Golden Reel Qualifier No 18 The Glebe Wednesday 17th July 2019

A field of 68 anglers faced very humid and near breathless conditions at The Glebe qualifier.
Fish were swimming around shallow and difficult to catch but despite the conditions, there were 22 weights over 100lbs and 4 weights over 200lbs recorded.

Winner today and making his way to his second Golden Reel Grand Final was Mikey Williams (Guru).
Mikey has been so close to qualifying on a number of occasions this year so his perseverance in the end paid off, rewarding him with a shot at the 50k final.
Mikey drew peg 86 on pool 6 and fished shallow at 14m with pellet. Later switching to his edge, fishing at 16m with pellet to weigh in 237-5-0 of carp.

Second overall was Jimmy Brooks (Preston / Sonu Baits) who drew peg 129 on Lake 9.
Jimmy fished maggots over micro pellet down his edges for the full duration of the match landing 230-7-0.

Third in the frame was Sam Collett (Guru / Dynamite) with 228-10-0.
Sam drew peg 122 on Lake 9 and fished caster shallow and later down his edge with pellet.

Fourth placed Nathan Watson drew peg 120 on Pool 9 and fished caster and maggot shallow, later switching to his edge with pellets to land 204-15-0.

Fifth overall was Kelvin Morton from peg 126 on Pool 9.
Kelvin caught on casters shallow then later down his edges with pellets.
Kelvin finished the day with 192-3-0.

Sixth to the frame was Mick Bull (Frenzee / Bag’em) with 167-15-0 from peg 119 on Lake 8.
Mick caught short to depth on pellet to start with and later on the long pole shallow with pellets.
Later in the match, Mick found fish feeding on pellet down his edges.

Our thanks to Roy and Staff for hosting a brilliant qualifier.

Next up Barston Lakes, Saturday 20^th July, draw 9am.