Daves Dozen, Bristol Docks 25/7/11
The Harbour Festival is this weekend and the docks is full of boats, so this weeks match got moved to bristol bridge area. The police launch dominated with the bream feeding well as the conditions were perfect.
Top rod was Merv Sivell, second week on the trot, with 9 bream and 3 skimmers for 31lb 1oz, thats the best weight for a long time. Second was Alan Healey for 17lb 10oz of bream and skimmers. These 2 anglers were pegged next to each other and fished maggot over groundbait at 7m into 16ft of water.
Third was Pete Sivell with 7lb 15oz roach from peg 8, followed by Dave Clutterbuck with 7lb 14oz roach from peg 4. Dave Shore was next with 5lb 9oz of roach and eels, Andy Curry had 5lb 1oz of roach from peg 7.
If your thinking of fishing the Docks this week-end, be warned as 250,000 people are expected to attend the Harbour Regatta, if you need more info ring Dave at the shop on 0117 950 8723