1st    peg 13    Steve Waters    139-10-0

2nd   peg 4      Neil Hutchins      96-8-0

3rd   peg 34    Mick Chapple      36-9-0

4th   peg 32     Jeff Edwards       36-5-0

4th   peg 10     Ernie Malyon      36-5-0

6th   peg  8     John Bennett       28-3-0

9 anglers fished

Bites galore down the lake as the Silver fish match record is broken.

John tells me that today the pleasure anglers were bagging in the small lake as the carp finally decided to have a proper feed as between them they caught over 30 carp and a few doubles included.

Most of the carp came from peg 38 with the angler there catching 18 carp and Taff also caught 9 carp leaving the rest still catching a few so things are finally starting to happen in the long run up to the Easter festival.

In the big lake it was a different matter as i believe the water is currently too deep and cold for the fish to feed properly but the silver fishing is fantastic at the moment with plenty of bites and some really big roach and perch coming to both maggots and casters and both Mick Jones who caught over 24lb of silvers and Pat Pritchard who had a great all silvers catch of 28-07 were kept busy with lots of bites to come 2nd and 3rd in the match .

The big surprise was with Steve Wilson who was fishing peg 32 by the hut and when it was his time to weigh in he needed help to bring out one of his nets which normally means alot of carp but when the net was clear of the water the anglers were gobsmacked when it was full of bream all 80-02 of them. Steve was fishing down the track towards peg 8 and was fishing with 8mm hookbait feeding pellet to catch his bream. John tells me the amazing thing was Steve also spent a while fishing the tip and when he went back on the pole the bream were still there so he thinks a 100lb weight of silvers could of been on today. Together with his carp Steve weighed in 84-11 for not only the match win but to also claim the top weight of silvers caught in a match down the lake { very well done Steve }.

Results.

John has asked as a polite reminder to all the anglers fishing the Easter Festival that the deadline for the deposits need to be paid by the 13th of April {thank you }.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

1ST   PEG 4  BERNIE   57-1-0

2ND  PEG 38 RON     54-15-0

3RD  PEG 22  JOE      54-4-0

4TH  PEG 34  PAUL E 51-6-0

5TH  PEG 18  PAUL S  50-6-0

6TH  PEG 24  GARY    46-0-0

17 ANGLERS FISHED

1ST    PEG 7  PAUL JAY   84-0-0

2ND  PEG 8   PAT PRITCHARD 49-1-0

3RD  PEG 13 STEVE WATERS 44-6-0

4TH  PEG 22 WAYNE PARKER 28-5-0

5TH  PEG 32 JOHN BENNETT 27-6-0

A mixed day down the lake.

Today saw a low attendance down the lake but there were still a few bites to be had with anglers starting with catching carp in mind but swapping to catching silvers if the carp did not repsond and this was evident in the catches of the top two.

In first place was Paul Jay on peg 22 who started on the tip fishing sweetcorn which got him two quick carp { one going 17lb } then swapping to to the long pole catching another two but after that had a a go at the silvers which he had 20lb + of silvers which after 5 hours gave him a winning weight of 65-08.

In second place was Kev Dolton who started on the tip trying to catch carp but after an hour with no joy opted to go for silvers and had a lovely day catching a near all roach catch of roach to nearly a pound but nearly 350 of them for his best weight of roach down the lake of 29-15. Kev played around with the speed of his caster hookbait falling which determined what size of roach he caught the slower the fall the bigger the roach.

After the match I had a go for a carp and casted a waggler fished at 18 inches spraying pellet fishing a pellet hookbait into about 20 carp on the surface and caught a carp of 12lb within 5 minutes. Kev had a go but this time on peg 25 in to about 50 / 60 feeding carp on the surface and caught a common of about 10lb but it was crazy to see so many carp up in the water on a cold evening.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie