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Match Reports 2009
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Fixture: |
Beach Match - Mick Allen Shield
Aldeburgh - All Nighter
Catch and Release
17th/18th October 2009 |
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Detail |
Braintree Sea Angling club fished the
first leg of the Mick Allen Shield overnight at the east end of
Aldeburgh beach. After the strong winds of the previous day
the sea had been well stirred up and good results were
anticipated. Fishing on the flood was slow with only a few
whiting and a couple of small codling being caught. However,
after the tide turned the whiting came on the feed with a
vengeance and for two hours they were in a feeding frenzy. At
the end of the night the results of this catch and release match
were close with Kevin Thorpe whose bag of 10lb 7oz included a
dogfish and a nice sole with the whiting taking the top spot.
Second place went to Barrie Senior whose catch of whiting and
another nice sole weighed in at 9lb 14oz. Third place man Chris
Leonard found three codling to boost his weight to 8lb 14oz.
The second leg is due to be fished overnight on 14 November
venue to be confirmed. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Chris and Barrie |
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Top Fish: |
Whiting |
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Species Caught: |
Sole, Whiting, Dogfish, Eel, Codling |
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No. of Sizeable |
40+ |
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No. of Undersize |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Kevin - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Barrie - 8 points |
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3rd |
Chris - 7 points |
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Beach Match
Orfordness - Evening Match
Catch and Release
26th September 2009 |
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Detail |
Orfordness was the venue for the final
evening match of Braintree Sea Angling Club's Summer League.
Fishing in almost ideal sun bathing conditions with a south
easterly breeze the anglers caught very little until, just as
the sun went down, the Whiting came on the feed for a frantic
couple of hours with 1 or 2 fish every cast. Summer species were
also caught including bass, smoothound, dogfish and eel in
amongst the Whiting onslaught. Chris Leonard won the match with
8lb 4oz a bag of 27 whiting, 1 dog fish and 1 Smoothound. Kevin
Thorpe was second with 8lb, 27 Whiting, 1 Pouting and an Eel.
Third place went to Brian Grundy with 5lb 12oz a bag of 13
Whiting, 1 Pouting and a Sole. The Summer league cup was won by
Peter Costin, 2nd place went to Tim Maples and in joint 3rd were
Chris Leonard and Kevin Thorpe. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Peter, Chris, Paul and Brian |
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Top Fish: |
Whiting 41cm |
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Species Caught: |
Whiting,
Pouting,
Eel, Smoothound, Dogfish and Basslets |
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No. of Sizeable |
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No. of Undersize |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Chris - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Kevin - 8 points |
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3rd |
Brian - 7 points |
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Beach Match
St Oysth
Catch and Release
18th July 2009 |
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Detail |
St Osyth was the
venue for the latest evening match of Braintree Sea Angling
Clubs summer league. Fishing into an onshore wind the anglers
caught a few eels, school bass to 1 ¼ lb and small pout on the
flood. The turn of the tide saw the fish going off the feed and
large clumps of weed coming down from the river dragging baits
into snags. Peter Costin won the match with 4 bass and 2 eels
for 136 points. Tim Maples was second with 114 points, 3 eels,
2, bass a codling and a pout. Third place went to Barrie Senior
with 2 eels and 2 bass for 105 points. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Peter, Tim, Andy,
Barrie |
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Top Fish: |
Basslet 39cm |
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Species Caught: |
Pouting,
Eel, and Basslets, Codling |
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No. of Sizeable |
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No. of Undersize |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Peter - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Tim - 8 points |
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3rd |
Barrie - 7 points |
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Beach Match
Walton - Beach to right of Pier
Catch and Release
4th July 2009 |
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Detail |
Braintree Sea Angling
Club’s latest evening match in their summer league was fished at
Walton in balmy conditions. Fish were hard to come by with only
a few hit and run attacks on their baits by school bass. Tim
Maples managed to catch three of the small bass for 35 points to
win the match. In second place also with three bass and 32
points was Alan Porter. With a bass and an eel Colin Crocker
took third spot with 22 points. All fish were returned. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Barmy |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Peter, Tim, Andy, Alan, Colin,
Barrie |
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Top Fish: |
Basslet |
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Species Caught: |
Eel, and Basslets |
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No. of Sizeable |
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No. of Undersize |
10 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Tim - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Alan - 8 points |
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3rd |
Colin - 7 points |
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Beach Match
Frinton - Golf Club
Catch and Release
20th June 2009 |
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Detail |
With several members fishing other competitions, only 4 members
fished the latest round of the “Summer Cup” at Frinton. This was
lucky as there was already a Stingray match taking place at the
town centre beach. As a result we had to fish the beach behind
the golf course from the last beach hut to the corner from 19.00
to midnight with high water at 22.30 approx. The fishing was
very slow up to high water but picked up for the first of the
ebb with all the members catching fish. 1st was Tim Maples with
158 points (3 ¼ lbs) of a mixed bag including Sole, Basslets,
Pout and Eel, 2nd was Chris Leonard with 70 points (1.5lb) of
Pout and Basslets, 3rd was Robert Maples with 48 points (1lb) of
basslets and pout. All fish were returned to grow as these are
catch and release matches unless sizeable to eat. Overall a very
poor evening of fishing but a nice night to be out on the beach.
Next match is on the 7th July at Walton where hopefully more
Sole will show up. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
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Members Fishing: |
Chris, Peter, Tim, Paul, Brian |
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Top Fish: |
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Species Caught: |
Sole, Eel, Pouting, and Basslets |
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No. of Sizeable |
3 |
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No. of Undersize |
10+ |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Tim - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Chris - 8 points |
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3rd |
Robert - 7 points |
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Photos |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match
St Oysth
Catch and Release
6th June 2009 |
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Detail |
5 members from Braintree SAC fished the 3rd of the catch and
release 5 hour summer league matches at St Osyth on the entrance
River Colne and River Blackwater. With a gusty Northeast wind
blowing from the land hopes were help that the summer species
would finally show up in numbers. The members used a good
selection of bait from Squid, Prawn, lug worm and rag worm on a
rising tide from 1900 to 2400 but unfortunately the fish need
not read the script. First with 195 points (4lb.1oz) was Brian
Grundy, Brian caught 2 Coddling and 4 Pout mostly on Squid and
Rag, second was Andy Gaskin with 57 points (1lb.30z) again with
1 codling and 2 Pout, third was Kevin Thorpe with a codling for
31 points (10oz) so overall a very disappointing evening fishing
with NO summer fish showing up which could have been due to
crabs stripping the baits in seconds. We would normal consider
Codling and Pout winter fish, so much for global warming. Next
match is on the 20th June at Frinton where we hope to catch some
summer species like Sole and Bass. Several members are also
fishing the EFSA boat match from Rhly in North Wales on the same
date where hopes are high of adding different species to the
normal East coast ones like TUB and Red Gurnard. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
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Members Fishing: |
Andy, Kevin, Peter, Brian, Colin |
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Top Fish: |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, , Pouting |
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No. of Sizeable |
2 |
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No. of Undersize |
10 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Brian - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Andy - 8 points |
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3rd |
Kevin - 7 points |
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Photos |
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Beach Match
Orfordness - Narrows
Catch and Release
23rd May 2009 |
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Detail |
BSAC Members
fished the 2nd round of the summer cup at Orford on
Saturday evening, fishing a 5 hour catch and release match into
darkness. With a light easterly breeze it was a great night to
be out fishing. At this time of the year Orford is known as the
“kennels” due to the number of dogfish (rock eel) present and
members were not disappointed with over 50 dogfish caught and
released. The winner on the night was Tim Maples with 763
points (16lb approx) which included a PB cod of 7lb.3oz plus
dogfish, pout, whiting. 2nd was Chris Leonard with
624 points (13lb approx) again with a mixed bag of whiting, pout
and dogfish. 3rd on the night was Brian Grundy with
471 points (10lb approx) and again a mixed bag of fish including
dogfish, whiting and codling. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Very Mild Evening, Clear, little easterly -
Calm Sea - Vey clear starry Sky |
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Members Fishing: |
Chris, Kevin, Peter, Tim, Paul, Brian |
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Top Fish: |
Codling - 7lb 3oz |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Dogfish, Whiting, Pouting, and bass |
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No. of Sizeable |
70+ |
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No. of Undersize |
20+ |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Tim - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Chris - 8 points |
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3rd |
Brian - 7 points |
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Photos |
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Fixture: |
Beach Match
Felixstowe - Languards
Catch and Release
9th May 2009 |
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Detail |
In the first match of the their Summer league Braintree Sea
Angling Club members fished an evening catch and release match
at Felixstowe. On a mild evening with very little wind the
anglers caught a mixed bag of codling, whiting, pouting and
dogfish with Kevin Thorpe taking 1st place with a catch of 4lb
7oz, Peter Costin came 2nd with 3lb 14oz and Chris Leonard 3rd
with 2lb 12oz. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Mild Evening, Clear, little breeze - Calm
Sea - Full Moon |
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Members Fishing: |
Chris, Kevin, Peter |
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Top Fish: |
Codling |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Dogfish, Whiting and Pouting. |
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No. of Sizeable |
25 |
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No. of Undersize |
8 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Kevin - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Chris - 8 points |
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3rd |
Peter - 7 points |
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Photos |
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Beach Match
Orforness - Narrows
Catch and Release
26th April 2009 |
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Detail |
Conditions were good with the forecast showers not putting in an
appearance the light north easterly breeze and bright sunshine
made for a beautiful day. The anglers caught codling. dogfish,
whiting, bass and pout. When the points were totted up it was
Barrie Senior fishing his first beach match this year that was
the clear winner. His catch of 9 codling, 6 dogfish, 3 pout and
2 whiting gave him an equivalent weight of 24lb 9oz. Barrie also
had the largest cod a fish of 4lb 5oz. In second place with 2
cod, 3 dogfish and 2 whiting for a weight of 8lb 10.5oz was
Chris Leonard. In third place Andy Gaskin with 3 small codling,
5 dogfish, whiting and pout took third place, 8lb 5oz beating
just ½ ounce ahead of Kevin Thorpe. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Clear, Bright day with gentle breeze - Calm
Sea |
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Members Fishing: |
Barrie, Chris, Andy, Kevin, Brian and Alan |
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Top Fish: |
Codling 4lb 5oz |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Dogfish, Whiting, Pouting and Bass |
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No. of Sizeable |
50+ |
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No. of Undersize |
3 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Barry - 10 Points |
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2nd |
Chris - 8 points |
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3rd |
Andy - 7 points |
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Photos |
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Beach Match
Orforness - Narrows
Catch and Release
15th March 2009 |
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Detail |
5 members of Braintree Sea Angling Club traveled to Orford
for their latest beach match. Competing for the Braintree &
Witham Times Cup the match was fished on a catch and return
basis. All anglers found fish codling
and whiting but there were some good size codling up to the 3lb pound range.
Paul Ambrose out on top with
TBA lb to take the cup. In second place was Chris Leonard with
TBA, Nathan was close
behind with TBA to take
third spot. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Clear, Bright day with gentle breeze - Calm
Sea |
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Members Fishing: |
Paul, Chris, Nathan, Andy and Kevin |
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Top Fish: |
Codling 52cm |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Whiting, Pouting and Herring |
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No. of Sizeable |
30+ |
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No. of Undersize |
5 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Paul - 10 points |
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2nd |
Chris - 8 points |
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3rd |
Nathan - 7 points |
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Photos |
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Beach Match
Orforness - Narrows
Catch and Release
22nd February 2009 |
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Detail |
A good haul of fish for some. Initially very slow fishing
but for some fished really well after the tide had started to
Ebb. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Cool sunny winter day, very little wind and
calm sea |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Steve, Brian, Chris, Nathan, Alan |
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Top Fish: |
Codling 52cm |
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Species Caught: |
Codling, Whiting and Pouting |
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No. of Sizeable |
20+ |
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No. of Undersize |
10+ |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Chris - 1239 points |
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2nd |
Alan - 887 points |
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3rd |
Brian - 596 points |
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Photos |
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Beach Match
St Osyth - Hutleys Beach
Catch and Release
8th February 2009 |
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Detail |
2 fish caught all session both codling. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Bright and Calm |
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Members Fishing: |
Chris, Andy, Nathan and Kevin |
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Top Fish: |
Codling 38cm |
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Species Caught: |
Codling |
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No. of Sizeable |
2 |
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No. of Undersize |
0 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Andy - Codling |
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2nd |
Chris - Codling |
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Photos |
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Beach Match
Felixstowe - Butts
Catch and Release
11th January 2009 |
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Detail |
Nice easy fish - Brief walk over from the cars to the chosen
spot. Very few fish caught with Colin finishing top with a
couple. |
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Weather / Conditions: |
Bright and Calm |
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Members Fishing: |
Kevin, Chris, Alan, Colin |
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Top Fish: |
Codling 34cm |
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Species Caught: |
Codling |
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No. of Sizeable |
2 |
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No. of Undersize |
6 |
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Top Anglers |
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1st |
Colin |
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2nd |
Chris |
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3rd |
Alan |
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Photos |
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