Another improved turnout with over twenty anglers fishing round three of the Summer League. Again, as with previous weeks, the winning weights were from the top-end, Steve Simpkin taking the honours with 11lb+. There are plenty of fish blowing & fizzing in all the pegs, but they won't feed under match conditions. Pleasure sessions see decent nets of fish falling to a variety of baits, so there could be some truth in comments made about bank pressure walking the fish up the length.
Aside from the fishing, as the stormy weather moved across the West Lancashire plain, the anglers were treated to the very rare sight of not one but two funnel clouds; one of which sucked up a washing-line full of clothes drawing it up into the black cloud above.
I was on peg 3 (again) and was quite busy with 2lb 12oz of small stuff from the nearside margins (again). Nothing showed on the far side to the tip or the waggler and both pole lines at 11m and 6m drew blanks. Colin Cliffe made better progress on squatt & caster with some nice fish for a finishing weight of 5lb 2oz despite his best estimate before the scales arrived being "I'll be lucky if I've got 3lb" - aye, right-o Col...
Aside from the fishing, as the stormy weather moved across the West Lancashire plain, the anglers were treated to the very rare sight of not one but two funnel clouds; one of which sucked up a washing-line full of clothes drawing it up into the black cloud above.
I was on peg 3 (again) and was quite busy with 2lb 12oz of small stuff from the nearside margins (again). Nothing showed on the far side to the tip or the waggler and both pole lines at 11m and 6m drew blanks. Colin Cliffe made better progress on squatt & caster with some nice fish for a finishing weight of 5lb 2oz despite his best estimate before the scales arrived being "I'll be lucky if I've got 3lb" - aye, right-o Col...
RESULT:
1 - Steve Simpkin 11lb 3oz
2 - Derek Hodkinson 6lb 11oz
3 - Colin Cliffe 5lb 20z
5 Joint - Graham Johnson & Brian Woods 4lb 6oz
Southport & District Angling Association's Summer League matches are held every Sunday from June until September on the Association Match Length at 1st Plank, Cabin Lane. All S&DAA members are very welcome to enter.
Draw: 8:45am sharp
Fish: 9:45am - 2:45pm
Pools: £6.00 all in.
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