What a day and the rain held off!!! There was a fish in it between the top two and third could have done with two lumps... and then there was the lost fish (as always)!!
Les Thompson (pictured above - a bigger picture is in our Gallery under Match Catches) won it with 157lb from peg 15 (the other point on the Pleasure Lake) and 2nd was Simon Colclough (pictured below) with 144lb from peg 7 (Pleasure Lake again).
Both anglers fished an awesome match. Considering Simon started off by casting and breaking his waggler so he had to set up again he did quite well!! They both caught on the pellet waggler fishing our 8mm pellet.
Kieron Rich - I'll never take your word again!! For the man who said he had 80lb off the Top Lake on peg 13 and at the finish had weighed 121lb!!! Well done mate - Kieron came 4th overall! Again catching on the pellet wag.
3rd overall was Jim Barrowman (pictured above) with 137lb 6ozs from peg 2 on Colton, he caught feeding caster with maggot hookbait. The fish were all in one area on this lake as the guy opposite on peg 17, Ashley Prestidge (pictured below) had 111lb 2ozs, Nathan Watson was the next weight on peg 4 catching 76lb 8ozs.
The two photos above of Jim and Ashley with fish were kindly taken by Mark Casto who's the Match Secretary of Bungay Cherry Tree Angling Club.
Willow - unlike my predication as it had been fishing consistently, didn't really perform. The top weight was local Oddfellows AC angler Dean Mason on peg 8 with 61lb 02ozs who fished up in the water on pellet. Angling Times were with Dean on the day - so check out next week's edition. Next weight on the lake was Robert Tilbury on peg 24 who had 54lb, third was Daniel Brydon (Barford Tackle shop manager) on peg 21 and had 47lb 15ozs.
The pictures below are courtesy of Angling Times. Check next week's edition to see how Dean won the lake. You can see the bigger version of these shots on our Gallery under Match Catches or click here.
Railway was consistent but just not quite enough on the day. Top weight was by Adam Richards, who fished a good match on peg 12 and he had 88lb. The next weight was Glen Williamson on peg 14 with 56lb 14ozs.
The top weight on the Match Lake was from peg 2, Matt Hall (pictured above having a chat with the Sky crew) who had 92lb 13ozs who caught mostly up in the water on pole and then on waggler, all on pellet. 2nd on the lake was Jonathon Clegg peg 30 with 68lb 14ozs and third was Dave Reeve on peg 1 with 61lb 14ozs. At one point the Match Lake looked like pellet wag alley with the amount of pellet wagglers out there!!
Well done to all and many thanks for respecting our rules - a lot of thought goes into them on fish welfare, water quality and creating a level playing field. I hope all who came enjoyed the fishery and thanks to Bob for doing the updates - hope all you Total-Fishing guys enjoyed it too!!
And just to add on a final note - It was lovely to see all the faces that we see on Fish-O-Mania - lovely bunch of guys (and girls!).
