Larford Silver Fish Festival Monday 22nd – Thursday 25th November 2021

Specimen Lake, Burr & Chalet banks.

28 anglers turned out for the November Silver Fish Festival. Pegged on the Speci Lake with 2, 7 peg sections down the burr bank and 2, 7 peg sections on the Chalet bank.

The festival was scored by the way of points with weight deciding in the event of a points tie.

Day 1
Specimen Burr Bank Section A

1st Steve Seabourne Peg 4 53-11-0 Pole
2nd Jordan Holloway Peg 7 51-6-0 Pole
3rd Mark Turner Peg 2 36-8-0 Feeder / Pole
4th Ben Stamford Peg 3 35-6-0 Feeder / Pole
5th Cam Williams Peg 5 28-5-0 Feeder / Pole
6th Mark Arrowsmith Peg 8 20-6-0 Feeder / pole
7th Brian Clarke Peg 6 19-13-0 Feeder / Pole

 

Specimen Burr Bank Section B

1st Charlie Vallander Peg 14 32-13-0 Feeder / Pole
2nd Carl Brooks Peg 9 32-4-0 Feeder / Pole
3rd Andy Pollard Peg 12 31-14-0 Feeder / Pole
4th Sean Smart Peg 10 29-2-0 Feeder / Pole
5th Rich Drage Peg 13 25-12-0 Feeder / Pole
6th Andy Kinder Peg 11 24-2-0 Feeder
7th Morris Williams Peg 15 12-10-0 Feeder

 

Specimen Chalet Bank Section C

1st Dave McManus Peg 22 23-2-0 Pole
2nd Kevin Tipton Peg 18 21-4-0 Feeder
3rd Ian Morrison Peg 23 18-12-0 Pole
4th Ian Wheldon Peg 21 14-4-0 Feeder
5th Sean Wright Peg 20 13-2-0 Feeder
6th Phil Briscoe Peg 24 8-15-0 Feeder
7th Phil Speakman Peg 19 8-6-0 Feeder

 

Specimen Chalet Bank Section D

1st Dave Smart Peg 27 28-7-0 Feeder / Pole
2nd Warren Jennings Peg 29 27-14-0 Pole
3rd Dave Pickering Peg 30 23-10-0 Feeder / Pole
4th Matt Pillay Peg 28 20-3-0 Feeder
5th Simon Smith Peg 31 17-6-0 Feeder
6th Ben Roberts Peg 25 14-13-0 Feeder
7th Paul Cook Peg 26 12-9-0 Feeder

 

Day 2

Specimen Burr Bank Section A

1st Warren Jennings Peg 3 48-0-0 Pole
2nd Ben Roberts Peg 7 37-0-0 Feeder / Pole
3rd Paul Cook Peg 4 31-0-0 Pole
4th Matt Pillay Peg 8 27-0-0 Feeder
5th Dave Pickering Peg 5 25-10-0 Feeder / Pole
6th Dave Smart Peg 6 24-0-0 Feeder / Pole
7th Simon Smith Peg 2 21-6-0 Feeder / Pole

 

Specimen Burr Bank Section B

1st Jordan Holloway Peg 10 45-13-0 Pole
2nd Steve Seabourne Peg 9 35-6-0 Pole
3rd Ben Stamford Peg 13 28-6-0 Feeder / Pole
4th Mark Turner Peg 12 25-12-0 Feeder / Pole
5th Brian Clark Peg 14 25-8-0 Feeder / Pole
6th Mark Arrowsmith Peg 15 21-5-0 Feeder /Pole
7th Carl Williams Peg 11 DNW  

 

Specimen Chalet Bank Section C

1st Andy Pollard Peg 20 41-4-0 Feeder / Pole
2nd Charlie Vallender Peg 21 32-11-0 Feeder / Pole
3rd Richard Drage Peg 22 30-5-0 Feeder / Pole
4th Andy Kinder Peg 18 26-4-0 Feeder
5th Shaun Smart Peg 23 24-8-0 Feeder
6th Carl Brook Peg 19 22-9-0 Feeder
7th Maurice Williams Peg 24 15-15-0 Feeder

 

Specimen Chalet Bank Section D

1st Joint Phil Speakman Peg 25 35-5-0 Feeder
1st Joint Ian Morrison Peg 30 35-5-0 Pole
3rd Dave McManus Peg 27 35-2-0 Pole
4th Sean Wright Peg 26 32-13-0 Feeder
5th Ian Wheldon Peg 31 23-2-0 Feeder
6th Kevin Tipton Peg 28 18-3-0 Feeder
7th Phil Briscoe Peg 29 14-2-0 Feeder

 

Day 3

Specimen Burr Bank Section A

1st Ian Morrison Peg 7 31-10-0 Feeder / Pole
2nd Dave McManus Peg 2 27-14-0 Pole
3rd Kevin Tipton Peg 5 22-14-0 Feeder
4th Phil Speakman Peg 3 19-11-0 Feeder
5th Sean Wright Peg 4 13-15-0 Feeder
6th Ian Wheldon Peg 8 12-6-0 Feeder
7th Phil Briscoe Peg 6 7-11-0 Feeder

 

Specimen Burr Bank Section B

1st Matt Pillay Peg 12 38-0-0 Feeder
2nd Warren Jennings Peg 11 32-12-0 Pole
3rd Ben Roberts Peg 14 30-0-0 Feeder / Pole
4th Paul Cook Peg 13 25-12-0 Feeder / Pole
5th Dave Pickering Peg 15 16-10-0 Feeder
6th Dave Smart Peg 10 5-0-0 Feeder
7th Simon Smith Peg 9 DNW  

 

Specimen Lake Chalet Bank Section C

1st Jordan Holloway Peg 22 33-6-0 Pole
2nd Steve Seabourne Peg 20 31-3-0 Pole
3rd Ben Stamford Peg 24 28-6-0 Feeder / Pole
4th Mark Arrowsmith Peg 23 26-7-0 Feeder
5th Mark Turner Peg 21 20-14-0 Feeder
6th Brian Clark Peg 18 10-10-0 Feeder
7th Carl Williams Peg 19 8-5-0 Feeder

 

Specimen Lake Chalet Bank Section D

1st Carl Brooks Peg 31 56-4-0 Pole
2nd Andy Pollard Peg 27 36-12-0 Feeder / Pole
3rd Charlie Vallander Peg 26 36-10-0 Feeder
4th Richard Drage Peg 28 35-3-0 Feeder
5th Andy Kinder Peg 30 33-13-0 Feeder
6th Maurice Williams Peg 29 30-0-0 Feeder
7th Shaun Smart Peg 25 24-1-0 Feeder

 

Day 4, Final Day

Specimen Burr Section A

1st Andy Pollard Peg 8 29-4-0 Feeder
2nd Richard Drage Peg 6 27-2-0 Feeder
3rd Charlie Vallendar Peg 7 21-13-0 Feeder
4th Andy Kinder Peg 5 17-10-0 Feeder
5th Carl Brooks Peg 4 6-8-0 Feeder
6th Maurice Williams Peg 3 5-9-0 Feeder
7th Shaun Smart Peg 2 DNW  

 

Specimen Burr Bank Section B

1st Ian Morrison Peg 12 26-5-0 Feeder / Pole
2nd Phil Briscoe Peg 15 20-14-0 Feeder
3rd Ian Wheldon Peg 10 20-13-0 Feeder
4th Sean Wright Peg 14 12-9-0 Feeder
5th Kevin Tipton Peg 9 11-3-0 Feeder
6th Dave McManus Peg 13 10-10-0 Feeder
7th Phil Speakerman Peg 11 7-4-0 Feeder

 

Specimen Lake Chalet Bank Section C

1st Dave Pickering Peg 22 24-5-0 Feeder
2nd Ben Roberts Peg 19 18-7-0 Feeder
3rd Paul Cook Peg 23 17-11-0 Feeder / Pole
4th Warren Jennings Peg 20 16-8-0 Feeder / Pole
5th Matt Pillay Peg 18 11-7-0 Feeder
6th Simon Smith Peg 24 8-4-0 Feeder
7th Dave Smart Peg 21 DNW  

 

Specimen Lake Chalet Bank Section D

1st Jordan Holloway Peg 31 24-12-0 Pole
2nd Mark Turner Peg 26 19-7-0 Feeder
3rd Ben turner Peg 29 18-12-0 Feeder
4th Steve Seabourne Peg 28 15-14-0 Feeder
5th Brian Clark Peg 25 13-11-0 Feeder
6th Mark Arrowsmith Peg 27 11-4-0 Feeder
7th Carl Willams Peg 30 DNW  

 

Summary

A great Silver Fish Festival with good bream to 4lbs, skimmers and loads of roach caught.
Some anglers targeting the roach on the long pole and weighing in roach catches between 30-40lbs.
Lots of skimmers and bream caught on the pole and excellent tip fishing, producing skimmers and good bream.

The weather was not faverable. Hard frosts, cold wind and temperatures through the day were little more than 6C. So in all, fishing was excellent despite the very cold conditions.

Top 5 Overall:-

1st Jordan Holloway 5 points
2nd Ian Holloway 6 points
3rd Andy Pollard 7 points
4th Steve Seabourne 9 points (weight)
5th Warren Jennings 9 Points (weight)

Total weight of silvers caught over the 4 days –

2590 lbs, Average per day 24lbs per man.