Open Match Saturday 25th Sept 2010.
15 anglers turned up today, some were already at the lake having fished the night match last night. The draw took place and as predicted by Neil Riddy John Bennett opened his hand to reveal peg 8. That rainbow goes from peg 8 to peg 9 😀
Fishing today was from 1-05pm to 6-05pm. Fishing was also very hard today but Mick Jones was having no problems on peg 16 catching regularly from the bush on the right. Myself on peg 9 and Richard on peg 32 were suffering from major foul hook problems, both loosing 7 fish in a row.
On the car park bank Dave Whiteman on peg 26 and Del Smith on peg 29 both started catching well during the last half of the match but it was not enough to catch Mick up. John Hague on peg 11 was running past me with weigher after weigher.
John Bennett was also having a nightmare on peg 8, he had been catching ok in the first half of the match but then lost the fish for the last half without a single bite in the last 2 hours.
This was his last bite of the day 😀
John Bennett with a weigher.
The leaves are falling off the tree’s now at the lake and the temperature is falling meaning autumn is well and truly here.
The match was very hard going for most. On to the results…..
Results.
| Position | Name | Peg | Weight |
| 1 | Mick Jones | 16 | 205-8 |
| 2 | Dave Whiteman | 26 | 138-0 |
| 3 | Del Smith | 29 | 128-0 |
| 4 | John Hague | 11 | 98-0 |
| 5 | Gary Haisman | 6 | 88-0 |
| 6 | Ginger | 18 | 88-12 |
| 7 | John Bennett | 8 | 74-12 |
| 8 | Justin Watkins | 38 | 57-4 |
| 9 | Pete Arnold | 7 | 54-8 |
| 10 | Simon Mound | 9 | 44-0 |
| 11 | Kevin Cross | 34 | 32-8 |
| 12 | Paul Jay | 4 | 31-4 |
| 13 | Richard Doolan | 32 | DNW |
| 13 | Chris Lovelock | 40 | DNW |
| 13 | Marcus Burgess | 2 | DNW |
Well done to Mick, top result for the day. Peg 16 continues to be the place to be.
Mick Jones, a fine win on a hard day at the lake. Well Done.
It was lovely to spend the afternoon sitting in the glorious sunshine catching a few fish.
I hope those that were on the small lake have thawed out now, poor Paul did look a little chilled around the edges.
Looking out the office window at the rain now, I hope the lake is fishing well for all today.
See you all on Saturday.
Mick I hated the sun as it was in my eyes for pretty much the whole match. Reflecting in the water and above the tree’s. I had a right head ache after the match. That’s why I never caught much as I could not see my float lol 😀
Good win from peg 16 Mick.
Today was a different story.
Only 5 fished, Jon B on 4, me on 6, Paul Jay on 7, Dave Whiteman on 9 and somone I don’t know on 11
I think Jon B won it from peg 4 with 50lb ish. I had a 12 1/2lb er first put in and had one more fish over the next 5 hours for 27lb, it was rock hard
To cap it all it poured down for the whole 5 hours
Still it beats working
Simon, I think you must have had your night vision glasses on from the previous night still!
One of the few Wednesdays I have missed lately, rather glad I did by the sounds of it.
Hopefully the fish will have settled down by the weekend though. I have my meat at the ready.
I think I did. 😀
See you Saturday, draw is at 12pm now
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