3 teams down on last year but it was still a good turn out with 17 teams of 5 which is a big match by todays standards. todays draw put me on b section which is cary lake and my chosen peg was 88, the pretty bush peg, probably one of my least liked pegs on the venue and one i tend to draw quite often, its a peg which doesnt afford you a proper lead chuck as you are opposite the diagonal bank which means those opposite are casting across you, so i decided on an out and out silvers attack especially as the carp had really shut up shop on this lake with only a handfull being caught during the last fortnight, with p[hil(fabio)harding for company on 87 at least the banter would be good.
i set up 3 rigs a 4x18 rig to fish maggot and caster over g bait at 14 mtrs , a 4x16 for caster over caster at 5 mtrs both these rigs with an 18 6313 to .10 and a 4x14 rig for down the edge again for caster but on .12 with the same hook. i also set up a small g bait feeder as the skimmers sometimes respond to this method fished at about 20 mtrs. on the whistle i cupped in 3 balls at 14, some casters at 5 and started throwing casters down the edge, i then had about 4 chucks with the feeder to put a bit of bait out then put a hook on with a single maggot, then it was a case of casting counting to 100 wind in cast again, i did give it 20 mins but my brain was beginning to luiquify and dribble out of my ear so with only 1 small roach to show for this no brainer i slung it up the bank, out with the pole to 14 mtrs, aaaaah proper. i was catching small skimmers straight away, mainly 4 to 6oz but it was a bite a brop with most being lifters as i had a small bulk of 3x no10,s just off bottom, the strong left to right wind was making life a bit hard as i nearly hit phil wioth pole a couple of times as the wind tried to blow the pole out of my hands,(and i,ve got to say the new gmax1000 pole i am using was mint, it coped wioth the wind very well and is very resonsive). apart from a few sorties at 5 mtrs and down the edge which produced some roach and a 10oz hybrid which was my biggest fish of the day the rest of the day was spent on the 14 mtr line, with only a handfull of carp caught with those caught by different anglers my descision to target silvers looked as though it may just pay off, fabio did panic me a bit towards the end as he miss cast into dan squires peg(86)he wound in straight away but hooked an 8 pounder in the tail so was expecting it to be close but i neednt have worried as the lake had been really hard and my silvers went 16.5 for a lake win and second in the silvers overall on the day.
first on the day went to jason radford with 82lb on spring lake 3 fishing bread to the island for an all carp catch, but he is an idiot as he forgot to do the super pool as he was to intent on having a fag outside the pub instead of doing the pools he is a wxxxxr
john gray wasnt complaing though as he was second on peg 132 with 78.2 and the winners pools of 115 quid(john doesnt smoke)
3rd will bohne 54lb
john howell 45.10
chris davis 43,.12
alan oram 35.3
SILVERS
chris davis 25.4
tony rixon 16.5
jamie parkhouse 14.4
nick collins 14.2
TEAMS
team silver fox 68pts
avon angling 62
somerset angling 62
maver veals blue 55
viaduct allstars 53
westerliegh 52
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
landsend wewds
firstly a quick apology for my last blog cos people thought i had been far to nice to mat (the shrimp)tomes, but i only did it cos he asked me to write something nice, but rest assured that will be the last time.
back to today and i let mike duckett draw for me and he handed peg 1 which is another corner, i,ve had that many corners this winter i am thinking of changing my name to adrian clark(did i mention he blanked at the weekend).
the weather men had it right today as it rained all day except for the tackling up period and the weigh in, how nice was that.
2 rigs to begin with ,both on .12 with an 18 6313 on the end ,one was a 4x14 to use at the bottom of the slope along the left hand margin and a 4x12 for fishing at half depth, also the bigger rig would do for the bottom of the island shelf out to my right.
at the start i cupped in some casters and mags down my left and towards the island, starting at the bottom of the island with double mag it was 15 mins before i managed my first fish , a 12oz perch, then i hooked a carp which i lost after a minute or so a bit annoying as the maggot folded over the point, no more carp there but i did manage a couple of f1,s and some more perch before it died, so after 2 houirs it was off to the margin at 14 mtrs, since the start i had been feeding some casters with a catty so it wasnt really a suprise to get some liners, as the fish have been coming off the bottom in these corners even during the cold weather, so out with the half depth rig but that just bought a couple of foulers, so the fish were even higher in the water, so i got off my box and made another rig up, a 4x10 rig to fish about 18 inches deep with a 16 6313 on .12 to use double maggot, it wasnt manic but i did manage 10 small carp and a few more perch by the end for about 40lb, most of my fish came on the shallow rig which just goes to show that the fish will come right up to feed even in cold water, the person to beat would be martin lenaghan on 31 who had 5 carp but they are bigger on that lake, so it could be close.
in the end my net went 42.3 for a narrow win over martin who was 2nd with 41.8,
what makes it even better is that my peg was one of the golden pegs worth an extra 100 quid(mint)
3rd nick collier with 32.1 on peg 21
4th tony page 20.14 peg 32
5th dave blakemore 17.5 peg 34
6th nigel bartlett 14.8 peg 33
silvers went to the gimp, john bradford with 13.6 on peg 19 just beating andy curry by 3oz on peg 16
back to today and i let mike duckett draw for me and he handed peg 1 which is another corner, i,ve had that many corners this winter i am thinking of changing my name to adrian clark(did i mention he blanked at the weekend).
the weather men had it right today as it rained all day except for the tackling up period and the weigh in, how nice was that.
2 rigs to begin with ,both on .12 with an 18 6313 on the end ,one was a 4x14 to use at the bottom of the slope along the left hand margin and a 4x12 for fishing at half depth, also the bigger rig would do for the bottom of the island shelf out to my right.
at the start i cupped in some casters and mags down my left and towards the island, starting at the bottom of the island with double mag it was 15 mins before i managed my first fish , a 12oz perch, then i hooked a carp which i lost after a minute or so a bit annoying as the maggot folded over the point, no more carp there but i did manage a couple of f1,s and some more perch before it died, so after 2 houirs it was off to the margin at 14 mtrs, since the start i had been feeding some casters with a catty so it wasnt really a suprise to get some liners, as the fish have been coming off the bottom in these corners even during the cold weather, so out with the half depth rig but that just bought a couple of foulers, so the fish were even higher in the water, so i got off my box and made another rig up, a 4x10 rig to fish about 18 inches deep with a 16 6313 on .12 to use double maggot, it wasnt manic but i did manage 10 small carp and a few more perch by the end for about 40lb, most of my fish came on the shallow rig which just goes to show that the fish will come right up to feed even in cold water, the person to beat would be martin lenaghan on 31 who had 5 carp but they are bigger on that lake, so it could be close.
in the end my net went 42.3 for a narrow win over martin who was 2nd with 41.8,
what makes it even better is that my peg was one of the golden pegs worth an extra 100 quid(mint)
3rd nick collier with 32.1 on peg 21
4th tony page 20.14 peg 32
5th dave blakemore 17.5 peg 34
6th nigel bartlett 14.8 peg 33
silvers went to the gimp, john bradford with 13.6 on peg 19 just beating andy curry by 3oz on peg 16
Sunday, 9 January 2011
landsend lge rnd 3
me with my 13lb of perch and mat(the shrimp)tomes below with some of his winning catch
2 let downs today firstly craig(trig) edmonds who couldnt be bothered to let me know ,and tom thick who got wrecked in bristol sat nite and couldnt get up, both now have to pay there pools for the last match again as they have lost there up front payment for the last match.
james withers drew for me and handed me 25 on the speci lake, which is a corner peg so the ice clearing would be a bit easier, it wasnt thick ice as the lakes had been clear for a few days but a minus 3 on sat nite gave us 2 or 3 mill of ice, but most people managed without to much trouble.
2 rigs today, one for on the deck at 14mtrs, a 4x12 with an 18 6313 to .10 in 5 ft and a 4x10 with the same hook but on .12 to fish up the shelf in 3ft.
the peg hadnt shown to much in the way of carp lately so i thouight a silvers approch might be good(wrong),i cupped in some casters and maggots at 14 mtrs up and down the shelf , then shipped out a single maggot , i had a bite first drop but it wasnt the expected perch judging by the ammount of elastic that was out under the ice, 20 mins later and a 10lb common was safely netted, a quick change to a .12 hooklength and out again, then i had a run of perch befor another carp was hooked , but that came off, and thats basiccally how my match went till the end, i would get a couple of perch, then a carp and then back to the perch, an enjoyable day considering we were fishing down ice channels again.
judging by the bankside banter the other 2 lakes were fishing hard so our lake was the place to be providing you were in a corner(lol) as mat tomes was putting in a fine performance on 33 whilst andy france on 32 opposite mat was also getting a few, but the rest of the lake was hard, even last years lge winner adrian clark on 39 struggled as he BLANKED probably due to the fact he wasnt in a corner, he even sits in the corner of the cafe to eat his breakfast.
by the end i had taken 7 carp ,14 perch and an f1 thingy but i didnt think it would be enough as mat had at least 10 carp,
in the end his 10 fish went 74.12 all taken at half depth on maggot, i couldnt see him but i understand that it was a very competent perfomance from the southwests finest silvers angler
2nd went to me with 67.6 which also included the top silvers on the day of 13.5
3rd andy france 40.15 peg 32
4th mike west 21.4 peg 29
5th nick collier 20.4
6th dale howson 18.7 peg 1
oh and did i mention that adrian clark BLANKED
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
chilton weds
only 11 booked in today so we used peg 10 round the top end of woodlands lake to peg 27 giving everyone a bit of room . i let the wannabe fishery manager (misha)draw for me and she handed me peg 10 , which was the end peg today, so no compl;aints from me, i had alan oram for company on 11 and venue ace and still self proclaimed silvers ace mat tomes on his favourite peg 13.
with the fresh southerly wind blowing and across us i decided to set up a 1.5 grm rig as the tow would be going with the wind on ouir side of the lake plus it was nearly 8 ft deep. at the business end i had an 18 6313 to .10. i also set up a 4x14 rig to fish down the margin.
at the start i cupped in some soaked micro,s at 11 mtrs and began feeding some dead maggots down the margin, i did feed the margin and fished it several time but never had a sign of a bite so that was a waste of time.
beginning at 11 mtrs with double maggot, i had my first bite after 15 mins which resulted in a 4lb carp which led me a merry dance on 4 elastic, i had 2 more carp in the first hour , then i changed to an 8 elastic and only had one more carp and the rest of the match was spent catching small roach. opposite me adrian clark and jason radford both had 3 carp at the same stage but they also had a few good skimmers so it was to close to call. alan oram at the next peg took 2 carp in the last 30 mins from his margin, but the whole lake seemed to have switched off for the 2nd half, so i just kept catching odd small roach up to the end and i thought i would just about have enough and thats how it ended up with my 4 carp going 16.5 and my silvers went 6lb for a 22.5 total and first
2nd went to adrian clark with 17.10 which included the top silvers weight of 8.13 off peg 27
3rd alan oram 14.14 peg 11
4th jason(lofty)radford 13.3 peg 26
5th martin lenaghan 9.15 peg 15
6th nigel bartlett 8.6 peg 24
chilton have got there xmas open on 23 jan draw at 8.30 ring sue or misha on 07720542141 to book in
with the fresh southerly wind blowing and across us i decided to set up a 1.5 grm rig as the tow would be going with the wind on ouir side of the lake plus it was nearly 8 ft deep. at the business end i had an 18 6313 to .10. i also set up a 4x14 rig to fish down the margin.
at the start i cupped in some soaked micro,s at 11 mtrs and began feeding some dead maggots down the margin, i did feed the margin and fished it several time but never had a sign of a bite so that was a waste of time.
beginning at 11 mtrs with double maggot, i had my first bite after 15 mins which resulted in a 4lb carp which led me a merry dance on 4 elastic, i had 2 more carp in the first hour , then i changed to an 8 elastic and only had one more carp and the rest of the match was spent catching small roach. opposite me adrian clark and jason radford both had 3 carp at the same stage but they also had a few good skimmers so it was to close to call. alan oram at the next peg took 2 carp in the last 30 mins from his margin, but the whole lake seemed to have switched off for the 2nd half, so i just kept catching odd small roach up to the end and i thought i would just about have enough and thats how it ended up with my 4 carp going 16.5 and my silvers went 6lb for a 22.5 total and first
2nd went to adrian clark with 17.10 which included the top silvers weight of 8.13 off peg 27
3rd alan oram 14.14 peg 11
4th jason(lofty)radford 13.3 peg 26
5th martin lenaghan 9.15 peg 15
6th nigel bartlett 8.6 peg 24
chilton have got there xmas open on 23 jan draw at 8.30 ring sue or misha on 07720542141 to book in
Sunday, 2 January 2011
avalon sunday open
18 fishing today and with most of the ice gone on the high numbers and a bit of minimal breaking needed on selected peg on the low numbers which was easily done by andy bush and paul elmes in a boat it made a nice change not to have to sling 10lb of steel around before we could fish. i let fabio draw for me and he pulled 25 which is probably the peg with the least ammount of form in the draw bag today, it should be ok as its on the end of an island, so a wag to fish at depth at 40 mtrs with banded pellet was assembled and two 4x16 rigs ,one with a 20 6313 on .10 for 13 mtrs over g bait and one with a 18 6313 on .12 for 16 mtrs with various baits over softened micro,s.
at the start i cupped in 2 balls of dark g bait at 13 mtrs with a few casters in and about 100 micro,s(no i didnt count them it was a guess)at 16 mtrs and fired 4 8mm pellets to the island, starting at 13 mtrs i missed a bite on maggot after 10 mins, but had small roach next drop, but it was a bit slow and after the first hour i only had 6 small roach to show for my efforts, so i fed another small of g bait and had a look at the 16 mtr line ,but couldnt raise a bite on any bait i had so it was back to the 13 mtr line. dave hodgson on 24 had a carp first put in down his margin but apart from some small roach that was the only carp he had all day. vince brown on 30 had a couple of 12 oz skimmers fishing 20 mtrs (thats 4 poles to mike nicholls), also the inform martin mcmahon had taken a couple of small carp on the feeder on peg 32 and apart from an odd small carp here and there it was fishing as hard as expected but with a water temp of 2c rising to 3c during the day you cant really blame the fish for not wanting to feed, i could get regular bites over the g bait from small roach and rudd but there was no quality, i did manage 2 10oz skimmers one over the pellet line and one ovber the g bait and i lost a small carp over the pellet line , i also had a couple of small indications over on the wag but after losiong 2 floats on the island i gave that up as a bad job, so saw the rest of the match out getting small roach over the g bait and pellet lines. by the end martin mcmahon had taken 15 small carp on the feeded fishing 5 mags on a 14 with a small g bait feeder about 1 mtr off the island on peg 32 for a weight of 21.8 and first on the day
2nd went to alan healey on 42 with 9.11
3rd tim ford 7.7 peg 37
4th dean malin 6.10 peg 44
5th alan oram 5.14 peg 35
6th tony rixon 4.12 which was the top silver weight on the day wit vince brown coming second in the silvers with 4.9 and ed wynne with 4.7 for 3rd
there isd a match at chilton trinity on weds 9 am draw ring me at the shop on 01179517250 to book in
at the start i cupped in 2 balls of dark g bait at 13 mtrs with a few casters in and about 100 micro,s(no i didnt count them it was a guess)at 16 mtrs and fired 4 8mm pellets to the island, starting at 13 mtrs i missed a bite on maggot after 10 mins, but had small roach next drop, but it was a bit slow and after the first hour i only had 6 small roach to show for my efforts, so i fed another small of g bait and had a look at the 16 mtr line ,but couldnt raise a bite on any bait i had so it was back to the 13 mtr line. dave hodgson on 24 had a carp first put in down his margin but apart from some small roach that was the only carp he had all day. vince brown on 30 had a couple of 12 oz skimmers fishing 20 mtrs (thats 4 poles to mike nicholls), also the inform martin mcmahon had taken a couple of small carp on the feeder on peg 32 and apart from an odd small carp here and there it was fishing as hard as expected but with a water temp of 2c rising to 3c during the day you cant really blame the fish for not wanting to feed, i could get regular bites over the g bait from small roach and rudd but there was no quality, i did manage 2 10oz skimmers one over the pellet line and one ovber the g bait and i lost a small carp over the pellet line , i also had a couple of small indications over on the wag but after losiong 2 floats on the island i gave that up as a bad job, so saw the rest of the match out getting small roach over the g bait and pellet lines. by the end martin mcmahon had taken 15 small carp on the feeded fishing 5 mags on a 14 with a small g bait feeder about 1 mtr off the island on peg 32 for a weight of 21.8 and first on the day
2nd went to alan healey on 42 with 9.11
3rd tim ford 7.7 peg 37
4th dean malin 6.10 peg 44
5th alan oram 5.14 peg 35
6th tony rixon 4.12 which was the top silver weight on the day wit vince brown coming second in the silvers with 4.9 and ed wynne with 4.7 for 3rd
there isd a match at chilton trinity on weds 9 am draw ring me at the shop on 01179517250 to book in
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