Winter League Round 5. 8th Jan 2012
Some of the cracking carp caught today.
The results are on the results page. Click above.
With the winter league reaching round 5 and nearly all teams still in with a chance to win the title it was important that all sections fished well today and that all team members managed to catch to contribute to their teams total.
With a day off today i arrived after the second hour to see Simon, Mick Lane and Ian McCulloch all into fish ,which was better than last Wednesdays match. With Jon Walker missing today from A section it was left to Ian McCulloch to deputise for him and as luck would have it he had drawn peg 2 at the back end of the small lake.
The story of the match was that the lake fished the best it has in a winter league round 5 match and that there were 6 weights over a hundred pounds and two of them came from A section 1 from B section and 3 from C section . There were also some fantastic big fish caught topped by Neil Riddys 22-08 common and at least 3 other 18lb ders caught by Ian, Mick Chappel and Andy Raymond and there also many other doubles with all the anglers catching between them at least 100 carp in what was a most enjoyable match to watch.
The winner overall today came from Walker Floats super sub Ian McCulloch who fished a combination of bomb and pole fishing around peg 2 using a combinaion of expander pellet and corn to catch his fish { all 17 of them } and many were around the 10lb mark and some above, and after 5 hours caught a fantastic 175-12 for the win and maximum points for the team.
Today's winner Ian McCulloch .
In second place was Andy Rayment who was fishing peg 22 in C section and Andy fished by the bush on peg 21 fshing corn and pellet fished on the deck to catch his carp, which like Ian’s were big and in the end put 143-08 to also record maximum points for his Misfits team.
Second place Andy Rayment.
Completing the top three was Pete Arnold on peg 34 in the dreaded A section and Pete used a combination of pole and Bomb to catch his fish which were surprisingly big for this peg and again corn was Pete’s main bait to catch his weight of 123-08 for second in section. There were also ton plus weights for Neil Riddy { 112-08 } on peg 13, Phil Powell { 111-12 } and Derek Hammond { 120-08 } on Peg 18 to complete a really good day for the anglers.
Top silver weight of the day went to Steve Walters who on struggling to catch carp decided to go for the silvers but also hooked a carp which he had on for 15 minutes but lost it at the net.
Carp on a silver rig oops.
After all Steve’s efforts on silvers ,he managed to not only win the silver pools but also took the top siver weight of the year with 19-12 { well done Steve}.
King of the silvers Steve Waters.
Some more photo’s from the day.
Neil Riddy and his beautiful 22-08 Common
Mick Lane on peg 7.
Neil bagging on peg 13.
At the end of the match it was very close in the team results with Walker Floats winning the day on 11 points, Misfits came second with 10 points on weight and Rolfs Team Gold third also with 10 points but with a lower weight ,so all i to play for in round 6 next week.
Results
| A Section | Peg | Weight | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ian McCulloch | 2 | 175-12 | Walker Floats |
| 2nd | Pete Arnold | 34 | 123-8 | Misfits |
| 3rd | Mick Lane | 7 | 41-0 | Rolfs Gold |
| 4th | Mick Chappell | 5 | 38-0 | Drawbags |
| 5th | Paul Jay | 40 | 36-0 | Crabtree’s |
| B Section | Peg | Weight | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Neil Riddy | 13 | 112-8 | Crabtree’s |
| 2nd | John Bennett | 10 | 47-8 | Rolfs Gold |
| 3rd | Frank Hardie | 9 | 22-12 | Drawbags |
| 4th | Steve Waters | 29 | 19-12 | Walker Floats |
| 5th | Dave Wightman | 32 | 4oz | Misfits |
| C Section | Peg | Weight | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andy Rayment | 22 | 143-8 | Misfits |
| 2nd | Derek Hammond | 18 | 120-8 | Walker Floats |
| 3rd | Phil Powell | 16 | 111-12 | Rolfs Gold |
| 4th | Roger Young | 24 | 81-12 | Drawbags |
| 5th | Simon Mound | 26 | 61-0 | Crabtree’s |
| DAY TEAM POINTS | POINTS |
|---|---|
| Walker Floats | 11 |
| Misfits | 10 |
| Rolfs Team Gold | 10 |
| Crabtree’s | 7 |
| Drawbag’s | 7 |
OVERALL LEADERBOARD
| TEAM POINTS | POINTS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolfs Team Gold | 12+7+13+5+10 | 47 |
| 2 | Misfits | 7+13+8½+8+10 | 46½ |
| 3 | Crabtree’s | 12+4+9+13+7 | 45 |
| 4 | Walker Floats | 7+10+3½+11+11 | 42½ |
| 5 | Drawbag’s | 6+11+10+5+7 | 39 |
|
Rolfs Winter League 2011/12. Weights after 5 Rounds |
|
|---|---|
| Misfits | 598lb-3oz |
| Crabtree’s | 574lb-9oz |
| Walker Floats | 520lb-9oz |
| Rolfs Team Gold | 509lb-4oz |
| Drawbag’s | 409lb-11oz |
Thanks to Neil Riddy for working the weights out in case there is a tie and a countback is needed.
There is an open match next Saturday, the 14th. Draw at 9.30. Call John to book on.
Thanks for reading Simon, Eddie and John.
Deary me, Si, only 61lb, let the side down!
Looks like a fabulous days fishing all around the lake.
Well done eveyone,especilly Ian for a fab top weight and third lake King of the year.
Oi Mick , I have had 2 sections wins for our team. I did my best lol.
I was winning the section for the first couple of hours then everyone else started catching. 😀
For moment there I thought you were going to say “then everyone else turned up.” I am sure you did your best, Si. I expect Neil was pleased to be backed up by your and Pauls section points.
Well done Ian for a top weight today, and to the guys for putting on a very entertaining match which was very close.
Lets see if paste will work tomorrow?.
I suspect Ian’s Lake King reign will last longer than John Drapers 4 days and my 3 days! Well done Ian an excellent weight for January.
Also 14 of the 15 anglers got Peg Kings aswell.
Not forgetting a new Silver fish King in Steve Waters too.
Looks like a good day alround.
Eddie, my carp went 22-8!….
Pete Arnold was lake king for all of 10 minutes as he was first to weigh… shortly followed by Ian!
I have given you the extra 4oz for your carp Neil and i hope you like the photo’s.
Added the results and thanks to Neil, the teams total weights so far. I was surprised at our total weight.
Shocked more like!
How do they compare with last seasons proper winter league matches?!
top photo’s mate
Thanks Simon for putting the weights on.
The total weight by the anglers so far after round 5 is 2,500lb at an average of 33lb per man per round not bad i thinks.
What did Dave Wightman do wrong, he must have got a sore neck looking round at everyone else catching.
Riddler, just looked at the pic of you “bagging on peg 13” when did you paint the top of you pole pink, nice!