Sea angling

Following the first leg of the two-part Jubilee cup back in January, 13 Heron Angling Society members headed out from the clubhouse on Sunday. The weather had really settled from the previous few days’ strong NW winds, there was barely a breath of wind through the day and the sun was ever present. Despite high hopes, fishing was poor with just five weighing in catches of whiting, eels and a dab. A couple of undersized bass were reported but none sizeable. Only Ian Morris weighed in more than one fish. Fishing from Beltinge, Morris had four whiting and a dab easily taking top spot. Unfortunately for him, though, it wasn’t enough to overturn junior angler, Bradley PerryFrench’s aggregate weight. He had done well on the dabs in January and had the heaviest fish of the second round with an eel of 15.4oz. Full results as follows: 2nd round; 1st I. Morris, 5 fish, 1lbs 12.2oz, 2nd B. Perry-french, 1 fish, 15.4oz, 3rd S. Stephenson, 1 fish, 11.6oz, 4th A. Wood, 1 fish, 8.8oz, 5th D. Neiles, 1 fish, 5.8oz. Overall (top 3): 1st B. Perry-french, 5lbs 2.4oz, 2nd I. Morris, 4lbs 13.8oz, 3rd S. Stephenson, 2lbs 9oz.