North Norfolk Sea Angling Results

With the majority of Holt regulars fishing elsewhere in the Teams of Five event, the remaining crew settled in to the west of the lifeboat slipway in the hope of catching a Codling or two.
Reports of good-size Codling and Whiting being caught less than a quarter of a mile to the west at the locally renown Old High mark sparked their imagination throughout the day.
However a stiff Southwesterly had flattened the sea, and along with it, any hopes of tempting the better fish off the rough ground that lies but a short distance offshore.
The only Codling of the day fell to Russell Barber which helped secure him second place behind John Neave who managed a mixed bag of nine fish to take the overall match spot.

Result
1st    J.Neave         9 fish  2lb  8oz
2nd   R.Barber        2 fish  1lb  11oz
3rd    S.Attew         4 fish  1lb  8oz
4th    B.Thompson  0 fish    -     -

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

10 of us turned out for the match at Kelling, we had changed the venue to avoid any hassles and charges from the jobsworth at Cley carpark.Most opted for the left and the wreck area in the hope of some whiting showing up early as reports had suggested.Dene & Tony had other ideas with Dene going to the left end of cliffs and Tony just in front of cliffs both hoping match tactics would pay off..

It was a nip and tuck match with most of the fish coming early on and plenty of undersized dabs aswell.Tactics seemed to win the day with Tony ” Genesis” Chidwick regaining his hunger for success and securing 1st place with 10 fish for 4.4, and still on good form running up the rear into 2nd place was Dene “smoooth” Conway with 7 fish for 2.12 2/3, also continuing good form was Henry Randell with 4 fish all caught early on for 2.5 1/3 and as usual Sam “lucky” Attew was close on his heels with 6 fish for 2.2. It was a good sign that no one blanked so lets hope the rest of the winter months bring us bumper catches and maybe even some record weights.

Results

• 1st Tony Chidwick 4lb 4oz
• 2nd Dene Conway 2lb 12 2/3 oz
• 3rd Henry Randell 2lb 5 1/3oz
• 4th Sam Attew 2lb 2oz
• 5th Dennis Hunn 1lb 15oz
• J6th Ray Ward 1lb 10 1/3oz
• J6th John Neave 1lb 10 1/3oz
• 7th Robert Ford 1lb 7 1/3oz
• 8th Richard Ives 0.15oz
• 9th Russel Barber 0.9 1/3oz

With the national 5 a side team competition clashing with this event only 3 anglers fished , at least we now know that the whiting have arrived early and everyone caught lots of undersize whiting.

Results

•  1st Sam Attew 2lb
•  2nd John Neave  0.14oz
•  3rd Dick Hawes  0.5oz

Match was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions

The Holt SAC Early Autumn Open Results

20 anglers fished the open at Kelling this year but results were poor with only 8 anglers returning with fish, and of these only one or two fish was enough to secure a place.Lets hope things improve in the coming weeks and we can all enjoy some sport, well done to those who did manage to catch.

Results

Not many anglers turned up to this weeks match with the poor reports of late. The seven harden soles that turned up were: John Neave, Bob Thompson, Tony Chidwick, Dene Conway, Robert Ford, Richard Ives and our junior angler Henry Randall. We all arrived at Cley beach car park at 8:15 – 8:30 before the Norfolk Wildlife Trust (NWT) car park attendant arrived so not to pay the car parking charges. Well this was what happened in the past but not today! The attendant arrived at 8:30 and approached us looking for us to pay the charges. We explained that if we were there before him we would not have to pay. His reply was not only NO but accused us of being “know it alls” and he became rather rude and discourteous towards our club. We explained that we have fished this part of the beach and used this car park for 50 years or so we have never paid for parking. However the voluntary car park attendant did not believe anything we said, he then accused his colleages of not doing their jobs and that we have been misled. He portrayed himself as though he was the NWT – Cley site manager and lord of the land. By this time we were angry at his reaction and his attitude and the club will be sending Brendon Joyce (NWT managing director) a letter expressing our disbelief of NWT volunteers’ attitude towards the public and resolve the car parking issue so watch this space. But in the mean time the jumped up attendant told us that if we refused to pay he would record our number plates and pass the info onto a debit collection agency to retrieve the £3.50 car park fee. As a result Tony decided to move the match to kelling and said if any one wanted to make the £3.50 car park donation was welcome to on the way out.   

The fishing match was… well, the weather was nice; the sea was crystal clear and flat charm. Divers and idiots on boats here there and everywhere, oh and the only sizeable fish fell to John Neave a 25cm dab. Hope next weeks open is better. 

Our second match of the season saw 10 anglers fishing at Salthouse, with mixed results and again half of us failed to catch.

Ray Ward managed an early codling on prawn for 1lb 1oz and that was enough to secure him his first ever podium spot , so well done to Ray, Consistant as usual were Henry Randall in second place and Richard Ives in third, joint 4th place were Sam Attew and Tony Chidwick, with the rest of us blanking sadly.

Results

•  1st Ray Ward 1 fish for  1lb 1oz
•  2nd Henry Randall  2 fish for  0.11 1/3 oz
•  3rd Richard Ives 1 fish for  0.6 oz
•  Joint 4th  Sam Attew & Tony Chidwick 1 fish each for 0.5 1/3oz

Fished:

• Dene Conway
• John Neave
• Russell Barber
• Colin Howard
• Peter Loke