Kevin Heath Memorial - 18 May 2024 at Halnaby Lake
Most
of the junior anglers who took part in the first event in this year's
series opted for targeting the hordes of small roach and perch which
have been feeding well throughout the spring.
The
winning weight of 8lbs 8ozs was made up of small roach and perch from
peg 38. Holly and Rose Hutchinson took it in turns to catch 10 fish
each, before passing the whip or short pole to the other sister. Maggot
or caster brought non-stop action from small roach and perch, with
their largest of each species weighing-in at 4ozs. I left it up to them
to decide who caught which fish.
Jenny
"Queen of the bream" Breeze spent nearly all her match also fishing for
small roach and perch from peg 31, baiting with maggot or pinkie on a
top 2 just off the lily pads immediately in front of her. Although she
caught more fish than the Hutchinson girls, the 157 fish were all quite
small, totaling 6lbs 4ozs.
Third
place went to Henry Burns, with 5lbs 14ozs of small perch, roach and
small skimmers/hybrids form peg 26. He alternated between whip and
waggler, with maggot or caster hookbaits.
Sam Neal was fourth with 2lbs 13ozs from peg 37, closely followed by Sebastian Boyer with 2lbs 11 ozs from peg 21.
Newcomer Janis Smolinschi fished a 3m whip on peg 24, and was well pleased with his 2lbs 8ozs for fifth place.
Another
newcomer (Noah Sayles on peg 36) was just 3 ozs behind, followed by his
more experienced friend Elijah Macauley who had 2lbs 2ozs from peg 35.
Ted
Wood was the only angler to really target bream or carp, and in the
last few minutes of the match he caught a really chunky bream of 1lb
9ozs on feeder and pellet from peg 30.
Radu Lupu (another newcomer, and best friend of Janis) had 1lb of roach and perch from peg 25 - not bad for a first try.