Round 2 Result and Report

[Adam Roper]

1st - Andy Booth................106cm - 11 Points (£81)
2nd - Adam Roper................71cm - 10 Points (£52)
3rd - Tony Holland...............70cm - 9 Points (£27)
4th - Mark Davies.................66cm - 8 Points
5th - Paul Argent..................64cm - 7 Points
6th - Ste Atkinson.................39cm - 6 Points
7th - Graeme Darlington.........37cm - 5 Points
8th - Scott Booty..................33cm - 4 Points
9th - Rob Turner...................32cm - 3 Points
10th - Sean Dowd..................31cm - 2 Points
10th - Stu Davies...................31cm - 2 Points
12th - Nigel Conlon................27cm - 1 Point
12th - Dylan Kensall...............27cm - 1 Point
12th - Tony Royal..................27cm - 1 Point
15th - Dave Roberts...............23cm - 1 Point
16th - Maerig Darley..............20cm - 1 Point
17th - Mick McAloon................0cm - 1 Point
17th - Jeff White...................0cm - 1 Point
17th - Steve Duffy..................0cm - 1 Point
17th - Peter Dowd.................0cm - 1 Point
17th - Daniel Davies...............0cm - 1 Point
17th - Richie Fisher...............0cm - 1 Point
17th - Kev Brindle.................0cm - 1 Point
17th - John Rogers................0cm - 1 Point
17th - Gaz Williams...............0cm - 1 Point
17th - Andy Jenkins...............0cm - 1 Point
17th - Gary Swift..................0cm - 1 Point

Longest Fish Pool - Andy Booth..........Conger Eel 70cm (£27)

Round 2 of this years WSF Winter League saw us at Otterspool in search of Codling plus anything of any other species or variety for the two fish combination on the card.

Another fantastic turnout including some more new faces saw 27 anglers pay their money to take their chance on what was initially a calm and pleasant morning on the Mersey.

We fished the stretch from the pumphouse at the bottom of the path down to the jetty and as we walked off everyone chose their space. A few of us including myself, Jeff White, Ste Atkinson, Dylan Kensall and Tony Holland made the long trek down to the jetty and got set up. Andy Booth and Tony Royal were around the black anchor with Dave Roberts and Stu Davies half way between the anchor and the jetty to name a few. There were WSF anglers positioned along the whole stretch as well as a few other pleasure anglers.................



All in came at 10:30 and peoples baits were deposited into the murky water. As predicted it was a 39cm Codling on the first chuck for Ste Atkinson down to my left by the jetty......................



I missed bites myself on the first two casts, bumping one Codling off and losing the second in the snags however thankfully it was third time lucky with this 43cm fish..................



Sadly the fast start was short lived and was not replicated up the stretch where the majority were struggling and many had not even had a bite 90 minutes in.

Due to the rarity of flat fish at this venue the rules have been amended to allow the two best fish of any species and everyone was therefore focusing on Codling and Whiting as their best chance of getting two fish on their card however the Whiting were few and far between with only a handful of anglers finding them. Tony Holland got in on the Codling action with a 39cm fish and then found a Whiting to go with it to be the first angler to get two fish on his card however things then turned completely on their heads as Andy Booth went from blanking to effectively winning the match in a 10 minute period taking a 36cm Codling followed by this strap Conger of 70cm......................



From this point everyone was effectively fishing for 2nd place and I managed to find a Whiting on my final cast to take 2nd with Tony Holland 3rd. Overall a really tough day at the office with only 5 of 27 anglers finding 2 fish for their cards and 15 from 27 recording a fish.

We now move straight into Round 3 at Vale Park this Sunday...............

[Steve Duffy]

Well done to the winners and all who caught.A very tough day.I had my first bite 5 minutes before all out and I missed it.

[tony1]

Well done Andy

Thanks again Adam for running the match.

[Patriot]

Great report as ever Adam and well done Andy

Not a sniff down by the jetty and my first ever blank at the venue, although Adam had his two fish and a pleasure angler next to the jetty had a 41cm fish also

A few guys turned up at about 2pm and fished the other side of the jetty and had codling and a strap conger, that i could see

Ah well, that's 20 Crab, squid and a pack of Dave Roberts finest worms i wont get back . May as well been using luncheon meat and sweetcorn!

Roll on Vale Park!

[Sean_D]

Thanks Adam and well done to the winners

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[codfarther71]

Well done Andy

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[davie495]

Tough one that - odd as there wasn't much run at all, had my whiting at a bit of distance towards then end, and was easily holding bottom. frig all movement close in

Well done Andy!

[Big Kev]

Well played Andy laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,full marks for everyone sticking it out on a grim day

[golfer]

great report & pictures as usual adam.
well done andy on the win, absolutely smashed it.
good effort every one who managed fish on a lousy day.
vale cant come soon enough.

[Trishy]

Well done to everyone who caught

[stephen atkinson]

Great Report Adam as always, never wanted a whiting so much, hard days fishing that , well done on the win Andy laaaa.

[mark davies]

. great report as usual .Well done on the win Andy. Was a great day to be there fishing even though the fish didn't show up . I never thought I would ever be as glad to see a little whiting dangling from my rig as I was on Sunday 10 minutes before the end.great day with great company roll on vale next week.

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[Bucko]

Thanks for organising the match again Adam and Well done to the lads who caught Sunday,
Blank for me but on to the next...

[Maerig the hunter]

Nicely reporte d Adam , well done to the winners and also rans it was very pleasant to start with but a grim afternoon.I would have blanked but Adam kindly gave me a crab on his way to the whiting patch which I got my only bite and only fish of the day so thanks for that.
Then two others gave me some werms, razors and sandeel for midweek and I scooped a tub of shrimps for tea so thanks guys, there really is a great friendly spirit in this club. You cant find a better bunch of blokes than you lot.

See you at Vale for the proper codwalloping session

[neil.price37]

Well in lads and well done Andy looked a good day