Wednesday Open Match. 22nd February 2012
Another tough day down the lake.
After the much better weights from the pairs series last weekend, a merry band of nine anglers turned up to fish the Wednesday open today. With the very poor weights from the small lake on Sunday it was a very easy choice to choose the big lake and at about 10 O,clock the draw was called and the anglers drew their pegs hoping to draw between 16 and 24 as the fish had moved to this part of the lake.
One thing that looked familiar from the photo’s from last Sundays match was a picture of Paul Jays fish in a pink bucket which looked very similar to my daughters gold fish bucket that she had won down the fair so i now know where Paul has been practising . John tells me that today was a totally different day to the weekends weather as it was very cold with a gusting wind and the dreaded rain so a tough 5 hours was going to be endured by the anglers. With the variety of fish being caught lately the big decision for the anglers was to go for carp or to go for the big skimmers as Steve Waters did last Wednesday.
John also tells me that there were a few carp lost and a few bites missed but the winner of todays match was Geoff Edwards who was fishing peg 19 at the end of the big lake. Geoff managed to catch carp by fishing on the pole using pellet and corn and after a hard 5 hours weighed 58-00. In second place was lake regular Neil Riddy with 36-00 from peg 16 with Paul Jay in third with 27-04.
Todays winner Geoff Edwards.
Results
| Pos | Name | Peg | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Edwards | 19 | 58-0 |
| 2 | Neil Riddy | 16 | 36-0 |
| 3 | Paul Jay | 22 | 27-4 |
| 4 | John Draper | 10 | 13-8 |
| 5 | Kev Dolton | 9 | 11-0 |
9 Anglers Fished
John has started to get interest for the Easter Festival and has started to put names on the list so if you fished last year and fancy fishing this year get in touch asap.
Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.