John Bennett, today’s Winner.
| PLACE | ANGLER | PEG | WEIGHT |
| 1st | John Bennett | 13 | 144-10 |
| 2nd | Shaun Haynes | 9 | 131-4 |
| 3rd | Derek Hammond | 30 | 119-0 |
| 4th | Neil Hutchins | 32 | 108-8 |
| 5th | Dai Thomas | 14 | 79-0 |
| 6th | Steve Waters | 26 | 62-9 |
| 7th | Lol Bloomfield | 16 | 49-3 |
11 ANGLERS FISHED
Today was a duel match, you could either fish for carp or Silver as there was a separate pool for both. John had offered anyone a bottle of champers if they broke the 100lb of silvers. With most people armed with worm and caster I think it’s fair to say most were going for the silvers today.
Early morning wake up call
The weather for once was nice and sunny with very little wind and NO rain 😀 Not the most perfect conditions for silver fishing most were saying. Fishing today was from 11.45 to 4.45.
Lake looking good again after all the rain, thanks to everyone’s efforts down the lake.
Olly having a nap
Simon and Michael pretty much had the lake lake to themselves along with 2 pleasure anglers who had turned up after leaving another fishery. Michael on peg 8 was using a whip to catch silvers, Simon on peg 6 was off to a great start with a big fish on straight away which spat the hook at the net, luckily it was followed by another which went 18lb 8oz, great start.
After the first hour I had 6 carp and was off to weigh another and Michael told me that I was the only person to catch a carp, I didn’t believe him but it was true and the big lake was struggling for both carp and silvers.
With 3 hours gone Michael could not resist after hearing the splashing from my peg 😀 and started going for the carp and started putting a few on the board and in the nets.
At the all out I had 11 on the board (fish over 10lb are weighed and released) to 18lb 8oz and 14 in my nets (9 in one and 5 in another) along with 6 bream and some roach. Michael was claiming 30lb of silvers so I thought he had a least beaten my silver weight. Geoff had said Kev Dolton on peg 25 had a good bag of silvers so it was on to the weigh in.
a 16lb’er for Simon Mound
Results.
| Pos | Name | Peg | Weight |
| 1 | Simon Mound | 6 | 260-2 |
| 2 | Michael Corsini | 8 | 110-5 |
| 3 | John Bennett | 16 | 63-9 |
| 4 | Kev Dolton | 25 | 55-13 |
| 5 | Dai Thomas | 19 | 35-11 |
| 6 | Geoff Edwards | 28 | 25-14 |
| 7 | Paul Jay | 22 | 22-10 |
| 8 | Dave Wightman | 32 | 20-5 |
| 9 | Nick Horne | 13 | DNW |
| 1st Silver | Kev Dolton | 29-5 | |
| 2nd Silver | Simon Mound | 23-5 | |
| 3rd Silver | Dave Wightman | 20-5 |
9 Anglers Fished
Simon caught all his fish on 8mm banded pellet at 3m in front of him and 3m to the right hand side. He also caught 6 fish shallow at 13m.
Kev Dolton, Silver fish Winner. Well done Kev.
Simon Mound, Overall winner and Silver fish second place.
Michael Corsini, Second overall. Should have stuck on the silvers 😛
Dave Wightman and Dai Thomas eating all the biscuits
Thanks for reading. Eddie, John and Simon.