26 anglers turned out for this latest qualifier fished on the Specimen Lake. Conditions were difficult for this feeder only match. Bright sunshine, flat calm with highs of 25C.
As expected, all the carp were swimming shallow so bream became the main target.
Winner on the day was Brian Clark (Vespe) who’s already qualified but chose to fish as a practice open.
Brian drew peg 10 and fished the cage feeder with dead reds at 20m landing between 40-50lbs of bream.
Brian also fished the method short with corn finding four quality carp to finish the day with 89-01-00.
Second on the day was Scott Chipchase who drew peg 4. Scott fished the method feeder with waffters at around 20m and later in the match cast down his edge landing an all carp catch 77-14-00.
Third placed Phil Canning (Frenzee) drew peg 66 and fished the method with dead reds as hook bait to record a fine bag of bream totalling around 50lbs.
Later casting down his edge he found some feeding carp to boost his weight to 76-13-00.
Fourth overall was Shane Hodgkinson from peg 72. Shane caught all his fish on the cage feeder with worms landing 70-07-00 of bream.
Fifth placed Richard Lawson drew peg 14 landing 60-14-00 of bream and carp to the cage feeder and dead reds fished at just 10m.
Sixth in the frame was Ian Morrison from peg 20 with 56-03-00. His catch was made up of bream all caught on the cage feeder with dead reds.
Qualifiers:-
Scott Chipchase
Phil Canning
Ian Morrison