Blakey's Fishing Blog

A Lovely evening to end this years series – with Just Six of Us (Die Hard’s minus Ron plus Big John same as last week.

We had an early watercraft draw with Olly having 1st pick with me second – Olly did not go for Peg 25 but 16 – I went for peg 18. Mick Byrne on Peg 20, Mick Wagg on Peg 10, Big John – Peg 13 and Dean on Peg 15We were are setup and ready to go at 5.45pm.

Set up of my Bully Boy 14-16 Elastic New Pole rig with 5lb Straight through to an 18 PR / single red maggot. Straight in with the 1st put-in with small Roach. I was getting a small fish a chuck but putting weight in the net.

Mick Wagg had a small carp 1st chuck on a Peg I tested out my new On box Seat Box and accessories the night before and couldn’t get a bite! Olly and Dean were down the sides as far as they could to the red pole (Limit of Fishing). Olly had a small carp after an hour so I really need one of 5-6lb to stay in touch. I tried all over he swim but not even a big Raoch.

Mick Byrne had landed a small Tench and Dean had a couple of nice mid single Carp – Looks like he would be the winner on the night but was looking close between the two Micks’s for the overall title.

My prayers were answered for a carp at 7.30 pm unfortunately it was too big for my set up , it went tearing off down the lake with all 11.5 metres of my Hot Spot Pole and elastics in the water – it snapped the 5lb line in about 30 secs. That is the point that I effectively gave up on any chance of third place overall and the carp had destroyed my swim – with only a couple of small roach after that.

I’d just about packed up when Olly called time and he then instantly said Fish on which he played and landed with 1 minute left of his allotted 15 mins to get it in – Best Fish of the Night 10lb dead. We had weighed in everyone else by the time he landed.

So Dean was 1st – Olly 2nd Mick Wagg 3rd – me 4th with 3lb 14 ozs of silvers, Mick Byrne crucially 5th and Big John 6th.

So final positions:
1st: Mick Byrne by 1point from Mick Wagg in 2nd , Olly 3rd (122) me 4th (114)

How important were those 3 small fish that did not weigh an once between them that Mick Byrne caught over the last two matches that gave him 4 vital points!