Christmas Match - Trinity Water 22.12.19

The long awaitied Christmas Match was held at Trinity Water on Ash and Woodlands and it was good to see a very good turn out of 28 Anglers.

After collecting Dick from his home and filling any available space in my van with his gear, we aimed to get there early only to find the gates closed and lots of other vehicles with the same intention of probably trying to get to some of the dryer spots in the car park. There had been heavy rain over the previous days and the car park was very muddy and areas of grass were flooded which had Detall in a right tizz.

After off loading of the gear and a nice cuppa along with several quality street supplied by yours truely it was time for the draw. There was no golden peg today just a super pools.

Due to fishing on 2 different lakes the draw was split into 3 sections with payouts to top 2 (1 silvers, 1 - Overall) in each section which In my opinion was a really fair way to do it.

Lord C and Queenie with the assitnace of Tom pegged out the swims and Queenie then got the draw under way, whilst I tried to remember everyones name to put on the sheets.

Some favoured pegs today was Ash - Peg 1, Peg 1, 6 and 12 on woodlands.

So I was last to draw and to be honest I had a little practice on Friday on Ash as I was sure that I was going to draw here and my previous 2 encounters on this lake caught me a few small fish so. To be fair on Friday I had a great days silvers fishing and was feeling possitive about the day ahead. By the time I drew there were 2 pegs left- 27 on Woodlands and peg 9 on Ash, and I got Woodlands. Therfore, Sausgae was lett with 9 as he was running a bit late. Fortunatley having picked up some pinkines the day before, I was informed that the Woodlands water levels had risen to approximate 9 feet in places so I made up 1 rig the day before and hoped that the report of the depth was an exageration and thought Id use my already made up 8 feet rigs.

On to the draw

Section A - Ash Lake

Peg

1 - Dave Harvey
2 - Shane Western
3 -  Brian Chivers
4 - Steve King
5 - Simon Garbutt
6 - Tony Newell
7 - Dave Allen
8 - Rich Coles
9 - Paul Bowyer

Section B - Woodlands

1 - Paul Lock
6 - Johnn Bradford
7 - Stan
9 - Simon Gardener
10 - Rich
27 - Nige
29 - George
30 - John Woolenscroft
31 - Steve Warren

Section C - Woodlands

11- Danny
12 - Eric Searle
13 - Graham
16 - Dave Tungsten
20 - Kev
21 - Martin Weston
22 - Dick
23 - Shaun Larkham
25 - Colin
26 - Tony Fry

With the draw being at 8.30 and fishing from 10.00am - 3.00pm it gave me plenty of time to set up and fortunaetly I was just across the footbridge rather than a long walk. Personally I think the side of the lake that I drew was more homely for silvers and the far bank was more carp dominated, so I thought Id fish for the silvers today. I put my 8 foot rig on at 13m only to see the float and tail disaperar, so on with the 9 foot rig and fingers crossed, luckily it sat perfect and this was going to be my groundbait line. I then used my 8 foot rig at 8 meters which I thought Id try a few micros and  Id set up another for the margin with just maggot hoping to pick up a couple of perch or odd small fish.

With 10 minutes to spare and a bit of drizzle I thought Id have a cuppa only to fnd that I left my milk at home and black tea is disgusting. I then thought Im going to get comfortable and put my hoodie on only to find that I left this at home aswell so not a great start. The rain came down and I put the brolley up as showers were forcast. The shower didnt last long and the wind was compfortable giving a slight ripple across the water but we did have a few showers throughout the day but nothing too prolomged.

At 10.00am the whistel went and I put 10 micros on 8m and a thumbnail of groundbailt witha couple of pinkines on and fished directly over the top. Straight away the float disaperaed and I had a small blade. Next put in the same and tis continued for the first hour soI had about 1.5 pounds. I thought i'd put a few more micros in at 8m and some dead redsin margin whilst still fishing the 13m line but this time a few caster with ground bait and started to get a few bigger fish. This was all about reading the bites today as they were very shy and I was dotted right down. If I struck as it disaperaed then Id miss the bite so gave it a second or 2 before striking and then I didnt miss many.  I couldnt really see what was going on around me but Mario, who was behind me on Ash hooked into a carp on the off as did Rich Coles. Across the lake on 7 Stan was playing a large carp for quites a consideralble time which he eventually landed. Simon on on 9 was scatching but also losing a few and that was really all I see.

I continued to catch all day but mainly small stuff and just before the all out I landed a blade of about 6 oz  and thought Id have about 6 lb at the end of the match. I couldnt get a bite on the micro line or the margin and had to concentrate on the 13m line, although the last 30 minutes went very quiet.

The all out was called and the talk was Dick did well with a reported 12lb and Goerge and Danny also in the frame with around 8lb. I thought I did ok but I wasnt going to match these and I said to Dick if he beat me again then he could push his trolly home.

Steve and Martin did the weighing and the last 2 to get weighed were myself and Tony Fry. After watching George off load his net for 7lb - 10oz it was my turn and Steve looked in and said youve got this which I was surprised at and weighed 10lb - 05 oz to win my section on silvers and was glad to see I had top silvers in the match as well.

A few DNW and 1 reported DNC - was quite a hard match - theres a new T Shirt on sale for some - please see below

Results

Section A

Overall - Rich Coles - 34lb - 07 oz
Silvers - Simon Garbutt - 9lb - 02 oz

Section B

Overall - Stan - 23lb - 08 oz (included a 17lb carp)
Silvers - Nige - 10lb - 05 oz

Section C

Overall - Danny - 10lb - 00 oz
Silvers - Dick - 9lb - 14 oz

A good effort by all. Downside - me and Stan were too tight to pay for the pools and missed out on cash but for me its the winning that matters not the cash and it was nice to allows others to pick up some pools money. Mine and Stans generosity allowed George and Paul Lock to pick up a few quid so well done gents.

This was a really enjoyable match for me as catching fish is why we all going fishing, theres great menebers wo contribute towards a greta club.

Thanks to Martin,Steve King, Danny for the weigh in, Steve Warren for sorting Super Pools and to Shane for sorting money and again to Steve King for organising the hampers which were very good.

Merry Christmas everyone, next up on the 29th December we are at Sedges on Tile (the one with the islands) - I think its an 8.30 draw.

Agm is at 37 Club - Friday 17th January 7.30pm start - All propsals should be sent to Chairman Kev or a committee member before the 1st January in writing

Resuls below

 

 

Avalon 15.12.2019

Todays trip was to Avalon Fisheries where a healthy 17 members attended, so another good turn out bearing in mind the weather not being brilliant leading upto the day.

Draw as follows

Golden peg 12

Peg

1 - Mario Tony
5 - Dave Allen
6 - Tungsten Dave
7 - Chairman Kev
9 - Dick
10 - Stroppy Steve
11 - Lord C
12 - Eric
13 - Queenie
14 - Sharp shopper Shane
16 - Mutant George
17 - Me
19 - John Bradford
20 - Grumpy John
21 - Dettal
23 - Danny

Really hard fishing for everyone except Mario Tony as per results below

Overall

1st - Tony Newell            - 39lb - 05 oz
2nd - John Woolenscroft - 32lb - 11oz
3rd - Eric                         - 21lb - 13oz

Silvers

1st - George Fletcher - 6lb - 08 oz
2nd - Danny               - 6lb - 01 oz
3rd - Steve Warren     - 3lb - 14 oz

 

Next Up

 CHRISTMAS MATCH

 

TRINITY WATERS - 22.12.2019

 

Draw 8.30am

 

Fishing 10.00 - 15.00

After the match - 37 Club  - Prizes and  buffet which starts at 5.00pm

Trinity - 08.12.2019

14 Anglers braved the windy and heavy showery conditions today on Woodlands. Looking at the results card below the fishing may have been extremely challenging.


Draw


Golden Peg 29


6 - Steve Warren
8 - Danny
10 - Steve King
11 - Rich Coles
13 - Dave Allen
15 - Tony Newell
17 - Tony fry
22 - Eric
23 - Paul Bowyer
24 - Brian Chivers
25 - George Fletcher
27 - Dave Tungstil
29 - Martin Weston
31 - John Woolenscroft


It would appear that Steve Warren had all the fish in his peg today with a lovely sheltered corner spot, whilst the others would have to really work hard to catch any remaining fish.


Looks like George is going without food again this week as Danny outclassed the Bolton wanderer and yet another £1 into his pension fund and Steve King with10lb of accidentals being in the silvers frame. It would appear that Martin on peg 29 which is a good silvers peg forgot to put any bait on his hook with a DNW.


Well done to those who braved it out. Next up is Avalon on what again is predicted to be a bit of A windy day, but the forecast may change.


Results


Overall -


1st - Steve Warren - 78lb - 13oz
2nd - Dave Allen - 25lb - 10oz


Silvers


1st - Rich Coles 15lb - 02oz
2nd - Steve King - 10lb-07oz

Summerhayes - 01.12.2019

Todays trip was to Summmerhayes fishery where 14 anglers braved the cold conditions. Following from a sharp overnight frost this was followed by a cold north-easterly breeze which was blowing right down the lake.


I arrived to see just sharp shopper Shane the only person there who was quickly putting on many layers of clothing. Pete arrived and opened the building where we could get out of the elements and get a nice warm cuppa by which time a few more keen anglers had arrived.


After a chat about the Xmas Fayre and prizes, the normal football banter with George and his beloved Bolton, how much a better angler Danny was compared to George and Lord C on pegging duties it was all in for the grand draw. Peg 17 was drawn as the golden peg.


Draw as follows


Peg


1- Queenie
4 - Eric
7 - John Bradford
11  -Tungsten Dave
12 - Mutant George
15 - Bob
17 - Tax Man Brian
20 - Mario Tony
25 - Danny
29 - Nige
31 - Lord C
33 - Dave Allen
34 - Sausage
36 - Shane




So lots of space today between anglers and with the silvers normally well in the pegs 31-34 I thought a few could be caught. These can also be good for carp and looking at the draws the carp anglers were mainly on Silver Pegs and vice versa.


I looked at dobbing bread but at 16m with the wind proposed to increase I thought that Id keep things short and go for silvers by fishing micro over a thimble of ground bait with lines at 7 and 9 meters and set up some light 0.2 gramme floats. The all in was called and I went straight over the 7m line. My neighbour for the day Lord C went out 14.5m with bread and hooked a carp straight away, the lost it shipping in. I was still waiting over my short line for something to happen when Lord C hooked anther carp and lost that one before finally netting a small carp and a roach. My float still just sat there, I moved onto my right hand side 7m line and that sat there as did the right and left 9m lines. I rotated and changed baits but absolutely nothing. Danny who was up to my right some 4 swims away, managed to catch a very small roach, then I saw him after a couple of hours remove his nets and start fishing around with his landing net before returning to fish his pole line  and this continued on and off for another hour or so, I could only imagine that he dropped some fishing tackle although there was a shout that he dropped a penny. It wasn't until Lord C went for 1 of his 5 a day (wee break that is ) that I found out he actually lost his teeth.


After 4 hours of trying and rotating my lines without a nibble I decided that Id go long at 16m and dob some bread, I had an immediate bite but lost it when shipping back but the next time I went over I landed a carp to about 5lb. The wind was getting up a bit and was difficult at this length to present anything s I went over my short lines and still nothing. I decided to see out the remainder of the match and set up a tip rod with a bit of meat and landed another carp straight away. That was it for the remainder of the match for me. Lord C landed a skimmer that I thought was a bream with the amount of elastic coming out but his bites were few and far between.


I wasn't sad to hear the all out cried after a disappointing match and from the results sheet I'm sure others were also happy,


Results


Overall


1st - Dave Allen - 35lb
2nd - Brian Chivers - 22lb - 11 oz
3rd - George Fletcher - 20lb - 02 oz


Silvers


1st - Martin Weston - 6lb - 03 oz
2nd - Tony Newell - 2lb - 03 oz
3rd - Paul Bowyer - 1lb -02 oz




Next week the match is at Trinity Waters - Draw 8.30 - Please let Shane or Steve warren know if you want to fish. I am not there next week so If someone could take a photo of the results and send to me Il update the blog.


On the 22nd December the Xmas match is to be held at Trinity - entries now closed with 29 member booked in. There is an optional super pools to be held on the day £10, this will be paid on 1st and 2nd only for Overall weight and Silvers


Breaking News


On a practice session today at Summerhayes - prior to writing this blog I landed a very strange fish on Longs, I think it found Dannys teeth

Full Match results

Sedges - 24.11.2019

Todays outing was at the Sedges fishery on Brick Lake.  A slightly disappointing turn out of 14 anglers were there by 8.30am apart from George who was still smarting over Bolton FC 7-1 drubbing. We went ahead with the draw and drew fro George who eventually managed to turn up. We were fishing 9.30am to 15.30pm and like last week It was slightly overcast but hardly an ounce of breeze and wasn't too cold.

Golden peg was drawn and today it was peg 3

Draw as follows

2 - Brian Chivers
3 - Mario Tony
5 - Dave Allen
6 - Queenie
8 - Tungsten Dave
9 - Danny
10 - John Woolenscroft
11 - Shane
12 - Simon Gardener
13 - Mutant George
15 - Sausage
16 - Nige
18 - Lord C
19 - Tony Fry

I had Lord C for company on my left today and again for the 3rd week I had Sausage on my other. Apparently not a great area for fish but we have to give it a go. I fumbled around my box to find the deepest rig I had as the levels were about 8 feet according to Lord C, which to my amazement he wasn't exaggerating. I set up 1 rod on the tip to cast to near the rope and 1 line at 8m with ground bait and dead reds and one at 13m micro and managed to get some maggots from Sausage as I didn't have time to get any. For the second week on the trot with George next but one to me I could also see that he had set up the tip. I thought to my self that this could be another fun day listening to the woes of George and his master class tip session.

 Sausage as company on my right had set up the waggler and lead just keeping it simple and after last week with his issues with his reel he promised that he'd bathed it in WD40, however there was still a distinct lack of grease in the reel as every time he wound it in it still squealed like a pig in a slaughter house.

It was all very similar to last week, the all in whistle was sounded and I cupped In on my 2 lines before I sent the tip to the far rope. To my right George flung the tip to the far bank and was apparently using a a similar cage feeder to last week and was trying to knock the fish out. Tony Fry was straight into a carp on the corner of about 7lb and the rest on the tip didn't seem to have much.

 Nothing on the tip so I went over the ground bait line and had a couple of small blades and kept rotating lines but nothing to sing home about. All I could manage was about 30 small fish which wouldn't have been out of place in a small gold fish bowl. Paul was catching some nice skimmers as was Tony Newell. Lord C was also having a night mare but did catch a skimmer that had no tale and was covered in more blisters than Steve King's undercarriage and also manage a couple of small fish that he hooked in the stomach.


Now what I am about to write is not lies - I could see Shane on peg 11 actually bagging and every time I looked up and he was into another his tongue was nearly in his lap. Simon next to him was also was catching, so again the predominantly end pegs on that end of the lake were preforming

The last 30 mins I did hook a carp just on straight lead and 3 maggots but as I got it close I could see that it was wrapped around some red hydro and a Drenhan 1g float, me being the kind hearted person I am, released the fish from my hook but managed to keep the hydro and float to add to my collection.

By the end a few were packing up as fishing was great for some of us and were glad when the all out hooter was sounded.


 Results

 Overall

 1st - Shane Western -60lb - 06 oz
2nd - Dave Tungstile - 50lb - 04 oz

Silvers

1st - Tony Newell - 13b - 09 oz
2nd - Dave Allen - 11lb - 04 oz


Well done to everyone who attended today and those who stayed and helped weigh in.


Next week we are at Somerhayes on Longs. Please note we are trying to get a match as long as possible and the Draw will take place at 8.30am with fishing 9.30 to 3.30 where possible.


Also time is running out to enter the xmas draw, monies to Tony Fry before the 30th November - please note that if its not received by this date you wont be entered

Avalon Fisheries - 17.11.2019

Todays outing was at the popular Avalon Fishery.  A good turn out of 17 anglers all there by 8.30am so we drew at 8.45 and today we were fishing 9.45am to 15.30pm. It was slightly overcast but not an ounce of breeze and wasn't overly cold, and the lake had a nice sheen on the surface. Lord C had a wander to choose the pegs and all but 3 anglers would be on the same bank.


The previous day there was a silvers match held and the winning peg was nos 11 which produced in excess of 20lbs. So the silver fishermen were licking their lips in anticipation.


George tuned up and said he was doing something different as Dannys pension provider couldn't afford to keep paying out - George was going on the tip, ( apparently purchasing Shanes tip rod) - to be honest must be good as new as Shane wouldn't have caught anything on it.


Golden peg was drawn and today it was peg 14


Draw as follows

1 - Steve King
5 - Steve Warren
7 - Shane
9 - Lord C
10 - Mario Tony
11  -Charimand Kev
12 - Danny
13 - Eric
14 - Dave Allen
16 - Mutant George
17 - Nice Guy Rich
19 - Nige
20 - Sausage
22 - Dave Harvey
26 - John Bradford
28 - Rich Coles
30 - Dave Tungsten


Today I set up a tip as fishing an end of island peg and 1 line at 8m with ground bait and dead reds and one at 13m micro. I could hear the request to nice guy Rich for help from George as apparently his line was tangled around his rod and he couldn't see properly to untangle. I thought to my self that this could be a fun day listening to the woes of George and his master class tip session.

To my left I had Sausage as company and he set up the waggler and short pole line, however there was a distinct lack of grease in the reel as every time he wound it in it squealed like a pig in a slaughter house.

The all in whistle was sounded and I cupped In on my 2 lines before I sent the tip to the far bank. To my right George flung the tip to the far bank and was apparently using a cage feeder, by the amount of splashing it made at every chuck it sounded as if he was casting a lion cage but after a chat with nice guy Rich he lengthened his cast to get closer to the island and used a smaller feeder;  however I don't think he had any success.

After 30 mins I had my first fish, then another for approximately 10lb in the first hour. It went quiet so I went over the ground bait line and had a couple of roach. Onto a 4mm pellet over the pellet line and a tiny bite that I struck at and the elastic came out but only just a few feet and I thought I was into a bream, after 10mins I landed a decent carp to about 10lb, then nothing again for the remaining hour. I ended up switching between pole lines and tip and managed to catch fairly regularly all day.

Sausage on my left, fishing for silvers, reported that he had hooked 10 carp and landed 3 but had thrown them back; however he was still catching  silvers.

Nice guy Rich to my right was also on the tip casting to and end of island and was catching but apparently they were only small fish and not the regularity that he wanted.

The all out was sounded but un known to me many anglers found it difficult and had already packed away.


Results


Overall


1st - Dave Allen - 92lb - 05 oz
2nd - Steve King - 66lb - 10 oz
3rd - Nigel Coram - 54lb - 09oz


Silvers


1st - Paul Bowyer - 5lb - 10 oz
2nd - Dave Tungsten - 5lb - 04 oz
3rd - George Fletcher - 3lb -15 oz


Well done to everyone who attended today and those who stayed and helped weigh in.


Next week we are at the Sedges - Brick Lake. Please note we are trying to get a match as long as possible and the Draw will take place at 8.30am with fishing 9.30 to 3.30 where possible. Also time is running out to enter the xmas draw, monies to Tony Fry before the 30th November.

TRINITY - 10.11.19

Todays venture was the popular Trinity Waters - Woodlands Lakes. With the weather not being great with a frost followed heavy rain on Saturday and a chilly North Westerly wind we all expected it to fish hard. The forecast for the day was windy to start with and slightly overcast and later it was brightening up with the wind dropping.

When I arrived I was pleasantly surprised by the number of vehicles there. Following on from last weeks disappointing numbers we had anglers returning from their holidays and work commitments and therefore we had 20 anglers that were keen to battle the cold.

After loading the trolley and taking it across the saturated grass I was keen to get my cuppa and squeeze into the hut out of the wind. After a chat with a few there was the want for favourable draws on the far side of the lake where the wind would be on their backs and the sun in their faces compared to that of the near side bank where the wind would be directly I their faces. I paid my fees to Shane and gave Eric some maggots who in return gave me some pinkies,that were to be honest, past their best before date.

Martin did the pegging honours, with Danny organising the draw - Golden Peg was drawn - nos 10, on the far side bank.

The draw was made as follows

Peg

6 - Rich Coles
8 - Queenie
9 - Chairman Kev
10 - Dettal
11 - Dave Harvey
12 - Stan
13 - Danny
15 - Lord C
17- Me
21 - Sausage
22 - Mutant George
23 - Stroppy Steve
24 - Eric
25 - Locky
26 - Tax Man Brian
27 - Shane
28 - Mario Tony
29 - Dave Allen
30 - Tunsgsten Dave
31 - Nice Guy Rich

I set up 2 silvers rigs as this was my main target today and just in case a carp rig on the edge. I was only fishing 9m today, 1 straight out and the second to my right with some micros on my second line and ground bait and dead reds straight out. I actually set up really quickly and by 9,30 I wondered to my van to pick up some bits and pieces and had a chat with a few, then I was told we were fishing 9.45am to 3.15pm. After beating George to 2nd place last week he gave me a few expletives and told me that he  to smash me today well i think that's what he said in his strange accent.

On the whistle a balled in a small ball of ground bait and put on 2 dead reds and fished straight on top. All going to plan as within the first 1/2 hour I had about 2lb in the net with a few small blades and a few bits and this was steady for 2 hours. Then the wind dropped and the sun came out and I couldn't get a nibble even by alternating between lines. I moved a meter further out and picked u a few more.

On my left Sausage was alternating between the waggler and a small feeder and this was very successful for him with only small fish but constantly catching. George was cursing and not catching and you would have thought he might have learnt a thing or 2 after having a practice on Thursday.

To my right I couldn't see Lord C but I could hear him catching a few and as I had a great view down the lake I could see what people were catching. Danny had caught a nice golden Tench early doors and Dettal had a couple of carp. But there really wasn't much being caught. I had a nice bream around 4lb towards the end of the day and thought I catch 1 or 2 more but that was my last fish. By this time I was getting a bit chilly and people were packing up, so I was happy when the all out was called.

Results

Overall

1st - Steve King -         27lb - 02 oz
2nd - Shaun Larkham   16lb - 14 oz
3rd - Tony Newell        11lb - 06 oz

Silvers

1st - Danny                 - 12lb - 14oz
2nd - Dave Tungsten  - 12lb - 07oz
3rd - Dave Harvey      - 10lb - 04oz

So a really hard day, which shows from the result sheet below, but well done to everyone that turned up and gave it a go even if it was disappointing fishing.

Thanks to Danny, Lord C and Queenie for weighing in again, Shane for taking the money it makes the day easier for everyone when we all chip in and help.

Please note - we are trying to get 6 hours of fishing in so we aim to start at 9.30 so will draw at 8.30 until further notice. Please can you pass the message on and remember to book your places early if you haven't already done so.

Also please note that deadline day is looming for the cut off entry day for the xmas fair. No entry after 1st December and fees must be paid up front

Next up is Avalon Fishery - 8.30 draw

03.11.2019 - Shiplate Farm

Todays meeting was at Shiplate, with a very disappointing turnout of only  11 members due to one reason or another. It was a very wet start on arrival and the clouds were very grey with a slight drizzle in the air.


The mood lightened after a few cups of teas and chats with other anglers from other clubs fishing on Westpool and the improvement of the weather turning from drizzle to sunshine and very little breeze.


After collecting the fees and the fishery choosing the pegs the draw was made for the golden peg which was peg 12 today. First to draw was Danny and he drew Peg 10, I managed to get my mitts in the bucket next to pull peg 13 which I was quietly happy with. On a few occasions I've seen Mutant George pick out some good bags of bream from here.


Dettal picked out peg 7 which he wasn't too impressed with then he drew for Queenie and pulled out peg 1 - another flyer for Queenie.


Draw


1 - Queenie
4 - Shane
5 - Pete the Pratt
7 - Dettal
8 - Bob Pascoe
10 - Danny
11 - Grumpy John
12 - Tungsten Dave
13 - Callum
14 - Mutant George
15 - Mario Tony


Mario Tony got another great draw on favoured peg 15 and if he won today would have been 3 in a row. George was as happy as George could be with his draw on 14, his favoured side of the lake and a bream heaven.  Danny was on 10 which has been producing well recent times and was tipped as a flyer by the locals.


I set up cage feeder to fish ground bait with banded dead reds for the bigger bream mid lake and a 10m line straight in front. The problem I find with this lake if you don't get the feed right then the large carp soon come in over is and I though Id set up a carp line to my right where I fed it corn and meat so If I could catch silvers I would have a line primed for the carp.


On the hooter I went straight out on the feeder and a few little knocks but after half an hour I had nothing. George to my left had already had 5 little skimmers so I though that and all out attack was on the card. I cadded in a full cad pot of casters and went over the top on double reds. Soon the flock dipped and I had a skimmer and every put in for the next 2 hours I had fish. I was positively feeding small balls of ground bait and flicking caster over the top and kept catching to the end of the match however the last hour did slow a bit. I did lose 4 bream of around a 1lb or so when I must have just nicked the lip and as I was going to net off they slipped.


I could see over in peg 1 that Queenie was catching a few and Detall had a big carp on the tip when he finally decided to fish close to the island rather than close in.


Shane with nothing next to him in swims 3a and 3 so was casting to his right over to the island. I'm sure on several cast he was closer to Mutant Georges swim than his own. He did pick off a few carp from this unruly method.


So after the glorious sunshine that I was fortunate to be sat in all day the all out was shouted and I knew that Id be close to George as I was getting some quality bream compared to his little ninjas and the weigh in began.


Results


Overall


1st - Steve King     - 88lb - 03 oz
2nd - Tony Newell - 84lb - 11oz


Silvers


1st - Danny            -  27LB - 13oz
2nd - Nigel Coram - 24lb - 11oz


Well done to all who attended the match and made the effort, full list of results below. Sunday 11th will see us return to Trinity. Please contact Shane or Steve warren to book you spot if you've not already informed them.

Viaduct Fishery - 27.10.19

The gathering todays was at Viaduct Fisheries on Cambell Lake. There was the silvers champions match on Cambell and Cary the previous day it was reported that there was lots of feed going in with Des Shipp admitting to putting in 7 litres of ground bait and with the coldest night since the summer fishing was always going to be difficult.


It was cold but we had the blessing of very little wind and sunshine which was a complete contrast to the last time we fished when it blew a hoolie all day and poured with rain.


19 anglers were booked in so another good turn out all eager to get into the hat and pull a fancied peg.


Golden peg was 130


Peg draw as follows


110 - Nigel
111 - John Bradford
112 - Tony Fry
114 - Mutant George
115 - Dettal
116 - Chairman Kev
118 - Danny
119 - Grumpy John
123 - Shane
124 - Tungsten Dave
125 - Lord C
126 - Queenie
127 - Eric
128 - Stroppy Steve
129 - Tony Newell
130 - Sausage
131 - Dick
132 - Tax man Brian


Pegs 110 - 119 were protected by trees and some anglers has some sun but others were in the shade and wearing a few layers to keep warm. On the far bank though, most were in the sunshine and stripped down to T-Shirts and this proved to be the favoured side for the fish being in the warmer sunnier waters with Tony Newell on the tip and casting close to the aerator he was on them from the off but for the main fishing was slow and bites difficult to come by.


Results as follows


Overall -


1st - Tony Newell - 125lb - 04oz
2nd - Steve Warren - 90lb - 15oz


Silvers


1st - Danny - 11lb - 01oz
2nd - Dave Tungsten - 9lb - 08 oz


Well done to Tony Newell and Danny on winning their disciplines. Silvers weight was really poor and I think that was a combination of the previous days match, the heavy rain and cold night.


Well done to everyone for attending - surely bigger silvers weight will now be had at Shiplate  next Sunday. If you haven't booked in please contact Shane or Steve Warren to book your place and keep up the good attendance.


Results as follows

Trininty Waters - Woodlands - 20.10.19

Todays match was at the popular Trinity Waters. 19 people were booked in to fish on a day that started brightly and calm and ended up overcast, windy and cold with a northerly wind.


Fishing was hard and bites were few and far between with many struggling throughout the day


Results as per below


Overall


1st - Tony Newell - 74lb - 09 oz
2nd - Eric              - 65lb - 02 oz
3rd - Steve King    - 47lb - 07 oz


Silvers


1st Martin      - 20lb - 02 oz
2nd - George  - 14lb - 07 oz
3rd - Brian     - 13lb - 00 oz


well done to everyone who attended and saw out the match in difficult conditions  Next week we return to Viaduct on Cambell. Please book in with Shane or Steve Warren


XMAS MATCH


The match will be held at Trinity on the 22nd December. Meeting at Trinity for the draw then back to the 37 club for buffet and mince pies. Don't forget to book your place, no entries after the 1st December.

The Sedges - Tile Lake 13.10.19

Recent results from the match held on the Sedges - Tile Lake


Overall


1st - John Woolenscroft  - 102lb - 14 oz
2nd - Steve Warren          - 93lb - 07 oz
3rd - Steve King              - 91lb - 02 oz


Silvers


1st - Paul Bowyer     - 20lb - 00 oz
2nd - Rich Coles       - 19lb - 12 oz
3rd  -Dave Tungstill - 17lb - 08 oz


Please note that entry to Xmas Fare will be ending shortly and monies need to be with Tony Fry ASAP - NO ENTRY ON THE DAY

Summerhayes - 06.10.19

RESULTS

Viaduct - Cambell - 29.09.19

Results from a very windy day on Cambell Lake - Viaduct Fishery


Overall


1st- Steve Warren - 151lb - 09 oz
2nd - Tony Newell  - 133lb - 10 oz
3rd - Paul Bowyer   - 113lb - 04 oz


Silvers


1st - George - 40lb - 05 ooz
2nd - Dave Tungstil - 37lb - 08 oz
3rd - Steve King - 30lb - 04 oz




Results below

22.09.2019 - Trinity Waters

Todays trip was to Trinity Waters on Woodlands Lake, a favourite jaunt for many of the clubs anglers, a fine fishery with a good head of silvers and carp. Following the bright warm sunshine of Saturday today was a damp start and the forecast was for showers until lunchtime, so where as when I fished on Saturday with factor 50 on my slightly bristled head, today I was in my water proofs and contemplating the bobble hat.

I got to Trinity early to find Stroppy Steve and Grumpy John already there which was quickly followed by Tony Fry and the return of the Guru Tart who turned up in a bright green van that glowed brighter than the Northern Lights- who after a lengthy lay of due to a bad back was starting to ease his way back into the action. Looking Tango tanned and to be fair a few pounds lighter it was good to see him back.

Also returning to the fold after a few weeks away was Eric, Tax man Brian and Locky who also looked Tango tanned.

17 Anglers were booked into today which is a bit disappointing as we had 20 last week and 4 retuning regulars but could still only fill 17 spaces but well done to those who attended.

After a busy week for myself with decorating, pond maintenance, house moving and a fishing competition on Saturday I was knackered and could have done with a rest but never wanting to let others down I attended and thought shall I just go on the tip or pole and decided I would see where I would draw. The general chat was around last weeks away day where people caught most of the day but still had a few groans about catching too many , some times you can not please everyone.

I paid my fees and got a cuppa, booked my bacon roll then we were called for the draw and the golden peg was drawn at nos 24

Draw as follows

Peg

6 - Mario Tony
7 - Rich Coles
8 - Grumpy John
9 - Locky
10 - Mutant George
11 - Lord C
12 - Queenie
13 - Graham
16 - Tony Fry
24 - Stroppy Steve
25 - Me
26 - Tax man Brian
27 - Tungsten Dave
28 - Danny
29 - Shane
30 - Eric
31 - Guru Tart

It was in my opinion a strange pegging decision with Tony Fry all by his self with a third of the pond to himself whilst everyone else was crammed in; however I'm not one for moaning and just on with the task in hand.

I got to my swim which I think is a good silver swim and thought Id have a bit of a easy lazy day with 2 x 10m lines and 2 top 2+1 lines. Ground bait with dead reds and a few casters was my thought and 1 line with a few micros. My first put in with 2mm expander on the hook the float sailed away and out went the elastic. Now I chose my silvers elastic and 0.14 main line with 0.12 hook length, size 18 hook on all rigs and wasn't surprised that the hook length went.

I could see Queenie on the other side of the lake have a good carp on his first put and thought we could be on for a good day. However, looking around the lake there wasn't really too much action going.

My neighbour Stroppy Steve was also struggling for a while fishing on meat. I managed a few silvers on the 10m micro line but nothing on the others. Steve then switched to paste but only continued to upset his target fish by hooking a few up the backside. Then he switched to meet again short and started to catch a few decent fish.

On the other side of the bank I could see Graham have a few carp and George was playing one for a good 20mins but trying to force it and ending up losing the fish. Now when the draw was made and I saw that Queenie and Lord C were next to each other I just knew it was going to be non stop talking crap all day and I was right. Now I know women can talk, but these 2 take it to another level. However; the two of them were catching and Martin has been on fine form of late with either winning Silvers or Carp over the last 4 weeks and he was on it again catching silver after silver and winding up George along the way.

Up in the corner on peg 16 and looking like a lonely pleasure angler Tony Fry was bagging and every time I looked up he was into another.

As the afternoon went on I was struggling but managed a double carp whilst Stroppy Steve was now bagging and finally started hooking them in the mouth and he had a good final couple of hours.

After 6 hours of fishing, finally the all out hooter was sounded and what a relief for me as I had a really poor days fishing .

Results

Overall

1st - Steve Warren - 118lb - 14 oz
2nd - Tony Fry       - 87 lb - 12 oz
3rd - Steve King     - 83 lb - 12 oz

Silvers

1st - Martin Weston - 27 lb - 04 oz
2nd - Rich Coles      - 25 lb - 10 oz
3rd - Dave Tungsten - 22 lb - 04 oz

A good day for Stroppy Steve who one the overall and the golden peg so I'm sure he will be talking to his mate Grumpy John how much he won and the correct baits to use and not those pesky hard pellets.

A well done yet again to Martin for topping either the silvers or overall for the 5th week in a row, a man on form.

I was reported to me that the Guru Tart was back to his normal antics of losing his beloved Guru floats and was seen picking nuts from the near by tree in his peg so nothing has changed its as if he'd not been away.

Thanks again to those who attended and hopefully get a few more next week when we are fishing at Viaduct on Cambell Lake. Please book in with Shane 07824812895 to confirm attendance.

The XMAS match is on the 22nd December being fished on Woodlands and Ash. The cost is £10 and this needs to be paid before the 1st December please. If the fee has not been paid in full by this date then you will not be entered to fish the match. Tony Fry is taking booking - contact 07506472745

Todber 15.09.19

Todays trip was the annual clubs away day at Todber Manor. Now to be honest I did  a bit of research and visited the site on the previous Wednesday where there was a match being held. I walked around the lake and gained some good advice from some of the "resident" anglers who informed me that you want to be on or near the "spit" for good weights of 180lb plus but if you drew pegs on the 30 that you'll still catch but the fish were smaller; so again this was going to be about the draw. I discussed various methods and came away with some what I hoped would be useful information.

Detall had said that he would drive on the day but after seeing him on Saturday he told me he was going for a few shandies on Saturday night so I knew this would be a bit messy. I took his van and loaded up on the Saturday afternoon and dropped him home. Later on in the evening I saw a few Facebook pages of him out and knew he would be hanging and true to form when I picked him he was a mess and still intoxicated. So we made our way to Todber and stopped for a Macdonald's Bacon Roll - (never again, how do people eat that crap) and after a few coffees he was starting to sober up

We all met at Todber in good time and had a wander around the shop to buy some last minute essentials. It was a nice relaxed atmosphere where the mickey taking side bets had begun. I had been informed that Lord C had won the overall category for the last 3 away days and Queenie had always become second, was that going to change today as Lord C is on a fine run of form since the middle of August. Was he going to draw the favoured pegs to make it four in a row? The draw was done nice and early to give us a bit of time to set up.

The draw was as follows

Peg

35 - Sausage
36 - me
38 - Danny
39 - Dick
41 - Tungsten Dave
42 - Mr Grumpy
44 - Mario Tony
45 - Sharp Shopper
47 - Chairman Kev
48 - Jon Bradford
49 - Queenie
50 - George
52 - Stroppy Steve
53 - Lord C
54 - Tony Fry
55 - Shane
56 - Rich Coles
58 - Collin
60 - Bob
61 - Dave Allen

So the draw wasn't favourable for me but for Lord C and Queenie they were in the good areas again. We made our ways to the pegs and I had sausage for company on my left and Danny to my right. To my surprise  I didn't see Danny set up his pole but only a feeder rod which I didn't even know he had a rod. So within 10 mins Danny was set up and raring to go although he did moan that this is not a good silver peg and he drew the same peg last year.

Me, I was happy to be fishing a new venue and set up the feeder to the island, a top2 + 3 + a margin rig. On my tray was some micros, dead reds and some paste so a simple approach. The all in was shouted and I cupped in micros at 2 + 3 before casting to the island. Before I managed to cast I could see that Bob already had one on his pole and I thought this could be an eventful day. I cast to the island and before I put the rod down the line went taught and I was into my first Todber fish. This continued for a spell of an hour to the island before going quiet. The fish weren't big - about 3lb and a few stocky F1'S

I went on my 2 + 3 and continued to pick up Tench, skimmers and F1'S and when it went quiet I would rotate between the feeder and 2 + 3 whilst still feeding the margin. Everyone around were catching with sausage catching some nice skimmers and every time I looked over to Dick his elastic was being tested.

So the day went on and in the last 2 hours I thought Id try paste and that had a great affect with many fish being caught.

The all out was shouted and I had a massively enjoyable day just catching all day compared to my previous weeks disasters where I hadn't caught in the first 4 hours.

Lord C and Queenie did the weigh in and I could tell big weights were caught by the amount of time it was taken to get around. When It came to me 3rd from last to be weighed my sclaes totalled 111 lb my first ever 100lb + haul and was slightly disappointed with the amount of fish that I had caught but pleased with the haul.

Results as follows

Overall

1st - Lord C - 202 lb - 09 oz
2nd - Queene - 187 lb - 03 oz
3rd - Stroppy Steve - 170 lb - 08 oz

Silvers

 

1st - Rich Coles - 48 lb - 08 oz
2nd - Danny - 27 lb - 12 oz
3rd - Bob - 20 lb - 10 oz

So congratulations to Lord C again and commiserations to Queenie, always the bridesmaid and never the bride as his mate continues to batter him.

Again Rich Coles showed his silvers class with another fine haul and well done Danny for framing on the tip

Thanks to all the members that attended and to Tony Fry for collecting the fees, Lord C, Queenie and Danny for doing the long weigh ins

Next week is back to the popular Chilton Trinity Woodlands Lake venue, contact Shane to book in.

HLS Angling - Shiplate - 08.09.19

Todays gathering was at Shiplate on both the canal lakes. A gathering 16 members were booked in today on what was forecast to be a pleasant day with some sunshine and not much wind. The nights now getting cooler and sunny days who knew how it was going to fish. I got to the venue early as normally all lakes are busy and parking can be a bit tight.

I went to get my cuppa and have a sit down with last weeks grumpy champion John and the reformed stroppy Steve to chat about things that men chat about but mainly banded pellets. We wouldn't have looked out of place with a nice Thatchers while basking in the sunshine but a cuppa was suffice.

Due to parking issues the draw took place slightly later today and the start was put back til 10.15.

The Golden peg was draw which was nos 3 on West Pool. The rumour had it that West Pool was fishing much better than Hawthorne so that was the lake to get.

Draw as follows

Hawthorn

Peg

1 - Dick
3 - Simon Garbutt
6 - John
7 - Stan
9 - John Woolenscroft
10 - Kev
12 - Tungsen Dave
13 - Queenie
15 - Mario Tony

West Pool

1 - Shane
3 - Mutant George
6 - Stroppy Steve
9 - Danny
10 - Me
11 - Lord C
13 - Rich Coles
15 - Tony Fry

So off to the pegs we walked with me puling nos10 on Westpool so I was knackered before I started setting up with the long walk. George was sitting in the golden peg and was chirping at Danny like a new born sparrow. I had the joys of Martin one side and Danny to the other so I knew id be watching elastic either side of me.

Now I'm not going into my tactics or what I was doing as for the second week I didn't catch until the last couple of hours when I was well out of it so although I caught a couple of carp and a few silvers I didn't weigh and packed up early along with Rich Coles. In my opinion this fished poor and hard except a few pegs where Tony Fry had a good day and Lord C did well again. The man is on fire.

I helped with the weigh in and Tony has a good head of carp, Martin had a nice bag of silvers along with Danny and George although the quality of silver was more like those you catch on a proper canal as the bream just didn't show.

Onto Hawthorne and again the weights were really poor except Simon who used his Somerset Angling fishing insider knowledge to his advantage to weigh a great 147lb

Its a shame that many packed up early due to how difficult conditions were when really at this time of year the weights should be good.

Results

Silvers

1st - Martin 24lb 03 oz
2nd - George - 15 lb - 01 oz
3rd - Danny - 14 lb - 11 oz

Overall

1st - Simon - 147 lb - 11oz
2nd - Tony Fry - 87 lb - 06 oz
3rd - John Woolenscroft - 64 lb - 15oz

Well done to everyone who stayed and weighed in

Next up is the away day at Todber- There are a few spaces available for members if you want to attend. Phone Tony Fry to confirm your place.

Please note that next week we will meet in the car park where all nets will have to be dipped (even your fish net stockings Steve). Please leave in plenty of time to get there nice and early.



John discussing the one that got away again on banded pellet - He even bought his own mug

 

Results

 

 

Viaduct 01.09.2019

On a really sunny bright sunny morning saw todays gathering of 16 Anglers fishing on the "Scary" Cary Lake which hold a huge amount of large Carp and a good helping of Silvers. As this was on my second visit to the fishery I had a wonder around the lake and unlike my first visit when I saw a mass of black shadows all very shallow roaming around the lake this time was much clearer, with just a few fish showing. There are a few nice pegs around the lake and with the sun shining these were favourable however the ones in the shade were not so appealing. Peg 90 - 97 looked like the favourable pegs along with the over hanging tree in peg 74 and peg 81 was also a nice peg if it was fished properly.


A wander back to the gathering of fine men and some nice new vehicles on show with Mario Tony showing off his nice Audi. Dettal appeared on the scene carry the long lost Guru Tart who after a lengthy lay off with his bad back. Looking slightly trimmer than normal I thought to myself was he actually eating all the ground bait and sweet corn when he was fishing and now he wasn't he'd lost a few pound, much like his fishing I hear you say.

Dettal came strutting over giving the all I am - now he's working in  Somerset Angling and getting all the fishing tips he said to me, Queenie and Lord C that he was going to smash us up today. I thought enough of that nonsense and strolled to pay my dues to Stroppy Steve and a quick chat with his buddy Corner peg John who was in a confident mood.

I went back to the van to get my gear and Danny and George were at it like husband and wife - quarrelling that is. I had to look twice as I didn't recognise Danny who was sporting a new hair cut who pointed out he'd only had it done as he had to attend a family do the day before. Georges was still hobbling around on his peg leg - someone tell him to take that stone out of his shoe but he was in a good mood this week. A bit of friendly banter between the 2 is always the norm on s Sunday morning and George in defiant mood that he was going to stuff  Danny today and recoup some of his recent partings.

Martin took the honours of drawing the pegs and doing the draw and Danny taking the names so a nice team effort once again to get things rolling.

The draw took place and Golden peg was 97

 Draw as follows

74 - Stroppy Steve
77 - Tax Man Brian
78 - John Bradford
80 - Tony Newel
81 - Dettal
85 - Sausage
86 - Tony Fry
88 - Chairman Kev - or is he?
90 - Danny
94 - Lord C
96 - Queenie
97 - John Woolenscroft
99 - Tungsten Dave
100 - Dave Allen
102 - Mutant George
105 - Me


When I look at the draw from the last match many people were very near to the ones they had drawn before just the next peg along in many cases with Sausage drawing the same peg. With matches on the other lakes, the room was a bit limited again but we all got on with our task in hand. I had Stroppy Steve opposite me right next to the tree so I could see a few rigs going astray here and the possibility of a really stroppy Steve at the end of the match. Brian was opposite to my right and Mario Tony had a nice peg and these were the only ones I could see.

I decided that I was going to target anything today after initially thinking silvers; however I just totally messed up. I set up a top 2+1 to my left with ground bait laced with caster, top 2 plus 2 to my right a small pot of micros and at 13m which I didn't feed. The all in was shouted, 20 minutes in and I hadn't had a touch on the 13m line so went over the ground bait and nothing. I kept an eye on the micro line for any feeding but nothing so I just left it. Back onto 13m line and fed a bit of micro in a toss pot with some slop and within 30 seconds the float dipped and I was into a nice carp, after it taking me around the lake and I thought I had it under control it took off only for the hook to pull. So nearly 2 hours in I had 1 bite and no fish. I kept trying line but nothing, I had feeding fish on the 13m line but couldn't buy a bite. So in desperation after seeing Mario Tony on the tip catching well for the first few hours I decided some corn and micros in the margin. Straight away the float dipped and some pink dual core streaming out of the kit only to produce a perch of about 1.5lb.  Onto my right line and I had 2 small blades so after 3 hours I had 3 fish.

The next 1.5 hours produced absolutely nothing and in desperate times I thought I'll mix up some paste. So after finally getting my rig sorted and paste to correct consistency it was 3pm and only an hour to go, I thought about packing up however the last hour proved eventful. My first put in and I was into a fish and with 2 people behind me watching and me feeling the pressure not to lose it I successfully landed a carp t0 20+ lb  - my biggest ever fish and with a further 3 carp in the next 20 mins. I was hoping that was going to continue but I lost another fish before landing another on the all out.

Steve mean while was swapping between paste and pellet and was catching most of the afternoon and I thought that he'd have easily 200 + lb and Mario Tony who's afternoon seemed to be less eventful than the morning I thought he would be close to that figure as well.

Speaking to both after the match they reported that the fish weren't as big as expected but both put in fine performances even if Stroppy Steve lost as many as he caught; however it must be said, not a moan in ear shot.

Peg 105 - its in the shade all day so whilst other were basking in the sunshine I was freezing my pellets off,  maybe that why the fish weren't there so I felt it was a disappointing day with only the last hour producing for me but what a last hour it was with a total of 67lb - 4 0z. although ITS PROBABLY THE WAY I FISHED IT.

Results


Overall

 1st - Steve Warren - peg 74 - 160 lb - 10 oz
2nd -Tony Newell - peg 80 - 118 lb - 05 oz

 Silvers

 1st - Martin - Peg 94 - 49 lb - 09 oz
2nd - Dave Allen -  peg 100 -  38lb - 07 oz


Well done to everyone on a hard day and a mention to Dettal who was smashed up by all of those that he was going  to smash, sometimes the info you have in your head is not the right info, fish the swim not the info.

Now I have to mention John Woolenscroft as when I was packing up John walked by with his trolley which is very unusual as he's normally the last to pack up. I merely asked how he got on of which 20 minutes later after tearing my ears off with his constant moaning about being an experienced angler fishing for a total of 80 hours and not catching 1 single fish on the banded pellet and that Queenie could catch when foul hooking using the same method was just not fishing. A message for you John - if you were that experienced, why on earth did it take 80 hours to realise that this wasn't working for you but you persisted like a Remainer trying to end Brexit - get over it and move on. Why so bitter was it parting with that £1 or that finally you didn't draw a corner peg? What's worse he drove off quicker than Stroppy Steve hooking his next fish and didn't say well done!!


Contact Shane by Thursday if you want to fish next Sunday  - We are at Shiplate on the canals.



                                    Danny with his total winnings from George this years

 

 

Danny sporting his new hair cut and getting another nugget from his mate

Chilton Trinity 18.08.19

Todays venue was the popular venue of Trinity Waters on Woodlands Lake. The weather was set fine with a forecast of  the odd shower but mainly sunny spells. 16 eager anglers were booked in today with their sights on framing and the normal candidates hoping to win their side bets.


Following the past few weeks of reporting stroppy people their was a really positive vibe around the place today and an air of niceness from those who are normally guilty. Steve Stroppy Warren was a changed man and yes even Mutant George was mild mannered, but how long would this last?


So into the hut to pay my fees and a nice cuppa and then George telling his old time stories when he was younger; how he remembers these is any ones guess. Dettal was in attendance today hoping to frame after his mid week practice on the water and we had a guest visit from Rich Coles son Steve.
The draw was made and golden peg was nos 30


Peg draws as follows


2 - Dave Allen
6 - Graham
7 - Tungsten Dave
9 - Queenie
10 - Me
12 - Steve Coles
13 - John Woolenscroft
16 - Sharp Shopper Shane
21 - Dettal
22 - Rich Coles
24 - Dick
25 - Mario Tony
27 - Danny
28 - Eric
30 - Stroppy Steve
31 - George


So looking at the draw, a few pegs looked favourable with Dave on peg 2 which can be a great swim, End peg John on 13 (now he might say he had Shane to his left but to be honest that is just like having an end peg - his 8th end peg in 9 draws - Dettal in 21, again with nothing to his right and a quarter of a lake to himself and Stroppy Steve on 30.


So we got to our trolleys and anyone would have thought it was a trolley dash with End Peg John virtually running to his swim, he pulled this one last time when he smashed it with nearly 200lb so he was happy. Stroppy John had a smile on his face as he had golden peg - unless this was wind, Dettal was happy to be on the near side rather than the snaggy bank so a few happy faces.


Ive had peg 10 before and it can produce a mixture of fish so I was happy with the draw as I knew I wouldn't frame but I would have a pleasurable days fishing and when you've Queenie next to you whether you catch fish or not  it will be entertaining.


The wind was meant to get up a bit around mid day so I went top 2 + 3 on one line top 2+2 to my left and a margin rig fed with corn. On the all in I potted in a small amount of micros on the +3 line and 6mm on the 2+2 with the aim of leaving for a few hours to go on paste.  Fishing expander on the 2+3 line I ad a small carp first put in followed by a decent skimmer. I had a few fish on this line and intermittently fed the +2 line with a few micros and 6mm. After a couple of hours I fed the margins with corn and micros and just keep an eye out for any signs whilst I changed to my paste line. The wind was starting to increase so by going shorter made fishing more comfortable.


Queenie next to me was catching a few carp and skimmers but he also lost a few foul hookers. Further down the line I could hear splashing fish from End Peg John but not too much seemed to be happening on the other side of the bank only with Mario Tong landing a few. On to my margin with double corn and within seconds the float buried and I struck with elastic shooting out into the middle of the lake which I thought this is a decent fish only for the hookl  ngth to give way. I re-fed the margin but to no avail. Over on the paste and straight into a nice bream. It then went quiet for a while and couldn't get a bit anywhere.


Queenie was struggling next to me as was the others down on pegs 6 + 7 but the other bank was now producing well with Stroppy Steve bagging, Mario Tony was having a fish a chuck and owned up to landing a carp to about 20lb by shouting out that he needed a bigger landing net. Dettal also had a good flourish in the last 2 hours.


Danny and Rich Coles were like machines - constantly catching and repeating the process and I was sure they had a few pound, where as Mutant George was fishing for canal sized roach as he couldn't get anything going.


After stopping feeding on all lines I went onto the paste line and I managed to then pick up a run of carp and bream with my final fish being landed on the all out.


Results Overall


1st - John Woolenscroft - 115 lb - 04 oz
2nd - Tony Newell         - 107 lb - 01 oz
3rd - Steve Warren         - 83 lb - 15 oz


Silvers


1st - Rich Coles             - 26 lb - 04 oz
2nd - Danny                   - 25 lb - 04 oz
3rd - Shaun                    - 19 lb - 06 oz


Well done to the framers and those who won their nuggets, will George find his form as he's being battered by Danny of late. Will queenie find his form again when his mate Lord C returns as he's fishing like he's lost his right arm at present. Can stroppy Steve still keep up his pretence of being happy.


Next week its Landsend - Please let Shane know if you want to fish if you haven't already done so. Also a reminder that its Todber in a few weeks so contact Tony Fry to book your place.

Avalon Fisheries - 11.08.19

Todays match was held at Avalon Fisheries with another god number of 18 keen anglers on show to put their skills to the test. The last time we fished this venue we had severe heavy rain and thunder storms which I was hoping wasn't going to happen again. It was slightly breezy but no where near as windy as the previous day and the sun was shining so that was a good start.

I arrived nice and early thinking Id be the first one there but to my surprise Tony Fry was nattering to Stroppy Steve. What a difference a week made, Stroppy Steve opened my van door, spoke to me civililly and was generally being a nice guy. I knew he was after something, which was not to be mentioned too much in this blog. John Wolstencroft approached me and thanked me for a nice write up on his stroppy mate, which Steve took in good grace but how long could he keep up the pretence.

Now with Stroppy Steve not being so stroppy today it was the turn of George. You would have thought with all the moaning he was doing, which was to be fair a lot more than Steve was last week. that the both of them could be mistaken for husband and wife - who's who's is your decision. I can only imagine that both members have had a lack of sleep of recent times.

A surprise member turned up with Lord C making an appearance when he was meant to be on holiday; however it was unfortunate that his holiday flights had been cancelled and he had managed to get them for the Monday so with nothing else planned turned up to fish - now that's dedication. After about a month away with family commitments Steve King also returned to the scene to grace us with his presence.

The reports that the fishing was good, as the previous day in the driving winds and rain, many a net full of silvers were showing with reported bags of 60lb and good numbers of carp. Now in my opinion that's always a bad thing, as the expectation levels increase, which inevitably increases frustrations at the end of a match if it didn't fish as good. but only time would tell.

So with the pegs all marked out and the golden peg on nos 5 being pulled, it was time for the all in. I picked for Tony Fry as he was with the bag and didn't he frown when I pulled him peg 3. I wanted a number that I hadn't chosen before as on previous occasions I drew in the 20's which has always seen me frame, but its a very long walk.

draw was as follows

Peg nos

3 - Tony Fry
5 - Graham
6 - Stroppy Steve
7 - Danny
9 - Me
10 - Sausage
11 - John Bradford
13 - George
16 - Tunsten Dave
17 - Mario Tony
19 - Queenie
20 Rich Coles
21 - Chairman Kev
22 - Eric
25 - Lord C
27 - Shane
28 - John Wolenscroft
29 - Dave Allen

I pulled peg 9 today so not too far to walk and the only choice was my target fish but with Danny one side of me and Sausage the other who would be fishing for Silvers and with the end of an Island to go for I had to go for Carp. With the wind blowing down the lake I decided to go on the tip for the first hour but feed a 5m line with ground bait and dead reads and a 13m line with 6mm pellets.

I had my first fish after 15minutes a 1lb pasty, in fact the Ginsters pasty that Sausage was eating was bigger, this was followed by a better fish then I lost one at the net with a hook pull. I changed my hook sizes from a 16 to a 12 and netted another. After the hour I had about 15lb of fish. I toped up both lines again and went on the tip and landed another 10lb in the next hour whilst checking for feeding fish on my other lines. The tip dried up after the second hour so onto the ground bait line but not a thing. Onto the 13m line with expander and a fish straight away of 5lb. The bites weren't coming as quick as I wanted so I thought id mix some paste which I previously didn't mix due to the wind but as it suddenly died down I thought this could be a good time to go onto it.

First put in and a fish, next put in and another fish but lost this one as it took me around the leg of the pallet. I stayed on paste bagging for the next hour until it went dark and the heavens opened with thunder and lightning. I couldn't see a thing so I opted to feed my 13m again but put the tip out until it stopped raining. Nothing on the tip whilst it rained even though I was constantly feeding when on the paste line.

The rain stopped, the sun came out, the hat went on and then back on the paste. This worked well until the end of the match when with 10mins to go I hooked a fish that had me struggling to control which ended up in my net of a 10lb ghosty - the first one I caught. Rich Coles, John Bradford and Sausage had all packed up early and stopped to ask what I had, I thought I had about 100lb which would have been my first ton and was happy with how the day went.

The  was shouted as Id just dropped another lump of paste in and over to the scales.

Results

Overall -

1ST - Mario Tony -           114lb - 13 oz
2ND - John Wolenscroft - 102 lb - 09 oz
3RD - Nigel -                     97 lb - 10oz

Silvers

1ST - Danny                      24lb - 02 oz
2ND - George -                  17 lb - 05 oz
3RD - Steve -                      6 lb - 08 oz

So Mario pipped me again on this venue with a fine ton + and I was slightly disappointed not getting a ton but happy with my performance.

The main men, Lord C, Queenie and Dave Allen were not on the frame but don't hold your breath as they will be back with a vengeance I'm sure.

George had yet more moaning to do with another £1 going to Danny and Stroppy Steve got 3rd in silvers with 2 nice chub in his nets which bought a smile to his face but soon started stropping around on learning his mate had 2nd overall. By the time everyone was gone, Stroppy Steve was still waiting for his mate to return from packing all his gear away so he could get a pint - now that's worth moaning for and John you need to stop putting out so much gear out.

Next week we are at Chilton - please confirm with Shane before Thursday. Also please ensure that you let Tony Fry know if you want to attend the away day at Todber and pay your £10.

 

Results

 

 

Nice Views looking down the lake