Conwy water gardens had been drained since our last visit so that the hoardes of small silvers could be netted and thinned. With water levels back to normal, many thought carp would win the match.
Wirral Borough AC have held a winter league series both last year and this, so, having missed a couple of weeks, the reigning champion, and current joint leader that is Ian Simpson, joined us as a guest to get some much needed practice.
Ian certainly thought that roach would play a part and in the first three hours put 25lb of them into the net. With action drying up he turned his attention to the carp, and managed to winkle half a dozen F1s out, on banded pellet, for an overall 38lb and victory. A masterful performance, but don't ask to come again!!
The Garden Gnome also thought roach was the way to go, and predictably fished maggot on a top four kit. With no bonus fish, just roach, roach and more roach, he fell short, weighing in with 36lb 04oz, although there were some good sized fish in amongst them.
Kenny Stuart had a totally different approach, and fished on soft pellet. He managed a couple of carp, but the mainstay of his third-placed 32lb 04oz was quality skimmers. The skimmer maestro strikes again.
Both section winners had nets of carp. Tony the Crafty Cockney was in the money for a third time in succession, with his net resembling a carp aquarium. He caught 25lb of mirrors, commons, goldfish and F1s on 8mm pellet, after being 'roached out' on the 6mm version. You're fishing well, Tony, stop it now.
Despite leaving both whupass and tea-bags at home, John Edwards still found carp on the method, and won the other section, this time with 25lb 08oz. Well done Sumo, now I know why you got so many Fishomania tickets, SKY needs quality anglers.
Monday, 14 February 2011
Sunday, 13 February 2011
MORETON BRICKWORKS 6/2/11 ~ Stevie Cee shows Yozz the way home
A big congratulations to Steve Coleman on his win at the brickworks. Pegged in the top bay, Steve made full use of his draw and caught a couple of lumps down the rushes on pole fished maggot. He added a few roach too and ended up putting 24lb odd on the scales. Well done.
When the scales came round Yozz had been in the house for two hours watching the rugby. By one o'clock he'd caught just 2 miniscule roach and decided to 'do one'. Hence the lack of report, don't know the facts, sorry.
When the scales came round Yozz had been in the house for two hours watching the rugby. By one o'clock he'd caught just 2 miniscule roach and decided to 'do one'. Hence the lack of report, don't know the facts, sorry.
Monday, 31 January 2011
GORSTY HALL, 30/1/11 ~ '8lb ghostie' helps ice-cool Jamie to a massacre
Having travelled to the venue with Jamie, discussion on the homeward trip turned to the blog, and he wanted some influence on the headline, hence 'ice cool' and 'massacre'.
Ice breaking was back on the agenda with Gorsty covered in varying degrees of thickness...that's the ice, not our members. Thanks once again to those who broke the ice.
Oh how rumours spread during a match. An hour into the match and Jamie's had an eight pound ghostie!
However, the scales, and our eyes told a different story. The carp was of regulation colour for a 5lb mirror. Pole fished pellet added a small pastie and some decent skimmers, and moved the scales to a level 15lb, and the massacre was complete. Why do we let these superstars into the club? A fine display jambo.
Ken Stuart started with a small roach first chuck,on maggot over groundbait, and then caught one on every other chuck too. After a busy day he weighed 11lb 02oz, for a comfortable second place. Not bad for an old'un, I was tired just watching the master.
Lee Pickup fished another tidy match, and brought a mix of silvers and a small carp to the scales to record 9lb 07oz and put himself in the frame. Well done, Lee.
The crafty cockney, Tony Byers, was pegged at the end of our stretch, before another match started on his other side. He would have comfortably won that match, and in the circumstances did well to win a section in our match after weighing an all roach net of 6lb 04oz. Nice one Tony.
Visitor Ant Davies sat it out on pellet and was rewarded with a handful of quality skimmers and a solitary carp, which went 8lb 04oz to win him the other section. A good performance on his first visit.
No golden nugget this week, so the feature was 'the battle of the bush'. Pato stuck at it on one side and was rewarded with a bonus carp with 15 minutes to go, which, added to his 100 roach, took him over 5lb. Hats off to you Neil, you battered me. With Kenny on my other side it's a good job there was no-one behind me or I'd have been F****d left, right AND centre.
Monday, 24 January 2011
LOWER RIDGE, SAUGHALL, 23/1/11 ~ Make mine a double
What a bloody awful day's fishing. On the rare occasion that we could comfortably fish the pole at Saughall, it wasn't worth a light. Everyone struggled for a couple of miniscule roach that barely flickered the needle on the scales.
Pete 'zimbo' Delmaine had a single F1 in his net when he latched onto a large carp in mid-match. Safely netted, it weighed 10lb 04oz, and put him miles out in front. Pete added a quality skimmer and finished with 11lb 12oz.
Arthur Roche meanwhile, had steadily caught about a dozen roach, and with an hour to go he too snared a rather large carp which, when netted, also went double figures at 10lb 08oz. Not surprisingly, his total catch also weighed 11lb 12oz. So we had double winners. Well done to you both, gentlemen.
Unusually, Sumo had drawn the lottery peg, plumped for 12lb, and with help from two anglers, took the money home again. This is exactly what the lottery peg is about, giving the club's less talented anglers the chance of some prize money, so nice one John.
Kenny Stuart had no help from big carp, and steadily winkled out a few roach and decent skimmers, to end up with a level 7lb to take third place. A decent performance from master catcher.
Yozzer Hughes caught a small carp first chuck, and added a handful of silvers to end up as section winner with 3lb 04oz, while Tony Wilson also had an early carp, which weighed 3lb 02oz on its own, and secured him the other section.
The golden nugget was an engrossing affair, and, following a late flurry from Norman, he won the battle of the blurts by seven drams to two.
Pete 'zimbo' Delmaine had a single F1 in his net when he latched onto a large carp in mid-match. Safely netted, it weighed 10lb 04oz, and put him miles out in front. Pete added a quality skimmer and finished with 11lb 12oz.
Arthur Roche meanwhile, had steadily caught about a dozen roach, and with an hour to go he too snared a rather large carp which, when netted, also went double figures at 10lb 08oz. Not surprisingly, his total catch also weighed 11lb 12oz. So we had double winners. Well done to you both, gentlemen.
Unusually, Sumo had drawn the lottery peg, plumped for 12lb, and with help from two anglers, took the money home again. This is exactly what the lottery peg is about, giving the club's less talented anglers the chance of some prize money, so nice one John.
Kenny Stuart had no help from big carp, and steadily winkled out a few roach and decent skimmers, to end up with a level 7lb to take third place. A decent performance from master catcher.
Yozzer Hughes caught a small carp first chuck, and added a handful of silvers to end up as section winner with 3lb 04oz, while Tony Wilson also had an early carp, which weighed 3lb 02oz on its own, and secured him the other section.
The golden nugget was an engrossing affair, and, following a late flurry from Norman, he won the battle of the blurts by seven drams to two.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
CONGRATULATIONS!
Sure you'll be pleased to know that Lee Pickup and his wife have recently enjoyed the birth of a son. I know members will join me in passing on our very best wishes for the future.
VENUE CHANGE
Providing the weather isn't too cold, Sunday 23rd will be at Lower Ridge, Saughall. Conwy has been drained and netted and will not be ready. Dave has also arranged a match on Sunday 30th January at Gorsty Hall.
Monday, 10 January 2011
MORETON BRICKS, 9/1/11 ~ 5 fish for 38 pounds
The Brickies at Moreton provided the venue for a real old fashioned winter match. Instead of starting with delusions of 50lb bags, everyone was in realistic mood, and a bite was the first priority. Sumo drew his customary lottery peg, which also happened to be the carp flier. With whupass kept over from Conwy, he was oozing confidence, and plumped for a 17lb winning weight. Everyone else thought half of that would be good enough.
Remarkably for Eggy, sixteen started the match, and there were no early darts. With 5 minutes to go the whole field was still in with a chance of success. This had been a real grueller, but fished in high spirits. I think we appreciated wetting a line without it immediately freezing up.
There had to be a winner, and with 3 skimmers, 2 roach and 3 missed bites, Yozzer Hughes was forced to stay and weigh. The scales tipped 3lb 12oz and it was worth £38. Feeder fished pinkie was the "successful" method.
Second place went to the real King Kenny, Mr Pickup, who managed 2lb 15oz of mainly tip-caught roach on maggot. Mind you, Liverpool finished a close second on the day too. Well done Ken.
John Edwards also found some roach on pole with maggot and his 2lb 12oz saw him finish as second loser (3rd to everyone else). He also took an early lead in 2011 Golden Nugget, because despite catching well in practice the week before, Norman couldn't manage to repeat the feat on match day.
Gary Brislin again edged into the money, catching a level 2lb of roach on waggler fished maggot, even with the sun in his eyes all day, Aaarrrgggh. This winter fishing suits you sir.
The other section went to Ken Stuart, whose 2 roach went a startling 1lb 10oz, and put more cash in the Team Kenny coffers.
Imagine the weights on proper scales. Then again, maybe not.
Remarkably for Eggy, sixteen started the match, and there were no early darts. With 5 minutes to go the whole field was still in with a chance of success. This had been a real grueller, but fished in high spirits. I think we appreciated wetting a line without it immediately freezing up.
There had to be a winner, and with 3 skimmers, 2 roach and 3 missed bites, Yozzer Hughes was forced to stay and weigh. The scales tipped 3lb 12oz and it was worth £38. Feeder fished pinkie was the "successful" method.
Second place went to the real King Kenny, Mr Pickup, who managed 2lb 15oz of mainly tip-caught roach on maggot. Mind you, Liverpool finished a close second on the day too. Well done Ken.
John Edwards also found some roach on pole with maggot and his 2lb 12oz saw him finish as second loser (3rd to everyone else). He also took an early lead in 2011 Golden Nugget, because despite catching well in practice the week before, Norman couldn't manage to repeat the feat on match day.
Gary Brislin again edged into the money, catching a level 2lb of roach on waggler fished maggot, even with the sun in his eyes all day, Aaarrrgggh. This winter fishing suits you sir.
The other section went to Ken Stuart, whose 2 roach went a startling 1lb 10oz, and put more cash in the Team Kenny coffers.
Imagine the weights on proper scales. Then again, maybe not.
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