Fished the Penn Final today at Silloth with a 3am start

. Things looked ominous when I plucked out peg 13

Started off very promising with a good Flounder 39cm long first chuck

There was a smattering of fish early then it went dead over low water much to the suprise of the organisers as it,s been fishing very well of late. In the middle of the match either end of the venue started to produce fish with quite a few treble shots. Once it started to flood some of the central pegs started to produce too with some treble shots of Dabs. Most of these were caught further out approx 70yds or so with very few fish taken at close range. A clipped down wishbone rig was my most succesfull rig which took another 40cm Flounder and 3 double shots of Dabs with 2 of the fish being undersize. Managed another single Dab later to finish with 7 fish for about 2.5m in length well behind the winner who had travelled from Ireland with well over 20 fish. It,s amazing how peggy it can be with some anglers catching consistantly while others nearby struggled to get bites. Overall I think it was a good venue and fished quite evenly over the 4hrs in which it was fished, with purple patches and lean spells in all areas. Due to my knackerdness me and Andy Barmby decided not to hang around after the match and headed for home. Certainly learned a thing or two and would feel more confident if I fished it again. Wasn,t to be this time though

Thanks to maxie GJW and mww and chopper for their info and help which was much appreciated and also for other pms I have recieved

. I have a pic or two when I find my camera

and hope to post the results shortly