Trout to 1lb 8oz were caught in the last of Thornaby AC’s three matches held during the coarse fishing close season
Trout to 1lb 8oz were caught in the last of Thornaby AC’s three matches held during the coarse fishing close season.
Darlington’s Jim Johnson’s big brown trout earned him the Alex Butler Memorial Trophy in the match fished by 15 anglers on the Tees from Croft to Hurworth.
Worm and fly were the only baits allowed, and the winner opted for stickfloat and worm from peg three just below the Croft Bridge pool run-off.
From his swim along the island at peg 31, Darlington’s young Michael Grainger managed to locate three smaller trout, using the same method, for a total weight of 1lb 7oz, and losing a fourth trout at the net cost him the match.
Darlington’s popular veteran Kenny Close (pictured), admired by everyone for his many victories in an illustrious career spanning over half a century, landed a single trout of 1lb 6oz from peg eight, just above the railway bridge, to complete the frame.
WHILE regular anglers with the Teesside based clubs are law abiding, buy rod licences and stick to the rules, the Environment Agency is stepping up efforts to catch anyone fishing unlawfully.
Two County Durham poachers have this week been banned, had equipment forfeited, and had to pay over £250 in costs.
The Environment Agency is having a close season clampdown, with a further 11 people in the last month caught breaking the law.
The EA’s 24-hour incident hotline number is 0800 807060. Or anyone seeing illegal fishing can contact crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
ON the stillwaters carp have fed well at times, though with bright weather some matchweights have been a little lower than in the previous week.
At the Oaks Rob Minikin of Sonubaits, won the Saturday match with 96lb 10oz, the top match weight of the week.
But at Woodlands weights topped the 150lb mark, Danny Scott of Garbolino Elton winning on Saturday with 164lb of carp on pellet from Partridge peg 15.
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