HSAC Kelling April 26th

By Dene Conway

Greeted with a flat calm sea, 11 anglers took to the beach at kelling this week, with the league table being wide open at the top and results varying each week no one could predict or even hope to guess at who would be in the frame today.

Dene measuring a fish.

Mattew Lawes our latest new member decided to follow Tony T ,along with Robert Ford and Peter Loke up to the blockhouse area in search of big flounder or possibly an elusive in size Bass.

Ray Ward hanging one of his Dabs out…

Meanwhile myself, Nicole, Ray, Henry and Richard went down in the direction of the wreck with Richard walking just past and Henry sitting in front of wreck., John and Sam hit their usual spots just down from the carpark The field was spread out and an hour into the match, it was nice to see Dennis Hunn and wife join the match in a hotspot to the left of the carpark although just pleasure fishing for an hour or so it shows the determination of Dennis to get back on the beaches after his illness, so good luck Dennis and lets hope you get back on form for the winter season mate.

Nicole force marching back up the beach after a cast..

Back to the match, Flounders and Dab seemed to be the order of the day , along with the odd bigger sized Pout, Myself and Richard were trying big baits at distance in the hope of picking up a good Bass, Doggie or maybe even an early Smooth hound, this was to be our undoing as Nicole & Henry stayed in close on small baits and bagged up, both ending up with a very good 10 fish each, luckily a late change of tactic for me managed to find a good flounder of 30cm and a last double shot pushed me up enough to secure 3rd place.Nicole managed a triple shot on her last cast and left Ray and myself wondering what we were doing wrong.

Richard still smiling and waiting for a big Bass…

Back at the carpark, it became apparant that we had chosen the better end to fish , with a first place and a first ever victory to Nicole Conway, closely followed by Henry "is it time yet" Randell.

Henry Randell relaxing in the sun.

Everyone caught fish which is always a good thing,congratulation to Mathew on his first match and managing a great joint 4th place with John Neave, full results are listed below.

As there is no official match over May bank holiday weekend, the next match at Cley should produce Smoothhound and the better sized Bass, we can only hope.

Dene Conway with his 30cm flounder.

Current Standing in the Summer Accumulator have also been added to the league table page, please click the link in the menu for current standings.

Match Results

Results

1st: Nicole Conway 10 fish for 2lb 11 1/3oz

2nd: Henry Randell 10 fish for 2lb 0oz

3rd: Dene Conway 6 fish for 1lb 13 2/3oz

=4th: Mathew Lawes 6 fish for 1lb 2 2/3oz

=4th: John Neave 4 fish for 1lb 2 2/3oz

6th: Sam Attew 4 fish for 1lb 1 1/3oz

7th: Peter Loke 4 fish for 0lb 15 2/3oz

8th: Tony Thomas 4 fish for 0.12 1/3oz

= 9th: Ray Ward 3 fish for 0.11 2/3oz

=9th: Richard Ives 2 fish for 0.11 2/3 oz

11th: Robert Ford 2 fish for 0.11oz