope
8th - Dave Ward
9th - Robert Gillings
10th - Shae Smith (Jnr)
​8 lb 03 oz
6 lb 12 oz
5 lb 13 oz
5 lb 12 oz
5 lb 09 oz
5 lb 06½ oz
4 lb 03½ oz
4 lb 00 oz
3 lb 10½ oz
3 lb 01 oz

​Lucky Ticket Draw (held while raffle prize table was set up)

1st £10 - Richard Deadman
2nd £5 - Bernard Vasey
3rd £5 raffle tickets - Malcolm Pitman

Members results 53 lb 02 oz (Av 2 lb 01 oz) 
​1st Rob Allison - 5 codlings
2nd Paul Kilpatrick - 4 codlings, 1 flat fish
3rd Mike Saunders - 3 codlings
4th Andrew Cass - 3 codlings
5th Dave Ward - 1 codling
6th Denis Thompson - 3 codlings
7th Rob Taylor - 1 codling
8th Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
9th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
10th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
11th Mike Winton - 1 codling
​13 lb 02 oz
11 lb 11 oz
6 lb 02 oz
4 lb 11 oz
4 lb 00 oz
3 lb 08 oz
2 lb 11 oz
2 lb 08 oz
2 lb 04 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 01 oz
Inc - 5 lb 12 oz
Heaviest Fish - 5 lb 13 oz


​One fish
Rob Allison won HBoFish
Paul Kilpatrick landed the HF 5 lb 13 oz
Splitting the WSAA prize fund 50/50 from 22 members fishing

​Leader board after 16 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 54 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 44 fish 
3rd   Andrew Cass - 34 fish 
4th   Paul Short - 48 fish 
5th   Dave Perrett - 42 fish 
6th   Bernard Vasey - 35 fish 
7th   Dave Ward - 46 fish 
8th   Colin Stainthorpe - 37 fish 
9th   Brian Harland - 35 fish 
10th   Paul Kilpatrick - 29 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 25 fish 
12th   Danny Middlemas - 30 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 21 fish 
14th   James Gilpin - 27 fish 
15th   Stuart Swales - 22 fish 
16th   Malcolm Pitman - 41 fish 
17th   James Moore - 21 fish 
18th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
19th   Dave Smith - 17 fish 
20th   Ben Laws - 15 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 17 fish 
22nd   Mike Saunders - 17 fish 
23rd   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
24th   Peter Horbury - 20 fish 
25th   Steven Swales - 12 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 8 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
28th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Mike Winton - 1 fish 
31st   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​93 lb 13/16oz
76 lb 00 oz
67 lb  3/16oz
63 lb 10/16oz
61 lb 12/16oz
59 lb  5/16oz
53 lb 14/16oz
51 lb  8/16oz
50 lb  7/16oz
48 lb  8/16oz
46 lb  1/16oz
36 lb 12/16oz
35 lb  8/16oz
34 lb  7/16oz
33 lb  7/16oz
30 lb 14/16oz
26 lb  4/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
23 lb  3/16oz
23 lb  1/16oz
21 lb  7/16oz
20 lb 14/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  2/16oz
14 lb 10/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference.
​17 lb 13/16oz
8 lb 13/16oz
3 lb  9/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
5 lb  7/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
9 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
2 lb  9/16oz
4 lb 10/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
     9/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
     1/16oz
3 lb  8/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
5 lb 10/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
3 lb  2/16oz
    11/16oz
​Seasons total 738 fish for 1,062 lb 14 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Wed 22nd Nov - 17 of 50

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Clean sweep for Bernard Vasey 13 lb 02 oz (7) Inc HF 3 lb 09 oz
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​High water 18.02 hrs, 5.3 metres, 978 mbar, 13°C

The weather is/was in turmoil, from icy Northerlies to mild 13°C SWesterlies.  There was still some long distance Northerly swell 1-2ft for Wednesday nights 3hr match.  It was strong enough to overcome the all ebb match with some believing the swell was growing despite the strong off-shore wind.  Water was thick with colour from recent heavy rain fall and Sundays 7-11ft N swell stirring up the seabed.

The wind was wicked, 33 mph SSW swinging SWesterly with gusts of 60mph, being off-shore the vortexes on the shoreline were strong and unpredictable.  One minute you were buffeted from the left, next the right, and got stronger as anglers followed the fast ebbing tide into the open.  Heavy cloud cover brought rain & lightning for ½hr at the match start.  It soon past with patches of clear sky, however it started to rain heavier shortly before the match ended at 22.00hrs.

The wild weather did not put members off, a good turnout of 22 fishing but with members being slow to return it turned out to be a very poor weigh-in with many top rods blanking.  Both Paul Kilpatrick & Dave Perrett reported catching undersized bass.  Man of the Match, veteran Bernard Vasey, his second win to date HBoF 13 lb 02 oz (7) had the HF of the night 3 lb 09 oz

Bernard had set the scales up in the shelter of the Fleece’s yard, and had to look twice at the scales & fish, as new member Mike Winton weighed a plump 1 lb 04 oz whiting, thinking it was a codling at first glance.  Colin Stainthorpe holds the current WSAA Record whiting 1 lb 12 oz caught on the 19th Feb 2014.

This Sunday 26th Nov is the Mick Hillaby Memorial open match
Fishing 10 am - 4pm
1st £400, 2nd £200, 3rd £100 - HBoF cod only match

Next Wednesday 29th Nov the Singles Semi Finals
James Gilpin - V - Paul Kilpatrick
Colin Stainthorpe - V - Dave Ward 

Results:- 24 fish - 30 lb 08 oz (Av 1 lb 04 oz) 16 codlings, 7 r/lings, 1 whiting

​1st Bernard Vasey - 6 codlings, 1 r/ling
2nd Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
3rd Niki McCourt -  codling, 1 r/ling
4th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling, 2 r/lings
5th = Dave Perrett - 1 codling
5th = Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling
7th Mike Winton - 1 whiting
8th Dave Ward - 1 codling
9th Peter Horbury - 1 codling
10th = Paul Short - 1 codling
10th = James Moore - 1 codling
10th = Brian Harland - 2 r/lings
13th Dave Smith - 1 rockling
​13 lb 02 oz
4 lb 08 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 13 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 01 oz
1 lb 00 oz
    15 oz
    15 oz
    15 oz
     04 oz
Heaviest Fish 3 lb 09 oz
Leader board after 17 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 54 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 44 fish 
3rd   Bernard Vasey - 42 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 34 fish 
5th   Paul Short - 49 fish 
6th   Dave Perrett - 43 fish 
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 39 fish 
8th   Dave Ward - 47 fish 
9th   Brian Harland - 37 fish 
10th   Paul Kilpatrick - 30 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 25 fish 
12th   Danny Middlemas - 33 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 21 fish 
14th   James Gilpin - 27 fish 
15th   Stuart Swales - 22 fish 
16th   Malcolm Pitman - 41 fish 
17th   James Moore - 22 fish 
18th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
19th   Dave Smith - 18 fish 
20th   Niki McCourt - 19 fish 
21st   Ben Laws - 15 fish 
22nd   Mike Saunders - 17 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 21 fish 
24th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
25th   Steven Swales - 12 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 8 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
28th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Mike Winton - 2 fish 
31st   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​93 lb 13/16oz
76 lb 00 oz
72 lb  7/16oz
67 lb  3/16oz
64 lb  9/16oz
63 lb  2/16oz
56 lb 00 oz
54 lb 15/16oz
51 lb  6/16oz
49 lb 14/16oz
46 lb  1/16oz
38 lb  9/16oz
35 lb  8/16oz
34 lb  7/16oz
33 lb  7/16oz
30 lb 14/16oz
27 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
23 lb  7/16oz
23 lb  6/16oz
23 lb  1/16oz
20 lb 14/16oz
19 lb  2/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb 10/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
17 lb 13/16oz
3 lb  9/16oz
5 lb  4/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
7 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
3 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
3 lb 13/16oz
7 lb  8/16oz
3 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
2 lb  9/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
    12/16oz
     1/16oz
     5/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
    15/16oz
3 lb  9/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
5 lb 10/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
​Seasons total 762 fish for 1,093 lb 06 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Sun 26th Nov - 18 of 50

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High water 08.50hrs brisk Sunday morning walk with Aussie

Weigh-in

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Bernard Vasey & Danny Middlemas studying the weigh-in slip
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Malcolm Pitman weighs-in 4 whitings, 4 flat fish
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Paul Kilpatrick - 5 lb 08 oz
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Ste Swales 5 lb 06 oz

Double figure bag & 1st win for Ben

​High water 21.00 hrs, 4.7 metres, 1014 mbar, 6°C

Sunday morning, bright, cold, frosty, high pressure dominating the weather, a growing NNWesterly swell 6-9ft with surfers gathering in Sandsend car park 9am.  Bitterly cold westerly wind which slowly shifted SSWesterly by the end of the 4hr evening match.  Water was thick with colour, it was also thick with weed, a hindrance for all, even on Whitby west pier.

Fishing 3hrs to the top of the tide, and an hour back 27 members joined many pleasure anglers already fishing.  Not in the anglers favour was the bright ½ moon, high in the evening sky, slowly shielded by high altitude cloud, and by the end of the match, heavy cloud brought rain/heavy drizzle.

With a thick soup of weed in the surf, rods were held high, not in a rod rest & no chance to bait up a second trace.  Concentration a must, dropping the rod tip for a bite resulted in picking up weed, and a lost fish.  Not a night to forget your gloves, removing weed from end tackle & replacing lost end tackle is not pleasant with cold ‘wild chilled’ numb fingers.

Bernard Vasey & Jason Ebison were very busy at the scales, for the 21 members returning weighed-in 51 codlings, 5 flat fish, 4 whitings, and 2 r/lings for 111 lb 06 oz (2nd best weigh-in this season) included 2 welcome ‘double figure’ bags.  The first from Man of the Match, Ben Laws, his 1st win, 6 codlings 19 lb 06 oz his two best fish 5 lb 02 oz & 4 lb 07½ oz.  Paul Kilpatrick, the other, 7 codlings 15 lb 02 oz inc. 5 lb 08 oz  HFish of the night Dave Hambley 6 lb 02 oz

Other better fish came from
Dave Smith 4 lb 14 oz
Steven Swales 5 lb 06 oz

Paul Short reported snapping a fish off mid match, only for Brian Harland to become entangled in Paul’s lost line.  Brian pulled in & retrieved the line, landing the attached codling 1 lb 04 oz.  This was added to his weigh-in, once Dave Perrett had been consulted.  All above board, the precedent set back in the 1980’s when Ian Russell did exactly the same.

Singles Semi Finals this Wednesday 29th Nov.

James Gilpin V Paul Kilpatrick
Colin Stainthorpe V Dave Ward

Thoughts turn to WSAA Christmas match Sunday 17th December, new & old members are reminded Rule 17, they need to have fished/paid for a minimum of 6 matches prior to this match.  Dues of £12 to Dave Perrett, weigh-in, followed by Christmas meal all held at The Stakesby Arms, where no one goes home empty handed.  Last match before the Christmas break is Wed 20th December.
 
Results:- 111 lb 06 oz (Av 1 lb 12 oz) - ​51 codlings, 5 flat fish, 4 whitings, and 2 r/lings
​1st Ben Laws - 6 codlings
2nd Paul Kilpatrick - 7 codlings
3rd Steven Swales - 4 codlings
4th Peter Horbury - 5 codlings
5th Dave Smith - 3 codlings
6th Dave Hambley - 1 codling - HFish
7th Danny Middlemas - 3 codlings
8th Dave Perrett - 4 codlings
9th Rob Taylor - 3 codlings
10th Rob Allison - 2 codlings
11th James Moore - 3 codlings
12th Paul Short - 2 codlings
13th Malcolm Pitman - 4 whitings, 4 flat fish
14th Denis Thompson - 1 codling
15th Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
16th Andrew Cass - 2 codlings, 1 r/ling
17th Dave Ward - 1 codling
18th Brian Harland - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
19th Richard Deadman - 1 codling
20th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
21st James Gilpin - 1 codling
​19 lb 06 oz
15 lb 02 oz
9 lb 06 oz
7 lb 07 oz
7 lb 05 oz
6 lb 02 oz
5 lb 10 oz
5 lb 00 oz
4 lb 13 oz
4 lb 09 oz
4 lb 05 oz
3 lb 07 oz
3 lb 04 oz
3 lb 00 oz
2 lb 05 oz
2 lb 03 oz
2 lb 01 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 03 oz
1 lb 01 oz
Inc 5 lb 02 oz & 4 lb 07½ oz
Inc 5 lb 08 oz
Inc 5 lb 06 oz

Inc 4 lb 14 oz
​Heaviest Fish
Leader board after 18 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 55 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 46 fish 
3rd   Bernard Vasey - 42 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 37 fish 
5th   Dave Perrett - 47 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 51 fish 
7th   Paul Kilpatrick - 37 fish 
8th   Colin Stainthorpe - 41 fish 
9th   Dave Ward - 48 fish 
10th   Brian Harland - 39 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 26 fish 
12th   Danny Middlemas - 36 fish 
13th   Ben Laws - 21 fish 
14th   Rob Taylor - 24 fish 
15th   James Gilpin - 28 fish 
16th   Malcolm Pitman - 49 fish 
17th   Stuart Swales - 22 fish 
18th   James Moore - 25 fish 
19th   Dave Smith - 21 fish 
20th   Peter Horbury - 26 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 20 fish 
22nd   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
23rd   Steven Swales - 16 fish 
24th   Mike Saunders - 17 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 9 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
28th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Mike Winton - 2 fish 
31st   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
96 lb 13/16oz
80 lb  9/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
69 lb  6/16oz
68 lb  2/16oz
68 lb 00 oz
65 lb 00 oz
58 lb  5/16oz
57 lb 00 oz
53 lb  5/16oz
52 lb  3/16oz
44 lb  3/16oz
42 lb  7/16oz
40 lb  5/16oz
35 lb  8/16oz
34 lb  2/16oz
33 lb  7/16oz
31 lb  8/16oz
30 lb 12/16oz
26 lb  9/16oz
24 lb  9/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
24 lb 00 oz
20 lb 14/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
13 lb 12/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
16 lb  4/16oz
8 lb  2/16oz
3 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
     2/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
6 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
8 lb 00 oz
1 lb 12/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
4 lb 13/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
    11/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
    12/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb 00 oz
     6/16oz
     3/16oz
3 lb  2/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
7 lb  8/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
Seasons total 825 fish for 1,204 lb 12 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Wed 29th Nov - 19 of 50

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Ste Swales clinches HF sweep

PictureSte Swales - 8 lb 09 oz
​Low water 18.30 hrs, 2.3 metres, 1013 mbar, 3°C

Winter has arrived, high pressure to the NW of Scotland and a low pressure over Denmark made for 8-13ft NWesterly swell.  Snow, sleet and hail showers had been falling all day.  NNWesterly winds 24 - 32mph battered the coast line.  Temperatures barely above 0°C made for a cold nights fishing.

Disheartening when you watch 3 rods pulling fish, after fish, out of a mark, before 7pm that we had intended to fish having arrived in plenty of time.  The straw that broke the camel’s back for me, I said it last night, my last season.  Dave Perrett was only commenting the same on Sunday night, "why go fishing on a Sunday or Wednesday night, there are other days of the week lol."  As we got pushed off, 1 of said anglers fished at the 'cut off' and a large pieces of cliff fell, making said angler run for safety.  Speaking to Bernard, he recounted having never seen anyone fish there, it's dangerous.

Clear skies, a bright ¾ moon was quickly was shielded by clouds followed by rain, inclement.  Swell sets were regular, plenty of colour, no reported weed problems.  Brian Harland reported losing a good fish on a snapped snood trying to play the fish over a shale reef.

Of the 23 members fishing 17 weighed-in 24 codlings, 3 billets, and 2 r/lings.  Very well done to Ste Swales HBoFish, HF of the night sweep, and HF of the month, a fine red spragg of 8 lb 09 oz

In the only Singles K/Out:-

Colin Stainthorpe 4 lb 05 oz (3) beat Dave Ward 14 oz (1)
Paul Kilpatrick V James Gilpin

Denis Thompson took HBoF sweep 5th Nov 20 lb 02 oz

That concludes November’s fishing:-
278 cod, 42 whitings, 36 rockling, 13 billets, 13 flat fish,
4 wrasse - 388 fish, 585 lb 00 oz

Results:- 24 fish - 49 lb 02 oz (Av 1 lb 10 oz)

​1st Steven Swales - 1 spragg
2nd Brian Harland - 3 codlings
3rd Colin Stainthorpe - 3 codlings
4th Ben Laws - 3 codlings
5th Rob Allison - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
6th Niki McCourt - 2 codlings
7th Richard Deadman - 2 codlings
8th Dave Smith - 2 codlings
9th Stuart Swales - 2 codlings
10th Paul Short - 1 codling, 2 r/lings
11th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
12th Bernard Vasey - 1 codling
13th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
14th Andrew Cass - 1 billet
15th James Moore - 1 codling
16th Dave Ward - 1 billet
17th Peter Horbury - 1 billet
​8 lb 09 oz
7 lb 06 oz
4 lb 05 oz
4 lb 04 oz
3 lb 04 oz
3 lb 02 oz
2 lb 10 oz
2 lb 09 oz
2 lb 06 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 09 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 03 oz
    14 oz
    12 oz
Heaviest Fish of the night & month!!
Leader board after 19 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 55 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 48 fish 
3rd   Bernard Vasey - 43 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 38 fish 
5th   Dave Perrett - 48 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 54 fish 
7th   Paul Kilpatrick - 37 fish 
8th   Colin Stainthorpe - 44 fish 
9th   Brian Harland - 42 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 49 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 26 fish 
12th   Ben Laws - 24 fish 
13th   Danny Middlemas - 37 fish 
14th   Rob Taylor - 24 fish 
15th   Stuart Swales - 24 fish 
16th   James Gilpin - 28 fish 
17th   Malcolm Pitman - 49 fish 
18th   Dave Smith - 23 fish 
19th   James Moore - 26 fish 
20th   Steven Swales - 17 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 22 fish 
22nd   Peter Horbury - 27 fish 
23rd   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
24th   Mike Saunders - 17 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 11 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
28th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Mike Winton - 2 fish 
31st   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​96 lb 13/16oz
83 lb 13/16oz
74 lb 00 oz
70 lb 12/16oz
69 lb 13/16oz
69 lb 12/16oz
65 lb 00 oz
62 lb 10/16oz
60 lb 11/16oz
57 lb 14/16oz
52 lb  3/16oz
46 lb 11/16oz
45 lb 11/16oz
40 lb  5/16oz
35 lb 13/16oz
35 lb  8/16oz
34 lb  2/16oz
33 lb  5/16oz
32 lb 11/16oz
32 lb  9/16oz
27 lb 11/16oz
27 lb  5/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
20 lb 14/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
16 lb  6/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
​13 lb 00 oz
9 lb 13/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
    15/16oz
     1/16oz
4 lb 12/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
5 lb 11/16oz
5 lb  8/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
5 lb  6/16oz
4 lb  8/16oz
     5/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
    13/16oz
    10/16oz
     2/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
     6/16oz
3 lb  2/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
10 lb  2/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
Seasons total 855 fish for 1,253 lb 14 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)
Stats and match by match winners for November 2017
November's sweeps
Heaviest Fish - Ste Swales
Heaviest Bag of Fish - Denis Thompson

8 lb 09 oz - Wed 29th Nov 2017
20 lb 02 oz - Sun 5th Nov 2017

November
Wed 1st
Sun 5th
Wed 8th
Sun 12th
Wed 15th
Sun 19th
Wed 22nd
Sun 26th
Wed 29th
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​Wed 1st
Sun 5th
Wed 8th
Sun 12th
Wed 15th
Sun 19th
Wed 22nd
Sun 26th
Wed 29th
Heaviest Fish
Denis Thompson
Denis Thompson
Andrew Cass
Richard Deadman
Paul Short
Paul Kilpatrick
Bernard Vasey
Dave Hambley
Ste Swales
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Heaviest Bag of Fish
Denis Thompson (4)
Denis Thompson (9)
Malcolm Pitman (16)
Andrew Cass (4)
Colin Stainthorpe (4)
Rob Allison (5)
Bernard Vasey (7)
Ben Laws (6)
Ste Swales​ (1)
Weight
7 lb 09½ oz
5 lb 00½ oz
3 lb 07 oz
5 lb 00 oz
2 lb 09½ oz
5 lb 13 oz
3 lb 09 oz
6 lb 02 oz
8 lb 09 oz


​12 lb 05 oz
22 lb 02 oz
12 lb 15 oz
14 lb 11 oz
5 lb 11 oz
13 lb 02 oz
13 lb 02 oz
19 lb 06 oz
8 lb 09 oz
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 No. Fish
33
59
64
43
39
26
24
63
30
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388 fish
Weight
46 lb 06 oz
109 lb 09 oz
55 lb 08 oz
79 lb 03 oz
50 lb 04 oz
53 lb 02 oz
30 lb 08 oz
111 lb 06 oz
49 lb 12 oz
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585 lb 00 oz
Catch for November
388​ fish for 585 lb 00 oz - Av 1 lb 08 oz
278 cod, 42 whitings, 36 rockling, 13 billets, 13 flat fish, 4 wrasse

December 2017

Sun 3rd Dec - 20 of 50 - Cloughton Open

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↓ - Come high water 3 - 5 ft Northerly swell - ↓
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Low water 21.46 hrs, 1.0 metres, 1029 mbar, 3°C

High pressure again dominating the weather, bright sunshine during the day, temperatures in single figures, a chilly day for those fishing Cloughton’s Open.  Sea state, Northerly with plenty of colour, had been growing all day.  By HW at 15.30 hrs it was 3-5ft.  NNWesterly wind 12 mph, no cloud cover to shield December’s ‘super moon’ which had risen at 16.13 hrs, rising to 59° above the horizon, and it was ‘bright’.

Largest ebb of the month, and marks emptied very fast, members following onto open scaurs.  Fish & end tackle retrieval got harder as thick kelp beds drained off.  Swell strength had dropped off with the ebb.  Masses of now rotting seaweed littered the high water line at RHB, Runswick & even Whitby’s beaches.  Mumblings of “Too many Northerlies now”, with members saying ‘enough’, the fish are full of feed and just playing with baits.

Members were slow to the first weigh-in of December, of the 25 members fishing 19 weighed in 54 fish for 90 lb 11 oz catching 52 codlings, 1 billet & a r/ling  Leaving it late, Paul Kilpatrick took Man of the Match, his first match win - 8 codlings - 12 lb 12 oz the only double figure bag.  Brian Harland, was close - 5 codlings - 9 lb 14 oz.

HFish of the night Rob Allison - 5 lb 03½ oz.  Rob had been fishing the Cloughton Open {HF match} came 6th - 4 lb 11 oz & 19th - 3 lb 01 oz.  The match won by R Quinn 8 lb 11 oz

Rob’s fish 4 lb 11 oz is the first fish to be recorded for The David “Sten” Stonehouse Memorial Sandsend Trophy - Heaviest Fish out of Competition.

Paul & Rob have set the bar for December’s HBoF & HF Sweeps, with just 5 matches left before the Christmas break.

Singles K/Out

Paul Kilpatrick 12 lb 12 oz (8) beat James Gilpin 3 lb 06 oz (2)

Final to be fished Wed 20th Dec

Colin Stainthorpe V Paul Kilpatrick

Doubles K/Out Final on Wednesday 6th December

Andrew Cass & Paul Short
- V - 
Colin Stainthorpe & Chris McCarthy

Paul Kilpatrick has jumped from 7th to 3rd on the Leader Board.
Rob Allison now trailing 6 lb 10 oz to leader Denis Thompson.
Denis has not weighed-in in the last 2 matches.

Q? Who will reach 100 lb first Denis or Rob?

Results:- 90 lb 11 oz (Av 1 lb 11 oz)

​1st Paul Kilpatrick - 8 codlings
2nd Brian Harland - 5 codlings
3rd Rob Taylor - 6 codlings
4th Colin Stainthorpe - 4 codlings
5th Dave Hambley - 4 codlings
6th Paul Short - 2 codlings
7th Rob Allison - 2 codlings
8th Dave Ward - 3 codlings
9th Danny Middlemas - 2 codlings
10th Andrew Cass - 2 codlings, 1 r/ling
11th = James Gilpin - 2 codlings
11th = Niki McCourt - 2 codlings
13th James Moore - 2 codlings
14th Dave Smith - 2 codlings
15th Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
16th Stuart Swales - 1 codling
17th Dave Perrett - 1 codling, 1 billet
18th Mike Saunders - 1 codling
19th Peter Horbury - 1 codling
​12 lb 12 oz
9 lb 14 oz
7 lb 10 oz
7 lb 05 oz
6 lb 11 oz
6 lb 08 oz
6 lb 06 oz
5 lb 15 oz
3 lb 10 oz
3 lb 07 oz
3 lb 06 oz
3 lb 06 oz
2 lb 09 oz
2 lb 07 oz
2 lb 06 oz
2 lb 00 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 03 oz





In 4 lb 06 oz
Heaviest Fish - 5 lb 03½ oz
Inc 3 lb 01½ oz


​Inc 2 lb 01 oz
Leader board after 20 of 50 matches.
​1st   Denis Thompson - 55 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 50 fish 
3rd   Paul Kilpatrick - 45 fish 
4th   Bernard Vasey - 45 fish 
5th   Paul Short - 56 fish 
6th   Andrew Cass - 41 fish 
7th   Dave Perrett - 50 fish 
8th   Brian Harland - 47 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 48 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 52 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 30 fish 
12th   Danny Middlemas - 39 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 30 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 24 fish 
15th   James Gilpin - 30 fish 
16th   Stuart Swales - 25 fish 
17th   Dave Smith - 25 fish 
18th   James Moore - 28 fish 
19th   Malcolm Pitman - 49 fish 
20th   Steven Swales - 17 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 24 fish 
22nd   Peter Horbury - 28 fish 
23rd   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
24th   Mike Saunders - 18 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 11 fish 
27th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
28th   Jason Ebison - 2 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Mike Winton - 2 fish 
31st   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​96 lb 13/16oz
90 lb  3/16oz
77 lb 12/16oz
76 lb  6/16oz
76 lb  4/16oz
74 lb  3/16oz
71 lb 11/16oz
70 lb  9/16oz
69 lb 15/16oz
63 lb 13/16oz
58 lb 14/16oz
49 lb  5/16oz
47 lb 15/16oz
46 lb 11/16oz
38 lb 14/16oz
37 lb 13/16oz
35 lb 12/16oz
35 lb  4/16oz
34 lb  2/16oz
32 lb  9/16oz
31 lb  1/16oz
28 lb  8/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
22 lb  4/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
16 lb  6/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
6 lb 10/16oz
12 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
     2/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
2 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    10/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
4 lb 15/16oz
9 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
7 lb 13/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     8/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
4 lb  5/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
10 lb  2/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
Seasons total 909 fish for 1,344 lb 09 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 6th Dec - 21 of 50 - Doubles Knockout Final

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3pm Sandsend beach

During the day Aussie & I went for a walk with the camera down Robin Hood's Bay, we found a salmon en-route.
Top right, all that is left of Sarb J
​Bottom right, a ships boiler
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All smiles James 'Jamsy' Moore HF winner 2 lb 10½ oz
PictureJamsy 2 lb 10½ oz
​High water 17.45 hrs, 5.8 metres, 1008 mbar, 10°C

Storm Caroline, low pressure (anticlockwise), inbound from the west of Ireland, increasing SSWesterly winds gave members a good battering in the 3hr evening match.  Speeds in excess of 30 mph with gusts forecast to top 50 mph.  Heavy cloud cover soon past, and a bright ¾ moon broke through.  Fishing an all ebb match, starting 1¼ hrs after HW, sea state long distance growing Northerly swell with colour.

Chasing a fast ebbing tide the wind got fiercer once away from the shelter of the shoreline, blowing bags, tripods & rods away or over.  Jason Ebison reported nearly losing his rod on a pier to a gust of wind as he prepared a second rig.  Paul Kilpatrick lost a bag/wrap of fresh worm, thankfully near the end of the match.  Disappointment for many, the weigh-in was poor for the 28 members fishing of whom only 16 graced the scales with 36 assorted fish.  18 codlings, 12 w/tings, 4 r/lings and 2 flat fish.

Man of the match, Andrew Cass, caught both his codlings in the last ½hr on worm & mussel.  Past me earlier in the match and said he was going to whinge one out, lol.  His HF 2 lb 09½ oz was beaten by James ‘Jamsy’ Moore 2 lb 10½ oz for HF of the match.  Peter Horbury reported landing a 35cm bass (lip hooked & returned) in the first hour after landing his only codling on the second cast.  Bite detection was seriously impaired by the wind, no reports of weed.

The Doubles Knockout Final was fished, Andrew Cass & Paul Short crowned champions beating Colin Stainthorpe & Chris McCarthy.  7 lb 12 oz (6) - V - 1 lb 02 oz (1)

WSAA welcomes new member Norman Middlemas who got himself onto the Leader Board on his first match.

Treasurer Dave Perrett is taking match entry fees £12 for the Christmas match Sunday 17th December, fishing 2 - 7pm weigh-in and Christmas meal at the Stakesby Arms.

Looking at the 'fish count', and Paul Short is leading with 60, and Jason Ebison has the best average fish at 2 lb 03 oz

Results:- 36 fish - 43 lb 03 oz (Av 1 lb 03 oz)

​1st Andrew Cass - 2 codlings
2nd Rob Taylor - 3 codlings, 1 r/ling
3rd James Moore - 3 w/tings, 1 codling
4th Dave Perrett - 3 codlings
5th Dave Ward - 2 w/tings, 1 codling
6th Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling, 1 flat fish
7th Rob Allison - 2 codlings
8th Paul Short - 3 r/lings, 1 codling
9th Mike Saunders - 3 w/tings
10th = Peter Horbury - 1 codling
10th = Brian Harland - 1codling, 1 w/ting 
12th Dave Hambley - 1 codling
13th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
14th Danny Middlemas - 1 flat fish, 1 w/ting
15th Norman Middlemas - 1 w/ting
16th Jason Ebison - 1 w/ting
​4 lb 15 oz
4 lb 12 oz
4 lb 07 oz
4 lb 03 oz
3 lb 14 oz
3 lb 03 oz
3 lb 01 oz
2 lb 13 oz
2 lb 05 oz
2 lb 04 oz
2 lb 04 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 02 oz
1 lb 01 oz
    14 oz
     7 oz
Inc 2 lb 09½ oz

Heaviest Fish 2 lb 10½ oz






One fish
​Inc 1 lb 13 oz
Leader board after 21 of 50 matches

​​1st   Denis Thompson - 55 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 52 fish 
3rd   Paul Kilpatrick - 47 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 43 fish 
5th   Paul Short - 60 fish 
6th   Bernard Vasey - 45 fish 
7th   Dave Perrett - 53 fish 
8th   Brian Harland - 49 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 49 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 55 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 31 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 34 fish 
13th   Danny Middlemas - 41 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 24 fish 
15th   James Moore - 32 fish 
16th   James Gilpin - 30 fish 
17th   Stuart Swales - 25 fish 
18th   Dave Smith - 25 fish 
19th   Malcolm Pitman - 49 fish 
20th   Steven Swales - 17 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 24 fish 
22nd   Peter Horbury - 29 fish 
23rd   Mike Saunders - 21 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 11 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 3 fish 
28th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Mike Winton - 2 fish 
31st   Norman Middlemas - 1 fish 
32nd   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 

​96 lb 13/16oz
93 lb  4/16oz
80 lb 15/16oz
79 lb  2/16oz
79 lb  1/16oz
76 lb  6/16oz
75 lb 14/16oz
72 lb 13/16oz
71 lb  1/16oz
67 lb 11/16oz
60 lb  8/16oz
52 lb 11/16oz
50 lb  6/16oz
46 lb 11/16oz
39 lb 11/16oz
38 lb 14/16oz
37 lb 13/16oz
35 lb 12/16oz
34 lb  2/16oz
32 lb  9/16oz
31 lb  1/16oz
30 lb 12/16oz
24 lb  9/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
16 lb  6/16oz
6 lb  9/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
    14/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference

3 lb  9/16oz
12 lb  5/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
     1/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
7 lb  3/16oz
7 lb 13/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
7 lb 00 oz
    13/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
     5/16oz
6 lb  3/16oz
     6/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
1 lb 13/16oz
9 lb 13/16oz
     5/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
     8/16oz
​Av. Fish weight
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
    11/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
    14/16oz
     6/16oz





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Leader
Seasons total 945 fish for 1,387 lb 12 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Sun 10th Dec - 22 of 50

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↓ - Saltwick beach high water morning walk with Aussie to fog horn & lighthouse - ↓
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​High water 21.31 hrs, 5.1 metres, 984 mbar, 0°C

Low pressure 984mb and the weather has turned yet again, as it should be for December, wintery.  With the temperature hardly above 0°C, the only thing missing on the NE coast was snow.  Further inland snow was in abundance.  NEasterly wind 20mph, the wind chill effect made it extremely cold on wet fingers baiting up, heavy cloud cover brought some snow flurries.

NEasterly swell 6 - 10ft, for the all flood match, far from ideal, limiting marks.  Piers, cliffs and some sheltered beaches were marks of choice but heavy surging made some unfishable for periods of the 4hr match.  Bigger fish do not come in to feed when it is so heavy, don’t like to be buffeted and thrown about in the surf.  Reflected in the weigh-in Av 1 lb 10 oz

Last to the scales Mike Saunders, Man of the match, his first match win.  Mike also landed the HF 6 lb 02½ oz and now leads in the HF Monthly Sweep.  Mike reported starting 20/25 minutes late, and due to the ‘conditions’ had ‘pre baited’ rigs at home which paid off.  Mike landed the 6 lb 02½ oz fish on his first cast, less than 5 mins in the water he was reeling it in.  Mike reported losing a fish of similar size the next cast, twisting itself off the hook as he lifted it.

A steady flow of 18 successful members from 24 fishing, weighing-in 26 codlings, 1 billet, 1 r/ling, kept Bernard, James & Jason busy.  Brian Harland, up until Mike arrived at the scales, had held the HF 3 lb 15 oz of the night.  Bernard Vasey recorded a flounder of 1 lb 02 oz.  Paul Kilpatrick currently holds the WSAA Record flounder 2 lb 03 oz which Paul recorded 25th February 1976.

Results:- 47 lb 09 oz (Av 1 lb 10 oz)
​1st Mike Saunders - 2 codlings
2nd James Moore - 4 codlings
3rd Brian Harland - 1 codling
4th Dave Hambley - 2 codlings
5th Jason Ebison - 3 codlings
6th Bernard Vasey - 1 codling, 1 flounder
7th Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling
8th Peter Horbury - 2 codlings
9th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
10th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
11th Dave Ward - 2 codlings
12th Steven Swales - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
13th Richard Deadman - 1 codling
14th James Gilpin - 1 codling
15th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
16th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
17th Stuart Swales - 1 codling
18th Norman Middlemas - 1 billet
8 lb 13 oz
5 lb 10 oz
3 lb 15 oz
3 lb 08 oz
3 lb 06 oz
2 lb 15 oz
2 lb 07 oz
2 lb 04 oz
2 lb 01 oz
2 lb 00 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 02 oz
1 lb 01 oz
    15 oz
    14 oz
HF 6 lb 02½ oz

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​Flounder 1 lb 02 oz - WSAA Records
Leader board after 22 of 50 matches

​1st   Denis Thompson - 55 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 52 fish 
3rd   Paul Kilpatrick - 48 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 44 fish 
5th   Bernard Vasey - 47 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 60 fish 
7th   Dave Perrett - 54 fish 
8th   Brian Harland - 50 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 49 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 57 fish 

11th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 34 fish 
13th   Danny Middlemas - 42 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 24 fish 
15th   James Moore - 36 fish 
16th   James Gilpin - 31 fish 
17th   Stuart Swales - 26 fish 
18th   Dave Smith - 25 fish 
19th   Steven Swales - 19 fish 
20th   Malcolm Pitman - 49 fish 
21st   Mike Saunders - 23 fish 
22nd   Niki McCourt - 25 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 31 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 12 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 6 fish 
28th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Mike Winton - 2 fish 
31st   Norman Middlemas - 2 fish 
32nd   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish ​
Totals
​96 lb 13/16oz
93 lb  4/16oz
83 lb  6/16oz
80 lb  4/16oz
79 lb  5/16oz
79 lb  1/16oz
76 lb 15/16oz
76 lb 12/16oz
71 lb  1/16oz
69 lb 10/16oz

64 lb 00 oz
52 lb 11/16oz
52 lb  6/16oz
46 lb 11/16oz
45 lb  5/16oz
40 lb  3/16oz
38 lb 12/16oz
35 lb 12/16oz
34 lb  5/16oz
34 lb  2/16oz
33 lb  6/16oz
33 lb  2/16oz
33 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
9 lb 15/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
     6/16oz

​Difference
3 lb  9/16oz
9 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  2/16oz
    15/16oz
     4/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
     3/16oz
5 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
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5 lb 10/16oz
11 lb  5/16oz
     5/16oz
5 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
5 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
1 lb  7/16oz
     3/16oz
    12/16oz
     4/16oz
     2/16oz
8 lb 13/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
     3/16oz
8 lb  1/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
Av
​1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
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1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
    11/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
    14/16oz
     6/16oz
Seasons total 974 fish for 1,435 lb 05 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 13th Dec - 23 of 50

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12.39hrs High water heavy rain with an icy centre, even Aussie turned around once we reach Raithwaite beck.
​Low water 18.51 hrs, 2.3 metres, 985 mbar, -1°C

The low pressure cold snap continued, sadly no snow, just heavy rain showers during the day which soon passed to reveal clear skies.  Anglers enjoyed a Geminid meteor shower display until high altitude cloud moved in 21.00hrs.  Sea state flat calm, save 1ft close to shore swell, little to no colour, made for a scratching match.  All flood match on a very slack tide, members were spread far & wide in search of a weigh-in, some reported not having a bite all night, others reported just catching undersized billets.

Thankfully the Westerly wind did not reach the forecasted speeds, however it still cut you in two, icy cold 0°C at the start of the 3hr match, dropped to -1°C by 22.00hrs.  Felt more like -5°C on the hands, feet and nose.  Some fishing on the west pier facing directly into the westerly wind gave up as it was so cold & returned to the comfort of ‘sofa hole’.

Members were very slow to the weigh-in, and soon made off into the Fleece for hot soup, crusty bread, & the warmth of a traditional open fire.  In total 24 assorted fish were weighed-in from 11 of the 24 fishing.  In total 7 codlings, 12 whitings, 2 billets, 2 r/lings and a flat fish - 19 lb 09 oz - Av 13 oz - the worst weigh-in this season by far.

Man of the Match, with his second win Colin Stainthorpe, 4 mops for 4 lb 09 oz.  Paul Kilpatrick weighed the HF 1 lb 08 oz.  Rob Taylor weighed a large rockling 13 oz, not quite 1 lb 08 oz recorded by Dave Cass 16th Jan 1985.

Sunday 17th Dec WSAA annual Christmas match, members fishing 2pm - 7pm weigh-in Stakesby Arms 7pm - 8pm followed by a Christmas carvery, and presentation.  No one goes home empty handed.

Wed 20th last match before the Christmas break. Singles Final Paul Kilpatrick - V - Colin Stainthorpe.

Top tip - when on rock armour, don’t drop your fish!

Results:- 24 fish - 19 lb 09 oz (Av 0 lb 13 oz)
​1st Colin Stainthorpe - 4 codlings
2nd Brian Harland - 5 whitings
3rd Mike Saunders - 3 whitings
4th Malcolm Pitman - 2 whitings, 1 flat fish
5th = Dave Perrett - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
5th = Rob Taylor - 1 billet, 1 r/ling
7th Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling {HF}
8th Paul Short - 1 codling
9th James Moore - 1 billet
10th Jason Ebison - 1 whiting
11th Danny Middlemas - 1 whiting
4 lb 09 oz
3 lb 06 oz
2 lb 02 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb  8 oz
    15 oz
    14 oz
    10 oz
     9 oz





13 oz rockling
​Heaviest Fish of the match
Leader board after 23 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 55 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 52 fish 
3rd   Paul Kilpatrick - 49 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 44 fish 
5th   Brian Harland - 55 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 61 fish 
7th   Bernard Vasey - 47 fish 
8th   Dave Perrett - 56 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 53 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 57 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 36 fish 
13th   Danny Middlemas - 43 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 24 fish 
15th   James Moore - 37 fish 
16th   James Gilpin - 31 fish 
17th   Stuart Swales - 26 fish 
18th   Malcolm Pitman - 52 fish 
19th   Dave Smith - 25 fish 
20th   Mike Saunders - 26 fish 
21st   Steven Swales - 19 fish 
22nd   Niki McCourt - 25 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 31 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 12 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 7 fish 
28th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
29th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
30th   Mike Winton - 2 fish 
31st   Norman Middlemas - 2 fish 
32nd   Keeley Fairbanks - 1 fish 
​96 lb 13/16oz
93 lb  4/16oz
84 lb 14/16oz
80 lb  4/16oz
80 lb  2/16oz
80 lb 00 oz
79 lb  5/16oz
78 lb  9/16oz
75 lb 10/16oz
69 lb 10/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
54 lb  5/16oz
52 lb 15/16oz
46 lb 11/16oz
46 lb  3/16oz
40 lb  3/16oz
38 lb 12/16oz
35 lb 14/16oz
35 lb 12/16oz
35 lb  8/16oz
34 lb  5/16oz
33 lb  2/16oz
33 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
10 lb  9/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
     6/16oz
Difference
3 lb  9/16oz
8 lb  6/16oz
4 lb 10/16oz
     2/16oz
     2/16oz
    11/16oz
    12/16oz
2 lb 15/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
5 lb 10/16oz
9 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
     8/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
1 lb  7/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
     2/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
     2/16oz
8 lb 13/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
     3/16oz
7 lb  7/16oz
4 lb  5/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
Seasons total 998 fish for 1,454 lb 14 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Sun 17th Dec - 24 of 50 - Christmas match

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13.00 hrs Sandsend beach

Eight is the winning number for Keeley & Rob

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↑ - Keeley Fairbanks - HF winner 8 lb 07½ oz
↓ - Receiving the Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy from       Malcolm Pitman & Richard Deadman
↑ - Christmas match winner Rob Allison (8) 12 lb 13 oz
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↓ - receiving £50 & trophy from Malcolm Pitman
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↓ - Malcolm Pitman presents Denis Thompson £30 & Keeley Fairbanks £20 for 2nd & 3rd respectively - ↓
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​High water 15.31 hrs, 5.4 metres, 1020 mbar, 7°C

Sunday, members festive Christmas match, fishing 2 - 7pm, weigh-in by 8pm at The Stakesby Arms, followed by a Christmas carvery, and presentation.  The match kindly sponsored by members Malcolm & Paula Pitman of Hook, Line & Sinker, Church St. Whitby.

Sea state had dropped away NEasterly 3ft, flattened by the SWesterly winds, moving further into the West by late afternoon.  Wind speeds of 22mph gusting to 35mph.  Finding a sheltered mark over HW, and in daylight was not easy.  Recent heavy seas have deposited masses of weed, all refloated at HW.  Midday heavy rain soon past, as did the cloud cover, and the temperature dropped once the sun set, not as cold as Wednesday night.

£100 sponsorship, split £50, £30, £20 for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places, thereafter a pick of the prize table laid on by Treasurer Dave Perrett.  Fishing for two trophies, the WSAA Christmas Match Trophy & the Michael Deadman Memorial Trophy.  The latter awarded to the member who weighs the Heaviest Single fish, donated by Richard Deadman in 2016, in memory of his father Michael Deadman.  The WSAA Christmas match Trophy, a trophy originally donated to the Whitby Coarse Fishing Club by Ray Hardwick, of the Royal Hotel, in 1970.  The coarse fishing club folded, and the trophy was then donated to WSAA by Dave Smith and renamed.

At the scales Bernard Vasey was in festive mood wearing a Santa hat, tripod bedecked with tinsel.  Of the 31 entered only 17 managed a weigh-in of assorted fish 25 codlings, 9 r/lings, 9 flat fish & 9 whitings.  Rob Allison, won the coveted Christmas Match Trophy, 7 codlings & a r/ling 12 lb 13 oz - the only double figure bag.  Rob last won the Christmas match in 2015.  Consequently on the Leader Board, both Rob & Denis Thompson have past the 100 lb marker, with Rob now trailing Denis by only 11 oz.  Rob also pips Paul Kilpatrick, by 1 oz into HBoFish Monthly Sweep leader.  Malcolm Pitman was on hand to present the trophies & prizes.

Members were overjoyed with praise to Keeley Fairbanks who landed the Heaviest Fish, a fine spragg 8 lb 07½ oz, finishing 3rd overall.  Keeley’s partner Richard Deadman reported she played the fish to the bottom of the cliff, but neither could lift it despite their best efforts.  Time was now 18.30 hrs, Richard decided he ‘had’ to get on to the scaurs below if they had any chance of landing this fish.  He packed up their gear, loaded it into the van, leaving Keeley on the cliff mark to maintain tension on the rod & line whilst he drove to gain access to the scaurs.  Once under their fishing position it was no easy task to reach the line, but lady luck was on their side and a wave pushed the fish, and line within his grasp.  Unclipping the trace, and seeing the fish for the first time he was now under pressure to get it, Keeley & himself to the weigh-in before 8pm.  Well done Keeley.

After the 17 successful anglers had had the pick of the prize table, the remaining anglers’ names were pulled from a hat for their choice of the prizes.  Members also received a scratch card as they chose their prize.  Before the raffle, both Peter Horbury & Dave Perrett received gift bags in recognition of their work from WSAA members.  Members received a Christmas cracker with their meal, inside which, Dave Perrett had placed a raffle ticket.  Colin Stainthorpe, won the main raffle prize, a Christmas cake made by Rob Allison’s mother.

Many thanks to Tracey, landlady of The Stakesby Arms, and her staff who, again as last year, laid on an excellent carvery and hospitality for WSAA members.  Many thanks to Bernard Vasey & Dave Perrett for helping with proceedings.

Colin Stainthorpe & Paul Kilpatrick arranged to fish the Singles Knockout Final during the Christmas match.  Congratulations to Colin who is (again) crowned Singles K/O Champion, having also been last years Champion.
Colin Stainthorpe 5 lb 01 oz (4) - V - Paul Kilpatrick 10 oz (1)

Correction - at the presentation, Keeley’s fish was thought to the HF this season.  Ste Swales leads 8 lb 09 oz Wed 29th Nov 17.

On Saturday night Bernard Vasey weighed a fish ‘Out of Competition’ 5 lb 11½ oz, setting the bench mark.

Results:- 62 lb 08 oz (Av 1 lb 03 oz)
​1st Rob Allison - 7 codlings, 1 r/ling
2nd Denis Thompson - 6 codlings
3rd Keeley Fairbanks - 1 spragg, 1 r/ling
4th Malcolm Pitman - 9 flat fish, 3 whitings
5th Andrew Cass - 4 codlings
6th Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings, 1 r/ling
7th = James Gilpin - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
7th = Brian Harland - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
9th Ben Laws - 1 codling
10th Mike Winton - 2 whitings
11th = James Moore - 2 whitings
11th = Jason Ebison - 1 codling
13th Stuart Swales - 2 r/lings
14th Dave Ward - 1 codling
15th Mike Saunders - 1 whiting
16th Paul Kilpatrick - 1 whiting
17th Paul Short - 2 r/lings
​12 lb 13 oz
9 lb 15 oz
9 lb 02 oz
5 lb 08 oz
5 lb 05 oz
5 lb 01 oz
2 lb 05 oz
2 lb 05 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 00 oz
    15 oz
    12 oz
    10 oz
     9 oz
​For those who did not weigh-in, names drawn from a hat
​18th Dave Hambley
19th Dave Smith
20th Niki McCourt
21st Peter Horbury
22nd Rich Deadman
23rd Bernard Vasey
24th Dave Perrett
25th Chris McCarthy
26th  Mike Cartwright
27th Danny Middlemas
28th Dave Johnson
29th Ste Swales
30th William Atkinson
Leader board after 24 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 61 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 60 fish 
3rd   Andrew Cass - 48 fish 
4th   Paul Kilpatrick - 50 fish 
5th   Brian Harland - 57 fish 
6th   Colin Stainthorpe - 56 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 63 fish 
8th   Bernard Vasey - 47 fish 
9th   Dave Perrett - 56 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 58 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 36 fish 
13th   Danny Middlemas - 43 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 25 fish 
15th   James Moore - 39 fish 
16th   James Gilpin - 33 fish 
17th   Malcolm Pitman - 64 fish 
18th   Stuart Swales - 28 fish 
19th   Mike Saunders - 27 fish 
20th   Dave Smith - 25 fish 
21st   Steven Swales - 19 fish 
22nd   Niki McCourt - 25 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 31 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 12 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 8 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 2 fish 
​106 lb 12/16oz
106 lb  1/16oz
85 lb  9/16oz
85 lb  8/16oz
82 lb  7/16oz
80 lb 11/16oz
80 lb  9/16oz
79 lb  5/16oz
78 lb  9/16oz
70 lb  9/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
54 lb  5/16oz
52 lb 15/16oz
48 lb  7/16oz
47 lb 10/16oz
42 lb  8/16oz
41 lb  6/16oz
39 lb 12/16oz
36 lb  4/16oz
35 lb 12/16oz
34 lb  5/16oz
33 lb  2/16oz
33 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
12 lb 00 oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
Difference
    11/16oz
20 lb  8/16oz
     1/16oz
3 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
     2/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
    12/16oz
8 lb 00 oz
6 lb  9/16oz
9 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
4 lb  8/16oz
    13/16oz
5 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
3 lb  8/16oz
     8/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
     2/16oz
8 lb 13/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
     3/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
2 lb  8/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
​Seasons total 1,050 fish for 1,517 lb 06 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Wed 20th Dec - 25 of 50 - Singles Knockout Final*

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14.00 hrs Sandsend beach
*Singles Knockout match was rescheduled for last Sunday's Christmas match by mutual agrement.

​Low water 23.28 hrs, 1.5 metres, 1035 mbar, 12°C

Last match of 2017 before the Christmas break, a scratching match for 24 members as the sea state was flat calm.  An all ebb match, discombobulated, neither HW nor LW on a slack tide as well.  Water was thick with colour but no movement.  High pressure dominating, extremely mild, 12°C, gentle WNWest wind 8mph, plenty of cloud cover, and no moonlight.  Catch forecast was low.

Many members elected to travel to deeper tidal marks with very mixed results, piers and cliffs also popular.  Members left it late at the weigh-in keeping Bernard & Jason busy until 22.25hrs with Dave Perrett last.  Total weigh-in - 11 codlings, 11 whitings, 
10 flat fish, 2 billets and a rockling.

Maintaining his lead at the top of the Leader Board Denis Thompson weighed 4 codlings 6 lb 06 oz inc. the HF of the night 2 lb 10 oz taking Man of the Match for the 3rd time this season.  Rob Allison was 2nd 4 lb 10 oz (2), his HF 2 lb 06 oz, Rob’s deficit to Denis now stands at 2 lb 07 oz.  Rob can claim December as his month, 14 fish 26 lb 14 oz, with Paul Kilpatrick next 3 lb 14 oz behind.  Malcolm Pitman, 70 fish, leads in the greatest number of fish caught going into the New Year.

Monthly Sweeps for December:-
HF - Mike Saunders - 6 lb 02½ oz - Sun 10th Dec
HBoF - Rob Allison - 12 lb 13 oz - Sun 17th Dec

Total weigh-in for Dec 230 fish - 296 lb 08 oz
139 codlings, 44 whitings, 23 flat fish, 18 r/lings, 6 billets

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, tight lines from Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc.

Results:- 35 fish - 33 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb 03 oz)
​1st Denis Thompson - 4 codlings
2nd Rob Allison - 2 codlings
3rd Mike Saunders - 3 whitings, 3 flat fish
4th James Moore - 1 codling, 2 whitings, 1 flat fish
5th Malcolm Pitman - 2 whitings, 4 flat fish
6th Paul Kilpatrick - 2 codlings
7th Dave Ward - 1 codling, 1 whiting
8th Rob Taylor - 1 codling
9th Andrew Cass - 1 whiting, 1 flat fish
10th Dave Perrett - 1 billet
11th Brian Harland - 1 billet
12th Jason Ebison - 1 whiting
13th Norman Middlemas - 1 whiting
14th Paul Short - 1 rockling
15th Danny Middlemas - 1 flat fish
​6 lb 06 oz
4 lb 10 oz
4 lb 06 oz
3 lb 00 oz
2 lb 15 oz
2 lb 08 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 02 oz
    15 oz
    12 oz
    10 oz
     7 oz
     6 oz
HF 2 lb 10 oz
Inc 2 lb 06 oz

​Inc 1 lb 07 oz
Leader board after 25 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 65 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 62 fish 
3rd   Paul Kilpatrick - 52 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 50 fish 
5th   Brian Harland - 58 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 64 fish 
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 56 fish 
8th   Dave Perrett - 57 fish 
9th   Bernard Vasey - 47 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 60 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 37 fish 
13th   Danny Middlemas - 44 fish 
14th   James Moore - 43 fish 
15th   Ben Laws - 25 fish 
16th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 33 fish 
18th   Mike Saunders - 33 fish 
19th   Stuart Swales - 28 fish 
20th   Dave Smith - 25 fish 
21st   Steven Swales - 19 fish 
22nd   Niki McCourt - 25 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 31 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 12 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 9 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 3 fish 
​113 lb  2/16oz
110 lb 11/16oz
88 lb 00 oz
86 lb 14/16oz
83 lb  6/16oz
81 lb 00 oz
80 lb 11/16oz
79 lb 11/16oz
79 lb  5/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
56 lb  1/16oz
53 lb  5/16oz
50 lb 10/16oz
48 lb  7/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
42 lb  8/16oz
40 lb 10/16oz
39 lb 12/16oz
35 lb 12/16oz
34 lb  5/16oz
33 lb  2/16oz
33 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
12 lb 12/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
Difference
2 lb  7/16oz
22 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
3 lb  8/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
     5/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
     6/16oz
6 lb 14/16oz
8 lb  7/16oz
7 lb 15/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
4 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
    14/16oz
4 lb 00 oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
     2/16oz
8 lb 13/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
     3/16oz
5 lb  4/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
​Seasons total 1,085 fish for 1,550 lb 06 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)
Stats and match by match winners for December 2017
December's sweeps
Heaviest Fish - Mike Saunders
Heaviest Bag of Fish - Rob Allison

6 lb 02½ oz - Sun 10th
12 lb 13 oz - Sun 17th Dec

December
Sun 3rd
Wed 6th
Sun 10th
Wed 13th
Sun 17th*
Wed 20th

​​Sun 3rd
Wed 6th
Sun 10th
Wed 13th
Sun 17th*
Wed 20th
​Heaviest Fish
Rob Allison
James Moore
Mike Saunders
Paul Kilpatrick
Keeley Fairbanks
Denis Thompson
Heaviest Bag of Fish
Paul Kilpatrick (8)
Andrew Cass (2)
Mike Saunders (2)
Colin Stainthorpe (4)
Rob Allison (8)
Denis Thompson (4)
​Weight
5 lb 03½ oz
2 lb 10½ oz
6 lb 02½ oz
1 lb 08 oz
8 lb 07½ oz
2 lb 10 oz

12 lb 12 oz
4 lb 15 oz
8 lb 13 oz
4 lb 09 oz
12 lb 13 oz
6 lb 06 oz
Notes

* Christmas match


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 No. Fish
54
36
29
24
52
35​
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230 fish
Weight
90 lb 11 oz
43 lb 03 oz
47 lb 09 oz
19 lb 09 oz
62 lb 08 oz
33 lb 00 oz​
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296 lb 08 oz
Catch for December
​139 codlings, 44 whitings, 23 flat fish, 18 r/lings, 6 billets

​C  H  R  I  S  T  M  A  S     B  R  E  A  K​

​On behalf of Whitby Sea Anglers Association

WISHING YOU ALL

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW 

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Colin Stainthorpe fishing Scarborough Rocks Boxing Day comp weighed in this 5 lb 13 1/8 oz codling to claim Heaviest Fish Out of Competition for David "Sten" Stonehouse Memorial Sandsend Trophy.
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Dave Ward pleasure fishing Friday 29th Dec 2017 weighed this 6 lb 02 oz codling at my house to take the lead in the Heaviest Fish Out of Competition.

January 2018

Wed 3rd Jan - 26 of 50

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9am Sandsend beach
​Low water 23.12 hrs, 0.7 metres, 992 mbar, 6°C

Happy New Year, sadly I did not fish last night, first time in a number of years, as I am laid up with flu.

First match of 2018, storm Eleanor, a double low pressure front past over Scotland to Finland leaving a trail of destruction across the UK.  An all ebb match on a big tide, which started 3¼ hrs after high water.  NWesterly swell 2-4ft which was surging heavily until mid-tide when it was reported the swell died off completely.  Westerly wind 23mph with strong gusts forecast at 39mph.

January’s super moon, nee Wolf moon was visible throughout the night, periodically hidden by cloud cover.  Water was thick with colour due to recent heavy rainfall.  Once out onto the open scaurs members reported marks emptied very quickly.

Of the 17 members who fished the match only 3 didn’t weigh-in.   Man of the Match Ben Laws HBoF (4) 9 lb 08 oz, Ben also had the HF of the night 4 lb 09 oz.  Paul Kilpatrick & Brian Harland had fish of 3 lb 10½ oz & 3 lb 04½ oz respectively.

Sunday Station Inn Open, Whitby 11.00 - 17.00 hrs £1,000 First place prize, followed by WSAA evening match as normal.

Results:- 24 fish - 45 lb 05 oz (Av 1 lb 14 oz)
​1st Ben Laws - 4 codlings
2nd Paul Kilpatrick - 2 codlings
3rd Paul Short - 3 codlings
4th Brian Harland - 2 codlings
5th Mike Saunders - 2 codlings
6th Dave Ward - 2 codlings
7th = Dave Perrett - 1 codling
7th = Denis Thompson - 2 codlings
9th James Gilpin - 1 codling
10th Rob Allison - 1 codling
11th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
12th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
13th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
14th Stuart Swales - 1 r/ling
​9 lb 08 oz
5 lb 11 oz
5 lb 05 oz
4 lb 07 oz
3 lb 05 oz
2 lb 14 oz
2 lb 09 oz
2 lb 09 oz
2 lb 00 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 04 oz
     7 oz
Heaviest Fish - 4 lb 09 oz
Inc 3 lb 10½ oz

Inc 3 lb 04½ oz
Leader board after 26 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 67 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 63 fish 
3rd   Paul Kilpatrick - 54 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 51 fish 
5th   Brian Harland - 60 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 67 fish 
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 57 fish 
8th   Dave Perrett - 58 fish 
9th   Bernard Vasey - 47 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 62 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
12th   Ben Laws - 29 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 37 fish 
14th   Danny Middlemas - 44 fish 
15th   James Moore - 43 fish 
16th   James Gilpin - 34 fish 
17th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
18th   Mike Saunders - 35 fish 
19th   Stuart Swales - 29 fish 
20th   Dave Smith - 25 fish 
21st   Niki McCourt - 26 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 19 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 31 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 12 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 9 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 3 fish 
115 lb 11/16oz
112 lb 10/16oz
93 lb 11/16oz
88 lb  2/16oz
87 lb 13/16oz
86 lb  5/16oz
82 lb  7/16oz
82 lb  4/16oz
79 lb  5/16oz
75 lb  5/16oz
64 lb oz
57 lb 15/16oz
56 lb  1/16oz
53 lb  5/16oz
50 lb 10/16oz
44 lb  8/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
43 lb 15/16oz
40 lb  3/16oz
35 lb 12/16oz
34 lb 13/16oz
34 lb  5/16oz
33 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
12 lb 12/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
Difference
​3 lb  1/16oz
18 lb 15/16oz
5 lb  9/16oz
     5/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
3 lb 14/16oz
     3/16oz
2 lb 15/16oz
4 lb 00 oz
11 lb  5/16oz
6 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
     3/16oz
     6/16oz
3 lb 12/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
8 lb 13/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
     3/16oz
5 lb  4/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
​Seasons total 1,109 fish for 1,595 lb 11 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Sun 7th Jan - 27 of 50

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12,00 hrs Sandsend beach 3°C in the sunshine!
Heaviest Bag of the season to Dave Perrett
PictureDanny Middlemas 7 lb 07½ oz
​High water 19.59 hrs, 5.4 metres, 1035 mbar, 0°C

Amble Open, Station Inn Open & WSAA evening match, plenty of choice for members & anglers on the NEast coast.  Day 5 of the flu and I am still laid up so was not fit enough to fish.

Sunday morning, sea state 4 - 6 ft NEasterly swell, decreasing with plenty of colour.  The morning had started off inclement but by midday bright sunshine replaced the rain, although the temperature was never above 4°C.

ESEasterly wind 11mph with gusts forecasted at 20mph, little to no cloud cover allowed the night time temp to nudge 0°C.  Wind chill was a factor with some reporting ‘it was the coldest night’ as a heavy frost started to lay.  No reports of weed problems.

Of the 21 fishing only 10 members managed a weigh-in predominantly codlings (34 & 1 r/ling) for 76 lb 08 oz giving the best Av fish for the season 2 lb 03 oz.  At the scales Jason Ebison oversaw proceedings weighing two ‘double figure bags’.

Man of the Match, Dave Perrett, 23 lb 10 oz - 10 codlings, now the season’s best bag, 3 lb 08 oz heavier than Denis Thompson’s, Sunday 5th November 2017.  Dave moves from 8th to 3rd on the Leader Board, and is the 3rd member to pass 100 lb.  The HF of the night, a fine spragg, fell to 2nd place Danny Middlemas 7 lb 07½ oz (photographed by Rich Deadman).

Dave Perrett & Danny Middlemas take the lead in the Monthly Sweeps HBoF & HF respectively.

Sunday League - Hypothetical at this time, Dave’s weigh-in takes him into 2nd place.  An idea that is yet to be finalised by members would be for those who find it hard to fish Wednesday nights, but would like to compete in a Sunday League only.

Results:- 76 lb 08 oz (Av 2 lb 03 oz)

​1st Dave Perrett - 10 codlings
2nd Danny Middlemas - 3 codlings
3rd Dave Ward - 4 codlings, 1 r/ling
4th James Moore - 4 codlings
5th Niki McCourt - 3 codlings
6th Mike Saunders - 3 codlings
7th Rob Taylor - 2 codlings
8th Jason Ebison - 3 codlings
9th = Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
9th = Ben Laws - 1 codling
​23 lb 10 oz
10 lb 04 oz
9 lb 01 oz
7 lb 06 oz
6 lb 11 oz
5 lb 15 oz
5 lb 06 oz
4 lb 09 oz
1 lb 13 oz
1 lb 13 oz

Heaviest Fish 7 lb 07½ oz
Inc 4 lb 03½ oz
Inc (2x) 2 lb 11 oz
Inc 4 lb 06 oz

​Inc 4 lb 03½ oz
Leader board after 27 of 50 matches

​​1st   Denis Thompson - 67 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 63 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 68 fish 
4th   Paul Kilpatrick - 54 fish 
5th   Andrew Cass - 51 fish 
6th   Brian Harland - 60 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 67 fish 
8th   Dave Ward - 67 fish 
9th   Colin Stainthorpe - 58 fish 
10th   Bernard Vasey - 47 fish 
11th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
12th   Danny Middlemas - 47 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 39 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 30 fish 
15th   James Moore - 47 fish 
16th   Mike Saunders - 38 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 34 fish 
18th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 29 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 29 fish 
21st   Dave Smith - 25 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 19 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 31 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 12 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 12 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 3 fish 
Weight
​115 lb 11/16oz
112 lb 10/16oz
105 lb 14/16oz
93 lb 11/16oz
88 lb  2/16oz
87 lb 13/16oz
86 lb  5/16oz
84 lb  6/16oz
84 lb  4/16oz
79 lb  5/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
63 lb  9/16oz
61 lb  7/16oz
59 lb 12/16oz
58 lb 00 oz
49 lb 14/16oz
44 lb  8/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
41 lb  8/16oz
40 lb  3/16oz
35 lb 12/16oz
34 lb  5/16oz
33 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
17 lb  5/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz

​Difference
3 lb  1/16oz
6 lb 12/16oz
12 lb  3/16oz
5 lb  9/16oz
     5/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
     2/16oz
4 lb 15/16oz
15 lb  5/16oz
     7/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
8 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  6/16oz
     3/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
8 lb 13/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
     3/16oz
    11/16oz
7 lb 13/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
Average Fish
​1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
2 lb 00 oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
    10/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
    13/16oz
​Seasons total 1,144 fish for 1,672 lb 03 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Wed 10th Jan - 28 of 50

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High water 10.45 hrs Sandsend beach
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PictureBrian Harland 3 lb 05 oz
​Low water 16.51 hrs, 2.4 metres, 1010 mbar, 5°C

A miserable damp misty day continued into the night, gentle Northerly 5°C breeze for Wednesday nights 3hr match.  Sea state steady, regular ENEasterly swell sets 2-3ft with plenty of colour, no reports of weed.  Another discombobulated match, neither low water nor high water, on a slack tide, meant a few marks were discounted for a few due to access and fishing times.  The low mist/drizzle throughout the match turned into rain for the weigh-in.

Local beaches were very popular with members and pleasure anglers alike, but ‘the catch’ to rod ratio was extremely poor despite the conditions being favourable.  Members were slow to the scales, many not bothering, texting in, returning straight home at match end despite one or two having fish!  (albeit a mop or two)

Twenty one members were entered, with just 9 managing a weigh-in, 11 codlings, 1 blegg and a flat fish - a meagre 25 lb 01 oz.  Many reporting being hampered by small fish bites nee bait robbers.  Man of the Match, with his first win, Danny Middlemas (3) 5 lb 14 oz, HF fell to Brian Harland 3 lb 05 oz, next best fish Colin Stainthorpe 2 lb 10½ oz

Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc. 39th Annual Open will be held Sunday 25th November 2018, two weeks after Filey Brigg Angling Soc. who this week announced their Open date 11th November 2018.

93rd Bell Trophy, the Inter Club Tournament Sunday 21st January 2018

Secretary’s Challenge Trophy, Whitby - V - Cloughton will be fished on Sunday 4th February

Results:- 13 fish - 25 lb 01 oz (Av 1 lb 15 oz)  11 codlings, 1 flat fish & a blegg

​1st Danny Middlemas - 3 codlings
2nd Brian Harland - 2 codlings
3rd Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
4th Stuart Swales - 1 codlings
5th Paul Short - 1 codling
6th Dave Smith - 1 codling
7th Rob Allison - 1 blegg
8th Denis Thompson - 1 codling
9th Mike Saunders - 1 flat fish
​5 lb 14 oz
5 lb 00 oz
4 lb 12 oz
2 lb 11 oz
2 lb 01 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 01 oz
    14 oz

Heaviest Fish 3 lb 05 oz
Inc 2 lb 13½ oz
​1 fish
Leader board after 28 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 68 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 64 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 68 fish 
4th   Paul Kilpatrick - 54 fish 
5th   Brian Harland - 62 fish 
6th   Colin Stainthorpe - 60 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 68 fish 
8th   Andrew Cass - 51 fish 
9th   Dave Ward - 67 fish 
10th   Bernard Vasey - 47 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 50 fish 
12th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 39 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 30 fish 
15th   James Moore - 47 fish 
16th   Mike Saunders - 39 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 34 fish 
18th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
19th   Stuart Swales - 30 fish 
20th   Niki McCourt - 29 fish 
21st   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 19 fish 
23rd   Peter Horbury - 31 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 12 fish 
27th   Jason Ebison - 12 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 3 fish 
​116 lb 12/16oz
113 lb 15/16oz
105 lb 14/16oz
93 lb 11/16oz
92 lb 13/16oz
89 lb 00 oz
88 lb  6/16oz
88 lb  2/16oz
84 lb  6/16oz
79 lb  5/16oz
69 lb  7/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
61 lb  7/16oz
59 lb 12/16oz
58 lb 00 oz
50 lb 12/16oz
44 lb  8/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz
41 lb  8/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
34 lb  5/16oz
33 lb 00 oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
18 lb 00 oz
17 lb  5/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
Difference
​2 lb 13/16oz
8 lb  1/16oz
12 lb  3/16oz
    14/16oz
3 lb 13/16oz
    10/16oz
     4/16oz
3 lb 12/16oz
5 lb  1/16oz
9 lb 14/16oz
5 lb  7/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
7 lb  4/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
     3/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
4 lb  5/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
8 lb 13/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
     3/16oz
    11/16oz
7 lb 13/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
Seasons total 1,157 fish for 1,697 lb 04 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Sun 14th Jan - 29 of 50

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14.00hrs Sandsend beach 4°C but with the wind feels like -4°C

​Pollock for James ‘King Cod’ Gilpin

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​Sunday was bright & dry, but a bitterly cold offshore SSWesterly wind 4°C, 20 mph gusting to 30+mph was relentless.  The coldest nights fishing for 22 members of Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc. wind chill made it feel more like -4°C, baiting up was quick, even with your back to the wind.  Easterly swell, 2ft decreasing with plenty of colour, flattened right off come low water 21.00 hrs until match end.

Heavy cloud cover, thankfully the predicted rain held off for the 4hr match.  Bite detection was not easy, more so the further out onto open scaur anlgers progressed following a fast ebbing tide.  The wind combined with the high pressure made for a much bigger ebb than the 1.9 metres predicted.  No reports of weed.  Jason Ebison reported wading out waist deep, in vain, to try and free a good fish as his line had blown around a rock.

Members were slow to the scales, Bernard & Jason oversaw proceedings weighing 28 codlings, 3 r/lings, 3 flat fish & a pollock graced the weigh pan, 71 lb 12 oz (Av fish 1 lb 13 oz).  Man of the Match, Bernard Vasey, his 3rd win, with the only double figure bag 5 codlings 10 lb 07 oz.  Bernard’s best fish 3 lb 11 oz not enough to take HF of the night.  James ‘King Cod’ Gilpin surprised everyone when he placed a 5 lb 14 oz pollock in the weigh pan, with calls to rename himself.  Rob Allison weighed the heaviest cod 4 lb 00 oz.  The seasons Av fish now 1 lb 08 oz.

Safety - take note:- Members are reminded, if not returning to the weigh-in, to please ‘text/ring in’ and confirm you are safely at home.

Results:- 35 fish - 71 lb 12 oz (Av 1 lb 13 oz)
​1st Bernard Vasey - 5 codlings
2nd Peter Horbury - 4 codlings, 1 r/ling
3rd Andrew Cass - 4 codlings
4th Dave Perrett - 5 codlings
5th Denis Thompson - 2 codlings
6th James Gilpin - 1 pollock
7th Rob Allison - 2 codlings
8th Rob Taylor - 2 codlings
9th Jason Ebison - 2 codlings
10th Brian Harland - 1 codling
11th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
12th Mike Saunders - 3 flat fish
13th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
14th Norman Middlemas - 1 codling
15th Paul Short - 1 codling
16th James Moore - 1 codling
17th Dave Ward - 2 r/lings
18th Richard Deadman - 1 codling
​10 lb 07 oz
8 lb 04 oz
7 lb 14 oz
7 lb 01 oz
6 lb 08 oz
5 lb 14 oz
5 lb 07 oz
4 lb 03 oz
2 lb 11 oz
2 lb 10 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 03 oz
1 lb  02 oz
1 lb 00 oz
    15 oz
Leader board after 29 of 50 matches
Twenty matches left, Dave Perrett leads the fish count on 73 to Malcolm & Denis on 70 fish.
Best aggregate fish Keeley leads on 3 lb 03 oz but she will not have fished 38 or more matches by seasons end.
Ben & Mick are close but who will stick it out 7 fish the rest of the season?

​​1st   Denis Thompson - 70 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 66 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 73 fish 
4th   Andrew Cass - 55 fish 
5th   Brian Harland - 63 fish 
6th   Paul Kilpatrick - 54 fish 
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 61 fish 
8th   Bernard Vasey - 52 fish 
9th   Paul Short - 69 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 69 fish 

11th   Danny Middlemas - 50 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 41 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 30 fish 
15th   James Moore - 48 fish 
16th   Mike Saunders - 42 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 35 fish 
18th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 30 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 30 fish 
21st   Peter Horbury - 36 fish 
22nd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
23rd   Steven Swales - 19 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 14 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 13 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 

​​123 lb  4/16oz
119 lb  6/16oz
112 lb 15/16oz
96 lb 00 oz
95 lb  7/16oz
93 lb 11/16oz
90 lb 10/16oz
89 lb 12/16oz
89 lb  9/16oz
85 lb  6/16oz

69 lb  7/16oz
65 lb 10/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
59 lb 12/16oz
59 lb  2/16oz
52 lb  7/16oz
50 lb  6/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
43 lb  7/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz
41 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
34 lb  5/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
20 lb 00 oz
18 lb 15/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz

​Difference
3 lb 14/16oz
6 lb  7/16oz
16 lb 15/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
3 lb  1/16oz
    14/16oz
     3/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
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15 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  4/16oz
    10/16oz
6 lb 11/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
6 lb  1/16oz
    14/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
10 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
    12/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Av fish lb oz
​1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz

1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
2 lb 00 oz*
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
    10/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz*
1 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz*
1 lb 00 oz
    15/16oz
*In order to qualify members must of fished 76% or more of the seasons matches.

If it were a 49 match season, then 37 matches must have been fished, increasing by 1 every sequential match season year.

49=37, 50=38, 51=39 and a 52 match season, 40 matches must of been fished.

​2017 - 2018, a 50 match season, then 38 or more matches must have been fished.
​Seasons total 1,197 fish for 1,769 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 17th Jan - 30 of 50

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14.00 hrs Sandsend beach 4°C but very strong WSWesterly wind feels more like -4°C
HF, HBoF & Rob tops Leader Board
PictureRob Allison 5 lb 07 oz
​Low water 22.40 hrs, 1.4 metres, 1002 mbar, 3°C

Bright sunshine, bitterly cold SWesterly wind and not a hint of snow during the day.  By 19.00hrs, match start, the wind had shifted WSWesterly, clear skies to start but soon clouded over.  Finding a sheltered mark for the all ebb match was important with gusts of 35mph forecasted.  Sea state 4ft NWesterly swell with plenty of colour just died, overcome by the strength of the ebbing tide and wind.

Fish bites were few and far between, if you were lucky enough to get one and were able to turn it into a weigh-in.  Some went all night without a bite while others were pestered by under-sized billets.  Weed was reported, forcing members to move marks.

Members were very slow to the weigh-in, and at one point it was thought no one was coming back.  Of the 21 members fishing only 8 managed a weigh-in.  Third to weigh-in was Man of the Match, Rob Allison with both HF & HBoF.  Rob reported having ‘the one bite’ turned out to be a 5 lb 07 oz codling mid match.  Denis Thompson has been at the top of the Leader Board since Match 8 but moves into 2nd place, pipped by 2 oz, as Rob takes the helm.

Weigh master Bernard Vasey reported catching his two fish in the first two casts, thinking he was going to have a good nights fishing like last Sunday. Then hooked an undersized codling, thereafter not a bite.

This Sunday, 21st January, is The Annual Inter Club Tournament nee Bell Trophy, run by Scarborough Rock Anglers.  WSAA members are requested to meet at the Oasis Café, Marine Drive, Scarborough, at 08.30hrs for registration.

Note there will be no evening match, so all weights count towards the Leader Board.  Fishing times 10am - 2pm, boundaries Argyle Gulley, Hayburn Wyke to Cobble Landing, Filey.

Results:- 11 codlings & 1 blegg - 22 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb 13 oz)

​1st Rob Allison - 1 codling
2nd Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
3rd Mike Saunders - 1 codling, 1 blegg
4th Brian Harland - 2 codlings
5th Danny Middlemas - 2 codlings
6th Steven Swales - 1 codling
7th Richard Deadman - 1 codling
8th Denis Thompson - 1 codling
​5 lb 07 oz
4 lb 01 oz
2 lb 15 oz
2 lb 11 oz
2 lb 01 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 07 oz
Heaviest Fish

​Blegg 1 lb 04½ oz
Leader board after 30 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 67 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 71 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 73 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 65 fish 
5th   Andrew Cass - 55 fish 
6th   Bernard Vasey - 54 fish 
7th   Paul Kilpatrick - 54 fish 
8th   Colin Stainthorpe - 61 fish 
9th   Paul Short - 69 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 69 fish 

11th   Danny Middlemas - 52 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 41 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 30 fish 
15th   James Moore - 48 fish 
16th   Mike Saunders - 44 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 35 fish 
18th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 30 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 30 fish 
21st   Peter Horbury - 36 fish 
22nd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
23rd   Steven Swales - 20 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
124 lb 13/16oz
124 lb 11/16oz
112 lb 15/16oz
98 lb  2/16oz
96 lb 00 oz
93 lb 13/16oz
93 lb 11/16oz
90 lb 10/16oz
89 lb  9/16oz
85 lb  6/16oz

71 lb  8/16oz
65 lb 10/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
59 lb 12/16oz
59 lb  2/16oz
55 lb  6/16oz
50 lb  6/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
43 lb  7/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz
41 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
36 lb  1/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
20 lb 00 oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
     2/16oz
11 lb 12/16oz
14 lb 13/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
     2/16oz
3 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
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13 lb 14/16oz
5 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  4/16oz
    10/16oz
3 lb 12/16oz
5 lb 00 oz
6 lb  1/16oz
    14/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz

Seasons total 1,209 fish for 1,791 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Sun 21st Jan - 31 of 50 - Bell Trophy

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-2°C Marine Drive, Scarborough 08.30hrs
Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc. win Bell Trophy
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​Low water 12.29 hrs (Whitby), 1.6 metres, 1012 mbar, -1°C

Sunday 08.00 hrs it was bitterly cold, -2°C, prior to driving over to Scarborough for registration in the Inter-Angling-Clubs Challenge Trophy, nee Bell Trophy.  Anglers representing Filey, Scalby Mills, Scarborough, Cloughton, and Whitby met at the Oasis Café, Marine Drive in Scarborough.  The 4hr match organised by Scarborough Rock Anglers is an annual, by invitation only, to compete for the Sana Bell, now in its 93rd year.

Sea state, Northerly swell 1-2ft max with varying degrees of colour within the fixed boundaries, Argyle Gully, Hayburn Wyke to Cobble Landing, Filey.  Heavy cloud cover throughout the day, no sunshine, the dry Southerly wind was brisk 10-20mph.

Seventy one anglers from 5 local clubs registered, forming 7 teams of 8 or more.  By 09.00hrs registration was complete, Peter Atkinson, Secretary of Scarborough Rock Anglers rang ‘the bell’ (George Dunn has now retired).  All anglers gathered round as the boundaries, fishing times, and weigh-in location at Scarborough Rock Anglers Social Club were confirmed & understood by all.  Anglers departed for their chosen marks 09.15hrs to start fishing at 10.00hrs - 14.00hrs.

Come match end, it was snowing heavily and many anglers who had nothing to weigh-in headed straight home.  The rest enjoyed the hospitality at Scarborough Rock Anglers Social Club, sandwiches, crisps and refreshments were available.  There was also a raffle for 2 large breakfast trays.

Ian Thompson, Chairman, presented the individual team sweeps for HF & HBoF.  Peter Atkinson read out the individual team weights, their aggregates, in reverse order.  And after 8yrs of waiting Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc. were declared winners of the Bell Trophy 2018.  Whitby A clinched the trophy, and Whitby B came 3rd.  WSAA Secretary Peter Horbury collected the Sana Bell on behalf of Whitby Sea Anglers Association, and the £142 prize money.

Many thanks to the staff, and officials at Scarborough Rock Anglers Social Club for their hospitality.  Getting home for the remaining WSAA members was delayed due to the closure of the Whitby Scarborough road at Cloughton bank.  Temporary traffic lights on Cloughton bank, and the heavy snowfall hampered drivers trying to stop on the descent and consequently made it difficult for those attempting to set off up the hill.

Bell Trophy Results:-

​Whitby A
Cloughton
Whitby B
Scarborough Rocks
Scalby Mills
Filey A
Filey B
1 lb 09 oz 02 drms
1 lb 07 oz 05 drms
1 lb 04 oz 00 drms
1 lb 03 oz 01 drms
08 oz 06 drms
06 oz 05 drms
05 oz 06 drms
8 anglers
15 anglers
9 anglers
9 anglers
9 anglers
11 anglers
​10 anglers
​1st Danny Middlemas - 3 codlings
2nd Rob Allison - 2 codlings
3rd Brian Harland - 2 codlings
4th Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
5th Denis Thompson - 1 codling
6th James Gilpin - 1 codling
7th Ben Laws - 1 codling
8th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
​6 lb 12 oz
6 lb 10 oz
4 lb 00 oz
2 lb 05 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 01 oz
    14 oz
Inc 3 lb 02 oz
Heaviest Fish 5 lb 04 oz
Inc 2 lb 14 oz
The Bell Trophy counted towards members’ weights, as there was no evening match.  Rob Allison landed the HFish 5 lb 04 oz, while Danny Middlemas weighed the HBoFish 6 lb 12 oz.

On the Leader Board Rob has increased his lead over second place Denis Thompson to 5 lb 07 oz.

Many thanks to the 17 WSAA members for taking part.

WSAA get to pick the date & tide for next years Bell Trophy, between 1st January and 31st March 2019.
Leader board after 31 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 69 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 72 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 73 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 67 fish 
5th   Andrew Cass - 55 fish 
6th   Bernard Vasey - 54 fish 
7th   Paul Kilpatrick - 54 fish 
8th   Colin Stainthorpe - 63 fish 
9th   Paul Short - 69 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 69 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 55 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 41 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
15th   James Moore - 48 fish 
16th   Mike Saunders - 44 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 36 fish 
18th = Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
18th = Niki McCourt - 31 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 30 fish 
21st   Peter Horbury - 36 fish 
22nd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
23rd   Steven Swales - 20 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
​131 lb  7/16oz
126 lb 00 oz
112 lb 15/16oz
102 lb  2/16oz
96 lb 00 oz
93 lb 13/16oz
93 lb 11/16oz
92 lb 15/16oz
89 lb  9/16oz
85 lb  6/16oz
78 lb  4/16oz
65 lb 10/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
60 lb 13/16oz
59 lb  2/16oz
55 lb  6/16oz
51 lb 10/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz
41 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
36 lb  1/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
20 lb 00 oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
5 lb  7/16oz
13 lb  1/16oz
10 lb 13/16oz
6 lb  2/16oz
2 lb  3/16oz
     2/16oz
    12/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
7 lb  2/16oz
12 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
3 lb 12/16oz
3 lb 12/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
0 oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 1,222 fish for 1,815 lb 03 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 24th Jan - 32 of 50

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14.00hrs Sandsend beach, sea state - flat
↓ - Undersized rockling & a codling is all I could managed - ↓
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First win for Paul Short
​High water 20.42 hrs, 5.0 metres, 999 mbar, 5°C

Two low pressure systems side by side, east west alignment, off the west coast of Scotland - Storm Georgina, inbound.  On the NEast coast, SWesterly winds 23 - 38 mph, sea state was flat calm, with colour close to shore.

A scratching match for the 20 members of Whitby Sea Anglers fishing the 3hr Wednesday night match.  Fishing the last 2hrs of flood, and an hour back, the catch forecast was extremely low with a number of members not fishing.  Finding a fishable, let alone, a sheltered mark was not going to be easy and bite detection was hampered by the severe gusting wind.

Clear skies and a bright ¾ moon until 21.00hrs when a light rain shower past, creating a beautifully sharp ‘Moonbow’, the second I’ve seen but the first for Dave Turnbull as we watched from the East pier.  Moonbows similar to rainbows but created by moonlight.

Danny Middlemas reported turning his back on his rod & tripod only for it to be blown clean off the aqua pods into the sea.  Just 1ft of the rod tip was visibly bobbing in the sea.  Rescuing his tripod first, he was able to claw his rod back.

It was hard work, small fish bites but 11 did manage a meagre weigh-in, albeit the worst of the season, less than Wed 13th Dec 2017 19 lb 09 oz.  Just 4 codlings, 9 whitings, 9 f/fish, 1 LSD, and a r/ling for 17 lb 07 oz, giving a 12 oz fish average.

Man of the Match, with his first win, Paul Short 2 f/fish, 2 whitings 3 lb 05 oz.  An LSD (lesser spotted dogfish) 1 lb 09 oz HF of the night caught by Colin Stainthorpe (returned alive, as were all the f/fish).

Results:- 24 fish - 17 lb 07 oz (Av 12 oz)
​1st Paul Short - 2 whitings, 2 f/fish
2nd Colin Stainthorpe - 2 whitings, 1 LSD
3rd Mike Saunders - 3 whitings, 1 f/fish
4th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling, 1 f/fish
5th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
6th Rob Allison - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
7th Andrew Cass - 1 whiting, 1 f/fish
8th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
9th James Moore – 1 whiting, 1 f/fish
10th Brian Harland - 2 f/fish
11th Dave Ward - 1 f/fish
​3 lb 05 oz
2 lb 14 oz
2 lb 07 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 02 oz
1 lb 00 oz
    14 oz
     5 oz

Heaviest Fish - LSD - 1 lb 09 oz
Leader board after 32 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 71 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 72 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 74 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 69 fish 
5th   Andrew Cass - 57 fish 
6th   Colin Stainthorpe - 66 fish 
7th   Bernard Vasey - 54 fish 
8th   Paul Kilpatrick - 54 fish 
9th   Paul Short - 73 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 70 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 57 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 41 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
14th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
15th   James Moore - 50 fish 
16th   Mike Saunders - 48 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 36 fish 
18th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
19th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 30 fish 
21st   Peter Horbury - 36 fish 
22nd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
23rd   Steven Swales - 20 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
132 lb 12/16oz
126 lb 00 oz
114 lb  1/16oz
103 lb 00 oz
97 lb  4/16oz
95 lb 13/16oz
93 lb 13/16oz
93 lb 11/16oz
92 lb 14/16oz
85 lb 11/16oz
79 lb 12/16oz
65 lb 10/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
60 lb 13/16oz
60 lb  2/16oz
57 lb 13/16oz
51 lb 10/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz
41 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
36 lb  1/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
20 lb 00 oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
6 lb 12/16oz
11 lb 15/16oz
11 lb  1/16oz
5 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
2 lb 00 oz
     2/16oz
    13/16oz
7 lb  3/16oz
5 lb 15/16oz
14 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
    11/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
6 lb  3/16oz
5 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Seasons total 1,246 fish for 1,832 lb 10 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Fri 26th January 2018 - 15 lb 09 oz - Brian Harland

​Danny Middlemas was/is considering buying a new rod.
In order to help him make his mind up, Brian Harland offered to let Danny test the same rod from his collection.
So last night (Friday 26th Jan 2018), Brian & Danny popped out for an hour or so's fishing.
​Conditions were not exactly exciting, little to no swell, but it would give Danny a feel for the rod.
However, after 3 casts Brian caught this 15 lb 09 oz cod on frozen green crab at 21.45 hrs, and wanted to get back so it could be weighed & recorded.
My wife & I were at Whitby Coliseum enjoying comic Gary Delaney (Sarah Millican's husband) so missed Brian's 1st call.
Bernard Vasey took Brian's call & his fish was weighed at The Fleece, Church St. on the club scales.
After which time I returned Brian's call, and the rest, is as they say history, he brought it around for a photograph.
​Brian's PB is 17 lb 13 oz caught on Wed 11th December 1996, when he had 6 fish for 29 lb 03 oz, and this cod ranks 2nd on Brian's PB list.  Well done Brian.
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Sun 28th Jan - 33 of 50

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Sunday afternoon walk with Aussie 13.00 hrs high water 4.9 metres
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Low water 19.24 hrs, 1.8 metres, 1020 mbar, 13°C

News of the week - Friday evening, Brian Harland, pleasure fishing with Danny Middlemas, landed the HFish Out of Competition 15 lb 09 oz well done Brian.

High pressure 1020mbar dominating the weather, a very mild 13°C, but very extremely windy.  The WSWesterly wind grew in strength all day, wind speed 27mph with gusts 45mph enough to knock one off balance.  Sea state was flat with the occasional double sets of long distance Northerly swell.  Colour varied from mark to mark, some thick with colour, others just milky.

Fishing the last 1½ hrs of ebb members were in the open, and therefore exposed to the fierce wind on the open scaurs.  Bags, rods, and kit reportedly getting blown over.  The clouds may have been passing overhead but the wind was hitting anglers from the left, and then the right.

21.07 hrs many members enjoyed watching a meteor, on a low trajectory, streaking across the night sky, blue in colour, indicating magnesium.

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​Finding a sheltered mark was nye on impossible (apart from ‘sofa hole’) it was a question of making do and bracing it out.  Understandably fish bite detection was severely hampered, and one or two admitted to ‘fish laid on’.

Members were quickly to the scales, many had arrived before weigh master Bernard Vasey.  Man of the Match, with his first win Rob Taylor had both HBoFish & HFish - 3 codlings 5 lb 11 oz and 3 lb 11 oz respectively.  Niki McCourt, fishing with Rob just couldn’t buy a bite he reported.  Paul Short’s pouting/blegg topped the scales at 1 lb 14 oz, which is the second best weighed-in by a WSAA member.

Wednesday, the last match of Jan, Monthly Sweep leaders.
Members need to beat:-
Danny Middlemas - HFish 7 lb 07½ oz Sun 7th
Dave Perrett - HBoFish 23 lb 10 oz also Sun 7th 

Results:- 30 lb 08 oz (Av 1 lb 05 oz - 17 codlings, 5 r/lings,​ & 1 pouting/blegg

​1st Rob Taylor - 3 codlings
2nd Paul Short - 2 codlings, 1 blegg
3rd Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings, 2 r/lings
4th Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
5th Dave Turnbull - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
6th Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling
7th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
8th James Gilpin - 1 codling
9th Jason Ebison - 1 codling
10th James Moore - 1 codling
11th Rob Allison - 1 codling
12th Mike Saunders - 1 codling
13th = Peter Horbury - 1 r/ling
13th = Brian Harland - 1 r/ling
​5 lb 11 oz
4 lb 10 oz
4 lb 04 oz
2 lb 14 oz
2 lb 09 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 13 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 02 oz
1 lb 01 oz
1 lb 00 oz
      6 oz
     6 oz
Heaviest Fish 3 lb 11 oz
​Inc blegg 1 lb 14 oz
Leader board after 33 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 72 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 72 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 74 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 70 fish 
5th   Colin Stainthorpe - 70 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 76 fish 
7th   Andrew Cass - 57 fish 
8th   Bernard Vasey - 56 fish 
9th   Paul Kilpatrick - 55 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 70 fish 

11th   Danny Middlemas - 58 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 44 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
14th   James Moore - 51 fish 
15th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
16th   Mike Saunders - 49 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 37 fish 
18th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
19th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 30 fish 

21st   Peter Horbury - 37 fish 
22nd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
23rd   Steven Swales - 20 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 

31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
33rd   Dave Turnbull - 2 fish 
133 lb 13/16oz
126 lb 00 oz
114 lb  1/16oz
103 lb  6/16oz
100 lb  1/16oz
97 lb  8/16oz
97 lb  4/16oz
96 lb 11/16oz
95 lb  9/16oz
85 lb 11/16oz

81 lb  9/16oz
71 lb  5/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
61 lb  4/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
58 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  2/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz

41 lb 10/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
36 lb  1/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz

3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
Difference
​7 lb 13/16oz
11 lb 15/16oz
10 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  5/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
     4/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
9 lb 14/16oz

4 lb  2/16oz
10 lb  4/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
     7/16oz
2 lb 00 oz
5 lb 11/16oz
7 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz

1 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
​
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
​Seasons total 1,269 fish for 1,863 lb 02 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Wed 31st Jan - 34 of 50

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Sandsend beach high water 15.47 hrs, 5.7 metres
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Bright Super Moon
Season’s poorest weigh-in
​Low water 22.14 hrs, 0.7 metres, 1000 mbar, 5°C

Last match of January 2018 for Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc. members.  An all ebb scratching match, 0.7 ebb, low water 22.14 hrs, cloud cover was minimal with a bright super moon to boot.

Sea state was best described as flat, bar less than 1ft close to shore lift at best.  Colour varied greatly as Sunday, some reporting ‘thick with colour’ whilst others just ‘milky’, with the bright super moon, catch forecast was very low.  The cold Westerly wind had weaken late afternoon but once onto the open scaurs, gusts were still strong enough to blow tripods & bags over.  

Members were slow to the scales, weigh master Bernard Vasey reported ‘not a breath of wind where he was, but not a bite either’.  ‘Not a bite all night’, repeated by many.  Only five of the 17 members fishing the 3hr match weighed-in - 4 codlings & 3 r/lings for 7 lb 12 oz.

Man of the match, with both HBoFish & HFish Andrew Cass just 1 codling 2 lb 12 oz.  Andrew Cass & Colin Stainthorpe join Rob Allison, Denis Thompson, Dave Perrett, and Brian Harland in the 100 lb Club.

Month Ending - January belongs to Dave Perrett 18 fish
34 lb 14 oz, Danny Middlemas next 14 fish 28 lb 04 oz.
191 fish were weighed-in 320 lb 08 oz Av 1 lb 11 oz.
145 codlings, 14 r/lings, 13 f/fish, 9 whitings, 3 poutings/bleggs,
1 pollock and an LSD.

Monthly Sweep winners
Danny Middlemas - HFish 7 lb 07½ oz Sun 7th
Dave Perrett - HBoFish 23 lb 10 oz also Sun 7th

Sunday 4th February - Secretary’s Challenge Trophy
Whitby - V - Cloughton Rocks (for fully paid up members)
Fishing 10.00 - 16.00 hrs weigh-in Fleece car park, by 16.45 hrs.
Boundaries - Cowbar steel to Robin Hood’s Bay landing scaur.
£5 entry (paid in advance).  An ‘All In, All Out’ match.
Each club donates £50 into the prize fund.
1st, 2nd, & 3rd for both HFish (1 per angler) & HBoFish.

Results:- 7 fish - 7 lb 12 oz (Av 1 lb 02 oz)
​1st Andrew Cass - 1 codling
2nd Brian Harland - 2 codlings
3rd Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling, 1 r/ling
4th Dave Perrett - 1 r/ling
5th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 r/ling
​2 lb 12 oz
2 lb 09 oz
1 lb 10 oz
     8 oz
     5 oz
Heaviest Fish
Leader board after 34 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 72 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 72 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 75 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 72 fish 
5th   Colin Stainthorpe - 71 fish 
7th   Andrew Cass - 58 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 76 fish 
9th   Paul Kilpatrick - 57 fish 
8th   Bernard Vasey - 56 fish 
10th   Dave Ward - 70 fish 

11th   Danny Middlemas - 58 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 44 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
14th   James Moore - 51 fish 
15th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
16th   Mike Saunders - 49 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 37 fish 
18th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
19th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 30 fish 
21st   Peter Horbury - 37 fish 
22nd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
23rd   Steven Swales - 20 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
33rd   Dave Turnbull - 2 fish 
133 lb 13/16oz
126 lb 00 oz
114 lb  9/16oz
105 lb 15/16oz
100 lb  6/16oz
100 lb 00 oz
97 lb  8/16oz
97 lb  3/16oz
96 lb 11/16oz
85 lb 11/16oz

81 lb  9/16oz
71 lb  5/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
61 lb  4/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
58 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  2/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz
41 lb 10/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
36 lb  1/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
Difference
7 lb 13/16oz
11 lb  7/16oz
8 lb 10/16oz
5 lb  9/16oz
     6/16oz
2 lb  8/16oz
     5/16oz
     8/16oz
11 lb 00 oz

4 lb  2/16oz
10 lb  4/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
     7/16oz
2 lb 00 oz
5 lb 11/16oz
7 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
​Seasons total 1,276 fish for 1,870 lb 14 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)
Stats and match by match winners for January 2018
January's sweeps
Heaviest Fish - Danny Middlemas
Heaviest Bag of Fish - Dave Perrett

7 lb 07½ oz - Sun 7th
23 lb 10 oz - Sun 7th

January
Wed 3rd
Sun 7th
Wed 10th
Sun 14th
Wed 17th
Sun 21st
Wed 24th
Sun 28th
Wed 31st
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​Wed 3rd
Sun 7th
Wed 10th
Sun 14th
Wed 17th
Sun 21st
Wed 24th
Sun 28th
Wed 31st

Heaviest Fish
Ben Laws
Danny Middlemas
Brian Harland
James Gilpin
Rob Allison
Rob Allison
Colin Stainthorpe
Rob Taylor
Andrew Cass
Heaviest Bag of Fish
Ben Laws (4)
Dave Perrett (10)
Danny Middlemas (3)
Bernard Vasey (5)
Rob Allison (1)
Danny Middlemas (3)
Paul Short (4)
Rob Taylor (3)
Andrew Cass​ (1)
Weight
4 lb 09 oz
7 lb 07½ oz
3 lb 05 oz
5 lb 14 oz
5 lb 07 oz
5 lb 04 oz
1 lb 09 oz
3 lb 11 oz
2 lb 12 oz
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9 lb 08 oz
 23 lb 10 oz
5 lb 14 oz
10 lb 07 oz
5 lb 07 oz
6 lb 12 oz
5 lb 11 oz
5 lb 11 oz
2  lb 12 oz
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 No. Fish
24
35
13
35
12
13
24
23​
7
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191 fish
Weight
45 lb 05 oz
75 lb 08 oz
25 lb 01 oz
71 lb 12 oz
22 lb 00 oz
24 lb 03 oz
17 lb 07 oz
30 lb 08 oz
7 lb 12 oz
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320 lb 08 oz
Catch for January
​145 codlings, 14 r/lings, 13 f/fish, 9 whitings, 3 poutings/bleggs, 1 pollock and an LSD

February 2018

Sun 4th Feb - 35 of 50 - Secretary's Challenge Trophy

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8am Sandsend beach, bitterly cold NEasterly wind

Whitby Sea Anglers Association
win the
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Peter Horbury, on left, receives the Secretary's Challenge Trophy from Peter Halder

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Low water 12.40 hrs, 1.3 metres, 1030 mbar, 4°C

Secretary’s Challenge Trophy day, Whitby Sea Anglers Assoc. - V - Cloughton Rock Anglers.  Re-introduced in 2016 by secretaries Peter Halder & Peter Horbury.  £5 match entry, with both clubs putting £50 into the prize fund for the ‘all in, all out’, 6 hr match.  Prizes split 50/50 between HBoFish & HFish.  Thereafter split 50/30/20 into 1st, 2nd & 3rd.

Thirty one fully paid up members of both clubs started fishing at 10.00hrs, boundaries, set by WSAA as hosts - Cowbar steel to Robin Hood’s Bay landing scaur.  The day was bright, cloudy and cold 4°C due to the NEasterly wind 20mph.  Sea state NEasterly swell 2-4ft, with little colour, more ‘green’ than milky.

High pressure dominating and this was reflected in the size of the ebb, far greater than the ‘tabled’ 1.4 metres, more like 0.5 metres.  Fishing approx. 3hrs either side of low water kelp beds were clearly visible come low water.  The flood was fast, pushed back in by the onshore wind but the fish didn’t follow, as expected and fish bites were scarce.

Both secretaries were pleased with both the turnout & camaraderie between the members.  At the scales, Bernard Vasey & Jason Ebison had given up their Sunday afternoon (neither fished) to oversee proceedings.

Cloughton Rocks weighed-in 14 codlings 22 lb 02½ oz giving an aggregate of 1 lb 11½ oz from their 13 members.
Whitby Sea Anglers weighed-in 17 codlings, 2 bleggs & a r/ling 33 lb 10½ oz giving them a winning aggregate 1 lb 13½ oz from their 18 members.  1st time WSAA had won since 2016.

After the weigh-in anglers retired to the warmth of the Fleece for refreshments, and a warm by the open fire.  Landlady Carla Smith & her staff had laid on a hearty stew and crusty bread for everyone.  After everyone had eaten, and the numbers crunched, WSAA Secretary Peter Horbury called upon all present to show their appreciation for the staff at the Fleece.  Then he started the presentation helped by Treasurer Dave Perrett & weigh master Bernard Vasey.

Total prize fund £255, comprised £50 from both clubs, £140 from WSAA members, and £115 from Cloughton’s members.
Totalling £255 - split 50/50 for HBoFish / HFish giving £127.50 each this then split further 50/30/20 for individual prizes
£63.75 / £42.50 / £21.25 for 1st / 2nd / 3rd 

Many thanks to all who took part, Cloughton Rocks will host next year, and Whitby Sea Anglers will pick the date & tide fishing to Cloughton Rocks’ boundaries.  We look forward to the ‘challenge’.

​WSAA Club Results:- ​33 lb 07 oz (Av 1 lb 11 oz)

​1st Denis Thompson - 2 codlings
2nd Dave Ward - 4 codlings
3rd Paul Kilpatrick - 4 codlings
4th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling, 1 blegg
5th Mike Saunders - 3 codlings, 1 blegg
6th James Moore - 2 codlings
7th Brian Harland - 1 codling
8th James Gilpin - 1 r/ling
​6 lb 05 oz
6 lb 04 oz
5 lb 15 oz
4 lb 07 oz
4 lb 04 oz
3 lb 04 oz
2 lb 10 oz
     6 oz
Heaviest Fish 3 lb 02½ oz
Leader board after 35 of  matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 72 fish
2nd   Denis Thompson - 74 fish
3rd   Dave Perrett - 75 fish
4th   Brian Harland - 73 fish
5th   Paul Kilpatrick - 61 fish
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 71 fish
6th   Andrew Cass - 58 fish
9th   Paul Short - 76 fish
8th   Bernard Vasey - 56 fish
10th   Dave Ward - 74 fish

11th   Danny Middlemas - 60 fish
12th   Rob Taylor - 44 fish
13th   James Moore - 53 fish
14th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish
15th   Mike Saunders - 53 fish
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish
17th   James Gilpin - 38 fish
18th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish
19th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish
20th   Stuart Swales - 30 fish
21st   Peter Horbury - 37 fish
22nd   Dave Smith - 26 fish
23rd   Steven Swales - 20 fish
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish
33rd   Dave Turnbull - 2 fish
​133 lb 13/16oz
132 lb  5/16oz
114 lb  9/16oz
108 lb  9/16oz
103 lb  2/16oz
100 lb  6/16oz
100 lb 00 oz
97 lb  8/16oz
96 lb 11/16oz
91 lb 15/16oz

86 lb 00 oz
71 lb  5/16oz
64 lb  8/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
63 lb  1/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz
41 lb 10/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
36 lb  1/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
Difference
1 lb  8/16oz
17 lb 12/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
5 lb  7/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
6/16oz
2 lb  8/16oz
13/16oz
4 lb 12/16oz

5 lb 15/16oz
14 lb 11/16oz
6 lb 13/16oz
8/16oz
15/16oz
2 lb  4/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
7 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
11 lb 14/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
4/16oz
4/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
​Seasons total 1,296 fish for 1,904 lb 05 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 7th Feb- 36 of 50

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9am high water Sandsend beach 4-5 ft dropped to 2-3 ft by match start
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Danny Middlemas leads sweeps
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​High water 21.10 hrs, 4.9 metres, 1019 mbar, -1°C

After Sundays successful win in the Secretary’s Challenge Trophy match it was back to fishing at night for Whitby Sea Anglers.  Wednesday had been bright and dry, weather dominated by high pressure.  The WSWesterly wind had swung SWesterly 10mph and ‘was’ bitterly cold.  Already -1°C before the 3hr match started at 19.00hrs, wind chill on wet fingers was a big issue.  Baiting up was quick, with the gloves going back on ASAP.  By 21.00hrs the wind had eased, cloud cover was minimal, and no moon light.

Sea state, close to shore Northerly swell 2-3ft, had been slowly dropping off all day.  Cliff marks & piers being popular marks, with some venturing to local beaches but when no whitings showed, they moved to the piers with little success there too.  Twenty one members were fishing, of them only 13 had fish to weigh-in.  Fish bites were very timid, no reports of any weed.

At the scales Bernard Vasey & Jason Ebison weighed 30 assorted fish - 27 codlings, 1 r/ling, 1 whiting, and a blegg 43 lb.  Man of the Match, his 3rd match win, Danny Middlemas (5) 8 lb 01 oz inc. the HFish of the night 3 lb 10 oz, his 2nd HFish win.  Danny leads in February’s HFish & HBoFish sweeps.  Members, fishing the West pier, reported seeing a fish of approx. 10 lb being landed during the match.

Thinking of the Greatest Number of Fish trophy - Paul Short, Brian Harland & Dave Perrett are all equal on 77 fish.  Denis Thompson has regained top spot on the Leader Board by 2 lb 05 oz from Rob Allison.  Rob has been unable to fish due to a chest infection, and we wish him a speedy recovery.  Rob currently leads the best Av. Fish 1 lb 14 oz.

Friday 9th - Sunday 11th February, the 25th Paul Roggeman European Open Beach Championships, at Sand-Le-Mere Holiday Village, Tunstall, near Withernsea, East Yorkshire.  A number of WSAA members are heading to the event - Tight Lines.

Results:- 30 fish - 43 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb  oz)

​1st Danny Middlemas - 5 codlings
2nd Peter Horbury - 4 codlings
3rd Mike Saunders - 3 codlings, 1 blegg
4th Brian Harland - 4 codlings
5th = Denis Thompson - 2 codlings
5th = Paul Kilpatrick - 3 codlings
7th Dave Perrett - 2 codlings
8th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
9th Steven Swales - 1 codling
10th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
11th Rob Taylor - 1 codling
12th Paul Short - 1 whiting
13th James Moore - 1 rockling
​8 lb 01 oz
6 lb 12 oz
5 lb 12 oz
5 lb 02 oz
3 lb 13 oz
3 lb 13 oz
2 lb 14 oz
1 lb 13 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 02 oz
     9 oz
     4 oz
Heaviest Fish 3 lb 10 oz




Inc 1 lb 13½ oz

​1 fish
Leader board after 36 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 76 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 72 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 77 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 77 fish 
5th   Paul Kilpatrick - 64 fish 
6th = Colin Stainthorpe - 72 fish 
6th = Andrew Cass - 59 fish 
8th   Paul Short - 77 fish 
9th   Bernard Vasey - 56 fish 
10th   Danny Middlemas - 65 fish 
11th   Dave Ward - 74 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
13th   Mike Saunders - 57 fish 
14th   James Moore - 54 fish 
15th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
18th   Peter Horbury - 41 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
21st   Stuart Swales - 30 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 21 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
31st   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
32nd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
33rd   Dave Turnbull - 2 fish 
136 lb  2/16oz
133 lb 13/16oz
117 lb  7/16oz
113 lb 11/16oz
106 lb 15/16oz
101 lb 13/16oz
101 lb 13/16oz
98 lb  1/16oz
96 lb 11/16oz
94 lb  1/16oz
91 lb 15/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
68 lb 13/16oz
64 lb 12/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
60 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
48 lb  6/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
42 lb 14/16oz
37 lb 11/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
Difference
2 lb  5/16oz
16 lb  6/16oz
3 lb 12/16oz
6 lb 12/16oz
5 lb  2/16oz
0         oz
3 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
19 lb  8/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
    12/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
5 lb  2/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
5 lb  3/16oz
     8/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
Seasons total 1,326 fish for 1,947 lb 25 oz (Av 1 lb 07 oz)

Sun 11th Feb - 37 of 50

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High water Sandsend beach 13.18 hrs, 4.6 metres
​Low water 19.45 hrs, 2.2 metres, 1000 mbar, -1°C

The WNWesterly wind grew in strength throughout the day, by Sunday evening gusts were forecast to reach 40mph.  Cloud cover was minimal, with no moon, an excellent night for star gazing.  Colour varied from mark to mark, but general the water was coloured.  The NNWesterly sea state 7-8ft was not only growing, but surging which was far from ideal.

Fishing 2hrs either side of low water.  The swells had ripped up the fine green grass weed which fouled lines, shock leader knots, and end tackle.  Chopped up kelp, as in constantly mown kelp beds by fishing boats was also a hindrance.  For the majority fish bites were few and far between, understandably on a growing sea, especially at this time of year when the fish move into deeper waters to spawn.

With the temperature already below zero at 18.00hrs wind chill was an issue of wet hands whilst baiting up.  Twenty members were fishing the 4hr match, but only 11 had fish at the scales, 22 codlings, weighed-in at 38 lb 01 oz.  Still coughing, after a chest infection that had laid him low for two matches, Man of the Match Rob Allison.  Rob picked up both HBoFish & HFish, 11 lb 02 oz (6), 3 lb 04 oz respectfully, pipping Denis Thompson by 1 oz to HFish of the night.

Rob has regained top spot on the Leader Board, albeit by only 
1 lb to Denis Thompson.  Paul Short & Bernard Vasey the next members to join the ‘100 club’.  The largest deficit between any two members is 25 lb 04 oz ie between Dave Perrett and Denis Thompson in 2nd & 3rd.  Between 3rd & 10th it is still very close with only 12 matches left, plenty of time to make up a place or two.  Denis Thompson & Paul Short joint 79 in the fish count.

Results:- 38 lb 01 oz (Av 1 lb 12 oz)
​1st Rob Allison - 6 codlings
2nd Denis Thompson - 3 codlings
3rd Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
4th Dave Turnbull - 2 codlings
5th Paul Short - 2 codlings
6th Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
7th Stuart Swales - 1 codling
8th = Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling
8th = Brian Harland - 1 codling
10th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
11th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
​11 lb 02 oz
7 lb 13 oz
3 lb 08 oz
2 lb 14 oz
2 lb 09 oz
2 lb 07 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 09 oz
1 lb 04 oz
Heaviest Fish 3 lb 04 oz
​Inc 3 lb 03 oz
Leader board after 37 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 78 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 79 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 78 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 78 fish 
5th   Paul Kilpatrick - 65 fish 
6th   Colin Stainthorpe - 74 fish 
7th   Andrew Cass - 59 fish 
8th   Paul Short - 79 fish 
9th   Bernard Vasey - 58 fish 
10th   Danny Middlemas - 66 fish 

11th   Dave Ward - 74 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
13th   Mike Saunders - 57 fish 
14th   James Moore - 54 fish 
15th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
18th   Peter Horbury - 41 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 21 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Dave Turnbull - 4 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
​144 lb 15/16oz
143 lb 15/16oz
118 lb 11/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
108 lb  9/16oz
104 lb  4/16oz
101 lb 13/16oz
100 lb 10/16oz
100 lb  3/16oz
95 lb 10/16oz

91 lb 15/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
68 lb 13/16oz
64 lb 12/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
60 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
48 lb  6/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
37 lb 11/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
5 lb  7/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
​1 lb 00 oz
25 lb  4/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
6 lb 12/16oz
4 lb  5/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
     7/16oz
4 lb  9/16oz
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3 lb 11/16oz
19 lb  8/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
    12/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
5 lb  2/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
6 lb 10/16oz
     8/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
    13/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Seasons total 1,348 fish for 1,985 lb 10 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 14th Feb - 38 of 50

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All smiles Dave Ward

​Low water 21.48 hrs, 1.5 metres, 997 mbar, 2°C

Rain, sleet, and snow, the forecast for the 3hr evening match was no fairer than the weather during the day.  Fishing down to low water meant members would be out onto the open scaurs, and at the mercy of the SEasterly wind, and its chosen driven precipitation.  Sea state - flat!  Save some localised, close to shore SEasterly swell at certain marks.  With the recent rainfall colour was good and no reports of weed.

Hoods up, zips well fastened, and bags anchored, the first hour the wind was relentless, driving the rain, and at times sleet horizontally.  Gale force winds were forecast but shortly after 20.00hrs the wind just fell away, the skies started to clear, quite pleasant really.  While the weather improved the fishing definitely did not!  Fish bites were non-existent, baits were coming back just as they had been cast out, not even a rockling.

Only 17 of the 33 members were fishing, many put off by the ‘weather’, and the prospect of not catching anything at this time of year, their enthusiasm has understandably waned.

Dave Ward (all smiles) was first to the scales for his second Man of the Match - 3 codlings 8 lb 03 oz, inc. 4 lb 07½ oz his second HFish win, now leads Monthly Sweep.  Dave moves up to 9th, and also joins the 100 lb club - well done.

The rest to weigh-in took their time, Dave Perrett being last, as normal, just before the scales closed - 2 codlings 4 lb 12 oz to take 2nd place.  His HFish 3 lb 11 oz.  Dave’s deficit to 3rd place Rob Allison now 21 lb 08 oz.

Rob Allison didn’t weigh-in but Denis Thompson found one, first cast, and re takes top spot on the Leader Board.

WSAA’s Total Seasons weigh-in past 2,000 lb an average 1 lb 08 oz/fish.

The weigh-in 11 codlings - 21 lb gave an average 2 lb 03 oz/fish equalling the seasons best from Sun 7th January.

Denis Thompson, Dave Perrett and Paul Short all equal on 80 fish, with no whitings showing it could closely fought this season.

Results:- 11 fish - 21 lb 00 oz (Av 2 lb 03 oz)
​1st Dave Ward - 3 codlings
2nd Dave Perrett - 2 codlings
3rd Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
4th Denis Thompson - 1 codling
5th Paul Short - 1 codling
6th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
7th Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling
​8 lb 06 oz
4 lb 12 oz
3 lb 01 oz
2 lb 10 oz
2 lb 04 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 03 oz
Heaviest Fish 4 lb 07½ oz
Inc 3 lb 11 oz
Leader board after 38 of 50 matches
​1st   Denis Thompson - 80 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 78 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 80 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 78 fish 
5th   Paul Kilpatrick - 66 fish 
6th   Colin Stainthorpe - 76 fish 
7th   Andrew Cass - 60 fish 
8th   Paul Short - 80 fish 
9th   Dave Ward - 77 fish 
10th   Bernard Vasey - 58 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 66 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
13th   Mike Saunders - 57 fish 
14th   James Moore - 54 fish 
15th   Dave Hambley - 33 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
18th   Peter Horbury - 41 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 21 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Dave Turnbull - 4 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
146 lb  9/16oz
144 lb 15/16oz
123 lb  7/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
109 lb 12/16oz
107 lb  5/16oz
103 lb  9/16oz
102 lb 14/16oz
100 lb  5/16oz
100 lb  3/16oz
95 lb 10/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
68 lb 13/16oz
64 lb 12/16oz
64 lb 00 oz
60 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
48 lb  6/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
37 lb 11/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
5 lb  7/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
​1 lb 10/16oz
21 lb  8/16oz
8 lb  2/16oz
5 lb  9/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
3 lb 12/16oz
    11/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
     2/16oz
4 lb  9/16oz
23 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
4 lb  1/16oz
    12/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
5 lb  2/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
6 lb 10/16oz
     8/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
    13/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 1,359 fish for 2,009 lb 10 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Sun 18th Feb - 39 of 50

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15.30 hrs Sandsend beach
​High water 17.39 hrs, 5.6 metres, 1018 mbar, 3°C

Sunday nights 4hr match started shortly after high water, just after sunset.  The evenings are getting noticeably lighter.  In general the Southerly winds of late had continued to dominate since Wednesday.  Hence the sea state was flat, consequently all the colour had dropped out.  A scratching match for the seventeen members, but with the scarcity of whitings and fish in general, it was going to be hard work for all.  Travel or stay local, downsize for flat fish or try and eke out a codling?

Heavy cloud cover, a ½ hr into the match and the drizzle started, just to dampen already low enthusiasm.  The mild SSWesterly wind picked up speed shortly after 20.00hrs, and continued to increase well into the night.  The drizzle turning to heavy rain, thankfully after the match ended.  Fishing a two hook rig, baits were coming back just as they were cast out, not even ‘crabbed off’.

At the scales Bernard Vasey, in jubilant mood, sheltered under his umbrella waiting patiently for everyone to weigh-in.  Just 8 codlings, 7 flat fish, and 1 whiting were weighed-in for an expected poor tally of 16 lb 15 oz.  HFish of the night Denis Thompson 2 lb 07 oz, Denis continues to top the Leader Board, but by only 14 oz from Rob Allison.

After the weigh-in members retired to the Fleece for refreshments.  Jason Ebison handed out the embroidered hoodies which had been recently ordered.  Unfortunately there is a short delay with the ‘Large’, as Laughing Whale awaits a fresh delivery.

Reading in the paper this morning, a cold snap is to return over the next fortnight.  The cause, a break-up of the polar vortex, a large area of cold air that normally hangs over the North Pole.  But a change in the polar jet stream over the past few days has triggered a phenomenon known as Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW).  This causes cold winds to be pushed south over Northern Europe & the US.  Forecasters say temperatures could drop further by the start of March.

Results:- 16 lb 15 oz (Av 1 lb 01 oz)
​1st Dave Hambley - 2 codlings
2nd Rob Allison - 2 codlings
3rd Denis Thompson - 1 codling
4th Paul Short - 1 codling
5th Danny Middlemas - 3 flat fish, 1 whiting
6th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
7th Paul Kilpatrick - 1 codling
8th Dave Ward - 2 flat fish
9th Steven Swales - 1 flat fish
10th Brian Harland - 1 flat fish
​3 lb 06 oz
3 lb 03 oz
2 lb 07 oz
2 lb 01 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 06 oz
    15 oz
    14 oz
     9 oz
     6 oz


​Heaviest Fish
Leader board after 39 of 50 matches
​1st    Denis Thompson - 81 fish 
2nd    Rob Allison - 80 fish 
3rd    Dave Perrett - 81 fish 
4th    Brian Harland - 79 fish 
5th    Paul Kilpatrick - 67 fish 
6th    Colin Stainthorpe - 76 fish 
7th    Paul Short - 81 fish 
8th    Andrew Cass - 60 fish 
9th    Dave Ward - 79 fish 
10th   Bernard Vasey - 58 fish 

11th   Danny Middlemas - 70 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
13th   Mike Saunders - 57 fish 
14th   Dave Hambley - 35 fish 
15th   James Moore - 54 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
18th   Peter Horbury - 41 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 22 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
29th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
30th   Dave Turnbull - 4 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
​149 lb 00 oz
148 lb  2/16oz
124 lb 13/16oz
115 lb 11/16oz
110 lb 11/16oz
107 lb  5/16oz
104 lb 15/16oz
103 lb  9/16oz
101 lb  3/16oz
100 lb  3/16oz

97 lb  6/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
68 lb 13/16oz
67 lb  6/16oz
64 lb 12/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
48 lb  6/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
38 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
5 lb  7/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
    14/16oz
23 lb  5/16oz
9 lb  2/16oz
5 lb 00 oz
3 lb  6/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
1 lb 00 oz

2 lb 13/16oz
24 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
5 lb  2/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
6 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
    13/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Seasons total 1,375 fish for 2,026 lb 09 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 21st Feb - 40 of 50

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​High water 19.30 hrs, 5.3 metres, 1028 mbar, 2°C

High pressure dominating the weather, the NEasterly swell from Tuesday had been falling fast.  By match start it was 1-2ft at best.  The brisk ENEasterly wind brought drizzle for the first hour before it too fell away.  The heavy cloud cover had blown over by match end to reveal a bright crescent moon.

The 3hr match started a ½ hr before HWater 19.30hrs, 5.3 metres.  Conditions were far from ideal (not everyone likes a HWater match), members were spread far & wide in search of a codling or two.  In reality one codling would be a bonus at this time of year.  Fish bites were timid, “it was hard work”, and many were heard agreeing that the fish were just ‘coming on’ at the match end.  Danny Middlemas was one, and also reported snapping off a better fish on his second cast, when it’s thought his braid caught a rock edge.

Of the 20 members fishing 12 had predominantly codling to weigh-in, Mike Saunders also had 2 poutings in his bag.  Shale and grass, on fish to be weighed-in, are a giveaway as to where they may have been caught.  Fish must be washed clean before they can be weighed, and Bernard Vasey ensured all complied.  

Denis Thompson 3 lb 10 oz picked up HFish of the night - his 6th such win.  Dave Perrett, Man of the Match 3 codlings 5 lb 04 oz his 4th win (& joint leader with Denis Thompson & Rob Allison also on 4 wins each).

Ten matches left to close of season, and with Rob Allison ‘blanking’ Dave Perrett’s deficit is now only 18 lb 01 oz for second place.  Dave leads in the fish count, 84 fish.  Denis extends his lead to 4 lb 08 oz on Rob.

40 matches fished - Denis Thompson’s average is 3 lb 13 oz/per match.  At the start of the season a 5 lb weigh-in/per match Av. was the target to be ‘competitive’.  In the top eleven no one is ‘safe’, it is too close, a ‘good bag’ or one ‘blank’ too many and more than one place could be lost.

With the weather about to take a turn for the worst, an icy cold blast & snow are inbound from Siberia, it could be an interesting finish to the season.

Results:- 23 fish - 36 lb 07 oz (Av 1 lb 09 oz)

​1st Dave Perrett - 3 codlings
2nd Dave Ward - 4 codlings
3rd = Paul Kilpatrick - 3 codlings
3rd = Dave Turnbull - 2 codlings
5th Denis Thompson - 1 codling
6th Mike Saunders - 1 codling, 2 poutings
7th Bernard Vasey - 2 codlings
8th Peter Horbury - 1 codling
9th Brian Harland - 1 codling
10th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
11th Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
12th Dave Hambley - 1 codling
​5 lb 04 oz
4 lb 15 oz
4 lb 10 oz
4 lb 10 oz
3 lb 10 oz
3 lb 01 oz
2 lb 15 oz
2 lb 04 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 02 oz
1 lb 00 oz



Inc 2 lb 11½ oz
Heaviest Fish
Inc. 1 lb 12½ oz
Inc 1 lb 13½ oz
​One fish
Leader board after 40 of 50 matches

​​1st   Denis Thompson - 82 fish 
2nd   Rob Allison - 80 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 84 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 80 fish 
5th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
6th   Colin Stainthorpe - 77 fish 
7th   Dave Ward - 83 fish 
8th   Paul Short - 81 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 60 fish 
10th   Bernard Vasey - 60 fish 

11th   Danny Middlemas - 71 fish 
12th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
13th   Mike Saunders - 60 fish 
14th   Dave Hambley - 36 fish 
15th   James Moore - 54 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
18th   Peter Horbury - 42 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 22 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 6 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 

​​152 lb 10/16oz
148 lb  2/16oz
130 lb  1/16oz
117 lb  6/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
108 lb  7/16oz
106 lb  2/16oz
104 lb 15/16oz
103 lb  9/16oz
103 lb  2/16oz

98 lb 11/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
71 lb 14/16oz
68 lb  6/16oz
64 lb 12/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
50 lb 10/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
38 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
10 lb  1/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz

​Difference
4 lb  8/16oz
18 lb  1/16oz
12 lb 11/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
6 lb 14/16oz
2 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
     7/16oz
​
4 lb  7/16oz
26 lb  4/16oz
     9/16oz
3 lb  8/16oz
3 lb 10/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
6 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
8 lb  2/16oz
     9/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Av/match wgh-in
​3 lb 13/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb 15/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
2 lb 10/16oz
2 lb  9/16oz
​2 lb  9/16oz
​
2 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
    15/16oz
    15/16oz
    10/16oz
     9/16oz
     8/16oz
     7/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
     3/16oz
     2/16oz
     2/16oz
     1/16oz
​Seasons total 1,398 fish for 2,063 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Sun 25th Feb - 41 of 50

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​Low water 17.49 hrs, 2.1 metres, 1035 mbar, 2°C

Weather has turned decidedly cold, as reported last Sunday.  The cause a break-up of the polar vortex, a large area of cold air that normally hangs over the North Pole.  But a change in the polar jet stream has triggered a phenomenon known as Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW).  This causes cold winds to be pushed south over Northern Europe & the US.

Sea state Easterly swell 1ft, close to shore meant close set swells (with colour).  ESEasterly (exceptionally dry) wind, 16/20mph, 1°C felt well below zero as the chill factor was a major issue for baiting up.  Twenty one members fished an all flood match started at low water on a slack tide.

A 75% moon shone brightly ‘when’ there was a break in the cloud cover.  There was no escaping the cross wind, pulling heavily & dragging end tackle into snags.  The sea state itself was not heavy enough to warrant using grip leads but with the wind it helped.

At the weigh-in many reported how cold it had been, then it started to snow lightly, a few members that travel were keen to weigh-in and set off home across the moors.  Weigh master Bernard & Jason weighed 16 codlings, a r/ling for 32 lb 11 oz.

Man of the Match, Paul Short 2 codlings 5 lb 02 oz reported the fish were at him all night ‘but’ he just could not get them out.  Snapping off his ‘shock leaders’ one after the other.  HFish Dave Hambley 4 lb 12 oz now leads in the Monthly Sweep with one match left for February.

Denis Thompson has extended his lead to 5 lb 04 oz on Rob Allison, and Dave Perrett leads the fish count at 87 fish.

In the hypothetical ‘Sunday League’ Rob Allison leads Denis Thompson by 26 lb 02 oz, members will decide on its future at the AGM Wed 29th August.

The weather is said to get colder as The Beast from the East rolls in.  Wednesday night could be interesting 5-8ft ENEasterly swell and 32/49mph Easterly winds, -1°C, & snow!!

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​Results:- 32 lb 11 oz (Av 1 lb 15 oz)
​1st Paul Short - 2 codlings
2nd Dave Hambley - 1 codling
3rd Dave Perrett - 3 codlings
4th Brian Harland - 2 codlings
5th Dave Turnbull - 2 codlings
6th Denis Thompson - 2 codlings
7th Rob Allison - 2 codlings
8th Peter Horbury - 1 codling
9th Dave Ward - 1 codling
10th Danny Middlemas - 1 r/ling
​5 lb 02 oz
4 lb 12 oz
4 lb 10 oz
4 lb 06 oz
4 lb 05 oz
3 lb 05 oz
2 lb 09 oz
2 lb 06 oz
    15 oz
     5 oz
Inc 3 lb 02 oz (photo)
Heaviest Fish





​1 fish
Leader board after 41 of 50 matches
​1st Denis Thompson - 84 fish 
2nd Rob Allison - 82 fish 
3rd Dave Perrett - 87 fish 
4th Brian Harland - 82 fish 
5th Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
6th  Paul Short - 83 fish 
7th Colin Stainthorpe - 77 fish 
8th Dave Ward - 84 fish 
9th Andrew Cass - 60 fish 
10th Bernard Vasey - 60 fish 

11th   Danny Middlemas - 72 fish 
12th   Dave Hambley - 37 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
14th   Mike Saunders - 60 fish 
15th   James Moore - 54 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
18th   Peter Horbury - 43 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 22 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
​155 lb 15/16oz
150 lb 11/16oz
134 lb 11/16oz
121 lb 12/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
110 lb  1/16oz
108 lb  7/16oz
107 lb  1/16oz
103 lb  9/16oz
103 lb  2/16oz

99 lb 00 oz
73 lb  2/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
71 lb 14/16oz
64 lb 12/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
53 lb 00 oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
38 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
5 lb  4/16oz
16 lb 00 oz
12 lb 15/16oz
6 lb  7/16oz
5 lb  4/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
3 lb  8/16oz
     7/16oz

4 lb  2/16oz
25 lb 14/16oz
    11/16oz
     9/16oz
7 lb  2/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
     8/16oz
7 lb  4/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
6 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Seasons total 1,415 fish for 2,095 lb 11 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Beast from the East arrives - Tues 27th February

Wed 28th Feb - 42 of 50 - Beast from the East

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Rob tames 'The Beast from the East'
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​Low water 21.14 hrs, 1.0 metres, 1022 mbar, -3°C

The weather, last seen like this in 2010 on the NEast coast, The Beast from the East originating in Siberia.  High pressure dominating and showing no signs of changing, Red Weather alerts across the country.  I read this morning the NHS giving ‘nanny’ advice on how to walk in the snow - “like a penguin”, arms splayed for balance, knees bent, and toes pointed out.  Pity we can’t catch fish like ‘em!

Sea state 7ft+ ENEasterly on an all ebb tide, fishing down and over low water 21.14hrs, 1.0 metres.  Plenty of colour, there was some surging but the wind was horrendous, 25/35mph.  Bags had to zipped up, and wedged behind rocks.  95% full moon brought bright spells in-between the fast moving cloud cover.  Using a head torch was pointless during the driving snow showers, and anglers were best using the ambient moonlight to see their way across the scaurs.

Local roads were ‘passable’ with care so many stayed local, and found marks where the wind was on their backs.  Fish bites were impossible to feel, and fish landed were ‘laid on’.  ‘Only’ nine members were fishing and all commentated “it was the coldest they have ever fished in”.  Temperature was already -3°C before 19.00hrs and with the wind chill on wet hands, who knows, all I can say it was painful.

Come match end 22.00hrs it was a total white out, and even the evening glow of light pollution from Whitby town had gone, snow was thick and laying on the sand.  Anglers resembled abdominal snowmen, covered in snow from head to foot.

Overall it wasn’t my night ☺ - Having bumped into Paul Short in the Fleece car park, he joined me at Cretebloc, a mark he had never fished before.  After a few pointers we cast in late, around 19.15hrs, by 20.30 Paul had a fish.  Later, Colin Stainthorpe joined me after 21.00hrs, and he too caught a fish #Frustrating.

​Man of the Match with both HFish & HBoFish Rob Allison 7 lb 06 oz (4) Inc. 2 lb 15 oz HFish.

February belongs to Denis Thompson, (although Rob has retaken top spot on the Leader Board) - 12 fish - 29 lb 15 oz.
Monthly Sweep winners
HBoFish Rob Allison, Sun 11th - 11 lb 02 oz (6)
HFish Dave Hambley, Sun 25th - 4 lb 12 oz

February stats
146 fish - 129 codlings, 7 flat fish, 5 poutings, 3 rocklings, 2 whitings
Totalling 236 lb 15 oz giving an Av/fish 1 lb 10 oz

Results:- 7 fish - 12 lb 02 oz (Av 1 lb 12 oz)

​1st Rob Allison - 4 codlings
2nd Paul Short - 1 codling
3rd Colin Stainthorpe - 1 codling
4th Brian Harland - 1 codling
​7 lb 06 oz
2 lb 09 oz
1 lb 06 oz
    13 oz
Heaviest Fish 2 lb 15 oz
Leader board after 42 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 86 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 84 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 87 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 83 fish 
5th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 84 fish 
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 78 fish 
8th   Dave Ward - 84 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 60 fish 
10th   Bernard Vasey - 60 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 72 fish 
12th   Dave Hambley - 37 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
14th   Mike Saunders - 60 fish 
15th   James Moore - 54 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
18th   Peter Horbury - 43 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 22 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
26th   Richard Deadman - 14 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
158 lb  1/16oz
155 lb 15/16oz
134 lb 11/16oz
122 lb  9/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
112 lb 10/16oz
109 lb 13/16oz
107 lb  1/16oz
103 lb  9/16oz
103 lb  2/16oz
99 lb 00 oz
73 lb  2/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
71 lb 14/16oz
64 lb 12/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
53 lb 00 oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
38 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
20 lb  9/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
​2 lb  2/16oz
21 lb  4/16oz
12 lb  2/16oz
7 lb  4/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
3 lb  8/16oz
     7/16oz
4 lb  2/16oz
25 lb 14/16oz
    11/16oz
     9/16oz
7 lb  2/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
7 lb  5/16oz
     8/16oz
7 lb  4/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
6 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
2 lb 13/16oz
    13/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 1,422 fish for 2,107 lb 13 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)
Stats and match by match winners for February 2018
February's sweeps
Heaviest Fish - Dave Hambley
Heaviest Bag of Fish - Rob Allison

4 lb 12 oz - Sunday 25th February
11 lb 02 oz (6) - Sunday 11th February

February
Sun 4th
Wed 7th
Sun 11th
Wed 14th
Sun 18th
Wed 21st
Sun 25th
Wed 28th

Sun 4th
Wed 7th
Sun 11th
Wed 14th
Sun 18th
Wed 21st
Sun 25th
Wed 28th
Heaviest Fish
Denis Thompson
Danny Middlemas
Rob Allison
Dave Ward
Denis Thompson
Denis Thompson
Dave Hambley
Rob Allison
Heaviest Bag of Fish
Denis Thompson (2)
Danny Middlemas (5)
Rob Allison (6)
Dave Ward (3)
Dave Hambley (2)
Dave Perrett (3)
Paul Short (2)
Rob Allison (4)
Weight
3 lb 02½ oz
3 lb 10 oz
3 lb 04 oz
4 lb 07½ oz
2 lb 07 oz
3 lb 10 oz
4 lb 12 oz
2 lb 15 oz

6 lb 05 oz
8 lb 01 oz
11 lb 02 oz
8 lb 03 oz
3 lb 06 oz
5 lb 04 oz
5 lb 02 oz
7 lb 06 oz
Notes







 No. Fish
20
30
22
11
16
23
21
7
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146 fish
Weight
33 lb 07 oz
43 lb 00 oz
38 lb 01 oz
21 lb 00 oz
16 lb 15 oz
36 lb 07 oz
32 lb 11 oz
 12 lb 02 oz
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236 lb 15 oz
Catch for February
129 codlings, 7 flat fish, 5 poutings, 3 rocklings, 2 whitings
236 lb 15 oz - Av 1 lb 10 oz

March 2018

Sun 4th Mar - 43 of 50

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8am Sandsend beach early morning walk with GLW & Aussie
↓ - Recent heavy easterly seas have stripped the beach of sand - ↓
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​High water 17.41 hrs, 5.9 metres, 989 mbar, 3°C

Storm Emma, and the Beast from the East had abated, with temperatures just above zero the big thaw had already started.  ESEasterly winds 10/17mph brought thick mist/fog all day.  Sea state regular NEasterly swells 2-3ft with plenty of colour.  The 4hr match, for the 19 members fishing, started in day light 20mins after HWater.  BST starts Sunday 25th march 2018.  Cliff marks, and piers were popular for members and pleasure anglers alike with a few trying local beaches.

19.00 hrs and the visibility was down to less than 50yds, temperature dropped as the wind shifted SEasterly (probably just wind chill).  Not long after, the first of a couple of short rain showers fell which helped to thin the mist/fog.  For the first hour there were no fish bites, baits were coming back as cast.  Once the ebb took hold fish bites increased but were mostly small fish.  For some weed was an issue, and a mark move was necessary.

At the scales Bernard Vasey was in good spirits, despite not catching himself, nestled under his umbrella sheltering from yet another rain shower.  Just 7 members managed a meagre weigh-in of 11 codlings - totalling 20 lb 07 oz - starts the tally for March.

Man of the Match Rob Allison, with his 6th win, 3 codlings weighed 4 lb 05 oz.  James ‘Jamsy’ Moore, with his 3rd HFish win, 3 lb 02 oz.  These are now the target weights to beat in the Monthly Sweeps.  Jamsy was just one, who had to move marks mid match, reporting it was a good move, wishing he had moved earlier.

On the Leader Board Rob has a 6 lb 07 oz lead on Denis Thompson with Dave Perrett 18 lb 04 oz adrift from him.  Both Rob & Dave are tied on 89 fish.  Just 7 matches left to close of the 2017 - 2018 Season, still too close to call, so no one in the top eleven can relax.  Danny Middlemas 11th is just 1 lb shy of being next to join the 100 lb club.

In the trial for a ‘Sunday League’ next season, Rob Allison 106 lb 06 oz, leads Dave Perrett by 29 lb 06 oz, 55 to 44 fish (details and how it will be run, not yet finalised should WSAA members embrace the idea).

Results:- 20 lb 07 oz (Av 1 lb 14 oz)

​1st Rob Allison - 3 codlings
2nd James Moore - 2 codlings
3rd Dave Perrett - 2 codlings
4th = Peter Horbury - 1 codling
4th = Richard Deadman - 1 codling
6th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
7th Dave Hambley - 1 codling
​4 lb 05 oz
4 lb 00 oz
3 lb 00 oz
2 lb 15 oz
2 lb 15 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 09 oz

Heaviest Fish 3 lb 02 oz

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Leader board after 43 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 89 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 84 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 89 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 83 fish 
5th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
6th   Paul Short - 84 fish 
7th   Colin Stainthorpe - 78 fish 
8th   Dave Ward - 84 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 61 fish 
10th   Bernard Vasey - 60 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 72 fish 
12th   Dave Hambley - 38 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
14th   Mike Saunders - 60 fish 
15th   James Moore - 56 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   Peter Horbury - 44 fish 
18th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 22 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Richard Deadman - 15 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
162 lb  6/16oz
155 lb 15/16oz
137 lb 11/16oz
122 lb  9/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
112 lb 10/16oz
109 lb 13/16oz
107 lb  1/16oz
105 lb  4/16oz
103 lb  2/16oz
99 lb 00 oz
74 lb 11/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
71 lb 14/16oz
68 lb 12/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
55 lb 15/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
38 lb  4/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
23 lb  8/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
​6 lb  7/16oz
18 lb  4/16oz
15 lb  2/16oz
7 lb  4/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
2 lb 12/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  2/16oz
24 lb  5/16oz
2 lb  4/16oz
     9/16oz
3 lb  2/16oz
7 lb 15/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
7 lb 12/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
6 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
    11/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Seasons total 1,433 fish for 2,128 lb 04 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 7th Mar - 44 of 50

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​High water 19.41 hrs, 5.2 metres, 993 mbar, 2°C

Wednesday nights 3hr match started just after sunset for the 17 members fishing.  Mist and heavy cloud cover with a slight, but cold, SSWesterly breeze.  Sea state had been dropping all day, NEasterly swell 2ft at best was regular, and long distance.  Colour was good, no reports of weed.  Fishing ‘up & over’ high water cliff marks and piers were the marks of choice.

A ‘bite less night’, repeated by more than one disappointed member at the weigh-in as members gathered to watch proceedings as only 8 members weighed-in 13 codlings
- 28 lb 09 oz.

Dave Ward, early to the scales, 4 codlings for 6 lb 14 oz may have thought the match was his & in the bag.  That was until Rob Allison stepped up, amazing everyone with a clean sweep both HBoFish & HFish 4 codlings 10 lb 09 oz, his best 6 lb 10½ oz - both now lead in the Monthly Sweeps.

Dave Ward, now up to 6th on the Leader Board, just a small deficit 1 lb 06 oz to Paul Kilpatrick, then 8 lb 11 oz to 4th place Brian Harland.  Rob Allison leads Denis Thompson, separated by 13 lb 09 oz, both have a 1 lb 14 oz fish/average.  Rob has a match average weigh-in of 3 lb 15 oz to 3 lb 10 oz for Denis.

Danny Middlemas has now joined the 100 lb Club.  Dave Hambley is 25 lb 05 oz adrift with only 6 matches left.

Top tip - Check you have everything in the car ‘before’ you travel.  Nothing worse than opening your boot and you don’t have your chest waders.

Results:- 13 fish - 28 lb 09 oz (Av 2 lb 03 oz)
​1st Rob Allison - 3 codlings
2nd Dave Ward - 4 codlings
3rd Denis Thompson - 1 codling
4th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
5th = James Moore - 1 codling
5th = Brian Harland - 1 codling
7th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
8th Steven Swales - 1 codling
​10 lb 09 oz
6 lb 14 oz
3 lb 07 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 03 oz
Heaviest fish - 6 lb 10½ oz
Leader board after 44 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 92 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 85 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 89 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 84 fish 
5th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
6th   Dave Ward - 88 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 84 fish 
8th   Colin Stainthorpe - 78 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 62 fish 
10th   Bernard Vasey - 60 fish 
11th   Danny Middlemas - 73 fish 
12th   Dave Hambley - 38 fish 
13th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
14th   Mike Saunders - 60 fish 
15th   James Moore - 57 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   Peter Horbury - 44 fish 
18th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 32 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 23 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
25th   Richard Deadman - 15 fish 
26th   Jason Ebison - 15 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
​172 lb 15/16oz
159 lb  6/16oz
137 lb 11/16oz
124 lb 00 oz
115 lb  5/16oz
113 lb 15/16oz
112 lb 10/16oz
109 lb 13/16oz
107 lb  2/16oz
103 lb  2/16oz
100 lb  4/16oz
74 lb 11/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
71 lb 14/16oz
70 lb  3/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
55 lb 15/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
45 lb 12/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
39 lb  7/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
23 lb  8/16oz
21 lb  6/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
13 lb  9/16oz
21 lb 11/16oz
13 lb 11/16oz
8 lb 11/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
2 lb 13/16oz
2 lb 11/16oz
4 lb 00 oz
2 lb 14/16oz
25 lb  9/16oz
2 lb  4/16oz
     9/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
9 lb  6/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
2 lb  7/16oz
7 lb 12/16oz
    15/16oz
     8/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
2 lb  4/16oz
13 lb 00 oz
    11/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Seasons total 1,446 fish for 2,156 lb 05 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Sun 11th Mar - 45 of 50

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8am morning dog walk with GLW & Aussie

All smiles Colin Stainthorpe

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Colin Stainthorpe (5) 9 lb 04 oz
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Dave Perrett 2 lb 06½ oz
Low water 17.54 hrs, 2.5 metres, 991 mbar, 4°C

Low pressure currently dominating the weather along the North East coastline.  Long distance, regular ENEasterly swells 2-3ft with some colour on the rock but none on the local beaches.  Gentle but cold Easterly breeze leading to ‘mist & fog’ as it met the warmer land mass.  Throughout the match a wall of ‘mist & fog’ slowly enveloped the coastline, another dark night, no moonlight.

The 4hr match started in daylight, also at low water, on a slack tide, so many low water marks were ruled out.  Members headed to cliff marks and piers, some venturing further afield.  Members knew the first hour would be bite less, until darkness fell.  At times there was too much white water, followed by periods of calm, as the swells caught up with the flood, which repeated throughout the match.

By match end the fog was a real ‘pea souper’ even in Whitby town centre.  Still feeling under the weather Bernard Vasey tried fishing for a couple of hours but gave up, thankfully he turned out later to man the scales.  As we waited for members to return Denis Thompson reported ideal perfect conditions as he tried different marks but “not a bite all night”.  Disappointed again Dave Turnbull reported nothing but under sized codlings.  “Should have had three” Richard Deadman reported, his first codling landed made only 34½ cms, returned, and missed a good bite mid match.

A good turnout of 22 members fishing, in season’s gone turnout dwindles in March to single figures.  Fourteen did weighed-in (but 1 would later be disqualified) 25 codlings & a billet weighed-in 43 lb 14 oz - the best weigh-in for March.  Giving a match Av. fish 1 lb 11 oz less than Wednesday’s Av. 2 lb 03 oz.

Man of the Match, Colin Stainthorpe, 9 lb 04 oz (5) his 3rd win  James 'Jamsy' Moore missed out on HFish of the night by just ½ oz.  Dave Perrett took HFish, beating Jamsy with his best codling 2 lb 06½ oz.  Dave reported this was actually his first HFish win this season!

Dave has regained the ‘fish count’ lead, 93 fish, and closed the deficit, now 13 lb 12 oz, to 2nd place Denis Thompson.  On the Leader Board, Danny Middlemas has nudged Bernard Vasey out of 10th place by 5 oz.

Just five matches left, and members cannot afford to make ‘school boy’ errors, hence 2 top tips.

1) WSAA Rule 1 - Match entry is £2 - paid strictly in advance etc.  #LessonLearnt as one member’s weight was discounted.

2) #Fishing - In order to catch fish you will need some bait to put on your hooks, you are severely handicapped when you have left your green crab & bait flask at home.

Results:- 43 lb 14 oz (Av 1 lb 11 oz)
​1st Colin Stainthorpe - 5 codlings
2nd Dave Perrett - 4 codlings
3rd Paul Short - 2 codlings
4th James Moore - 2 codlings
5th Jason Ebison - 2 codlings
6th Danny Middlemas - 2 codlings
7th Brian Harland - 2 codlings
8th Dave Ward - 2 codlings
9th Steven Swales - 1 codling
10th Andrew Cass - 1 codling
11th Peter Horbury - 1 codling
12th Richard Deadman - 1 codling
13th Niki McCourt - 1 billet
​9 lb 04 oz
7 lb 15 oz
3 lb 13 oz
3 lb 08 oz
3 lb 06 oz
3 lb 03 oz
2 lb 15 oz
2 lb 12 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 09 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 06 oz
    14 oz
Inc 2 lb 02½ oz
Heaviest Fish 2 lb 06½ oz
Inc 2 lb 02 oz
​Inc 2 lb 06 oz
​Inc 1 lb 14 oz
Leader board after 45 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 92 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 85 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 93 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 86 fish 
5th   Colin Stainthorpe - 83 fish 
6th   Dave Ward - 90 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 86 fish 
8th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 63 fish 
10th   Danny Middlemas - 75 fish 

11th   Bernard Vasey - 60 fish 
12th   Dave Hambley - 38 fish 
13th   James Moore - 59 fish 
14th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
15th   Mike Saunders - 60 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   Peter Horbury - 45 fish 
18th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 33 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 24 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Richard Deadman - 16 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 17 fish 
26th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
172 lb 15/16oz
159 lb  6/16oz
145 lb 10/16oz
126 lb 15/16oz
119 lb  1/16oz
116 lb 11/16oz
116 lb  7/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
108 lb 11/16oz
103 lb  7/16oz

103 lb  2/16oz
74 lb 11/16oz
73 lb 11/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
71 lb 14/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
57 lb  6/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
46 lb 10/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
41 lb  5/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb 14/16oz
24 lb 12/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
13 lb  9/16oz
13 lb 12/16oz
18 lb 11/16oz
7 lb 14/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
     4/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
6 lb 10/16oz
5 lb  4/16oz

     5/16oz
28 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
1 lb  4/16oz
     9/16oz
11 lb  1/16oz
3 lb  7/16oz
3 lb 14/16oz
6 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
4 lb  2/16oz
12 lb  5/16oz
     2/16oz
     9/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 1,472 fish for 2,200 lb 03 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 14th Mar - 46 of 50

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14.24 hrs High water Sandsend beach and the sea state is colourless
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​Low water 20.46 hrs, 1.7 metres, 998 mbar, 6°C

Wednesday was bright, dry, and mild, but the wind strength, SEasterly, had been growing all day.  Finding a sheltered / fishable mark would not be easy preferably with the wind on your back.  By 19.00hrs it had grown to 30mph with gusts in excess of 40mph.  Sea state was colourless, NNEasterly swells 3 - 4ft decreasing on an ebb tide down to low water, and an hour of flood.  Heavy cloud cover and no moonlight.

The wind strength and lack of colour may have put a few members off, only 18 fished the 3hr match.  Throughout the match, swell strength was strong enough to push through the ebb with no surging.  Fish bites were understandably hard to feel with the bowed lines.  The constant battering from the wind only got stronger as members followed the tide out onto the open scaurs.

Back at the Fleece car park Bernard Vasey was all set up and in good humour having recovered from a short illness.  The scales needed to be shielded from the gusts to get accurate readings.

Man of the Match, winning both HBoFish & HFish, current leader Rob Allison 7 lb 12 oz & 3 lb 15½ oz respectively.  Taking his 8th HBoFish & 7th HFish wins.  A game of ‘ping pong’, as Rob regains the lead in the fish count 95, from Dave Perrett on 94 fish.  Sneaking quietly up behind, Dave Ward on 91 fish, Dave has been doing remarkably well this season, his consistency and commitment could pay off before the season ends.

Just four matches left, not forgetting BST (British Summer Time) starts Sunday 25th March so members will have to contend with extra daylight.  Not forgetting the return of the Beast from the East Part II this weekend.

Dave Perrett has been issuing presentation evening meus detailing individual rebates from match entries & unclaimed match winnings, he has also requested all trophies be returned for engraving prior to presentation evening.

Results:- 14 fish - 25 lb 08 oz (Av 1 lb 13 oz)
​1st Rob Allison - 3 codlings 
2nd Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
3rd James Moore - 2 codlings
4th Peter Horbury - 2 codlings
5th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
6th Mike Saunders - 1 codling
7th Dave Ward - 1 codling
8th Danny Middlemas - 1 codling
​7 lb 12 oz
3 lb 12 oz
3 lb 02 oz
3 lb 01 oz
2 lb 02 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 04 oz
Heaviest fish 3 lb 15½ oz
Leader board after 46 of 50 matches

​​1st   Rob Allison - 95 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 85 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 94 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 86 fish 
5th   Colin Stainthorpe - 85 fish 
6th   Dave Ward - 91 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 86 fish 
8th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 63 fish 
10th   Danny Middlemas - 76 fish 

11th   Bernard Vasey - 61 fish 
12th   James Moore - 61 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 38 fish 
14th   Mike Saunders - 61 fish 
15th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   Peter Horbury - 47 fish 
18th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 33 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 24 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Richard Deadman - 16 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 17 fish 
26th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 

​180 lb 11/16oz
159 lb  6/16oz
147 lb 12/16oz
126 lb 15/16oz
122 lb 13/16oz
118 lb  6/16oz
116 lb  7/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
108 lb 11/16oz
104 lb 11/16oz

104 lb  2/16oz
76 lb 13/16oz
74 lb 11/16oz
73 lb 10/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
60 lb  7/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
46 lb 10/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
41 lb  5/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb 14/16oz
24 lb 12/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz

​Difference
21 lb  5/16oz
11 lb 10/16oz
20 lb 13/16oz
4 lb  2/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb  2/16oz
6 lb 10/16oz
4 lb 00 oz

     9/16oz
27 lb  5/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
11 lb 10/16oz
     6/16oz
6 lb 15/16oz
6 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
4 lb  2/16oz
12 lb  5/16oz
     2/16oz
     9/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Av./fish
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  6/16oz
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1 lb  8/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
1 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 15/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
    10/16oz
1 lb 12/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb  9/16oz
1 lb  7/16oz
1 lb 14/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
3 lb  3/16oz
1 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
1 lb 00 oz
    15/16oz
​Seasons total 1,486 fish for 2,225 lb 11 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Sun 18th Mar - 47 of 50 - Mini Beast from the East

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17.00 hrs Road closed at Sandsend
“Last cast”
​High water 16.52 hrs, 5.6 metres, 1022 mbar, 0°C

The penultimate 4hr Sunday match for the 2017 - 2018 Season, and the Beast nee Mini Beast from the East was creating havoc all over the UK.  HWater, 16.42 hrs 5.6 metres and the NYCC Highways had closed the coastal road at Sandsend due to the high seas.  Easterly swells 5-7ft with a following 24/32mph bitterly cold Easterly wind, 100% cloud cover.

Come 18.00hrs, match start, still daylight, and a few of us were still sat in our cars.  Tide allegedly an hour back, we were waiting for the ebb to kick in, waiting for the surging to slow and some black water to appear.  18.30hrs time to get togged up, plenty of layers.  First cast 19.00hrs and you could feel the weed on the line straight away.  Pull in, re-bait and moved 50yds up the beach to find clear ground.

Throughout the 4hr match the wind did not let up, bringing short flurries of snow & hail.  Even when the ebb took full hold the surging continued as the rough seas still pushed over the outer reef.  Water colour was very poor, slightly milky, as to be expected on an Easterly.  Fish bites never happened despite trying every bait from fresh lug to green grab & mussel.

At the scales Bernard was in good humour, despite not fishing, reporting he had been to ‘look’ at Robinhoods Bay but returned home as the seas were pounding the foreshore and anyone fishing would have been soaked in a constant wall of sea spray, Sofa Hole it was.  Just 4 of 18 fishing managed a weigh-in.  Rob Allison, Paul Short and Brian Harland all reported, when asked, “When did they catch their fish?” All replied “Last cast”.

Too cold to hang around in the car park, and as soon as Dave Perrett arrived, scales were packed up, and everyone retired to the warmth & hospitality of the Fleece.

Man of the Match Danny Middlemas his 4th win, caught 2 codlings 2 lb 05 oz.  The HFish of the night 1 lb 11 oz Rob Allison, his 8th win of the season.  Not the smallest fish to win HFish, that accolade currently falls to Paul Kilpatrick 1 lb 08 oz Wed 13th Dec 2017.

Total weigh-in 7 codlings 6 lb 05 oz, supersedes the worst weigh-in of Wed 31st Jan by 1 lb 07 oz when likewise 7 fish were weighed –in for a meagre 7 lb 12 oz.

Next Sunday - 25th March BST starts.

Results:- 6 lb 05 oz (Av 1 lb 09 oz)
​1st Danny Middlemas - 2 codling
2nd Rob Allison - 1 codlings - HFish
3rd Paul Short - 1 codlings
4th Brian Harland - 1 codling
​2 lb 05 oz
1 lb 11 oz
1 lb 04 oz
1 lb 01 oz

Heaviest Fish
Leader board after 47 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 96 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 85 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 94 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 87 fish 
5th   Colin Stainthorpe - 85 fish 
6th   Dave Ward - 91 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 87 fish 
8th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 63 fish 
10th   Danny Middlemas - 77 fish 

11th   Bernard Vasey - 61 fish 
12th   James Moore - 61 fish 
13th   Dave Hambley - 38 fish 
14th   Mike Saunders - 61 fish 
15th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   Peter Horbury - 47 fish 
18th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 33 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 24 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Richard Deadman - 16 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 17 fish 
26th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
​182 lb  6/16oz
159 lb  6/16oz
147 lb 12/16oz
128 lb 00 oz
122 lb 13/16oz
118 lb  6/16oz
117 lb 11/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
108 lb 11/16oz
107 lb 00 oz

104 lb  2/16oz
76 lb 13/16oz
74 lb 11/16oz
73 lb 10/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
60 lb  7/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
46 lb 10/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
41 lb  5/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb 14/16oz
24 lb 12/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
23 lb 00 oz
11 lb 10/16oz
19 lb 12/16oz
5 lb  3/16oz
4 lb  7/16oz
    11/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
6 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz

​2 lb 14/16oz
27 lb  5/16oz
2 lb  2/16oz
1 lb  1/16oz
1 lb  3/16oz
11 lb 10/16oz
     6/16oz
6 lb 15/16oz
6 lb 14/16oz
1 lb 13/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
4 lb  2/16oz
12 lb  5/16oz
     2/16oz
     9/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 1,490 fish for 2,232 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 21st Mar - 48 of 50

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​High water 18.30 hrs, 5.6 metres, 1020 mbar, 7°C

Penultimate Wednesday night match, and it was miserable to say the least!  High pressure and a strong Westerly crosswind brought heavy rain showers mid match.  The all ebb match, started a ½hr after HWater.  Northerly swell, with plenty of colour, had been falling all day, 3ft max by 19.00hrs.  Cliff marks and piers were very popular with one or two venturing onto local beaches.

Second cast of the night, no sooner had the bait landed in the water, and Peter Horbury ‘thought’ he had hooked a better fish when his rod tip was dipping so violently that the butt was lifting off the ground.  On retrieval, a ‘black backed gull’ was the ‘catch’.  Fellow member Colin Stainthorpe helped untangle the bird after a cloth was placed over its head to calm it.  Once released, it flew straight back into the line for the process to be repeated.

After the heavy rain showers there was a brief glimpse of the evening sky, and some moonlight broke through by match end 22.00hrs.

At the scales Bernard Vasey was sheltering under an umbrella, ushering members to weigh-in and shield the fish pan from the wind.  Despite the poor conditions a good turnout, 17 members fished the 3hr match, with 8 returning with 9 codlings for 17 lb.

Man of the match, with a single codling, James Moore 3 lb 09 oz took both HBoFish (his 2nd win) & HFish (his 4th overall and 2nd this month).  James is 12th on the Leader Board, some 20 lb shy of 100 lb.  The only mover, was Mike Saunders up to equal 13th with Dave Hambley.

Members are again reminded to return their ‘clean’ trophies for engraving.  Presentation evening Saturday 28th April and some members still have not collected their menu options and rebate notifications from Dave Perrett.

Results:- 9 fish - 17 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb 14 oz)

​1st James Moore - 1 codling
2nd Colin Stainthorpe - 2 codlings
3rd Dave Ward - 1 codling
4th Dave Perrett - 1 codling
5th Rob Allison - 1 codling
6th Niki McCourt - 1 codling
7th = Denis Thompson - 1 codling
7th = Mike Saunders - 1 codling
​3 lb 09 oz
3 lb 08 oz
2 lb 09 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 13 oz
1 lb 09 oz
1 lb 01 oz
1 lb 01 oz
Heaviest Fish (Photograph)
Leader board after 48 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 97 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 86 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 95 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 87 fish 
5th   Colin Stainthorpe - 87 fish 
6th   Dave Ward - 92 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 87 fish 
8th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 63 fish 
10th   Danny Middlemas - 78 fish 
11th   Bernard Vasey - 61 fish 
12th   James Moore - 62 fish 
13th = Dave Hambley - 38 fish 
13th = Mike Saunders - 62 fish 
15th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   Peter Horbury - 47 fish 
18th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 34 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 24 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Richard Deadman - 16 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 17 fish 
26th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
​184 lb  3/16oz
160 lb  7/16oz
149 lb 10/16oz
128 lb 00 oz
126 lb  5/16oz
120 lb 15/16oz
117 lb 11/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
108 lb 11/16oz
107 lb 00 oz
104 lb  2/16oz
80 lb  6/16oz
74 lb 11/16oz
74 lb 11/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
60 lb  7/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
48 lb  3/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
41 lb  5/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb 14/16oz
24 lb 12/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
23 lb 12/16oz
10 lb 13/16oz
21 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
5 lb  6/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  6/16oz
6 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
23 lb 12/16oz
5 lb 11/16oz
0         oz
2 lb  4/16oz
11 lb 10/16oz
     6/16oz
6 lb 15/16oz
5 lb  5/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
4 lb  2/16oz
12 lb  5/16oz
     2/16oz
     9/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
Seasons total 1,500 fish for 2,249 lb 00 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Sun 25th Mar - 49 of 50 - BST (British Summer Time)

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14.00 hrs Sandsend beach
Short ‘mop’ clean sweep
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​Low water 17.04 hrs, 2.0 metres, 1014 mbar, 6°C

Everything was against the 16 members fishing the last Sunday match of the 2017 - 2018 season.  A scratching match, British Summer Time (BST) had started, it did not get truly dark until 20.45hrs.  As the sun was setting 19.30hrs, rain showers at sea, and rainbows were visible under the clouds on an already spectacular reflective mirror image sea on the horizon.

High pressure dominating the weather, it had been a bright but cold sunny day.  Sea state flat calm, save 1ft or less, close to shore Northerly lift for the all flood match, on a slack tide.  The WNWesterly wind was bitterly cold, (although gauges read 6°C the wind chill was nearer 0°C), grew in strength throughout the 4hr match.

75% cloud cover, come mid match and the skies cleared to the south.  A bright ¾ moon high above the horizon shone through which did not help as the water was not thick with colour.  For the last hour of the match there were short sharp rain showers to dampen the already low morale.

The only excitement of the match (for me) was one bite, and then disappointment, landing a 4” billet.  Alternating two, two hook 3/0 traces, deliberately targeting rocklings in the hope of a weigh-in with fresh lug worm baits on one, and peeler with mussel on the other.  Rich Deadman, fishing the same mark, was more hopeful, ‘big baits for big fish’, apart from a ‘crack off’, it was a very uneventful evening.

At the scales Bernard Vasey was urging members to “hurry-up & weigh-in” their fish, time was pressing on, as they carried theirs bags towards the scales.  Bernard was disappointed, as the bags contained nothing more exciting than trophies being returned for engraving.  In fact Paul Short was the only member to weigh-in, 1 codling 1 lb 14½ oz.  Paul takes a clean sweep of all the prize money, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & HFish.

Denis Thompson reported a good codling bite, hooked and played for a few turns of the reel only for it to fall off.

Members are reminded to vote, via text, for Most Improved Angler please.

Trophies and money for the Presentation evening meal to be given to Dave Perrett on Wednesday night.

Results:- 1 lb 15 oz (Av 1 lb 15 oz)

​1st Paul Short - 1 codling
​1 lb 15 oz
​Heaviest Fish
Leader board after 49 of 50 matches
​1st   Rob Allison - 97 fish 
2nd   Denis Thompson - 86 fish 
3rd   Dave Perrett - 95 fish 
4th   Brian Harland - 87 fish 
5th   Colin Stainthorpe - 87 fish 
6th   Dave Ward - 92 fish 
7th   Paul Short - 88 fish 
8th   Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
9th   Andrew Cass - 63 fish 
10th   Danny Middlemas - 78 fish 
11th   Bernard Vasey - 61 fish 
12th   James Moore - 62 fish 
13th = Dave Hambley - 38 fish 
13th = Mike Saunders - 62 fish 
15th   Rob Taylor - 45 fish 
16th   Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th   Peter Horbury - 47 fish 
18th   James Gilpin - 38 fish 
19th   Niki McCourt - 34 fish 
20th   Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st   Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
22nd   Steven Swales - 24 fish 
23rd   Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th   Richard Deadman - 16 fish 
25th   Jason Ebison - 17 fish 
26th   Paul Harding - 13 fish 
27th   William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th   Dave Turnbull - 8 fish 
29th   Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th   Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st   Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd   Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd   Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 
184 lb  3/16oz
160 lb  7/16oz
149 lb 10/16oz
128 lb 00 oz
126 lb  5/16oz
120 lb 15/16oz
119 lb 10/16oz
115 lb  5/16oz
108 lb 11/16oz
107 lb 00 oz
104 lb  2/16oz
80 lb  6/16oz
74 lb 11/16oz
74 lb 11/16oz
72 lb  7/16oz
60 lb 13/16oz
60 lb  7/16oz
53 lb  8/16oz
48 lb  3/16oz
44 lb 13/16oz
44 lb  5/16oz
41 lb  5/16oz
37 lb  3/16oz
24 lb 14/16oz
24 lb 12/16oz
24 lb  3/16oz
18 lb  3/16oz
14 lb  6/16oz
9 lb  8/16oz
6 lb  4/16oz
4 lb  3/16oz
3 lb 15/16oz
3 lb 11/16oz
Difference
23 lb 12/16oz
10 lb 13/16oz
21 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
5 lb  6/16oz
1 lb  5/16oz
4 lb  5/16oz
6 lb 10/16oz
1 lb 11/16oz
2 lb 14/16oz
23 lb 12/16oz
5 lb 11/16oz
0         oz
2 lb  4/16oz
11 lb 10/16oz
     6/16oz
6 lb 15/16oz
5 lb  5/16oz
3 lb  6/16oz
     8/16oz
3 lb 00 oz
4 lb  2/16oz
12 lb  5/16oz
     2/16oz
     9/16oz
6 lb 00 oz
3 lb 13/16oz
4 lb 14/16oz
3 lb  4/16oz
2 lb  1/16oz
     4/16oz
     4/16oz
​Seasons total 1,501 fish for 2,250 lb 15 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)

Wed 28th Mar - 50 of 50

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High water approaches 14.30hrs Sandsend beach
Rob Allison crowned 2017 - 2018 Champion
PictureJames Moore 3rd HFish win in March
​Low water 21.07 hrs, 1.3 metres, 1001 mbar, 2°C

Season finale, NEasterly swell with very little colour, and a gentle but cold WSWesterly breeze.  Fishing down to LWater on a large ebb 1.3 metres, the swell 2-3ft was surging with plenty of pull as it ebbed away.  Clear skies with patchy cloud cover was not enough to mask the bright ¾ + moon.

Nine members returned to the scales with 13 codlings 
26 lb 08 oz.  Man of the Match Brian Harland, his 3rd win this season, 2 codlings 5 lb 00 oz.  His HFish 2 lb 12 oz was not enough to beat James ‘Jamsy’ Moore’s only codling 2 lb 14½ oz.  This is the James’ 3rd HFish win this month.

Monthly Sweeps were both won by newly crowned 2017 - 2018 Champion Rob Allison - both landed on Wednesday 7th March 10 lb 09 oz (4), and HFish 6 lb 10½ oz

Three movers on the Leader Board:-

Danny Middlemas up to 9th from 10th.
Rob Taylor up to 13th from 14th
Ste Swales up to 21st from 22nd 

Total catch for March:-

91 codlings, and a billet - 169 lb 10 oz, Av 1 lb 14 oz

Total seasons catch:-

1,049 codlings, 141 rocklings, 104 whitings, 63 flat fish, 33 billets, 9 poutings, 4 wrasse, 3 pollock, 3 LSDs, 5 eels, and 1 bass.
1,514 fish for 2,277 lb 07 oz Av 1 lb 08 oz

Results:- 13 fish - 26 lb 08 oz (Av 2 lb 01 oz

​1st Brian Harland - 2 codlings
2nd Rob Taylor - 2 codlings
3rd Steven Swales - 2 codlings
4th James Moore - 1 codling
5th Danny Middlemas - 2 codling
6th Bernard Vasey - 1 codling
7th Dave Turnbull - 1 codling
8th Dave Ward - 1 codling
9th Rob Allison - 1 codling
​5 lb 00 oz
4 lb 02 oz
3 lb 03 oz
2 lb 15 oz
2 lb 12 oz
2 lb 07 oz
2 lb 03 oz
2 lb 01 oz
1 lb 13 oz
Inc. 2 lb 12 oz
Inc 2 lb 07½ oz

​Heaviest Fish 2 lb 14½ oz
Leader board after 50 of 50 matches

​​1st Rob Allison - 98 fish 
2nd Denis Thompson - 86 fish 
3rd Dave Perrett - 95 fish 
4th Brian Harland - 89 fish 
5th Colin Stainthorpe - 87 fish 
6th Dave Ward - 93 fish 
7th Paul Short - 88 fish 
8th Paul Kilpatrick - 70 fish 
9th Danny Middlemas - 80 fish 
10th Andrew Cass - 63 fish 
11th Bernard Vasey - 62 fish 
12th James Moore - 63 fish 
13th Rob Taylor - 47 fish 
14th = Dave Hambley - 38 fish 
14th = Mike Saunders - 62 fish 
16th Ben Laws - 31 fish 
17th Peter Horbury - 47 fish 
18th James Gilpin - 38 fish 
19th Niki McCourt - 34 fish 
20th Stuart Swales - 31 fish 
21st Steven Swales - 26 fish 
22nd Malcolm Pitman - 70 fish 
23rd Dave Smith - 26 fish 
24th Richard Deadman - 16 fish 
25th Jason Ebison - 17 fish 
26th Paul Harding - 13 fish 
27th William Atkinson - 17 fish 
28th Dave Turnbull - 9 fish 
29th Keeley Fairbanks - 3 fish 
30th Chris McCarthy - 5 fish 
31st Mike Bowman - 2 fish 
32nd Mike Winton - 4 fish 
33rd Norman Middlemas - 4 fish 

​​186 lb 00 oz
160 lb 07 oz
149 lb 10 oz
133 lb 00 oz
126 lb 05 oz
123 lb 00 oz
119 lb 10 oz
115 lb 05 oz
109 lb 12 oz
108 lb 11 oz
106 lb 09 oz
83 lb 05 oz
76 lb 09 oz
74 lb 11 oz
74 lb 11 oz
60 lb 13 oz
60 lb 07 oz
53 lb 08 oz
48 lb 03 oz
44 lb 13 oz
44 lb 08 oz
44 lb 05 oz
37 lb 03 oz
24 lb 14 oz
24 lb 12 oz
24 lb 03 oz
18 lb 03 oz
16 lb 09 oz
9 lb 08 oz
6 lb 04 oz
4 lb 03 oz
3 lb 15 oz
3 lb 11 oz

​Difference
​25 lb 09 oz
10 lb 13 oz
16 lb 10 oz
6 lb 11 oz
3 lb 05 oz
3 lb 06 oz
4 lb 05 oz
5 lb 09 oz
1 lb 01 oz
2 lb 02 oz
23 lb 04 oz
6 lb 12 oz
1 lb 14 oz

13 lb 14 oz
     06 oz
6 lb 15 oz
5 lb 05 oz
3 lb 06 oz
    05 oz
     03 oz
7 lb 02 oz
12 lb 05 oz
     02 oz
     09 oz
6 lb 00 oz
1 lb 10 oz
7 lb 01 oz
3 lb 04 oz
2 lb 01 oz
04 oz
04 oz
Aggregate Fish*
​1 lb 14½ oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 09 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 06 oz
1 lb 12 oz
1 lb 08 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 03 oz
1 lb 15 oz
1 lb 05 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 11 oz
    10 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 09 oz
1 lb 07 oz
1 lb 14 oz
1 lb 01 oz
1 lb 13 oz
3 lb 03 oz
1 lb  04 oz
2 lb 02 oz
1 lb 00oz
    15 oz
Matches Fished
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* - Aggregate fish - members must of fished 76% of the seasons match to qualify. see Gallery
Seasons total 1,514 fish for 2,277 lb 07 oz (Av 1 lb 08 oz)
Catch for March
​91 codlings, and a billet - 169 lb 10 oz, Av 1 lb 14 oz

Stats and match by match winners for March 2018
March's sweeps
Heaviest Fish - Rob Allison
Heaviest Bag of Fish - Rob Allison

6 lb 10½ oz - Wed 7th March
10 lb 09 oz (4) - Wed 7th March

March
Sun 4th
Wed 7th
Sun 11th
Wed 14th
Sun 18th
Wed 21st
Sun 25th
Wed 28th

​Sun 4th
Wed 7th
Sun 11th
Wed 14th
Sun 18th
Wed 21st
Sun 25th
Wed 28th
Heaviest Fish
James Moore
Rob Allison
Dave Perrett
Rob Allison
Rob Allison
James Moore
Paul Short
James Moore
Heaviest Bag of Fish
Rob Allison (3)
Rob Allison (3)
Colin Stainthorpe (5)
Rob Allison (3)
Danny Middlemas (2)
James Moore (1)
Paul Short (1)
Brian Harland (2)
Weight
3 lb 02 oz
6 lb 10½ oz
2 lb 06½ oz
3 lb 15½ oz
1 lb 11 oz
3 lb 09 oz
1 lb 14½ oz
2 lb 14½ oz

4 lb 05 oz
​10 lb 09 oz
9  lb 04 oz
7 lb 12 oz
2 lb 05 oz
3 lb 09 oz
1 lb 15 oz
5 lb 00 oz
Notes







 No. Fish
11
13
26
14
7
9
1
13
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92 fish
Weight
20 lb 07 oz
28 lb 05 oz
43 lb 14 oz
25 lb 08 oz
6 lb 05 oz
17 lb 00 oz
1 lb 15 oz
26 lb 08 oz
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169 lb 10 oz

End of season

Month by month WSAA catch

September
October
November
December
January
February
March
Totals
26 codlings, 4 rocklings, 2 flat fish,& 1 billet
332 codlings, 66 r/lings, 13 billets, 7 whitings, 5 flat fish, 2 pollocks, 2 LSD, 5 eels, 1 pouting & 1 bass
278 cod, 42 whitings, 36 rockling, 13 billets, 13 flat fish, 4 wrasse
139 codlings, 44 whitings, 23 flat fish, 18 r/lings, 6 billets
145 codlings, 14 r/lings, 13 f/fish, 9 whitings, 3 poutings/bleggs, 1 pollock and an LSD
​129 codlings, 7 flat fish, 5 poutings, 3 rocklings, 2 whitings
91 codlings, 1 billet

​1,049 codlings, 141 rocklings, 104 whitings, 63 flat fish, 33 billets, 9 poutings, 4 wrasse, 3 pollock, 3 LSDs, 5 eels, and 1 bass.
September
​October
November
December
January
February
March
Totals
33 fish
434​ fish
388 fish
230 fish
191 fish
146 fish
92 fish
1,514 fish
45 lb 02 oz
623 lb 12 oz
585 lb 00 oz
296 lb 08 oz
320 lb 08 oz
236 lb 15 oz
169 lb 10 oz
2,277 lb 07 oz
Av 1 lb 06 oz
​Av 1 lb 12 oz
​Av 1 lb 08 oz
​Av 1 lb 05 oz
​Av 1 lb 11 oz
​Av 1 lb 10 oz
​​Av 1 lb 14 oz
Av 1 lb 08 oz

​Table of Heaviest Bags of Fish

​1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th =
10th =
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th =
17th =
19th
20th
21st
22nd =
22nd =
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th =
30th =
​Sun 07 Jan 18
Sun 05 Nov 17
Sun 26 Nov 17
Sun 08 Oct 17
Wed 18 Oct 17
Sun 22 Oct 17
Sun 26 Nov 17
Sun 12 Nov 17
Sun 22 Oct 17
Sun 19 Nov 17
Wed 22 Nov 17
Sun 05 Nov 17
Wed 08 Nov 17
Sun 17 Dec 17
Sun 03 Dec 17
Wed 08 Nov 17
Sun 29 Oct 17
Wed 01 Nov 17
Sun 12 Nov 17
Wed 18 Oct 17
Sun 08 Oct 17
Sun 29 Oct 17
Sun 19 Nov 17
Sun 12 Nov 17
Sun 11 Feb 18
Wed 18 Oct 17
Wed 07 Mar 18
Sun 14 Jan 18
Sun 07 Jan 18
Wed 27 Sep 17
Sun 08 Oct 17
​​Dave Perrett
Denis Thompson
Ben Laws
Dave Perrett
Brian Harland
Paul Harding
Paul Kilpatrick
Andrew Cass
Rob Allison
Rob Allison
Bernard Vasey
Paul Kilpatrick
Malcolm Pitman
Rob Allison
Paul Kilpatrick
Dave Ward
Dave Ward
Denis Thompson
Bernard Vasey
Colin Stainthorpe
Denis Thompson
Paul Kilpatrick
Paul Kilpatrick
Rob Taylor
Rob Allison
Rob Taylor
Rob Allison
Bernard Vasey
Danny Middlemas
Stuart Swales
Stuart Swales
23 lb 10 oz
20 lb 02 oz
19 lb 06 oz
16 lb 05 oz
16 lb 04 oz
16 lb 01 oz
15 lb 02 oz
14 lb 11 oz
13 lb 09 oz
13 lb 02 oz
13 lb 02 oz
13 lb 01 oz
12 lb 15 oz
12 lb 13 oz
12 lb 12 oz
12 lb 11 oz
12 lb 05 oz
12 lb 05 oz
12 lb 03 oz
12 lb 02 oz
12 lb 01 oz
11 lb 11 oz
11 lb 11 oz
11 lb 04 oz
11 lb 02 oz
10 lb 15 oz
10 lb 09 oz
10 lb 07 oz
10 lb 04 oz
10 lb 02 oz
10 lb 02 oz​​
​10
9
6
7
5
9
7
4
8
5
7
8
16
8
8
21
5
4
6
7
6
6
5
4
6
8
3
5
3
6
6

​Table of individual members best bags of fish

​1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th =
16th =
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
28th
29th
30th
31st
32nd
33rd
​Dave Perrett
Denis Thompson
Ben Laws
Brian Harland
Paul Harding
Paul Kilpatrick
Andrew Cass
Rob Allison
Bernard Vasey
Malcolm Pitman
Dave Ward
Colin Stainthorpe
Rob Taylor
Danny Middlemas
Stuart Swales
Dave Smith
Dave Hambley
Steven Swales
Keeley Fairbanks
Paul Short
Mike Saunders
James Moore
Peter Horbury
Niki McCourt
Jason Ebison
Richard Deadman
James Gilpin
Dave Turnbull
William Atkinson
Mike Bowman
Chris McCarthy
Mike Winton
Norman Middlemas
​23 lb 10 oz
20 lb 02 oz
19 lb 06 oz
16 lb 04 oz
16 lb 01 oz
15 lb 02 oz
14 lb 11 oz
13 lb 09 oz
13 lb 02 oz
12 lb 15 oz
12 lb 11 oz
12 lb 02 oz
11 lb 04 oz
10 lb 04 oz
10 lb 02 oz
9 lb 11 oz
9 lb 11 oz
9 lb 06 oz
9 lb 02 oz
8 lb 15 oz
8 lb 13 oz
8 lb 05 oz
8 lb 04 oz
6 lb 11 oz
6 lb 02 oz
5 lb 15 oz
5 lb 14 oz
4 lb 10 oz
4 lb 07 oz
3 lb 01 oz
2 lb 13 oz
1 lb 10 oz
1 lb 05 oz

2016 - 2017
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2018 - 2019

Published - Monday 30th April 2018
Last edit - ​Saturday 13th April 2019
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