Lee
Woodward
Hollow, my name is Lee Woodward and this is the very first time I have ever put pen to paper, in order to compile any sort of information on my fishing exploits. You might recognize the surname as I am Ross Woodward's big brother and son of Mr. Marco Polo who is more commonly known to most carp anglers as "Big Ron".
You
may have read my brothers profile on here already,
he has put pen to paper or fingers to the key board, moor times than me
and has also had several other articles published in the young carper section of
( carp fisher ), on various subjects to do with fishing.
As
I obviously come from a family that is obsessed in the pursuit of fish, I
thought it was about time that I highlighted the fact,
that not only can my brother and my dad play and land big fish, but I can
also hold my own with them, in fact in the Woodward household,
I am actually in second place overall, when it comes to Personal best's
and if I have my way before to long I hope to be in first place, as you can see
from the comments, there is a bit of health rivalry in the Woodward family.
Before
I carry on and give you a few statistics about my capture's, can I first quote
from my brothers profile article ( Because of my dad, I suppose I have been
spoiled a bit when it comes to fishing. There can't be many young anglers who
have had the chance to catch carp to 20, 30 and 40 pounds and cats over the 100
lb barrier ). Well that statement is defiantly true for me as well, I to also
realize how lucky I have been to be the son of a fishing crazed farther,
especially when I look around at some of my friends, who are still chasing their
first 20 lb carp and have never even seen a catfish. Because of my privileged
position, I am now looking at trying to catch 50 lb+ carp and have already had
cats to 155.00 lbs ( 1 lb bigger than my dads best..He He ).
It
has been said, that the Woodward family has the luck of the Irish, when it comes
to fishing, but we are all brummy's ??, although it must be said, we are very
lucky when it comes to angling, for example I have now won on the raffle, at
seven Carp society regional meetings in succession and on more than one of these
occasion's, it has been as many as three different prizes, in fact Baz ( Barry
Griffiths ) our regional organizer, now asks me in advance what I would like to
win on the raffle, before he even stats to draw the tickets!!.
As
for my Dad he won a free tip to Spain, Catfishing and if that wasn't lucky
enough, he then managed to catch a 100+ albino catfish on that free trip, now
that is what you call a lucky angler.
Well
let's get on to the statistics which puts me in second place ( above my brother,
Ha! Ha! ), here they are :-
PB.Mirror : PB.Common : PB.Leather : PB.Fully scaled : PBLinear : PB.Catfish
Dad
: 53.08 lbs
43.12 lbs 48.00
lbs 25.00 lbs
46.00 lbs 154.00 lbs
Lee
: 48.00 lbs
41.00 lbs 34.00
lbs 24.00 lbs
23.00 lbs 155.00 lbs
Ross
: 43.08 lbs
33.00 lbs 31.00
lbs 22.00 lbs
17.00 lbs 120.00 lbs
As
you can see from the above, I am in second place at the moment, but I hope to
change this very soon, who knows on our next trip abroad,
Ross or me might catch a sixty pound carp or a 200.00lb catfish and that
would certainly put pressure on the old man, I keep telling him is to Old
and past it, now he has got to his age, but I think he will still be after his
40 + fully scaled carp, when he is drawing his pension, hopefully me or Ross
will be there netting it for him.
Well that's it for now I have included, pictures of two of my personal
bests for you to drool over and I hope you have enjoyed reading my first attempt
at an article, I hope it will lead to many more.
Keep catching them
Lee Woodward
( 19 years of age, good-looking son of Big Ron & Bigger fish catcher than
brother Ross )