AT LAST WE HAD A WEEKEND OF ANGLING AFTER SIX WEEKS OF BEING FROZEN WITH 3 INCHES OF ICE, MARTIN CRAVEN TURNED UP TO FISH BEATTIES FROM CORNWALL FOR THE FIRST TIME , HE SAID ONE FISH WOULD KEEP HIM HAPPY, HE IN FACT MANAGED SIX DOUBLES FOR THE WEEKEND TOPPED BY A REALLY PRETTY UPPER DOUBLE. ANOTHER LAD FROM PLYMOUTH DID MANAGE A TWENTY , NEIL FROM BIDEFORD TOOK SEVERAL PERCH TO 2.5LBS ON PEG 9 THE BRIDGE PEG BUT HIS HIGHLIGHT WAS A 17.5LB PIKE LATE IN THE DAY ON A DEADBAIT. THE M 5 WINTER LEAGUE TOOK PLACE ON TANNERS AND WOODY , TOP WEIGHT WAS 78 LBS FOR MATT GRIFFITHS ON WOODY PEG 8 , MATT FISHED 8MM HAIRRIGGED PELLET ON THE WAG AT DEPTH TO WIN . SEVERAL OTHER 60LB WEIGHTS WERE CAUGHT ON WOODY , KELVIN KING AND BOB RAND BOTH IN THE BAY 32 AND 34 HAD MID 60S ON THE WAG .QUITE A LOT OF 30 TO 40LB WEIGHTS WERE RECORDED, DAVE WYKES YES DAVE WYKES THE MAN CITY FAN WHO RUNS THE BAY HORSE TEAM AND WHO HAD NOT PICKED UP A POINT AT MILE MEAD IN FOUR MATCHES DID REALLY WELL AND WON TANNERS FROM PEG 20 ON THE POLE WITH 54LBS( A GREAT FEAT FOR DAVE AS THOSE WHO KNOW HIM , HE IS A BOMB BOY) HIS TEAM INCLUDING CONKER MAN TOOK SOME SCALPS AND MANAGED 2ND ON THE DAY!!! PRESTON STAY IN THE LEAD BY A POINT AHEAD OF OUR LADS, WE ARE RUNNING AN OPEN THIS SUNDAY IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED PLEASE PHONE ON 01805804360. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LODGES REMAINING FOR VALENTINES WEEKEND AND HALF TERM IF YOU WANT TO IMPRESS YOUR LOVED ONE AT THIS ROMANTIC TIME OF YEAR AND SHOW HER YOU REALLY LOVE HER , WHY NOT TREAT HER TO A SEXY SHORT BREAK FISHING ON THE LAKES FOLLOWED BY A BOTTLE OF RED WINE IN THE DUKE BY A ROARING HOT FIRE .

MARTIN CRAVEN WITH ONE OF SIX DOUBLES , WHAT A PADDLE!!