Snowbee Top Rod Competition April 27th - Wimbleball Boat

Round 3 of the Snowbee Top Rod competition was at Wimbleball reservoir, high on Exmoor near Brompton Regis.

Weather forecast was a generally sunny day at 17 degrees with a light South Westerly wind.

14 anglers made the trip, having stopped for breakfast at Brewers Fayre in Exeter on the way.

We were met at the lake by Mark who sorted out the boats and lifejackets for us and we were out on the water by 0930. All the boats were booked out, so was a busy morning.

Wimbleball is 375 acres in size and 7 boats soon went to all areas of the lake to fish.

Fish were caught in all areas of the lake, Ruggs, Bessoms, Cow Moor, The Dam and Upton Arm all produced fish.

Best tactics were Floating line and diawl bachs and Fabs or Intermediate and DI3/5 with pulled lures.

14 Anglers caught 40 fish for a bag weight of 126lbs 8oz

6 Anglers caught their 5 fish bag.

3 anglers failed to catch.

Average catch was 2.85

Average weight was 3.2lbs

Biggest fish of the day went to Alex Venn with a personal best and first double figure fish of 10lbs 8oz, Paul Wicks came a close second with 8lbs 12oz, Chris Bolt 6lbs, Darren Penfold 5lbs 1oz and a further 10 fish between 3-4lbs.

1ST PAUL WICKS OF ASHBURTON 5 FISH - 20LBS 14OZ

2ND ALEX VENN OF WILLAND 5 FISH - 18LBS 11OZ

3RD STEVE FLOYD OF MORETONHAMPSTEAD 5 FISH - 14LBS 11OZ

4TH JOHN HERN OF EXETER 5 FISH - 12LBS 13OZ

5TH PETER BROWN OF BRIXHAM 5 FISH - 12LBS 7OZ

6TH ROBERT GALE OF ASHBURTON 5 FISH - 12LBS 5OZ

Winners pictured from left to right, Alex Venn, Paul Wicks, Peter Brown of Brixham won the raffle draw prize and Steve Floyd.

Alex Venn below with his 10lbs 8oz Rainbow

Paul Wicks below with his 8lbs 12oz Rainbow.

Thanks to Mark, Trudi, and the team for a great day, outstanding fishing with some fantastic fish caught today.

Next event is Blagdon Boats on May 4th.