Angling: Four-figure cash prizes now on offer.Byline: By Sam Harris New Hartley SAC hold their ninth annual shore competition on Sunday, February 22. The event is sponsored by Sports and Leisure, Blyth, and fishing will be from 9am-1pm. Entries at the New Hartley CIU CIU Convergència I Unió (Partit Polític de Catalunya-España) CIU Columbia International University CIU Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria CIU Criminal Intelligence Unit CIU Criminal Investigations Unit CIU Crisis Intervention Unit club or from Sports and Leisure beforehand. Entry is pounds 7, with juniors under 16 free but must be accompanied by an adult. The first prize is pounds 1,000 cash and there is also an excellent supporting prize list. Boundaries are from Amble amble a slower, non-racing version of pace gait in horses. broken amble has many characteristics of the amble but there are four beats to the gait with each foot contacting the ground independently. Called also single-foot. to Tynemouth Piers, excluding both piers, estuaries and the Cambois hot water outfall out·fall n. The place where a sewer, drain, or stream discharges. outfall Noun Brit, Austral & NZ the mouth of a river, drain, or pipe: . Blyth West Pier is included in the boundaries. Further details from Peter Morgan on 07950-779744. On the same day, the District of Easington Open Sea Angling competition is being held. The first prize is pounds 2,000 for the heaviest single fish, and fishing is from 11am-4pm. Entry is pounds 7. Boundaries are Crimdon Dene dene n. Chiefly British A sandy tract or dune by the seashore. [Possibly East Frisian düne, a sand dune; akin to dune. to Ryhope Dene, and registration is at the Seaham Leisure Centre from 8am onwards. Further details from Paul Irwin on 0191-527 0501. Blyth SAC hold the Dave Jobson Memorial Open Shore competition on Sunday, March 21. More details nearer the date or phone Gordon Cavanagh 01670-352590. The seas have flattened since the weekend and sport has deteriorated, although there still are one or two decent fish around. Barry Tweddle, of the Seaton Sluice SAC, used a cocktail of crab and squid to take a cod of 12lb 10oz from Alnmouth. There have also been cod of 12lb from Downovers. This is a low water mark so expect heavy tackle losses. Blyth Pier has produced cod to 5lb and the River Tyne lots of undersized codling, but also a few in the 1 1/2 -2lb range, mainly on rag and lug. At South Shields, the best fish was 9lb and, at the beginning of the week, fair numbers from 1 1/2 -2lb. Best cod from Roker Pier was 8lb and also some decent whiting, mainly at night. One item of boat news - Phil Edmonds fished 200 yards offshore at Cullercoats and, using lug and sprat sprat: see herring. sprat or brisling Species (Sprattus sprattus) of edible fish in the herring family. Sprats are silver marine fishes that form enormous schools in western European waters. Less than 6 in. , took a cod of 10lb 6oz last Saturday. |
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