TronixPro National Sea League Final 2016 - Information
Saturday and Sunday 26th/27th November 2016 - North Norfolk
NATIONAL SEA LEAGUE FINAL 2016
The 2016 National Sea League Final will be held on the North Norfolk Coast according to the following detail …
Date: Saturday 26th & Sunday 27h November
Fishing Times: 10:00am to 3:00pm both days
Low Water: Saturday 11:18am Sunday 11:53am
High Water: Saturday 4:49pm Sunday 5:09pm
Venue: North Norfolk
Backup Venue: Gt. Yarmouth (Low/High Water 2 hrs later)
Event Headquarters: Kelling Heath Holiday Park
Team Entry Cost: £200
Team Pools Cost: £100
Registration will be at the HQ on Friday 25th November from 7 until 10 pm. Captains only will make the draw. Any teams not booked in by 10 pm will be drawn for.
Prize Presentation will be at the HQ on Sunday evening 27th November between 6 and 7 pm. with the exact timing being determined by the time taken to prepare the results.
Other Information …
- Optional Individuals £5/day Super Pool with the monies being collected
at registration time.
- National Sea League Match Rules will apply.
- Catch and release using SAMF length to weight conversion chart which
is included in the match cards.
- A minimum size of 18 cm will apply to ALL Fish
- All baits will be allowed except CRAB & WHITE RAG.
- Team Entry should be made on the attached Booking Form to reach …
TONY THOMAS by Friday 28th October 2016
Cheques to be made payable to HOLT SEA ANGLING CLUB.
Receipts will be issued if requested.
A balance sheet will be presented after the event.
Booking Form available on Holt SAC website …
MATCH INFORMATION (Same as 2014)
Venues
The match venues will be on the only shingle bank in Norfolk which stretches for 6 miles from the end of the cliffs at Weybourne in the east until it peters out into sand bars at Blakeney Point. The event will use the beaches of Cley, Salthouse, Kelling and Weybourne.
All venues back onto a relatively low shingle bank which in places is topped by large tides and northerly winds. The beach then slopes via shingle and sand to sand and mud gullies over 30 to 50 metres between low and high water giving a relatively steep drop.
The beaches at Cley and Salthouse have a low sand bar at about 100 metres at low water and only is exposed by white water with a stiff northerly. The beaches at Kelling and Weybourne have a similar form but with a flatter sand bar and mud gullies which in places run at right angles to the beach which makes fish predictions very difficult.
With such a profile fish will be found at 60 to 100 metres and in certain tide situations even closer. This means that these beaches are very much suited to the non-casters and true match anglers. However, it does not mean that casting will not find the fish on all the beaches when the tide and conditions allow but on a whole fish are not at range.
Tide run can be strong but nothing a good grip weight cannot handle. Tide flow is left to right on the flood and right to left on the ebb. Slack water occurs around about 2 hours after both high and low water when the tide direction changes.
Back-up Venue
Strong gale force north westerly, northerly or north easterly winds will make it impossible to effectively fish the above venues. If this situation arises then Gt. Yarmouth North and South beaches will be used as back-up venues which is around 40 miles south east from the event HQ. Only extremely strong gale force north easterly winds will prevent this venue being used.
This venue has a sandy beach which slopes very steeply into a deep gully running parallel to the beach and a few 100 metres wide. A mile or so off shore is Scrobie Sands now housing a wind farm and the presence of this bar protects the beach from all but the severest of weather.
As with North Norfolk, this is not necessarily a casting venue and fish can be found at 40 to 80 metres. However, under certain conditions and in certain places fish will be found at range. The tide run here is very strong and at certain states of the tide it will be impossible to fish at range.
Tide flow is similar to North Norfolk but slack water is over very quickly and occurs within an hour of high and low water.
Species
Target species for North Norfolk will be Dabs, Flounders and Whiting. The numbers of whiting appearing will be dependent on the weather leading up to the event but the flat fish should always be there. Prolonged cold spell seems to keep the majority of species off shore. Secondary species will be pouts, rockling, bass and if we are lucky codling may make an appearance. Other species that could be caught are soles, turbot, coalfish and plaice but they are generally very rare.
The Gt. Yarmouth species are similar to the above but probably less flounders. There will certainly be more chance of picking up a few decent codling from this venue where there are a number of hot spots for this species.
Bait
The main bait for North Norfolk is blow lug and can be very effective on its own. However, tipping off can bring its rewards in particular with black lug, squid, mackerel, bluey, king rag and maddies. Crab and White rag are banned for this event.
The main bait for Gt. Yarmouth is similar to North Norfolk but straight black lug can attract whiting and codling. Here tipping off with fish baits is the favourite for whiting.
Rigs
The main thing to remember for the North Norfolk venues is to keep snood lengths short, between 6 to 12 ins although in some conditions long snoods can work so be prepared. Although not very trendy the boom rigs tend to work extremely well particularly the short Avis booms.
The rigs that seem to work well are three hook boom traces, flappers and clip-down booms if you need to cast just that extra few metres but all with short snoods. Straight three hook clip-down traces is another option with 9 to 12 ins snoods which can cater for fish at all ranges. The three or two hook Portsmouth rig is becoming more popular here when there is need to put biggish bait at range.
Best hook size is size 2 fine wire for the target species followed by size 1’s if quality fish are feeding. For catch and release fine wire is preferred particularly for dabs and whiting to improve the numbers returned alive.
The same rigs and hook sizes apply for Gt. Yarmouth although slightly longer snood lengths would be better.
Local Bait Suppliers & Tackle Shops
There are a number of suppliers of quality bait in the area who specifically concentrate on sea bait …
- Peter Fairclough of Sheringham - 07899796938. Peter can supply blow lug, king rag, blacks and frozen mackerel & blueys and will deliver ordered bait to the HQ on the Friday evening prior to the first match.
- JSH Seabait Supplies of Framlingham - 07796272422. James can supply blow lug, king rag, blacks and maddies and he will also deliver any ordered bait to the HQ on the Friday evening prior to the first match.
- John Hall of Cromer – 07502355524. John can supply blow lug and will also deliver bait to the HQ.
There are a number of tackle shops in the area who can supply the required equipment for the North Norfolk Coast …
- Sabre Tackle in Cromer – 01263 513676.
- Rite Gear Angling Centre in West Runton – 01263 838248.
- Avenue Angling Norwich in Norwich – 01603 764004.
Please contact the local organiser if none of the above are able to help you with your requirements.
Headquarters & Accommodation
The event HQ will be Kelling Heath Holiday Park postal code district NR25 7. This is situated 2 miles from the nearest match venue, Weybourne and about 5 miles from the furthest, Cley. The Park is situated a 1 mile from the A148 between Holt and Cromer.
Kelling Heath has restaurants, bars and plenty of accommodation and at this time of the year we will have almost the whole complex to ourselves for the weekend. For the weekend we have been offered a 20% discount on list prices. To qualify for this discount you just need mention that you are fishing the NSL Final when booking.
The accommodation comprises of lodges for 4 & 6 at £233 & £282 discounted price and luxury holiday homes for 6 ranging from £138 to £176 discounted price for the weekend. More information and bookings can be obtained by calling 01263 588181 or via their website www.kellingheath.co.uk but bookings must be by phone to obtain discount.
National & Local League Organisers
Tony Thomas 01263 822400 / 07780793141 / thomasamt@btinternet.com
Peter Morse 07769908480
Mike Watts 07858758669
Holt SAC 07899032984 / www.holtsac.com
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The AGM chaired by Tony Thomas will be held at the HQ on the evening of Saturday 26th November commencing at 7pm. We will endeavour to keep the meeting short and to the point and it is requested that all attendees participate in a constructive manner. Amongst other matters, the meeting will …
· Elect League Secretary/Treasurer.
· Determine the venue for the 2016 NSL Final.
· Any Other Business.
Please note that only anglers present will be allowed to vote.
Any proposals must be put in writing and received by Tony by 28th October. Proposals for the venue of the 2017 NSL Final will require a full event plan to be presented at the meeting as agreed at the 2015 AGM.
ONLY THESE PROPOSALS WILL BE DISCUSSED.
Nb. During the event all nominated captains become committee members and their collective majority decision will be final if needed.
Link to Word document of this Information ... NSL Final 2016 Information
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