Both lakes were in for today’s match at Portland, but not a lot was known about either of them. On reflection, both pools generally fished quite well for the 23 anglers who took part, particularly when considering the time of year.

Having drawn peg 3 on the Heron pool, Barry caught well on pole up to the island for the first part of the match, before catching more carp in the last hour fishing 17.5m using bread shallow. Nic wort was top rod on the Kingfisher lake, and second overall, catching throughout the day on maggot at peg 18. Steve Rutter took third spot, from peg 7 on Heron.