Garbolino Spring Classic Festival 2018

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Festival Bookings call 01726 862100
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Welcome to the Garbolino Spring Classic and this year we have a full house, 72 anglers fishing the four day festival that is split across Jennys pegs 1 to 24, Trewaters, Acorn & Canal split and Twin oaks pegs 19 to 36. Garbolino have once again pledged their support by sponsoring the event to provide prizes for the winners as well as their cash pay out.

The festival is fished on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

It has been a changeable weather leading up to the festival with all the lakes suffering from spawning fish last week.

Day One

Day one lake winner was Andrew Salcombe from peg 49, Andrew weighed in with 103lb 08oz catching on the method feeder with 6mm pellet. Second on the day was Robin Guppy with 96lb 01oz from peg 51, Robin also fished the method feeder with 6mm pellets and third on the day was David Stratford-Way from peg 35 with 93lb 08oz catching on the method and 13 meters shallow.

First on Trewaters top lake was Martin Williams with 80lb 14oz from peg 27, Martin caught on the pellet feeder second on the lake was Jack Heath with 60lb from peg 34 and third was Jason Wellington with 56lb.

First on the lake was James McMullen from peg 13 Acorn with 83lb 10oz fishing the pole with corn over pellets in the margins, second was Tony Holdsworth with 69lb 09oz from peg 7 Acorn catching on the pellet feeder with and third was Des Brooks from peg 17 with 59lb 09oz.

First on the lake was Albert Williams with 39lb from peg 19 catching on the pellet feeder, second on the lake was Dale Hancock with 37lb 12oz from peg 4 catching on the long pole with 4mm pellets and third was Russell Peck with 34lb 12oz.

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Day Two

Welcome to day two of the Garbolino Spring Classic and this year we have a full house, 72 anglers fishing the four day festival that is split across Jennys pegs 1 to 24, Trewaters, Acorn & Canal split and Twin oaks pegs 19 to 36. Garbolino have once again pledged their support by sponsoring the event to provide prizes for the winners as well as their cash pay out.

The festival is fished on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

It has been a changeable weather leading up to the festival with all the lakes suffering from spawning fish last week.

Day two lake winner was Dale Hancock from peg 35, Dale weighed in with 136lb 14oz catching on the feeder to the island and the pole down the margins. Second on the day was Steve Taylor with 112lb 10oz from peg 43, and third on the day was Bradley Hancock from peg 41 with 112lb 04oz catching on the feeder with 4mm pellets.

First on Trewaters top lake was David Stratford-Way with 78lb 09oz from peg 22, David caught on the long pole shallow with caster, second on the lake was David Brown with 66lb 01oz from peg 36 catching down the edge with pellet and third was Dave Scott with 64lb 08oz.

First on the lake was Dave Phillips from peg 19 Acorn with 69lb 14oz fishing the pellet feeder down the edge and across, second was Martin Williams with 57lb 08oz from peg 5 Acorn and third was Jonathan Smith from peg 17 with 57lb 04oz.

First on the lake was Phil Reynolds with 39lb 8oz from peg 19 catching on the short pole with pellet, second on the lake was Graham Stokes with 39lb 02oz from peg 18 and third was Craig O’Connor with 38lb.

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Day Three

Welcome to day three of the Garbolino Spring Classic festival the weather has so far been warm and muggy which unfortunately is not helping the fishing but still some great weights being had.

Day three lake winner was Barry Garrish from peg 43, Barry weighed in with 123lb 10oz catching on the short pole with 6mm pellet. Second on the day was Ivan Lord with 92lb 2oz from peg 23 catching on the pellet feeder, and third on the day was Craig O’Connor from peg 19 with 90lb 14oz catching on the feeder and long pole.

First on the lake was Andrew Settle with 60lb 06oz from peg 28, Andrew caught on the long pole shallow with caster, second on the lake was Bradley Hancock with 60lb 04oz from peg 32 catching on the tip with 6mm pellet and third was Dale Hancock with 53lb 14oz.

First on the lake was Francis O’Reilly from peg 19 Acorn with 127lb 09oz fishing the pellet feeder down the edge, second was Andrew Benwell with 113lb 08oz from peg 3 Acorn and third was Robin Guppy from peg 17 Acorn with 96lb 04oz.

First on the lake was Jonathan Smith with 43lb 11oz from peg 7 catching on the long pole and method feeder, second on the lake was Craig Partridge with 39lb 14oz from peg 14 using the method feeder with 6mm pellet and third was Steven Bee with 32lb 03oz.

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Final Results

Well that’s another Garbolino festival finished, and considering the fish still being in spawning mode it fished well, the small sections worked well making the final results very close, a massive thank you to Garbolino for the great prizes and continued support, please read on to see how the festival finished

Lake Winner was Jack Heath from peg 41, Jack weighed in with 99lb. Second on the day was Paul Dann with 94lb 10oz from peg 27, Paul fished the margins with 6mm pellets and third on the day was Jonathan Smith from peg 51 with 90lb 12oz catching on the method and margins.

First on the day was Graham Stokes with 94lb 12oz from peg 24, Graham caught on the caster shallow second on the lake was Jimmy Routledge with 60lb 12oz from peg 30 also catching on the caster shallow and third was Tony Holdsworth with 51lb catching on the caster shallow.

First on the lake was Bradley Hancock from peg 15 Acorn with 98lb fishing the pellet feeder with 6mm pellets, second was Ashley Davis with 87lb 09oz from peg 5 Acorn catching on the caster shallow with and third was Russell Peck from peg 9 Acorn with 85lb 04oz.

First on the lake was Robin Guppy with 55lb 12oz from peg 17 catching on the shallow pole with worms, second on the lake was Simon Hunter with 44lb 04oz from peg 14 and third was Gary Knight with 40lb from peg 6.

Tight Lines

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