Nathan Finds The Fish At Kelling

The one where Nathan takes No 1 slot with 28 fish/486 weight points, and Simon catches a unicorn.

After the slim pickings of last week’s match at Gt Yarmouth (South), as a stand in for Walcott, hopes were high with a back to the -2 degrees C, shingle, clear night and the high tide of Kelling. 23 fished so a lot of pegging for Neil. Best wishes go to John Gent who missed last night due to planned surgery, and a big welcome to Jason Wrona who fished his first match last night.

With only one more match after this one the winter league is in its final stages. Stats will be scrunched for:

• Overall 1st/2nd/3rdfor the winter league
• Greatest number of fished blanks (Barry Iseton trophy)
• Biggest winning weight score of the league
• Biggest flat of the league
• Biggest round of the league

It became obvious early on that there were more fish about with everyone seeing early catches to size limits, meaning cardable. In total 290 fish caught between 23 anglers, giving an average of 13 per angler carded. In addition, there was the inconvenience to those pesky undersized ones. With everyone catching the cold temperatures were not really noticed, we must be a hardy bunch.

Winner on the night with an impressive 28 fish and 486 weight points, to quote a certain angler; “does he bring the fish with him on the night?”. Congratulations Nathan – cracking performance! second position (with 300 points) fell to Simon Bottomley helped by picking up biggest round fish with a rare 41cm cod, with third position (with 298 points) falling to Duane Lockwood. Nobody else came near to Nathan’s score.

See tables for numbers of fish caught and overall performance. Everybody caught – with no blanks. Special mention to Jason Wrona in first match picking up an impressive 12 fish (218 points). Biggest flatfish, a 28cm Dab, fell to in-form Jamie Childerhouse.

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Match Result

1^st Nathan Drewery Peg 2 28 fish 486 weight points (10lbs 2oz)

2^nd Simon Bottomley Peg 8 15 fish 300 weight points (6lbs 4oz)

3^rd Duane Lockwood Peg 23 19 fish 298 weight points (6lbs 3oz)

4^th = John Spalton Peg 4 18 fish 288 weight points (6lbs)

4^th = Kev Green Peg 11 18 fish 288 weight points (6lbs)

Match average 290/23 = 13 fish per angler

• Biggest Round Fish – 41cm Cod – Simon Bottomley
• Biggest Flatfish – 28cm Dab – Jamie Childerhouse

Lucky peg Jason Wrona – peg 10

Last match of the winter league is next week at Gt Yarmouth (South Beach) – 30th January 2023 with high tide at 16:34pm.