started with 16 booked in and ended up with 13 , shouldnt moan really as the weather was supposed to be crap with heavy rain forcast all day, and we werent dissapointed, at least the wind wasnt to bad so the brollie could be used so i stayed mainly dry ,but brollies are a pain as they always seem to be in the way when playing and trying to net fish, but the dryness makes up for it,
i let john(the gimp)draw for me today as he always seems to draw himself carp flyers so what does he give me, peg bloody 3 not really a renowned carp peg so i decided to fish for silvers with half an eye on the far bank for carp, and what peg does john draw for himself only peg 21 which has been the biggest carp flier for weeks now, so no doubt that would change today.
rigs today were a .3grm for caster at 10 mtrs, a 4x12 for soft pellet over micro,s at 4 mtrs and down by the bush to my left as its the same depth and the usual 4x8 rig for hard pellet over. the soft pellet and caster rig were on .12 withy a middy 6313 size 18 and the pellet rig was on .16 with an 18 an 18 b960.
at the start i cupped in some casters at 10 mtrs , some 4mm hard pellet across by the island and began loose feeding some softened micro,s at 4 mtrs and down to the left.
starting on the caster line i was soon catching small perch on single caster, a switch to double caster was better as the perch got better and i had a couple of f1,s and a small carp, i was kindering a few casters over the float but that seemed to result in missed bites so i started putting in a decent ammount with a big pot and fishing it out before i fed again, i had a few good skimmers on caster and i also had some on soft pellet at 4mtrs and by the bush but the 10 mtr caster line was the most productive, due to the bushes it was impssible for me gauge how others were doing as i couldnt see through the tree,s. it also doesnt help when i went totally blind about halfway through but it didnt last for to long as soon as i realised my brolly decided to shut of it own accord,
the only person i could see catching was ryan summerhayes on peg 1 who was catching carp shallow to the island and up his left hand margin, i thought he had battered me but after he told me he had been severly palletised by quite a few, but he,s still young and he will learn lol, i lost a good one under the platform, they are good at it on this venue as the platforms are on stilts, the far bank was not to good today but i did manage 3 carp from there but i didnt spend to much time over there, by the end i had 6 carp and a decent net of silvers, the match was won by craig(trigger)edmunds on peg 15 with 78lb mainly due to 11 carp on meat down the edge late on in the match
2nd clayton hudson 70.8 peg 18
3rd tony rixon 67.10 peg 3 which included 40lb of silvers which was the best silver weight on the day
4th ryan summerhayes 63.13 peg 1
5th steve kedge 47.2 peg 22
6th adrian clark 29.4 peg 13
it fished hard today as some of the colour seems to have gone out of the water probably due to the cold wet and windy weather, hard to believe people were wearing shorts this time last year.
next wednesday we are at acorn fishery on paddock lake so if anyone wants to book in ring me at the shop on 0117 9517250
Showing posts with label landsend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label landsend. Show all posts
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Sunday, 1 April 2012
landsend sunday open match and speci lake
this was the reserve date for the individual league so as it wasnt used there was an open run instead. not to bad a turnout with 26 fishing, fabio drew for me and i ended up on peg 5 , i havnt been on this peg for a long time so i was looking forward to the day, yet again i was next to shaun townsend , thats the third time in three matches where we have fished , i had peg 4 empty and shaun had 7 free so it would be interesting, there was a small sweeep on the lake the day before and that was won on 15 bt mike west on corn then paste towards the end, also there were 2 weights over 60lb of silvers so it would be interesting as to whether the silvers would feed the same today , i had my doubts as there had been a frost and it was very bright, i set up a 4x14 with an 18 6313 for soft pellet at 4 and 11 mtrs, and a 4x16 caster rig for down the edge, but i only tried it once and didnt catch so i wont be mentioning that again, and i set up a 4x10 rig to fish hard pellet to the island, so that was on .16 with a 16 b960 hook for banded pellet, luckily for me i had nick collins opposite on 19 and he was going to mainly targetting silvers so hopefully the carp would come round the island to me, at the start i cupped in some soaked micro,s at 11 mtrs threw some to 4 mtrs and cupped in some 6,s by the island, the first two hours were spent on the 2 soft pellet lines where i had some nice skimmers and f1,s plus 3 carp, but after the two hours the lure nof the island got the best of me and i was soon shipping out with a banded 8 on, i had been feeding with a catty all the time , and i was a bit suprised not to get a bite straight away, in fact it took about 15 mins to hook my first carp, but after that i caught fairly steadily up to the end ending up with over 20 carp, but with many of them being on the small side (2 to 3lb) i was admitting to 80lb by the end, fabio on 22 thought he may just have 100lb and trigger on 26 was admitting to over 100lb so i was looking at 3 rd best, in the end craig edmunds won with 134.14 of speci lake 26, catching carp on hard pellet fished to the corner of the island his catch also included 28lb of silvers
2nd was me with 112lb(so i lied a bit)on peg 3
3rd phil harding 102lb
4th leyton palmer 78.15 peg 40
5th adrian jeffery 74.13 peg 15
6th dave roper 72.01 peg 33
silvers
nick collins 42.4 on peg 19 , fishing mainly short with caster and bits of worm
oooh i seem to have missed somebody out of the results, where,s tom thick, oh i remember , he drew 24 and didnt catch much, well that makes a change
2nd was me with 112lb(so i lied a bit)on peg 3
3rd phil harding 102lb
4th leyton palmer 78.15 peg 40
5th adrian jeffery 74.13 peg 15
6th dave roper 72.01 peg 33
silvers
nick collins 42.4 on peg 19 , fishing mainly short with caster and bits of worm
oooh i seem to have missed somebody out of the results, where,s tom thick, oh i remember , he drew 24 and didnt catch much, well that makes a change
Thursday, 22 March 2012
landsend weds open, match and speci
18 fishing today so we were spread out over the two lakes, so no real bad pegs to draw today, the peg i fancied was 31 and owner mike duckett nearly drew it for me as i ended up with 32 as my pitch for the day, and for company on 31 i had tom thick who i didnt expect to make to many mistakes, even though he was telling me that he was only fishing for silvers on soft pellet ,you cant help but hook a few carp on this peg no matter how you fish.
i decided on an all out hard pellet attack so three rigs were put together, a 4x14 for the deeper water about 2 mtrs off the tree,s, a shallow rig just in case they came up and a 4x10 rig for on top of the shelf along the end bank, all rigs had a b960 size 16 on .16 line.
at the start i cupped in some 6,s at 16 mtrs in front of the tree,s and some on the ledge up the edge, i went straight out with a 8mm in the band and i did expect a bite fairly quickly but all i had were a couple of funny indications from what i think were silvers having a bit of a pop at the pellet, after 30 mins i had had 1 f1 and a fouled skimmer and it was going to be a difficult day, even tom on 31 couldnt get a bite on his soft pellet at 13 mtrs so he gave up on that line and went up onto the island shelf in about 2 feet of water and the response for him was instant with good chub taking a likeing to his expander, at times he never had time to drop his micro,s out of his toss pot before his elastic was coming out, back to my peg and by now i was firing a few 6,s over both lines but i still couldnt get a response apart from a fouled carp which made it into the tree,s , i could see fish moving on the end bank so i thought that would be my banker for some action, i continued in the deep water for another 30 mins for another f1 a tench and a skimmer but then roach started to take the 8mm pellet which wasnt a good sign, so i went up the edge on the shallow rig as i could see a couple of fish moving in the gress, two quick carp and that was my lot shallow up the edge, by now the sun was out and these landsend fish can be a bit spooky as they have seen it all before and with the sun behind us on this bank the pole was casting a shadow over the catching area which i think unsettles them, so i went out into the deep water but shallow to see if the sun had encoureged some fish to come up but 20 mins of rig slapping only produced 1 f1, so i tried back on the deck but the roach were still there being a nusience, but an even bigger pest was at the next peg in the shape of tom thick who was still putting quality silvers into his net with the chub having a real liking for his soft pellet along with some good skimmers, with only 2 hours to go i only had three carp and my silvers so i refed right into the branches of the tree,s as my only option was to try some suicide fishing changed to a 4x12 rig as it was a bit shallower and cupped in bait instead of using a catty, the response was more positive as began to get liners and catch the odd carp and i never lost any in the branches so perhaps i should have done it earlier, the lasat 2 hours for tom had got harder but i still reckoned he had over 50lb of silvers plus 4 carp, i ended up with 9 carp and about 10lb of silvers but with the carp being on the small side i wasnt expecting to do any good today especcialy when we heard tha tour new polish mate ziggy on 15 had 40 carp and andy france on 25(he moaned them on)had had a good day on the fi.s plus some carp aswell, with the weather i really thought it would fish a lot better but bites for most were hard to get, in the end ziggy full and proper name zozislaw slowinski won with 155lb on peg 15 fishing pellet shallow at 13 mtrs
2nd andy france 114.3 peg 25
3rd tom thick 91.14 peg 31
4th alan oram 67.13 peg 28
5th tony rixon 64.9 peg 32
6th tim clark 44.13 peg 38
silvers went to tom thick with 58lb of chub and skimmers
sunday we are going to chilton trinity again but this time widmarsh is the lake which more a traditional(some say proper)lake so it will be interesting but carp will still win it but there are plenty of skimmers and roach to target on the worm or caster and groundbait, if anyone is interested ring me at the shop to book in on 01179517250
i decided on an all out hard pellet attack so three rigs were put together, a 4x14 for the deeper water about 2 mtrs off the tree,s, a shallow rig just in case they came up and a 4x10 rig for on top of the shelf along the end bank, all rigs had a b960 size 16 on .16 line.
at the start i cupped in some 6,s at 16 mtrs in front of the tree,s and some on the ledge up the edge, i went straight out with a 8mm in the band and i did expect a bite fairly quickly but all i had were a couple of funny indications from what i think were silvers having a bit of a pop at the pellet, after 30 mins i had had 1 f1 and a fouled skimmer and it was going to be a difficult day, even tom on 31 couldnt get a bite on his soft pellet at 13 mtrs so he gave up on that line and went up onto the island shelf in about 2 feet of water and the response for him was instant with good chub taking a likeing to his expander, at times he never had time to drop his micro,s out of his toss pot before his elastic was coming out, back to my peg and by now i was firing a few 6,s over both lines but i still couldnt get a response apart from a fouled carp which made it into the tree,s , i could see fish moving on the end bank so i thought that would be my banker for some action, i continued in the deep water for another 30 mins for another f1 a tench and a skimmer but then roach started to take the 8mm pellet which wasnt a good sign, so i went up the edge on the shallow rig as i could see a couple of fish moving in the gress, two quick carp and that was my lot shallow up the edge, by now the sun was out and these landsend fish can be a bit spooky as they have seen it all before and with the sun behind us on this bank the pole was casting a shadow over the catching area which i think unsettles them, so i went out into the deep water but shallow to see if the sun had encoureged some fish to come up but 20 mins of rig slapping only produced 1 f1, so i tried back on the deck but the roach were still there being a nusience, but an even bigger pest was at the next peg in the shape of tom thick who was still putting quality silvers into his net with the chub having a real liking for his soft pellet along with some good skimmers, with only 2 hours to go i only had three carp and my silvers so i refed right into the branches of the tree,s as my only option was to try some suicide fishing changed to a 4x12 rig as it was a bit shallower and cupped in bait instead of using a catty, the response was more positive as began to get liners and catch the odd carp and i never lost any in the branches so perhaps i should have done it earlier, the lasat 2 hours for tom had got harder but i still reckoned he had over 50lb of silvers plus 4 carp, i ended up with 9 carp and about 10lb of silvers but with the carp being on the small side i wasnt expecting to do any good today especcialy when we heard tha tour new polish mate ziggy on 15 had 40 carp and andy france on 25(he moaned them on)had had a good day on the fi.s plus some carp aswell, with the weather i really thought it would fish a lot better but bites for most were hard to get, in the end ziggy full and proper name zozislaw slowinski won with 155lb on peg 15 fishing pellet shallow at 13 mtrs
2nd andy france 114.3 peg 25
3rd tom thick 91.14 peg 31
4th alan oram 67.13 peg 28
5th tony rixon 64.9 peg 32
6th tim clark 44.13 peg 38
silvers went to tom thick with 58lb of chub and skimmers
sunday we are going to chilton trinity again but this time widmarsh is the lake which more a traditional(some say proper)lake so it will be interesting but carp will still win it but there are plenty of skimmers and roach to target on the worm or caster and groundbait, if anyone is interested ring me at the shop to book in on 01179517250
Monday, 12 March 2012
landsend individual winter league last round
i was going into this last match in the series in the lead so a good draw on lake 3 was needed, i let pete nurse draw for me and he handed me peg 61 which isnt one i would have picked, but in previous round it has thrown up some fish but not normally enough to do much damage section wise, and to make matters worse tom thick who was the only one who could beat me was on peg 33 on the speci lake which is nearly the most consistent peg on there, i fancied my peg when i got there as i had forgotten how much room i had , but you cant go to far down the edges as there are tree,s at 3 mtrs each side so i set up a 4x10 rig with a trusted xedion size 16 on .16 for the margins, a 4x12 for banded pellet tight to the island in 2 1/2 foot of water, and a soft pellet rig (4x12) for 13 mtrs, i didnt bother with a shallow rig as i wasnt sure the carp would come up !!!!.
at the start i cupped in some micro,s in front at 13 mtrs and at 10 and 2 angles, threw a big handfull of casters into each margin with a few grains of corn and started firing 4mm hard pellets to the island, first drop at 13 mtrs and the float kept going and a 1lb fi was in the net, the next 45 mins were a pain as the small roach moved in, but by now i could see some movement against the island, so its off the box and a shalllow rig was put together and it didnt take long to get the first carp into the net, so that was the end of the soft pellet line , i had odd carp off this line for the next couple of hours then disaster the sun broke through and the bites stopped, i did catch one good fish down the edge but lost 2 and snapped a no 4 in the process, the lake seemed to be fishing well as paul haines on 58 was catching well off the island and down his edge but the sun seemed to put paid to his sport aswell, by the end i had 15 carp but paul had 13 so it was going to come down to who had the biggest average size, paul weighed first and put 77.01 on the board which i thought would be enough to beat me , and it was as mine went 72.11 , but second on the lake was ok ,it just depended on how tom had done, unfortunately his peg had a bit of an of day as he only managed 77.11 for 7th on the lake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so my 10 pt total was enough for first and a 300 quid pick up
2nd craig edmunds 14 pts (334.3)£200
3rd tom thick 14 pts (282.5) no overall money as he was top silvers over the series and its one prize one person
4th dale howsen 17 pts £100
kev molten 19pts (258.6)£60
nick duckett 19 pts (177.8)FA
steve seager 19 pts (160.01)FA
SILVERS
tom thick 8.5 pts £200
alan oram 9pts £100
RESULTS ON THE DAY
graig edmunds 105lb peg 32 on hard pellet up the edge
mark poppleton 95.13 peg 34
nick duckett 93.14 peg 15
mike west 93.3 peg 31
paul elmes 90.8 peg 29
bela bakos 87.8 peg 27
SILVERS
nigel bartlett 41.10 peg 35 mainly chub ,perch and skimmers on caster
ther speci lake was definatly the place to be, the complex fished really well with me coming 11th on the day with 72lb, taking names for next year on the same dates so book early to avoid dissapointment
at the start i cupped in some micro,s in front at 13 mtrs and at 10 and 2 angles, threw a big handfull of casters into each margin with a few grains of corn and started firing 4mm hard pellets to the island, first drop at 13 mtrs and the float kept going and a 1lb fi was in the net, the next 45 mins were a pain as the small roach moved in, but by now i could see some movement against the island, so its off the box and a shalllow rig was put together and it didnt take long to get the first carp into the net, so that was the end of the soft pellet line , i had odd carp off this line for the next couple of hours then disaster the sun broke through and the bites stopped, i did catch one good fish down the edge but lost 2 and snapped a no 4 in the process, the lake seemed to be fishing well as paul haines on 58 was catching well off the island and down his edge but the sun seemed to put paid to his sport aswell, by the end i had 15 carp but paul had 13 so it was going to come down to who had the biggest average size, paul weighed first and put 77.01 on the board which i thought would be enough to beat me , and it was as mine went 72.11 , but second on the lake was ok ,it just depended on how tom had done, unfortunately his peg had a bit of an of day as he only managed 77.11 for 7th on the lake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so my 10 pt total was enough for first and a 300 quid pick up
2nd craig edmunds 14 pts (334.3)£200
3rd tom thick 14 pts (282.5) no overall money as he was top silvers over the series and its one prize one person
4th dale howsen 17 pts £100
kev molten 19pts (258.6)£60
nick duckett 19 pts (177.8)FA
steve seager 19 pts (160.01)FA
SILVERS
tom thick 8.5 pts £200
alan oram 9pts £100
RESULTS ON THE DAY
graig edmunds 105lb peg 32 on hard pellet up the edge
mark poppleton 95.13 peg 34
nick duckett 93.14 peg 15
mike west 93.3 peg 31
paul elmes 90.8 peg 29
bela bakos 87.8 peg 27
SILVERS
nigel bartlett 41.10 peg 35 mainly chub ,perch and skimmers on caster
ther speci lake was definatly the place to be, the complex fished really well with me coming 11th on the day with 72lb, taking names for next year on the same dates so book early to avoid dissapointment
Thursday, 8 March 2012
weds landsend match and speci lake
another good turnout, we had 22 which must show the weather is on the up, but not today as we had rain to start to be followed by an increasing westerly gale, after sunday i fancied a bit of a peg with some shelter cos i,m still suffering from the man flu (no sympathy please), i let mike duckett draw for me about halfway through the draw and lucky for me he found the ticket with 2 staples in it(thats a joke by the way mr anon) so i ended up on peg 11 in some flat water, i had fabio opposite on 13 so at least i had some one to talk to,lots of options today so i set up a 4x14 for caster at 7 section, a 4x12 for corn to my left to the empty pallet which was a waste of shot and line as i never had a bite there, a .3g for soft pellet over micro,s to my left at 16 mtrs down the middle and at the front of the island, and a 4x14 for banded 6mm over 4,s at 16 mtrs against the end bank. after feeding all lines i began on the caster line at 7 sections and i was suprised not to get a bite straight away, it took all of 15 mins to miss the first one but after that i started to get regular bites on single and double caster over kindered caster, only feeding a few after each fish, and the fish were all quality with good ide, skimmers and perch, 2 hours in and i thought i had about 20lb in the net so i fed a reasonable ammount of caster through a big cup and explored the other lines, by now i had stopped trying to talk to fabio asd he had turned into a right miserable bugger sat there moaning and cursing as he had lost some good silvers, he was even thinking about packing up and going, even the lady in the cafe reckoned he had his miserable head on ,
any way a look on the soft pellet line at 16 mtrs to my left gave me one bite which was a rather skinny golden ghostie of about 2lb, the front of the island gave me no bites so that was the end of the soft pellet action, over to the end bank on banded 6mm, that was a bit better as i had 2 quick bites and 2 near 4lb carp were duly netted but again there were no more bites to be had there, i did try the pellet lines a few more times before the end but there were no more indications on iether, so concentrated on the caster line up to the end and had some nice fish.
walking down to do the weigh in the only person on our lake who had caught some fish was tom mangnal on 19 who was admitting to 10 carp on corn fished at about 11 mtrs, the speci lake had been tough with tom thick being top weight on there with 42lb
so the first spot went to tom mangnal with 68.4 peg 19
2nd was me with 49.15 which included the top silvers on the day with a very enjoyable 40.10 peg 11
3rd tom thick 42.15 peg 33
4th howard wedd 42.6 peg 3 , 8 carp on the lead and meat
5th jnt dale howsen peg 31 and martin lenaghan peg 7 both with 31.3
any way a look on the soft pellet line at 16 mtrs to my left gave me one bite which was a rather skinny golden ghostie of about 2lb, the front of the island gave me no bites so that was the end of the soft pellet action, over to the end bank on banded 6mm, that was a bit better as i had 2 quick bites and 2 near 4lb carp were duly netted but again there were no more bites to be had there, i did try the pellet lines a few more times before the end but there were no more indications on iether, so concentrated on the caster line up to the end and had some nice fish.
walking down to do the weigh in the only person on our lake who had caught some fish was tom mangnal on 19 who was admitting to 10 carp on corn fished at about 11 mtrs, the speci lake had been tough with tom thick being top weight on there with 42lb
so the first spot went to tom mangnal with 68.4 peg 19
2nd was me with 49.15 which included the top silvers on the day with a very enjoyable 40.10 peg 11
3rd tom thick 42.15 peg 33
4th howard wedd 42.6 peg 3 , 8 carp on the lead and meat
5th jnt dale howsen peg 31 and martin lenaghan peg 7 both with 31.3
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
weds landsend match and speci lake
we had 17 again today so mike duckett let us use both lakes , so plenty of room for all, mike drew for me and i ended up with 33 which is in the corner(no change there then)at the bottom of the steps behind the hut, going back a month or so it was the peg to draw as you could catch shallow out by the aerater as well as on the deck and up the edge, but its gone off the boil a bit , but i still expected a few, with a strong southerly wind forcast i decided not to go to the aerater as its now 17 mtrs as the new platforms arent finished yet so you have to fish off the bank, so i decided to only go 14mtrs so it would be relativly easy. i set up a caster rig for 4mtrs up the edge , a 4x14 with a 18 6313 on .12. the same size rig for out at 14 mtrs and 14 mtrs up the edge as its the same depth 18 inches out from the edge again with the same hook and line and a 4x12 for 2/3 depth up the edge as the carp sometimes come up a bit again on the same line and hook.
at the start i cupped in some soaked micro,s at 14 in front and against the edge and started feeding caster at 4 mtrs down the edge. i fully expected a bite first drop but 30 mins later i was still waiting, 4 and 6 soft pellets a piece of corn even single caster , nothing , so i pulled the rig into the edge and it was pretty much the same there , but on the hour the float did go under and a 4lb winged carp was soon in the net, but that was it, no more bites, a look at 4mtrs on caster produced 2 perch and 2 roach before that line dried, back out to 14 mtrs in front , nothing , into the edge and an f1 graces the net but i just couldnt get a bite again after that, the gimp over on 31 was catching silvers on his normal 6 mtr caster attack as was ray white next door on 34, so at the halfway mark, i decided to forget the pellet and carp attack and start feeding casters on both the long lines. the straight in front line was still a no no but the 14 mtr edge swim started to give up some good perch, so basiccally i stuck with this line right to the end fishing tight in on the deck and off aswell and i caught some good perch to nearly 3lb on double caster in bursts right to the end, by the end i thought i had about 25lb of silvers but ray next door had been catching some nice skimmers for the last 2 hours on soft pellet and the gimp kept adding some perch to his net plus we didnt know how the match lake was fishing. as it turned out the match lake was the place to draw as the top 4 came off it with tom thick winning off peg 7 wiht 13 carp for 73.2 on his normal soft pellet over micro,s. these wednesday matches are turning into the tom thick roadshows, fairplay to him, i cant believe he hasnt got a sponsor,
2nd alan oram 68.3 on peg 20
3rd phil(fabio)harding 44.12 peg 22
4th ed wynne 38.5 peg 1
5th tony rixon 36.13 peg 33
6th mike west 32.8 peg 38
silvers
tony rixon 27.8
john bradford 23.13
ray white 22.15
at the start i cupped in some soaked micro,s at 14 in front and against the edge and started feeding caster at 4 mtrs down the edge. i fully expected a bite first drop but 30 mins later i was still waiting, 4 and 6 soft pellets a piece of corn even single caster , nothing , so i pulled the rig into the edge and it was pretty much the same there , but on the hour the float did go under and a 4lb winged carp was soon in the net, but that was it, no more bites, a look at 4mtrs on caster produced 2 perch and 2 roach before that line dried, back out to 14 mtrs in front , nothing , into the edge and an f1 graces the net but i just couldnt get a bite again after that, the gimp over on 31 was catching silvers on his normal 6 mtr caster attack as was ray white next door on 34, so at the halfway mark, i decided to forget the pellet and carp attack and start feeding casters on both the long lines. the straight in front line was still a no no but the 14 mtr edge swim started to give up some good perch, so basiccally i stuck with this line right to the end fishing tight in on the deck and off aswell and i caught some good perch to nearly 3lb on double caster in bursts right to the end, by the end i thought i had about 25lb of silvers but ray next door had been catching some nice skimmers for the last 2 hours on soft pellet and the gimp kept adding some perch to his net plus we didnt know how the match lake was fishing. as it turned out the match lake was the place to draw as the top 4 came off it with tom thick winning off peg 7 wiht 13 carp for 73.2 on his normal soft pellet over micro,s. these wednesday matches are turning into the tom thick roadshows, fairplay to him, i cant believe he hasnt got a sponsor,
2nd alan oram 68.3 on peg 20
3rd phil(fabio)harding 44.12 peg 22
4th ed wynne 38.5 peg 1
5th tony rixon 36.13 peg 33
6th mike west 32.8 peg 38
silvers
tony rixon 27.8
john bradford 23.13
ray white 22.15
Sunday, 19 February 2012
landsend individual winter league round 5
my turn on the match lake today and i must admit i nearly ran to my peg when pete nurse drew 19 out of the hat for me, its a proper flier carp peg nearly all year long so i was confident of catching a few. i set up a caster rig for 5 mtrs a .3g with a 18 6313 on .10 for that, a couple of 4x12 impact 6 floats again with a 18 6313 on .12 for soft pellet straight out at 13 mtrs and each side at 10 and 2 at 14 mtrs, i didnt bother with a up the shelf rig as i didnt think the fish would be on top of the shelf as the lake had been frozen up until last week so i assumed it was still to cold, for company i had adrian jeffery on 17 and dale howsen on 21. at the start i fed some casters at 5 mtrs and some micro,s on the 3 long pole lines, starting on soft pellet at 13 mtrs i missed 2 bites in the first 10 mins then i couldnt get a sign, so 30 mins in i was onto the 14 mtr lines but i was biteless there aswell and 90 mins in i was still blanking, adrian had fouled a carp and landed it plus some nice skimmers on the soft pellet but what was annoying was that dale had 4 or 5 carp up the shelf so i got off my box and made a 4x10 rig to fish caster on top of the shelf, i went back on the 5 mtr line with caster and managed a couple of small roach so i saved the blank, after feeding the far side i gave the long pole lines a try again but i couldnt get any indications which was strange as the peg normally has loads of carp in it giving the angler sat there liners but today there were no signs so i think they wanted to be somewhere else today, well i,m going to stick with that excuse. over onto the caster line and first drop i had a good perch then some roach and lifes most annoying fish SMALL RUDD so i refed and tried the 5 mtr line again and had some more roach with one going nearly a pound plus a tench so things were starting to look up, i went out onto the 10 o,clock pellet line and did manage one carp but that was all i got so i decided to re feed a couple of lines at 16 mtrs towards the gap in the island and by swappind between the far shelf the 16 mtr lines and the 5 mtr caster line i kept adding odd fish right to the end ending with 4 carp plus f1,s skimmers ide and bits and bobs and i hoped i would end up with 30lb plus . i must say i was suprised to put 21.10 of silvers and 4 carp for 18.4 for a 39.14 total and a third on lake
first on the sday went to dale howsen o 21 with 13 carp for 63lb all caught on top of the shelf by the island, got that wrong didnt i !
2nd phil(fabio)harding 58.14 peg 1
3rd ken rayner 40.3 peg 70
4th tony rixon 39.14 peg 19
5th mike nicholls 37.2 peg 41
6th clint wojtyla 36.14 peg 31
top silvers went my way with 21.10
i will do the points for the top ten this week and put them on here
first on the sday went to dale howsen o 21 with 13 carp for 63lb all caught on top of the shelf by the island, got that wrong didnt i !
2nd phil(fabio)harding 58.14 peg 1
3rd ken rayner 40.3 peg 70
4th tony rixon 39.14 peg 19
5th mike nicholls 37.2 peg 41
6th clint wojtyla 36.14 peg 31
top silvers went my way with 21.10
i will do the points for the top ten this week and put them on here
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
frozen landsend weds open
we had 14 turn up which is a good number considering there was up to 1 1/2 inches of ice on it so the breakers were out again, i began with 2 but after 4 chucks i was left with one as the chain broke and it didnt float so there was no chance of retrieving it.
i fancied a draw at the carpark end of the lake as it was only about 3/4 thick but no i let kev molten draw for me and i end up on 16 which is ok but the ice was at its thickest at this end, for company i had alan(meldrew)oram on 15 and the next agler to my right was tom thick on 18. i set up one rig again today a .3g rig with with an 18 middy 6313 on .10. after clearing a channel to 10 mtrs and to my left to th4e sunken tree between me and alan i plumbed up and was lucky to find the same depth out in front and down to the tree, at the start i cupped a few (20)mags and casters at 10 mtrs and fed a few down towards the tree. starting at 10 mtrs on single maggot i had a bite first put in which was a perch of about a pound,(yay no blank) its amazing that you can make all that disturbance and still get bites straight away, i had a perch and tom was playing his first carp on soft pellet, and he proceeded to catch odd fish all match so it looked like first place was taken from very early on in the match.
most people seemed to be getting bites which was a surprise as the general concensus was that 20lb would be a good weight but that seemed to be going out of the window very quickly. my second bite was from a carp which broke me under the ice as i think i got down to my topset a bit to early . the match for me turned into a bit of a waiting game for bites but when i did it was a reasonable perch and i even had an unseasonal tench of about 2lb, i had a 6lb carp halfway through and another down the edge on the final whistle to end up with 9 perch , 1 tench and 2 carp which was going to be no good in the overalls but i might get some silvers money
as expected from early on tom thick won with a very creditable 12 carp and 1 f1 for 82.5 and a very comfortable win
2nd and a long way behind was retired welsh electrician dave blakemore on peg 1 with 34.5
3rd was rave from the grave gary mewdel with 30lb from peg 3
4th adrian jeffrey 29.3
5th phil(fabio)harding 25.1 on peg 22
6th ed wynne 24.15 peg 12
silvers was me with 8.10 and i pushed the somerset silver ace, nigel bartlett into second with 6.5 on peg 24
my 2 carp went 12.6 giving me 21lb for 7th overall
so really it fished ok with some of the lakes better fish putting in an appearance ,but the silvers didnt seem to want to play ball.
off to viaduct for round 3 of the teams of 5,s on sunday but it may be frozen so the fishery is going to makea descision on friday, but wer have never had one cancelled yet so all those fishing had better be prepared with breaking devices.
i fancied a draw at the carpark end of the lake as it was only about 3/4 thick but no i let kev molten draw for me and i end up on 16 which is ok but the ice was at its thickest at this end, for company i had alan(meldrew)oram on 15 and the next agler to my right was tom thick on 18. i set up one rig again today a .3g rig with with an 18 middy 6313 on .10. after clearing a channel to 10 mtrs and to my left to th4e sunken tree between me and alan i plumbed up and was lucky to find the same depth out in front and down to the tree, at the start i cupped a few (20)mags and casters at 10 mtrs and fed a few down towards the tree. starting at 10 mtrs on single maggot i had a bite first put in which was a perch of about a pound,(yay no blank) its amazing that you can make all that disturbance and still get bites straight away, i had a perch and tom was playing his first carp on soft pellet, and he proceeded to catch odd fish all match so it looked like first place was taken from very early on in the match.
most people seemed to be getting bites which was a surprise as the general concensus was that 20lb would be a good weight but that seemed to be going out of the window very quickly. my second bite was from a carp which broke me under the ice as i think i got down to my topset a bit to early . the match for me turned into a bit of a waiting game for bites but when i did it was a reasonable perch and i even had an unseasonal tench of about 2lb, i had a 6lb carp halfway through and another down the edge on the final whistle to end up with 9 perch , 1 tench and 2 carp which was going to be no good in the overalls but i might get some silvers money
as expected from early on tom thick won with a very creditable 12 carp and 1 f1 for 82.5 and a very comfortable win
2nd and a long way behind was retired welsh electrician dave blakemore on peg 1 with 34.5
3rd was rave from the grave gary mewdel with 30lb from peg 3
4th adrian jeffrey 29.3
5th phil(fabio)harding 25.1 on peg 22
6th ed wynne 24.15 peg 12
silvers was me with 8.10 and i pushed the somerset silver ace, nigel bartlett into second with 6.5 on peg 24
my 2 carp went 12.6 giving me 21lb for 7th overall
so really it fished ok with some of the lakes better fish putting in an appearance ,but the silvers didnt seem to want to play ball.
off to viaduct for round 3 of the teams of 5,s on sunday but it may be frozen so the fishery is going to makea descision on friday, but wer have never had one cancelled yet so all those fishing had better be prepared with breaking devices.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
landsend weds open
another good turnout with 17 fishing so we used the speci lake and the match lake pegs 13 to 24 so we all had a bit of room, obviously a draw at the top of speci would be nice on pegs 31 to 34 but what do i do. go and let fabio draw for me and i end up on peg 29, its a good warmer weather peg but not so good this time of year, with mike nicholls on 31 there was always an outside chance a few may mooch along from the end of the island as mike was never going to go past 13 mtrs so a few may sneak by.
i began with 3 rigs, one for the margins which i never had a bite on so thats the end of that, a 4x10 on .14 with a 8313 hook for corn and caster tight to the island in just over 2 foot of water and a 4x12 with the same hook and line for the bottom of the island shelf at 14 mtrs. i fed the island and the margins with corn and caster at the start and some micro,s and corn at 14 mtrs and 16 mtrs to my right still at the bottom of the shelf, the first hour went as well as i expected with 2 good carp for about 17lb, one at 14 and one to my right at 16mtrs and that was my lot as i started to get a few roach and miss some bites off the same species, so i tried corn up on the island shelf to no avail and each margin but the peg seemed devoid of carp, with 2 hours to go and no real action i decided to make a roach rig for 5mtrs just to stop the boredom, by now mike on 31 had a couple of good carp plus some good silvers and tom thick was getting silvers and odd carp on the scopex pellets and i could see fabio opposite on 36 catching silvers and losing carp as was bela bakos on 33 who was losing carp and with 1 hour to go was still carpless , but he did get 3 in the last hour fishing caster shallow against the end bank, back to my roach fishing and i was beginning to enjoy it as i was getting some nice fish between 2 and 6oz but then i got a reality check as i rammed a disgorger into my eye and chucked the roach rig behind me, i had a quick look on the corn lines but only roach there so i fed some casters up the shelf and fished there till the end where i had 2 chub and 3 good perch and lost another reasonable carp at the net and at the end i thought i may have about 26lb , but i weighed 28.01 for no good today, so thats the last time fabio draws for me
first on the day went to craig(trigger)edmunds with 60.7 on peg 17, with all his fish falling to soft pellet over micro,s at 14 mtrs
2nd mike nicholls 51lb on peg 31 again on soft pellet over micro,s at 13 mtrs
3rd tom thick 49.01 peg 25 on soft pellet
4th stu foale 48.5 peg 32 soft pellet
5th john thompson 36.4 peg 24
6th phil(fabio)harding 34.09 peg 36
silvers went to nigel bartlett on 22 with 26.11 on soft pellet at 14 mtrs then on maggot at 3 mtrs later on
i began with 3 rigs, one for the margins which i never had a bite on so thats the end of that, a 4x10 on .14 with a 8313 hook for corn and caster tight to the island in just over 2 foot of water and a 4x12 with the same hook and line for the bottom of the island shelf at 14 mtrs. i fed the island and the margins with corn and caster at the start and some micro,s and corn at 14 mtrs and 16 mtrs to my right still at the bottom of the shelf, the first hour went as well as i expected with 2 good carp for about 17lb, one at 14 and one to my right at 16mtrs and that was my lot as i started to get a few roach and miss some bites off the same species, so i tried corn up on the island shelf to no avail and each margin but the peg seemed devoid of carp, with 2 hours to go and no real action i decided to make a roach rig for 5mtrs just to stop the boredom, by now mike on 31 had a couple of good carp plus some good silvers and tom thick was getting silvers and odd carp on the scopex pellets and i could see fabio opposite on 36 catching silvers and losing carp as was bela bakos on 33 who was losing carp and with 1 hour to go was still carpless , but he did get 3 in the last hour fishing caster shallow against the end bank, back to my roach fishing and i was beginning to enjoy it as i was getting some nice fish between 2 and 6oz but then i got a reality check as i rammed a disgorger into my eye and chucked the roach rig behind me, i had a quick look on the corn lines but only roach there so i fed some casters up the shelf and fished there till the end where i had 2 chub and 3 good perch and lost another reasonable carp at the net and at the end i thought i may have about 26lb , but i weighed 28.01 for no good today, so thats the last time fabio draws for me
first on the day went to craig(trigger)edmunds with 60.7 on peg 17, with all his fish falling to soft pellet over micro,s at 14 mtrs
2nd mike nicholls 51lb on peg 31 again on soft pellet over micro,s at 13 mtrs
3rd tom thick 49.01 peg 25 on soft pellet
4th stu foale 48.5 peg 32 soft pellet
5th john thompson 36.4 peg 24
6th phil(fabio)harding 34.09 peg 36
silvers went to nigel bartlett on 22 with 26.11 on soft pellet at 14 mtrs then on maggot at 3 mtrs later on
Sunday, 22 January 2012
landsend individual winter league round 4
it was back to an open draw today and i got the draw bag specialist in the shape of clint wojtyla to draw for me and he didnt dissapoint as he handed me 32 which is a corner(again)on the speci lake and then drew 61 on johns water(lake 3)for himself, which aint the best draw but he did get 40 quid at the end for having the top silver weight on that lake.
the wind was going to play a big part today as it was a very strong westerly which blows back towards the carpark with only the far end of each lake having some shelter. i cant remember a match on this venue where so many tip rods were being assembled, even i set one up to fish corn out towards the aerater, i set up 3 pole rigs, one for caster at 7 mtrs against the end bank on a bit of flat bottom that anton page told me about with an 18 middy 6313 hook on .12. a .5g rig with the same hook but on .10, and a 4x16 fir with a 18 middy 8313 on .14 ror corn at the bottom of the shelf at 12 mtrs which was as far as i could go with the wind and even then i had to let it go from time to time, for company i had none other than fishery owner and local legend , mike duckett, on peg 31 who was moaning about his draw as it is a proper form peg but you need to fish out near the island but its 16 plus mtrs and the wind put paid to that, opposite i had dale housen on 33 and tim ford on 34 and i couldnt see anyone else. at the start i fed some casters at 6 mtrs and at 7 mtrs in the margin and some soaked micro,s at 12 mtrs at the bottom of the shelf up the right hand side. starting on caster at 6 mtrsd i hooked a goob perch first drop but as they seem to do it dropped off for no apparent reason, the rest of the first hour was hard and i only had 2 more perch of just over a pound and some roach but i was going nowhere fast as dale opposite was catching f1,s and carp on the pellet feeder, and tim also had a 8lb carp , but mike next door was still biteless, as dale was doing ok on the tip i decided to give it a go, 3 chucks later and only one liner i slung it up the bank never to be used again, so up the edge with corn over the micro,s and i soon had a 9lb fish in the net but it wasnt easy as you seemed to have to feed ,leave it alone for a while then go back over it and you could expect a bite so while the pellet line was settleing i went into the 7 mtr margin line which during the match produced 2 perch and 1 5lb carp but the wind was making it virtually impossible to get any presentation on any line, about 2 hours from then end i cupped in some micro,s at 12 mtrs in front as the wind was showing signs of weakening slightly and by switching between the right hand swim and out in front i had odd fish right to the end , the last couple of hours mike on 31 put his lead rod down and got the pole out to 13 mtrs and began catching better carp than i was but luckily dale opposite had stopped catching so i managed to catch him up , but with mike catching quality i was beginning to think he had beaten me by the end so the banter was exceptional, and with anton page watching and adding to the comments it made it an enjoyable day, at the end it was to close to call i thought both mike and me had caught dale up but it was going to be close between us two , but i managed to push the pole out to 14 mtrs for the last 15 mins and got a 5 pounder which anton thought would just give me the edge and he was nearly right , my 10 carp went 53.10 and mikes went exactly the same 53.10 but he only had 6 fish , my silvers went 6.5 which gave me a 59.15 total for first on the day
2nd was mike duckett with 53.10 on peg 31
3rd brian shanks 50lb peg 21
4th kev molten 49lb peg 68
5th dale housen 46.14 peg 33
5th bob gullick 45.12 peg 24
silvers went to phil(fabio)harding with 21.10 on peg 38 , mainly skimmers and f1,s on soft pellet at 11 mtrs
next round is on the 19 feb
the wind was going to play a big part today as it was a very strong westerly which blows back towards the carpark with only the far end of each lake having some shelter. i cant remember a match on this venue where so many tip rods were being assembled, even i set one up to fish corn out towards the aerater, i set up 3 pole rigs, one for caster at 7 mtrs against the end bank on a bit of flat bottom that anton page told me about with an 18 middy 6313 hook on .12. a .5g rig with the same hook but on .10, and a 4x16 fir with a 18 middy 8313 on .14 ror corn at the bottom of the shelf at 12 mtrs which was as far as i could go with the wind and even then i had to let it go from time to time, for company i had none other than fishery owner and local legend , mike duckett, on peg 31 who was moaning about his draw as it is a proper form peg but you need to fish out near the island but its 16 plus mtrs and the wind put paid to that, opposite i had dale housen on 33 and tim ford on 34 and i couldnt see anyone else. at the start i fed some casters at 6 mtrs and at 7 mtrs in the margin and some soaked micro,s at 12 mtrs at the bottom of the shelf up the right hand side. starting on caster at 6 mtrsd i hooked a goob perch first drop but as they seem to do it dropped off for no apparent reason, the rest of the first hour was hard and i only had 2 more perch of just over a pound and some roach but i was going nowhere fast as dale opposite was catching f1,s and carp on the pellet feeder, and tim also had a 8lb carp , but mike next door was still biteless, as dale was doing ok on the tip i decided to give it a go, 3 chucks later and only one liner i slung it up the bank never to be used again, so up the edge with corn over the micro,s and i soon had a 9lb fish in the net but it wasnt easy as you seemed to have to feed ,leave it alone for a while then go back over it and you could expect a bite so while the pellet line was settleing i went into the 7 mtr margin line which during the match produced 2 perch and 1 5lb carp but the wind was making it virtually impossible to get any presentation on any line, about 2 hours from then end i cupped in some micro,s at 12 mtrs in front as the wind was showing signs of weakening slightly and by switching between the right hand swim and out in front i had odd fish right to the end , the last couple of hours mike on 31 put his lead rod down and got the pole out to 13 mtrs and began catching better carp than i was but luckily dale opposite had stopped catching so i managed to catch him up , but with mike catching quality i was beginning to think he had beaten me by the end so the banter was exceptional, and with anton page watching and adding to the comments it made it an enjoyable day, at the end it was to close to call i thought both mike and me had caught dale up but it was going to be close between us two , but i managed to push the pole out to 14 mtrs for the last 15 mins and got a 5 pounder which anton thought would just give me the edge and he was nearly right , my 10 carp went 53.10 and mikes went exactly the same 53.10 but he only had 6 fish , my silvers went 6.5 which gave me a 59.15 total for first on the day
2nd was mike duckett with 53.10 on peg 31
3rd brian shanks 50lb peg 21
4th kev molten 49lb peg 68
5th dale housen 46.14 peg 33
5th bob gullick 45.12 peg 24
silvers went to phil(fabio)harding with 21.10 on peg 38 , mainly skimmers and f1,s on soft pellet at 11 mtrs
next round is on the 19 feb
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
landsend league so far
points to date . these points are totals so far with the points in the brackets being the dropper which changes it all but only really counts by the last match
t rixon 7pts 99.6lb (3)
tom thick 8pts 203.14 (5)
craig edmunds 9pts 208.14 (4)
alan oram 10 pts (7)
mark poppleton 12pts (9)
bob gullick 14pts 157.01 (8)
mat tomes 14pts 92.11 (8)
silvers
nigel bartlett 4pts 41.8 (2)
martin pettifer 8pts 43.10 (4)
alan oram 9.5 pts 37.01 (6.5)
tony rixon 9.5pts 36.11 (6.5)
mat tomes 11 pts 42.03 (8)
paul elmes 11pts 37.8 (5)
any queries ring me at the shop
t rixon 7pts 99.6lb (3)
tom thick 8pts 203.14 (5)
craig edmunds 9pts 208.14 (4)
alan oram 10 pts (7)
mark poppleton 12pts (9)
bob gullick 14pts 157.01 (8)
mat tomes 14pts 92.11 (8)
silvers
nigel bartlett 4pts 41.8 (2)
martin pettifer 8pts 43.10 (4)
alan oram 9.5 pts 37.01 (6.5)
tony rixon 9.5pts 36.11 (6.5)
mat tomes 11 pts 42.03 (8)
paul elmes 11pts 37.8 (5)
any queries ring me at the shop
Monday, 9 January 2012
landsend individual winter league round 3
my turn to be on the speci lake today and i was hoping for a draw on pegs between 31 and 34 so i was quite happy to have 34 drawn for me, a peg with form for carp and silvers as there is a bush opposite which normally holds chub, perch and carp, for company i had the very genial ken rayner on 33 and dave "beany" westcott on 35.
i set up 4 rigs , a 4x12 with an 18 6313 on .10 for caster at the bottom on the shelf towards the bush, a 4x14 impact 6 float for soft pellet at 14 mtrs towards the end of the island , a 4x10 for caster up the shelf on .12 with the 18 6313 hook and a corn rig for on top of the shelf which never produced a bite as far as corn goes.
after feeding all lines i began on the caster rig towards the tree, but it became apparent very quickly that the lake was going to fish very hard as i couldnt get a bite, it took me 15 mins to get my first bite which was a near 2lb perch and by the end of the first hour i had only had 1 more bite which resulted in another perch of about the same size, ken by now had one carp on 33 and beany on 35 was still waiting for his first bite. after 2 1/2 hours i still only had the 2 perch , anton page turned up for a walk round so i went up the shelf on the caster and had 1 small perch and lost another and that was the end of my bites there aswell, i think ken by now had 3 carp, scott puddy over on 31 was catching and losing odd fish , even the gimp on 32 had 3 carp .
with 2 hours to go thing werent looking to good even beany had managed to snare 3 small chub but that was the end to his sport.
the soft pellet line never produced a bite so i went for 2 new lines one at 14.5 mtrs towards the end of the island in about 2 foot of water and a swim by a small bush on the corner of the island , an area which can be very expensive on end tackle as there is a nasty snag there in the shape of netting from the old hay bale, but i had to try something, so i cupped in a few casters on each line , starting on the 14 mtr line i had a chub after about 10 mins so i fed a few casters there and after about 15 mins i had a carp of about 10lb so things were looking up but i was still behind ken , the gimp and scott but at least it was a start, i had another chub off that line so i put some more casters in and got the corner of the island rig out, lowered it in with boudle caster on and within a minute it had gone under and a carp of about 9lb was duley netted, i really needed another carp tok get myself back into conmtention for a money position on the lake as going into the last 45 mins ken had his 4th carp and scott puddy was landing more now, next carp i hooked was was one of the lakes double figure grassies which i played for a while and nearly netted but the hook pulled , i had one more bite at the end of the island which i think was a perck but it fell off on the way back , back to the shallow water and another chub was bagged then a couple of missed bites then 5 mins before the end i hooked a proper lump which took me till 14 mins after the all out to net but i wasnt to dissapointed as it was a 15lb plus common which i thought would propell me to second in the section, the gimp was playing one at the end and he landed his after the whistle but his 4 carp were smaller than my 3 so i thought i had him beaten, also ken on 33 was looking a bit defalted as he had just been moved from 2nd on the lake to 4th and out of the money, he did look miserable. as it turned out scott puddy won the lake with 62.11 off 31 i was second with my 3 carp going 37.8 and my 3 perch and 2 chub went 9.5 for 46.13.
most of the weights came from the match lake with mark poppleton on peg 7 scoring the top weight on the day with 94.14 , about 20 carp on corn
2nd tom thick 82.12 peg 11
3rd scott puddy 62.11 peg 31
4th bob gullick 49.10 peg 13
5th craig edmunds 48lb
6th andy hembrow 47lb
silvers went to paul elmes on 15 with 19.10
i will post the top 10 today or tommorrow and the next match is on the 22nd and its a random draw again
i set up 4 rigs , a 4x12 with an 18 6313 on .10 for caster at the bottom on the shelf towards the bush, a 4x14 impact 6 float for soft pellet at 14 mtrs towards the end of the island , a 4x10 for caster up the shelf on .12 with the 18 6313 hook and a corn rig for on top of the shelf which never produced a bite as far as corn goes.
after feeding all lines i began on the caster rig towards the tree, but it became apparent very quickly that the lake was going to fish very hard as i couldnt get a bite, it took me 15 mins to get my first bite which was a near 2lb perch and by the end of the first hour i had only had 1 more bite which resulted in another perch of about the same size, ken by now had one carp on 33 and beany on 35 was still waiting for his first bite. after 2 1/2 hours i still only had the 2 perch , anton page turned up for a walk round so i went up the shelf on the caster and had 1 small perch and lost another and that was the end of my bites there aswell, i think ken by now had 3 carp, scott puddy over on 31 was catching and losing odd fish , even the gimp on 32 had 3 carp .
with 2 hours to go thing werent looking to good even beany had managed to snare 3 small chub but that was the end to his sport.
the soft pellet line never produced a bite so i went for 2 new lines one at 14.5 mtrs towards the end of the island in about 2 foot of water and a swim by a small bush on the corner of the island , an area which can be very expensive on end tackle as there is a nasty snag there in the shape of netting from the old hay bale, but i had to try something, so i cupped in a few casters on each line , starting on the 14 mtr line i had a chub after about 10 mins so i fed a few casters there and after about 15 mins i had a carp of about 10lb so things were looking up but i was still behind ken , the gimp and scott but at least it was a start, i had another chub off that line so i put some more casters in and got the corner of the island rig out, lowered it in with boudle caster on and within a minute it had gone under and a carp of about 9lb was duley netted, i really needed another carp tok get myself back into conmtention for a money position on the lake as going into the last 45 mins ken had his 4th carp and scott puddy was landing more now, next carp i hooked was was one of the lakes double figure grassies which i played for a while and nearly netted but the hook pulled , i had one more bite at the end of the island which i think was a perck but it fell off on the way back , back to the shallow water and another chub was bagged then a couple of missed bites then 5 mins before the end i hooked a proper lump which took me till 14 mins after the all out to net but i wasnt to dissapointed as it was a 15lb plus common which i thought would propell me to second in the section, the gimp was playing one at the end and he landed his after the whistle but his 4 carp were smaller than my 3 so i thought i had him beaten, also ken on 33 was looking a bit defalted as he had just been moved from 2nd on the lake to 4th and out of the money, he did look miserable. as it turned out scott puddy won the lake with 62.11 off 31 i was second with my 3 carp going 37.8 and my 3 perch and 2 chub went 9.5 for 46.13.
most of the weights came from the match lake with mark poppleton on peg 7 scoring the top weight on the day with 94.14 , about 20 carp on corn
2nd tom thick 82.12 peg 11
3rd scott puddy 62.11 peg 31
4th bob gullick 49.10 peg 13
5th craig edmunds 48lb
6th andy hembrow 47lb
silvers went to paul elmes on 15 with 19.10
i will post the top 10 today or tommorrow and the next match is on the 22nd and its a random draw again
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
landsend weds
only enough to use the match lake today but that wasnt a bad thing as the forcast was for very strong winds and heavy showers possibly wintry, they got the showers right as we had hail,rain and snow but luckily the tree,s around the lake gave us a lot of protection from the wind so we even managed to get brollies up so we stayed dry aswell. into the draw bag and out comes peg 10, not a peg thats usually in so no real form to go by , but steve seager did manage to to lassoo 45lb off it at the weekend but he did have to fish to the end bank on peg 12 but peg 12 was in today and the gimp was happily setting up for his 7 mtr silvers attack so the carp that live at 14 mtrs in this peg were going to be safe today, even though he did manage to lose 4 during the match.
i only set up two rigs today , a 4x12 impact 6 with an 18 middy 6313(hens teeth)on .12 for caster across at the bottom of the shelf and a micro pellet down the middle at 13 mtrs and a 4x12 rig on .14 with a middy 8313 on the end for corn down to the empty pallet(9),i cupped in some casters straight out at 11mtrs and to the right at 13 mtrs , some soaked micro,s to the left at 13 mtrs down the middle and some micro,s and corn to the empty pallet, starting on caster at 11 mtrs i was soon catching small roach and perch on single caster the first hour was ok even if the fish were on the small side, at the end of the first hour i did foul a carp which luckily was hooked in the side in the skin(mirror carp).that was safely netted and then it was back to the small fish, a look to my right on caster only produced two perch even though i tried it several times, by now the gimp had given up trying to catch carp from his end bank margin and had come down the shelf and was begginning to catch a few quality silvers, also kev molten had the odd carp off 13 but they were small fish,as far as i could see no one was setting it alight, although i could see mat tomes on peg 1 netting odd fish but i wasnt to sure as to what they were as he was to far away to tell and i couldnt hear to much splashing from the far side either .so what to do, will i go for silvers or try and get in the main money, as the latter was worth more, that was the choice then a llok over the micro line to my left down the middle with corn gave me a couple of funny wobbles so a switch to double maggot as i thought it was roach nibbling ended up with me attached to a 6 pound carp and it was fairly hooked in the mouth, i went down the edge with corn but never had a bite so i put in a good helping of corn and went back to the caster line where the small fish were still biting, going into the last 90 mins i needed more carp as kev on 13 had 7 in the net ,even though they were on the small side i went down to the empty pallet again for a last try as i hadnt had a bite yet down there even though i had tried a couple of times , and bugger me if the float didnt go under and a nice 8lb common graced the landing net, back over on the caster line and i did get another carp plus some silvers so by the end i had 4 carp for possibly 20lb and 10lb of silvers, i wasnt to sure as to what mat the shrimp tomes had , but he was first to weigh and his net went 24.3, my 4 carp went 24lb and my silvers went exactly 10lb for a total of 34lb for first on the day
2nd went to kev molten on 13 with 30.9
3rd alan oram 29.1 on peg 21
4th mat(new breed)tomes 24.3 peg 1
5th phil(fabio)harding 23.6 peg 17
6th martin(blakey)lenaghan 16lb peg 5
silvers went the way of john(the gimp)bradford 11.5 peg 12 on maggot over caster at 7 mtrs
i only set up two rigs today , a 4x12 impact 6 with an 18 middy 6313(hens teeth)on .12 for caster across at the bottom of the shelf and a micro pellet down the middle at 13 mtrs and a 4x12 rig on .14 with a middy 8313 on the end for corn down to the empty pallet(9),i cupped in some casters straight out at 11mtrs and to the right at 13 mtrs , some soaked micro,s to the left at 13 mtrs down the middle and some micro,s and corn to the empty pallet, starting on caster at 11 mtrs i was soon catching small roach and perch on single caster the first hour was ok even if the fish were on the small side, at the end of the first hour i did foul a carp which luckily was hooked in the side in the skin(mirror carp).that was safely netted and then it was back to the small fish, a look to my right on caster only produced two perch even though i tried it several times, by now the gimp had given up trying to catch carp from his end bank margin and had come down the shelf and was begginning to catch a few quality silvers, also kev molten had the odd carp off 13 but they were small fish,as far as i could see no one was setting it alight, although i could see mat tomes on peg 1 netting odd fish but i wasnt to sure as to what they were as he was to far away to tell and i couldnt hear to much splashing from the far side either .so what to do, will i go for silvers or try and get in the main money, as the latter was worth more, that was the choice then a llok over the micro line to my left down the middle with corn gave me a couple of funny wobbles so a switch to double maggot as i thought it was roach nibbling ended up with me attached to a 6 pound carp and it was fairly hooked in the mouth, i went down the edge with corn but never had a bite so i put in a good helping of corn and went back to the caster line where the small fish were still biting, going into the last 90 mins i needed more carp as kev on 13 had 7 in the net ,even though they were on the small side i went down to the empty pallet again for a last try as i hadnt had a bite yet down there even though i had tried a couple of times , and bugger me if the float didnt go under and a nice 8lb common graced the landing net, back over on the caster line and i did get another carp plus some silvers so by the end i had 4 carp for possibly 20lb and 10lb of silvers, i wasnt to sure as to what mat the shrimp tomes had , but he was first to weigh and his net went 24.3, my 4 carp went 24lb and my silvers went exactly 10lb for a total of 34lb for first on the day
2nd went to kev molten on 13 with 30.9
3rd alan oram 29.1 on peg 21
4th mat(new breed)tomes 24.3 peg 1
5th phil(fabio)harding 23.6 peg 17
6th martin(blakey)lenaghan 16lb peg 5
silvers went the way of john(the gimp)bradford 11.5 peg 12 on maggot over caster at 7 mtrs
Sunday, 11 December 2011
landsend xmas match
38 booked in for this popular match , there is no money up for grabs as the entry goes to prizes and post match food , i did run a £5 optional pool to pay out top 2 in overall and silvers, 34 went in it so there was £50 and £35 to fish for in both.
i drew for myself and pulled 19 on the match lake(nice)a ggod peg with lots of form but just lately it hasnt been throwing any weights but i cant say i was unhappy, for company i had dave(beany)westcott on 18 and fishery owner mike duckett on 21, the plan today was to fish caster for anything that swims so with that in mind i set up two 4x12 rigs , one for down the right hand margin towards the empty peg , one for 13 mtrs straight out at the the bottom of the island shelf and the same rig would do for 14 mtrs at 11 and 2 o,clock for soft pellet over micro,s and a 4x10 for against the island all rigs were on .12 with a 18 6313 hook on the end, at the aqll inm i cupped some casters straight in front at 13 mtrs and some soaked micro,s on the 14 mtr angles and fired some casters down the margin but its one of those lines where i didnt get a bite so i wont mention the margin again .
starting on caster on the hook i soon had a couple of small roach before a fouled carp graced the net then i lost a couple before i got one in the mouth, by now the out of practice mr duckett was some how managing to feed a steady stream of silvers into his net which had the effect of shutting thomas thick up on 22 who couldnt catch and mike was rubbing it in , i put on a soft pellet and went over the 2 o,clock swim and was rewarded with a 1 1/2lb skimmer ,next drop i hooked a good fish 8-10lb which i played for a while then it came off as it was approaching netting range in refed and went to 11 o,clock but never had a bite back to the caster line but i began suffering from liners and foulers so i went out with my far bank rig set just over half depth but even though i was fouling well off bottom i never had a bite on the slow falling rig so i went to double dead maggot on all 3 lines and at the end of the first half i had 9 carp in the net then it went pear shaped with no bites or liners , and to make matters worse kev molten on 7 had begun to catch on cornand even worse was that beany next door had started to catch on caster towards the island the last half only gave me 3 carp and only a few silvers so by the end it was going to be close on our lake , as expected the match was won by scott puddy on 33 with 15 carp for 89.9 on soft pellet and corn
2nd was me with 51.12 peg 19
3rd kev molten 49.8 peg 7
4th nick duckett 45.11 peg15
5th steve seager 44.9 peg 11
6th dave westcott 36.15 peg 18
silvers went to john grey on peg 3 with 16.4 on caster and maggot at 11 to 13 mtrs
i drew for myself and pulled 19 on the match lake(nice)a ggod peg with lots of form but just lately it hasnt been throwing any weights but i cant say i was unhappy, for company i had dave(beany)westcott on 18 and fishery owner mike duckett on 21, the plan today was to fish caster for anything that swims so with that in mind i set up two 4x12 rigs , one for down the right hand margin towards the empty peg , one for 13 mtrs straight out at the the bottom of the island shelf and the same rig would do for 14 mtrs at 11 and 2 o,clock for soft pellet over micro,s and a 4x10 for against the island all rigs were on .12 with a 18 6313 hook on the end, at the aqll inm i cupped some casters straight in front at 13 mtrs and some soaked micro,s on the 14 mtr angles and fired some casters down the margin but its one of those lines where i didnt get a bite so i wont mention the margin again .
starting on caster on the hook i soon had a couple of small roach before a fouled carp graced the net then i lost a couple before i got one in the mouth, by now the out of practice mr duckett was some how managing to feed a steady stream of silvers into his net which had the effect of shutting thomas thick up on 22 who couldnt catch and mike was rubbing it in , i put on a soft pellet and went over the 2 o,clock swim and was rewarded with a 1 1/2lb skimmer ,next drop i hooked a good fish 8-10lb which i played for a while then it came off as it was approaching netting range in refed and went to 11 o,clock but never had a bite back to the caster line but i began suffering from liners and foulers so i went out with my far bank rig set just over half depth but even though i was fouling well off bottom i never had a bite on the slow falling rig so i went to double dead maggot on all 3 lines and at the end of the first half i had 9 carp in the net then it went pear shaped with no bites or liners , and to make matters worse kev molten on 7 had begun to catch on cornand even worse was that beany next door had started to catch on caster towards the island the last half only gave me 3 carp and only a few silvers so by the end it was going to be close on our lake , as expected the match was won by scott puddy on 33 with 15 carp for 89.9 on soft pellet and corn
2nd was me with 51.12 peg 19
3rd kev molten 49.8 peg 7
4th nick duckett 45.11 peg15
5th steve seager 44.9 peg 11
6th dave westcott 36.15 peg 18
silvers went to john grey on peg 3 with 16.4 on caster and maggot at 11 to 13 mtrs
Sunday, 4 December 2011
landsend individual winter league round 2
managed to keep a full house today of 33 which is always good and with only 11 on each of the first three lakes we all get plenty of room,
i let the oldest person on my lake draw for so adrian feffery handed me peg 66 which can produce but with the lake being one section and with pegs 41 ,42 68 and 58 in the mix it could be difficult but after a word with rod wootten who fancied it (but then again he always fancies everyones peg but his own)also mat tomes told me that he had come second off it back in september so it must be good(i may have to invest in a pair of flip flops cos matty seems to have think i,ve lost my mojo lol).
only three rigs today a 4x14 rig for caster down the middle on .10 with the 6313 hook on the end, a .25 on .12 with an 18 6313 for soft pellet at 13 mtrs on an angle towards 67 and a 4x10 for pellet over and the same rig was ok for caster down the edge.
at the all in i cupped some caster at 6mtrs, some micro,s to my left at 13 mtrs and a mix of micro,s and 4,s over to the island, the caster line was giving bites but apart from one foulhooked f1 all it produced was small roach, aswell as the 6mtr line i was feeding some casters in front of the reeds to my right but that only seemed to have the same small roach in it. halfway through and i was going nowhere fast then i had a small carp of about 3lb on the caster rig at 6 mtrs and although i hadnt had a bite over to the island on pellet i thought that would be my best chance of some decent fish as it still isnt to cold and the lake was still well coloured and i had been feeding some 4,s with a catty since the start, i only had 1 bite on the soft pellet line which i think was a liner as there was a bit of a boil when i lifted the pole. i stuck mainly with the far line and the caster line down to my left and about 90 mins to go i began to get a few indication over by the island on pellet and with nick duckett opposite on 45 having 3 carp in the net mainly from his margin and dale housen on 68 having three carp and some silvers i needed carp to get up in the section, the whole lake was fishing hard with pegs 41 nigel bartlett and mike west on 42 not having a carp either, in the last 90 mins i hooked 3 carp by the island on pellet ,i also hooked a good fish(10-12lb)on caster down the edge but it was fouled under the chin and after playing for a few mins it came off at the net so i finished with 4 carp and a few silvers but i new that lost fish was going to cost me and it did as nick duckett won the lake with 33.2 and i was second with 26.14 but it wasnt hooked right any way but its still annoying when you have seen it several times and nearly netted it , just to show how hard it was the lakes silvers were won by nigel bartlett on 41 with a lowly 6.6
as expected the best weights came off speci lake with kev molten leading the charge with 112.13 off form peg 33 catching carp on pellet out by the aerater
2nd was craig(clamper)edmunds with 99.1 on peg 31
3rd bob(DCI)gullick 93lb peg 34
4th tim ford 71.3 peg 29
5th mat tomes 53.6 peg 13
6th alan oram 44.2 peg 5
top silvers on the day went to martin pettifer on 25 with 21.3
next round is in janaury lets hope the ice stays away and i get a draw between 29 and 35
landsend xmas match next week
i let the oldest person on my lake draw for so adrian feffery handed me peg 66 which can produce but with the lake being one section and with pegs 41 ,42 68 and 58 in the mix it could be difficult but after a word with rod wootten who fancied it (but then again he always fancies everyones peg but his own)also mat tomes told me that he had come second off it back in september so it must be good(i may have to invest in a pair of flip flops cos matty seems to have think i,ve lost my mojo lol).
only three rigs today a 4x14 rig for caster down the middle on .10 with the 6313 hook on the end, a .25 on .12 with an 18 6313 for soft pellet at 13 mtrs on an angle towards 67 and a 4x10 for pellet over and the same rig was ok for caster down the edge.
at the all in i cupped some caster at 6mtrs, some micro,s to my left at 13 mtrs and a mix of micro,s and 4,s over to the island, the caster line was giving bites but apart from one foulhooked f1 all it produced was small roach, aswell as the 6mtr line i was feeding some casters in front of the reeds to my right but that only seemed to have the same small roach in it. halfway through and i was going nowhere fast then i had a small carp of about 3lb on the caster rig at 6 mtrs and although i hadnt had a bite over to the island on pellet i thought that would be my best chance of some decent fish as it still isnt to cold and the lake was still well coloured and i had been feeding some 4,s with a catty since the start, i only had 1 bite on the soft pellet line which i think was a liner as there was a bit of a boil when i lifted the pole. i stuck mainly with the far line and the caster line down to my left and about 90 mins to go i began to get a few indication over by the island on pellet and with nick duckett opposite on 45 having 3 carp in the net mainly from his margin and dale housen on 68 having three carp and some silvers i needed carp to get up in the section, the whole lake was fishing hard with pegs 41 nigel bartlett and mike west on 42 not having a carp either, in the last 90 mins i hooked 3 carp by the island on pellet ,i also hooked a good fish(10-12lb)on caster down the edge but it was fouled under the chin and after playing for a few mins it came off at the net so i finished with 4 carp and a few silvers but i new that lost fish was going to cost me and it did as nick duckett won the lake with 33.2 and i was second with 26.14 but it wasnt hooked right any way but its still annoying when you have seen it several times and nearly netted it , just to show how hard it was the lakes silvers were won by nigel bartlett on 41 with a lowly 6.6
as expected the best weights came off speci lake with kev molten leading the charge with 112.13 off form peg 33 catching carp on pellet out by the aerater
2nd was craig(clamper)edmunds with 99.1 on peg 31
3rd bob(DCI)gullick 93lb peg 34
4th tim ford 71.3 peg 29
5th mat tomes 53.6 peg 13
6th alan oram 44.2 peg 5
top silvers on the day went to martin pettifer on 25 with 21.3
next round is in janaury lets hope the ice stays away and i get a draw between 29 and 35
landsend xmas match next week
Thursday, 1 December 2011
landsend speci lake
i think the weather may have kept a few away today as only 10 showed so we went onto the speci lake as it had a tinge of colour still, whereas the match lake has gone very clear, a draw at the left hand end pegs 29 to 36 would be nice as most of the fish seem to be happy at that end at the moment, so where do i draw , peg 25 which is an end peg at the other end, going back a couple of years it used to be a peg you would run to but for some reason the fish seem to have vacated the area in favour of the other end(thats the end to my excuses then lol)for company i had to look at mike duckett opposite on peg 40, back to tackleing up and with the chance of f1,s on soft pellet i put up a 4x12 rig with an 18 6313 for them , a caster rig for each side at 5mtrs for perch and maybe chub, and 2 pellet rigs ,one for 16mtrs towards the corner of the island(4x14 16 b960) and a 4x12 for 16 mtrs along the left hand margin as there is 3 foot of water, at ther start i began on soft pellet at 13 mtrs but i became apparent very quickly that small roach were going to be a problem as i was getting plenty of small trembles bur very few proper bites and when i did the result was a 4 inch roach after about 45 mins of that it was out to the 16 mtr line towards the island with a hard 6 over loose fed 4,s but that only gave me 1 fi and small roach again were nibbleing the pellet, i had been dropping a few casters in front of me at 3 mtrs so i came back over that line with a caster on the soft pellet rig and i did begin catching small roach with the odd fish to 6oz, but with nigel bartlett on 35 and tom thick on 36 the chances of me picking up any silvers money was about the same as my chances of main money either as fabio on 33 was losing and catching some , there must be a lot of fish in that peg at the mo as he was catching shallow out to the aerater as i had a couple of weeks before still strange for the time of year though , this time last year we were waking up to minus 10 and snow so i,m not complaining, even though i was well under dressed as i was shivering by the end of the mastch.
with most of the anglers at the other end catching odd better carp things were as grim as i expected and judging by the banter between tom and nigel the silver were odliging them both on there pegs .
i did have a ggod hour on pellet down the edge when i had 5 smallish carp(to 4lb) but the action was short lived as these fish are residents that live along the margin but there arent enough there to keep them coming and thats how i ended up with the 5 carp and some silvers for 29lb for no good, still there,s always sunday when i am on lake 3 for round 2 of the landsend individual league , there is a space in this section if anyone is interested and with each lake being paid out seperately you arent competeing with the pthe lakes
1st on the day went to phil(fabio)harding with 93.13 on peg 33, mostly shallow on 6mm pellet over loosefed 4,s
2nd nigel bartlett 65.5 peg 35 inluding top silvers of 43.8 of mainly chub on caster over to the island
3rd tom thick 57.1 peg 36 and he was second in the silvers with 45.4 of mainly skimmers on his scopex soft pellet approach
4th mike west 46.7 peg 31
5th nick duckett 46.1 prg 29
6th tony rixon 29.12 peg 25
the landsend xmas match is on sunday 11th anyone wishing to book in ring mike on 07797545882 or ring me at the shop 01179517250
with most of the anglers at the other end catching odd better carp things were as grim as i expected and judging by the banter between tom and nigel the silver were odliging them both on there pegs .
i did have a ggod hour on pellet down the edge when i had 5 smallish carp(to 4lb) but the action was short lived as these fish are residents that live along the margin but there arent enough there to keep them coming and thats how i ended up with the 5 carp and some silvers for 29lb for no good, still there,s always sunday when i am on lake 3 for round 2 of the landsend individual league , there is a space in this section if anyone is interested and with each lake being paid out seperately you arent competeing with the pthe lakes
1st on the day went to phil(fabio)harding with 93.13 on peg 33, mostly shallow on 6mm pellet over loosefed 4,s
2nd nigel bartlett 65.5 peg 35 inluding top silvers of 43.8 of mainly chub on caster over to the island
3rd tom thick 57.1 peg 36 and he was second in the silvers with 45.4 of mainly skimmers on his scopex soft pellet approach
4th mike west 46.7 peg 31
5th nick duckett 46.1 prg 29
6th tony rixon 29.12 peg 25
the landsend xmas match is on sunday 11th anyone wishing to book in ring mike on 07797545882 or ring me at the shop 01179517250
Sunday, 13 November 2011
sunday open landsend
26 turned out today so its another decent match, we may have had a few more but the poppy match was on the river today and it was good to see it being sold out with 120 fishing on the avon between keynsham and newbridge, i think paul haines won it on peg 4 at swinford with 30 plus pounds , tim fords blog will have the results.
back to our draw and anton page volunteered to draw for me and i was glad he did as he handed me 33 which is at the bottom of the steps behind the shop on the speci lake, i new it would be ok for a few as tim clark lost 19 carp on it last week, tim has now changed his name to tim salter which is the same as the manufacturer of weighing devices cos the firm and tim both seem to specialise in scales
back to my peg and only 2 rigs to make up, one for hard pellet on the deck and a shallow rig as tim fouled a lot so i thought they would come up, for company i had the bristol leg end andy bryant opposite who also seems to specialise in getting his fish to reverse into the landing net, and self professed silvers ace steve seager on 35. at the start i cupped in some 4,s at 16mtrs at 10 , 12 and 2 o,clock, the first couple of hours were hard with only 2 carp and some nice f1,s even the shallow rig didnt produce a bite during this period then after a couple of hours i had a bow wave when i struck on the deep rig, so i went out again with the shallow and i stayed on this till the end of the match catching 14 more carp on this plus some more f1,s all about 2 foot deep so i ended up with 19lb of silvers and 76lb of carp for a total of 95.5
2nd went to paul elmes on 38 with 76.9
3rd tony page on peg 5 with 74.5
4th alan oram 72.3
5th a clark 71.6
6th scott puddy 68.6
silvers went to silver ace steve seager on 35 with 35lb of mainly chub and perch on caster fished over by the island, he was like watching a well oiled machine
back to our draw and anton page volunteered to draw for me and i was glad he did as he handed me 33 which is at the bottom of the steps behind the shop on the speci lake, i new it would be ok for a few as tim clark lost 19 carp on it last week, tim has now changed his name to tim salter which is the same as the manufacturer of weighing devices cos the firm and tim both seem to specialise in scales
back to my peg and only 2 rigs to make up, one for hard pellet on the deck and a shallow rig as tim fouled a lot so i thought they would come up, for company i had the bristol leg end andy bryant opposite who also seems to specialise in getting his fish to reverse into the landing net, and self professed silvers ace steve seager on 35. at the start i cupped in some 4,s at 16mtrs at 10 , 12 and 2 o,clock, the first couple of hours were hard with only 2 carp and some nice f1,s even the shallow rig didnt produce a bite during this period then after a couple of hours i had a bow wave when i struck on the deep rig, so i went out again with the shallow and i stayed on this till the end of the match catching 14 more carp on this plus some more f1,s all about 2 foot deep so i ended up with 19lb of silvers and 76lb of carp for a total of 95.5
2nd went to paul elmes on 38 with 76.9
3rd tony page on peg 5 with 74.5
4th alan oram 72.3
5th a clark 71.6
6th scott puddy 68.6
silvers went to silver ace steve seager on 35 with 35lb of mainly chub and perch on caster fished over by the island, he was like watching a well oiled machine
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
weds landsend match lake
just on the match lake today . i put 23 in the hat instead of 24 as this peg has been hard of late , i let ray white draw for me and guess what peg 23 for me then. plenty of options as i could reach the corner of the island as well as the end the end bank on 24 so i set up a banded pellet rig to fish in 2 foot of water against the end bank and off the front of the island (4x12)on .16 with a 18 b960 hook. a 4x10 rig for caster down the edge as this has been working on all the lakes here,and a 4x14 rig for soft pellet at 6mtrs. starting on the soft pellet at 6 mtrs over micro,s it was very quiet with only 2 carp and 1 lost fouler in the first 90 mins to show for my efforts, i had been feeding 4,s across to the island with a catty from the start so i put a 6 in the band and shipped it across , i didnt have to wait long for a bite but only hooked a snag on the strike, one hook gone out again and the same result ,two hooks gone, so out with the plummet and instead of the front of the island i found the same depth just round the side of the island towards 22, the snag is the old plastic meshing that mike put some barley straw in to help curtail the algae, trouble is the plants on the island have rooted through the mesh and mike cant get it all out so it pays to stay away from it when you find out where it is, once i had found a clear spot i began getting odd carp, as was chris davis on 21 who was catching over on w and c.
the end bank produced no bites so 24 was still not producing also the caster down the edge only gave me one perch, so i stuck to the island for the rest of the match ending up with 18 carp for what i thought would go about 70lb.
i had bela bakos opposite on peg 1 and he had real struggle till the last hour when his margin sprang to life and he couldnt get the rig in fast enough with a bit of corn on , he ended up with 62.13 with most of that coming in the last hour, and chris davis on 21 had started catching down the edge and may have got closer if he hadnt trashed his rig with 10 mins to go and he ended up with 76.7 , but my net went 89lb on the button for first with chris second and bela third
4th went to fabio harding with 58.8 which included the top silvers with 26.10 of mostly ide on soft pellet at 7 mtrs off peg 7
5th dale housen 21.6 peg 16
6th ray white 21.2 peg 11
the end bank produced no bites so 24 was still not producing also the caster down the edge only gave me one perch, so i stuck to the island for the rest of the match ending up with 18 carp for what i thought would go about 70lb.
i had bela bakos opposite on peg 1 and he had real struggle till the last hour when his margin sprang to life and he couldnt get the rig in fast enough with a bit of corn on , he ended up with 62.13 with most of that coming in the last hour, and chris davis on 21 had started catching down the edge and may have got closer if he hadnt trashed his rig with 10 mins to go and he ended up with 76.7 , but my net went 89lb on the button for first with chris second and bela third
4th went to fabio harding with 58.8 which included the top silvers with 26.10 of mostly ide on soft pellet at 7 mtrs off peg 7
5th dale housen 21.6 peg 16
6th ray white 21.2 peg 11
Sunday, 23 October 2011
round 1 landsend individual winter league
had 34 booked but with 2 no shows 32 would have to do then spread over three lakes. i let trig edmunds draw for me so i end up on peg 3 on the match lake and trig ends up on possibly the best peg in the northern hemisphere, 42 on lake 3 , johns water.
any way back to peg 3 , clayton drew it last weekend and had 80lb off it so after a phone call it looked lioke it may be a soft pellet at 6mtrs approach and chopped worm and caster over, so i set up a 4x12 for 6 mtrs on the soft pellet over micro,s and the same rig would do for my right hand margin by a bush, a 4x10 rig for w&c at 13 mtrs and a 4x12 for banded pellet at 10 o,clock at 14 mtrs but i wont mention that again as i never had a bite on it.
starting at 6 mtrs on soft pellet the first hour was dire with only 1 carp and 1 crucian to show for my efforts , i went over on the worm line but that was hard with only a couple of reasonable perch before they dissapeared , i decided to stop feeding worms and began firing casters over ,this bought me a couple more perch and a good ide
there were odd carp showing on the far side but as is normal on this lake they do a dissapearing act when the pole goes over there heads so most of the rest of the match was spent at 6mtrs and down the edge, i had some good skimmers and crucians at 6 mtrs along with 2 more carp and another carp from down the edge for what i thought would be about 45lb, with a section on each lake you really need to end up in the top 3 or 4 in each match to do well but with beany westcott on 19 and adrian jeffery on 21 both having 11 carp i thought 3 rd was going to be my best result and thats how it turned out with beany winning the lake with 66.4 and adrian jeffery next with 55.7 and my net went 50.3
overall tom thick continues to do well winning with 103.10 off peg 41 on lake 3
2nd went to mark poppleton on 68 with 75.5
3rd alan oram 70.2 on peg 36
4th dave westcott 66.4 peg 19
5th craig edmunds 66 peg 42
6th paul elmes 58lb peg 55
top silvers went to me with 24.8 on peg 3
any way back to peg 3 , clayton drew it last weekend and had 80lb off it so after a phone call it looked lioke it may be a soft pellet at 6mtrs approach and chopped worm and caster over, so i set up a 4x12 for 6 mtrs on the soft pellet over micro,s and the same rig would do for my right hand margin by a bush, a 4x10 rig for w&c at 13 mtrs and a 4x12 for banded pellet at 10 o,clock at 14 mtrs but i wont mention that again as i never had a bite on it.
starting at 6 mtrs on soft pellet the first hour was dire with only 1 carp and 1 crucian to show for my efforts , i went over on the worm line but that was hard with only a couple of reasonable perch before they dissapeared , i decided to stop feeding worms and began firing casters over ,this bought me a couple more perch and a good ide
there were odd carp showing on the far side but as is normal on this lake they do a dissapearing act when the pole goes over there heads so most of the rest of the match was spent at 6mtrs and down the edge, i had some good skimmers and crucians at 6 mtrs along with 2 more carp and another carp from down the edge for what i thought would be about 45lb, with a section on each lake you really need to end up in the top 3 or 4 in each match to do well but with beany westcott on 19 and adrian jeffery on 21 both having 11 carp i thought 3 rd was going to be my best result and thats how it turned out with beany winning the lake with 66.4 and adrian jeffery next with 55.7 and my net went 50.3
overall tom thick continues to do well winning with 103.10 off peg 41 on lake 3
2nd went to mark poppleton on 68 with 75.5
3rd alan oram 70.2 on peg 36
4th dave westcott 66.4 peg 19
5th craig edmunds 66 peg 42
6th paul elmes 58lb peg 55
top silvers went to me with 24.8 on peg 3
Thursday, 6 October 2011
weds landsend match lake
only a dirty dozen turned out today so we only used the match lake, i let the youngest angler there in the shape of ryan summerhayes draw for me and he handed me peg 1, its a peg that i havnt been on for a long time and it can be a tad confusing as there are to many options ,with a end bank margin ,a right hand margin under a tree, an island and the open water. i had bought 2pts of casters with me just in case i fished for silvers but i made my mind up to chuck them all under the tree to my right in the last couple of hours so i set up a 4x10 rig with an 18 xedion on .18,
a 4x8 rig for tight in against the left hand margin and the same rig would do for towards the island in front of peg 2 and a deep rig for the bottom of the shelf to the right,
at the start i cupped in some 6,s to the left in the deeps and against the bank and to peg 2 and sprinkled a few casters under the tree, starting at 14 mtrs on the deck with a banded 8 i hooked a fish first drop which came off at the net, and the rig went up the tree above my head, then i lost two foulers next two put ins and that was the end of the sport at full depth, i stuck with this for over an hour whilst i kept feeding my other lines, and by now i was already 3 or 4 fish behind adrian clark on peg 22 who was catching against the island on hard pellet, it took me 80 mins to put mt first fish in the net, a carp against the feft hand bank of about 3lb, but even there bites were hard to come by, so after a couple more i swithched to in front of peg 2 and had 2 more, but it was turning into a real grueller with bites all but impossible to get , the only person catching was adrian on 22 who was getting odd carp but regularly, i could also see ryan summerhayes on 5 getting odd fish and the gimp on 3 catching silvers but even they seemed to not want to feed. 90 mins from the end and with nothing to show on the caster line under the tree apart from 2 roach and a perch i threw 1 1/2 pints of casters straight in , left it for 10 mins then went over it with triple caster not really expecting to catch the rig settled and i looked up to watch adrian net another missed the bite so that was under the tree before i looked back, i did manage 4 carp from under the tree by the end but i was never going to catch adrian as he ended up with 25 carp but they were on the small side but it was enough to win as he had 87.12 all taken against the island on hard pellet
my 13 fish went 67.12 for 2nd
3rd ryan summerhayes 58.9 peg 5
4th martin lenaghan 38.14 peg 15
5th mike duckett 26lb peg 7
6th ray white 25lb peg 24
silvers went to phil(fabio)harding with 19.10 on peg 13 fishing soft pellet at 11mtr with soft pellet
a 4x8 rig for tight in against the left hand margin and the same rig would do for towards the island in front of peg 2 and a deep rig for the bottom of the shelf to the right,
at the start i cupped in some 6,s to the left in the deeps and against the bank and to peg 2 and sprinkled a few casters under the tree, starting at 14 mtrs on the deck with a banded 8 i hooked a fish first drop which came off at the net, and the rig went up the tree above my head, then i lost two foulers next two put ins and that was the end of the sport at full depth, i stuck with this for over an hour whilst i kept feeding my other lines, and by now i was already 3 or 4 fish behind adrian clark on peg 22 who was catching against the island on hard pellet, it took me 80 mins to put mt first fish in the net, a carp against the feft hand bank of about 3lb, but even there bites were hard to come by, so after a couple more i swithched to in front of peg 2 and had 2 more, but it was turning into a real grueller with bites all but impossible to get , the only person catching was adrian on 22 who was getting odd carp but regularly, i could also see ryan summerhayes on 5 getting odd fish and the gimp on 3 catching silvers but even they seemed to not want to feed. 90 mins from the end and with nothing to show on the caster line under the tree apart from 2 roach and a perch i threw 1 1/2 pints of casters straight in , left it for 10 mins then went over it with triple caster not really expecting to catch the rig settled and i looked up to watch adrian net another missed the bite so that was under the tree before i looked back, i did manage 4 carp from under the tree by the end but i was never going to catch adrian as he ended up with 25 carp but they were on the small side but it was enough to win as he had 87.12 all taken against the island on hard pellet
my 13 fish went 67.12 for 2nd
3rd ryan summerhayes 58.9 peg 5
4th martin lenaghan 38.14 peg 15
5th mike duckett 26lb peg 7
6th ray white 25lb peg 24
silvers went to phil(fabio)harding with 19.10 on peg 13 fishing soft pellet at 11mtr with soft pellet
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