Dave Hambley and Col Stainthorpe net man of the match honours in Whitby Sea Angling Association League matches
Wednesday evening’s three-hour league match was fished down to LWater, enabling Whitby Sea Angling Association members to reach their favourite gulleys and tangle beds as the fish drop off the scaurs.
ESE winds gusting 28mph, ESEasterly sea state 6ft, and surging, writes Peter Horbury.
Of the 12 fishing, nine had a weigh-in - 16 codlings, five billets (coal fish) and three rocklings for 44lb 8oz.
Man of the Match Dave Hambley, Staithes, had the Heaviest Fish of the season to date 6lb 4½oz. Mike Saunders, Guisborough, had the next best codling at 3lb 10½oz.
On Sunday, Storm Ashley, 54mph SSWesterly winds and HWater an hour after the 6pm start, making the four-hour match even harder!
Piers were popular however very exposed to the brutal winds, kitbags needed to be well secured.
Clear skies, ideal for star gazing to pass the time, a very bright orange waxing Hunter’s Moon rose above the horizon at 7pm.
SSEasterly sea state 6ft, thick with colour, however catch forecast was very low. Heavily bowed lines meant bite detection was masked, and tackle losses were very high.
At the scales seven of the 11 fishing returned with a meagre catch - nine codlings, a billet and four rocklings - 18lb 1oz.
Man of the Match was Colin Stainthorpe, 5lb 5½ oz (4). Heaviest Fish fell to Rob ‘Tink’ Taylor on 3lb 11oz, his third HSF win in six matches!
Leaderboard: 1st Denis Thompson - 19 fish 35lb 15oz, 2nd Brian Harland - 17 fish 32lb 14oz, 3rd Rob Taylor - 12 fish 24lb 10oz, 4th Dave Perrett - 15 fish 22lb 6oz, 5th Col Stainthorpe - 15 fish 22lb 2oz.