Rising WSAA League star Joe Salter (Jnr) earns more Sunday success

On Sunday 13 seniors and two juniors fished down to low water on their favourite marks.

The main story of the night’s fishing saw Joe Salter (Jnr), Whitby, continue to fish exceptionally well.

In his bag of two fish, a fine pollock of 4lb 13½oz took top spot for the Heaviest Fish of the night.

Joe also weighed-in a conger eel of 4lb 3oz.

This is now the record conger landed by any member, and a first for a junior.

It beats his uncle Dan Middlemas’ senior record of 3lb 5oz who has held that record since Sunday November 5 2023.

Conditions were very poor, crystal-clear waters and no swell.

Cool NWesterly winds did not hamper casting nor bite detection, however everyone was pestered by bleggs/poutings destroying baits before any other fish got a chance.

At the scales a real mixed bag of assorted fish, and one ‘double-figure’ bag, for 15 bleggs/pouting, nine rocklings, five codlings, four LSD, one conger, a pollock, and one tadpole fish (been a while since one was caught) for 43lb 15oz.

Man of the Match was Dave Ward, Guisborough 17lb 8½oz (13) (now leads Heaviest Bag of Fish in the Monthly Sweep).

His best, a codling 3lb 14oz is joint in the Monthly Sweeps with Jason Ebison.

On Wednesday night members fished an all-flood tide and were soon pushed off their low water marks.

High pressure was dominating, cold Easterly winds 10°C, 15 - 21mph on a cloudless night.

Sixteen seniors and two juniors fishing an all-flood neep tide.

Easterly sea state 2-3ft, and the colour of late had dropped out to milky.

At the scales eight seniors and two juniors had a weigh-in, for 20lb 14oz with nine codlings, three rocklings, two bleggs, one billet, one flounder and a whiting.

Man of the Match in the midweek match with both Heaviest Bag of Fish and Heaviest Fish was stalwart Bernard Vasey, Whitby, with his three codlings 5lb 14oz, his best 3lb 2oz.