Walters Lake, Green, April fool's Special (18 pegs)

The previous day's match on the Blue and White pegs had seen record weights come out with the top weight just under 300lbs and most anglers weighing over 100lbs.  This fact combined with a frost meant the whole fishery was having an off day which was a shame as it was our first club match here and it seems like a well run outfit with plenty of fish and a good on site cafe which is always a plus.
For those who don't know it, the fishery itself is laid out as four connected canals in a sort of "w" shape  each with 18 to 20 pegs,  red is nearest the cafe, blue and white are back to back in the middle and green is the furthest away.  Carp dominate but there are also plenty of skimmers, bigger bream and tench for Bob (I don't fish for silvers) Warren to accidentally catch.
A few stray fish made an appearance early on but the excitement was short-lived for most with only a handful of pegs producing anything of note.
Walters is typical of this type of venue in that the end pegs are fliers, as are any pegs with island gaps.
Will Dearlove had the good fortune to draw peg one which seemed to be one place that the fish were more than happy to oblige.  Will fished 16m with meat for 5½ hours easily winning the match with 84lbs 13oz.  He spent the other 30 minutes of his match trying to retrieve 13m of his pole which a particularly clever carp managed to unship by itself and tow up and down the lake.  It wasn't that intelligent though as it was still hooked when Will (or father-in-law Keith) managed to rescue the pole with a handy rowing boat.  I'm not sure whether he weighed the fish in although, unless it was over 30lbs it wouldn't have made any difference to the result anyway!
Second best on the day was toy dog lover, Chris Gay on peg 3 with 54-10 caught on pellet at 16m followed by Derek Lucas on 15 (must have been some fish in that peg) with 38-2 caught in a similar fashion.  Derek fed 6 pints of pellet of which 5½ was eaten by two swans who both had a good day despite being savagely beaten by a landing net handle!


Full Result:

1. Will Dearlove .... peg 1 ... 84-13
2. Chris Gay ............ 3 ...... 54-10
3. Derek Lucas ........ 15 ..... 38-2
4. Bob Warren .......... 5 ...... 31-0
5. Chris Szakacs ....... 8 ...... 30-1
6. Alan Healy ........... 10 ..... 26-11
7. Simon Belcham ..... 2 ...... 22-9
8. Mark Radford ........ 16 .... 21-14
9. Kev Jefferies ......... 12 .... 19-1
10. Colin Butler .......... 4 ...... 19-0
11. Darren North ........ 9 ...... 16-7
12. Rich Britton ......... 13 ..... 15-2 
13. Keith Ray ............ 7 ....... 10-10 

Silvers: (for what it was worth)!

1. Simon Belcham ..... 7-3
2. Rich Britton .......... 3-0
3. Chris Gay ............. 1-13
4. Bob Warren / Colin Butler ... 1-7