Monday, September 25, 2006
Inter Club Challenge Match – Lee Chapel vs. Aveley – Return Match – Cranham Lake 24th Sept 2006
Weather Cloudy Sunny Spells 18°C
SE (5 mph)
Relative Humidity (%): 79,
Pressure (mB): 1006, Rising,
Visibility: Very good
Another smashing day in the company of our Friends in Aveley Club.
Taking a 33 point into this 2nd & final match in the mini series Lee Chapel look favorites to take the overall match before the draw as Aveley were 3 anglers short of the ten angler team – Lee Chapel also were one short.
Draw was made with Lee Chapel on evens and Aveley the odds - We were quite well spread out on this 42 peg lake – ( See Post from July on Charity Match I fished there for details).
Fishing was hard all day – I started on the feeder and had a couple of 1 oz Perch, cam in close on the waggler then the pole – a few more small perch, - Came in close as Martin Haimowitz (Aveley) was having success on a regular basis @ 9m with single maggot. I heard a splash down towards the far end – couldn’t see but sounded big – Reports filtered up that Steve Barret had landed a 20lber Carp. It was low for everyone – As the Sun came out and the wind dropped I could see the Golden Grass carp just below the surface near the central pontoon. Then could see other carp cruising as well – Decided to revert to the tactic I use in July Long waggler with no shot on the hook length and fish on the drop – immediate success with getting the small Chublets – Good news as Barry Cope had reported that none had been caught recently and feared the Black Death had got them. The club has a license to cull and indeed one licensee (Andy ) was there when we arrived but no kills – it saw me coming he said.
I wish I had done this earlier – Just then Olly who was opposite me on peg 36 got into a lump on the pole using the Special paste close in. he landed a 13lb – Good one – I felt confident that we would win the overall match from that position – A few Chublet later and the whistle blew at 2pm - The scales told the tale and Lee Chapel ran out overall winners with a healthy 51 Point margin. 66 to 217.
Whilst packing up Boozy made a comment that he didn’t want a mention in the Blog this week. Oh dear I guess I have – But want he meant is that he did not a mention that he only managed 2 small perch for an oz, but I would not shame in that way would I. remember Steve you did finished 3rd in the 1st Match So you contributed 19 points – Nothing to be ashamed about.
Match Results:-
SE (5 mph)
Relative Humidity (%): 79,
Pressure (mB): 1006, Rising,
Visibility: Very good
Another smashing day in the company of our Friends in Aveley Club.
Taking a 33 point into this 2nd & final match in the mini series Lee Chapel look favorites to take the overall match before the draw as Aveley were 3 anglers short of the ten angler team – Lee Chapel also were one short.
Draw was made with Lee Chapel on evens and Aveley the odds - We were quite well spread out on this 42 peg lake – ( See Post from July on Charity Match I fished there for details).
Fishing was hard all day – I started on the feeder and had a couple of 1 oz Perch, cam in close on the waggler then the pole – a few more small perch, - Came in close as Martin Haimowitz (Aveley) was having success on a regular basis @ 9m with single maggot. I heard a splash down towards the far end – couldn’t see but sounded big – Reports filtered up that Steve Barret had landed a 20lber Carp. It was low for everyone – As the Sun came out and the wind dropped I could see the Golden Grass carp just below the surface near the central pontoon. Then could see other carp cruising as well – Decided to revert to the tactic I use in July Long waggler with no shot on the hook length and fish on the drop – immediate success with getting the small Chublets – Good news as Barry Cope had reported that none had been caught recently and feared the Black Death had got them. The club has a license to cull and indeed one licensee (Andy ) was there when we arrived but no kills – it saw me coming he said.
I wish I had done this earlier – Just then Olly who was opposite me on peg 36 got into a lump on the pole using the Special paste close in. he landed a 13lb – Good one – I felt confident that we would win the overall match from that position – A few Chublet later and the whistle blew at 2pm - The scales told the tale and Lee Chapel ran out overall winners with a healthy 51 Point margin. 66 to 217.
Whilst packing up Boozy made a comment that he didn’t want a mention in the Blog this week. Oh dear I guess I have – But want he meant is that he did not a mention that he only managed 2 small perch for an oz, but I would not shame in that way would I. remember Steve you did finished 3rd in the 1st Match So you contributed 19 points – Nothing to be ashamed about.
Match Results:-
Labels: Team Matches
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Pleasure Fish Kennett & Avon Canal - Pewsey Wharf 23rd Sept 2006
Weather Sunny 21-25°C
S (10 mph)
Relative Humidity (%): 60,
Pressure (mB): 1003, Rising,
Visibility: Very good.
Visiting my sister on her boat Unity means that there is fishing on tap especially when she and my Wife Ann decide to go shopping and Brother in law is doing maintenance - so armed wit 2 m whip a handful of Pole rigs, a pint of mixed maggot a landing net -water with fish on tap what more does a man want. I fished for 2 hours by the boat and had a nice 1lb Perch, 80z roach and Roach / Bream Hybrids to 4 ozs. and a couple of small Ruffe. A pleasant way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday Afternoon.
S (10 mph)
Relative Humidity (%): 60,
Pressure (mB): 1003, Rising,
Visibility: Very good.
Visiting my sister on her boat Unity means that there is fishing on tap especially when she and my Wife Ann decide to go shopping and Brother in law is doing maintenance - so armed wit 2 m whip a handful of Pole rigs, a pint of mixed maggot a landing net -water with fish on tap what more does a man want. I fished for 2 hours by the boat and had a nice 1lb Perch, 80z roach and Roach / Bream Hybrids to 4 ozs. and a couple of small Ruffe. A pleasant way to spend a couple of hours on a Saturday Afternoon.
Labels: Pleasure Fish
Monday, September 18, 2006
Ed Pearces St Lukes Hospice Chatity Match 17th September - Stambridge Fisheries Match Lake
Weather:
Temp 19 > 23°C
SW (7 mph)
Relative Humidity (%): 57,
Pressure (mB): 1011, Falling
A Pleasant day for it. The draw led to a couple of '20' scores - 10 Angler / 10 Peg. The leaders pulled what the consensus would be the best pegs. That is Olly on End peg 9 and Paul Pratley on the Hot Lily peg 11. I was on Peg 12 opposite Boozy & Barrett on 3 & 4 respectively. Both Boozy, Ed Pearce and I shared a lily pad just reachable for me at 11m with my new Ron Thompson Pole. Whilst setting up myself and Boozy exchanged pleasantries and decided that we would chat today as the omens were not good and discuss what I would write on the Blog about today.
Set up on the pole as I had a Jacuzzi beside the lily pad on my side with two kits light / heavy. At the whistle lightly baited up on the pole cup and went in on the bottom (18 inches) with Skintz on the light kit lots of liners but no positive takes. moved away on both sides - still nothing - Boozy was getting Skimmers on the other side on Corn - Tries that - nope - so went to paste - Nope then onto single red maggot - a ha few skimmers, then got busted up by a small carp in the lily pad. Went onto the heavy rig - not a bite - went back to the light rig - a couple of Skimmers - small Rudd. Decided a lot of work for small stuff. At 1130am Cam into just in front of me using the top two - - That is where I stayed for the rest of the day. A fish a chuck (2oz Average skimmers, Hybrids) on single/double red maggot. Tried a covering of pellet / ground bait to attract the Carp but none to came to 'play'. To his credit Boozy stuck with his attack on the lilies and was reward in mid afternoon when the carp came calling. A battle of wills ensued with each take between lily Carp and Boozy of which Boozy won the Majority. Either side of Booz Ed and Steve Barrett were quietly pulling in Fish - Ed was getting better Quality Skimmers than mine and Steve was getting the Odd Carp. Paul Pratley on the other hand whilst not getting a fish a chuck was regularly pulling Quality carp from that hot peg by the lilies. I think he lost as many as he caught.
The catch of the day goes to Big John Pearce. a battle with a 13lb 8oz Mirror that took him all around his end of the lake for what must have been 1hr 30 mins - This is the longest fight of the year taking over from Boozy's 1hr 10 mins in July. However it seemed to gain weight as Big John returned to his peg after weighing it in response to questions on how much did it go - By the time he got back to his peg it was 15lb 8ozs !!!!
Don't know what that did for Olly's swim as BJ was diagonal opposite him, but Peg 9 perhaps was not as hot as he hoped.
I was last to weigh in and was pleasantly surprised with my weight of 24lb 4oz - I estimate around 190 skimmers/hybrids. The most I have ever caught in any match.
Boozy finished 3rd behind Paul Pratley and Big John with Ed and Steve Barrett finishing 4th & 5th respectively
I will update with weights and league positions later in the week (don't have them to hand)
Temp 19 > 23°C
SW (7 mph)
Relative Humidity (%): 57,
Pressure (mB): 1011, Falling
A Pleasant day for it. The draw led to a couple of '20' scores - 10 Angler / 10 Peg. The leaders pulled what the consensus would be the best pegs. That is Olly on End peg 9 and Paul Pratley on the Hot Lily peg 11. I was on Peg 12 opposite Boozy & Barrett on 3 & 4 respectively. Both Boozy, Ed Pearce and I shared a lily pad just reachable for me at 11m with my new Ron Thompson Pole. Whilst setting up myself and Boozy exchanged pleasantries and decided that we would chat today as the omens were not good and discuss what I would write on the Blog about today.
Set up on the pole as I had a Jacuzzi beside the lily pad on my side with two kits light / heavy. At the whistle lightly baited up on the pole cup and went in on the bottom (18 inches) with Skintz on the light kit lots of liners but no positive takes. moved away on both sides - still nothing - Boozy was getting Skimmers on the other side on Corn - Tries that - nope - so went to paste - Nope then onto single red maggot - a ha few skimmers, then got busted up by a small carp in the lily pad. Went onto the heavy rig - not a bite - went back to the light rig - a couple of Skimmers - small Rudd. Decided a lot of work for small stuff. At 1130am Cam into just in front of me using the top two - - That is where I stayed for the rest of the day. A fish a chuck (2oz Average skimmers, Hybrids) on single/double red maggot. Tried a covering of pellet / ground bait to attract the Carp but none to came to 'play'. To his credit Boozy stuck with his attack on the lilies and was reward in mid afternoon when the carp came calling. A battle of wills ensued with each take between lily Carp and Boozy of which Boozy won the Majority. Either side of Booz Ed and Steve Barrett were quietly pulling in Fish - Ed was getting better Quality Skimmers than mine and Steve was getting the Odd Carp. Paul Pratley on the other hand whilst not getting a fish a chuck was regularly pulling Quality carp from that hot peg by the lilies. I think he lost as many as he caught.
The catch of the day goes to Big John Pearce. a battle with a 13lb 8oz Mirror that took him all around his end of the lake for what must have been 1hr 30 mins - This is the longest fight of the year taking over from Boozy's 1hr 10 mins in July. However it seemed to gain weight as Big John returned to his peg after weighing it in response to questions on how much did it go - By the time he got back to his peg it was 15lb 8ozs !!!!
Don't know what that did for Olly's swim as BJ was diagonal opposite him, but Peg 9 perhaps was not as hot as he hoped.
I was last to weigh in and was pleasantly surprised with my weight of 24lb 4oz - I estimate around 190 skimmers/hybrids. The most I have ever caught in any match.
Boozy finished 3rd behind Paul Pratley and Big John with Ed and Steve Barrett finishing 4th & 5th respectively
I will update with weights and league positions later in the week (don't have them to hand)
Labels: St Lukes Charity Match
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Lee Chapel Sunday League Match - Tylers Common (Willow Lake) 3rd September 2006
Weather:
Cloudy then sunny intervals 20-27°C
SW (16 mph) Blustery at times Gusting to 40 Mph
Relative Humidity (%): 69,
Pressure (mB): 1009, Rising,
Visibility: Very good.
You know what pegs you do not want to draw when the weather is like this on this fishery the warm wind from the SW for the past few days falling baro and overcast - Pegs 1 or 25 - The opposite of Blind Lane last month 1 & 25 would have been the ones, So no surprise to me when I pulled number 25 from the bag and who had the hot pegs on east bank No guessing - the big boys !! Olly and Co although Steve Barrett and Alan Gammon were of the West bank with me - but they all have that secret weapon - the 'Paste' I really need to know where this comes from.
Back to my peg in the corner - Nowhere to fish really - just off the shelf or long. Already made up my mind that it was to be a feeder day today. At the whistle in it went long with a single red maggot and maggot feeder size 16 Wide Gape Preston PR291 - The tip went round almost immediately, nice little common of 1 and 1/2 lb to start with. In again and another me thinks wont be so bad after all - a fish a chuck with the wind on my back so not having to fish into the wind the the big boys. But a false dawn - I had nothing apart from small Rudd until 2.30pm. Even went up to size 12 and 20 maggots and still getting Rudd. Tries Skintz, Sweetcorn, Meat worm - withe the method not a bite. Kev Wagg drew the other 'bad' peg number 1. He gave up at 11.30pm and went off home. Meanwhile Olly Wagg was bagging em down on that =eats bank on the 'Paste' , But he did do a 'Boozy' with one and missed the keep net - I wondered how costly that might be.
Then at 2.30pm - hello I had some fish in my swim - found them on the ledge - they must have got fed up with the paste and cam for some real food, - good old double red maggot. Getting a fish a chuck and even getting them in the tail on the drop - Just an empty Middy In Line Method feeder.
Lost a couple through hooks pulls - I had gone down to a size 16. - If only I had this catch rate all day -would have been over 100lb - but there is always what if's.
Still not a bad Day 693Lb of Fish weighed in with Olly Wagg topping the pile with 132Lb. I knew that Boozy would be costly - If it had gone in the keep net then he would have had the biggest bag of the year - Taking over Alan Gammon's 134 1/2 Lb at Clavering
Match Result:
1 Olly Wagg 132
2 John Buck 79.75
3 Ron Price 62.5
4 Steve Barrett 60.38
5 Paul Pratley 60
6 Alan Gammon 53
7 Kev Keeling 45.19
8 Steve Boozy 43.94
9 Mick Wagg 39
10 Ed Pearce 32.88
11 Kev Naylor 28.5
12 Fred Saunders 21.25
13 Paul Blake 19
14 Arthur Morkunas 10
15 Mick Scoles 6
Steve Ellis DNW
Rob Blackburn DNW
Lyn Naylor DNW
Kev Wagg DNW
John Pearce DNW
D Digby DNW
Sunday league Unofficial Standings - 3rd Sept 2006
Pos Angler Points
1 Olly Wagg 68
2 Steve Barrett 39
3 Ed Pearce 38
4 Alan Gammon 34
5 Paul Pratley 32
6 Kev Keeling 31
7 John Buck 29
8 Ron Price 28
9 Kev Naylor 25
10 Mick Wagg 25
11 Kev Butler 20
12 Lyn Naylor 17
13 Paul Blake 16
14 Linda Ellis 13
15 Gary Somerfeild 7
16 Steve Ellis 6
17 Steve Boozy 6
18 Mick Scoles 5
19 Arthur Morkunas 5
20 Rob Blackburn 3
21 Ron Ellis 2
22 John Pearce 2
23 John Lee 1
24 Kev Wagg 1
25 Fred Saunders 1
26 D Digby 0
Cloudy then sunny intervals 20-27°C
SW (16 mph) Blustery at times Gusting to 40 Mph
Relative Humidity (%): 69,
Pressure (mB): 1009, Rising,
Visibility: Very good.
You know what pegs you do not want to draw when the weather is like this on this fishery the warm wind from the SW for the past few days falling baro and overcast - Pegs 1 or 25 - The opposite of Blind Lane last month 1 & 25 would have been the ones, So no surprise to me when I pulled number 25 from the bag and who had the hot pegs on east bank No guessing - the big boys !! Olly and Co although Steve Barrett and Alan Gammon were of the West bank with me - but they all have that secret weapon - the 'Paste' I really need to know where this comes from.
Back to my peg in the corner - Nowhere to fish really - just off the shelf or long. Already made up my mind that it was to be a feeder day today. At the whistle in it went long with a single red maggot and maggot feeder size 16 Wide Gape Preston PR291 - The tip went round almost immediately, nice little common of 1 and 1/2 lb to start with. In again and another me thinks wont be so bad after all - a fish a chuck with the wind on my back so not having to fish into the wind the the big boys. But a false dawn - I had nothing apart from small Rudd until 2.30pm. Even went up to size 12 and 20 maggots and still getting Rudd. Tries Skintz, Sweetcorn, Meat worm - withe the method not a bite. Kev Wagg drew the other 'bad' peg number 1. He gave up at 11.30pm and went off home. Meanwhile Olly Wagg was bagging em down on that =eats bank on the 'Paste' , But he did do a 'Boozy' with one and missed the keep net - I wondered how costly that might be.
Then at 2.30pm - hello I had some fish in my swim - found them on the ledge - they must have got fed up with the paste and cam for some real food, - good old double red maggot. Getting a fish a chuck and even getting them in the tail on the drop - Just an empty Middy In Line Method feeder.
Lost a couple through hooks pulls - I had gone down to a size 16. - If only I had this catch rate all day -would have been over 100lb - but there is always what if's.
Still not a bad Day 693Lb of Fish weighed in with Olly Wagg topping the pile with 132Lb. I knew that Boozy would be costly - If it had gone in the keep net then he would have had the biggest bag of the year - Taking over Alan Gammon's 134 1/2 Lb at Clavering
Match Result:
1 Olly Wagg 132
2 John Buck 79.75
3 Ron Price 62.5
4 Steve Barrett 60.38
5 Paul Pratley 60
6 Alan Gammon 53
7 Kev Keeling 45.19
8 Steve Boozy 43.94
9 Mick Wagg 39
10 Ed Pearce 32.88
11 Kev Naylor 28.5
12 Fred Saunders 21.25
13 Paul Blake 19
14 Arthur Morkunas 10
15 Mick Scoles 6
Steve Ellis DNW
Rob Blackburn DNW
Lyn Naylor DNW
Kev Wagg DNW
John Pearce DNW
D Digby DNW
Sunday league Unofficial Standings - 3rd Sept 2006
Pos Angler Points
1 Olly Wagg 68
2 Steve Barrett 39
3 Ed Pearce 38
4 Alan Gammon 34
5 Paul Pratley 32
6 Kev Keeling 31
7 John Buck 29
8 Ron Price 28
9 Kev Naylor 25
10 Mick Wagg 25
11 Kev Butler 20
12 Lyn Naylor 17
13 Paul Blake 16
14 Linda Ellis 13
15 Gary Somerfeild 7
16 Steve Ellis 6
17 Steve Boozy 6
18 Mick Scoles 5
19 Arthur Morkunas 5
20 Rob Blackburn 3
21 Ron Ellis 2
22 John Pearce 2
23 John Lee 1
24 Kev Wagg 1
25 Fred Saunders 1
26 D Digby 0
Labels: Lee Chapel Sunday League Match
