Category: Match Reports

 

Another tough day down the lake.

Today as i arrived there was a club match just about to start in the big lake which had about 10 anglers all lined up along the car park bank pegs 22 to 32 leaving the 5 anglers that turned up to fish a walk off match anywhere else on the lake.

The weather was sunny but cold, getting very cold towards the middle and end of the match with the added bonus of a brisk snow shower just for good measure and compared to the same time last year was a whopping 16 degrees colder so that currently explained why the carp are reluctant to get around the lake and have a feed. The story of the day was that the club anglers were struggling to catch carp with only a couple landed during the day and Graham who was pleasure fishing on peg 34 had caught 4 carp to 15lb but it was very slow going.

In our match the only one into fish early was John who had caught 5 tiny perch from peg 13 but apart from that the bites were hard to come by. After Graham had packed up from peg 34 Pete Arnold casted a bomb over to the bush on the far bank fishing corn and was rewarded with 7 carp to 7lb to win the day with 43-04 { well done Pete }. Just to prove that perseverence does pay off to those that stick at it John Bennett who only had 8 ounces up to the last hour managed to catch a small carp of 4lb and the carp that eventually beat me that went 14lb { thanks John } for his final weight of 18-11.

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Results

5 fished.

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Pete Arnold	7	43-04
2nd	John Bennett	13	18-08
3rd	Eddie Taylor-Green	4	5-01
4th	Kev Dolton	15	DNW
4th	Paul Jay	16	DNW

John gains another point

It serves me right that at the weigh-in i left two keepnets in the water to trick John into thinking that i had caught some carp so when he came round there was no smile thinking i had beaten him so i weighed my silvers first for 5-01 and on bringing in the second net he was waiting for the splash only for the net to be empty only for him to say was that all.

John was telling everyone he had caught only 5 perch so when they came up they were really small and only weighed 8 ounces and just as i was laughing at his poor attempt he pulled his other net that was hidden from view. There was me thinking that John had tried to play the same trick on me as i had done to him my heart sank as i heard the the two carp splashing in the water as he raised his net from the water only to see him laughing behind me { very funny John }.

The score now stands at.

John 4

 

Eddie 2

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

 

 

The sun shines at last.

John tells me that it was busy down the lake with people fishing the open match, also there was a club match as well with the anglers from Witney AC down today and also a couple of pleasure anglers in the small lake.

The weather was warm to start with a slight breeze blowing into the big lake which did trigger the fish into having a feed today but later in the match when it the clouds came over it got much colder and the bites were hard to come by. The story of todays match was that anglers were into fish quite quickly today with also a few lost { John alone lost 5 on peg 18 } but as the match went on it got harder but at least the fish were moving around for a change.

Todays winner was inform angler and lake regular Kev Dolton who today was on motorway bank peg 13 and Kev had an enjoyable day fishing long down the edge to his right fishing on the deck using corn hookbait to catch a hard earned 12 carp for 100-03 and first place { well done Kev }. In second place was Dave Whiteman who was on the opposite bank this time peg 24 and Dave was also into carp fishing pole and corn for a mainly carp net of 76-03 followed in third place by Andy Rayment who fished the waggler and corn and also caught carp for his final weight of 47-07.

 

The other big battle was father against son { Paul and Micheal Corsini } and this time junior Micheal had no answer to dads fishing skills as Paul claimed the spoils with his weight of 35-09 to Micheals 26-02 { well done Paul }

Results

9 fished

Place	Angler	Peg	Weight
1st	Kev Dolton	13	100-03 { 12 carp ]	Rolfslake
2nd	Dave Whiteman	24	76-03	Hydro 2000
3rd	Andy Rayment	28	47-07	Rolfslake
4th	John Bennett	18	44-15	Rolfslake
5th	Paul Corsini	26	35-09	Rolfslake
6th	Paul Jay	22	31-14	Rolfslake
7th	Micheal Corsini	32	26-02	Rolfslake
8th	Steve Williams	16	20-11	Rolfslake
9th	Mick Jones	14	12-05 { all silvers }	Rolfslake

Witney AC club match

7 fished

sorry we dont have the anglers names.

Top 3

Place	Weight	Peg
1st	38-00  { 2 carp for 26lb }	38
2nd	26-00	7
3rd	16-00	37

Pleasure anglers.

Taff on peg 34 had 10 carp to 15lb for 90lb.

John has asked me to remind all our visitors we have an Open match this Saturday draw 10 fish 11-4 . Please phone John to confirm if you are planning to come down as these weekend opens will be limited soon as we approach the Easter festival and the club match bookings which will start in earnest from April most weekends until October leaving the Wednesday opens as the main opportunity to fish matches down the lake.

John also has 4 places to cover for this Sundays pairs series as 4 anglers are unavailable to fish , again please phone John if you are interested.

 

Thank for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

ONLY 3 PEOPLE FISHED WEDNESDAYS KNOCK UP, THE BETTER BREAM SHOWED UP FOR PETE ARCHER AND PAUL JAY. PETE RAN OUT THE WINNER WITH 30LBS AHEAD OF PAUL JAYS 17-0, JOHN B WITH 7LB