Codling And Rays On The Lancashire Coast

A shorter report than normal this week as Jordan is on holiday on the dark side fishing for carp.

Fleetwood and District Angling Club were out on a windswept Marine Beach for their latest match. The wind was a bit stronger than anticipated but a good turnout of 31 anglers fished the event.

The fish were not in the expected numbers and about half the competitors blanked.

Most of the fish caught were small codling along with a few whiting and flounder. Worm seemed to be the best bait, although a few fish came to crab.

Mark Broadhurst and Trevor Barnett were the two anglers who had the most fish with Mark coming out ahead of Trevor on points.

Top 10 Results

1^st Mark Broadhurst 3 cod 3 whiting 2 flounder 1 dab – 69 points

2^nd Trevor Barnett 4 cod 2 whiting 1 flounder – 54 points

3^rd Dave Brown 2 flounder 1 whiting – 35 points

4^th Mark Taylor 3 whiting 2 cod 1 flounder – 30 points

5^th = Roy Slinger 2 cod 1 whiting 1 flounder – 16 points

5^th = Barry Critchley 4 flounder – 16 points

7^th Dave Hoyle 2 cod 1 whiting – 15 points

8^th = Ray Rodger 1 cod 1 whiting – 13 points

8^th = Alan Smith 1 cod 1 whiting – 13 points

10^th = Kevin Blundell 1 plaice 1 whiting – 10 points

10^th = Phil Lamb 1 cod – 10 points

Next week’s match will be at Lytham fishing on the flood.

Allan Cordwell with his ray

Pier member Allan Cordwell landed a cracking mid-double ray which took a fish wrap.

On Monday morning at low water just to the right of the North Pier, Stephen Roe had a nice cod and bass both caught on fresh yellow tails.

Stephen Roe with a codling