Warren Martin has been crowned the winner of this year’s Fish ‘O’ Mania following a nail biting competition held at Cudmore Fishery’s famous Arena Pool.
Pocketing a cool £30k for the win, the Norfolk-based 35-year-old weighed in a total of 30.67kg to beat his closest rival by nearly 9kg and trounce the rest of the 16man field of some of the best anglers in the country.
The Matrix-backed rod stormed his way to victory from peg 4 on the venue known as ‘The Doughnut’ catching carp to 11lb (the biggest fish of the match that also landed him another £1,000) along with barbel and skimmers.
Besides early leader Ben Emery, Warren looked to be a favourite for most of the match and ended a worthy winner of the 19th year of the prestigious competition.
A victorious Warren with his trophies and cheque.
The winner takes the traditional dunk in the Doughnut!
Results
1 Warren Martin, peg 4, 30.67kg
2 Simon Medd, peg 9, 21.89kg
3 Andy Geldart, peg 14, 20.25kg
4 Jamie Hughes, peg 7, 20.23kg
5 Chris Kendall, peg 5, 18.24kg
6 Pete Marlow, peg 11, 17.91kg
7 Ben Emery, peg 16, 17.79kg
8 Rob Wootton, peg 6, 15.54kg
