I am now in the midst of a really shite run, the pegs aren't doing me any favours, although that can't be an excuse every week. In the summer especially, too many good anglers to not maximise each peg, today I was packed up before the end, drawing peg 6 that was the worst peg in the winter league. Gareth is on fire at the moment, might have to give him a handicap
Last round of this nice little league, I needed a bit of a miracle to get anything in the overall, but had to give it a good go.
I can't say I'm famed for my drawing arm and it didn't surprise me today, peg 38, I knew that I was unlikely to better any results so far so this would be my dropper. Well not just last in the section, but plum last in the match, I must admit I can't recall that happening too may times. As you'll see from the table at the bottom (which is a table of the pegs) 38 was the worst but one peg, behind peg 6.
Finished joint fourth on points, but dropped to seventh on weight, miles away on weight.....
Well done to Gareth and the rest of the overall league framers.
Nice day today, caught steadily to weigh 119.11 from peg 1 to come second.
Penultimate round, needed a good draw, as it will be tough going to get in the frame overall. Peg 15 for me, couldn't really complain as it is a good section peg all year round.
I'd brought 4 pints of casters, so that was my primary line of attack, a rig set up to fish shallow down the track with banded caster. Another rig to fish banded pellet across to the island, a margin rig to fish to the pallet of 14, but I felt it may be a bit deep. The LH margin was shallower, so a separate rig for that. Finally a rig to fish maggot on the drop short.
The wind was horrendous, couldn't feed the caster by hand, so that was that plan a bit scuppered, I tried fishing it with a catapult, but even that was tricky as the wind was gusting and changing direction continually - quite a few Tourette's sufferers for the duration of the match.....
I only had one roach all match on caster, so no more to say about that, I had nearly everything on banded 6mm fished across, although at some stages presenting a bait was impossible. I did catch a couple down to the pallet of 14, but it was too deep and even though I only fed 6mm pellets there, they still came up and I had liners and foul hookers, but couldn't catch shallow, the last hour cost me a place as I was beating Rob on the next peg, but he caught decent fish steadily down his LH margin in the last hour, whilst I added one fish in the 60 minutes.
R4 and a good draw required, I managed to draw peg 5, not a peg you can complain about, but I did fancy 11 or 13 with the wind blowing in there.
Had a steady match fishing pellets across and in open water, beaten by pegs 9 and 11, that was enough to cling onto second place in the league.
Round three of the spring league, needed a decent result to stay in contention, was pretty surprised to draw peg 5, but it wasn't easy, I had to switch lines and work at it to keep fish coming to put 116.07 on the scales, the fish just wouldn't settle. Luckily that beat Glenn off the next peg by 1oz for second in the section.
I ran an open for this Bank Holiday and it sold out pretty quickly, I ended up on peg 36 and that was very likely to be game over, I went and gave it a good shot, but could only manage 4th in section.
Thanks to those that support my matches.
After a section win last time, I was looking not to slip up today to get a good start, I drew 40, a bridge peg and one that is a unpredictable, sometimes winning the section with ease, sometimes struggling.
Simple approach, hard pellets across to the island, hard
pellets for down the track by the third stanchion and maggots short by the
first stanchion and the obligatory margin rig.
After last Monday, I did have a little bit of paste and set up a paste
rig as a throwaway line off to my right.
Started by the third stanchion on hard 6mm pellet, had a
couple for fish straight away, small ones, but it's not unusual for the bridges
to hold the smaller carp, had another then it died off.
A switch to the island and hard pellet was, just as last
Monday, a waste of time, as was the times I looked down the margin so no more
about that.
I spent a large part of the match fishing maggots short to
the first bridge stanchion catching tench, skimmers and carp. I fed a line off to my right with pellets and
saw some fizzing, tried a couple of times over that with paste (and worms),
with just one small carp (probably just shy of a pound) on paste.
Last 45 minutes I had some fish on pellets back out to the
third stanchion, I'd clicked 60lb and had some silvers, when a couple of the
guys walked up to me after and said "you've got 90lb" I did laugh and was proven right, carp went
60lb and silvers 10lb for a second in section , to Joe's 103lb on peg 31.
Still in the running after two rounds, but there are some
draws to avoid....
Down to Acorn for this BH open, drawing peg 15 - a good section peg in the winter league, but probably not in an open with a good field fishing.
Usual rigs set up for across, one with a band, one without
to cover hard pellet and maggot, a rig to fish up to the pallet of 14 and a
couple of rigs, again one with, one without a band to fish down the track.
Staring over, I had one fish and no other indications - very unusual, I'd like to say that at some point they showed up, but they didn't and I could only catch at the bottom of the near shelf with maggots, so a nice days fishing, but a thanks for coming and nothing else. Beaten off the next peg by a pastehead as well......
First round of the spring league today, 10:30 draw so a leisurely start to the morning, fish 12:00-18:00, so this should see the fish caught late on.
Into the draw bag first today, 22 a bridge peg, not disappointed to be in section B, as that puts me into Section A in the third round, when hopefully it will have warmed up a bit, as another frost and bright sunny day was likely to affect the match today. 22 is one of the bridge pegs and that does give a chance to get a few bites as often the Tench and smaller carp hang around the bridges.
Had a lot of snippets of information about the last couple of matches on here, corn and paste being two of them, not baits I usually rely on, but you can't ignore good info. so Iset up a rig to fish corn down the near shelf towards the pallet of 23. I also set up one to fish paste up on the shelf, I did think it was still a bit cold for the fish to really come up onto the shallow shelves, but just in case....
The other rigs were pretty straight forward, the usual homemade floats I use to fish across, but set for the 'second' shelf and not tight across - one with a spade hook, one with a banded hook. A rig to fish against the bridge just up the slope either side and a rig to fish straight across or to my left again at the bottom of the shelf,
Bait tray was a little more crowded than I'd like, magots, micros, 4mm and 6mm pellets, corn and a very small tub of paste. Started across to the tall grasses adjacent to the bridge on a banded 6mm pellet, was into a fish straight away, a small tench, then had a fish a put in for a short spell, 3 tench and 3 carp, although one of the carp registered in ounces rather than pounds.
As expected after the cold start, this didn't last too long and the match took on a familiar pattern of recent matches, where it was impossible to put runs of fish together, I switched to maggot against the bridge and and had a couple of fish, then went back across and switched the pellet line to maggots, had a couple more, before starting a new line straight across at the bottom of the shelf, I had a three or four carp around the 3lb mark, but it was slow going.
An early look down towards the pallet of 23 did see me get a bite and miss it, then hook and lose a 5lber, before next drop in landing one around 3.5lb. No more bites, rotate round again, nicking an odd fish from the bridge on maggot and then across,
I did see a fish up on the shallowest part of the shelf where I'd fed, so I dropped the paste rig in and it wasn't long before another 3lb fish was netted, but that was the only sign all match of a fish coming into the shallow water.
Ended the match switching between the deeper rig down to 23 corn over micros and maggots to the first stanchion on the bridge. I did manage a double figure fish on the corn rig, but Glenn on 24 had one on paste and he'd had a run of fish across, so I wasn't sure if I'd done enough, also wasn't sure what had come out further up the section.
I thought I had 70lb, I'd clicked 55lb and expected 15lb silver (which I hadn't clicked), that would have been enough to win the section, but I had slightly under clicked having 60.06 of carp and 22.05 of Tench, enough to win the section. In this league thats enough, there is no overall payout, just 1 and 2 in each section, not surprisingly after one match that leaves me third in the league, winning the lowest weight section - deja vu I think.
Given the frost and bright conditions, it fished better than most of us expected, 1475lb being caught at a median of 67lb per angler.
Last of my winter format opens today and the weather joined the party with a hard frost overnight, giving it a wintery feel.
I run an optional series alongside these open matches, just to add a bit of interest to those who are likely to fish them all. I had already won the silvers series, but there were only two of us in that and it was very unlikely I'd be caught for the overall series, so at least a pick-up before I even started fishing.
I waited until the end of the draw and there were two pegs left, 11 and 9, Glenn drew 11, so 9 for me, it's been a consistent draw all winter, so no complaints.
Top kits for across, one for maggot and one with a banded hook for pellet. Another for the nice flat area down to the pallet of peg 8 and a rig for open water, pretty much the same depth everywhere, so one rig would do all.
I was surprised by how much the frost affected it, it took me an hour to get a fish, I hadn't really set up to catch silvers as the carp should have been in the area, although usually you get indications/liners, but not today.
I persevered and switched lines frequently, I had a couple of decent carp in open water that went about 18lb, managing to get a few smaller ones and some skimmers which was just good enough for fourth on the day and 6oz out of the money be default. Let's hope the warmer weather comes back soon!
1. Gareth Boycott. 64.11 peg 21
2. Paul Faiers 50.13 peg 33
3. Glenn Calvert 45.09 peg 11
4. Chris Fox 45.03 peg 9
5. Neil Morgan 43.02 peg 5
6. Chris Hamilton. 42.14 peg 6
Silvers
1. Paul Faiers 32.14 peg 33
2. Gareth Boycott 22.14 peg 21
3. Glenn Calvert 18.09 peg 11
4. Chris Hamilton 15.05 peg 6
Penultimate open of the winter format (50/50 payout overall/silvers), 14 booked in, still a bit disappointing, but an improvement on the last match, hopefully we'll see the numbers pick up again for the summer opens.
Lots of activity at the fishery today, they have opened up as a collection/distribution point for aid to Ukraine, so we had to park up and walk round to pegs etc. so no vehicles coming and going were obstructed, thanks to all fishing as there were no moans and groans, I think all appreciated the good work being done,
I tried to peg it to give everyone a chance of either carp or silvers and had the last ball in the bag which saw me on peg 21. Its been a bit up and down, I've won from it before and also bombed out on it, I thought I'd start for carp, but if they proved elusive, I set up to fish for Tench against the bridge.
Started across in 18" of water, tight to the bridge, had one carp around 8lb, then lost one and that was it, not another indication over there. kept pinging a few maggots over and trying it, but not so much as a liner.
I'd set up a silvers rig for fishing over some GB I'd fed down the track, I missed two bites, first two drop ins and never had another indication over it - odd.
The deepest part of the peg is in the middle, against the bridge, come back about 12" and the slope starts. Two rigs, one a 4x12 with strung 10's and a 4x14 Des Shipp maggot with a bulk and 1 dropper, 0.11 and 0.13 hooklengths respectively, both with a 20 Kaizen kook - what a fantastic hook this is for winter fishing, shame they don't make it in a 22.
I like to fish these pegs just up the slope, no exception to day, that's where I started and apart from the occasional look over the other lines (including down to the pallet of peg 20) it's where I stayed, as whilst it wasn't frantic, I was getting bites, three skimmers, a hybrid, a small perch and around fifteen Tench from 4oz to 3lb. Nice days fishing, they wanted some feed, not huge amounts but had to keep 20-30 magots going in fairly regularly, luckily, I could feed the line accurately by hand. A couple more carp near the end from the same line saw me win my third open in a row at Acorn, taking top spot in overall and silvers with 27.04 silvers and four carp for 15.14 which is quite a relief after the poor showing in the Winter League.
As the winter format is 50/50 payout, I took the overall money, with Russ Peck proving his consistency by coming second, the silvers payouts went to Paul Faiers and Rich Major.
The last round of what has been an unsuccessful league for me, if I were to compare it to football's Premier league, the last two years I finished in the Champions league places, whilst the year I was flirting with relegation. I could do with a decent match to round the league off.
I was in what is the section that consistently puts up the highest weights, but was desperate to avoid peg 1, the pegs are drawn for you, so I was certainly happy to hear my name and then peg 5, it's where the fish are holed up this winter.
Just for a change, it was forecast to rain and be windy, the wind was South Westerly so was perfect for where I expected to catch. The picture below shows the peg, the area I was expecting to catch and the SW and W wind direction
Title says open, numbers fishing could be construed as a knock-up. Not sure if it's the weather, the cost or the format keeping numbers down, but if it's cost, I'm not running a Saturday cost cutter, I'd rather go and fish elsewhere. The format sees a decent percentage of the field paid out, it is winter after all, so the summer format of only one silvers place and being able to win both returns.
I took the last ball from the bag, 9, not too disappointed with that, it's in the right area. The wind was getting up as I set up, but I was able to easily reach the far bank, it's an easy 13m to get along to the right to an even bottom. I'd brought bread, but put that back in the van, as the colour didn't look right for bread. So two rigs across, on at depth, one set 6" off bottom to dob maggots. Two rigs for open water, I've been using the Des Shipp Maggot floats, the fish quite well, so one of those, I also set up a wire stemmed slim RW pattern in case I ended up fishing for silvers.
Started across, has a fouler around 3lb first put in, but that was it, for the rest of the match, fishing across was impossible after that, just couldn't hold the pole still enough, I tried a few times when the wind dropped a bit, inevitably, by the time I got the pole back in, swapped topkits and got across, the wind had resumed its relentless ruining of the match.
I fed a line at 6 joints just off to my left, this produced a carp and two tench, before dying off, I switched to the same length of pole (same rig, same depth) off to my right, lining up with peg 5, this produced a tench, a couple of carp and then died, added a section, had a couple of carp, it died, added another section, had a decent fish and then looked down to the pallet of peg 8. This produced a fish first put in, but nothing else, had one more from the longer line towards 5 and that was it. Every fish came to single red maggot tipped with a pinkie.
My 37.07 was enough for the win and the wild roller coaster of inconsistency this winter continues. Thanks to those who support the matches and let's hope the weather is kinder on the next match.
Another changeable week weather wise, so inconsistent pressures and temperatures unsettling the fish, I quite like winter fishing, but I won't be sorry to see the spring and being able to put some bait in.....
Two pegs left in when my section was drawn, 31 and 40, I would have preferred 40, but got handed 31, its usually a decent peg, but I have never managed to do any good from it. The advantage to 31 is that if the wind is from the West the building behind it offers shelter and it was predicted to be windy today.
4 rigs, a dobbing rig for over, another for maggot over, that would also do for down to the pallet of 30 and two rigs for down the track, one light with a 20 F1 on 0.10 and the other with a 0.13 and a 20 Kaizen.
Started on bread dobbing along the far bank, not so much a liner, switched to maggot, had a bite, and missed it, then had a another the fish came off half way back, didn't feel foul hooked, but no way of knowing now. Had another straight away, a ghostie that put up a scrap.
That was the end of bites across, never had another indication over there all day, I had a couple of skimmers, a tench, two small perch, a roach and a rudd down the track. Last hour I concentrated on the pallet of peg 30, had three more carp and frustratingly with a couple of minutes to go I hooked another and it snagged under the pallet, I couldn't free it and had to go down to the pallet and ensure the fish wasn't snagged. That cost me section points and probably money - that just about sums up my winter leagues this year.
The venue fished hard, the worst average weight (13lb) per angler in the 3 years records I have. Even the silvers were having an off day, here's hoping for some settled weather soon!
Not sure if this was a match or knock-up, twelve fishing, I guess in this day and age that's somewhere near the border of what constitutes a match or knock-up.
The weather was forecast to be dry, but a bit windy, with only 12 on, there was a bit of room for everyone, wasn't expecting huge weights thought low teens might be enough, unless the Tench fed in any numbers.
Out of the ping pong bag came 34 for me, a bridge peg, so a chance of Tench, but also the risk of carp muscling in on the action. No need to set anything but a pole up, so with plenty of time I set up 4 rigs, one with a wire stem and a bulk, one with a carbon stem and strung shot, another bulk - but heavier in case the wind got worse and finally a really light rig with strung 11's for roach.
Decided to fish 3 lines, against the bridge at the first stanchion and a line at the third stanchion, with another line in open water. On small ball of GB with not too much loose feed in in open water and on the third stanchion, with just loose fed caster on the first stanchion.
Started against the bridge, but no indications, switched to the open water line and had a couple of small roach, then that died off. Back to the third stanchion and I had a Tench, not quite the size I wanted, this one was going to struggle to register 4oz on the scales, back in the open water and a better fish, a skimmer just over 1lb, bit of loner though.
Kept rotating lines, even started a new line further across feeding micros and fishing expander, two bites, missed one, 4oz skimmer from the other. I did have a look on the short line (first bridge stanchion) and had a couple of decent roach from there, it also housed a few small carp, which were a nuisance, but small enough not to be a problem.
That line went quiet, I switched to double fluoro pinkie and the float buried, I hit a decent fish, the way it ran off, I was convinced it was a carp, so gave it a bit of stick, not enough to break the 0.10 hooklength, when I saw it I eased off and played it to the net a little more nervously, it was a Tench around 4lb - safely netted , phew.
Had a run of decent roach ( not many, but a good size, biggest was at least 10oz) from the same line and a skimmer, as well as a couple of rudd. Fishing into the bridge had me a bit blinkered as to what was going on around me, so had no idea what and been caught (and I wasn't sure what I had, thought it was low double figures). When the scales got to me 16.09 was winning, with 14.04 second, didn't think I had 16.09 and so it proved, my 15.09 giving me second place. 3 roach of the stamp I was getting would have done the job, but can't complain about 2nd, Mark who won had 4 decent Tench, well done to all the framers.
Round 4, so that means a free draw again, so no idea what section and who I'll be fishing against, took a whie for name to be called out followed by 24...... FFS, 24 historically a poor peg in the section and with the venue being largely iced over, albeit only about 1/8" thick so easy to break, I was in for a tough day.
At least with the goats and sheep moved into their winter abode off the island, it's easy to break a channel all the way across by going round and doing it from both sides.
I set up a dobbing rig for bread, anther for maggots across in just over 2' of water (in front of the grass, not the bare bank, one for down the track and one for down to the pallet of 25, where I'd broken out a channel, but a couple of feet from the bank, I didn't think they'd venture right into the margins.
It seemed just right to start on bread, but after 50 minutes I attached a tiny pot and reverted to my favourite bait, the humble gentle. Fed 5 maggots across dropped a single maggot in amongst them and had a bite soon after, a lively F1 just over a couple of lb tried using the ice to escape under, but thankfully it was netted saving the blank.
Stayed on that and in the next hour or so I had 4 carp, one of which was a double, another just under and a couple of other decent fish, I reckon 4 for nigh on 30lb, then the ice started to move and melt, that ended the bites across and I struggled for the last couple of hours, adding two roach, two skimmers and a carp about 1 lb to the net. That was to be my lot, which was one out of the money (only sections paid, two in each section), but all things being equal, 3rd in section wasn't a disaster from that peg.
Third of my monthly winter opens today, these are 50/50 payout matches (overall/silvers) just to try and give everyone something to fish for.
Given the weather the last few days and Zoe saying the lakes were frozen over yesterday, I did think it would be hard, I tried to peg it to give everyone a chance of a few bites, but the fish don't always agree. 15 fishing, I waited until everyone had drawn and then took the last ping pong ball from the bag, peg 40, I would have taken that at the start, it did have a spell of being pretty dire, but it seems to be creeping back into the framing positions the last few matches.
Bait tray was simple, live and dead maggots, I did have a few pinkies as well, finally a slice of bread, no need for anything else. Rigs were straight forward, one for across on the top shelf, another for down the shelf, simple slim patterns with 0.13 and a 20 Kaisen. For the deeper water by the bridge, I set up Preston maggot float, this with a 18 F1 hook on 0.12, spread shotting. Finally a rig to dob bread across.
I could see pegs 1, 2 and 43 into fish within minutes, whilst it took me a while, dobbing bread across was a waste of time, never had a bite on it. I fed a very small nugget of GB to the bridge at the bottom of the far slope and one at the bottom of the near slope, I did get a couple of indication and a lost fouler from the far line, before finally getting a bite and a fish, a 6oz Tench. I was happy with that, as being equal payouts for overall and silvers, I would take a days silvers fishing.
Well, that wasn't to be, I had a carp next and then had a look on the near line where I had another, back to the far line and I had a couple of indications and then another carp. I did get another off the near line but that was the last one. It was slow but steady going, I tried a bit of a throwaway line off to the right with a ball of GB, but that was no good. I had one fish off the line up on the second shelf, but by far the best line was against the bridge at the bottom of the far slope, just toss potting in a few maggots and waiting for a bite.
I ended up with 2 skimmers, a roach and that small tench and 11 carp, I hadn't got my clicker out, so wasn't exactly sure what I had, I was expecting high 30lb, was surprised to see 48lb on the scales, with the silvers that gave me 51lb and the win. Good to put last weekends disasters behind me.
Silvers
My turn in the 'worst' section this week, no problem as everyone has to fish it twice and there is only section money to fish for, needed a good result this week as my league was already teetering on the edge after the first two rounds. The weather forecast didn't make pleasant reading, so I was set for a tough day fishing and wind/rain wise, well the weather wasn't as bad as forecast, but the fishing, for me, was another disaster. Having finished 3rd in 2019/20 and 2nd in 2020/21, I won't be troubling the frame in 2021/22.
Peg 40 was where I fancied before the draw, I was handed 33, not one of the consistent pegs in the section, but I was sure I'd get a few fish from it, even if I had to catch a few silvers. I did say to Paul on 34 he had the better peg today, as he had the tow going under the bridge, it's not often that isn't an advantage,
A rig to go tight across, but I wasn't confident of catching in the shallowest water, the colour had slightly dropped out, another rig for down the shelf at about 2.5'. Another rig for against the bridge and a final rig for open water away from the bridge (had to use a separate rig as it was a bit shallower).
Started across with bread, had one tiny dip of the float in 25 minutes, I suspect this was a little roach. I then toss potted a few maggots in just down the shelf, again nothing, finally I had a look by the bridge, 80 minutes in and duck broken, a small roach. I then had a carp from the same line, but not the stamp you need. I ended up with one more carp, a skimmer a tiny perch and a rudd, I doubt I had 12 bites in 5 hours, even setting up another rig to fish pinkies on a 22/0.08, never had a bite on it.
Another match where I have no idea what I could have done differently, or what I would change if I could fish the match again. Oh well, free draw next round, so I could be in C section again!!
Back to travelling with Tony today, stopped in the Wessex Flyer for breakfast, very nice it was too! Hardly any traffic so a quick run down to the fishery and I gave Laurie a hand with the pegging and the draw, Covid safe, Laurie called the names in order of booking on and I drew the numbered ping pong balls from the silken bag..... Although there were a few ashen faces when they realised I'd be drawing their pegs with my fabled drawing arm.
Paul Faiers did look somewhat satisfied as I pulled 9 for him, 21 for Tony, a bridge peg, but it hasn't got a lot of form, the catcalls of fix, as I pulled peg 5 from the bag after Laurie announced my name, I was surprised, as there is no denying, peg 5 has form, lots of form, it's not usually languishing in the DNW or those that weigh, "just because I fished" category. Pressure on then.
Over the bridge and I think back to a match a year ago, when I drew peg 5 and had to break the ice to fish, won it that day with Des coming second from 40. I didn't think a huge weight would be needed and I set up several topkits to cover the multitude of options that this peg presents. A home made slim float (2x9) with a fibreglass stem to fish tight over and the same to fish just down the shelf, but this time 4x9. Both with 0.13 hooklengths and a 20 Kaisen hook. A Malman Roob (carbon stem) to fish towards the bottom of the slope that extends a fair way out on the left of the peg and a wire stemmed slim float (name eludes me) to fish at the bottom of the slope. Not expecting to catch on it, but I did set up a rig to fish the LH edge/corner.
I had an ideal start, toss potting a few maggots across and getting a 3lber first put in on the shallowest rig. This was a loner, as no more bites or liners switched to the slightly deeper rig and had a couple of liners, but nothing too much ,
Switched to the near shelf and started to get indications and bites almost immediately at 2+2, fishing maggots, had a couple of fish, but also lost a few foulers, then had a nightmare 15 minutes, played a big fish, around 12lb for ages and it came off as I thought is was getting beaten, possibly fouled in the wing, but not sure. Next put in, another big fish, low double again, definitely mouth hooked and after a tough battle it was gone, I thought it had snapped me, but the hooklength came back with the tell tale curly wurly of a spade knot which has either pulled through or slipped over the spade.... not had that happen for long time.
Couple more fish and indication from that line, but had to go to 2+4 to get a few more, there were lots of fish there, up in the water not really feeding, switched to a shallow rig, slapping maggots over and letting them hang, nothing, not a bite. By now the indications had stopped, Paul over on 9 had stopped catching as well, the fish had moved and it looked very much like they'd moved down to peg 6 where Brian started catching well.
I had a couple of smaller fish by switching back to the far bank and one better carp 10 minutes before the all out, I had tried a line with micros and fishing soft pellet over it, but didn't have so much as a liner on this, can't remember the last time I caught a fish on pellets here, it's been months.
I thought Paul might have run me close, Brian said he had 40lb, so I said "you've beaten me then, as I've got 40lb on my clicker and a tench and a perch, you'll have 55lb" Can't lie straight in bed these old Thyers blokes....
The scales proved that to be the case, with Brian putting 55lb on the scales, I wish I'd have put a wager on it, my self with 46lb for second and Paul taking 3rd with 41lb. Those lost fish cost me, but it was still a decent day and it didn't rain.
