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Species match (length takes priority over numbers)
19 anglers = £190.
Payout 1st - 4th £140. Longest and shortest £20. Clubman League £30.
Species caught, tope, dab, flounder, bass, whiting and plaice.
Mersey Road 30/08/26
Species (with number of species taking priority over length) was the format for our Mersey Road encounter.
After a slow start, the fish eventually came on the feed and, although they were not present in great numbers, catches were a marked improvement on previous matches.
Sizes varied from single-figure centimetre whiting through to some good-sized strap congers. However, it was the highest number of species that was required to secure the top places. After a tense four hours, Gary Tull and the ever-consistent Steve Bonner had recorded four species each. Gary’s four fish totalled 148cm, while Steve’s totaled 120cm, giving them first and second place respectively.
John Wood counted an impressive 86cm conger among his bag, with his other fish bringing his total length to 170cm. However, having recorded only three species, he had to settle for third place.
Mickey Duff also recorded three species to take fourth place, with Phil Ord recording two species to finish fifth.
Thank you to everyone who took part. Updated league tables can be seen on the relevant pages.
Blue Bridge 2606/26
Total bag length (eel and sea trout excluded), with a minimum size of 20cm, was the format for our visit to the Blue Bridge, where the fishing followed a similar pattern to all the other venues this year in not producing the quantity of fish expected for the time of year.
However, match fishing can be decided by just one fish, and after a slow start some of the anglers began to catch.
With flounder and bass the only species to be recorded, there was frustration for some with undersized fish and eel which would fail to register.
Most of the contingent caught, but again there were some pegs that failed to produce. Cards sorted, the winner was Paul Bonner, having a bag length of 188cm, pushing son Steve into second place with 179cm. Gary Ritson took third on 166cm.
The longest round went to John Wood for a bass of 43cm, while the longest flat was a tie between Dave Evans and Gary Ritson, both having flounder of 42cm.
Updated league placings, both individual and pairs can be seen on the relevant pages. Thank you to all who took part.
Tobin Street 12/06/26
In what seems to have become a recurring theme this year, strong numbers of different species were recorded, which is what was wanted, as this encounter was based on species.
However, the fish did not show up in numbers, resulting in over a quarter of the anglers failing to register. There was some compensation in that there were some "good size fish" amongst the catches.
As always with a match, whatever the quality of the fishing, there is always a result to be borne out of it, and with cards checked it was Steve Bonner having 5 species for 156cm that took the win. Martin Bleasdale was second, again with 5 species, giving him 154cm. Phil Ord had 3 species but with an 86cm hound included in his catch it was enough for third.
Phil's smooth hound gave him the longest fish. Nigel Conlon, who had started the match with 3 different species in 3 consecutive casts just missed out on the bag length payout but found solace in the shortest fish at 17cm.
Check out the updated league tables for individual and pairs standings. Thank you to all who took part.