Braintree Sea Angling Club members were busy after Christmas fishing the last match of 2014 on Walton Pier and the first match of 2015 at Aldeburgh.

The Walton match was fished during the evening on a frosty pier.

Fishing was slow, with whiting making up most of the catches but a few codling also fancied the lug and squid baits.

Chris Leonard took the honours and a bottle of whisky with 13 whiting, a codling and a rockling for 205 fish points.

Second place went to Barrie Senior with six whiting, two codling and a rockling for 191 fish points and third spot was taken by Kevin Thorpe with ten whiting and a codling for 175 fish points.

Arriving on a frozen beach at Aldeburgh for the first match of the year, the anglers set up with a light wind over their shoulders and a slight swell on the sea.

Fishing was mixed with a couple of anglers finding a steady stream of fish and the others struggling to catch.

It was close at the top, with 280 points from a mixed bag of whiting, codling, dab, sole and rockling giving the win to Paul Drake as he just edged out Steve Andrews on 278 points from his catch of whiting, codling, dab and rockling.

Robin Joy took third place with 46 points.