Paul Short and Rob Taylor defeat the elements to net WSAA victories​

​On Wednesday morning the heavy seas of late had died, however the weather had other ideas, and turned yet again.

Early afternoon the swell grew, and kept growing, by match start 8-12ft long distance Northerly ground swell, thick with colour. NWesterly winds, gusting 26mph with occasional flurries of light snow/sleet.

Just nine members fishing the all-ebb tide, which started 15 minutes after HWater.

Total cloud cover, a very dark night, bar the light pollution from the town centre reflected on the underside of the clouds. However, a growing, and surging sea state, is neither encouraging or beneficial for fishing, reflected at the scales.

Only Short, Guisborough, weighed-in a codling for Man of the Match and Heaviest Fish 4lb 14½oz.

This was Paul’s second match win, and first HF win. This codling leads the Monthly Sweeps for January.

On Sunday, the fringes of Storm Goretti, SEasterly winds 32-55mph, and close to shore SEasterly swell too quick for a ground swell. Early morning snow turned to rain, all day, continuing well into the night.

At match start it was noted the SEasterly winds had created a far bigger ebb than tabled, consequently there was surging as the tide finally took control for a fast flood making up lost time.

Water was thick with colour due to all the rainfall, rock and clay falls could be heard from the surrounding unstable cliffs. As marks filled in, the sea state grew, the outer reefs becoming less effective. For the eight fishing the last four hours of flood on a neap tide, conditions were very trying.

Rain showers all match, strong wind gusts blew kit bags and tripods over.

At the scales just four of the eight had a meagre weigh-in of 7 codlings, 3 rocklings.

Man of the Match was Taylor with three codlings, 3lb 7oz, his second Heaviest Bag of Fish win. The Heaviest Fish, 1lb 12½oz, fell to Jason Ebison.