Mick finds right spot

Sea angling

Mick Morris came out on top in the Heron Angling Society’s last championship beach match of the year, the Accumulator. Prize monies are adjusted according to how many events an individual has fished or missed and deductions passed to the next placed angler and so on, hence the name. Conditions were fair and Morris found the numbers at Cold Harbour, bringing 39 fish to the scales weighing 16lbs 2.6oz to claim first prize. Tony Morris took second place catching 32 fishing outside the clubhouse weighing 14lbs 10oz with Simon Stephenson in third of the field of 11 with 10lbs 10.2oz with 26 fish. Catches consisted of whiting and just three dogfish, the best of which fell to Andy Wood at 1lbs 13.6oz which won him the heaviest fish pool.

Steve Swan won Herne Bay Angling Associations two-day Beach Festival with a total aggregate weight of 33.86lbs consisting of whiting and dogfish. Fishing on Neptune Arm, he caught 11.97lb of fish on the Saturday and an impressive 49 fish weighing 21.89lbs on the Sunday, beating 41 other competitors. Dave Andrews got the top weight on the Saturday with 38 fish weighing 15.27lbs but was unable to repeat his performance on the Sunday. However, it gave him enough points to crown him as club champion for the second consecutive year with 800 points taken from his best nine results. Results (after elimination) Class 1 – Top aggregate weight –

Class 2 – Heaviest Saturday weight – Class 3 – Heaviest Sunday catch – Class 4 – Greatest two day number – Class 5 – Heaviest fish of Festival –

Class 6 Heaviest one day of round fish – Class 7 Heaviest one day catch of flatfish – Class 9 Heaviest two catch by Junior – Class 10 Heaviest one day catch by a veteran – Class 11 Greatest one day number of species – Class 12 Greatest one day number –

Team of four aggregate Saturday weight – Sam Hudson, Mark Wilkie, Darren Kennedy, Steve Swan – 50.17lbs. The presentations for both the beach and boat festivals take place at the clubhouse tomorrow (Friday) from 8pm.