MATCH RESULT
DATE: 16th September 2007
VENUE:
Chestnut Pool, Langford
TROPHY: Championship # 7
Commentary:
A new
water for us. Chestnut pool is more or less rectangular with two large islands
down the middle so open matches, to keep things even, are float only.
However, consensus
was for us to allow feeder fishing excluding the corner pegs. Not that that
stopped Kev Marslin who put on a fine performance on peg 7 where the
wind was blowing into. Three carp for 44lb plus other smaller samples, all on
the pole tight to the reeds, gave him just one ounce short of Ash’s weight,
which also included carp to 14lb (the one he dropped back…but was still hooked
so he landed it again)
The
strong sidewind was Dan’s excuse for casting into
Ash’s peg. Because, or despite, this, Dan seemed to be catching carp constantly
for the five hours. With an average size of 5lb you only need 20 fish for the
ton. So Dan must have had 19 for his 96lb.
From peg
4 on the leeward end of the island I could see Dan bagging and thought I was
well out of the running. With about a dozen carp including fish to 8lb I was
pleased with my 71lb…but the four fish that ripped off around the island will
haunt me. Too quick for me to unclip they cracked off 8lb hooklengths
like cotton.
Weights
then dropped sharply with Jay loosing fish having only 5lb line and Brian
having to fish sideways to reach the island. Andy K’s
weight was interesting, almost all big skimmers caught on a waggler off the end
of his keepnet. Each one would launch itself like a Polaris
missile. If only Andy could have been quick with the landing net he would have
landed them quicker – in mid airJ
POSITION
|
NAME |
WEIGHT
|
POINTS
|
COMMENTS |
|
1 |
Dan Patrick |
95.14.0 |
100 |
Carp from Ash’s peg on feeder |
|
2 |
Ash |
83.2.0 |
95 |
More Carp on feeder |
|
3 |
Kevin Marslin |
83.1.0 |
90 |
More Carp on pole |
|
4 |
|
71.1.0 |
85 |
More carp on feeder |
|
5 |
Jay M |
41.1.0 |
80 |
Bream & carp |
|
6 |
Brian Lakin |
34.12.0 |
75 |
More carp |
|
7 |
John Cowling |
34.3.0 |
70 |
Carp and bream |
|
8 |
Andy Kapp |
33.2.0 |
65 |
Flying bream |
|
9 |
Kevin Hawes |
24.5.0 |
60 |
|
|
10 |
Stuart Pooley |
17.11.0 |
55 |
|
|
11 |
Paul Bangs |
17.6.0 |
50 |
|
|
12 |
Kevin Laird |
16.10.0 |
45 |
|
|
13 |
Steve Burfoot |
14.14.0 |
45 |
|
|
14 |
Dave Cragg |
14.7.0 |
35 |
|
|
15 |
Mick Swallow |
13.3.0 |
30 |
|
|
16 |
Lee |
10.2.0 |
25 |
|
|
17 |
Tim Jones |
8.13.0 |
20 |
|
|
18 |
Ivan Coleman |
2.3.0 |
25 |
|
|
19 |
Roger Smiff |
DNW |
1 |
Tea boy |
|
20 |
Kevin Wilder |
DNW |
1 |
Tea boy’s mate |
|
|
Total Weight |
584lb 14oz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Fished |
20 |
|
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