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.