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Match Reports 2008
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Fixture: |
Beach Match
- Fur and Feather
Orfordness Narrows
Day Match - 14 December 2008 |
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Detail |
In their penultimate match of the year BSAC members fished their
Xmas Fur and Feather match from Orfordness (Narrows).
Conditions were ideal, gentle breeze, dry, cloudy sky,
coloured sea and a good tide. The fishing on the other hand was
unexplainably difficult with very few fish caught and very
strong tide pull making it almost impossible to hold bottom.
Chris Leonard managed to win the day (and the whiskey) with a
catch including Cod and Whiting (largest cod 3lb
14oz), Kevin Thorpe came second (brace of Pheasant) with a
catch of Cod, Whiting and Bass (cod 6lb 8oz) and 3rd place
went to Andy Gaskin (Rabbits). The fur and feather prizes were donated by
Tim Maples (brace of Pheasant, and pair of Rabbits) and Kevin
Thorpe (Whiskey). With the festive fare prizes and some Cod an enjoyable match
for all members.
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Weather / Conditions: |
Gentle Breeze, Dry, Cloudy Sky. |
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Members Fishing: |
Alan, Andy, Chris, Kevin, Peter |
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Top Fish: |
Cod 6lb 8oz |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Whiting, Bass |
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No. of Sizeable |
20 |
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No. of Undersize |
5 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Chris Leonard |
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2nd Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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3rd Place |
Andy Gaskin |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Mick Allen Shield - 2nd Leg
Total Weight Orfordness Narrows
All-Nighter Match - 30/31 November 2008 |
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Detail |
Braintree Sea Angling Club members fished
overnight at Orfordness in the second and final leg of the Mick
Allen Shield. With a north easterly wind and an occasional rain
shower conditions were fairly good but the fishing was slow.
All the anglers caught small codling between 1 1/2 lb and 3
lb with only few whiting being caught. Peter Costin completed
the double by winning the second leg as well as the first to
take the shield with 20 points. His bag of 12 lb 12 1/2 oz
contained ten codling, two whiting, a pout and a dab. Kevin
Thorpe took second place with seven codling, four whiting and a
dab for 11 lb 12 1/2 oz. Barrie Senior was third with seven
codling, a whiting and a pouting for 9 lb 15 oz. Over the two
legs Chris Leonard was placed second with a total of 14 points.
Kevin and Peter "Double hooked" a 70cm cod (Alas it did not
count for either points) - It was blind in one eye and covered
in lesions and scabs a very sorry specimen that amazing swam off
strongly after being returned. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
North Easterly Wind, Occasional Rain Showers |
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Members Fishing: |
Peter, Chris, Barry, Kevin |
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Top Fish: |
Cod 47cm |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Pouting, Whiting, Dab |
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No. of Sizeable |
Lots |
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No. of Undersize |
A few |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Peter Costin |
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2nd Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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3rd Place |
Barry Senior |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match
- Alf Huit Cup
Orfordness Narrows
Day Match - 26th October 2008 |
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Detail |
Braintree Sea Angling Club members endured
6 hours of rain in their latest match at Orford fishing for the
Alf Huit cup. After the strong winds of the previous few days
there was a rough sea and plenty of colour in the water ideal
cod conditions. Following a slow start the fishing picked up and
a steady stream of whiting and cod were caught by the anglers.
Barrie Senior took first place and the cup with eight cod and
eighteen whiting for 21 lb12.5 oz. Kevin Thorpe was second with
five cod, a dogfish and whiting for 14 lb 3 oz. Third spot went
to Andy Gaskin seven codling and eleven whiting for 12 lb 4.5oz. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Continual Rain and Wind |
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Members Fishing: |
Peter, Kevin, Andy, Barrie |
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Top Fish: |
Cod - 58cm |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Pouting, Whiting, Dogfish |
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No. of Sizeable |
Lots |
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No. of Undersize |
very few |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Barrie Senior |
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2nd Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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3rd Place |
Andy Gaskin |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Mick Allen Shield
Total Weight Orfordness Narrows
All-Nighter Match - 18/19 October 2008 |
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Detail |
The first leg of the Mick Allen Shield was
fished overnight at Orfordness in good conditions with lots of
whiting and a number of codling being caught. Peter Costin was
top on the day with 18 lb 11.5oz including a cod of 3 lb
14oz. Second place went to Chris Leonard with 16 lb 8.5oz. Chris
also had the best cod a fish of 6 lb 7oz. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
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Members Fishing: |
Peter, Chris |
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Top Fish: |
Cod - 6lb 7oz |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Pouting, Whiting |
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No. of Sizeable |
Lots |
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No. of Undersize |
Lots |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Peter Costin |
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2nd Place |
Chris Leonard |
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3rd Place |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
Felixstowe "Dip"
Day Match - 12th October 2008 |
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Detail |
Conditions were far from ideal when
Braintree Sea Angling Club members arrived at Felixstowe for
their latest beach match. Following the previous few days of
good weather and light offshore winds sea conditions were calm
but there was no colour in the water. The heavy mist did not
clear until lunch time. Fishing was tough with not all anglers
finding fish, for those that did it was just a single undersize
fish. Both Chris Leonard and Barrie Senior had a single codling
each with Chris's being slightly larger for him to win the
match. In third place was Peter Costin with a small bass. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Heavy Mist and Warm |
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Members Fishing: |
Peter, Chris, Barry, Colin, Andy, Kevin, Alan |
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Top Fish: |
Codling |
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Species Caught: |
Bass, Codling, Pouting |
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No. of Sizeable |
0 |
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No. of Undersize |
5 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Chris Leonard |
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2nd Place |
Barrie Senior |
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3rd Place |
Peter Costin |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
Orfordness
Evening Match - 27th September 2008 |
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Detail |
The last match in the Braintree Sea Angling
Club summer evening series was fished at Orford. With clear
skies and a light westerly breeze conditions were almost
perfect. The whiting were feeding throughout the session with
some codling and dogfish being landed as well. In first place
was Barrie Senior with 860 point for 17 lb 14.5 oz his catch
included 6 codling, with the rest made up of whiting and a
single dogfish. In second place with 465 points for 9 lb 11 oz
was Chris Leonard with a catch of 4 dogfish and 10 whiting.
Followed closely by Paul Murray with 456 points for 9 lb 8 oz
with a mixed bag of whiting, 2 codling, a dogfish and pout. The
overall winner of
the summer league is Tim Maples with 40 points just one point
ahead of runner up Kevin Thorpe. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Clear skies and a light westerly breeze - Almost perfect |
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Members Fishing: |
Peter, Paul, Brian, Chris, Tim, Paul, Barry |
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Top Fish: |
Cod |
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Species Caught: |
Dogfish, Whiting, Bass, Codling, Pouting |
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No. of Sizeable |
Lots |
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No. of Undersize |
Lots |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Barrie Senior |
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2nd Place |
Chris Leonard |
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3rd Place |
Paul Murray |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
Orfordness
Day Match - 14th September 2008 |
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Detail |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Ideal conditions |
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Members Fishing: |
Chris, Kevin, Andy, Brian and Peter |
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Top Fish: |
Cod |
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Species Caught: |
Dogfish, Whiting, Bass, Codling, Pouting and Dab |
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No. of Sizeable |
20 |
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No. of Undersize |
40 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Chris Leonard |
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2nd Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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3rd Place |
Peter Costin |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
Frinton on Sea
Evening Match - |
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Detail |
Following a change of
venue from Walton to Frinton for their latest evening match
Braintree Sea Angling Club members fished in ideal conditions.
In this catch and return match most anglers caught small bass
with some early sizeable whiting and codling showing. It was Tim
Maples that had the lions share with a fine mixed bag of bass,
whiting, pout, codling, sole and flounder for 4lb 14.5oz to take
first place. Second spot went to Peter Costin with bass,
whiting, pout and two codling for 3lb 9oz. In third place was
Barrie Senior with bass and eels for 2lb 10oz. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Ideal conditions |
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Members Fishing: |
Tim, Robert, Kevin, Barrie and Peter |
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Top Fish: |
Sole 1lb (Tim Maples) |
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Species Caught: |
Whiting,
Bass, Codling, Sole, Eel, Thornback, Pouting and Flounder |
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No. of Sizeable |
10 |
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No. of Undersize |
30 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Tim Maples |
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2nd Place |
Peter Costin |
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3rd Place |
Barrie Senior |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
Frinton on Sea
Evening Match - |
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Detail |
Braintree Sea Angling
club members travelled to Frinton on Sea for the latest in their
series of summer evening beach matches. Fishing in very
bright conditions initially with a couple of light showers
before a deluge the anglers found a variety of fish inc. a first thornback, from the beach, for Chris Leonard. The
crabs were veracious providing little time for the fish to find
the bait before being stripped. The winner was Andy Gaskin
with 167 points (5 bass, 2 Codling, 1 Eel and 1 Flounder), 2nd place went
to Chris Leonard with 131 points (4 Bass, 2 Sole, 2 Codling and 1
Thornback Ray) and 3rd place went to Kevin Thorpe with 63 points
(5 Bass
and 1 Pouting). |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Warm bright conditions, then showers and then a monsoon. |
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Members Fishing: |
Tim, Robert, Kevin, Chris, and Andy |
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Top Fish: |
Sole 1lb 2oz (Chris Leonard) |
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Species Caught: |
Bass, Codling, Sole, Eel, Thornback, Pouting and Flounder |
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No. of Sizeable |
5 |
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No. of Undersize |
30 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Andy Gaskin |
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2nd Place |
Chris Leonard |
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3rd Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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Photo's |
Chris
(Sole),
Chris (Thornback),
Andy
(Flounder) |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
St Osyth
Evening Match - |
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Detail |
Braintree Sea Angling
club members travelled to St Osyth for the latest in their
series of summer evening beach matches. Fishing in good
conditions with a warm light breeze and just a couple of brief
showers the anglers struggled to find fish. Baits were stripped
by the crabs in ten minutes leaving little time for the few fish
present to find the bait. However, all anglers caught some fish
but it was Barrie Senior who came out on top with 3 small bass;
a codling and a large eel for 2 lb 5 oz. In second place was
Kevin Thorpe with 1 lb 15 oz. His bag of consisted of 2 eels, 2
bass a nice sole and kept him in first place overall with 31
points for the series. Third place went to Andy Gaskin with a
bass an eel and a pout for 1 lb 5 oz. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Very warm light breeze |
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Members Fishing: |
Barrie,
Kevin, Peter, Chris, and Andy |
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Top Fish: |
Sole 1lb (Kevin Thorpe) |
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Species Caught: |
Bass, Codling, Sole, Eel |
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No. of Sizeable |
Lots |
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No. of Undersize |
Lots |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Barrie Senior |
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2nd Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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3rd Place |
Andy Gaskin |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
Shotley
Day Match - |
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Detail |
4 members of BSAC travelled to Shotley for
their latest beach match. On a very warm but blustery day
schoolie bass and flounder were the order of the day. In 1st
with 137 points was Kevin Thorpe, 2nd Andy Gaskin
with 114 points and 3rd Peter Costin with 73
points. The biggest flounder was caught by Andy Gaskin weighing
in at a round 1lb. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Very warm blustery south westerly |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Peter, Brian, and Andy |
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Top Fish: |
Bass 34cm, Flounder 1lb |
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Species Caught: |
Bass, Flounder |
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No. of Sizeable |
1 |
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No. of Undersize |
24 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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2nd Place |
Andy Gaskin |
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3rd Place |
Peter Costin |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
St Osyth
Evening Match - |
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Detail |
4 members of BSAC walked across the
sands up to the point next to the Nature Reserve. Crab
activity was very high and baits stripped within 5 minutes of
being in the water. Tim Maples led the way with 223, 2nd
went to Peter Costin with 92 and 3rd went to Kevin Thorpe. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Breezy North Westerly, Cloudy |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Andy, Peter and Tim |
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Top Fish: |
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Species Caught: |
Eel, Whiting, Codling, Bass |
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No. of Sizeable |
2 |
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No. of Undersize |
few |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Tim Maples |
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2nd Place |
Peter Costin |
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3rd Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
Orfordness
Evening Match |
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Detail |
6 members of BSAC travelled to
Orfordness for their latest evening beach match. All anglers
found fish but Tim Maples was able to able to find 4 sizeable
Codling in the 4lb range to win the match with 717 points,
second was Peter Costin with 567 points and third Chris Leonard
with 489. Best fish was a Codling of 4lb 5oz. This result keeps
the points totals close for the Summer Cup going into the
third match at St Osyth on the 31st May. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Breezy North Easterly, Cloudy |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Alan, Chris, Peter, Tim and Robert |
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Top Fish: |
Codling 4lb 5oz |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Whiting, Pouting, Dogfish, Sole |
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No. of Sizeable |
Lots |
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No. of Undersize |
Lots |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Tim Maples |
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2nd Place |
Peter Costin |
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3rd Place |
Chris Leonard |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total Weight / Points
Felixstowe Languards Point
Evening Match - |
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Detail |
A sunny but breezy evening announced the first match of the
Summer Cup for BSAC anglers. 5 members fished Felixstowe’s
Languard’s point from 18:00 through to 23:00. Lots of small fish
caught by all and sizeable fish were hard to find. Small codling
and whiting made up most of the catches with some pouting, eel
and bass landed. 41 fish counted in the final points tally and
all returned safely to fight another day. The winner was Kevin
Thorpe with 160 points, 2nd was Alan Porter with 119 points and
Chris Leonard in 3rd with 117 points. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Sunny but Breezy |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Andy, Colin, Alan, Chris |
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Top Fish: |
Codling |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Whiting, Pouting, Eel, Bass & Rockling |
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No. of Sizeable |
Few |
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No. of Undersize |
Lots |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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2nd Place |
Alan Porter |
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3rd Place |
Chris Leonard |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total weight / Points - Walton Pier
Friendly with
Bedfordshire Fresh Water Club |
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Detail |
Following the cancellation of the latest boat match BSAC
organised a match on Walton Pier in conjunction with a
freshwater club from Sandy in Bedfordshire. Sizeable fish were
hard to find but as the match was fished on a catch and return
basis all anglers were able to get points for fish over 18cm.
Small codling, whiting and pout made up most of the catches with
a few dogfish and eels landed. Barrie Senior won the match with
23 fish for 284 points, equivalent weight of 5 lb 14 1/2 oz.
Chris Leonard was the second Braintree angler and 3rd in the
match with 15 fish for 171 points equal to 3lb 9 oz. Brain
Grundy had the the third highest score for Braintree with 12
fish and 136 points equal to 2 lb 13 oz.. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
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Members Fishing: |
Brain
Grundy, Barry Senior, Chris Leonard |
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Top Fish: |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Whiting, Pouting & Dogfish |
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No. of Sizeable |
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No. of Undersize |
Lots |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Barry Senior |
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2nd Place |
Chris Leonard |
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3rd Place |
Brian Grundy |
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Photo's |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total weight / Points
Orfordness Crouch
Day Match |
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Detail |
Eight members of Braintree Sea Angling Club travelled to Orford
for their latest beach match. Competeing for the Braintree &
Witham Times Cup the match was fished on a catch and return
basis. All anglers found plenty of fish mainly undersize codling
and whiting but there were several sizeable codling in the one
and half to two pound range. Kevin Thorpe came out on top with
11lb to take the cup. In second place was Alan Porter with 10lb
5 1/2oz including four sizeable codling. Brian Grundy was close
behind with 10lb 2 1/2oz including four sizeable fish to take
third spot. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
North Westerly, Snowy, Sleety, Sunny, Snowy and Cold |
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Members Fishing: |
Andy Gaskin, Kevin Thorpe, Alan Porter, Colin Crocker, Brain
Grundy, Peter Costin, Robert Maples, Tim Maples |
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Top Fish: |
Codling 47cm |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Whiting, Pouting |
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No. of Sizeable |
10 |
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No. of Undersize |
150+ |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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2nd Place |
Alan Porter |
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3rd Place |
Brian Grundy |
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Photo's |
Click
here |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total weight / Points
Dungeness
Day Match |
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Detail |
BSAC anglers travelled to Dungeness looking for some nice dabs.
With only a light south westerly wind the fishing was
comfortable. All the anglers found dabs and a lot of pout but
most of the fish were on the small size. On his first outing
this year Barrie Senior took first place with 8 lb 11 oz. Peter
Costin's catch of 7 lb 3.5 oz gave him second place. Tim Maples
was in third spot with 4 lb 8 oz.
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Weather / Conditions: |
Light South Westerly Wind |
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Members Fishing: |
Barrie Senior, Peter Costin, Robert Maples, Tim Maples |
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Top Fish: |
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Species Caught: |
Dabs, Pouting |
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No. of Sizeable |
Few |
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No. of Undersize |
Lots |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Barrie Senior |
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2nd Place |
Peter Costin |
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3rd Place |
Tim Maples |
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Photo's |
Click
here |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match -
Total weight / Points
Orfordness Narrows
Day Match |
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Detail |
It was the first match of the year at Orfordness for BSAC and
hopefully a good omen for the rest of the season. Using the SAMF
size charts all fish over 18cm where measured and returned. With
7 members fishing the total fish recorded was about 20 fish per
angler being made up of mainly codling with the odd whiting,
pouting and dab. A warm and very sunny winter’s day with hardly
a breeze did not put the codling off from the feed and provided
10 sizable codling with the best being 48cm. After totaling the
points Kevin Thorpe 10lb 3oz (490 points) just pipped Andy
Gaskin 10lb 1.5oz (485 points) for 1st Place and the Solly
Brewer Cup. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Very Sunny Winter's Day - hardly a breeze |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin Thorpe, Andy Gaskin, Peter Costin, Brian Grundy, Chris
Leonard, Tim Maples, Robert Maples |
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Top Fish: |
2lb 8oz Codling, 8oz
Dab |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Whiting, Dab, Pouting |
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No. of Sizeable |
10 |
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No. of Undersize |
140 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st Place |
Kevin Thorpe |
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2nd Place |
Andy Gaskin |
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3rd Place |
Brian Grundy |
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Photo's |
Click
here |
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Fixture: |
GAM
2008 - Largest Cod
and Whiting
Felixstowe |
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Detail |
BSAC GAM open match finally went ahead "just", the forecast was
for the high winds to drop later in the day so with a 1 hour
delay and a restriction of 1 ½ miles, the 9 boats left
Felixstowe trying to find shelter in the lee of the land.
With all the anglers managing to find sizeable codling and small
whiting, the result could not have been closer. 1st
was Glyn Thomas of BSAC with the biggest codling at
3lb.12 oz, Glyn was fishing on board Vixen and won the cash
prize of £200.00. The other cash prize winner of
£50.00 was Eddie Thomson with a 1lb.41/2 oz
whiting who was fishing on board Optimist. Due
the generosity of our Sponsors, members and competitors there
were a large
number of raffle prizes on offer and most of the competitors
took home a prize to go with their fish. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Sunny but Windy |
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Members Fishing: |
Open Match (BSAC
Peter, Glynn and Paul) |
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Top Fish: |
3lb 12oz Codling and 1lb 41/2oz Whiting |
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Species Caught: |
Codling and Whiting |
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No. of Sizeable |
Lots |
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No. of Undersize |
Lots |
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Top Anglers |
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Codling £200 cash prize |
Glyn Thomas - 3lb 12oz Codling |
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Whiting £50 cash prize |
Eddie Thompson - 1lb 41/2 oz Whiting |
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Photo's |
Click
here |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match - 20th January 2008
Walton Pier
Day Match |
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Detail |
The venue was meant to be Shotley but
due to the Weather and the amount of fresh water in the river it
was decided to move the venue to Walton Pier. Lots of
small fish were caught. This year we are using the size to
weight SAMF charts to determine the results of the matches.
On totaling the points it was a draw between Andy and Chris.
With a Trophy on the match they decided between them to have a
fish off (between them only) at the next match. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Cloudy and very Windy |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin Thorpe, Andy
Gaskin, Peter Costin, Chris Leonard, Brian Grundy |
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Top Fish: |
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Species Caught: |
Codling and Whiting
and Rockling |
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No. of Sizeable |
0 |
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No. of Undersize |
Too many to mention |
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Top Anglers |
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Joint 1st |
Chris Leonard and Andy
Gaskin - Tied on same points |
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3rd |
Brian Grundy |
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Photos |
Click
here |
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