Phil's day

Hi all another freezing cold day but the rain held off so that was a big plus. I drew peg 19 on the high bank - it can be a moody peg but you never know in fishing. I baited up 3 pole swims but I am putting my hopes into the feeder at 15 meters. I decided to keep it simple red maggots on the hook and small cage feeder with a small amount of groundbait. First cast and waited patient for 20 mins and low and behold my first carp about 8lbs. Did this a second time and 25 mins later another carp kept this going for 3 out of the 5 hours then a dead spot as the wind and cold got slightly worse. About just after 2pm the feeder went round for my last carp which gave me a good weight of 51lbs 13oz.

Many thanks to Rob who is getting very good at running the matches he did the weigh in on his own today which gives me a break. Pic is my peg. High Bank 1st Phil Whitmill with 51lbs 13oz and 2nd John Carter with 44lbs 8oz. Low Bank 1st Terry Moranda with 24lbs 15oz and 2nd Richard Beeston with 21lbs 7oz