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HORNSEA SAC OPEN MATCH REPORT 27/12/2007

Hornsea SAC held its Annual post Christmas Open Match on Thursday 27/12/2007. The HCF Open fishing 10am-4pm, 3 hours either side of low water, was a PENN SEA LEAGUE match which attracted an entry of 125 anglers.
Despite being over low water, even the organisers were surprised by the quality and quantity of the fish that were caught.
Spare a thought for Carl Mathews of Hull who had 6 Cod, biggest 3.38Kg and a bag weight of 9.42Kg and he did not feature in the prize money or Mick Brockman with Cod, a Thornback of 3.14Kg and whiting who also failed to score in the prizes.
This biggest fish match was a drawn affair with M Andrews and C Barnes each beaching a Cod of 4.66Kg (10lb 7oz). M Andrews fish was from Out Newton, a well known low water mark whilst C Barnes fished Withernsea North Beach. They shared £750 pools.
Third place and best bag winner Mike Davies opted for Dimlington, another low water hot spot, and landed the days 3rd placed fish of 4.20Kg winning £150, and his bag weight of 11.22Kg won £90 and was a good 2Kg heavier than the nearest competitor. A total of £1080 was paid out to the successful anglers.

RESULT SENIORS
1st M Andrews 4.66Kg Cod Out Newton
1st C Barnes 4.66Kg Cod Withernsea North Beach

3rd Mike Davies 4.20Kg Cod Dimlington

BIGGEST WHITING
Mark Colman 0.54Kg £ 30

BIGGEST FLATFISH
Paul Coneyworth 0.24Kg £ 30

JUNIOR WINNER
Craig Beadle 0.84Kg £ 30

Best placed Hornsea Clubman Senior Alfie Dayes 2.64Kg winning the HCF Cup and Craig Beadle won the Junior Clubman Blue Cup.
Lets hope the New Years Open is as good an event.
Hornsea SAC have a major Open Match on Sunday 20/01/08 with the ANYFISH ANYWHERE OPEN. Fishing 10am-4pm weigh in by 5pm. Tickets are Seniors £10 and Juniors £5 and are available on the day or from local tackle shops.
The match headquarters is the Floral Hall Café on Hornsea Seafront.

John Aylward

Hon Sec

Read More In Our Forum Here :

http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/north-east-coast-fishing/hornsea-hcf-cup-report/0/

Glenn

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This is the report from forum member Slim Jim (Hornsea SAC) of a 17 pound cod caught down at Holderness over the last few days. The full report on this Holderness Coast Big Cod can be viewed at :

http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/north-east-coast-fishing/there’s-been-a-big-pig-down-the-holderness/0/

Had confimed reports of a 17lb 10oz cod caught down this way today. South of Hornsea, North of With is about as near as your going to get where. A lad from Elm Tree fishing club caught it . So there might be more about it on Macky’s site. Unless secret Squirrel is doing his bit

Myself, I missed the dreaded raffle ticket by 14 minutes

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Bill Colling Wins Sea Fishing Photography Competotion Sponsored By Spotty Dog Tackle Of Stockton

Filey Angler Bill Colling took this photo in the Annual Filey Open Fishing Competition. The picture of 2 yorkshire coast anglers has won the November photography competition on the Whitby fishing forum beating many other excellent photos taken by the forum members.

This competition is kindly sponsored by Spotty dog tackle of Stockton and is run on a monthly basis with the  lucky winner recieving a £20 gift voucher to spend at the spotty dog shop.

Bills picture and many others entered into the whitby fishing forums photography competition can be seen by clicking this link :

http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/forum/photography-competitions/0/

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SALTBURN SHORE FISHING OPEN MATCH - DAVEY TURNBALL MAKES IT 2 IN A ROW

With good sea conditions the turn out and weigh in was up on recent years. A total of 46 people weighed in 295lb of fish comprising of 71 cod, 1 dab, 10 flounders, 3 pouting, 20 rockling, 9 whiting, 1 ling and 1 polymog. There were 104 anglers.
The £300 first prize for the overall winner went to Dave Turnbull (SADSAA member) from Darlington with 6 cod for 23lbs 5ozs. Dave was fishing at Whitestones. He also collected £54 in the Superpool. Dave was last years heaviest fish pool winner.
In second place with 6 cod and 2 rockling for 20lb 6ozs taken from Runswick was Dennis Thompson of Whitby. In addition to his £100 prize Dennis also collected £36 second prize in the Superpool.
Third place went to Steve I’Anson with 3 cod for 16lb 9.75ozs taken from Cowbar. He picked up the £50 prize plus the heaviest fish pool prize of £93 for his 9lb 12.25ozs cod.
Ladies winner was Vanessa Barker from Redcar (£25) and Junior winner was J. Hutchinson (£25)

Dave Turnbull with his 3lb 0.5ozs cod which was heaviest fish in the 2006 Open

Other Sweep Winners were:-
HEAVIEST SINGLE FISH
2nd Mark Dunbar cod 7lb 7ozs Hummersea (£56)
3rd Rob Osborne cod 7lb 0.25ozs Runswick (£37)
Team winners were:
Dennis Thompson Chris France 35lb 9.25ozs £40
Mark Smith Dave Turnbull 27lb 10.25ozs £26
Other results were:
4th Chris France 15lb 3.25ozs
5th Nick Westgarth 13lb 15.5ozs
6th Rob Osborne 12lb 12ozs
7th Mark Dunbar 12lb 8.5ozs
8th Rob Allison 10lb 0ozs
Joint 9th Dave Allinson 9lb 6.5ozs
Joint 9th Bernard Westgarth 9lb 6.5ozs
11th Paul Medd 9lb 1.25ozs
12th Andy Crowe 8lb 14ozs
13th Chris Scaife 8lb 9.75ozs
14th Jamie Richardson 8lb 6.25ozs
15th Mick Chadwick 8lb 5ozs
16th Paul Short 7lb 7.25ozs
17th J. Dixon 7lb 4.75ozs
18th J. Hutchinson 6lb 14.5ozs
19th John Nixon 6lb 12.75ozs
20th Harry Moon 6lb 8ozs
21st Ian Thompson 6lb 6.5ozs
22nd D.Hanson 6lb 4.25ozs
23rd S. Fleming 5lb 12.25ozs
24th Stan Preston 5lb 1ozs
25th D. Philips 4lb 15.25ozs
26th Paul Kilpatrick 4lb 12ozs
27th Paul Lobley 4lb 10.75ozs
28th M. Smith 4lb 5.25ozs
29th G. Annis 3lb 15.25ozs
30th V.Barker 3lb 10.25ozs
31st Colin Sharp 3lb 8.25ozs
32nd Dave Turner 3lb 2.25ozs
33rd A. Little 2lb 14.25ozs
34th Matthew Hillerby 2lb 13.5ozs
35th Steve Coverdale 2lb 8.5ozs
36th K. Hewitt 2lb 6ozs
37th P. Moran 2lb 5.75ozs
38th T. Barker 9.5ozs
39th G. Watson 8.75ozs
40th Guy Mason 8.25ozs
Joint 41st B. Cooper 8ozs
Joint 41st A. Jackson 8ozs
43rd Shern Hambley 6.75ozs
44th G. Joyce 6.25ozs
45th Liam Allinson 5ozs
46th Mike Whincup 1.75ozs

Everyone who weighed in won a prize.

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A parliamentary Goodwill message:  sea angling provides livelihoods as well         

The two main political parties spoke up for recreational sea angling (RSA) in the House of Commons annual fisheries debate.

Mr. Wiggin regretted he could not for he was not in the House ten years ago but “we have called for strengthening of those sea fisheries committees.”

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National Federation of Sea Anglers
Hamlyn House, Mardle Way, Buckfastleigh, Devon  TQ11 0NS
Chief Executive:  David Rowe
Tel: 01364 644 643   Fax 01364 644 486  

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Fished 3rd December 2007

1. James Haxby,20 lb 1¼ , 7 fish
2. Frankie boy, 7-1½ , 3 fish
3. Matty Jenk, 6-15, 2 fish
4. Andy Cam, 6-12, 4 fish
5. John Tindall, 5-0¼ , 2 fish
6. R Cappleman, 4-8¾ , 2 fish
7. Phil Arliss, 4-3, 1 fish
8. Rich Farnell, 3-6, 1 fish
9. Terry Holmes, 3-5, 2 fish
10. Ade Colling, 2-11¾ , 1 fish

Heaviest fish,

1. Matty Jenk, 5-8
2. James Haxby, 5-0½

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£ Anglers fished

Paul Lobley won the match with a codling of 2lb 4.75oz, and a rockling for a total of 2lb 12.75oz. Paul reports that he was fishing at Goldsborough.

Peter Race of Redcar weighed in a rockling of 7.75oz.

Darren Dalton won the St MAry’s match which was fished by 19 anglers with 11 of them weighing in.

He caught five codling to 4lb 10oz, for a total of 15lb 6.5oz, the other targeted mainly whiting.

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Recreational Sea Angling Strategy Published

Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR
Out of hours telephone 020 7270 8960

Plan to net sea anglers better fishing

Sea anglers are being urged to have their say on new proposals to benefit their sport and the marine environment.

Fisheries Minister Jonathan Shaw today published a strategy which aims to develop a package of measures to enhance sea angling in England.

Drawn up with the help of anglers’ groups including the National Federation of Sea Anglers, Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society and the Sea Anglers Conservation Network as well as commercial fishermen, the draft Recreational Sea Angling Strategy aims to boost the sport’s numbers while helping to improve fish stocks and the marine environment.

Around one million people spend about £538 million a year fishing by the sea, underlining the sport’s economic potential for coastal communities and businesses.

Among the proposals are a range of conservation measures to improve fish stocks, a national code of conduct for anglers, and a new sea angling licence, money from which would be reinvested to benefit anglers and improve services.

Jonathan Shaw said:

“The strategy is an excellent example of collaborative working between anglers, commercial fishermen, local fisheries managers and others.

“Recreational sea anglers make a substantial contribution to the economy, and we need to ensure that their needs are considered as we develop fisheries policies.”

Jonathan Shaw recently announced further new measures to help sea anglers including plans for a review of bass nursery areas and inshore netting restrictions.

To see the strategy proposals in full, go to: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/sea-angling/index.htm

Deadline for responses to the consultation is 31 March 2008

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More News On The Recreational Sea Angling Strategy

Information from
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SEA ANGLERS
CONTACT: Alan Brothers, hon. public relations officer.
Tel 01273 471 496, mobile 07957 870 616, abrothers1037395@aol.com
Promoting and protecting the interests of sea anglers nationwide

Date: November 30 2007

Government plans “more and and bigger fish” to catch

New measures to maintain and grow the £1 billion recreational sea angling (RSA) industry and provide “more and bigger fish” in the sea to support it, are revealed by the government today (Friday).

It follows a four-year campaign by anglers to put recreational angling high up on Whitehall’s problem agenda for the fishing industry.

The twin objectives of Defra’s Recreational Sea Angling Strategy for England are to “provide more and bigger fish within a healthy and sustainable ecosystem and environment” and “maintain and increase participation in RSA on a sustainable basis…across all groups in society to provide socio-economic benefits.”

It is seen as a positive move to assuage anglers who were outraged last month when the fisheries minister (Jonathan Shaw) dumped his his predecessor’s commitment to increase the minimum legal landing size for sea bass to conserve the species.

Instead the minister consigned this valuable stock to continued and almost unrestricted commercial predation allowing the slaughter of huge numbers of immature fish before they were even big enough to spawn.

Today’s strategy is intended as a guideline, primarily for the 12 sea fisheries committees which regulate the marine environment, including fishing, for six miles out around the coast of England and Wales.

Defra says it wants to “realise real improvements” for anglers before any control of their activities, such as licensing. It concedes that “large and sustainable fish stocks and a healthy marine environment are the primary elements which affect the angling experience.”

Defra says there should be better access to angling sites, more boat launching facilities, artificial reefs to attract fish and areas of the sea reserved for angling or where only limited commercial fishing was allowed.

The strategy admits that angling is under-represented in sea fisheries management despite its increasingly significant social and economic contribution to the nation. Managements at national, regional and local levels should recognise the needs of RSA alongside other stakeholders.

The strategy idea came from the conservation group of the National Federation of Sea Anglers in 2004 and a wide group of sea anglers helped draft it.

”Ministers and civil servants had no idea then what a sea angler looked like, what they did or how valuable their activities were,” said Richard Ferré, chairman of the National Federation of Sea Anglers. “They have little doubt about that now.”

The anglers’ strategy was taken up by Defra’s coastal waters policy group and presented in detail to all the main stakeholders including commercial fishing, sea fisheries committees and environmental organisations.

“Discussions were vigourous but professional and a document with real positives for anglers has now emerged,” said Mr. Ferré.

“It calls for management plans at a local level for the species of fish most important to RSA, makes a strong case for better control of trawling and gill netting close to the shore and anglers’ desire for the “golden mile” concept of no netting within a mile of the shore.”

He said the strategy calls for sea fisheries committees to be given the objective of developing sea angling, a duty they do not have today, and to make decisions based on socio-economic factors not just on concerns for commercial fishing.

The strategy contains some potential threats to angling, notably licensing and limits on the number of fish anglers could take home. However, these, can only happen under the Marine Bill due to be published next year.

It also calls for co-operation between anglers, sea fisheries committees, local authorities and others in developing voluntary sea angling codes of conduct and best practice.

Mr. Ferré urged all sea anglers to support the NFSA in its continuing engagement with government to achieve its goal of improving sea angling mostly through “more and bigger fish”.

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National Federation of Sea Anglers
Hamlyn House, Mardle Way, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0NS
Chief Executive: David Rowe
Tel: 01364 644 643 Fax 01364 644 486 e-mail: ho@nfsa.org.uk

www..nfsa.org.uk

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