Statistics from Summer Night Hawk Matches
Longbenton & Seaton Burn Sea Angling Club fish 12 Summer Night Hawk Matches between March and August. Two matches per month, fished at 3 different locations. Pottery Bank, Copthorne Hotel and British Airways Car Park. Matches are 4 hours long fished between 18:45 and 22:45. Matches are fished straight length, all fish count. No minimum size for fish. Eels are recorded as a straight 30cm. A Maximum of 3 Eels can be recorded. Mackerel and Herring are a maximum of 3 recorded. Once 3 of each species are on your card, the 4th fish does not count.
22 Club members fished at least 1 match. Full League Table
583 fish were caught over the 12 matches. 339 Flounder, 136 Codling, 68 Whiting, 49 Eels, 2 Dabs and 2 Smelt. Not one coalfish was recorded. The biggest surprise, NOT ONE COALFISH!!! Fish do not even have to be of any size, not one coalfish has been caught out of 583 fish.
Breakdown of fish caught in each match
Break Down of fish caught at each venue, combining to 4 matches at each venue together.
Breakdown of Species Caught by Month
Total Length Recorded (cm) by all anglers fishing. Average Length (cm) per Angler Fishing. Average Fish Size (including Eels Eels=30cm).
Venue Fish Size Average (cm) from all matches at Venues. With Eels Included and excluding Eels. All Eels 30cm
Best Match 2023. Based on Average total length (cm) per angler fishing. Also size of Tide for the Match.
