North East Sea Fishing Report – Sunday Sun Alan Charlton

SUNDAY SUN SEA ANGLING APRIL 26th TH

Boat angling is still on the up with small boats fishing around Longscar Rocks taking small codling with the odd better one going to double figures. Hartlepool boats Victoria Lee, Flamer 2, Gannet and private boat Father Ted taking reasonable numbers of codling with a few reaching double figures, with most fish coming from rough ground marks. Whitby boat sea Otter was up around Hartlepool as well taking cod to 10lb. We could also be in for a very early start to the mackerel season, fingers crossed, a commercial boat fishing out of Blyth landed a full box of the little tasty darlings, along with a few hake, herring, some decent plaice, and some good sized cod. For the shore angler just now it is very, very hard, with only anglers travelling up to the deep water marks around Eyemouth and St Abbs, who are taking a few hard fighting Pollock to 5lb, are having any success. Most pleasure anglers I am afraid have put their gear away and have got the fly fishing gear out. Thankfully or the hardened match anglers, there is always the measure and release matches, however matches fishing to size limits have been hard pressed to land a single fish.

Hopefully next wee, after two members of the Angling Trust have spoken to Joe Borg in Brussels about article 47, we will have some good clear answers to problems caused by misinterpretation of what exactly are a recreational sea angler and a hobby angler.

Ryhope A.C. start their summer league on Sunday May 10th fishing from 1pm till 5pm at the Copthorne Hotel on the Tyne, meet at the venue at 12 noon. The next Ryhope Tuesday evening sweepstake is on May 12th, more details later.

May 30th & 31st ; Angling Trust festival The trust’s affiliated clubs’ boat festival is on May 30 and 31 at Leigh- on-Sea on the Thames estuary. Top prize of £500. , Organised by Essex division. Details from Nigel Blythe on 01708 478167/478252, mobile 07966 219975 or e-mail him at nigel@bretonssac.co.uk. Entry fee is £120.

Hornsea SAC “RNLI” Penn sea League match 150, h/bag 1st N Charlesworth £270 (3) 3.86kg (Hilston) 2nd P Train £180, (2) 3.30kg (Hilston) 3rd P Lobley £90, 3.14kg (Hilston); H/fish 1st D Mckay £270 2.40kg (Withernsea) 2nd P Lobley £180 cod 2.06kg (Hilston) 3rd T Owens £90 bass 2.04kg (Tunstall) Pairs 1st N Charlesworth/S Drayton £140, (4) 4.82kg, h/flat C Cappleman £30 0.24kg. Best placed Hornsea SAC member Mike Coates. With donations from sea Angler £172, Rob Fletcher £50, a total of £672 was raised.

Whitby spring festival to date

DAY ONE 1st Ben Steer cod 11lb 9oz shy-torque, 2nd Ian Burton cod 11lb, sea otter II
third Martin mills cod 10lb 7oz , sea otter II Day 2 Results 1st P Barret – Ripon – Cod 15lb 15oz – Sea Otter 2 2nd Ben Laws – Whitby – Cod 10 05 – Sea Otter 2 3rd A Sadik – Harrogate – Cod 9-10.5 – Sea Otter 2 Day 3 Results Mark Kaz (With a K) – Whitby – Pollock 6-13 – Shytorque Trevor Linfoot – Cod 6-05 – Sea Spray Harry Cook – Stockton – Cod 6-03 – Sea Urchin 2 days 4 & 5 cancelled Day 6 Tony Bullivent – Whitby- Cod 10-11.5 – Never Can Tell A Simon West – Stockton – 9-10 Ling – Sea Spray T Prescot – Northampton – 9-1.5 Ling – Sea Otter 2, Day 7 Rex Johnson – Worksop – Cod 8-13 – Sea Spray, Simon West – Stockton – Cod 8-7.5 – Sea Spray, Rex Johnson – Worksop – Cod 8-2.5 – Sea Spray
Day 8; Peter Rose Whitby – Cod 11-0 – Sea Otter 2 Malcolm Greenley Whitby – cod 10-15.5 – Shytorque, Eric Armatige Rotherham – Ling 10-05 – Sea Otter 2

Workington & District sac (Workington Beach) 12snrs 3 jnrs fished, 8 w.i. 6pl, 3flr, 2 dabs. 1st S George 2pl, 1 dab, 2-0-0, 2nd M Laycock 2flr 1-12-12, 3rd & h/f R Hawley 1pl 1-7-0.

Seaham juniors (Lynne Harris match) catch & release 4f, 2 w.i. (3) 0.55kg 1st Kieran Newton (2 codling) 0.45kg (White Posts) 2nd M Thompson (2) 0.10kg (White Posts) h/f 1st & 2nd Kieran Newton codling 0.30kg & 0.15kg pairs K Newton & Jack Stoker (2) 0.45kg, 2nd M Thompson (alone) (1) 0.10kg

Hartlepool Pirates 1st match 1st B Bradley 3 dabs 0-10-0, h/f 0-6-0, 2nd D Robinson 2 dabs 0-10-0.

Hartlepoool pirates 2nd match 1st B Pattinson 2flr 1-12-0 (Nth Gare) 2nd J Wilson cod h/f 1-10-0 (Tyne) jnt 3rd D Robinson wht/dab, B Bradley 5dabs 1-7-0.

St. Mary,s A.C. 20f, 10 w.i. 1st D Lister 9 r/ling 1-9-0, jnt 2nd R Miller flr & A Burton 3 r/ling,

4th T Dalton 2flr 1-3-0.

Eastenders Sweepstake measure & release (Panns Bank)12f, 10 w.i. 1st C Hossack 4 codling 86cm, 2nd E Knightley 3 coalfish 71cm, 3rd S Rackstraw 2 coalfish 41cm, 4th D Walsh flr 33cm.

East End & Hendon Sweepstake, measure & release (Walkway) 10f, 10 caught, 1st G Gardiner (22) 528cm, 2nd A Rutherford (19) 528cm, 3rd B Robson (14) 424cm, l/f G Gardiner codling 35cm.