Again another 60 peg sellout for the 16th Golden Rod qualifier at Larford Lakes.
Conditions today were difficult with rain all day and flat calm lakes.
Water tempartures were only 5-6C and the air temperature was only 2-3C.
Needless to say, bites were difficult to come by.
Winner on the day was Ray Lamb (Colmic Bagem Larford) who drew peg 64 on the Specimen Lake.
Ray fished the method feeder at 50m with pink waffters catching carp and bream to weigh 46-15-00.
2nd on the day was Paul Cook (Frenzee) who drew peg 62 on the Specimen Lake.
Paul fished the method at 50m with pink & orange waffters catching carp for a total weight of 45-11-00
3rd placed Andy Powers (Preston) drew peg 4 on the Specimen Lake and caught on the method and waffters weighing in 44-04-00
4th on the day was Danny Bache (Bag’em) who drew peg 66 on the Specimen Lake catching on the method short to weigh 35-05-00
5th placed Tony Messiner (Marukyu) drew peg 72 on the Specimen Lake landing 3 carp and a few skimmers to the method short weighing in 35-00-00
6th on the day was Mick Bull (Frenzee) who drew peg 68 on the Specimen Lake weighing in 23-05-00
Qualifiers for the March Final (Winner of zone of 20)-
Tom Hobbs 22-11-00
Ray Lamb 46-15-00
Paul Cook 45-11-00
Section winners (Every 10 pegs)
Section A – Rob Goodson 14-05-00
Section B – Tom Hobbs 22-11-00
Section C – Marcus Watkins 20-13-00
Section D – Perry Stone 16-14-00
Section E – Mick Bull 23-05-00
Section F – Matt Blackmore 14-03-00
Our thanks to Larford Lakes for hosting the qualifier.