Acorn Fishery Tuesday Tenner.

With an extra day off after the bank holiday I decided to take a trip to Acorn but halfway there I was already having second thoughts as it was lashing down with rain and was still the same come draw time meaning I would get wet". There were 15 fishing today including a few welsh lads who have been making it there favourite haunt for a Tuesday, I let everyone else draw before me and there were only two pegs left when it came to my turn one of which was for Aide baker as he was running late and I just can believe how often at fisheries I draw the same peg time after time ending up on peg 14 for the 3rd time in 4 matches and the only other time it wasn't pegged! For those that know the fishery its on the long straight and 9/10 times the best weights here come off end peg 12 which was occupied by Simon Price.

Gabriel came to the draw today to pass on his broken 13mt section from yesterday' Still beside himself for letting his net slip in on are pairs match! but I told him not to let it bother him after all its only fishing". Back to my peg and I had know choice to set up in the driving rain as my well used brolley was at home but as I said before I rather wouldn't use one as they get in the way, I was tempted just to fish for silvers as the wind was off are backs and the welsh lads had draw well with the wind blowing into there inside swims where a lot of the fish had been caught lately and these guys have it sorted from what I've heard of late, And with are bank being sheltered in the margins and a bit shallower I didn't fancy it for many fish with the lower temp and the colour clearer than my last visit. Never the less I assembled a 0.4g rig on 0.17-0.15 with a 16 PR478 to fish in 18inches of water for this line,

 And a 0.3g AS3 Drennan float to fish tight over against the trimmed far bank which happened to be the same depth.

My last rig was a 4x14 Chanti to fish the bottom of the far shelf in 5ft of water, 0.13-0.11 and a 16 808 which would target the lakes silvers if my far line failed to produce.

At the start I fed a ball of damp micro at the bottom of the far shelf and began to feed tight to the inside bank with hard 4mm pellet which was how I ended up catching last time I was present here'.. Starting over in my usual style feeding a few micros and trying a 4mm expander on the hook tight to the far bank I had a 2lb carp straight away, I re-baited and shipped my pole out a few sections before pausing to feed my inside swim only to have a 4lb carp snatch my bait" Result!.

On the hour mark I was up to 8 fish mostly around 3lb but started to get problems with foul hookers and was taking longer to get the fish to settle again even trying other baits on the hook such as dead maggot or corn failed to produce  so I switched to the rig with maggot at the bottom of the shelf, First put-in I foul hooked and lost a carp and with ten minutes bite less I had to try something else as there were no signs of fish in my margin. I got a new rig out to fish the bottom of the near shelf to my left in 4ft of water where I fed 4 balls of groundbait I had left over from yesterday with some 4mm pellet added and left it to settle pinching a couple more fish tight over.

When I went on it I had a 5lb fish first put in before 3 foul hookers followed" I was getting know were fast and it seemed the only place I could catch was tight to the far bank but it was slow and I could see a few people catching on the opposite bank every time I looked over' I was cursing myself for not solely targeting the silvers as I new realistically I couldn't have competed with the carp today and I've draw this peg enough to know what its capable of.! At least the rain had stopped by the end of the match giving me time to dry everything off before the scales arrived, My total weight went 62lb odd and although it was a long way off the pace it was still the top weight along my bank up to the bridge. As expected the welsh lads took the top spots today from the pegs in the 30's again catching with their favoured method of catching tight to the near bank with maggot on the hook, Giles Cochrane coming out on top with a cracking 288lb" All caught down his inside margins with maggot over 4kg of groundbait. I never had a sign tight to my inside edge probably because with the colour dropping out slightly and it was to close to me but I couldn't get into the bank anywhere else, I don't think on are side anybody caught here so it probably wouldn't have made a difference if I could have. Might re-turn Saturday for another try depending on the weather but will be heading for Viaduct soon to get some time in ahead of the silvers league starting in October.

                                                   Full Results - 

1st Giles Cochrane (Newport) peg 34, 288lb 4oz. 

2nd Lee Pesticcio (Mosella) peg 38, 141lb 10oz.

3rd Rod Jones (Newport) peg 22, 126lb 13oz.

4th Aide Baker (Clevedon A.A) peg 36, 108lb 14oz.

Silvers - Mike Wilson (Over 50's) peg 33 10lb.

               

Summerhayes Pairs Day 2.

Back to Summerhayes for day 2 of the pairs and after meeting Gabriel for breakfast we made are way to the fishery, With the forecast not being promising with rain for most of the day we were already getting a soaking just getting the kit out' It was my turn for Longs lake today and I was hoping to avoid the low numbers judging by the weights from yesterday, Sellicks was first to be drawn so Gab was first ending up on peg 8 which is not the best of draws in his section with a couple of corner pegs as well as peg 1 to contend with.  My turn for longs and we were hoping for a more fancied draw as Gabs was up against it, Nope' (No Surprize there then) as I ended up on peg 5 which was last on the lake the previous day! Well nothing I could do and I new there were better draws in my section on the opposite bank but we all had some room so felt I could temp a few'

I wanted to keep it simple and with no wind to contend with my first approach was going to be as tight over to the far bank as possible so I plummed around until I found 2ft of water which happened to be directly in front of me and the same depth at 14mts a few yards to my left but I didn't plan to feed here to start with. both identical rigs were AS1 0.1g on 0.15-0.13 and an 18 PR478 hook. A rig to fish the bottom of the far shelf around 4ft deep with the same line and hook but an 4x12 chanti, This rig would double up for meat at 5mts and down to the pallets both sides of me where I also was going to try meat on one and feed 6mm pellet on the other. I had young Reech  on peg to who wasn't in my section and although I rate as a good carp peg he was targeting silvers this weekend, At the all in I just cupped a small amount of micro tight to the far bank, fed a small ball of micro and groundbait at the bottom of the far shelf and finished off by cupping some 6mm meat and pellets down my insides by the pallets.

Starting across with a 4mm expander on the hook and cad potting some more micro over the top it took all of a minute to hook my first fish which turned out to be a 6lb common' Great start" and to top it off it was nearly more than the peg had in total yesterday! (So I was right when I said before it can catch the resident mug fish') it wasn't fast but added two smaller samples before I started getting small fish attacking the pellet so switched to a worm on the hook knowing it would stay on there, After 2hrs I estimated to have around 20lb and was doing well from the pegs I could see but things were slowing up, I had been potting in some chopped worm and caster on the 14mt line but after 10mins and two small roach I cupped some more micro to the swim infront of me and left it to settle.

Onto the 13mt line at the bottom of the shelf where I had been topping it up with some maggots and groundbait I had two 1lb skimmers and a small carp in 3 put-ins with dead red maggot on the hook before I had some small fish and felt that I had to sit and wait for my bites tight over as the fish were bigger on average, I did try both my inside swims throughout the day but both were none productive so the rest of the match I kept switching between the top and bottom of the shelf pinching fish off each and going into the last hour some large samples with 3 fish in the last ten mins' , I hadn't a clue how the more fancied pegs in the section had done but was pleased I had ended for what I thought would be 50lb odd and some silvers. Being the first to weigh in my section I had 7lb odd of silvers and 61lb of carp so felt I had made the right choices, My combined weight turned out to be enough to win the section by over 20lb so 1pt for me and the rest was down to Gabs'. As I put the kit in the car he was yet to weigh but felt he hadn't done to well as the pegs we predicted had caught but it was all to play for, Or so we thought! We only arrived at his peg to find one of his carp nets had slipped back in and after hastily grabbing the rake from the shed retrieved the net only to find it empty!" DISASTER!, Well it just wasn't to be and although he still managed to put 40lb odd on the scales we didn't make the main frame missing out by one point, As to whether the lost fish cost us getting in we will never know but I did feel for Gab as he was gutted but its just a silly thing which I'm sure he will be conches off in the future that's for sure. It was a well run friendly weekend and in the end the results were close with good weights recorded, Pairs wise Bill Hopping & Aide Bishop came out on top with a total of 7pts finishing join 1st with Mark Lehey & his partner Rob but taking the win on weight count back picking up £150 between them. Top silvers Pairing went the way of Nigel & Glynn Wickham with a perfect 4pt score also winning the same amount. Overall I did enjoy the weekend and to fish without fighting in the wind was a godsend" My highlight of the weekend had to be on the first day when I was fishing down towards the empty pallet and as I took my eyes of the float for 2 seconds I hooked a carp which shot right around the pallet leg and back towards me! I held the pole In the water praying it wouldn't snap and after a while it swam back the way it came and with keeping the pressure off I eased it slowly back to me and safely in the net as I looked up to see Jamie rich on the next peg shaking his head!.

                                                           Pairs results -

1st Bill hopping & Aide bishop (Summerhayes) 8pts (weight).

2nd Mark Lehay & Rob B 8pts (Summerhayes) 8pts.

3rd Matt & Charlie (Summerhayes) 9pts (weight).

4th Martin & Dave (Summerhayes) 9pts.

                                                             Silvers Result -

1st Nigel & Glynn Wickham (Summerhayes) 4 

2nd Reece & Rob (Summerhayes) 8pts.

3rd Charlie & John (Over 50's) 10pts.  

                    

        

Summerhayes Two day Pairs.

After meeting partner Gabrail this morning on route to hilltops for a welcome breakfast we arrived in plenty of time to wander around both lakes before it was time for the draw and your allotted lake? With 14 pairs fishing it would make for a good weekend so draw time was soon around. This is where it got the better of us as firstly we had to draw to decide which lake we were on, Then we had to draw are own number (Or so we thought?) Which believe it or not I managed to draw peg 4 on Sellicks yet again" Wrong! the first draw was to see who was in which section??. So back again for another draw to see which peg I would eventually end up on and it happened to be on the opposite side of the lake peg 21. now we all thought the first 7 peg section would be together followed by the next allocated section of seven,. Nope". My section was myself on 21, Fellow Blogger  Jamie rich on peg 19 a lad on 15 then the rest of are section was spread around the opposite side of the lake!...

To say we were all confused was an understatement but at least we were paired up on different lakes. Gab had drawn one of the longest pegs on long lake being peg 33 but was confident of catching a few fish so all was well. I planned to keep it simple again and had two lines over against the island at different depths of 2 and 3ft where I was to fish soft pellet over micro and one line with meat, Another line was plummed up to fish towards the pallet between Jamie and myself with meat over the same feed in just over 2ft of water. I wont make it a long blog as its based on the two days with each angler fishing both lakes but my plan off attack did work to a certain extent ending the day 4th on the lake and 3rd in my section with 65lb which I was a bit disappointed about as I only needed another 1lb for second. Never the less gabs did well to win his lake with 79lb odd and also having the second best weight on the day along with the top silvers bag with 11lb odd in his total, It just so happened I was also 3rd in the section on the silvers

. So after day one we stand 2nd overall  and 3rd overall In the silvers so all to play for on day two so will give the full result tomoz.

              

Summerhayes Open Match.

After A change of plan this weekend from taking a trip to Hillview and after booking myself and Gabriel Skarba into the bank holiday two day pairs together next weekend we thought it would be a better idea to have a look in advance. I travelled down with Nick Harvey and after a nice breakfast in hilltops café we arrived in plenty of time for the 10am draw. There were 25 fishing today which is a good turnout and the match was to be spread over Sellicks And 8 pegs on Lily Pool but with this lake not in for next weeks pairs we were all hoping for a peg on Sellicks .

I was fortunate enough to draw the first peg on Sellicks being peg 2 although Gab & Nick weren't so lucky both ending up on Lily Pool. My draw was a nice reach to the far bank at 12mts straight in front of me and slightly further off to my left and right. Owner Pete and a few others had done a great job trimming the far bank right back a couple of meters and taking the rushes out meaning you can get right over now on all the pegs which suited me as the pegs slightly further along are 16mts and more. I planned to keep it simple so found 3 different areas across to use all at the same depth at around 2ft or so using a 4x10 Drennan AS1 float on 0.15-0.13 and an 18 wide gape pellet hook.

  A swim to my left close to the near bank where I had 3ft quite tight in under the tree you can see in the pic.

So I set up a 4x12 rig of the same on 0.15-0.15' Sounds mad but if you get snagged up I've always had the hook length break first so you don't wreck the whole rig". I planed to fish meat here over meat and a bit of corn as it makes a good change bait, I did have a swim as tight to the pallet on peg one as I could see where I planned to big pot cups of 4mm pellet and meat, And some groundbait Gab Had mixed up and wasn't going to use so it was worth a try. for company I had a new lad called Mark on peg 4.

At the all in I cupped a palm full of meat and some corn to the tree and a big pot of 4mm and meat to the pallet which I planned to top up every 30mins with another half pot of the same and try it late in the match, I would feed the odd cubes of meat by hand to the tree whilst trying other lines every couple of minutes. Starting across I expected if there were fish present I would get indications straight away so fed a small amount of micro tight over to the point to my left at 13mts and began by feeding a small amount of micro and some dry ground bait via a tosspot and fishing an 4mm expander on the hook straight in front of me to the far bank,

 Look for the float"

 

I wasn't wrong and after 5mins I had a 3lb carp followed by one of the same size the next put in which caused a bit of disturbance so I fed another tosspot full and switched to my further 13mt swim. This can sound a bit negative but I don't want to draw to many fish into the peg at anyone time by loose feeding over the top and usually you catch a few mug early before things slow up a little, Besides you can only catch one at a time so for the next couple of hours although things were slowing up as the shadow came on the water I was up to 14 carp mostly around 2-3lb by regularly switching between both far bank lines.

 On the edge of the rat hole"

 And In It!

  

I decided to feed both far swims with a larger amount of bait after 30mins without a bite and switch to the 3rd far line I had been cupping in the odd small amount of meat. Fully expecting it to fly under with a 6mm cube on the hook had me sadly mistaken and 5mins without a sign I went back to my to my pellet lines but the wind was making it hard to present the rig and although it was nice to present it over the pole was being whipped around by the wind coming through the gap from peg 23 so I was gripping the pole for dear life trying to hold it still and I foul hooked a few fish causing a big disturbance each time so left it to settle and decided to try down the inside tree.

After a while I missed a bite with meat on the hook first put-in followed be a foul hooked fish which snapped my hooklengh" (Told You So)!..

With a new one attached I thought they were there in numbers but 20 fishless mins later I decided to feed a larger amount via a cup and leave it again, I did try down by the pallet without success which was strange as the wind was blowing directly into the swim all day.

I spent the rest of the match switching between the two far bank pellet lines with hard and soft pellet on the hook where I added a few more of similar size and the swim by the tree with meat on the hook as (I did try corn but didn't have a sniff on it) which didn't produce until late and the last twenty mins saw me have two fish over 6lb one of which was on the whistle.

I thought I about 60lb and ended the day with 20 odd fish, I could see Bill Hopping down on peg ten had a few but hadn't a clue how the far bank had fished but word was the Lily pool hadn't fished to well.

When I had caught up with the scales Venue Regular Steve Kedge had taken the lead off peg 14 with a good 86lb odd catching mainly on the meat to the far bank and some fish closer in near the lily's, Bill Hopping on peg 11 put 63lb odd on the scales catching down the edge on his favoured paste, I new it would be close between myself and Bill and was pleased to end the day with 70lb to take 2nd place picking up £55 for my efforts.

 Winner Steve Kedge.

 Part Of My Catch.

 Silvers wise the Wickhams cleaned up taking the top 3 places with Nigel coming out on top with 19lb odd, Gab did well winning Lily pool with 47lb odd just getting in the frame by default.  High light of the day had to be at the start of the match when a large cluster of big branches blew into the lake but was resting on the far bank between me and the lad next door, Owner Pete wasn't happy so decided to try and retrieve it whilst we were tackling up, After hooking the tree on island" on his first attempt, followed by two large splashes either side of the target from what a can only describe as an anchor attached to a rope! He thankfully decided to leave it till the end of the match". Looking forward to the pairs next weekend, just another day in the classroom to cope with on Saturday after a weeks work' Come on Lotto'.. 

 

Full Results -

1st Steve kedge (Somerset Angling) peg 14, 86lb 9oz.

2nd Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 2, 70lb 3oz.

3rd Bill Hopping (Summerhayes) peg 11, 63lb 8oz.

4th Glynn Wickham (Summerhayes) Peg 15) 57lb.

Silvers -

1st Nigel Wickham (Summerhayes) peg 8, 19lb 7oz. 

2nd Glynn Wickham (Summerhayes) peg 15, 16lb 12oz.

 

  

 

      

 

     

Jeff Wye Memorial Match, Sedges fishery.

off to the sedge's fishery today which is a venue I haven't been to for a number of years so was looking forward to the change, Darren (Big Bird) Greenwood picked my up this morning and after trying to match him with the monster breakfast (eyes bigger than belly') We made are way to the fishery for a wander around.

This was to be a silvers only match as it was much the preferred style of fishing by Jeff, Spread over Brick and Tile lakes although there was a payout for the top  angler off each lake who caught the most carp number wise, With 39 fishing as one angler was taken ill I was hoping for a draw on brick lake with the wind off my back as it was forcast to get stronger as the day progressed, It wasn't to be and I ended up on tile lake which I had never fished before on peg 31 which also happened to be a corner peg so I didn't think it was ideal for a silvers swim as it looked rather carpy" Depth wise it was around 10ft at 13mts so I had a 0.8g rig on 0.13-0.10 and a size 18 434 hook.

A few people advised me to forget the silvers though this was what the match was all about so I would at least give it a go and change tack later in the match if need be. I also plumed up at 7mts to my left slightly which was only a few inches shallower so I planned to fish 4mm expanders on the hook over wetted micro here and worm or maggot over fishmeal groundbait on the longer 13mt line, I did get a rig out to fish down my inside edge which was around 3ft deep which was just for carp if I was struggling silvers wise.

At the start I cupped in 3 large cups of loose wetted groundbait onto the long line containing some dead red maggot and finely chopped worms and cupped two small balls of micro and some expanders onto the short line. Starting here I didn't have a bite on anything for the first 45mins so switched to double dead red maggot onto the 13mt swim, A small skimmer followed by a 3lb carp the next put-in wasn't what I expected but in the next 30mins I had a 3lb & 2lb skimmer on the same line on small pieces of worm so stuck at it hoping to add some more but it didn't happen and the carp had muscled in  taking 6 after the 2hr mark. Already I was beginning to think it would of been wise to ignore the silvers after all and aim to catch as many carp as possible, The next hour was pretty fruitless with one more small carp and despite trying my short inside line with pellet I didn't have a bite.

With two hours to go and no more silvers to show for my efforts I chose to make a new rig to fish further along the inside bank at 14mts in 4ft of water where I felt I had the best chance of catching some more carp.

I was limited bait wise to target them so cupped in a palmful of 6mm and 4mm pellet and left it to settle for 15mins, First try with an expander so a small roach attached so I changed to two whole worms on the hook as a big target bait" It did work and although I had to wait a wile I had carp right up to the whistle by topping up after each fish with a few more pellets. I new if I had targeted them from start to finish I would have more but I felt I had to at least try for the silvers as every 5 pegs was worth £50. It turned out I had just under 7lb of silvers and ended the day with a total of 17 carp which turned out to be my down fall as the most caught on are lake was 21 by Eric Foracre on the opposite bank mainly on the method feeder which also was worth £50" One thing that didn't amaze me was the fact I managed to draw a good carp peg on a silvers match and the chances are if I go here again I'd never be lucky enough to draw it! I did enjoy the day though and it was nice to see a great turnout in Jeff's Memory. Ron Stark won are 5 peg section with 12lb of silvers and Tony Goodland won are lake on the opposite side with 25lb of small fish on the whip, The overall winner was fishery owner Jamie from Brick lake with 40ld odd of big skimmers on the pole and worm. Well no matches for the next two Saturdays as I have to spend two days in a classroom for work commitments so will be keen to get on the bank next Sunday where ever that may be".  

            

Acorn Clevedon A.A Saturday Open.

Back to the normal Saturday match times today fishing 10 - 4 so other options apart from down the edge would come into play until they ventured in closer later in the day, The bonus peg was in and when it turned out to be peg 12 and the pegs below left for pleasure anglers there was a good chance it would go with the right angler on it, Into the draw and I picked out end peg 38 which I was happy with as this tends to hold some of the bigger residents, Only to find out for some reason it was a re-draw to some un-know cock-up" back in the hat still with the chance of the bonus peg up for grabs but it wasn't to be as my next pick turned out to be bridge peg 33, Ok for a few fish although the bridges tend to hold a smaller stamp but I wasn't best pleased to find out everyone except for me and Nick Green on peg 34 the opposite side of the bridge had at least 2 empty pegs each' So Gabrial who was fortunate enough to draw peg 12 was laughing really as the next angler to him was on peg 16! He Does well on this venue with his positive approach and I fully expected him to come out on top at the end of the day.

With the payout being the top 2 and top silvers I kept a positive mind and would make the most of the day, I decided just to spend the day fishing hard and soft pellet as I didn't have chance to get to buy some bait so took with me what I had hanging around, For a start I had a rig to fish tight over to the bank in 18inches of water with an AS1 Drennan 4x10 float on 0.13-0.11 and an 18 wide gape pellet hook, A rig to fish shallow up against the bridge on a longer line where I would feed 4mm hard pellet by hand and use the same rig to fish tight in against the bank close in on both sides with the depth around 2ft. As well as Nick on peg 34 I had Lee Waller to my right on peg 30 so I thought my best inside line would be towards him where I had more room to draw fish from.

 Lee Waller.

 

 At least the hen liked the micros"

At the all in I began feeding the inside lines by hand with 4mm hard pellet and the same to the middle of the bridge before starting tight over with a 4mm expander on the hook feeding some dampend micro and hemp over the top via a small cad pot. The first 40mins went as expected and I was into small carp from the off and was estimating on 16lb in the net as well as a few F1's before they started to come up in the water and I had a couple of foul hookers so cut back on the feed until I had caught two fish before topping it up, This did settle them down and although I had a couple of fish to 4lb things were slowing and I new I had to rest it and try something else.

Switching to the shallow  rig with a hard banded 6mm pellet on the hook next to the bridge saw me miss a few fast bites but it wasn't until I shallowed to around 10inches I found the culprits to be small skimmers so this line was soon left alone' Trying down to my insides failed to produce but I fully expected for fish to turn up with regular feeding so went back across to the far bank and caught what I could cutting out the micro pellet replacing them with hard 4mm pellet via the cad pot, At the half way point I had tried the bridge again a few times without success but though I had around 50lb in the net all caught tight over on soft or hard 4mm's, Around me I was guessing that Lee Had Around 30lb as did Nick next to me so felt i was doing ok but couldn't see how Gab was getting on (Probably a good thing!) down on 12.  Brain Hadley who I had a quid with today was having a few bigger fish down on peg 38!" (I new I wanted to draw it") so I had to make things happen if I was going to get anywhere.

I decided to start concentrating on my inside swims and by fishing various depths I started to pinch the odd better fish all on hard 6mm banded pellet, going into the last 90mins the fish turned up in numbers where I had been feeding 4mm's by hand twice each put-in on my top kit tight to the bank between me and the bridge, I found it best to have the bait a few inches off the bottom and after lowering the rig straight down feed 10 pellets or so twice and lift and drop the rig when I thought they had nearly reached the deck and 9 out of 10 times the elastic would be ripped out".

By swapping sides after each fish I caught I took a few bigger samples to 7lb right up until the whistle but hadn't a clue what I had weight wise although I did add another net before the end, Lee had decided to call it a day with 40mins to go and I felt I had enough to see off Nick next to me on peg 34 but new pegs 38 and 36 around the corner had caught well to. Brian was first to weigh and put 128lb on the scales which was a great start and I was convinced he had my quid today', Next up was Barry Cousell on peg 36 who had 121lb, Nick ended the day with 66lb before it was my turn, I had added a couple of nice tench down the edge in the last twenty min's which boosted my silver weight to 17lb odd and added to my carp total of 115lb gave me a total of 132lb to go into the lead and take Brian's pound after all!' It was short lived though as Mark Walsh (ON his own next to the opposite bridge!!!) took the lead again with 141lb odd before last to weigh and he didn't disappoint my outcome by having a terrific total of 210lb which was easily enough to win the match and add another £100 to his winnings from being on the golden draw, Well done mate. All was not lost though as I managed to pick up the silver by de-fault so picked up £20 to pay for the day.

 Winner Gabrial Skarba.

Overall Results -

1st Gabrial Skarba, (Un-attached)  peg 12 (Bonus peg) 210lb 6oz.

2nd Mark Walsh, (Clevedon.A.A) peg 20, 141lb 1oz.

3rd Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury) peg 33, 132lb 10oz.

4th Brian Hadley (Weston-S-Mare) peg 38, 128lb 4oz.

Silvers - 

Dom Sullivan 17lb 10oz. 

                       

Shiplate Farm Open Match, Hawthorns Lake.

After a nice breakfast at the wooden spoon café and a good chat with a few of todays anglers I made my way to the fishery with the wife who I had for company today, After a nice free cuppa and a full lake with 15 fishing I decided to chance the misses pick my peg today as I couldn't be worse than my draw hand at the moment? I fancied a draw in the lower numbers and she didn't disappoint by handing me peg 5 which for a start isn't as wide as the further pegs being just over 13mts and after plumbing up I had just over 12inches of water as tight as I could get,

 

I assembled the same rig as I had used for a similar swim I had yesterday being 0.1g on 0.13-0.12 and an 18 pellet hook, in previous matches at this time of the year I have had some good weights shallow down the track at 8mts but there weren't many fish showing on the top so I wasn't sure it would work after all the rain we had yesterday, I had a nice bit of reed cover down my inside but with the depth being around 6ft off the reeds I chose to fish shallow down the edge with meet on the hook feeding the same by hand. Company wise I had Andy France on peg 4 and young John Hawkins on peg 6. At the all in I began to flick a few 6mm cubes of meat down the edge and began tight over with a cube of meat on the hook feeding 6 cubes and some hemp via a cad pot over the top, I had a 3lb carp after 15mins followed by another 5mins later of 6lb but then things got iffy with liners ect so I tried shallowing up half depth but it didn't produce anything. after a couple of hours I had 6 fish and although John was catching well across from peg 6 Andy was struggling on peg 4 so we seemed to be in the same boat, I felt the carp weren't happy to sit over any bigger feed bait so I switched to a hard 6mm pellet at dead depth and began to feed dampened micro pellets over the top.

 

I had to waits for bites but added some bigger fish to 8lb and word of warning the fish in this lake take steroids because they never give up" I added another 6 fish to my total but it seemed that John couldn't go wrong and was taking a fish on nearly each put-in fishing pretty much the same? I kept on having a look on my inside lines but wasn't getting any signs they were in the area so kept at it across but when the sun moved around halfway through the match it seemed to put the fish right off as things slowed down to nothing for the 3 of us. I didn't think that fishing further away from the far bank was worth it as Andy was fishing in the slightly deeper water and only getting the odd silver fish or foul hooked carp so stuck it out just sitting and waiting for bites across until the last hour when I managed to snare a few carp shallow down the edge on meat.

 Andy had called it a day with an hour to go and although John had struggled in the last couple of hours I felt he had done enough to win. When the scales arrived at John the top weight from peg 10 was Steve Howell 97lb odd before John put 134lb on the scales to take the win so well done mate,

 Winner John Hawkins.

 A Few Of My Fish.

 

 

I felt I chose the wrong bait from the start today and although meat is usually a banker for a few fish it wasn't the case today, The slight change in weather showed the fish really wanted minimum feed to draw them into the swim and I also noticed when you shipped the pole away from the far bank they would return to the spot you were feeding".

 Full Results -

1st John Hawkins, (Bristol Post office) peg 6, 134lb 12oz.

2nd Steve Howell (Shiplate) peg 10, 97lb 6oz .

3rd Russ Pecker, (Thatchers Tackle) peg 14, 93lb 12oz.

4th John Page (Weston A.A) peg 1, 84lb.

 

 

        

  

Acorn Evening Series Final Round.

Last in this series of three matches on paddock lake and with 13 fishing I was hoping for a change of area today from being on 15 on the first match and 14 on the last match' with the draw at 1 fishing from 2 till 7 so as expected the margins were going to play a big part later in the day. At the draw and my true run of form continued as yet again I was on peg 14! With end peg 12 being in again as well as some more noted areas I was going to be up against it although as far as the league goes I had to beat Nick Harvey & Mark Walsh to have any chance of winning it so that was my main concern as far as results were going to go.

I felt that I over complicated the swim last week buy trying to much so planed to fish a line tight over to the far bank in 18inches of water where I had trimmed a gap from last week,

 Rig wise I set up a 0.1g Drennan AS1 float on 0.15-0.13 and a size 18 wide gape pellet hook, my other line was going to be tight to the nearside bank where I would plan to fish dead maggot over groundbait which again was about 18inches deep after I had trimmed the over hanging grass of the bank,

 

I had a slightly heavier line being 0.17-0.15 and an 18 PR478, for company I had Steve Bohane on peg 12 and Paul Nichols on peg 16. at the all in I cupped two balls of groundbait down the edge and half a big pot of dead maggots, We were delayed for the start by 30mins due to the monsoon downpour we had whilst taking up" Starting across to the far bank with a 4mm expander on the hook feeding some hard 4mms over the top with some micro pellet  via a cad pot it didn't take long for my first carp of 3lb, The next 45mins went well and I estimated on putting 20lb in the net so a good start, Paul was pinging pellet and trying to catch shallow but was fishless as was Steve on peg 12 so I keep at it although as normal something has to spoil it and the wind had got up making it hard work to hold the rig in place.

After another 90mins I had to give it a rest as it was killing my arms so had a go down my inside with a bunch of maggots on the hook but was getting pestered by small fish so switched to feeding hard 4mm and fished a hard 6mm on the hook, This worked much better and I started to put a few in the net but it wasn't hectic and I was wishing I could of had another swim to my left to drop into but  I couldn't get tight to the bank due to the bulrushes next to me. By now Paul had switched to his two inside swims and began picking fish off each but I had my back to him most off the day so couldn't tell how well he was doing, I spent the rest of the match picking fish of from tight to the nearside bank feeding regularly with had 4mms over the top using around 3 pints in total, At the all out Paul was admitting to 100lb which was around which I expected to have, Steve was first to weigh and started the ball rolling with 56lb, Next up was me ending the day with 119lb odd before Paul was well under on his guessing with his total ending up 154lb which was enough for first place on the day and further around the lake on peg 35 Aide Baker ended up second with 140lb odd, The good news was I had managed to beat Walshy & Nick and with my 3rd place on the day saw it enough to take the 3 match league outright so went home £50 better off.

 Winner Paul Nicholls.

 Some of my fish.

have to give a mention to young Miles Tilly who managed to finish with 66lb beating half the field so he did really good, Well done young man.

 Miles Tilly.

Full results -

1st Paul Nicholls, Maver/Cadbury Angling, peg 16, 154lb 14oz.

2nd Aide Baker, Clevedon A.A, peg 36, 140lb 12oz.

3rd Dom Sullivan, Maver/Cadbury Angling, peg 14, 119lb 10oz.

4th Rich Healey, Clevedon A.A, peg 40, 108lb.

 Series Winner -

Dom Sullivan 2pts.    

 

        

   

Southwest Super league Rd 4 River Huntspill.

Just Managed to wake as Don arrived to pick me up so it was a mad rush to get the kit ready in record time so not the ideal start to the day but the breakfast at hilltops was very welcoming after a few drinks out with the wife last night, At the draw it turned out I had drawn the first section and the second peg down from gold corner peg 13! (Owe No Doesn't Sound Promising") After treating myself to a new wheel barrow trolley which converts into a large platform I was keen to get it kitted up to take it for a spin'  I wish I hadn't as by the time I got to my peg I felt like I was having a hernia trying to keep it balanced! when I arrived at my swim Mark Harper on peg 14 was wading around in his chest waders clearing his swim of weed' and mine was pretty much the same although I don't own chest waders as there's not much point as they would be over my head..! I had time to think though as I had to take a walk back to the van to get the weigh board...

On my return Simon (Ditch) Hebditch on end peg 12 had already had done the same in his undies so I had no choice but to do the same but ended up swimming around to remove what I could as I couldn't reach as far as others could with there cutters" what a start to the day hey'. After managing to assemble my new platform down in the water with my seatbox on the top  I set up an 11ft feeder rod and an 0.04g and 0.06 gram pole rig for the eels as normal, I chose to fish at 13mts beyond any weed I had missed as the winds were light where I had around 5 feet of water.

At the all in I cupped a handful of caster and white maggot onto the pole line and had the normal 8 chucks with the feeder full of Squatts and some chopped worm, Starting with a bunch of red squatt on the hook I had a 2oz skimmer first cast followed by a ruffe and a small perch in the next hour despite switching around with different baits from worm and red maggot. By now Mark and Ditch had a Decent skimmer each but weren't getting many signs so I decided to have a look on the pole where I had been feeding regularly. I had a 4oz rudd and a couple of 6oz perch on double maggot followed by a 4oz eel so I had more in ten minutes than the first hour' small fish were becoming a problem so I switched to a single maggot and caster on the hook and had a 10oz eel before losing a better one on the way back next put-in which managed to bite me off '.

By now others were all trying the pole and were happy to add the small fish to there nets but I felt once I had fed through them I would be able to connect to some better size eels to make up for them so began to feed 3 times before each put in with maggot and casters and tryed double caster on the hook, the problem now was as normal the wind had picked right up and I was struggling to hold the pole still so I had to wedge it between my legs but I still managed to bump two more big eels" After two smaller eels and a couple more perch I had another try on the feeder but only added another roach and 4oz eel.

The pole line was the more productive so I struggled on adding another 12oz eel on double caster but I had to make the choice to take a section off and drop back to 12mts despite trying it early and not getting bites, I cupped in a good handful of casters and a few maggots and left it for 20mins and when I went on it I had a eel well over a pound and a 6oz roach next cast' wishing I had tried to make this line work earlier after I managed to bump off another big swimmer eel in the last 15mins and missed another bite as bubbles appeared around my float as the wind dropped by striking to early" In total I bumped of at least 6 eels and a couple of nice size roach late on which I thought would make a difference on the day points wise up to the anglers who choice to target the small fish or sit out for a bream?

Mark ended up having 2 bream in the last twenty minutes one right on the whistle to finish up with 15lb odd winning the section and Steve Priddle on the far end peg ended up second with 11lb odd before the weights dropped off and the next two weighed 6lb odd each before I had 5lb 2oz and ditch on the end next to me added small fish to his skimmer pipping me by two ounces ending with 5lb 4oz. finishing with 3 points was disappointing as any one of the bigger eels would of put me at least 3rd in the section along with fish I've pulled out of shipping back but I felt I made the right choice to fish for them on this line as mark and ditch didn't hook any so I must of been doing something right. Back at the results we had done better than last week buy far finishing joint 3rd on the day with Thatchers  taking the win and adding to there overall lead in the league, The best weights on the day came from the section below the motorway where I drew last week (Surprize Surprize') with the top weight being 29lb, Don was in this section and also had a few finishing 3rd overall picking up £60 so he treated me to a battered sausage on the way home. Cant go without mentioning the return trip with the trolley after being over took I reached the road nearly tipping it right over into the path of the lobbys lad after I rescued it to his amassment I got it up-right and the handle came off one side" and as I tried to remove my bucket from the opposite side the handle fell of that!" The poor lad was nearly wetting himself" Back to my boss trolley next week me thinks!..    

          

           

Acorn Afternoon Series round 2 Saturday.

Two matches two update on this weekend the first being round 2 of 3 for the afternoon match, 13 fishing today and with some pegs left to the availability of pleasure anglers we were spread from pegs 6 right around to peg 32, With the aerators being left on due to the hot weather we had to leave a gap between peg 8 and 12 as we weren't carrying stick floats' So if I had the choice peg 12 would be my choice being on the end of the lake with the slight breeze in that direction.

It wasn't to be and I ended up on next peg 14 with Lewis Jones drawing peg 12 I had him down as the winner as he does well on these type of snake lakes though I cant believe he was moaning about drawing it!. on my left I had Simon Price on 16 so at least we all had some room.

I choice to go and trim a couple of gaps over tight to the far bank which took a while thought looked nice when I returned to my peg'.

 This is where I planed to start the match in around two feet of water one line with micro and expander to start and the other with groundbait and bunches of dead maggot, the only other line I made up was a rig to fish in about a 18inches of water tight to my inside bank,

 I was going to cup some groundbait in here right from the start and feed hard 4mm pellet over the top by hand, Starting the match tight over It took me 30mins before I had a carp thought by this time Lewis had already put 7" in the net also fishing across to the far bank,

I decided to cup a large cup of groundbait over and switch to fishing a whole worm on the hook as I was getting pestered with small fish when trying maggot. this did work as I had two fish then I had to re-feed the same to draw then back again, The problem here was I new I wouldn't have enough groundbait to continue doing it for the rest of the match" I could see pegs 6 and eight were catching as well as Lewis getting a fish every put-in I had to change tactics so switched to fishing shallow across with hard 6mm pellet on the hook feeding 4mm over the top, Again I had a couple then nothing so had to rely on my inside swim if I was going to catch up. First put-in down the edge with a 6mm pellet I foul hooked a fish and lost it so shallow up half depth and had a nice 5lb common straight away, This is were I decided to spend the rest of the match feeding pellet down both sides and fishing shallow over the top, I was never going to catch Lewis as he had fish all day and I had him down for over 200lb, I was a bit disappointed to finish up with 84lb odd but lost a few fish for know reason today some of which were pushing 8lb" (Bad Angling I would say to anyone else!).

A few of my fish.

As I thought Lewis had a cracking day ending up with 208lb catch nearly all his fish across to the far bank so draw moaning wasn't such a bad peg after all" Still got to catch them though.

There were a couple of good 100lb plus back up weights so all in all the fishing was very good but my draw hand could be much better"

     

       

Southwest Super league Rd 3, River Huntspill.

After deciding to take a day off fishing on Saturday due to the forecast of thunder and lightning and not taking the risk of being lit up like a Xmas tree' It was down to one match this weekend and I was really hoping to draw an area which had been showing form so far but never the less it was a team match so where ever I ended up I would do the best I could for maximum points. With 8 teams fishing the match would be fished from Gold Corner down stream both on the north and south bank in different areas.  

After the usual hilltops breakfast with traveling partner and team mate Don we made are way for the draw, We were both surprized to see an extra section added on the north bank between the motorway and railway rather than one of the sections which had been pegged the previous two weeks, The first problem here would be that this area wouldn't of seen any bait as such, Along with the fact of the hellish walk would certainly put people off taking a pleasure trip" After all the chat of what would of wouldn't be Captain Chris Hook went off to do the team draw.

The moment he returned and placed his hand on my shoulder I just new my destiny for the day would be the section we were all talking about' Ok no big deal but please reward me with one of the end pegs" NOPE! So there I was two pegs from the end off the section on peg 267. I had Drawn this section twice last year and the first match I was in the same area and didn't have anything on the pole line but the last match I had 13lb of eels on the pole closer to the motorway bridge after the area had been fished for a few weeks.

When I eventually arrived at my peg at least I managed to get my box arranged so I didn't have to get right in the water for a change, The conditions weren't to bad with a slight wind but this place can change in moments so my normal plan was to fish the feeder to start with at a distance I could hit each time should the wind blow up although it not as wide here so that shouldn't be a problem.

 Next up were two pole rigs to fish at 12mts for eels being 0.04 & 0.06 on 0.11 main line and an 0.10 hooklength with a size 20 B520 hook. For company Mark Broomsgrove had managed to draw the end peg and we both thought he would be hard to beat with know one below him although there was a peg in the middle of the section which won both matches last year so if they were still there who knows'.

At the all in I fed a palmful of maggot and casters onto the pole line and had 8 chucks with the feeder containing red squatt and some casters, Starting with a bunch of squatt on a size 16 B611 I had a small roach followed by 2 small skimmers but 20mins in and a swap round between hook baits I had a proper bite which resulted in a 2lb Skimmer taken on caster tipped off with Squatt.

Sussed it"? No, And no matter what I couldn't muster a bite so I took the hooklength off and had 5 chucks with some chopped worm and dead red maggot through the feeder but after 2hrs on the tip and only adding a few small perch I was itching to give the pole line a try.

Starting on the lighter rig with double white maggot I was expecting to get bites almost straight away but it just didn't happen and I felt my worst fears were right, Without previous bait going in it was going to be hard to catch on the pole line and from what I could see those who had ventured onto the pole were also struggling, At the halfway point Mark on the end peg had managed a few good skimmers along with Shane Williams two pegs up although Richard Aherne from the freenze team next to me was struggling as was the guy to my right.

I keep feeding the pole line all day although with just the one bite which saw me connect with nothing I just wasn't going to be and with the wind increasing all the while I spent most of the match staring at the tip!

 

I did manage to catch 2 more skimmers and an eel on the feeder along with some smaller fish before the all out but was still disappointed not to have a few on the pole line which I had been looking forward too. Mark was first to weigh and ended up with 7 skimmers and a few eels for 14lb odd, Next peg weighed 1lb odd then it was me ending up with a total of 6lb 6oz, Richard ended with 4lb before Shane Williams on 265 had 24lb odd to win the section with ease which did turn out to be the peg that won the matches last year so they hadn't moved much! My weight on the day was enough to take 3rd in the section which was really the best I could hope for so team wise it meant 6pts out of a possible 8 which I was happy with.

Back at the results apart from Glen Calvert winning his section and Ivan Currie having 5pts the rest struggled which saw us finish last on the day which was not the result we were hoping for, These kind of matches are not for the light hearted as most of the time its hard to draw on fish so you have to stay positive right up until the final whistle and muster what you can from your peg and Shane in my section proved the point after picking off skimmers through the day he was rewarded with two 5lb plus bream in the last 20mins. After a bit of a mix up with the pegging meaning Thyers Ended up drawing 3 end pegs they went on to win the day ahead of League leaders Preston Innovation Thatchers.

Back next week hoping to draw an end or noted peg again but will be happy to draw where some bait has gone in"

     

 

      

           

Angling Trust Teams Of Ten River Huntspill.

Back on the Huntspill for the angling trust team match and with seven teams entered I was hoping for a draw near gold corner where the weights were last week, After a breakfast at hilltops we made are way to laburnham house for the draw, At the draw Captain Chris Hook was handed an envelope containing 10 numbers, Traveling partner Don Sutherland was first to pick a peg and chose the top one ending up on peg 14 at gold corner which was the right area' after quick thinking Don said take the next top one as it would be peg 16 in the next section but owe no" Chris decided to shuffle them and I ended up on peg 39, two pegs away from where I was last week" Marvellous!.

The only plus side was I was in the middle section meaning the were no end pegs to contend with, The trouble is with being on the north bank meant it was a sheer drop to the water and unlike most I like to have a pole line on the go as siting on the tip for 5hrs bores me S******S". So I Chose yet again to set my box up down in the water which took ages and was very close to the water by the time I had bumped up and down on my box to make sure it wouldn't move!

 

Already there was a good breeze on the water so I set up 2 pole rigs to again target the eels at 11mts which I thought would be comfortable? an 0.6 and an 0.4 for rig were set up both on 0.11-0.10 and size 20 B520 hook,   

  The only other thing I set up was a feeder rod to start the match on looking for a bream or some skimmers with an 0.11 hook length and an16 B611 hook. At the start I cupped in a palmful of caster and white maggot on the pole line and had 10 chucks with the feeder full of squatts. starting with a bunch of squatt on the hook in had a ruff and a small roach before I started to switch baits but after 90mins adding a 6oz hybrid and a small eel, A shout up to Thatchers star Gary O'Shea who had only managed one eel I decided to try the pole line with maggot on the hook where I had been feeding maggot and caster.

First put in I had an eel of 10oz before the next put in saw me hook a larger one over a 1lb but it wrapped around some weed on the way in and like a Prat' I gave it an extra pull to keen to get it in and it broke my hook length! TORRETS". the next 45mins gave me 6 eels from 4-10oz  before disaster struck and after striking into eel number 7 my 11mt section snapped in half and I lost the eel aswell! There was know way I could fix it so had to drop back half a section which then became apparent there was weed in my way in areas! Won day I will have the dream match??, Things slowed down from here and with the wind now blowing right up the river the rig was a case of now you see me now you don't in the waves" I did hook a couple of eels only to bump them when striking due to the wind so rested the peg and had another try on the feeder.

30mins and no bites had me back on the pole and after another on the first put in and bumping the next it slowed again, I spent the rest of the match swapping between the pole and feeder ending the day with 12 eels and a few bits, Gary sat on the tip all day and had two spells all day when he had a small bream and two skimmers in as many casts which was enough to win are section with ease with 7kg odd, Lance tucker ended up second with 4kg odd (Again Big skimmers on the feeder) and my weight was good enough for 3rd in the section being 3kg 800grams, Back at the results it turned out most of the team opted to fish the feeder all match but for most it didn't work meaning we struggled as a result, Most thought I was mad or very brave to attempt to fish the pole in the conditions but in my eyes although it cost me by breaking my section I did my best to fish for the maximum points available rather than put all my eggs in one basket, I bumped at least 6 eels through the day which would of put me second at least and with a bit of luck by the time we have the super league next Sunday the winds ease and I can present the rig properly?.

It was all about teams today and Thatchers proved there strength by dropping just 7pts between them for an easy victory having 8 anglers in the top two of there sections' Well done. Individual winner on the day was Garbolino backed Ian Didcot guesting for Thatchers finding bream on the feeder from a peg in the 50's ending the day with 26kg. Summery of the day hopefully after a chat with the rest of the team will to keep options open rather than thinking it will work.                        

Acorn Saturday Series Round 1.

Clevedon A.A are running a 3 match Saturday evening series on the paddock lake so after a nice bit of extra time in bed this morning and chance to get over last nights session" I arrived in plenty of time to clear my head, Fishing from 2 till 7 some good weights were expected and catching down the edge should be the main method later in the day. the pegs were to be spread all around the lake giving us all a bit of room so I wasn't to worried when I ended up drawing peg 15 on the straight bank, After choosing to trim a bit of grass across the far bank to start with so I could fish up in the shallow water tight in was going to be my starting line where I was keen to try out the new Drennan 4x10 AS3 floats which are designed for this type of fishing as my favourite Chanti's can take a bit of a bashing when the carp are as active as they are at this time of the year. I had about 18inches tight over so fished 0.15 - 0.13 and an 18 PR36 hook where I planned to use up some worms I've had for a good few weeks mixed with caster.

 My far line.

 

A dobbing rig to fish 6mm hard pellet on 4ft of line was also made up as there were fish swimming around on the top so I would look for an early fish or two without feeding, A rig to fish the bottom of the near shelf at 4mts to my right with dead maggot over groundbait,

 And a rig for fishing shallow tight into my inside bank on my left again at 5mts where I planned to feed 4mm pellet by hand and fish a bit of paste or hard pellet over the top, For company I had Nick ( Trolley Thief ) Harvey on peg 12 so are usual £1 side bet was struck and after lending him it at Summerhayes the other week so I planned to get it back" Mark Walsh wanted in on it so I had a £1 with him Aswell.  

At the start I cupped in half a pot of chopped worm and caster across to the far bank and cupped 6 balls of groundbait at the bottom of inside shelf to my right and began on the dobbing rig looking for an early fish but as normal the fish soon wised up to us trying to catch them and disappeared of the surface so after 15mins of trying I switched to fishing the far bank with a whole worm catapulting casters over the top, it wasn't long before I had a carp followed by some 1lb F1's, but was beginning to get pestered by small perch so I cut out feeding worm and just fed caster and fished double on the hook. This seemed to work and I added some fish to 5lb and some skimmers so at least I was catching, looking around Nick was getting the odd fish shallow and Paul Nichols on peg 8 was catching some but I couldn't see What Mark Bartlett over on peg 32 was catching, But then most of us couldn't as he had nobody near him lol'

After a while the swim was telling me I needed to rest my far line so I had a go shallow for a while down the track where I had been flicking a few pellets in by hand but with no fish here or over my groundbait line I had to try and make things happen as some people were catching better as the day went on.

 

After seeing a few swirls down the edge to my left where I had also fed pellet by hand I decided to have a try at half depth ( About 10inches) with a hard 6mm on the hook.    

 

First put in saw the elastic ripped out as soon as the rig settled so I spend most of the remaining match switching  tight to the bank on both sides pinching a fish then swapping sides, most of the time I had a bite as soon as I dropped the rig in and all the fish came off the deck dispite seeing the odd tail break the surface when I tried on the deck I would foul hook fish every time". When things did go quite I pinched the odd carp across by flicking the odd pellet towards the far bank on the same rig, The last 90mins were best for me but it was for everybody from what I could see, Nick caught better at the end of match shallow with some good size fish so it was going to be close for the quid" Paul had caught really well shallow towards the far bank in the second half of the match and put a good 135lb on the scales, Nick was next to weigh and ended the day with 85lb, My turn and I was pleased to see my silvers net go 16lb odd which was top on the day and added to my carp gave me a total of 94lb odd so Nick and Walshy better Luck next time"

 part of my catch.

  Last to weigh was Mark and as expected he had a good day finishing with a great 183lb catching most of his fish down both inside swims with worm or corn so well done mate,

 Winner Mark Bartlett.

 

Picking up £20 for the top silvers weight was a bonus along with the fact Mark and Paul had only fished the day as an open meaning I take an early lead in the series so that's a good start. Off to the River Huntspill For the team champs tomorrow so home to take all the pellet out my bag" Away from the match a big well done goes to Andy Geldart for winning Fisho" Mania today who I happened to have a £10 wager on giving me a nice £100 profit" Cheers!

Full Results -

1st Mark Bartlett (Matrix) peg 32, 183lb 6oz.

2nd Paul Nichols (Clevedon.A.A) peg 8, 135lb.

3rd Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 15, 94lb 10oz.

4th Nick Harvey (Sensas Thyers) peg 12, 85lb 6oz.

5th Mark Walsh (Acorn) peg 26, 84lb 3oz

Silvers -

Dom Sullivan, 16lb 4oz.     

          

 

        

Emerald Winter Silvers Only Series 2014.

I thought I would give an advance notice on this years Emerald silvers only series I am running commencing the 11th Oct 2014. It will be a series of 6 matches run every other week until the 20th of Dec 2014. All matches will be on Saturdays as not to interrupt any other leagues which will be running mainly on Sundays and it will be a maximum entry of 14 Anglers as Emerald pool is quite shallow in areas so want to put the best pegs in going on last Winters open match results.

 

 

Entry fee will be £25.00 in advance which will be for the top 5 payouts at the end of the six matches & £20.00 pools on the day. The overall results will be decided on a points basis and with the match being spread over 2 sections on the day it will mean a section win will stand as 1pt and last in the section will receive 7pts.

The best 5 out of 6 matches will count dropping your worst result and both sections will be fished twice by all anglers, In the event of a tie on points for the overall standings then weight count back will come in to play.

The £6 peg fee will be deducted from the £20.00 entry fee per match - Example -

14 x £20.00 = £280.00, - 14 x £6.00 peg fee £84.00, leaves - £196.00 daily pools, On the day I will just be paying 1st (£50) and 2nd (£35) in each section meaning there will be £26.00 left over on the day which will also be added to the overall payouts at the end of the series. Example -

6 x £26.00 per match = £156.00, 14 x £25.00 entry fee = £350.00 added together gives a total of £506.00 for the top five overall at the end of the series as follows -

1st £150.00,  2nd £125.00,  3rd £100.00,  4th £75.00,  5th £56.00 .

This will prove to be a popular little series so it's advised to book in with me sooner rather than later as I already have names, Any further questions or to book in call me on 07967243456.