WEDNESDAY 12 DECEMBER OPEN MATCH
5 VERY FOOLISH OR BRAVE ANGLERS TURNED UP TO FISH THE OPEN, THE LAKE WAS COMPLETELY FROZEN, COVERED BY ABOUT AN INCH OF ICE, AFTER RUNNING THE AERATORS A HOLE DEVELOPED IN FRONT OF PEGS 24 23 22 16 18 AND WITH THE HELP OF ICE BREAKERS WE BROKE OUT THE PEGS TO CONNECT TO THE WHOLE DEVELOPED BY THE AERATOR WE DID NOT START FISHING UNTIL 11-30, WITH THE TEMPERATURE BELOW FREEZING THE WATER STARTED CLOSING IN WITH CAT ICE WE HAD TO RUN THE AERATORS TO CARRY ON FISHING, EVERY THING WAS GETTING FROZEN TO THE GROUND, RODS GETTING FROZEN AND ELASTICS ALSO, WE FISHED ONLY 4 AND A HALF HOURS BECAUSE OF THE LATE START. BUT NOBODY BLANKED.
1ST PEG 24 GORDEN WORRELL 62-0
2ND PEG 23 JOHN BENNETT 23-10
3RD PEG 16 WAYNE PARKER 19-14
4TH PEG 18 MARTIN WORRELL 9-9
5TH PEG 22 PAUL JAY 9-0
OPEN MATCHES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY THIS WEEKEND
I recall an old saying along the lines of “ALL FISHERMEN ARE MAD.”
How very true!
I would have loved to have been with you but I had to go and get measured up for Surgical Stockings. Nice.
bomb?
That’s one way to clear the ice.
A tad extreme but effective!