The final of the Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship took place on Saturday 20th September at the picturesque Blythe Waters Fishery near Solihull.
During the week the venue had experienced an Indian summer with catches of over 100 lbs from all of the pools. However, heavy overnight rain dropped the temperature of the water and the 36 competitors experienced a cold, overcast , windless day with the fish proving hard to tempt in the final.
A worthy winner on the day was 2013 Fish ‘O’ Mania Champion Jamie Hughes (Maver/Bag’em Baits) fishing Bridge pool peg 8. Jamie failed to catch any fish on pellet shallow or down the margins which are the favourite methods on this water. However, by persisting with pellet he fished a depth at 16 metres to be able to catch carp throughout the day to end up with a weight of 113.7 lbs to take the first prize of £2,220.
In second place and just one fish shy of winning was Sean Huggins (Dynamite Baits/Drennan Leicester) a previous winner of this event. Sean was drawn on peg 10 on Willow pool and was able to reach on one of the islands with a pole at 16 metres. Here he caught a few carp on maggot then endured a blank three hours before putting together a few fish in the last hour to weight 111.6 lbs for a second place worth £1,665.
Third place went to Steve Openshaw (Lingmere Fisheries) fishing Bridge pool peg 23 where he had a few carp on his favourite method feeder plus a few margin fish for 73.8 lbs and a prize fund of £1,110. The final big money prize went to Charles Simpson fishing Willow pool peg 19 with a weight of 71.11 lbs and winnings of £555.
Section Winners were
Section 1 Bridge Peg 4 - Ritchie Bedder Maruku Baits 57.8 lbs
Section 2 Bridge peg 20 - Paul Knapman 36.1 lbs
Section 3 Bridge Peg 28 - Steve Ringer Ringer Baits 59.2 lbs
Section 4 Willow Peg 3 - Chris Hill 22.3 lbs
Section 5 Willow Peg 15 - Aiden Mansfield 37.2 lbs
Section 6 Willow Peg 26 - Ian Cox 24.9 lbs
The Angling Trust would like to offer their thanks and appreciation to all the staff at Blythe Waters for their help with the running of the event.
Photo from left to right; Jamie Hughes, Sean Huggins, Steve Openshaw and Charles Simpson
Source: Angling Trust Fishing News
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