Carps AC president John Bennett long-poled sweetcorn towards the end of the island off Withy Pool 48, and a 43-12-0 catch of carp was enough to give him a narrow victory at Hunstrete.

Paul Atwood scraped into second place, 2oz ahead of Terry Bruton. Atwood fished the same as the winner at peg 43 and included the heaviest fish of the match – a whopping 15-10-0 mirror carp in his 36-0-0 catch.

Meanwhile, Bruton fished a straight lead and 8mm hair-rigged pellet into the centre of the bowl off point peg 69 to tempt 35-14-0 of carp to almost 8-0-0.

Bill Ferris claimed the silverfish prize money with a 9-2-0 catch of skimmers and roach taken from peg 62.

Results, individuals: 1, John Bennett 43-12-0, peg 48; 2, Paul Atwood 36-0-0, peg 43; 3, Terry Bruton (Thatchers Tackle) 35-14-0, peg 69; 4, Colin Golding 30-8-0, peg 66; 5, Scott Lovell 27-6-0, peg 50; 6, Rich Coles 17-6-0, peg 49. Silverfish: Rich Coles 17-6-0, peg 49; 2, Bill Ferris 9-2-0, peg 62.

The cool autumn weather and falling water temperatures have helped to clear some of the algae at most of Bristol Water Fisheries.

At Chew Valley Lake, the trout have been finding food in the very shallowest water, making fishing very difficult for boat anglers. Bank fishermen have found the best places to be North Shore, the picnic areas, Woodford, Villice and Nunnery Point.

The top flies were Diawl Bachs, Pheasant Tail Nymphs and Crunchers.

The best fishing at Blagdon, as at Chew, has been close to the banks. Depending on wind direction, many of the shallowest areas have proved worthwhile.

Pegs, Ash Trees and Rugmoor Bay have proved the most productive with most fish falling to dries and emergers.

The best fish of the week was taken by Blagdon ranger Phil Kennell, who used an Orange Hopper to tempt a 7-12-0 rainbow trout from the Bell's Bush area.

All three Barrow Tanks are fishing well. Small flies fished on floating lines are taking the lion's share.

Catch results: Chew Valley Lake, 227 fish were taken by 133 rods at an average of 1.7 per rod. Blagdon, 173 fish were caught by 90 rods at an average 1.9 per rod. Barrows, 165 fish taken by 63 rods at an average of 2.6 per rod.

A waggler and worm combination, fished at nine metres centre off peg 13, came up with a winning three-carp catch, totalling 12-0-0, for Paul Davies in the Alcove AC match, fished at The Clamp, near Iron Acton.

Second-placed Bob 'The Bread' Price poled a variety of baits at three metres centre off peg six for two carp weighing 7-12-0, while press officer Ian Sheppard poled soft pellet into his lakeside margins of peg five to tempt two smaller specimens, weighing 4-10-0.

Results, overall: 1, Paul Davies 12-0-0, peg 13; 2, Bob "The Bread" Price 7-12-0, peg 6; 3, Ian Sheppard 4-10-0, peg 5; 4, Brian Cleevely 2-0-0, peg 9.

Dean Malin was the only competitor to hit the 100lb mark in the Avon Angling Open, fished on Specimen and Match Lakes at Landsend Fisheries, near Wedmore.

He long-poled soft pellet shallow off Match 11 and weighed in a superb 19-carp catch, totalling 106-2-0.

Slime paste expert Tony Wittcomb came second with a 61-4-0 catch of carp and silvers taken from the island margins of Specimen 27. The top silverfish catch was Martin Pettifer's 26-12-0 of roach.

Results, overall: 1, Dean Malin (Dynamite Baits) 106-2-0, Match 11; 2, Tony Wittcomb (Avon Angling) 61-4-0, Specimen 27; 3, Gary Wall (Team Landsend) 48-13-0, Match 19; 4, Tony Rixon (Avon Angling Mosella) 45-9-0, Match 21; 5, Martin Lenaghan (Avon Angling) 44-3-0, Match 5; 6, Alan Oram (Dynamite Baits) 39-7-0, peg Match 13. Silverfish: 1, Martin Pettifer 26-12-0, Specimen 29; 2, Nick Collier (GOT Baits) 23-4-0, Match 3.

Tom Bailey picked up both trophies in a St Anne's Board Mills AC's double cup match, fished on the Bristol Avon at St Anne's Park.

He fished a waggler with maggot at peg two and 5-0-0 of dace and bleak was enough to earn him the Widcombe Cup. His Pairs partner Norman Fogg added 1-3-0 and the duo clinched the Knockout Cup with a combined weight of 6-3-0.

Results, overall: 1, Tom Bailey 5-0-0, peg 2; 2, Bob Dark 3-4-0, peg 12; 3= Martin Powell (peg1) and Pete Powe (peg 6), both 3-0-0; 5, Don Gibb 2-3-0, peg 18; 6, Andy Wilson 2-0-0, peg 15.

Knockout Pairs: 1, Tom Bailey (5-0-0) & Norman Fogg (1-3-0) total 6-3-0; 2, Martin Powell (3-0-0) & Mike Bater (1-4-0) total 4-4-0.