Glorious weather met the 23 anglers who made their way out along the bank...reports from a match earlier in the day from further up the river did`nt bode well,but Perch down to low is usually pretty reliable for sport,and that`s how it turned out with everyone catching plenty of fish,though quality was sadly lacking.Dyl was soon in to his stride taking a succession of dabs and whiting,and after an hour my sandeel bait was taken by a stray dog to put me in pole position.My right hand man Lee lost a good fish as it came up the steep bank 30yds out at the far left end of the stretch,then started to catch whiting and the all important dab.I had 3 hours to catch a dab which would`nt be a problem,would it I went for a wander to see what was coming out,and plenty of dabs were showing further down along with whiting,notably a 33cm fish for Dave Roberts....good to meet Janet Griffiths who was fishing her first match with us,and she was getting plenty of fish,but as expected the bigger specimens were elusive.After a further hour without an insize dab,i made the move further down,fishing next to Jeff White as he`d had a few,but had to wait until an hour to go to finally snare one. Ava Kensall had a little break as she was feeling the cold,but came back strongly to take a fine 5th place,matching her dad`s catch.Gary Swift took a nice 34cm whiting which looked good for the longest fish pool (dogs don`t count) until the final hour saw that man Jimmy Redfern take the only ray of the day,a 41cm lunker which along with his 27cm dab was enough for the win.
Result...
1st...Jimmy Redfern........dab 27cm ray 41cm.................total 68cm....11pts...£69
2nd..Kev Brindle............dab 26cm dog 40cm.................total 66cm....10pts...£46
3rd..Dave Roberts...........dab 28cm whiting 33cm............total 61cm....9pts....£23
4th..Chris James.............dab 29cm whiting 31cm............total 60cm....8pts
5th..Dyl Kensall..............dab 28cm whiting 31cm............total 59cm....7pts
5th..Ava Kensall.............dab 28cm whiting 31cm............total 59cm.....7pts
5th..Mark Davies.............dab 27cm whiting 32cm...........total 59cm.....7pts
5th..Gary Swift...............dab 25cm whiting 34cm...........total 59cm.....7pts
9th..Lee Voce................dab 27cm whiting 30cm...........total 57cm.....3pts
9th..Tom Murphy.............dab 28cm whiting 29cm...........total 57cm.....3pts
9th..Dave Radcliffe.........dab 26cm whiting 31cm...........total 57cm......3pts
12th..Ste Atkinson...........dab 25cm whiting 31cm...........total 56cm.....1pt
12th..Roy Schofield.........dab 27cm whiting 29cm...........total 56cm......1pt
12th..Dave Lunt.............dab 29cm whiting 27cm...........total 56cm......1pt
12th ...Mike Bishton.........dab 28cm whiting 28cm..........total 56cm......1pt
16th..Janet griffiths.........flounder 27cm whiting 28cm....total 55cm......1pt
17th..Pete Redfern..........dab 27cm whiting 27cm..........total 54cm......1pt
18th..Richie Fisher...........dab 25cm whiting 28cm..........total 53cm......1pt
18th..Dale Edwards..........dab 25cm whiting 28cm..........total 53cm......1pt
20th..Andy Hunt..............dab 25cm whiting 26cm..........total 51cm......1pt
21st..Mearig Darley...........whiting 27cm......................total 27cm......1pt
21st..Rob Turner..............dab 27cm...........................total 27cm.......1pt
21st..Jeff White..............dab 27cm...........................total 27cm.......1pt
Longest fish pool...Jimmy Redfern...41cm ray...£23
Well done jimmy ,kev and dave .
Plenty fish about for everyone and good weather and craic as usual with a good 23 attendance.
Im going to have to up my game on my "social walks" they just arent producing the goods recently must not be walking far enough
On to the next and a new venue
Well done the top 3 in the money
Great social evenings fishing with plenty of fish to keep us busy.
The sunset and the Liverpool skyline was a belter!!!
I went for a wander to see what was coming out,and plenty of dabs were showing further down along with whiting,notably a 33cm fish for Dave Roberts....good to meet Janet Griffiths who was fishing her first match with us,and she was getting plenty of fish,but as expected the bigger specimens were elusive.After a further hour without an insize dab,i made the move further down,fishing next to Jeff White as he`d had a few,but had to wait until an hour to go to finally snare one. Ava Kensall had a little break as she was feeling the cold,but came back strongly to take a fine 5th place,matching her dad`s catch.Gary Swift took a nice 34cm whiting which looked good for the longest fish pool (dogs don`t count) until the final hour saw that man Jimmy Redfern take the only ray of the day,a 41cm lunker 
which along with his 27cm dab was enough for the win.
must not be walking far enough 
