Indeed, there were some great milestones in the top ten results - such as

• Rob Kite - 239lb 8oz only good enough for 4th
• Colin Wedgebrow - Didn't win with 360lb 12oz's
• 9 Anglers returned weights greater than 149lb
• Frazier Craig - 170lb 8oz's only good enough for 7th place

Winner today, John Walker drew the forever fancied peg 24 on the Car Park Bank and knew immediately that he'd be fishing 14m to start and 16m to finish for all his fish. Hard work, but on it's day the peg can produce a fish a bung, and today the peg was definitely 'on it's day' John took fish from the off and proceeded to catch feeding a combination of Squid and Chocolate Orange FF Pellets (FF = Fishmeal Free/Freedom Feeds) to keep the fish coming for a match winning 362lb - but only just with a winning margin of only 1lb 4oz! .

In strong contrast, Colin Wedgebrow, eventual runner up, took 360lb 12oz from peg 6 fishing on the deck at just 5m on peg 6, which can be hit or miss depending on the day/weather/or even what Rolf had for breakfast - no one really know's why its so good one day and rubbish* the next? I guess because the fish are either there or they're not! All the same Colin returned one of the highest weights ever NOT to win a match in Match Fishing History (email me if you know of a bigger weight?)

Elsewhere, fishing fantastically! the new chocolate orange pellet is producing plenty of fish but needs to be fed by the handful to keep the big numbers of Carp interested in the peg. A change to squid, seems to be producing when the fish start to back off. Paste is most consistent but spraying shallow is producing the winning weights, not many have won fishing paste then switching to the 'Ping' It seems you'll need the courage of your own convictions and 'Go for IT'