Acorn Fishery Saturday Open.

Back to Acorn today hoping for one of the more fancied pegs than I've had of late here and with the forecast to be the hottest day of the year so far at least a sun tan was in order, Only 10 fishing today so the pegging was spread around the lake away from the pegs allocated for pleasure anglers, I had the last peg in the hat as I was still enjoying my breakfast come draw time and ended up on peg 7 for the day.

 When I got to my peg there were already signs of fish over on the far bank amongst the rushes as well as fish slurping along the bridge in peg 6, Not wanting to complicate things I had a rig to fish tight over against the boards on the far bank as you can see in pic with the depth being 2ft.

 The same rig would be used to fish tight into the bank on my left later in the day if the fish ventured in this close, Another rig to fish the bottom of the inside shelf at 6mts in four feet of water and a in-line dibber rig to fish up in the water at 13mts out into the lake as there seemed to be fish milling around out in the middle of the lake. For company I had Brian (Anteater) Slipper on peg 9 who from what I could see was going to base his hopes around fishing shallow on the long pole.

At the start I cupped in some 4mm hard pellet and a few grains of corn at the bottom of the near shelf and started the day with a 4mm expander on the hook over against the boards just cad potting some micros and groundbait over the top. It wasn't long before I was into fish but they were small carp, F1's and skimmers and with no silvers pool today to make things count I had to try and catch some bigger fish, within 40mins I was out on the long pole shallow as Brian had already had 3 bigger fish up in the water. I spent the next hour chasing shadows as I only managed three fish and although Brian was having to wait for fish he was getting far more indications but I couldn't seem to get the fish to come around the point from peg 5 so I made my mind up to catch what I could from the swim tight over as at least I was putting fish in the net. I switched to feeding 4mm hard pellet via the catty and fished a banded 6mm set about a foot deep, It did work for a while and although the fish were smaller I was catching until they started slurping the pellets which had landed in the rushes causing me to foul hook lots of fish along the way trashing three rigs at the end of the day. my inside lines only produced a fish off each so most of the match was spent trying shallow in the open water and on the far line as this seemed to give me a few before I had to rest it, I was never going to catch Anteater and Maria Green And Mark Walsh over on the island pegs 2 and 4 had had good sized fish. At the weigh-in Maria weighed a great 85lb catching on the pellet feeder across to the island giving her hubby another thumping along the way"

 Maria Green.

 Next up was Walshy' on peg 2 who catch well on paste down the inside in the last couple of hours to finish with 93lb Before Brian went on to better that with a final weight of 100lb with most of his fish falling to 6 or 8mm pellet on the long pole shallow.

 Brian (Anteater) Slipper.

I finished the day with 58lb which wasn't going to get me any coin today but at least I had a few fish and the weather was a belter and after wearing my shorts for the first time this year I managed to burn my knee caps"

 My Catch.

Full Results -

 1st Brian Slipper (Sensas Thyers) peg 9, 100lb 15oz.

2nd Mark Walsh (Acorn) peg 2, 93lb 10oz.

3rd Maria Green (Un-Attached) peg 4, 85lb 6oz.

4th Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 7, 58lb 8oz.

 

 I couldn't go without mentioning the state of team mate Gary Cross as he looked like he had been kipping on the streets" as you can see him on the right in photo alongside Lee Waller and Kev Perry.

 

 

 

Summerhayes Fishery Longs Lake.

Back to summerhayes today to fish the open on longs lake which reports say its been fishing well of late, with fourteen of us present it wasn't a bad turn out for a Wednesday and at least the sun was out for a change' after a nice free cuppa and a chat with a few others it was time for the draw and for a change I was happy with my peg 35 on the road bank near the hut, The swim was around 14mts to the far side in front of the rushes though as you can see by the pick I had a few hanging out into the swim which could make things awkward? 

 Far bank swim.

Pluming up I found about 4ft in-front of the rushes as tight in as I could manage which was a bit deeper than I wanted as I felt the fish would come up in the water with regular feeding but where it was shallower to my right I couldn't see a float tip of any kind due to sun and light so had to make do with my chosen line for starters using a 4x12 chanti on 0.13-0.11 and an 18 808, An open water swim at 13mts where I would use a 0.3g pencil float to fish 4mm expanders over micro pellet for the silvers, And another 4x12 chanti to fish next to the empty pallet on the same line to a size 16 PR478 hook. This rig would double up to fish to my right at the bottom of the shelf at 5mts to my right with the depth being the same at around 4ft.

   At the all in I cupped two balls of fishmeal groundbait onto the 13mt line as my silvers line, A palmful of hemp and 6mm meat next to the pallet and the same on my short 5mt line, Starting over against the reeds with a single grain of meat and just cad potting a ball of squeezed damped micro pellet over the top I soon had a small carp off 2lb followed by 3 more and a 1lb skimmer in the next four put-ins  before I started getting bites I was missing so I cut out the feed for a while but it took longer to get a bite and by now what a surprize" the wind had picked up and I was struggling to hold the pole still, Fish were taking the bait on drop the after the float settled and I lifted it again but I wasn't connecting with anything so tried a shallower rig at half depth for ten minutes without success, I was going to start firing some 4mm pellet across with the catty but struggling to hold the pole still I felt I would be on a losing battle, I do remember trying this last year and all I did was push the fish back into the rushes so I had a re-think and decided to cup around 15 cubes of meat and a palm size ball of micro and try to pin the fish on the deck and only feed again when I couldn't get a bite, I left it to settle and tried a 4mm expander on the 13mt silver line, Ten minutes later and this line was to be forgotten about as I didn't have a bite, and I would concentrate on the carp which were averaging around 2lb a piece.
By putting a larger amount of bait in seemed to work as I would catch a couple before it went iffy and I re-fed the same again, After a good start it was now over 2hrs in and I had around 12 small carp but the wind now whipping down the lake I just couldn't hold it any longer which was a shame as I'm sure I could of keep um coming and some bigger fish would of turned up so I fed it again and left it.

I decided to try the pallet swim with double meat on the hook where I had been topping the swim up with a small amount of meat and hemp every 40mins and also using the catty to fire a few cubes over the top at regular intervals, No sooner had the rig settled I had a carp of 3lb followed by a 2lb fish 5mins later the nothing so cupped some more feed in and left it, A try on the 5mt line didn't produce and I only managed two fish off it for the rest of the match again both on meat. I did keep trying the far line thinking I could beat the elements but I just couldn't present it and all that was happing was I was bumping fish and getting frustrated so most of the remaining match was spend pinching a couple of fish at a time from the pallet line before trying the other swims, I ended the match with around 28 carp averaging 2lb a piece and a few silvers, From what I could see down from me not that much had been had but I didn't know how the pegs the other side of the lake had fished?
First to weigh was Steve Kedge on peg 1 which also happened to be the bonus peg and after 2 weighs added to his silver his total went 87lb which was going to be very hard to beat catching across to the island at the start then down his inside edge on meat, After a few lower weights Scott Russell on peg 12 put 72lb on the scales followed by Mark Hannon on peg 14 who weighed 57lb, No other weights before I was last to weigh and I was pleased to put 64lb on the scales for 3rd on the day, Only picking up £28 but Pete as I've said before likes to spread the winnings out which can be a good thing, Its a shame the wind ruined it again for most of us but the lake still fished well overall and the good thing here is you always here how many different ways anglers have approached there swims and caught fish. Just a mention Pete has erected a great BBQ area for anglers to use during the summer as well as having an area for junior anglers to be taught how to fish in there own private lake along side with coaching from Steve Jackson among other so I'm sure we wish them the best of luck as there low in numbers on the bank nowadays.

 The New BBQ and Coaching Area.

 

 Winner Steve Kedge.

Part of my catch.

 

Full Results -

1st Steve kedge (Somerset Angling) peg 1, 87lb 9oz.

2nd Scott Russell (Tackle UK) peg 12, 72lb 10oz.

3rd Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 35, 64lb 13oz.

4th Mark Hannon (Summerhayes) peg 14, 57lb.

Silvers -

Gary (Summerhayes) peg 31, 11lb 5oz.

 

 

 

            
   

Summerhayes Open Sellicks Lake,

Back to Summerhayes today after a nice breakfast at hilltops on route and at arriving at the fishery I was informed the match was on sellicks lake although I recon Pete the owner must of been on the red wine when I rang him on Tuesday as he told me todays match was on Longs Lake" with 21 fishing today there was only going to be 2 empty pegs on the complex which suited me as its less room for the fish to back off although Aide Bishop was having a moan before we even got into the draw! Into the bucket  for the draw and I was blessed again with my magic hand' NOT! Ending up on peg 4 which wasn't a peg I fancied after a brief wander around before the start but never the less I had to make do, With no gaps to fish into across I planned to fish as close as I dare to the far reeds as possible where I found 4ft as close in as I could get so had a 4x12 Chanti on 0.13-0.11 and an 18 808 hook, Another rig was made up with the same set up to fish at 5mts in 6ft of water where I planned to fish meat and lastly a rig to fish back into my inside swim where it was still quite deep at about 5ft.

 My Far line.

 Inside swim.

Company today was Mark Leahy on peg 3 and Jamie Parkhouse on peg 5 so I wasn't fortunate enough to have an empty peg either, At the all in I cupped around 6 cubes of 6mm meat  mixed to with wetted micro and a pinch of hemp onto the far line at 14mts and a palmful of hemp and meat down to my inside just over the reeds. I started the match at 5mts in the open water with a single cube of meat and just cad potted 5 pieces of the same over the top, I was hoping to snare an early mug fish whilst others targeted the far bank mainly with the method feeder as the wind hadn't relented from yesterday making it nearly impossible to hold a pole at any length' After 20mins on the short line and just one little dip I didn't want to try my edge swim until I had to so out on the long pole I started again with a 6mm cube of meat, and after 5mins I had a 1lb skimmer, Not what I expected but at least I had something in the net. In the next 20mins I had 2 carp of 3lb each before Disaster Struck and I played a much better fish of around 8lb to the net only for it to dive down at the last second snagging my line on the landing net losing the fish and the rig" Prat! Another rig assembled and back over cad potting a few pieces of meat and micro over the top and 2mins later I bumped a fish leaving me snagging the over hanging Vegetation and with the help of the wind ended up totally wrapped up and another rig GONE! A quick burst of turrets and I chose to still make a go of it over so rig three was assembled...

Mark next to me only had a couple of skimmers and Jamie was still fishless on the method and from what I could see others were struggling so I felt despite fighting with the wind to stick at it and after 2hrs I was up to six Carp and a couple of skimmers, Jamie had followed suit and gone out on the long pole shallow and by slapping the pole on the water caught a couple but it was short lived really, I felt that the fish weren't there in numbers so I chose to cadpot full of meat and micro and changed to fishing double meat on a size 16 PR478 and to sit and wait for a fish to turn up. It seemed to work as my total was up to ten carp but with 2hrs to go things where slowing fast and my arms felt like popeye" so it was time to have a look down the edge as Jamie had already taken one better fish down his edge towards me.

No sooner as the rig settled I was in and a fish of 5lb was added followed by a smaller  fish of 3lb before things went quite so I potted in some more hemp on this line and a few cubes of meat and left it to settle again, I spend the next half hour trying the 5mt line and the long pole swim without success due to the gales" so spent the last hour down the edge ending the day with 16 carp and a few skimmers including 1 carp on my top kit to my to my right, from what I could see not much had been caught along my bank but I didn't know how the fancied lily pegs had done down in the Calm water" First to weigh was Ray Wickham on end peg two as one was left out and he 19lb of skimmers in his 40lb total weight.

Ray Wickham Silvers Winner. 

 

Mark on peg 3 had 6lb odd of silvers before my 4lb odd of silvers added with my carp gave me a total of 63lb which I felt was good considering the conditions we all faced, Down to the more fancied pegs and Adam Palmer took the lead with 74lb and after a chat with him he told me he had most of his fish on the meat at 6mt and some late fish down his right hand edge on the same bait.

 Adam Palmer & some of his catch.

 

Nobody was admitting to much after Adam so I went to pack my kit away and back at the results I found I had finished 2nd on the day picking up £50 along the way.

 Part of my catch.

 Sometimes it pays to persevere with something and it paid off for me today and the high light off the day had to be when Jamie's hat blew in the lake for the second time and I joked if he had some hair he might have something for it to grip onto" lol .

Full results -

Adam Palmer (Maver Royal Navy) peg 12, 74lb 9oz.

2nd Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 4, 63lb 11oz.

3rd Ray Wickham (Summerhayes) peg 2, 40lb 4oz.

4th Jamie Parkhouse (Team Jinx Exeter) peg 5, 40lb 10z.

5th Phil Densle (Summerhayes) peg 14, 38lb.

Silvers -

1st Ray Wickham (Summerhayes) peg 2, 19lb 14oz.

Ray also had the added prize of £75 as he was on the bonus peg and because he won the silvers he picked up half the pot'.

On a final note I did go to Acorn Fishery for the Clevedon.A.A open but only 6 turned up mainly because nobody with sense would of entertained fishing yesterday and after an hour or so there was only three of us left, Myself, Maria Green and her hubby" I went on to win with 63lb of smallish carp down to the next pallet on hard pellet whilst Maria beat hubby again with 49lb on the pellet feeder across to the island, Being a cost cutter match I only had £30 back but it all helps, Back to Acorn For the Tuesday tenner this week and a better turn out expected and im praying this wind will let up.       

   

                  

Shiplate Farm Hawthorns Pleasure Session.

Not having time last week to right this blog in between matches but the wife and myself had a day together at Shiplate Farm which happens to be right on are doorstep and being as I haven't had much free time for a pleasure session I choose to have a go on the Hawthorns lake for the carp as Owner Steve Oliver let me use keepnets as he could catch up on the condition of the fish, I chose to fish peg 10 which has a nice bit of cover across to start with as I planned to fish meat on the deck at 6mts as the day went on and closer to the inside bank if I couldn't catch on my planned lines.
 

Pluming up I found 18inches of water over towards the far side as tight as I could go so my normal 4x10 chanti rig was assembled on 0.11-0.10 line and an size 18 808, My 6mt meat rig was a 4x12 chanti on 0.13 to an 0.11 4inch hook length and a 18 PR478 hook, The depth here was around 5ft and this was quite a light rig but with the conditions being perfect I like to use the lightest rig I can get away with as I'm convinced it leads to more bites and most time on meat you'll find with the right set up the bites are un-miscible"??.

                                                                          

I decided to just start the day with a small cadpot attached to feed to gauge the swim across to start with and feed around 10 cubes of 6mm meat onto the 6mt swim with a small palm full of hemp added, Starting with a 6mm cube of meat across and filling the cadpot with a mix of micro pellet and hemp it didn't take long for my first carp being a perfect common of around 5lb, With know signs of fish in the shallow water I wasn't afraid to feed the same amount again as a fish that size could of sucked the lot in" I was right with 6 fish in 6 put in's for about 25lb was telling me I would have a few today! Here's the good bit as having the wife sunning it up nearby she was able to take some videos thought the day as well as some pics to show where I fished.

                                                                    

 

 spot the yellow tip'

 fish on!

 

 

I did start to get the odd liner so cut out the feed until I was sure there wasn't any present and this seemed to work as in the next hour I had already had 15 fish. as expected they began to get cagey so I fed a slightly larger amount of hemp and micro and switched to the short line at 6mts.

I had been feeding the swim by flicking 6mm cubes of meat in by hand at regular intervals and after quickly trying my rig from across as there was the odd bubble coming up and they could already be up in the water with it being warm. it didn't seem to be the case because as soon as settled touching the deck it flew under and a mirror of 4lb was added, By now the wind had got up and as I was having a day for myself there was no point battling with it so I spend most of the day on the short meat line including fish to 8lb and a nice orange common,

   Bites on the meat"

 I found it best to catch a couple of fish then top the swim up with a larger amount of meat and hemp whilst catching a few more across in between resting the short line. I ended the day with 42 fish around 16lb of skimmers which all came off the short line for a total of 170lb so a great day, its the first time we have tried to up-load the videos so apologies if there not successful but will look into it for future reference so have added a pick of some of the fish on the day.

 

A couple of tips Ile share if conditions allow don't be afraid to slightly overshot your float when fishing the short meat line then give I a good dip in Vaseline and you'll find it sits perfect in the water and any little dips caused by liners wont pull the float under'.

The simplest way to have your meat on the bank is to have it covered with water after I have let it soak whilst tackling up, this removes the fat content which I drain off  before the start, its best to have some idea of how much your likely to use during a session match and I regularly add a few fresh cubes of meat to the water I keep in my bag and swish it around with the meat I've already prepared simply because if you don't you'll find you meat will go white and if you leave it till you run out adding fresh pink' meat can be the kiss of death!

Good Luck.     

   

 

                    

Acorn Tuesday Tenner.

With an extra day off after the bank holiday and with the forecast to be nice weather wise I decided to return for another try, With the wife also having the day off we had a nice breakfast at the on-site café before the draw which again I had know idea what pegs were to be used although I was none to pleased to pick out peg 17 an area I cant get away from and looking around to see where others had draw I new my chances off framing today were slim with 3 bridge pegs in as well as the top pegs from Sundays match.

I new to have any chance with the overall weights I would hopefully have to find the lakes larger fish which could be in any area of the peg and although I had the option of going for the silvers I'm due to be in this section in the next round of the individual league so at worst I was going to use the day as bit of a practice.

Rig wise a 4x10 Chanti  to fish tight in the gap over on the far bank which I found o be around 18inches deep, a rig to fish down the track over 6mm hard pellet which I would feed by hand through the day and a rig to fish caster at the bottom of the near shelf towards the next peg which would double up as a silvers rig but fished with white hydro would double up as a carp rig should they arrive, I did set another in-line dibber rig which I could use for up in the water over the short swims as well as tight into the edge late in he day.

At the start I cupped in some hard 6mm pellet on the open water swim and a small amount of caster and dead reds at the bottom of the near shelf and started across in the far bank grass with a 4mm expander just feeding a few wetted micros via a small cadpot. It didn't take long for my first fish of around 3lb followed by 3 more in the next 3 put-ins only for the wife to say I was doing well and then they stopped" never the less I new that I was to good to last and they soon wised up with it being so shallow, I tried to start a new line a couple of meters from the first one but with the light going in and out the clouds I had a job to see the float no matter what colour I could change it so most of the first two hours were spend on the original swim across with either a 6mm or 4mm expander on the hook and after feeding after every missed bite or fish I got my tally up to ten fish for around 28lb.

A switch to the open water swim on the deck to start I had two skimmers in ten mins and a try down the near shelf only gave 1 roach on double caster so I gave it 15mins trying to catch through the water on the open water swim, again without success so it was time to go back across to the shallow swims, It wasn't hectic but I was adding the odd fish but by now Dave Wride on bridge peg 21 (For the 3rd match on the trot") was catching as was Andy France on peg 9 who had some bigger fish, I did start a new line closer to the pallet as well as a new line tight to the nearside bank but only had a fish off each all match, At some point somebody threw some casters which were floaters in and they had drifted over my open water swim much to the welcome of the carp who began slurping for them right where I had been priming the swim with loose fed pellet but couldn't get a bite on it! I did snare one which shed the hook at the net and cause all those in proximity to do one!" I was getting know were so spent the remainder of the match over on the long line which did get better towards the end and I even managed 3 fish in the last 5mins" but I new I wasn't going to compete as a few had been catching all day, At The weigh-in Gabriel started the ball rolling over on bridge peg40 Having a S*** day in his words weighing 99lb odd!?, but It wasn't enough to take the spoils as Andy France took the top weight off of peg 9 with 108lb catching across most of the day with pellet before catching down towards peg 8 later in the day, My weight went 75lb so I wasn't to disappointed but there are a few things I have learnt the main one being to set up other rigs to compensate the poor light as along this bank the sun ends up right in your face at the end of the day causing all sorts of shadows.

 Winner - Andy France.

Full Results -

1st Andy France (Cadbury Angling) peg 9, 108lb 2oz.

2nd Bob Smith (un-Attached) peg 13, 102lb 2oz.

3rd Gabriel Skabba (Acorn) peg40, 99lb 5oz

4th Dave Wride (Sensas Thyers) peg 21, 96lb 12oz

5th Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 17, 75lb 3oz.

Silvers -

Andy Gard (Over 50's) peg 36, 16lb 4oz.

 Andy Gard. (Silvers).

The floating caster slurpers"

And The one I hooked!.

 

 

 

 

            

  

Shiplate Farm Open, Hawthorns lake.

This Monday was supposed to be a pairs match but with lots of other matches on in the area we didn't have enough to use both lakes so had it as an open instead, After a nice breakfast to soak up some of the alcohol from the night before, We had a late draw today with the fishing being 11-5 so we all expected the last couple of hours to be the most productive so on with the draw and I let owner Carol draw for me and she handed me peg 4, I was hoping to be a bit further up the lake but with no gaps today it should keep things fair as we had a couple in the name of Nick & Maria Green who were going to fish the match but not enter the pools for a bit of experience so after they drew both the end pegs we all had the same room.

There was quite a strong breeze as we were setting up but I chose a 4x10 rig to fish in the shallow water tight to the far bank, Another heavier 4x12 rig to fish about a meter off the far bank in around 4ft of water and finally a 4x14 rig to fish at 5mts to my left and right with meat or big expander on the hook, for company I had young Lewis Jones on peg 5 which also happened to be the Bonus Peg and Darren (Big Bird) Greenwood on peg 3 so at least we would have some banter along the way as well as the quid side bet I had with him, At the start I cupped in some meat and hemp to my Right and around five 6mm cubes on the same line to my left, Starting  across in the deeper off the far bank with a 4mm expander and feeding some damp micro over the top I gave it all of ten minutes as the skim on the lake was pushing the float through to much to hold it still for long enough to induce any bites even though I tried back shotting the rig.

A switch to a single 6mm cube of meat over the short line I had just fed a few cubes saw me have a fish right away of 4lb so a good start but 5mins later I had switched to my left hand short swim as no more signs were had but after 20mins and one missed bite it was time for a change, By now Louis had hooked a couple of carp tight to the far bank but was struggling to hold it still tho I felt I had to try and follow suit as nothing else was working, I managed 1 carp of 5lb but 30 mins of wrestling with the pole I chose to try and make my shorter swims work and expecting them to produce in the last couple of hours.

Despite having the early signs on the meat I couldn't get bites on it so chose to keep topping them up with same amounts of meat and hemp and start a new line at 6mts feeding hard 4mm pellet, cupping out half a big pot with a few 6mms added I let the line settle for 20mins before trying a 4mm expander over the top, this resulted in three 12oz skimmers on the trot and I was putting fish in the net but the fourth being slightly bigger slipped the hook right where I was catching and killed it dead" I re-fed the line and tried my meat swims again with know luck and wasn't going to struggle over as Birdy next to me had tried all match without much luck but lots of swearing".

A couple more skimmers on the new pellet line before it died again made me spend the last hour trying to make the meat line work as there were the odd blows coming up and I wasn't getting liners so I new they weren't shallow which proved right as I took two more off each line as well as one more across when the wind dropped in the last 30mins. Louie did really well today to stick it out across for most of the match and had some nice fish ending the day an easy winner with 64lb so fair play to him, As for the rest of the lake it fished hard today probably due to the drop in temperature over night and my total weight of 28lb was enough to take second spot on the day picking up £50, Spare a thought for Maria though as she managed 37lb from the end peg 2 so it goes to prove anyone can compete which was nice to see and I saw her beat her hubby before at acorn not that he needs me to remind him' so she can catch fish". Louis had the added bonus of picking up the golden peg today and added to his winnings walked away with a nice total of £175 so well done mate and he did offer us a pint on the way home, And it was the only time we saw Darren smile all day as he got a spanking from both sides by myself and Maria" 

 Louis Jones.

 Myself.

 Darren Greenwood.

Full Results -

1st Louis Jones (Sensas Thyers) peg 5, 64lb 4oz.

2nd Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 4, 28lb 10oz.

3rd Gordan Jones (Shiplate) peg 10, 23lb 12oz.

Silvers -

Julian Pinkett (Bristol post office) peg 11, 7lb 8oz. 

 

 

 

                   

Acorn Individual League Rd 4.

Round four of this popular 30peg league and with a total re-draw for the sections and the pegs meaning we were all hoping for a good draw and would be interesting to see who we would be drawn against for the three remaining matches. First up was the draw for the knock-out and today I was paired up with John Osborne which turned out to be quite spooky as not only did he draw the same peg as he had last match so did I peg 32 again! Most class this as the harder but fairer section of the three although it did hold some good pegs in the shape of two bridge pegs and 38, and 36 Which Mark (Bunt) Bromsgrove had also managed to draw again", I did manage second in the section last week so was really hoping to get in the top 3 if I was to hold onto a good position in the league so I planned to fish along the same lines in search of the lakes larger size fish meaning not to many bites but trying to convert them to fish in the net.

Rig wise I had a shallow 4x10 Chanti to fish in the bulrushes on the far bank in 18 inches of water on 0.11-0.10 and an 18 808 hook, A rig to fish on the deck at 5mts with a big expander or whole worm and a rig at the bottom of the inside shelf at 8mts down towards the empty pallet which was closer than last time as I planned to feed it by hand, For company I had Tom (Another Bridge Peg!) Thick on peg 33 next to the bridge so was always going to get neck ache as its had form all through the series so far and Charlie Barns on peg 30 who was going to fish for silvers from the off which some say is a good thing leaving me with the far bank but the fish can wise up to this and back off into the safe un-fished water.

Starting the day I feed some hard 6mm pellets on 5mt swim, some 4mm hard pellet down my inside swim with a few 6mm expanders added, Starting over on the long line in the rushes where I caught last week with a whole worm on the hook cad potting some damp micros and hemp over the top, With no signs after 5mins I switched a 4mm expander on the hook and was beginning to worry when out of the blue my first fish of 3lb was in the net, Two more followed in the next 30mins but I could tell already I needed to start a new line as bites were none existent, moving two meters to my right I began to feed the swim with just micro to start with via the cad pot but only had two skimmers in the next hour, I did try the 5mt line with a 6mm Expander but only managed another skimmer and by now looking around the lake those I could see were also struggling to catch in my section.

I new from last week that after 90mins the peg seemed to shut down and I found it best to feed and wait for bites as the fish were of better stamp so after swapping between maggot, worm and corn on the hook without success I stuck with the 4mm expander on the new started swim across, my plan did seem to work as I had two more 4lb fish in the next hour and a couple more skimmers which was more than some in the section, Another try on the 5mt line with worm saw me foul hook and loose a fish but they weren't settled so sticking to the far bank swims for the remainder of the match saw me end up with 9 carp and some silvers, I did try my short edge line a couple of times in the last hour but had no indications which surprised me as I expected some late fish from there so next time I plan to change the feeding pattern on the nearside swims,  At the weight-in the best weight on the opposite bank in my section was Andy Thick From Bridge peg 21 with 29lb odd so I was hoping for more when it came to my turn and I wasn't disappointed to muster 42lb leading the section with the two more fancied pegs to weigh and with Bunt having 51lb to go into the lead before Glen Calvert was last to weigh and ended the day with 40lb meaning I had managed 2nd in he section again so good points to end the day as well as the £40 bonus. First on the day went to fellow blogger Mike Nichols on peg 7 catching on paste short to end the day with 91lb odd with a couple of nice back up weights of 80lb plus in the same section, The next round for the knock-out was drawn after the match results and with 4 of us remaining I've only gone and managed to draw Tom Thick again" although I did manage to Knock him out in the first round for him to get back in with the heaviest losing weight! jammy git" lol, Still all to play for as far as the league goes so look forward to the next round in 3 weeks.

Full Results -

1st Mike Nichols (Avon Angling) peg 7, 91lb 10oz.

2nd Russ Peck (Thatchers Tackle) peg 12, 87lb 15oz.

3rd Tom Thick (Thatchers Tackle) peg 33, 81lb 15oz

4th Brian Slipper (Sensas Thyers) peg 9, 69lb 8oz

5th Mark Broomsgrove (Sensas Thyers) peg 36, 54lb 14oz.

Silvers - Chris Fox  (Sensas Thyers) peg 17, 13lb 6oz.  

 

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Summerhayes Fishery Weds Open.

Off to summerhayes for the second time this year and after a quick call to owner Pete this morning I was informed the match was to be on Sellicks Lake today for a change which is a lake I like as it takes a fair bit if working out through the day, A free welcome cuppa with the other guys before the draw saw former fisho mania champ Steve Jackson put on his bright orange suit to take the micky out of Dave Bull who apparently has been turning up to watch people on the matches although it could be somewhat off putting and a few regulars have said he has killed there swims when he turns up"

 Jacko'

Back to the draw and I end up on peg 23 which was the peg I had draw last year when I was here which I ended up winning the match off of with over 100lb on the worm and caster but that was September time and I new that wouldn't work today as it was a lot cooler and the water wouldn't be anywhere near the temperature it was then, There are a lot of options on this peg but I didn't plan to fish to many lines causing me to complicate things so a rig to fish tight into the far bank being a 4x10 Chanti on 0.13-0.11 and a 18 PR478 at the business end which I had a small flat spot to fish on around 2ft deep.

    

   (This rig was used to fish to the bare bank in centre of pic) my next rig was to fish amongst the stick-ups to my right towards the next pallet where I planed to feed it heavier later in the day with groundbait and dead red maggot cupped in loose, and finally a rig to fish at 5mt in the open water on the deck with meat in 5ft of water  with a 4x12 chanti again on 0.13-0.11 and an 16 PR478. For company today I had venue regular and Bridgwater tackle shop manager Steve Kedge on peg 21 so I new it would be wise to keep an eye on him as he fishes here a bit although on tackling up I noticed he had the same plans as me as where to fish, (great minds think alike so they say").

At the all in I cupped in a palmful of hemp and around 10 cubes of 6mm meat onto the 5mt open water swim, and a cupful of wetted groundbait with dead red maggot in amongst the stick-ups, I didn't want to feed here right from the off but Kedgey had also plumed up near the pallet and I didn't want him to have it all to himself and felt I had nothing to loose. Starting right over with a whole worm and a cadpot with some wetted micro and hemp in I could push the rig up against the bank the tosspot the bait over the float, with less than 5mins gone I had a 3lb fish in the net for a good start but two more fish foul hooked and lost then some small perch pulling on the worm saw a switch to a 6mm expander on the hook which seemed to avoid the attention of the small fish and get me two more carp before things went a bit quite, Another change of bait to a 6mm cube of meat saw the same result so I gave the swim a rest and tried amongst the reeds with a whole worm which didn't take me long to hook a better fish which I managed to steer out ok but as I went to net it at around 8lb I caught me off guard and bolted under the pallet snapping the hook length! by now I had 6 in the net but had lost 5 so after a small bout of turrets I topped the inside up with another potful and went back across.

It wasn't fast but I was getting the odd bite and adding fish to 4lb at intervals so I stuck at it until I couldn't get any signs only feeding after every fish with some micros and hemp with the cadpot, Steve had managed a couple of smaller carp from the 5mt line on meat but was having to wait a long time and although he was a couple of fish in front at this stage I had managed a few larger fish over in the shallow water  so felt I was doing the right thing by waiting for bites and putting the odd fish in the net, I did try in the stick-ups and after getting another out I managed to lose it again" I felt they weren't having it well on this line maybe because the swim was quite close to me so stuck it out over for the rest of the match tight to the far bank and I was right in thinking some bigger fish would show late as I had a couple to 8lb by switching baits between worm, meat and expander.

The weigh-in started on the opposite bank with Jess Jordon on peg 3 totalling 75lb also having a good day catching across on meat, Next to push Jess of top spot was Alvin Jones down on fancied peg 13 in the lily swims with a great weight of 100lb mainly catching on his inside towards the next peg amongst the lilies, I was last to weigh and with the help of 3 skimmers for 4lb added to my 73lb of carp was enough to take second place on the day so £30 quid back as Pete does spread the payouts well, Top silvers went the way of Steve Jackson on peg 19 just sneaking it and because he was on the golden peg you win half the pot if you top silvers weight on the day so lucky Steve was to have an added payout' All £5 of it as it was won on the last match! lol.

 Alvin Jones.

 My Catch.

 Jacko"

 

 

Full Results -

1st Alvin Jones (Alvin's Car Care) peg 13, 100lb 15oz.

2nd Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 23, 77lb 9oz.

3rd Jess Jordan (Summerhayes) peg 3, 75lb 8oz.

4th Steve Kedge (Somerset Angling) peg 21, 57lb 9oz.

Silvers -

1st Steve Jackson (Garbolino) peg 19, 11lb 7oz.

2nd Aide Bishop (Summerhayes) peg 11, 11lb4oz.   

     

                 

Acorn Individual Series Rd 3.

Back to acorn today for round three of six hoping for a nice draw after winning the lake last time around, with 30 fishing the match is spread over three, 10peg sections, I was in what is meant to be one of the harder sections on paper although I fancied a draw on 36 or 38 or a peg next to the bridge being 21 or 22 and after a good chat at the café before the draw there was a bit of a banter toward Bob Gullick today as seeing he had drawn a bridge on the first two rounds we all agreed he'd been at home making one up for this round"

Into the draw and peg 32 was my reward although not where I wanted to be this section can be close as far as the weights go so there was all to play for, Company wise I had Brian (Anteater) Slipper on peg 30 and Lewis Jones next to the bridge on 31 although he wasn't in my section so I needn't worry to much how he got on.

There was a breeze picking up at the start but with the peg being no more than 13mts to the far bank I shouldn't have to many issues with presenting the rig so set up a 4x10 Chanti on 0.11-0.10 and an 18 808 to fish the gap in the bulrushes where it was about 18inches deep.

My next line of attack was down towards the pallet on my right with a depth of around 3ft just off the bank where I had a 4x12 rig on 0.13-0.11 and an 18 PR478 to fish against the inside shelf,

And finally a rig to fish in the open water at 6mt in 5ft of water with a 4x14 diamond bodied float again on 0.13-0.11 and a 18PR478, I planned to feed my open water swim by hand with hard 4mm and 6mm hard pellet and fish either a 6mm expander over the top or a whole worm. the fish in this area tend to be off a smaller size so was hoping to pick some bigger fish of this line later in the match.

The next rd of the knock-out was draw before the match and this time around I had Pete Bartlett who won the series last year so I new I had a hard battle on my hands though we agreed to have a quid on it along with my usual nugget with tom thick. At the start I cupped in half a pot of hemp and some hard 4mm pellet down towards the pallet and a few grains of corn, half a 250ml pot of 4 and 6mm hard dampened pellet and a few 6mm expanders onto the open water 6mt swim, I started the day fishing tight into the rushes on the far bank with half a worm on the hook just touching the bottom (The small dark shadowed bit in the centre of first picture) feeding a small amount of micro and hemp via a cadpot attached right on the end of the pole. It didn't take long for my first fish of the day being 3lb and a good start so I repeated the process and hooked another after 2mins only for the line to catch around the end of the pole and no elastic to come out with the result snapping my hook length within seconds" A new one added and back over with worm again resulted in a foul hooker which came off and another the next put in saw me add some hard 4mm pellet long with some hemp and switch to a 4mm expander on the hook carp no2 was soon added before I lost another at the net around 5lb' followed by another even bigger dispite taking my time not to bully them knowing every fish would count today, A cupper and a re-feed of my other lines before going back over on the 4mm expander saw me up to 5 fish in the first 90mins before things slowed and I couldn't get a bite so I started a new swim further to my left and had one straight away before this was void.

I had a try on the open water swim where I had been flicking some pellet in by hand and after one lightning bite which I missed?? on a 6mm expander in ten mins saw me top in up with more pellet via the larger pot, A try to the pallet didn't produce so back over to where I had started with a worm saw another added but I couldn't get two bites in a row on it for some reason so switched back to 4mm expander on the hook.

From what I could see Tom Thick was doing the best from the opposite bank in are section catching on a few lines although Brian next to me was struggling, I found by filling the tosspot with hemp and micro and cupping it in right over the float and waiting was the best way forward which added a few more fish to 4lb in the next hour, With over half the match gone and despite trying the other far bank swim without success it was time to try the shorter line again, Two more fast missed bites on the 6mm expander saw a change to a whole worm on the hook and first put in and a 5lb fish was added before losing a foul hooker then nothing so another top up later and I decided to work the two lines for the rest of the match as my inside pallet line didn't produce a bite so far and a couple of people had also tried without success.

The fish seemed to come back on the far line and I managed to string a few together all over 2lb with another 4lb fish off the short line on worm ending the day with 12 carp and a rouge chub, I new Tom had done well and from what I could see a few others in the section had caught later in the day so I didn't know have I would do in the section? I caught up with the scales and 29lb was winning the section before Tom weighed a good 56lb, Brian managed to catch a few fish shallow in the last hour down the edge for a late run weighing 34lb, And when my weight went 47lb it was enough to take second in the section ahead of Lance (Two More Minutes) Tucker off more fancied peg 38 with 43lb, A great points result and knocking out Pete in the process was a result' Picking up £40 on the day was a bonus so back next week for round Four meaning a complete re-draw for the sections and the anglers you will fish against so I could be on any peg next week but looking forward to it. Russ Peck took the top weight on the day with a good 82lb catching mainly across on expanders over micro and a few fish down the track.

my section.

 

Full Results -

1st Russ Peck (Thatchers Tackle) peg4, 82lb 2oz

2nd Glen Calvert (Maver/Cadbury Angling) 68lb 12oz

3rd Lewis Jones (Sensas Thyers) peg 33, 61lb

4th Tom Thick (Thatchers Tackle) peg 25, 56lb

5th Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) 47lb 9oz.

Silvers -

Eddy Wynne (Over 50's) 12lb 4oz.  

                        

   

Acorn Tuesday Tenner.

After  Four days fishing on the trot I just couldn't muster the energy to come home and right the blog last night for day five so I will get on with it whilst fresh in my mind, With the Wife having the day off she joined me along with Steve (Peanut) Howell who fancied a trip although we did have a box of tissues just incase he was to have a nose bleed by going elsewhere other than Shiplate Farm" lol, Only joking as my view is if you chose a venue that suits then why have the need to leave' My only fear of this as anglers can become complacent and tend to stick to certain methods and baits and as we all know just because matey sacked up on it last week last week doesn't mean it will work the next time and by visiting other venues and fishing with other anglers you can only improve what you all ready know and use it to affect next time at you local'

Onto the Day and after a breakfast treat from Steve we arrived to find 14 fishing which is nice for a Tuesday as its about the average at most commercials at the moment, Not knowing what pegs were in today as we were having a good chat with others at the start Steve drew and ended up on peg 31 at the top end of the lake and I ended up on peg 16 which I wasn't best pleased with as I had it in the first rd of the Acorn League and as well as being further across than the pegs around it I Struggled in a gale for 15lb odd, Today was different as it was now a lot milder and I had no wind to contend with, The plan was to fish across infront of the bulrushes with Expanders on the hook over micro as tight in as I could get which was about 2ft deep being my normal float a 4x10 chanti on 0.13-0.11 and an 18 808, A rig to fish down the track at dead depth over 4 and 6mm hard pellet on the same line but a slightly heavier 4x14 float and an 18 PR478, and a 4x12 rig to fish the bottom of the inside shelf towards the empty pallet on my left. for Company today I had Bob Smith on peg 14 and Barry Fitchew on peg 18 who was going to fish for silvers all day and leave the carp alone and I helped him along the way with a pint of casters as I didn't plan to fish for them today.

At the start I cupped in half a pot of hard 4mm down to the pallet, A slightly smaller amount along with a few large 6mm expanders added and started tight over to the bulrushes with the light rig with a 4mm expander on the hook, I fed a sprinkle of micro pellet via a cadpot and had a fish straight away of 2lb thinking it was going to plan sailing I shipped out and fed the same but ended up with a foul hooker a switch to the worm gave me a fish that came off then another foul hooker although they looked like proper bites' I had noticed there were fish in the reeds as when I would lift the rig I would spook fish even though I was feeding next to nothing" I soon shallow up a foot and the float just sat there despite bobbing the rig around the far bank with various baits and fishing from an inch off the deck to 10inches deep so I started a new line infront of another clump of rushes and had a 3lb fish before another up the wrong un" By now Bob who had been catching skimmers at the bottom of the shelf whilst targeting the carp had switched to fishing shallow tight to the bank and had a few carp straight away I had a gap to my left at 16mts so switched to a shallower rig tight to the bank the fish would spook as soon as I went near it and the two gaps infront of me had hidden bulrushes in which I only remembered after the match started meaning I couldn't get the rig in properly" Two hours of fathing around I new I had to target the lakes larger fish as I could see Match organiser Mike Chapman over on bridge peg 40 catching well as well as Dave Wride over on 36 and Mike owens on 38, I switched to the short open water swim with a 6mm Expander on the hook, A missed bite and 1lb skimmer saw me change to a whole worm on the hook but after a few dinks which I expected to be skimmers tugging at the worm, I decided to feed another half pot of hard 4mms and change to loose feeding 6mms by hand to my right as my swim was off to my left and because the breeze had picked up the float was towing towards me to much to get the presentation, I did try between the swim down towards the pallet without any signs and across where I began feeding just hard 4mm pellet and fish 6mm on the hook which I thought worked with a 3lb fish before more foul hookers'.

By now I had noticed Mike Owens and Mike Chapman get up for another net and with a couple of hours to go I decided to concentrate on my short lines, Starting back to my left hand swim where I had been cupping the bait in with a whole worm I missed a good bite but it was towing to much towards me so I swapped to my right where I had fed 6mm by hand again on the worm and within a minute I had a 5lb fish followed by one of 7lb which I lost at the net" then I had a few liners and noticed bubbles not long after I feed so got a new rig to fish shallow with an 8mm pellet, 3 nice fish on the trot the it slowed so I switched back to the deck with a banded 8mm, Two fish in the next 10mins followed but they seemed to have backed off so a switch to the pallet swim was tried but again no luck so I threw a hand full of dead red tight to the bank in the shallow water to see if they turn up there late.

For the last hour I swapped between fishing shallow and on the deck on the short line pinching the odd fish of better stamp but was never going to do the damage today as it turned out Mike had got up to lend Mr Chapman on peg 40 his spare Keepnet as he had been bagging all day' It so proved as he won the day with a cracking 154lb catch mainly on hard 6mm pellet feeding the same shallow against the bridge and it turned out to be his best match weight ever which helped for a better day so Well done Mate.

This part of the lake proved the place to be as venue regular Dave Wride  over on 36 ended the day with another great weight of 132lb to take second place followed by Mike Owens stuck in the middle of them ending the day with neck ache and 81lb to take third, I remember the top silvers weight being 16lb from peg 33 next to the bridge but didn't get the guys name sorry, A good day to try a few different things and I ended the day with around 45lb of carp and a 5lb of silvers so a few things learnt, Peanut ended the day with 50lb odd catching the lakes smaller stamp and after dropping him home we made a detour to invest in a new camera ready for my next trip as I forgot to mention after the match on Shiplate Monday I had a fish of 17lb and couldn't take a pick so Ile be a bit more careful with this one!

Full Result-  1st Mike Chapman (Over 50's) peg 40 154lb 12oz

                      2nd Dave Wride (Sensas Thyers) peg 36 132lb 4oz

                      3rd Mike Owens (Sensas Thyers) peg 38 81lb.

  

       

                      

Shiplate Farm Open (Main Lake)

Back to Shiplate today for a crack at the main lake which I haven't fished for a few weeks and hoping to have one of the consistent pegs 1 or 15 for the day after yesterdays frys match had been won by Pete Sivell off peg 1 with 90lb, The weather was a transformation from yesterday with little breeze and pleasant sunshine so regardless off where I would be I didn't have to fight with the elements. Into the draw and end up on a choice of 9 or 9a as the pegs are in the same area opting for 9a as I had drawn this peg before last year and had some nice fish fishing in the channel towards the bridge, pluming through this channel I couldn't fish tight over as it was to shallow and shelved of quickly so opted to fish the bottom of the slope in 4ft of water, another rig for 2ft deep off the end of the island in front of the tree, I did take a few pics but for reasons I will explain later I cant add then to this blog at the moment.

Another rig was made up to fish worm or dead maggot over groundbait down my inside left which was 18inches deep, as well as a pellet waggler to fish towards the far island. Only a short blog tonight as my day was fruitless until the last 90mins when I did manage to catch 3 carp added to 3 small skimmers on hard pellet through the day, catching towards the point of the island in the 2ft swim at 14mts with meat on the hook feeding some damp hard 4mms and a few grains of 6mm meat at regular intervals, I lost my first fish and then landed the next three only missing one more bite right on the whistle' with my total weight going 23lb but not enough to make the frame today, Tim Lewis had a nice catch on peg 15 ending the day with 90lb to take first place catching on the method feeder towards the lawns. As far as the pic's go I was trying to take a shot of my rig near were I expected to catch when I had my first bite' after hooking the fish I dropped the camera on my side tray only to realise after the fish came off I had dropped it right into my tub of meat covered in water" so needless to say it don't work anymore!

Shattered after  4 days fishing on the trot and a couple of nights out in between but one more day before a return to work at Acorn tomorrow to go at.

Full results- !st Tim lewis (Shiplate) peg 15, 90lb

                      2nd Gordon Jones (Shiplate) peg 1, 45lb 11oz

                      3rd Russ Pecker (Thatchers Tackle) peg 12, 32lb 1oz

                      4th Lewis Jones (Sensas Thyers) peg 14b, 29lb 3oz

                      5th Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 9a, 23lb 3oz.

Silvers - Julian Pinkett (Bristol P.O) peg 14, 12lb 1oz.          

Shiplate Farm (Hawthorns Lake)

A return to Shiplate today after a few weeks away with other matches although fishery owner Carol did read me my rights for being away so long even jokingly calling me team mate Don Sutherland as she made out I was a newbie" Skipping Breakfast to keep the pristine figure in shape I was allowed a free cuppa lol and after a chat with a few I hadn't thought of where on the lake I would like to be come draw time but with the forecast for the wind to pick up and the rain to arrive so a draw in the lower numbers as the far end of the lake slopes upwards meaning the high pegs would be further off the water with the level being down slightly, Into the draw and I end up with peg 14 and when I arrived at the peg the wind was quite light so I felt I could manage to fish 14mts to the shallow shelf where I expected most of the fish to be to start with.

Pluming up across I found a foot of water right over so had a small 4x10 rig with all the shot under the float to search along the far bank, Another rig being a 4x12 Chanti to fish away from the far bank if need be in 4ft of water and a 4x14 Chanti  to fish meat or pellet at about 6mts, The same rig was to be used down both of my inside swims being the same depth at 5ft where I was going to feed meat to my left and casters to my right, For Company I had young John Hawkins on end peg 15 and Roy Heade on 13, By the time the Hooter went for the all in monsoon winds had arrived and there was no way I had a chance of reaching the far bank and at the most I would struggle to fish my 6mt swim! Undeterred I cupped in a palmful of 4mm hard pellet 6mts to my left and started on a single 6mm cube of meat 6mts to my right feeding the swim with just half a dozen cubes of meat via a cadpot, ten minutes pasted and I missed a good bite which gave me hope as the fish in this lake can be hard to catch on the deck close in but with a strong wind blowing I felt the fish were more confident with a big ripple on the water, Back out and feeding the same way on the half hour mark I had my first carp after a lengthy battle as I was using a softer elastic to compensate being higher off the lake and not wanting to risk pulling out trying to net fish. A nice fish of 6lb had me settled as I hadn't seen the guys around me catch.

By now I was struggling to battle with the wind even at this distance with my rig being blown around I was thinking already I would have to change rigs to improve my presentation, a try on the pellet line with a hard banded 6mm on the hook did see me miss a bite but this was even worse as I was now fishing into the wind and a look down both edges was yet to show any signs so I rested the pole over the reeds just in case something was going to snatch at it, I made a whole new rig of the same size although I changed to a diamond patterned body float. A quick look back on the meat line with the lighter rig saw me hook one and after 10mins of playing a big fish it bolted for the inside roots and although my mind was saying take the pressure of I didn't and it resulted in my elastic snapping! Having just made the new rig I was soon back out and 20mins pasted before fish number two was landed of around 3lb in the tail" By now Don had come up for a wander and told me Steve (Peanut) Howell on peg 1 had 11 carp already in the calmer water" I decided to up the feed to around 15 cubes after each fish which seemed to work for a while netting me another four in the next hour but things dried up so after topping the swim up and trying both my insides and pellet swim without success I decided to stick at the meat line as I new there were fish in the area.

With 90mins remaining the wind had dropped slightly and with just one more small carp added I risked shipping over with a single cube of meat and two mins later a 2lb was added, a small chub was added but the wind was back so stuck on the 6mt swim ending the day with 12 carp including to 4lb fish over when the wind allowed me to sneak a look, I estimated I had about 45lb Not being able to see the rest of the field I had no idea who had what and when Steve came around with the scales word was I had done well on the day managing 51lb in total,

That was top weight until we got to peanut on peg 1 and his went 56lb for first on the day which left me cursing myself at losing a 7lb fish at the net but that's fishing and I felt with limited options today I made the most of it as the guys either side managed 20lb a piece, Picking up £50 added to my effort and I felt the peg wasn't worth much more than I could muster so pleased with the result, Back to the fishery tomorrow for an open on the main lake so hoping again for an improvement to the weather.

 Steve Howell.

 Julian Pinkett (Silvers)

Overall Results -

1st Steve Howell (Shiplate) peg 1, 56lb 12oz

2nd Dom Sullivan (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 14, 51lb 1oz

3rd Don Sutherland (Maver/Cadbury Angling) peg 3, 34lb 1oz

Silvers -

Julian Pinkett (Bristol P.O) 13lb 1oz.