Braintree Sea Angling Club members boarded charter boat Enterprise at West Mersea for their latest evening competition and it was Chris Leonard who returned to shore with the victory.
Conditions were good and as the tide eased a move to deeper water saw more fish coming aboard from all around the boat, with Leonard, who was positioned on the stern, finding a couple of cod and a bonus smoothhound.
His final tally was three cod, four dogfish, one smoothhound, four thornbacks and a whiting for 123 points.
Barrie Senior was second with five dogfish, three thornbacks, one whiting and a tub gurnard for 75 points, while third went to Alan Porter with 68 points from his catch of seven dogfish and three thornbacks, just ahead of Brian Grundy, who had 67.
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