A damp breezy South Westerly gave us the perfect conditions on an ebbing tide to continue the double figure catches. Unfortunately, the lack of tide at the start and weed near the end put paid to our great run. A handful of codling appeared but not enough to create the weights of previous matches. Another depleted turnout of 10 managed 183 fish which was 66 less than last match.

Continuing his podium form, Kevil “bassman” Chilvers (peg 13) took top honours with 9lb 9oz from 27 fish closely followed by Alan “chippy” Doy (3) with 9lb 2oz from 23 fish. Final podium slot went to Mark “the quiet one” Gooch (2) with 8lb 9oz from 23 fish.

Has the bubble burst at Gt. Yarmouth or was it just wrong place wrong tide. That we shall never know as we just have the Xmas Fayre at Pakefield for our last evening match of this campaign!!!

A breezy North Easterly saw the double figure catches continue to roll in. With other commitments the turn out dropped to 8 its lowest of the season so far although an incredible 249 fish were taken which was 50 more than previous match.

Continuing his excellent form, Keith “the boss” Morley (peg 11) took top spot in a tight finish with 12lb 12oz from an incredible 42 fish. In the frame again, Gary “big eels” Medler (4) was next with 12lb 9 1/2oz from 26 fish closely followed by Kevil “bassman” Chilvers (3) with 12lb 5 1/2oz from 36 fish.

The next match is Orford on Saturday 22nd November so please let Paul know if you will be there, boat leaves at 8:00 a.m. Following match is at Kelling on Sunday 30th November so please let Paul know you are fishing that one.

HSAC 2nd November. Kelling  

9 anglers tipped up at the Kelling match and it was a tight match with many undersize fish but some good flounder and dabs towards the end, clear winner was Henry Randell with 14 fish for 6lb 3 2/3oz closest to him was 3lb 8oz.

1. Henry Randell 14 fish for 6lb 3 2/3oz
2. Richard Ives 10 fish for 3lb 8 oz
3. Tony Chidwick 10 fish for 3lb 7 1/3 oz
4. Tony Thomas 9 fish for 3lb 1 2/3oz
5. John Neave 7 fish 2lb 7oz
6. Sam Attew 9 fish for 2lb 5 1/3oz
7. Dene Conway 7 fish for 1lb 15 1/3oz
8. Russell Barber 3 fish for 1lb 14 1/3oz
9. Bob Thompson 2 fish for 0lb 12oz

 HSAC 26th Oct. Trimmingham 9am - 2pm LW 11.14am 4.5m

A good turnout for a Trimmingham match with 10 anglers all expecting a good match.

When we arrived it was to see a nicely coloured sea and thios gave rise to expectations of codling and of course the ever obliging whiting should also be showing.

We were not to be dissappointed……

Dene Conway and Tony Thomas walked to the left of slipway with Tony Chidwick also making tthe long walk, others dispersed left and right in search of the whiting.

The whole area seemed to fish with consistent catches to the right an dif it had been a zoned match Richard Ives and Sam would have been first and second at that end, up the other end Tony and Dene were slogging out a fish for fish match and towwards the end it was Tony who pulled ahead to catch 25 fish to Dene’s 18, although Dene also had a codling which helped bring his weight within striking distance.

The overall results showed a reasonably tight match between the top 3 on the day, with 4th place being around 2lb behind 3rd place.

1. Tony Thomas 25 fish for 8lb 8oz
2. Richard Ives 21 fish for 7lb 13 1/3 oz
3. Dene Conway 18 fish for 7lb 2oz
4. Sam Attew 19 fish for  5lb 15oz
5. John Neave 11 fish 5lb 6oz
6. Tony Chidwick 12 fish for 4lb 5 1/3 oz
7. Henry Randell 10 fish for 3lb 14oz
8. Dennis Hunn 11 fish for 3lb 10oz
9. Russell Barber 10 fish for 3lb 2oz
10. Bob Thompson 8 fish for 2lb 1/3oz

Sam Hook Monday Night League Hopton Camp 27th October

Another dry clear but cool night with no real wind and top of the tide at Hopton saw those double figure catches keep rolling in.  This is certainly our best results for years with whiting, quality dabs and healthy codling with the best to date again being beaten by a 6lb beauty. Even so, turn out is still down to 11 managing 199 fish which is 13 less than previous match at Gt Yarmouth.  

At last showing some form by finding the good codling was Gary “big eels” Medler (peg 2) who took top spot with 15lb 11oz from 16 fish which included 4 codling and that 6lb 2/3oz specimen which is heaviest winter round to date.  Runner-up was Tony “last cast” Thomas (15) for his 3rd podium finish in a row with 12lb 9oz from 30 fish.  Final podium place went to Keith “the boss” Morley (7) with 11lb 3oz from 17 fish.

With top 2 coming from both end pegs the old question arises is it skill that scores or end peg?.  However, what it does look like you definitely need a codling or two to get in the frame which raises another dilemma do you target codling or bag up on whiting??

South Beach Yarmouth, Main Cross Road - Monday 20th October

A wet breezy south westerly saw us test out the south beach for the first time on an ebbing tide with the new outer harbour jetty in place. Fortunately, our initial concerns were unfounded and we continued to pull in those double figure weights although the fish were not there all the time along the stretch. With the poor weather and the Haven Bridge factor the turn out was down to 10 the lowest this winter. Even so, 212 fish were caught which was 199 less than last match with 7 less fishing!!!

After knocking at the “monies” door in the last 2 matches Dick “umbrellaman” Able (peg 18) managed to scrape home with 15lb 8oz which included 5 codling and one 5lb 11 2/3oz the heaviest round to date. Continuing his good form, Dene “geordieman” Conway (12) took second spot with 11lb 8 1/3oz from an amazing 37 fish. Final podium spot for 2nd week in a row went to Tony “last cast” Thomas (6) with 10lb 8oz from 24 fish ..

Looks like we are really having a bumper year for the codling with each match improving the numbers being caught. Next match at Hopton on a flooding tide should see a few more caught and maybe something really serious being landed!!!

Yet another fine night with a light south westerly and a moonlite flat calm gave us another night of double figure weights. With other matches recording numerous whiting it now appears we really are in for a season of whiting plenty. Who would have predicted 4 weeks ago that over 4lb would only put you in last place so this could be the league’s best winter ever. The best turn out of the year (17) managed 411 fish which was 61 less than last match which can’t be bad!!!

Continuing his excellet form, Clyde “end peg” Leggett took top spot with 13lb 1oz (peg 3) from 39 fish demonstrating he has found “holy grail” for big weights. Second place went to Kevil “bassman” Chilvers with 12lb 8 1/2oz (6) from 36 fish for his 3rd podium finish in a row. Final podium slot went to Tony “last cast” Thomas (1) with 10lb 15oz from 33 fish .

With whiting and some healthy codling everywhere we wonder what weight will be needed to do the business at our return visit to South Beach Gt. Yarmouth. With an ebbing tide we will see how the new outer harbour has affected South Beach catches with the tide coming from the harbour!!!

Another fine night with a light south south easterly saw the continuance of the big bags of South beach and probably better. It looks like being the best year for some time for whiting and codling with a cracking specimen of 5lb 6 2/3 being taken. An excellent turnout of 16 managed 472 fish which was 105 more than last week. Again let’s all hope this continues at Hopton.

  With so many double figure weights around it was “nip and tuck” all the way but it was rookie Dene “geordieman” Conway stealing top spot by 1 oz with a fish on his last 4 mins cast recording a weight of 15lb 6oz from 33 fish which included that cracking codling and heaviest to date. Runner up was Mark ” the quiet one” Gooch with 15lb 5oz from 29 fish followed by Kevil “bassman” Chilvers with 14lb 5 1/2oz from 42 fish making the podium for the 2nd week in a row.

Well looks as though it really is going to be a bumber year for a change and Hopton will confirm if this is really going to happen. Welcome aboard to Robert Ford who has joined us for the winter season. With some notable absentees at the last match we could very easily reach 20 per match in the next few weeks, can’t be bad!!!