Pretty Boy Knight put to sword by the Walking Dead

In the third round of the Withy Evening series all the form book favourites failed to show on the leader board.  On a night that promised only Paul (Barney Rubble) Barnard showed his class.  Easily winning his section by catching the top weight overall of 56 lb 2 oz.

Second in that section was Martin (The Terminator) Rogers with an excellent 38 lb 14 oz.

The shock of the match came from the top end of the lake.  Dave (The walking Dead) Moody won the section with 23 lb 12 oz beating the odds and Withys number 1 angler James (Pretty Boy Knight) by 7lb of the next peg!!  Dave did have a better peg.  Second was Super Ray Kelly also known as one of snow whites dwarf's "Happy"  he had 20 lb 4 oz.

The Walking Dead

This has tightened up the series considerably, which should make next weeks round on the outer Snake interesting.  One interesting trend is that the on most occasions the evening matches .  None of the lakes fish as well in the 3 hour evening matches as they do when fishing a 6 hour that will finish at the same time.

Reids Open Wednesday

The following day saw the Reid's tackle open fished on Selwood and Cottage.  This really did show the type of good weights that can happen when a good angler draws on the fish.

Top weight on Cottage was Gareth Boycott (above) with a great 116 lb 2 oz from peg 15.  Gareth caught on the method feeder  ( or was it the pellet feeder!?!? sneaky) for the first half of the match, the down the edge for the second half of the match in front of peg 16 plat form.  A ton weight is always a class match weight from any venue.

Second in the match was Graham Tappenden from peg 12.

Tappy weighed in a nice weight of 64 lb 8 oz mostly close fishing on maggot.  He is without doubt a master at close in fishing.  3rd Paul the hoffmeister Hough closing in on Graham with 60 lb 2 oz.  Paul too doesn't enjoy getting his whole length out and likes to fish close down the edge.

Sellwood was won from peg 6 with 91 lb 4 oz  caught by Dwayne Seed again some out by the island on the method and the rest down the edge to next platform on his pole

In fact Dwayne caught all day long.  Second was in form man Barney  from peg 9 with 83 lb 14 oz.  The bulk of Pauls weight came from 6 meter's in front of him on Paste and pellet. A brilliant display of angling.

Third was Gentlemen Johnny Grey with 57 lb 14 oz. Johnny caught out on the island at 14 meter's of pole.  If he had caught as many carp as Dwayne he would have set a lake record but unfortunately the majority of his impressive weight was skimmers.

Big Fish Scene

Barnmoor has produced a lot of big double fish this past week but none of them have topped the 20 lb mark.  Or at least none reported.

Not just Carp for those of you who like your Roach big; again on Barnmoor Roach are also showing.  A lovely specimen of 1 lb 14 oz was caught on dendrobeena over caster up in the water.

A deadly bait for any fish that swims.

Match dates for the week ahead and waters that will be closed.

Sunday 28th Whole of the Snake closed.

Tuesday 30th June Outer Snake closed (and the boys are back in town)

Saturday 4th of July - Cottage Lake and the Inner Snake are closed

Sunday 5th of July Sellwood lake, Cottage Lake and pegs 35 - to - 55 on the Outer snake will be closed.

Cafe news

Witherington Farm Cafe is going great guns as well with its excellently priced menu.  Not just breakies, but other meals as well.  Plenty of drinks, chocolate and crisps etc, to make all the ingredients of a great fishing day / picnic.

With the weather due to hot up summer style, don't forget Witherington Farm is a great day out for the family with day tickets on sale in the well stocked shop.  Why not bring the family along sit enjoy the sun the peace and quite and the wildlife on show.

Words and Pics by Dave Moody