lol Richie. I know you have other leagues etc.
I defy anyone to mix groundbait properly in the face of all that heckling
Trouble is the silvers fishing on the other lakes isn't as good and no one would want to be anywhere else but that lake. There would be no problem having more lakes in if they were available though, although that in itself is a problem cos he is really busy with club matches right through.
Personally I never have got this big match thing, I couldn't care less if there's 16 or 60, I just want to go fishing and catch some fish, (but I can't travel any distances now) ( it aint easy to win there either considering the standard of angler fishing )
Done the league thing last year and it is a pain in the backside running it people drift off once they get to the stage they cant win.
Everyone wants to fish that lake cos the fishing is so good, split lakes means you'd have to split the payout cos one lake would win everytime. The size and layout of the lake means 20 is really a max cos of corner pegs.
One other thing is you wont get many locals fishing cos the mentality round here is unbelievable, the old " you can't beat the superstars" and " I aint going if he's fishing, you can't beat him" ( actually heard 2 blokes say that )
Derby must be the worst area for that, you'd never for example get 40 odd midweek like they do on the Starlets vets matches cos of the attitude.