Round 3. Drayton Reservoir.
Saturday 8th July 2006.
Well after the disaster that was Earlswood,
The Jinx Squad moved on to Drayton Reservoir for the 3rd match of the series
As with all things to do with
The Jinx, things however weren't as smooth as they could have been and instead of the pegs on the boards that had been fishing well beside the sailing club we ended up with pegs 1-20 in the shallows at the end of the walkway.
At least Malc had managed to arrive on time so we had plenty of time after the draw for the trek to our allocated pegs allowing us sufficent time to tackle up.
Things had been looking good in the week prior to our match, with all areas fishing well and plenty of fish coming out all over. However things can change and it was soon clear looking down the walkway that the weights would not be as high as we hoped when after an hour only a couple of fish had been landed.
I was on peg 7, and all I ended up with was 1 carp for 8lbs.
Eric on peg 6 however managed to put a few together late on to weigh 44lbs 8ozs and take 2nd place......
....just pushing young Dave Ashby into 3rd place by 4ozs.
Winner on the day however was Brian Bevan who managed 7 fish in the last hour on the long pole for a very creditable 68lbs 8ozs.
With 19 anglers fishing on the day and only 2 DNW's the total weight put on the scales was 433lb 14oz, which goes to show just how hard the venue fished on the day.
Peg 15…....Brian B…............68lb 8oz
Peg 6…......Eric R….............44lb 8oz
Peg 20…....Dave A…...........44lb 4oz
Peg 10...….Steve W….........42lb
Peg 3…......Paul R…............39lb 10oz
Peg 5…......Kev L….............32lb
Peg 18…....Ant H….............27lb 8oz
Peg 19…....Tim W…............24lb 8oz
Peg 12…....Malc D…...........22lb 8oz
Peg 16…....Dave M…..........18lb 12oz
Peg 9…......Nick W.............16lb
Peg 17...….Nick J….............11lb 8oz
Peg 4....….Simon R…...........11lb 8oz
Peg 1….....Mark C…........…....9lb
Peg 7….....Peter M….............8lb
Peg 13…...Geoff E…..............7lb 4oz
Peg 11..….Keith A............…..6lb 8oz
Peg 8….....Derek R…...........D.N.W
Peg 14…...Nick W-P….........D.N.W
Total Weight put on the scales was 433lb 14oz.
Next up it would be another BW water........ Stockton Reservoir.