with the match lake fishing hard it was decided we would be better off on lake 3(john,s water) as the previous few matches had shown this lake to be fishing the best with bites all round it. my usual drawbag person (gary wall)drew 42 for me, the last time i drew this peg i won with 130 lb on pellet shallow , but i cant see this working today.
2 rigs one .50 grm with a 20 808 to .10 for caster at 6 mtr and a 4x12 rig with an 18 808 to .12 for corn and soft pellet against the island and 14 mtrs at 10 o,clock as it was the same depth, about three and a half feet.
at the start i started feeding caster at 6 mtrs and cupped some dampened micro,s by the island and on the angle at 14 mtrs.
starting on the caster line i had a bite first drop but missed it never mind there should be plenty of roach there, wrong i never had another bite there , so 30 mins later and i was putting a piece of corn on and shipping the island rig out, first drop and the float went under and the first f1 was on its way to the net, then i had a 5 lb carp then it went quiet so a few more micro,s then out on the angle and another f1 and a carp , so fed that line again and back to the island and another carp and f1. about 2 hours from the end i plumbed up with the caster rig off the front of the island and fed some micro,s there, and by rotating around the three swims i had a nice days fishing apart from the rain which fell all day , but at least it was mild.
mike turned up with the scales at the end, he didnt fish as he tripped over a pile of buckets in the nursery and put his back out. i had a total of 53.13 which included the top silvers weight of 21.15
all the fish being taken on corn over micro,s apart from 1 roach on maggot
2nd alan oram 52.4 peg 51 ,8 carp on maggot and corn
3rd pete sivell 49.13 peg 61 9 carp on maggot
4th gary wall 45.10 peg 66
5th vince brown 35.12 peg 41
6th john bradford 30.00 peg 70
all in all a good close match with any of the top 4 needing 1 fish to win and with most people losing a few it could have gone any way
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
shop bitz 7
that fabio has got a cheek . being our night watchman means he has keys for the shop, so he keeps his kit in the back of the shop. when he gets his kit before he goes fishing he makes his flask with the coffee and milk from the shop, so i thought it would be funny to replace the coffee with gravy granules but even thouigh i sabotaged the lights above the kettle he still spotted the ruse (bugger), trouble was i forgot to tell the gimp about it as i was off on monday to do some long overdue(20 years)DIY , the first 2 cups he made were drunk with no complaints from dave blakemore and eddie perkins(thats probably the end of the doughnuts), but tim clarke wasnt to be fooled and spat his out(he must have been a wife in a previous life).
also fabio has taken to wearing fi fi,s underwear and to be honest he aint got the ass to carry it off especially as he flashes them to anyone who shows the slightest interest, if i had known he was a cross dresser he would never got into the flat. trouble is fi fi wont flash his spandex boxers, and he must have been having a barry white afternoon on saturday as he had the music cranked right up so we couldnt hear the furniture or fabsy groaning.
poor mat tomes is really stuggling with his weight we can all remember him with a six pack and a full head of hair now all he has got is a lurpack and bum fluff (welcome to my world).
we all know how tight mark britton(psv)but cruel as well. read on , he was telling me that when he was young he used to shoot birds with an airgun then cut them up to get his pellets back. he did try and tell me that his dad would only give him one pellet at a time
also fabio has taken to wearing fi fi,s underwear and to be honest he aint got the ass to carry it off especially as he flashes them to anyone who shows the slightest interest, if i had known he was a cross dresser he would never got into the flat. trouble is fi fi wont flash his spandex boxers, and he must have been having a barry white afternoon on saturday as he had the music cranked right up so we couldnt hear the furniture or fabsy groaning.
poor mat tomes is really stuggling with his weight we can all remember him with a six pack and a full head of hair now all he has got is a lurpack and bum fluff (welcome to my world).
we all know how tight mark britton(psv)but cruel as well. read on , he was telling me that when he was young he used to shoot birds with an airgun then cut them up to get his pellets back. he did try and tell me that his dad would only give him one pellet at a time
Sunday, 31 January 2010
viaduct teams of 5
christ when will it end frozen again, draw done and it was my turn for match lake with 6 pegs on spring lake and as our team had the same team draw as last time i ended up with peg 3 on spring. potentially a good silvers peg with an island chuck for a carp BUT NOT TODAY. the only good thing about ice is that it stops those with the island pegs casting to them so it all becomes a lot fairer. back to the peg and after clearing the ice to about 14 mtrs i set about making two rigs , one being .5 grm with a 20 808 to .10 with the 2x 10,s just above the hooklength(5 inches)for lift bites from the skimmers i was hoping were there, and the other was a 4x14 with a 22 808 to .10 for bits with a bulk and three droppers, next mix up a bit of dark g bait and i was ready to go. we were meant to start at 10.30 but due to the ice breaking the start was put back to 11, or by the viaduct clock 11.03, i keep meaning to put there clock right but that might confuse yul sorry i meant steve.
2 balls were deposited with a few casters at 14 mtrs and 1 ball at 6 mtrs just in case and after about 15 mins i was getting a few bites and indications and some small fish were finding there way into the net, i was using the heavier rig with the 2 no 10,s by the hook and 30 mins in and the float lifted and held , lift into it and bump it (bugger). 10 mins later same bite different result , i managed to drop it off halfway in. i did manage a few hand size skimmers and small roach but the rig wasnt right as i was getting funny little indications that werent materialising into bites. a switch to the lighter rig which was better , and by laying the rig on the water and holding it tight it would either settle and go under or settle and come back up with a skimmer being the culprit they werent big skimmers, only 2 to 8 oz but it was enjoyable. i did get a few roach over the 6 mtr line but they wouldnt settle, you could get a couple then they would back off, with match lake behind me i wasnt to sure as to what was being caught but the six pegs on spring looked fairly even with all of us getting bites from small fish.
what was a surprise was the total lack of bites on caster i only had 1 roach on it, single red maggot was by far the best, also talking to people after a lot of people were getting indications that didnt turn into bites , i can only assume that it was fish off bottom giving small liners, even coming off bottom didnt help as you would get no bites at all.
the sickener came about 10 mins from the end when the float slid under and the strike met solid resistence , and what looked like a 3 lb bream came up under the ice , guess what halfway back with it comeing across the top it fell off aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh, and its one of those sittuations when you know its going to cost you.
it cost me 3 rd in the section and 2nd in the silvers but shit happens and its only a game isnt it NOT.
1st dick bull 45.13 peg 73 . 5 carp down the edge on maggot
2nd john howell 32.10 peg 7 3 carp down the edge on maggot
3rd gary wall 20.7 peg 13
4th phil caudwell 19.14 peg 42 all silvers(first)
5th tim(64 turns)pallant 18.8 peg 48
6th lionel legge 16.9 peg 59
silvers
phil caudwell 19.14
2nd alex murray 13.7
3rd stu foale 12.10
4th ME 10.01
anyone seen mat tomes lately christ he,s put some weight on , due mainly to the fact that he aint working, still if he gets short of money he can rent his extra chins out for advertising
top 4 teams on the day
westerliegh blue 72
somerset angling 70
viaduct allstars 66
team viaduct 61
lge to date top 4
keyford and somerset angling 138
maver veals red and viaduct allstars 129
2 balls were deposited with a few casters at 14 mtrs and 1 ball at 6 mtrs just in case and after about 15 mins i was getting a few bites and indications and some small fish were finding there way into the net, i was using the heavier rig with the 2 no 10,s by the hook and 30 mins in and the float lifted and held , lift into it and bump it (bugger). 10 mins later same bite different result , i managed to drop it off halfway in. i did manage a few hand size skimmers and small roach but the rig wasnt right as i was getting funny little indications that werent materialising into bites. a switch to the lighter rig which was better , and by laying the rig on the water and holding it tight it would either settle and go under or settle and come back up with a skimmer being the culprit they werent big skimmers, only 2 to 8 oz but it was enjoyable. i did get a few roach over the 6 mtr line but they wouldnt settle, you could get a couple then they would back off, with match lake behind me i wasnt to sure as to what was being caught but the six pegs on spring looked fairly even with all of us getting bites from small fish.
what was a surprise was the total lack of bites on caster i only had 1 roach on it, single red maggot was by far the best, also talking to people after a lot of people were getting indications that didnt turn into bites , i can only assume that it was fish off bottom giving small liners, even coming off bottom didnt help as you would get no bites at all.
the sickener came about 10 mins from the end when the float slid under and the strike met solid resistence , and what looked like a 3 lb bream came up under the ice , guess what halfway back with it comeing across the top it fell off aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh, and its one of those sittuations when you know its going to cost you.
it cost me 3 rd in the section and 2nd in the silvers but shit happens and its only a game isnt it NOT.
1st dick bull 45.13 peg 73 . 5 carp down the edge on maggot
2nd john howell 32.10 peg 7 3 carp down the edge on maggot
3rd gary wall 20.7 peg 13
4th phil caudwell 19.14 peg 42 all silvers(first)
5th tim(64 turns)pallant 18.8 peg 48
6th lionel legge 16.9 peg 59
silvers
phil caudwell 19.14
2nd alex murray 13.7
3rd stu foale 12.10
4th ME 10.01
anyone seen mat tomes lately christ he,s put some weight on , due mainly to the fact that he aint working, still if he gets short of money he can rent his extra chins out for advertising
top 4 teams on the day
westerliegh blue 72
somerset angling 70
viaduct allstars 66
team viaduct 61
lge to date top 4
keyford and somerset angling 138
maver veals red and viaduct allstars 129
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
boggy boyd
with the promise of plenty of bites from roach and skimmers if the carp never fed , boyd lake was to be the venue for the weds match this week , much to the delight of boyd regular and expert mr nicholls. i think the reason he likes the place is mainly due to the fact he only uses
5 pence worth of fuel to get there. shame they are only allowed 12 pegs on there when there is room for 20, i think some of the locals who live along golden valley lane thought the increased traffic might be to much so pete was only allowed 12 pegs, after spending a day there the lane is a proper rat run so i dont think a few extra anglers cars would have been a problem.
back to the fishing and i drew peg 6 which i was told is about the deepest on the lake, and bob the bread had snared 17 lb of skimmers just recently, so three rigs were assembled , a 4x12 with strung out shot with a 20 808 to .10 for roach up in the water, a .50 rig same hook and line to fish on the deck at 4 mtrs under the up in the water rig and a 1 grm rig to fish at 9 mtrwith an 18 to .10.
at the start i cupped in 5 balls of g bait with some soaked micros at 9 mtrs for skimmers(hopefully). then started on the up in the water rig feeding 4 or 5 casters regularly over the top. 15 mins later and without a bite i went out with the .5 rig and missed a bite then 5 mins later a 3 oz roach was my first fish. by now mike nicholls and chris davis who were on 3 and 2 had begun to get small roach, so back on the shallow rig to find some small roach had arrived, by the halfway stage i was going nowhere fast with about 3 lb in the net it was time to look over the g bait line, and i soon started getting skimmers from about 2 to 10 oz and by dotting the float down and having 2 no 10 shot just off bottom most of the bites were proper lifters with the bristle coming right up , virtually unmissable i had a good one and a half hours before the swim started to die and even the odd ball of g bait wouldnt restart it so by the end i was back on the inside roaching. both mike and chris had caught well but i thought mike had just edged it as he had snared 3 late carp on mags over micros giving him 4 carp to chris,s 2 , although the carp werent large , only up to about 3 lb it was enough to give mike the edge with 26.1 peg 3 see his blog for tactics
2nd chris davis 23.1 peg 2 on worm and caster at 10 and 14 mtrs
3rd john smith 14.10 peg 10
4th tony rixon 13.8 peg 6
5th pete sivell 10.12 peg 9
6th dean malin 8.14 peg 7
and apart from the kenn in the winter when its run off it is probably the muddiest place around with red silty mud clinging to everything. but to be fair the sport is very good , the only real drawback is the bankwalkers you have to endure. cos as you are trying to catch close and up it does tend to unsettle your quarry , even though the water does look heavily coloured it is clearer than you think . next time i go there i think i will pray for frost so the mud is nice and hard
5 pence worth of fuel to get there. shame they are only allowed 12 pegs on there when there is room for 20, i think some of the locals who live along golden valley lane thought the increased traffic might be to much so pete was only allowed 12 pegs, after spending a day there the lane is a proper rat run so i dont think a few extra anglers cars would have been a problem.
back to the fishing and i drew peg 6 which i was told is about the deepest on the lake, and bob the bread had snared 17 lb of skimmers just recently, so three rigs were assembled , a 4x12 with strung out shot with a 20 808 to .10 for roach up in the water, a .50 rig same hook and line to fish on the deck at 4 mtrs under the up in the water rig and a 1 grm rig to fish at 9 mtrwith an 18 to .10.
at the start i cupped in 5 balls of g bait with some soaked micros at 9 mtrs for skimmers(hopefully). then started on the up in the water rig feeding 4 or 5 casters regularly over the top. 15 mins later and without a bite i went out with the .5 rig and missed a bite then 5 mins later a 3 oz roach was my first fish. by now mike nicholls and chris davis who were on 3 and 2 had begun to get small roach, so back on the shallow rig to find some small roach had arrived, by the halfway stage i was going nowhere fast with about 3 lb in the net it was time to look over the g bait line, and i soon started getting skimmers from about 2 to 10 oz and by dotting the float down and having 2 no 10 shot just off bottom most of the bites were proper lifters with the bristle coming right up , virtually unmissable i had a good one and a half hours before the swim started to die and even the odd ball of g bait wouldnt restart it so by the end i was back on the inside roaching. both mike and chris had caught well but i thought mike had just edged it as he had snared 3 late carp on mags over micros giving him 4 carp to chris,s 2 , although the carp werent large , only up to about 3 lb it was enough to give mike the edge with 26.1 peg 3 see his blog for tactics
2nd chris davis 23.1 peg 2 on worm and caster at 10 and 14 mtrs
3rd john smith 14.10 peg 10
4th tony rixon 13.8 peg 6
5th pete sivell 10.12 peg 9
6th dean malin 8.14 peg 7
and apart from the kenn in the winter when its run off it is probably the muddiest place around with red silty mud clinging to everything. but to be fair the sport is very good , the only real drawback is the bankwalkers you have to endure. cos as you are trying to catch close and up it does tend to unsettle your quarry , even though the water does look heavily coloured it is clearer than you think . next time i go there i think i will pray for frost so the mud is nice and hard
Sunday, 24 January 2010
landsend individual league
with no chance of doing any good in the league as i,m fishing the viaduct teams of 5 and some of the matches clash i just fish these matches as opens, next year mike is going to change the format to only 6 matches with 5 to count and none clashing with viaduct which should suit most people.
lake 4 was my draw for today and i drew 81 for myself which is on the end of the last island on the left hand bank i,ve had the peg befor in the summere and had lots of fish on it , usually tight to the island in a foot of water on pellet but i couldnt see that happening today after the weeks of ice we have just endured or could it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
two rigs today a 4x12 with an 18 808 to 0.12 to fish at 4 mtrs and another identical rig for 13 mtrs towards the island which would double up for the margins either side as it was the same depth.
at the start i cupped some micros at 13 mtrs , loose fed some mags at 4 mtrs and fed mags into each side margins at 4 mtrs down the edge. starting on maggot at 4 mtrs in front , i must admit i did expect bites from small roach , skimmers and the odd small carp, but 40 minutes later and i was, still biteless wheras martin lenaghan on 83 the corner peg had had 3 carp , a switch to the 13 mtr line and it was soon 6 all with martin but my peg started to to die and he began to pull away , he could move up and down the margins of the lake end and into the open water to keep the fish coming . i was still getting the odd fish but not really quick enough to do any damage. i could also see john (the gimp)bradford on 72 catching regularly. i did look down the margins several times but only had 1 fish so that was a none starter. with about 2 hours to go bela bakos on 79 had a couple of carp off the island , so off the box another top set with a 4x10 rig . a quick plumb up revealed about 15 inches of water towards the island at a 1 o,clock angle, i decided to fish there as there are the remnants of an old weed bed there , and from experience fish seem to like these rotting weed beds in the winter , so i cupped in some micros and maggots by the island in a couple of places and lowered the rig in , it was gone in seconds and a small carp was on its way to the net. by now martins swim had gone a bit quiet so he was soon off his box and putting a shallow rig up, i think if he hadnt i might have clawed it back as i think i was out catching him by this stage but it wasnt to be as the fish he was getting were slightly bigger than the ones i was getting so the big mistake today was not setting the shallow rig up, live and learn as the saying goes
first on the day was vince shipp(brother of des)on peg 62 lake 3 with 12 carp for 78.3 all taken at 13 mtrs on 6mm pellet
2nd alan oram 56.15 peg 33
3rd nick collier 55.15 peg 94
4th martin lenaghan 53.13 peg 83
5th tony rixon 44.4 peg 81
6th john bradford 42.1
top silvers went to dale howsen on 18 with 10.13 of f1,s
well done to timmy clarke who won his section with 2 foulhooked carp for 15 lb so every dog does have its day lol
commiserations to anton page who drew 33 on speci lake (flyer)only to be told there had to be a re draw on that lake as mike had put the wrong pegs in . he ended up on 28 (not so good ha ha) and he had to watch alan coming second off 33(every cloud anton )
lake 4 was my draw for today and i drew 81 for myself which is on the end of the last island on the left hand bank i,ve had the peg befor in the summere and had lots of fish on it , usually tight to the island in a foot of water on pellet but i couldnt see that happening today after the weeks of ice we have just endured or could it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
two rigs today a 4x12 with an 18 808 to 0.12 to fish at 4 mtrs and another identical rig for 13 mtrs towards the island which would double up for the margins either side as it was the same depth.
at the start i cupped some micros at 13 mtrs , loose fed some mags at 4 mtrs and fed mags into each side margins at 4 mtrs down the edge. starting on maggot at 4 mtrs in front , i must admit i did expect bites from small roach , skimmers and the odd small carp, but 40 minutes later and i was, still biteless wheras martin lenaghan on 83 the corner peg had had 3 carp , a switch to the 13 mtr line and it was soon 6 all with martin but my peg started to to die and he began to pull away , he could move up and down the margins of the lake end and into the open water to keep the fish coming . i was still getting the odd fish but not really quick enough to do any damage. i could also see john (the gimp)bradford on 72 catching regularly. i did look down the margins several times but only had 1 fish so that was a none starter. with about 2 hours to go bela bakos on 79 had a couple of carp off the island , so off the box another top set with a 4x10 rig . a quick plumb up revealed about 15 inches of water towards the island at a 1 o,clock angle, i decided to fish there as there are the remnants of an old weed bed there , and from experience fish seem to like these rotting weed beds in the winter , so i cupped in some micros and maggots by the island in a couple of places and lowered the rig in , it was gone in seconds and a small carp was on its way to the net. by now martins swim had gone a bit quiet so he was soon off his box and putting a shallow rig up, i think if he hadnt i might have clawed it back as i think i was out catching him by this stage but it wasnt to be as the fish he was getting were slightly bigger than the ones i was getting so the big mistake today was not setting the shallow rig up, live and learn as the saying goes
first on the day was vince shipp(brother of des)on peg 62 lake 3 with 12 carp for 78.3 all taken at 13 mtrs on 6mm pellet
2nd alan oram 56.15 peg 33
3rd nick collier 55.15 peg 94
4th martin lenaghan 53.13 peg 83
5th tony rixon 44.4 peg 81
6th john bradford 42.1
top silvers went to dale howsen on 18 with 10.13 of f1,s
well done to timmy clarke who won his section with 2 foulhooked carp for 15 lb so every dog does have its day lol
commiserations to anton page who drew 33 on speci lake (flyer)only to be told there had to be a re draw on that lake as mike had put the wrong pegs in . he ended up on 28 (not so good ha ha) and he had to watch alan coming second off 33(every cloud anton )
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
weds landsend
with the ice finally gone i could leave the breakers at home(good). the water was still going to cold as there was still some ice on the lake the day before. the draw was kind to me and gary wall handed me 15, which is a peg with a lot of options. four rigs, two 4x12 with a 20 808 to .12 one for down the edge to my right by a bush and 1 for 13 mtrs straight out. a 4X14 WITH AN 18 808 iether side 10 and 2 o,clock for pellet and a 4x14 to a 16 for down the edge to 14(empty).
at the start i cupped in caster at 13 mtr and down by 14 aswell as loosefeeding a few by the bush to my right.even though i tried the pellet lines several times during the day, i never had a bite on pellet so thats the last i,ll say about it.
starting at 13 mtr i was suprised when the float went under first put in , but i struck in to thin air, liners me thinks, as it happened several times in the first 30 mins, then i landed a 4 pounder shame it was hooked in the tail though, so i slipped it straight back(yea right any port in a storm)
i lost a couple more foulers shortly after so i started shallowing up, when igot to about 2 feet off the bottom i caught a tench!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, then lost another fouler ,then no bites so back to the bottom and got one in the mouth. a look by the bush and 1 perch later and no more bites again. a look to peg 14 and no indications so back on the 13 mtr line . i landed 4 more on this line 2 in the mouth and two in the fin, so i ended up with 5 carp and afew silvers for about 30 lb. all in all i lost 9 carp , 8 of which were definately fouled so at least the fish are having a bit of a mooch and with temps getting better this weekend i think the fish might have a bit of a pop, apart from tim clarks peg that is.
my 5 carp and silvers went 31.14 for first
2nd was john (the gimp)bradford 26.6 peg 11 and his catch included top silver weight with 17.12 which included 4 tench , 1 bream, 2 ide and some perch
3rd pete(norten)notton 9.12 peg 3
4th alan healy 8.2 peg 19
5th alan oram 7.6 peg 1
6th gary wall 7.0 peg 17
at the start i cupped in caster at 13 mtr and down by 14 aswell as loosefeeding a few by the bush to my right.even though i tried the pellet lines several times during the day, i never had a bite on pellet so thats the last i,ll say about it.
starting at 13 mtr i was suprised when the float went under first put in , but i struck in to thin air, liners me thinks, as it happened several times in the first 30 mins, then i landed a 4 pounder shame it was hooked in the tail though, so i slipped it straight back(yea right any port in a storm)
i lost a couple more foulers shortly after so i started shallowing up, when igot to about 2 feet off the bottom i caught a tench!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, then lost another fouler ,then no bites so back to the bottom and got one in the mouth. a look by the bush and 1 perch later and no more bites again. a look to peg 14 and no indications so back on the 13 mtr line . i landed 4 more on this line 2 in the mouth and two in the fin, so i ended up with 5 carp and afew silvers for about 30 lb. all in all i lost 9 carp , 8 of which were definately fouled so at least the fish are having a bit of a mooch and with temps getting better this weekend i think the fish might have a bit of a pop, apart from tim clarks peg that is.
my 5 carp and silvers went 31.14 for first
2nd was john (the gimp)bradford 26.6 peg 11 and his catch included top silver weight with 17.12 which included 4 tench , 1 bream, 2 ide and some perch
3rd pete(norten)notton 9.12 peg 3
4th alan healy 8.2 peg 19
5th alan oram 7.6 peg 1
6th gary wall 7.0 peg 17
Monday, 18 January 2010
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