IT was a week of consolidation for beach and pier anglers, with daytime tides producing little apart from small bass and eels.

Part of the problem was the very bright conditions and clearing sea.

The one good thing is that the problematic weed we have had for over a month has now disappeared.

Walton Pier Club fished the last match of their season on the local pier.

Seventeen anglers turned out and were met with sunshine and calm seas, not conducive to good fishing and so it proved. Sizable fish were caught but not in any numbers.

First place went to Allan Hyde and joint second to Ian Walker and Barry Adair.

This was also their 1,00th match since the club started and the overall positions for the year are Peter Harris first, Barry second, Joe Marvell third and Kevin Blackwell fourth.

Over their ten-match season, 1,100 fish were weighed in, with the most in any one match being 257.

The average attendance was 16 anglers and the heaviest fish was a 6lb 4oz cod caught by Barry.

Walton Pier Club would like to thank the Pier Company for sponsoring them throughout the season.

The pier in general has had an up and down week, with the bigger fish mostly showing on the evening tides.

The daytime tides have seen small bass, garfish and wrasse.

All these fish can be caught directly in front of the pier piles.

Young anglers Vinnie and Alfie Kemp, aged 10 and 13, fished the top of the pier and had a great day, landing two thornbacks of 10lbs and 7lb 10oz, plus a 5lb 10oz smooth-hound.

The Walton beaches are seeing some small bass either side of the pier, plus soles falling to worm baits.

All along the Frinton coastline has been fairly quiet, with evening tides again fishing much better, with the odd thornback ray, dogfish and bass being caught.

The Holland and Clacton beaches remain steady on the night tides, with rays still to be caught and the odd bass.

Clacton Pier has also had a quiet week, with only the odd ray, plus some whiting, pouting and small bass.

St Osyth beach has not produced much this week - just a few thornback rays and the odd bass.

Colchester Sea Angling Club headed for Thorpeness on the Suffolk beaches for their June league match.

It was a pleasant evening with light winds and they also found fish hard to find.

First place went to Phil Buy, with 4lbs 6oz, second to Olly Yallop, with 3lb 3oz, and third to Mick Bradley, with 3lb 2oz.

In fourth was Dave Clark, with 2lb 14oz, and in fifth was Steve Yallop, with 1lb 14oz.

The heaviest round fish was caught by Dave Clark and was a 1lb 12oz dogfish.

The heaviest flatfish was a 1lb sole for Steve Yallop.

The boats have had a reasonable week, with good catches of those hard-fighting smooth-hounds - some well into double figures.

There have been plenty of bass, with the biggest reported as 11lb 3oz, caught on the charter boat Sophie Lea by Barry Gilders.

The tides for the weekend are 3.49pm on Saturday and 4.32pm on Sunday.