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Round 5 Group B

Four of the five members of group B drew for pegs at 6am amid a chilly morning and good Colombian music coming from Dan Ramir’s van. (It was the second consecutive week that Larry Kirchner could not attend) By 6:10am the cell phones were ringing and text messages were being received, “what peg did Dan draw?”

The current standings had Frank Rink (from group D) and Dan Ramir (group B) as the only two participants who could accumulate 25 points and secure a sure first place finish in this year’s Winter Carp League. An end peg has won every leg of this tournament so when Dan drew peg 5 (an end peg) it seemed that the inevitable was about to happen, but this was not to be.

Paul Sanders drew peg 1 and not only caught the most fish for the day (10) but also the largest at 21lbs 13oz.


Marcin scored four points for the day on peg three, landing five fish including an 18lb 8oz pig. Tomasz on peg four caught four fish, scored three points and also landed an 18lber. The expected haul fest on peg five never materialized, Dan caught three fish the largest 12lb 8oz; the action on peg five stopped at 10:50am.

So now the opportunity to clinch first place in this Winter Carp League goes to Frank Rink who currently has the largest fish of the tournament, a 34lb 12oz monster. I wish Frank well and hope he claims a deserved victory.

As for me, I guess I will always remember today as a missed opportunity, the perpetual missed putt, or missed free throw… on the bright side, I think I made a lot of people happy.

Dan Ramir (Slimy)