Blakey's Fishing Blog

Photos:
Top. The two teams post match.
Centre. Boozy 1hr into his epic battle.
Bottom. Yours truly tweaking the feeder.


Weather:

Overcast/Sunny later Drizzle at times
17 to 22 C
Baro: 1010 mB falling
Wind: SW 17-25mph gusty / breezy

Teams 10 per Club - However Lee Chapel fished with 9 after 2 no shows but Steve Boxall kindly fished for the Club after turning for a day's pleasure fish - Thanks Steve.

The Draw produced a reasonable distribution of the teams around the lake (Pegs 1,2 30 & 29) were removed from the draw and these a re shallow and do not fish well in matches.

Not the best of days fish wise very sporadic - no general pattern - Single red maggot seem to be the best option on Waggle Pole / maggot feeder.

I lost a big carp early on due to the fact like a divvy I had not set my clutch right - fundamental mistake !!.

Steve Ellis finally managed to land one of four carp - and it was the 'Frenchie' amazingly has lost a couple of pounds since last caught earlier in the year - now coming out at 18lb 2oz.
Our guests struggled all round - But Martin Haimowitz enjoyed his day and was well pleased with his 5lb 8ozs of Roach from peg 19.

Biggest cheer of the day went to that man Boozy. Took 1hr 20 mins to land a 17lb 8 oz mirror from Peg 3, one of only 3 bites he had all day. Steve Barrett had his best bag from the lake in a match (surprised me that) 18lb 12oz.

Result:
Lee Chapel 90 points, Aveley 123 Points.
So Lee Chapel take a 33 point lead into the second leg at Aveley lake in September

1. L. Steve Ellis (16) 19lb 12oz
2. L. Steve Barrett (11) 18lb 12oz
3. L. Steve Boozy (3) 17lb 8oz
4. L. Olly Wagg (10) 9lb 13oz
5. L. Paul Blake (21) 6lb 0oz
6. A. Martin Haimowitz (19) 5lb 8oz
7. A. Barry Newton (15) 3lb 2oz
8. L. Paul Pratley (25) 2lb 10z
9. A Danny O'Connor (28) 2lb 8oz
10. A Barry Cope (12) 2lb 0oz
11. L. Ed Pearce (7) 1lb 2oz
12. A. Jim Ramsey (4) 0lb 14oz
13. A. Linda Cope (20) 0lb 10oz
14. A. Mick Green (24) 0lb 8oz
16= A. Len Barden (27) 0lb 1oz
16= A. Fred Gregory (6) 0lb 1oz
16= L. Steve Boxall (17) 0lb 1oz
20. L. Kev Butler (23) DNWI
20. A. Brian Hobbs (8) DNWI

Labels: Team Matches