Club Match Report

Sunday 4th April 2004

The club match series at the Saltfleetby Fisheries kicked off on Sunday April 4th. This is a series of 20 matches, with a points system, with some twenty six members competing for the weekly and overall trophies.

 The Island pond was the setting for the first match, and with the weather being typically April, sunny, showers, and very windy it was always going to be difficult given the conditions. However Seventeen out of the twenty, who started, all caught fish, and it seems, with some warmer days previous, fish all over are starting to spread and get their heads down a bit.

 Drawing the golden peg, Trev Pidcock (6) thought he could be in with a chance of some extra beer tokens, but could only manage 5th with 4lb 8oz of small carp. Dave Ross (20) was 4th, and found the fish too late on his feeder tactics and had 6lb 8oz of small carp. Fishing a good match, and keeping a steady stream of fish all day was Chris Johnson (5) who again on the feeder, had more fish than anyone else but could only manage 3rd place with 8lb 8oz of small fish. Beating Chris by only 2oz to take second place was Dave Spence (4) who had a better stamp of fish (and battled bravely with the wind all day) on the pole and corn. Making it two wins in as many weeks on the complex, was Jason Adlam (26), who like Dave Ross, found the fish late on in the match to the feeder, but had the advantage of an early bream of around 4lb in the net, to help record a final weight of 9lb 8oz for the win and maximum points. 

Next club match is on the 18th April again on the Island Pond. Draw 8am, fish 9am-2pm.