Club Records and
Notable Events
From
records available we think that these are the current club
record weights for fish species caught
and recorded during club competitions. If anyone disputes
anything, or has any missing information, regarding these lists
please let us know.
3 Bearded
Rockling, 13.5oz caught by James Moore on 3rd December
2005. Where? What bait?
Ballan Wrasse, 3lb
9.75oz, caught by Dan Redling at Kettleness on 29th July 2001 using
fresh peeler crab.
Bass, 4lb 4oz, caught by Gordon Drury in
October 1983 from Saltburn Pipe on ragworm.
Blenny, 9.25 oz caught by
Guy Mason on 31st October 1993 in The River Wier,
Claxeaux on peeler crab.
Cod 14 lb
12.25oz caught by James Moore on 24th March 2001 at
Kettleness using lug and squid.
Dab, 1lb 1.
0oz on Saltburn Pier (details unknown).
Who? When? What bait?
Eel, 2lb 4.5oz, caught by Terry
Dalton on 21st September1997 at Whitby on peeler
crab.
Flounder, 2lb 10.5oz, caught by Dave Turner on 2nd
July 1995 using fresh peeler crab.
Mackerel, 1lb 12.25oz, caught by
Chris Wood on 5th July 2000 on mackeral strip. Where?
Plaice, 1lb
11.75oz, caught by Patrick Moran on 5th October 1997 at
the Pilot Pier Hartlepool using rag and
squid.
Pouting, 2lb
0.75oz, caught by Bernard Westgarth on 24th March 2002 at Hummersea.
What bait?
Twaite Shad, 1lb 4oz, caught by Chris Hadden on
4th July 2004 at Saltburn Pier on mackerel
bait.
Whiting, 1lb 14.25
oz, details unknown. Who? When? Where?
What bait?
Cod in
double figures have been caught by club members while out pleasure
fishing or in matches
and also some bass approaching 4 lbs weight
and many specimen flounders.
Dave Chudley
caught a bass of 3lb 15.25 oz Redcar Beach on 23rd July
2008.
Some
Notable Catches:
In the November
2002 Cod Festival 144lbs of codling were weighed in by over 30
anglers with cod up to 6.5lbs
10th November2002,
James Moore, 36 whiting for 15lb 4.5oz.
9th February 2003,
Mike Ayton, 32 whiting for 17lb 5.25oz.
30th October 2004,
Terry Dalton, 72 whiting for 40lbs 2oz. in a 'Moonlighter'
match.
7th November
2004 , Paul Lobley, 54 whiting for 27lb 15oz. at the
Ore Terminal.
5th December 2004,
Bernard Westgarth, 64 whiting for 36lb 4oz.
23rd November2007,
Paul Lobley, 35 whiting & 1 rockling 18lb 9oz.
11th December 2011, Richard Spaven, 23 whiting
for 18lbs 13.75oz., South Gare
Breakwater.
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