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The Jinx Squad made their return to the lake today. The weather today was very very warm and muggy indeed. The day started off sunny but the clouds moved but it remained hot round the lake.<\/p>\n
The car park soon filled up with the Jinx members and some guests as some members were unable to fish today. The draw was supposed to be at 11.30 but as usual Malc was running late which gave Crystal plenty of time to go round and collect everyone’s guesses for the guess the weight competition. Looking back at the results I think everyone guesses were a tad high \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
Mugger getting the Hat for the day…<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Steve, Gem and Jon<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Peter 'Mugger' Morton. The hat gathering some attention<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Gathering for the draw<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Crystal Gathering the Guesses<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Everyone buying their pellets for the day<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Guest Neil Riddy going to extremes to stay cool<\/p><\/div>\n
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Fishing today was from 1pm – 6pm. The draw format was A section to draw first, in the order of the placings on the previous match so first in the section drew first and so on. The draw ran smoothly except when C section made their draw. Someone (BUDGIE) had put his peg back on the table with the C section pegs. People had drawn their peg but when Tony pulled out peg 40 there had to be a redraw much to the dismay of Gemma who had pulled peg 26 out the bag. Everyone drew again and Gemma still managed to draw peg 26 anyway \ud83d\ude2f With the draw out the way everyone trundled off to set up.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Peter Morton on peg 36 wearing the HAT<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dave Webster on peg 6<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Peg 8's resident angler Clive Pritchard<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dave Collier with something strange in his hand<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Guest Scott (methodgob) on peg 9<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Fred Parker on peg 10<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Geoff Palmer on peg 11<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Another Guest Pete Archer on 13<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Looking across to Nick Williams on peg 32<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The MINX on peg 26<\/p><\/div>\n
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I was trying to get pictures of everyone around the lake but Malc called the all in and I had to get back to my peg sorry \ud83d\ude00 With the match fully underway it was clear that many were struggling with getting a bite in the big lake. Ade on peg 30 was catching a few, Gemma on 26 was fishless after 2 hours and not a lot else was happening in the big lake. The little lake was throwing a few fish up, Steve on 34 was leading the way in the little lake with both Clive on 8 and Dave on 7 catching fish from the far bank on the feeder. Also fishing the feeder was Peter on peg 36, a method used in the last few matches and proved to be very successful. Poor Jon on peg 38 was not so lucky and was having a hard time getting the carp to eat any of his pellets.<\/p>\n
Paul and Simon on pegs 2 and 4 were having a mini match of their own, Simon was fishing the corner by peg 3 in the scum and was getting plagued with foul hooked fish and fish snagging him in the bushes whilst Paul was just having problems landing them \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Fish on for Paul, Will he land it ???<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Paul Roberts on peg 2<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Attempt 1. Oops missed.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Attempt 2. The fish swims out the net.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Third time lucky.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Paul and the culprit<\/p><\/div>\n
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Some other shots from around the lake.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Dave showing everyone how its done<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Peter 'Pink Hat' Morton<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Dave Webster<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Clive being bullied by Malc with a foul hooker<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Come on Clive ...<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Car park bank on the big lake<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Jon Hatch having a grueller<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Hello Sailor<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Steve Wilson, Little lake Leader<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Nearly there<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>In the bag, Well done Clive<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Neil Riddy cooling everyone down with his hat \ud83d\ude00<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Ade with a skimmer<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Pete Archer feeling the full force of the JINX<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Gemma Doyle also feeling the force of the JINX off the next peg<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Jinx league paste master wondering where the fish are<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Tony and Steve also wondering<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Al managed to find a few on 19<\/p><\/div>\n
Most people had struggled today showing everyone that big weights do not always come from the lake and it is not an easy place to fish. The weigh in soon finished as there were 2 weigh in teams today working on opposite banks across the lake. Today’s match saw the first blanks of the series and probably not the last. Gemma on peg 26 had only managed 1-12 today so most people were safe from a MINXING ! despite that she still managed to take 3 scalps today. Terry Goff, Paul Dolby and Matt Edwards. Who would get the hat this time, only Gem knew \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
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<\/a>One of Weigh in teams<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Looking across the big lake after the match<\/p><\/div>\n
With the results sorted Malc gathered everyone for the presentation. Pete Archer had kindly donated some prizes from Vespe<\/a> today but instead of giving them to the main winners Malc decided to work from the bottom up so the lower weights all went away with something.<\/p>\n \n Malc sorting the results with a camera shy Pete Archer<\/p><\/div>\n Stand up and collect your prizes…… Everyone was a winner today \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n \n Terry Goff<\/p><\/div>\n Paul Dolby<\/p><\/div>\n Matt Edwards<\/p><\/div>\n Gemma 'MINX' Doyle<\/p><\/div>\n Kev Loveland<\/p><\/div>\n Jon Hatch<\/p><\/div>\n Tony Roberts<\/p><\/div>\n Steve Steak<\/p><\/div>\n Nick Williams<\/p><\/div>\n Geoff Palmer<\/p><\/div>\n Marcus Burgess<\/p><\/div>\n Scott Methodgob<\/p><\/div>\n Dave Webster<\/p><\/div>\n \n At this point all the main prizes had gone so John Bennett and Pauline rifled through the tuck shop to find some more prizes \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n \n Pliers and mole grips not included !<\/p><\/div>\n Dai Thomas<\/p><\/div>\n \n Al Loader<\/p><\/div>\n Simon Mound chose the sweet option<\/p><\/div>\n Dave Collier<\/p><\/div>\n Clive Pritchard<\/p><\/div>\n Peter Morton<\/p><\/div>\n \n Section winners and second in sections.<\/p>\n \n Steve Wilson and Ade Williams<\/p><\/div>\n Peter Morton in the money<\/p><\/div>\n Ade Williams<\/p><\/div>\n Pete Archer<\/p><\/div>\n Malc Doyle<\/p><\/div>\n Al Loader<\/p><\/div>\n \n With the presentation out the way it left only one thing….. The handing over of the MINX hat. John Bennett called for the 3 unlucky anglers to the front and lined them up in front of everyone to humiliate them a little further \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n \n Who will it be....... ?<\/p><\/div>\n \n Gem held the hat over the lads heads teasing them but it finally came to rest on Paul Dolby’s head, where it would be for the entire next match. Fair play to Paul he took it well.<\/p>\n \n Paul and Gem<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>