Fish O’ Mania history made again!

PETE Black made Fish O’ Mania history over the weekend by becoming the youngest ever winner of the competition in its 25 year history. The 21-year old from King’s Norton weighed in with a final tally of 51.350kg and bagged £50,000 in prize money.

Second placed Andy Power finished on 39.225kg and picked up £10,000 for his efforts. Black Lead from the front after the second weigh-in and it wa a position he remained in for the rest of the contest.

Speaking after the match, Pete said: “It’s a dream to win Fish O’Mania. I’ve been putting in a lot of hard work in the last few weeks and it’s paid off. Mid-match I lost my way a bit – I went on the waggler and only really caught a few.

“I said to Adam (his bank runner), ‘if I’m going to win this I am going to carry on catching on the pole’ and I stayed on that for the rest of the match.

“You have to keep your head, it’s a fishing match at the end of the day. Everybody here is good enough to win so you have to just enjoy the day.”