Ian Thompson's Angling Column: Outhart wins Filey Brigg title
Sport is slowly improving while not the quantity of fish the average size is good with the biggest reported fish a 7lb cod caught by Andy Clyde.
There is still the odd bass and pollack to be had and quite a few wrasse in daylight.
Sunday October 25 was the Filey Brigg Angling Club Heaviest Single fish Open.
Storm Boelo was in full swing to make for challenging conditions for those taking part.
Lee Outhart managed to find a sheltered location and the winning fish was a 3 and a half pound cod to take the trophy, the first Open match win of his career.
Sunday November 15 sees the next local Open shore match the Whitby heaviest fish details and tickets from local tackle shops.
A reminder to anglers please only use public access or agreed access when fishing the more isolated marks on our coastline, failure to do so could result in agreed access being withdrawn.
Saturday saw Scarborough Boat Angling Club fish part two of the Conservatory Cafe Challenge heaviest single fish matches.
Flat calm conditions helped to get a good turnout with 20 taking part.
Winner on the day with a pollack close to 6lb was Dave Lightfoot.
The winner, with the best heaviest fish aggregate over two matches with 9.14lb, was Keith Johnson.
The Filey Brigg Angling Club Week 2 winner of the Heaviest Single Fish was Mark Stonehouse with a bass just short of 6lb, while the overall winner was Billy Colling with 10lb 15oz 8drm.
The Week 3 victor was Richard Thraves with a 14lb 7oz 2drm bag and Alan Richardson had the HSF with a 4-8-4 catch, and in Week 4 Billy Colling led the way with a cod just short of 6lb to claim the HSF honours and Richard Cappleman took the overall win with 10-3-4.
Sean Crowe has been on top form in the latest Scarborough Rocks and South Cliff Angling Club matches.
Sean won the Rocks Day Match 1 with five fish for 10-4-0 while the HSF went to Dave Gyte with a 3-12-6 cod.
Crowe also won the Rocks night Match 2 with six fish for 8-9-8 and Dave Bielby’s cod of 4-4-4 scooped the Heaviest Single Fish honours.
Dave Bielby claimed victory with 4-4-4 in the second Scalby Mills night the Heaviest Single Fish match, while Crowe carried on his top form with the heaviest bag of 8-9-8, six fish.