Tag: winter league

Sunday 3rd January 2010

Round 4 of the Winter league saw the lake being frozen again. The carp could be seen swimming under the ice. Slightly earlier the draw got under way as to allow time for Ice Breaking. Some of the pegs on the car park bank had been fished the day before so they wouldn’t need much breaking but one peg didn’t need any, peg 34.. Ian McCullock drew it but still went and helped other break the ice. Fair play.

I would not say Winter fishing is a spectators sport but 2 people came down to view the action (or lack of it)

Gemma Doyle trying to bring Simon some luck on peg 32.

Danny on peg 10 had his Dad for company.

Fishing was hard to say the least. Only 5 carp were caught during the match but also some were hooked and lost. Jon Walker on 26 managed 2 carp, Ian McCullock managed 1 from peg 34 and Derek Hammond on peg 24 managed 2 carp. Derek also managed to win with the help of those carp.

Results..

	A Section
1st	Ian McCullock	peg 34	11-10	RD
2nd	Ron Allam	peg 38	1-8	MFS
3rd	John Bennett	peg 40	0-2	RG
4th	Steve Wilson	peg 7	0-1	A
5th	Paul Jay	peg 4	DNW	RP
6th	Earnie Mason	peg 2	DNW	TS

	B Section
1st	Neal Riddy	peg 9	11-6	RP
2nd	Simon Mound	peg 32	2-10	A
3rd	Steve Palmer	peg 30	1-10	TS
4th	Mick Lane	peg 13	1-8	RG
5th	Dan Blackwell	peg 10	0-13	MFS
6th	Mike Stimpson	peg 28	0-6	RD

	C Section
1st	Derek Hammond	peg 24	17-4	RD
2nd	Jon Walker	peg 26	15-4	RD
3rd	Phil Powell	peg 22	1-12	RG
4th	Ricky	peg 16	0-6	MFS
5th	Clive Pritchard	peg 18	DNW	A
6th	Lloyd Moss	peg 14	DNW	TS

	DAY TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Diamond	12	RD
2nd	Rolfs Platinum	12	RP
3rd	Rolfs Gold	11	RG
4th	Match Fishing Scene	10	MFS
5th	Assassins	8	A
6th	Team Spro	4	TS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	54	RG
2nd	Rolfs Diamond	51	RD
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	40	RP
4th	Assassins	32	A
5th	Match Fishing Scene	28	MFS
6th	Team Spro	24	TS

Simon’s Perch that he caught after just 1 minute.

Some of Jon Walkers Excellent Handmade Floats.

The next match is on the 17th January.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1WlaGNZhpg&feature=player_embedded

20th December 2009

Today was the 3rd Winter league match. This time I was to be fishing in C section, the little lake. There was a layer of ice over the lake also today so ice breaking was going to be needed for everyone. John wanted to get the draw done as quickly as possible to allow time for this. I have not had much ice breaking experience so this was going to be a learning curve for me.

At the draw since I was last in my section on match 2 meant I had what was left in the bag after everyone else from C Section had drawn, that was to be peg 4. I have fished peg before but that was in the summer. I had brought my trolley today with the possibility of a long walk.

First job when getting to my peg was to break the ice and make a nice area to fish in. I have to say even though it was freezing cold breaking ice soon warms you up.

My Icebreaker, the only thing I could find. Seem to do the job ok but needed a bit of chain on it which I did not have.

Pictures are click-able for larger version

It was a lovely sunny day. Shame peg 4 had a great big bush blocking the sun from me.

I knew this was going to be a hard match and I was not wrong, at the all in I shipped out right in front of me with a single red maggot and waited for a bite and waited and waited. 15 mins later still not even a touch. I had thrown 2 maggots and 2 casters in my left margin swim and thought I would drop in there and see if it was any better. It was not but after an hour the float moved and then sank, the result was a 3oz perch. The smile on my face was massive.

I fed again and only had to wait another half an hour for another perch. By this time my feet were so cold I could not feel them so I decided to have a walk round the lake in a bid to warm up a bit. Walking round and talking to the other anglers it was clear to see just how hard it was fishing. A lot of people were blanking. So my 2 perch didn’t seem that bad after all.

After my walk I had warmed up and was ready to try again, without feeding I had another perch right away and slowly caught another 11 perch, 1 of which was nearly a lb. I was hoping for a carp to come along but they all seemed to be in hiding.

At the all out I felt like I had about 4lb but the scales revealed I had 3lb 4oz. I was not last in my section again and had managed to catch some fish so I was quite happy with that considering I have never broke ice before.

A few more pictures from the day and then the results…

Just before the results. John and Pauline had laid on some hot tomato soup and hotdogs for after the match. Many thanks for that, it was much needed.

The next match is on the 3rd January 2010. I am hoping for no ice hehe.

	A Section
1st	Mick Lane	peg 7	26-4	RG
2nd	Neal Riddy	peg 40	8-6	RP
3rd	Steve Palmer	peg 34	4-10	TS
4th	Simon Mound	peg 4	3-4	A
5th	Derek Hammond	peg 2	0-8	RD
—	—	—	—	MFS

	B Section
1st	Pete Archer	peg 28	3-12	RD
2nd	Phil Powell	peg 30	1-7	RG
—	Clive Pritchard	peg 10	—	A
—	Lloyd Moss	peg 13	—	TS
—	Mark Orchard	peg 9	—	RP
—	—	—	—	MFS

	C Section
1st	Ian McCullock	peg 14	20-10	RD
2nd	Paul Jay	peg 16	1-8	RP
3rd	Ernie M	peg 24	0-1	TS
—	Steve Wilson	peg 26	—	A
—	John Bennett	peg 18	—	RG
—	—	—	—	MFS

	DAY TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Diamond	14	RD
2nd	Rolfs Gold	11	RG
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	10	RP
4th	Team Spro	8	TS
5th	Assassins	3	A
6th	Match Fishing Scene	0	MFS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	43	RG
2nd	Rolfs Diamond	39	RD
3rd	Rolfs Platinum	28	RP
4th	Assassins	24	A
5th	Team Spro	20	TS
6th	Match Fishing Scene	18	MFS

6th December 2009.

This morning saw the second winter league match. The weather at the lake was surprisingly nice. Clear sky’s with a slight wind from the car park bank over towards the motorway bank. The draw format was that the person that won each section on the first match drew first, second drew second and so on.

The draw was only a few minutes late today meaning the match was due to start at 10.15am and finish at 3.15pm.

After the first hour of the match it seems more carp were been caught today, mainly from the bar up in the top end of the big lake. Pegs 14 round to peg 24 were having plenty (for winter) of carp. I was on peg 26 and seems I was just off the fish but had fun watching everyone else catching. I could see John Bennett from my peg, he was on the peg I was on last match, peg 30 and was struggling with liners but managed to catch a few silvers. With the weigh in done it was clear to see how much better the big lake had fished today up the top end.

Full Match Results…

	A Section
1st	Phil Powell	peg 34	62-0	RG
2nd	Derek Hammond	peg 7	29-8	RD
3rd	Dave Bull	peg 40	17-8	MFS
4th	Clive Pritchard	peg 4	11-0	A
5th	Lloyd Moss	peg 2	2-8	TS
6th	Mark Orchard	peg 38	1-0	RP

	B Section
1st	Ian McCullock	peg 13	49-12	RD
2nd	Mark D	peg 28	14-2	MFS
3rd	Steve Wilson	peg 9	13-4	A
4th	Paul Jay	peg 10	6-4	RP
5th	John Bennett	peg 30	3-12	RG
6th	Ernie M	peg 32	2-0	TS

	C Section
1st	Mick Lane	peg 18	67-0	RG
2nd	Mike Stimpson	peg 24	61-8	RD
3rd	Geoff Ashcroft	peg 14	52-4	TS
4th	Ron Allen	peg 16	44-8	RP
5th	Herbie Hornby	peg 22	23-12	MFS
6th	Simon Mound	peg 26	19-8	A

	TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Diamond	16	RD
2nd	Rolfs Gold	14	RG
3rd	MFS	11	MFS
4th	Assassins	8	A
5th	Rolfs Platinum	7	RP
6th	Team Spro	7	TS

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

	TOTAL TEAM POINTS	POINTS
1st	Rolfs Gold	32	RG
2nd	Rolfs Diamond	25	RD
3rd	Assassins	21	A
4th	Rolfs Platinum	18	RP
5th	MFS	18	MFS
6th	Team Spro	12	TS

Rolfslake Gold. Mick Lane and Phil Powell. They wouldn’t let John on the picture as he caught bugger all 🙂