Matty Dawes is the 2023 Cazoo Fish O'Mania champion, following a thrilling televised final on Sky Sports this afternoon.
The 29-year-old from Chester led from start to finish to take the £50,000 prize at a rain soaked Westwood Lakes, weighing in 52-875kg of carp and F1s from peg 14 on the Falcon Lake to just sneak home by 4kgs from runner-up Andy Power.
A strong favourite pre match, the Preston Innovations man took the lead after the opening weigh in and kept his nerve, despite a nervy final 30 minutes.
Long pole and caster took the bulk of his net, topped off with a run of margin fish on maggots over groundbait, Power on unfancied peg 24 also catching on caster down the middle and in his margins.
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