Kelling Sunday 7th October 2012 – Presidents Cup
Taking a break from the shingle it was off to a bit of sand at Trimingham and with reports of day time whiting showing there was optimism in the air of a good catch at last. With a late midday start to catch the start of a small ebbing tide all looked good. A calm fairly coloured sea with a good swell met the early risers under a bright blue sky and with light on shore winds. Lokie and TT soon had the stretch pegged in the 2 bays to the left of the car park as other members arrived. A flat sandy beach was a good opportunity for the trolley brigade to try out their wears. As vehicles became unloaded and the grid soon took shape with “slicks” Camilleri and Richard with “ellis 2” on the front row followed by a dubious “mobility” Morse and “golf” Thomas. Due to technical problems “ellis 1” was not able to get out of his pit and “wide wheels” was on a ‘Deal or no Deal’ strategy. With the grid formed and ready to draw the peace was shattered by the arrival of the boys with their water toys. It soon became apparent within minutes of them launching as they started wave jumping and surfing just 20-40 yards out along our match stretch that a move was required. An initial decision to convert to a ‘rover’ soon got overturned and it was back to the shingle at Kelling for a quieter comfortable session. Many thanks to Mr Lokie for the recovery of the pegs!
With all reloaded, Richard was soon off to peg the wreck stretch at Kelling in advance of the rest of the ‘grid’. Many thanks RE for an excellent job done, only wish you had a shorter stride and we’ll get the numbering right next time. Pegging was our usual stretch to the left of the small cliff and with a few familiar faces on the beach end peg 1 this time was way past the wreck. Not too much colour in the water which was a shame but there was a nice 3 to 4 foot lump to give some resemblance of a bass particularly as our friendly faces already had a sizeable bass and some cracking missed bites. Trolleys were now back in their garages and with a small ebbing tide it was an easy set up on the fresh shingle bank with no following the tide later on. At the whistle the usual Kelling chuck was the order of the day and all were soon prepared for the long haul.
A little weed was seen in the margins but nothing serious and with the stretch well spaced out it was going to be comfortable fishing. As seems to be customary these days “yoda” Thomas’s (peg 11) first cast started to twitch and he soon had a small dab on his card. This was followed next cast my a dab double shot but only one was sizeable, a healthy 23cm version. This looked promising but there was no activity further down the stretch so were we in for a grueller even at this early stage. It was soon apparent that the vermin were extremely active as rigs were being retrieved totally cleaned even after 8 to 10 minutes. The fish were probably there but the vermin were just getting to the bait first unless you dropped onto the nose of a fish.
As the tide started to ebb “mobility” Morse (peg8), “captain” Ellis (peg 7), “sandy coke” Loke (peg 2) and “last cast” Watts (peg 1) all at last managed to find a fish. “yoda” Thomas’s luck was short lived probably due to his long flounder walk and chat only to witness “class act” Thorburn (peg 3) retrieve a nice 25cm flounder. Everyone was trying all their various tactics to find the fish where in the gutter would see traces retrieved almost intact whereas any real distance would see them completely stripped in minutes. Even with this lack of activity “mobility” and “captain” were finding the odd fish along with “dickleburgh man” Camilleri (peg 6) and “no hat” Attew (peg 3) who eventually got their cards marked.
Back at the other end things were looking dire but “steady” Carter (peg 9) eventually saved face with an 18cm dab as did “silver fox” Neave (peg 12) with a small flounder. Not to be out done “cuddly” Carter (peg 10) found a 24cm dab much to the disgust of “steady” who probably wished she had gone to Pakefield. Rookie “the quiet one” Pearce (peg 4) was having a torrid day and not finding a single fish , welcome aboard James and remember it is early days and the fish will certainly come. Like they or should I say it did for “mobility” Morse who threw all the scheming in the air as he found a nice 38cm bass on a straight Sheringham yella. Not to be out done “class act” was using all his skill to negotiate the vermin and at last found his favourite fish, a nice 28cm flounder and some useful points on his card.
With the Ebb finishing fast new tactics were being adopted with “last cast” Watts taking the opportunity of departing pleasurers to drop in a “hole” he spotted infront of them and reaped the reward of a few very small flatties. With similar success “captain” Ellis was using his tipping with big chunks of mackerel to find 4 nice dabs the biggest being 27cm in the last hour. Having found the fish he was on a charge but “mobility” Morse found another dab to keep well in front of him. The tide was now starting to flood heavily and with the fading light the probability of more bass and even whiting was high on the agenda but to no avail and we had to settle for the dabs and flounders.
In the end it was that bass that did the business for Peter “mobility” Morse to take the honours with 1lb 10 1/3oz from 4 fish. Runner up was Richard “captain” Ellis with 1lb 4 1/3oz from 5 fish who probably needed a few more casts to overturn Peter. Final podium slot went to Paul “class act” Thorburn with 1lb 2oz from 3 fish showing that big flounders are good point scoring specimens. The club heaviest flat fish points went to Paul with his 28cm (8oz) flounder and round fish points to Peter (M) with his 38cm (1lb 2 1/3oz) bass. The super pool result was the same as the club match.
It is a pity we could not fish Trimingham as all wanted to try a non-shingle venue particularly as there had been reports of whiting but line and machines do not mix and we had no other option than to move. This was not a particularly fish activity session and our local EDP man Mr Roy Webster praised our perseverance for sticking at it. As the water colours and temperatures drop the fish will be there and then we will really have something to report.
Next club match is at BACTON (via Castaways) on SUNDAY 14TH OCTOBER fishing 10:00-3:00 which is also the 1st round of the North Norfolk Sea League teams of 5 event. Could as many members as possible attend so that we can fill club teams. We have had no real support for the league outside the club but we do have enough teams for the league to qualify as a National Sea League but it would be good to have more. We could of course abandon the league and allow some teams to join the more healthier league round the corner but that would be unfair on club members who cannot travel. So we’ll give it one last shot this year particularly as the club is organising the National Sea League Final on the shingle on the 1st/2nd December.
The following club match is at SALTHOUSE on SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER fishing 11:00-4:00. This is followed then by the club’s ANNUAL OPEN at KELLING on SUNDAY 28TH OCTOBER fishing 9:00-2:00. Could you please advertise this match and bring a raffle prize.
Club Match Result Top 5
1st Peter Morse 1lb 10 1/3oz (4 Fish)
2nd Richard Ellis 1lb 4 1/3oz (5 Fish)
3rd Paul Thorburn 1lb 2oz (3 Fish)
4th Mike Watts 1lb 1oz (6 Fish)
5th Ray Camilleri 0lb 12oz (3 Fish)
Please use this link for full set of club match results … Holt SAC Match Results (07Oct12)
Please use this link for current league table… Holt SAC League Table (07Oct12)
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