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Match Reports 2008
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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 |
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