whitley open

[sidblank]

fished the open this morning chose snab point, a lad came next to me and had a 6lb+ fish on his second cast and i thought here we go. but alas the place emptied out and i remained fishless, although jimmy (jamcod) managed to fluke one out of cambois for 4lb 4oz

[nick1]

i fished hartley in the open today chucking towards west bay and had two bites all day which resulted in nowt, bumma, next time ah suppose

[Deans]

anyone got results. i give it a miss this year

[g-force]

anyone got results. i give it a miss this year

Very hard going today mate, a lot of very good anglers blanked. Just put the winners up - Alan should be posting a fuller report with pictures later, I've just sent him the full result.

Fished Crawleys, then end of Whitley Pipe then the pipe skeers & only had one small bite all day........

Gary

[gundog]

fished the open this morning chose snab point, a lad came next to me and had a 6lb+ fish on his second cast and i thought here we go. but alas the place emptied out and i remained fishless, although jimmy (jamcod) managed to fluke one out of cambois for 4lb 4oz

No mention of a 6lb+ fish in the results mate !

[shaun]

No mention of a 6lb+ fish in the results mate !

HEAVIEST FISH
6lb 2oz

[g-force]

Heaviest fish came from Cullercoats - either the fella wasn't in the comp or it was a couple of pound smaller than estimated - quite a few fish around the 3 - 4lb mark weighed in. The junior winner fished Snab along with his grandad who had one 3lb 8oz.

Gary

[gundog]

HEAVIEST FISH
6lb 2oz

Not from snab point mate !

[batt22]

Does allot of cheating still go on in the opens it used to be rife a few years ago ?

[sidblank]

am gonna have a look at the photos it was defo somewhere near or not far chort it was a cracker, and ive been in a debate over exactly where i was fishing, i was on the left next to the island i thought that was snab point.

[sidblank]

photos aren't on yet, i know ken west had the heaviest at 6lb 2oz so it must have been one of the 5lb plus fish i estimated that his three were about 9lb total he was from walker, didnt ask his name

[sidblank]

No mention of a 6lb+ fish in the results mate !

i just guestimated it mate

[batt22]

It used to go on years ago mate a few on here might be able to tell you better ? it was one of the reasons i give up fishing the opens, there were "rumors" people were found to have sinkers in their catch and so on, anywhere money is involved you will always find someone who cheats in any sport i guess, im not saying it goes on now-a-days hopefully not but with large boundaries it must be still hard to Marshall these events

[bluepied2280]

am gonna have a look at the photos it was defo somewhere near or not far chort it was a cracker, and ive been in a debate over exactly where i was fishing, i was on the left next to the island i thought that was snab point.

that is correct and round corner to the south

[batt22]

i hope not too,, ok just asking how easy would it be to cheat in an open comp how would a cheat go about it with big boundaries anything could happen im sure someone on here had a discussion about it a few years ago and i can recall someone getting banned for cheating or accused of cheating in a big open quite a few years ago, i too used to fish all the big opens and could see how easy it would be to cheat (never did never would )i like to think the northeast anglers are honest and so it should be, but im sure cheating went on in one way or another in any angling, big prize money would attract the cheats it goes on in other sports im sure our sport would be no different in the end its all about honesty i thought snooker was an honest sport and cricket , football , horse racing lol ,athletics, do i need to go on ? regards batt22