Second visit of the 2025-26 season to Decoy Lakes near Whittlesey for this club day event. The last time we fished Lou’s Lake was July 2020 and we were just emerging from the Covid pandemic. Twelve anglers booked in for the tight horseshoe shaped Lake which is always good for the close social atmosphere.
It would be the fourth and final round of the Fenland Cup with current holder Pete Wray hoping for a disaster for the 4 anglers above him to retain his title. Current Leader Jason Chatham needed to finish 5th place or higher with many other permutations for the anglers below needed to take the Cup.
Today, anglers would also be competing in the Dennis Clarke Cup, which was donated by Nobby Clarke who owned the tackle shop in Deeping St James. The current holder of this cup is Pete Wray.
Drawing the “flyer” doesn’t always mean it’s in the bag, but Pete Wray set off quickly in this match from peg number 6. Pete fished a hard 6mm pellet at 13m on the pole over 4mm pellets. Later in the match he switched to closer in on 2+2 and then just top kit on 6mm pellets to finish with 120lbs 13oz to retain his Dennis Clarke Cup title.
Second place on the day and Fenland Cup Winner was Jason Chatham. Jason could not get any fish to feed on the deck and switched to 6mm pellets shallow at 13m against the bank on peg number 1. Jason finished with 82lbs 4oz with the majority of the weight coming in the last 2 hours.
Third place went to Phil Price with 54lbs 1oz from peg number 10. With the fish not taking up in the water on his pellet waggler, Phil switched to rotating his margins with cat meat to the left and dead reds to the right.
Full Result
1st Pete Wray 120 lbs 13 oz – Peg No. 6
2nd Jason Chatham 82 lbs 4 oz – Peg No. 1
3rd Phil Price 54 lbs 1 oz – Peg No. 10
4th Lee Annis 46 lbs 6 oz – Peg No. 12
5th David Marzell 43 lbs 15 oz – Peg No. 13
6th Trevor Walker 39 lbs 6 oz – Peg No. 2
7th Paul Sugarman 36 lbs 13 oz – Peg No. 11
8th Neil Speechley 34 lbs 9 oz – Peg No. 9
9th Andy Wilson (chairman) 29 lbs 6 oz – Peg No. 3
10th Joe Price 29 lbs 2 oz – Peg No. 5
11th Paul Wild 26 lbs 9 oz – Peg No. 7
12th Ray Torrington 22 lbs 7 oz – Peg No. 4
Fenland Cup 2025-26 Result
