Only seven find fish in ‘all-nighter’

Wednesday 18th February 2009, 2:29PM GMT.

FISH were hard to come by when the West Coast Sea Angling Club members fished an all-night on Guernsey roving shore match.

It was well supported with 24 turning out, but only seven found fish, with the catch consisting of small rocklings.

The total catch was six bearded rocklings, eight shore rocklings and one pollack. The biggest rockling was the 1-2-0 three-bearded landed by Matt Mahy.

The winner was Simon Fletcher who had three of the three-bearded species for 3-0-0 and 36 points.

The competition kitty went to the two heaviest bags, Fletcher with his 3-0-0 winning catch and Lee Gillot whose pollack and shore rockling weighed 2-3-0.

As a result of the competition Gillot has become the early leader in the club’s overall and shore championships.