White Hall Rushwick AC, Woodside & Island Pools

Seventeen (17) anglers attended this Sunday club match held across both Woodside and Island pools. Conditions on the day were a little cooler, but still far from what could be considered comfortable. Ambient air pressure remained high and fish continued to play hard to get. That said, it was another closely contest match with very little separating the top three placed anglers on either pool.

WOODSIDE

Winner on the day on Woodside pool was Paul Knight, who drew peg 12. Paul caught the majority of his match-winning catch on dead maggot fished down his inside over groundbait to offer a modest 48-04-00 to the scales to confirm a narrow victory.

Finishing close behind in second place was Mal Harrison from peg 8. Fishing hard pellet both short and, later, down his edge Mal found mostly carp as well as quality roach and skimmer bream to weigh in 45-06-00.

Finishing close behind Mal in third place was Tony Higgs from peg 5. Tony started his match on the method feeder and managed to take a few fish early on from by the pads before switching to his inside line late on offering maggot over fishery feed pellet. Tony managed a final 43-06-00.

POSITION	ANGLER	PEG	WEIGHT	METHOD
1st	P. Knight	12	48-04-00	Dead maggot in the margins
2nd	M. Harrison	8	45-06-00	Pellet short & in the margins
3rd	T. Higgs	5	43-06-00	Method feeder & Maggot in the margins

Paul Knight with part of his winning catch from Woodside pool

ISLAND

Winner on the day on Island pool was Carl Graham from peg 9. Carl caught most of his fish from down his edge on corn to weigh in 65-11-00 to confirm a late victory with him being one of the last anglers to weigh in on the lake.

Finishing close behind in second place was Gareth Manton, who drew peg 14. Opting to go for an all out hard pellet approach, Gareth fished a short line and a margin line to enjoy a difficult but busy days fishing finishing with 63-02-00 of carp of all different shapes and sizes.

Breathing down Gareth's neck, and finishing in third place on the day, was Graham Goodyear. Graham opted to fish corn to the island from neighbouring peg 12 to weigh in 61-10-00 of carp.

POSITION	ANGLER	PEG	WEIGHT	METHOD
1st	C. Graham	9	65-11-00	Sweetcorn in the margins
2nd	G. Manton	14	63-02-00	Pellet short & in the margins
3rd	G. Goodyear	12	61-10-00	Sweetcorn to the island

Island pool winner Carl Graham with part of his winning catch from peg 9