I kept feeding this margin line and the fish seemed to settle so over I went whilst feeing my other margin line. So now I was finally catching at a proper rate but I could see landing nets in use round much of the lake and poles bending and elastic stretching. This was going to be a mad second half. I managed a couple of chunks on meat down the edge from my other margin to around 11lb but mainly small fish but with them coming on a very regular basis I was now happy with my catch rate. Charlie to my left on peg 1 had been catching steadily in both halves but now Mark Jones was picking up the odd carp from down the edge too.

Just as the pace was building and building to the point of if going crazy the heavens opened soaking me as I’d left the umbrella in the car..doh !!! After a short down poor which didn’t seem to slow the fish down the whistle went to end a frantic second half.

Considering how mad the second half had been and the club record for 5 and a half hours being 264lb I was sure this would be broken… and by some margin.

With lots of good weights around the lake the first record breaker was Connor McGrath in the fancied peg 8 with a superb 267lb 4oz. Connor had his 15 seconds of fame until Josh weighed in his many nets to record a stonking 312lb 6oz from peg 6.  Both Stan and Colin got within 1 or 2 fish of the double ton, Stan including a lump of 13lb, biggest I believe on the day although Josh lost one at the net he claims was 20lb when he couldn't get it to fit his landing net. I had a night and day second half with 144lb in my nets and I felt I had redeemed myself to a minor degree after my pathetic first half result. However it was my travelling companion Matt Young who had set the standard with an awesome 318lb 8oz for a new personal best and third VAC record in a day and the top weight. However Got Baits sponsored angler Nick Darke was in another league recording a mind boggling 410lb 4oz  to demolish the clubs records and record the clubs first quad ton weight !!

Overall whilst the weights were superb it didn’t fish quite as well as it could have done due to low water and a noticeably colder night than previously. However with a venue as prolific as this we were assured some incredibly arm aching sport. Anglers all caught on a huge range of baits including pellet, corn, paste and meat all bringing in the carp. 27 anglers fished and recorded 18 100lb plus weights, 10 weights over 150lb !!,  two 300lb weights, a 400lb weight and four match records in one day ! Hands up who wants to do this again at a similar time of year ! Average weight was around 135lb !!! Mental !