FISHING has started to improve in the past few weeks with congers and dogs making up the bulk of weights.

The anticipated run of whiting is yet to occur although a late summer may be partly the cause, while the hoards of dogs that often abound in autumn have been conspicuous by their absence.

Sea View members continue to make their mark in the Seamaster events with Paul Clarke being the latest to make a top 20 result, coming ninth with two codling in last Sunday's match.

Aida Harris has made some fine catches of large eels while Kevin S has tagged closely behind being consistently in the points.

Regardless of the catches, numbers of anglers competing in our weekly matches remain high and we look forward to the winter whiting any day soon.

Boats continue to fish well, especially now that we have several charter vessels capable of reaching the fishing grounds quickly - assuming the small trawlers haven't gotten there first.

Finally, old sea dog Cap'n Bob (Messer) can now boast of being a centrefold'pin-up' in the latest edition of the national Sea Angler magazine (buy one quickly - they're becoming collectable).

RESULTS

September 11

1st L Thompson 22lb 13oz (incl Thornback 13lb 4oz,

Green Eel 2lb 13oz); 2nd K Gardner 8lb 11oz; 3rd A Harris 7lb; 4th K Salih 4lb 6oz; 5th B Harris 1lb 10oz; 6th M Kerslake 9oz.

September 18

1st K Salih 20lb 3oz; 2nd B Messer 2lb 2oz; 3rd S Davies 1lb 14oz; 4th T Gwyther 1lb 8oz; 5th D Evans 7oz; 6th L Thompson 7oz.

September 25

1st G Morgan 12lb; 2nd M Langford 9lb 12oz; 3rd K Gardner 4lb 4oz; 4th A Harris 4lb 3oz; 5th P Crook 2lb 7oz; 6th B Harris 12oz.

October 9

1st A Harris 18lb 10oz; 2nd R Lougher 13lb 15oz; 3rd K Salih 5lb; 4th M Langford 2lb 12oz; 5th R Green 1lb 12oz; 6th L Thompson 1lb 8oz.

October 16

1st A Harris 28lb 13oz; 2nd K Salih 14lb 13oz; 3rd R Lougher 8lb 10oz; 4th P Crook 7lb 1oz; 5th N Grant 6lb 9oz; 6th M Langford 6lb 8oz.

October 20

1st P Clarke; 2nd M Langford; 3rd R Lougher; Jnt 4th S Doble, G Cushen (guest); 5th K Gardner; 6th B Messer; 7th J Cushen.

October 23

1st K Salih; 2nd M Langford; 3rd Kevin Gardner; 4th I Osbourne; 5th R Green; 6th G Morgan; 7th J Cushen.