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