Meet the 2022 FishOMania Anglers – Part 4

Ahead of the 2022 Cazoo FishOMania at Westwood Lakes, this Saturday, 23 July. We profile all 25 anglers and tell you a little about them. 

Name – John Alexander

1. Age – 30
2. Place you first went fishing – East Park
3. Favourite place to go fishing – Partridge Lakes
4. What would you do with the £50,000 if you won? – Split with Art Hilmi 
5. Favourite method  – Shallow Fishing
6. Bank Runner name – Matthew Redman
7. FishO Stat – Debut 

Name – John Jones

1. Age – 38
2. Place you first went fishing – on the river age 4 with dad catching bleak, perch, minnows using a branch from a tree with line and hook attached to end
3. Favourite place to go fishing – Barston lakes, Larford lakes, Moorlands Farm
4. What would you do with the £50,000 if you won? If I won would invest money into property for future retirement
5. Favourite method – I like fishing is pole down edge bagging and method feeder fishing
6. First FishO memory – watched Kieron Rich in one of the finals to then bump into him at white acres And now we fish together and best friends.
7. Bank runner name – Kieron Rich
8. FishO Stat – Debut

Name – Kristian Jones

1. Nickname – Don’t really have a nickname just Kris or K.
2. Age – 23
3. Place you first went fishing – I first went fishing just at a pond near to my house fishing for Crucian Carp and Tench. 
4. Favourite place to go fishing – Weston Pools Fishery in Oswestry. 
5. What would you do with the £50,000 if you won? Probably get myself a new fishing Van. 
6. Favourite method – Shallow fishing on the pole
7. First FishO Memory – My first FishO memory was watching the 2012 final at Cudmore when Warren Martin won. 
8. Bank runner name – Kieran Marsden
9. FishO Stat – 2019 last appearance and I was 9th with 24kg 

Name – Paul Wright

1. Nickname – Wrighty
2. Age – 36
3. Place you first went fishing – River Trent
4. Favourite place to go fishing – Anywhere in South Yorkshire
5. What would you do with the £50,000 if you won? – Purchase a new Van
6. Favourite method – Waggler
7. First FishO memory whether from competing or watching  – 2016 finalist 
8. Bank Runner name – Michael Owen
9. FishO Stat – 2016 16th place

Name – Perry Stone

1. Age – 58
2. Place you first went fishing – River Thames at Staines
3. Favourite place to go fishing – any carp commercial
4. What would you do with the £50,000 if you won? You’d have to speak to my wife
5. Favourite method – Pellet Waggler
6. First FishO Memory – competing for the first time
7. Bank runner name – Rob Hitchens previous FishO winner
8. FishO Stat – 8th in 2006