Brian Harland and Dave Perrett net Whitby Sea Anglers Association League match wins
There were large tides for both Wednesday and Sunday’s Whitby Sea Anglers Association League matches, the ebbs were both fast and strong, two more scratching matches.
Wednesday was the warmest day of the year 19°C, by match start 19.00hrs the cold 10°C ESEasterly breeze was creating an eerie fog/mist along the shoreline, cutting visibility down to a few yards at times.
A dark three hours fishing, 0-1ft SEasterly lift, fishing down to low water, nearly five metres difference between high and low water, the tide flew out in the last three hours.
Eight seniors and 1 junior fished, only four seniors and the junior were at the scales, with eight whitings, two rocklings, and a blegg - 5lb 10oz.
Man of the Match was Whitby’s Brian Harland - 4 whitings 1lb 15oz. Heaviest Fish, a whiting, 10½ oz, fell to Dave Perrett.
Sunday’s four-hour evening match started in daylight for the eight seniors and one junior.
Sea state 0-1ft NWesterly, little to no colour. Match started at high water, 5.73 metres, with a tidal range of 4.76 metres, the ebb was fast.
Cold NWesterly winds grew throughout the match [12-22mph], cloud cover was sporadic, and no chance of seeing a Red Aurora alert at 19.00hrs
Just one member did not have a weigh-in, overall, 13 whitings, 1 billet, and a blegg - for 8 lb 15 oz.
Man of the Match was Perrett, 4 whitings 2lb 2oz. Heaviest Fish of the night, a billet, fell to Jason Ebison, 1lb ½ oz.
In the Sunday League, Perrett closed the deficit to Harland, to 2lb 1oz, with one Sunday match left.
Leaderboard: 1st - Dave Perrett - 153 fish 166 lb 11 oz, 2nd - Brian Harland - 194 fish 153 lb 1 oz, 3rd - Dave Ward - 155 fish 120 lb 10 oz, 4th - Peter Horbury - 78 fish 82 lb 1 oz, 5th - Jason Ebison - 45 fish 81 lb 7 oz, 6th - Davey Turnbull - 24 fish 79 lb 8 oz, 7th - Denis Thompson - 62 fish 69 lb 9 oz.