White Springs
   Fishery

20th August 2011.

White Springs would like to say a big thank you to all the anglers who took part in the Tony Smith Memorial Event.

There was a good turn out for the event which was held on the specimen lake. Due to angling pressure there were only four fish caught. A visiting angler from Dover entered the event and was lucky enough to land a 21 lb mirror carp to take the shield.

Second in the event was local angler Mike Williams who landed two fish on his home made boilies. The biggest being 14lb 6oz.

There were two other fish caught the biggest of the rest being 12lb 7oz.

There was also a lovely mirror carp caught from the old cabin from a visiting angler who was not entered in the event. It weighed in at 26lb 2oz.He told me that, that fish had made his trip from the Isle of Man worthwhile. Hope he can better it as he has a second week now on the new cabin to look forward too.

The event which is run in aid of cancer research was strongly sponsored again this year. There were prizes from Nash tackle. Lammos Baits, B&Q DIY superstores. CC Moore baits and lots of small prizes from local sponsors. A total of £1,230 was raised over the weekend.

A big thank you goes out to Vince for closing the Specimen Lake for the event. To Brian for his tireless endeavours in the organisation and planning. And to Dianne who always seems to capture the best moments on camera.

I have received the pictures and will post them as soon as I get the chance but due to a heavy schedule at present the best I will be able to do is the early part of next week.

Other news from around the fishery.

There have been some nice fish caught from both pleasure lake and the pit over the past week. Another Tench out of the pit weighing over 4lb.

This midweek match on the old canal was won by Lou Spinks with 58lb. Second was Terry with 48lb 2oz. Terry has only just returned after a two year break. Well done Terry. Third was Geoff Walker with 41lb 11oz.

Keep up the good work fellas.