Vasey and Harland net Whitby Sea Anglers League match wins
On Wednesday evening Whitby Sea Angling Association had their eighth different member win a match.
Sea state was flat, which reflected numbers fishing, some localised SEasterly swell 1ft, little to no colour. Fishing a fast-ebbing tide down to low water, a chance to fish gullies and tangle beds.
Very mild, thankfully full cloud cover masking the full Beaver moon.
Man of the Match was Bernard Vasey with four codlings 8lb 15oz, which included Heaviest Fish of the night 4lb ½oz - which now leads in November’s Monthly Sweep.
On Sunday, there was no real change in the weather nor sea state, flat but with colour.
An all-ebb match which started 30 minutes before high water.
A scratching match for the 11 fishing, during the day the Filey Open was held.
Two WSAA members were successful in the Heaviest Single Fish match (HSF), Paul Short, Guisborough, 3rd 4lb, and Denis Thompson, Lythe, 14th 2lb 7oz.
By 10pm the drizzle was getting heavier as a queue formed at the scales.
Eight seniors and a junior returned to the scales with 71 assorted fish - predominantly whitings though - 45 whitings, nine bleggs, eight codlings, three haddock, three flounders, one rockling, one dab and a billet.
Man of the Match was Brian Harland with 22 fish - 13lb 7oz.
Heaviest Fish of the night fell to WSAA Treasurer Dave Perrett, a 2lb 10oz codling.
Top Ten Leaderboard: 1st - Brian Harland - 96 fish 63lb 12oz, 2nd - Dave Perrett - 44 fish 46lb 14oz, 3rd - Dave Ward - 71 fish 43lb, 4th - Peter Horbury - 29 fish 41lb 2oz, 5th - Craig Dalton - 36 fish 25lb 2oz, 6th - Denis Thompson - 21 fish 25lb 1oz, 7th - Paul Short - 22 fish 20lb 12oz, 8th - Jason Ebison - 15 fish 20lb 11oz, 9th = Davey Turnbull - 7 fish 20lb, 9th = Col Stainthorpe - 21 fish 20lb.