Durham Police SAC..River Tyne 26/4/14

[blackrat]

Nine Adults and one junior turned out to fish this match on The Tyne next to The Schooner Pub at Gateshead. The Comp was fished between 11am and 3pm on a rising Big Tide.
The match was pegged and all anglers fished the same bait pack of Rag,Lug and maki, and straight measurement taken regardless of species, with longest total and longest fish prize.
Junior angler young Josh Pool was straight into a nice little codling of 22cm with his Grandad Dave, soon following.
Most anglers were into the fish as the tide pushed in, but as soon as the tide began to rip through, it slowed down the bites.
Stevie "The Tyne" Elliott brought a nice 32cm Flounder to the side which proved to be the longest on the day.
All anglers caught on the day with fish measuring 18cm or more counting, with Codling, flounder, Coley, Whiting and Eels showing.
Lovely day out and a pleasant location.
Peter Chadwick and Mick Dunn fishing next to each other in the middle pegs obviously had the best area to themselves and it was nip n tuck all the way to the end with Peter just pipping Mick " Route 66 " Dunn at the final whistle by a mere 5cm...yes size does matter Mick.

RESULTS.

1st Peter Chadwick 159cm. 7 fish
2nd Mick Dunn. 154cm. 7 fish
3rd Josh"SAFC"Pool. 121cm. 5 fish
4th Stevie " The Tyne " Elliott 121cm 5 fish
5th Dave Pool. 120cm 6 fish
6th Ian Ainsley. 99cm. 4 fish
7th Barry Johnson. 53 cm 2 fish
8th Kev Woody Woodcock 49cm 2 fish
9th Alan Lunn 43cm 2 fish
10th Dave Robson. 23cm 1 fish

No fish were harmed in the running of this Comp and all returned alive..

[dabcatcher]

sounds like you had a nice little comp, its a lovely easy mark to fish aswell.

[mick dunn]

Very enjoyable comp Chut thanks for organising it I enjoyed myself. With the big tide and debri in the water I was only lobbing the rig out.
Mick.