Category: Match Reports

Cold lake water slows the fishing down.

With this being the last Sunday match until at least September due to the club match bookings taking over from now, it was nice to see 14 anglers showing up at short notice for todays open match. On arriving I got my normal amount of abuse from John but because I was sporting a black eye I ended getting plenty of banter from the rest ,so a quiet return to fishing was going to be a thing of fantasy and a long 5 hours for me today.

The weather was mild with a swirling breeze and a chance of sun at sometime in the day but the water in the lake was really cold due to the heavy rain in the previous week so that could put the fish off feeding but with crusing fish to be seen at least it gave the anglers some hope. With draw under way i found it amazing how the same anglers always draw the flyers as Geoff Edwards had drawn peg 18 with the wind blowing into it, Paul Jay had been evicted from peg 18 and was now the neighbour on peg 16 and John Bennett who never draws a bad peg was on peg 8 in the junction between the two lakes. For me with three pegs left found out that my favourite peg 6 was still there together with 14 and 26 so with my theory of whatever peg i touched first was the peg i pulled out was blown apart as i drew peg 26 on the car park bank leaving Mick Hughes on 6 and Malc Doyle on 14.

The story of the match saw in form Dai Thomas on peg 7 catch fish straight away and led the field for most of the match but towards the end was caught by Hydro 2000 angler Mick Hughes who was fishing next door on peg 6. Mick caught fish to double figures by fishing a short 6-7 metres line straight out and down the edge fishing i believe pellet hook baits and after 5 hours put a hard earned 133-12 for a match win { well done Mick }. In second place saw Dai on peg 7 also catch big carp but in the end fell 3 carp behind with his weight of 113-04 of pole caught carp. In third place was Geoff Edwards who was on motorway bank peg 18 who had a frustrating day catching 8 carp for 74-00 but also losing 11 fishing long down the edge to his left.

Results.

14 fished.

The pirate goes down with the ship.

Today mine and Johns seasons battle resumed after our last match which was a team event, and with John leaving the megafone by the hut at least it was going to be more quiet than normal. With John drawing 8 and me 26 it was never going to be a competitive battle as the fish had to travel between the two parts of the lake and John was there waiting for them and after 5 hours i was sure he had thrashed me only to find out that it had fished hard for him and he only had 72-04 to my 37-06 so maybe i should of tried harder for 3 more fish but in the end it was another victory for John { well done John ].

This was the score before todays match.

The score now stands at

JOHN 6

EDDIE 2

All angler please take note.

Until further notice could all club and match anglers bring their own landing nets as the current one are being repaired and replaced and there are not enough to go around for all anglers, but please make sure they are big enough to get big fish in as there are currently big fish being caught to over 20lb  thank you.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie

Any more water in the lake and you will need to fish from the car.

Report to follow.

10 fished

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.

The weather Gods are not kind to the anglers in todays match.

After the two day Jinx match on Friday and Saturday hopes were high for a good attendance in todays match, but with the horrid weather the previous night with gale force winds unpegging tents on the grass, John tells me that on reflection these anglers decided to call it a day and go home leaving only 8 anglers to brave 5 hours of endurance.

The weather today was a right mixture of everything, strong gusting wind, driving rain and to tease the anglers a glimpse of the sun for two minutes so a very difficult days fishing lay ahead for our 8 brave souls. With the strong wind making fishing long near on impossible most of the anglers fished between 4 and 8 metres to give them the best possible chance of bait presentation { so paste fishing was a non starter today }.

John also tells me that all the anglers were pegged in the big lake today which was a shame as the small lake was black with carp feeding on the fly hatch rising to the surface, and with the lake rising over the platforms during the match it was a good job that they all had wellies on.

In first place for a change was lake owner John Bennett on flyer peg 8 but not when the wind is blasting through the gap so John opted on fishing two lines the first was a 4 metre line straight out in front and the second towards the bush to his left at 5 metres. John fished both lines on the deck using both soft pellet and meat as hook bait and feeding 4mm pellet which kept the bites coming until the sun came out then it went dead. John had the majority of his carp early in the match and these included fish to 17lb in his final weight of 169-04 { well done John }.

In second place was Gary Kelsey who was next to John on peg 9 and Gary fished a short line straight in front just down the shelf on the deck and again Gary caught a good stamp of carp and was rewarded with the only other ton weight of the day with his weight of 112-12. There was  a 3 way chase for third place which was won by lake regular Derek Hammond who was fishing on motorway bank peg  13 and Derek managed to catch a few carp for 51-00 to stay ahead of 4th place by a pound and a half.

Results.

8 fished.

Thanks for reading John, Simon and Eddie.