Hi folks, this week it was the turn of the other club i am in Cradley Heath Labour Club for a match at Cob House fisheries on Laugherne Island pool. This would be the first visit for a lot of our members including me so after a bit of digging and a few phone calls it looked like it was going to be a good day as all the info we got was that the place was solid. So after a good breakie at the local cafe in Cradley and around 40 mins on the road me & Stav arrived at the fishery within plenty of time for the 9.30 am draw, so a quick talk to Scott (who lives and works at the fishery) for some last minute tips and pellets was in order. The plan of attack seemed to be method feeder to the island ( if you drew one that is ), long pole with pellet and short pole with paste. The word on the bank was that a good draw would be on the points of the three islands (12 pegs ) or the 4 corners of the pool with 24 fishing. I drew peg 6, no point of the island and not a corner peg either great a good start of to the day, Stav had drew peg 20 odd a corner peg ( jammie git)? When i got to my peg i sat down to asses what i was going to do, even now i could feel the sun on my back with temperatures forecast to reach nearly 30 c and very little wind i thought that this is not going to be easy. I set up 4 pole rigs and a method rod, a 13m pellet rig set 6ft deep, 13m shallow rig, 5m paste line and a margin rig at the same distance down to my right. I didn't bother plumbing up down my left hand margin as Mark ( aka Hercule Poirot) was sat on peg 7 a bit close and also he was looking at the nice point of the island he was going throw his feeder to? Oh Hum? The thinking behind the points of the islands is that as the fish circle the islands the people throwing to them mug the fish before the people sat in the middle get a look-in? and with 12 point pegs in this might be a long day. As i was getting the last of my tackle sorted Scott came over and had a chat, now i know Scott form his days working at Solhampton Fishery and also through a mutual friend i work with ( our pet ). As i tried to get the last bits of info out of him before the all in he came out with a great statement " THIS IS A GOOD WINTER PEG" he said "F*****G GREAT IT'S JUNE AND 30 C" i replied.
On the bait front i had brought a bag each of fishery 2mm & 4mm pellets, 4-5 pints of maggots, 1 tin of corn, some paste and various hard & soft 6mm pellets for the hook. On the whistle i put a pot of 4mm pellets in on the 13m line, a pot of 2mm pellets with a few lumps of paste on the 5m line and started to throw maggots up the margin line. I started on the method with 2mm soaked pellets on the feeder and a 6mm hard pellet on the hook, on the 3rd put-in the tip slammed around and carp no1 was in the net a 4lb jobbie. After the first hour i had got 6 carp in the net and was catching better than annyone i could see, so a top up on the pole lines was called for as i decided to give the method another hour ( if it ain't broke ). The second slowed a bit with only 4 fish netted, there was the odd fish being caught but i couldn't see annyone setting the world on fire. Talking of fire i think i can smell my skin burning, Christ it was hot ( i had left my sun block on the side in the kitchen????) and i think the fish had the same idea as there were plenty of fish cruising around sunbathing not feeding. In the third hour i tried my long pole line both on the deck and shallow without a bite?, i tried my inside maggot line but only managed a few roach and a couple of skimmers. Back on the feeder produced another 2 fish but bites on this had started to relay dry in the heat, another look on all my pole lines without much success and i was starting to struggle. BIG Ritchie had started to catch well on the feeder the last hour so had john in corner peg 39 on the long pole, Ritchie was getting shouted at from Ollie on the opposite side of the pool dubbing him a random caster? Into the last hour i managed 2 fish on the method then decided to have a last look on my short paste line, first put in i missed a bite then had a small 2lb'er next drop. Third put-in i hit a fish that felt a little better as a few yards of 15h elastic came out of the pole, i kept the tip low and turned the fish as i pulled some laccy out of the pulla kit the fish broke the surface a nice 7-8 common? The fish made a dart for the bottom of my keepnet's and went straight under them parting with my rig SHIT, the paste line had finally come to life at least i would have a few as there was still 30 mins left to go? No?? not another bite on the paste i sat there for another 10 mins, then i threw the method for the last bit with 1 more fish gracing my net before the all out was called. I had got 12 carp in one net roughly guessing the weight as i went along and thought there was around 42lb in that net before i put a third net in as per the rules a 50lb limit in each net, another 4 carp in the second net i was guessing at 60lb'ish. We started to weigh in at john on peg 39 who's late flurry on the pole had mustard 39lb, the others had struggled with a few fish being caught but no one beating him until we got to the random caster Ritchie. He managed to ponce 64lb odd from the peg his right not his own? Ollie asked for a stewards enqiurie. Stav put 49lb on the scales from his wind assted corner peg? ( must try harder?), then Steve on peg 20 the opposite corner from Stav put a great 78lb on the scales looked to have won it as no one on my bank had enough to top that. My first net went 42lb what a guess i thought? together with my other 4 carp+ silvers totaled 63lb odd enough for 3rd place. The pub was calling and my arms were burning, my hatrick of wins had gone but i thought i had done quite well only being beat off an end peg and knocked into 3rd by a random caster into one of the gaps in the island. It had been my first visit to the complex and to be honest it had fished well under the day's conditions, hot, still, and plenty of angler pressure, you could see the place is solid by the amount of fish sunbathing on another day i feel sure that we could have caught a lot more. The only complaint i have is that the water level looked well down, we were some 2-3 ft off the water level which makes it a bit uncomfortable as you feel like a garden gnome. That said it is still a growing fishery and they are building a massive on site shop/cafe which looks great from the outside plus doing the drive at the moment. Only one more small gripe is that they don't run any sunday match's at the moment ( some of us have to work ) so i can't make the opens on saturday's, sort it out Scott so we can come down and have a go on Sundays?
Steve had a nice day when we got back to the car park to find out that he had won off one of the bonus peg's to pocket another £100+ the pools money so well done mate. ( he did buy the first round). Cheers!
1st Steve Robson 78lb
2nd Ritchie 64lb
3rd me 63lb
4th Stav 49lb
Thanks to Scott and the rest of the staff at Cob House for a great day out CHEERS.
Monday 28 June 2010
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Halesowen Blythe Waters sunday 13/6/10
Hi folks, back to Blythe Waters this week for a Halesowen club match on willow pool and half of cherries, i have only fished willow once before last year but the carp were spawning and the match was won off cherries with 30lb+ of silvers so this pool would be a bit of an unknown quantity today. At the draw i drew out peg 20 on cherries pool so the walk around willow pool before the draw with a couple of the lads looking at all the nice island & corner pegs was a waste of time. Regular readers of my blog will know that i have fished cherries pool a few times due to our pairs league being held on there, i have never drawn peg 20 before but there was a few fish caught off here on the pairs. Peg 20 is a corner peg with a bit of room due to peg 21 being left out because you would be both fishing the same point on the end of the boom. The peg is probably the shortest reach to the boom on the pool only 13m away with a big long right hand edge i fancied it for a few fish, i had won a round of the pairs league off peg 19 with 51lb up in the water so with this in mind i set up to tackle the peg accordingly.
Rig 1, 13m pellet line on the deck 0.50gr maver jona float, 0.16 line to a 3 175 tubetini hook set 7ft deep with a bulk of no8's and 2 no10 droppers, 15 hollo elastic
Rig 2, 13m shallow line 0.30gr maver Jurassic dibber float, 0.16 line to a 16 pr27 hook set 18" deep with a lassoed pellet, all the shot under the float, black hydro elastic
Rig 3, the same as above but without the lasso on and a size 3 175 hook for meat, black hydro.
Rig 4, down the edge at 13m 4 X 14 jona float 0.18 and a size 4 175 with all the shot bulked around 12" from the hook in around 4 1/2 feet of water.
Stav had drew out peg 17 to my left but had to fish 16m to get to the boom and with his old shoulder complaint flaring up again so it was going to hurt, Andy was on peg 12 again the peg he won the last round of the pairs off with 71lb these i thought we my main competition for our section. I couldn't see willow pool behind me due to the trees so i thought fish for the section and if willow pool goes off on one at least we are fishing our own little match on cherries.
Bait for the day was loads of pellets from micros,4mm,6mm & 8mm, 4 tins of 6mm cubed meat, 1 tin corn, g/bait for the method + lots of hook baits including bollies & dead maggots. Once i had drew i new my method & pellet wagg rods would stay in the car along with my 18m extension along with the g/bait & 8mm pellets. I didn't fancy the margin line as it was very snaggy due to tree roots, i had to pull for a break with my first rig and couldn't get to the snag to pull it out due to the 4ft+ depth? ( i just got stung to death for my troubles by the man high stingers ).
On the whistle i put two pots of bait down the edge of 4mm pellets, meat & corn, i shipped out to 13m with my shallow pellet rig and started firing 4mm pellets at it with a 6mm lassoed pellet on the hook. It took only 2 mins to get my first bite a nice 1 1/2lb common was in the net a great start, next put in i had another bite but as i shipped around 6m of pole back i picked the tip out of the water to see where the fish was but the elastic was still under the boom? Seconds after me and rig no1 parted company, not to worry i thought as i got another rig out it looks like there is a few fish in the peg. 2 more fish went in the net in no time an f1 and a 4lb'er, next fish a 2lb carp was netted the lasso broke off in the landing net and rig no 3 was quickly put on. The match was only 20 mins old but i had got 4 fish and minus 2 rigs, i felt there might be a big weight on the cards so i got another top out of the holdall with black hydro to pull them away from the boom a bit quicker. Another couple of small carp in the net and i was on fire????? then i hooked a 3lb carp got it away from the boom all the way back to the net and promptly pulled out, leaving my rig in the tree to my right with only a stem left on the rig Shit! there i was loads of fish infront of me and i was making a right pigs ear of it 30 mins gone i was already on rig no4, if this keeps up i will run out of shallow rigs with a lasso on. After the first hour i had got 10 fish but some of them were 1lb f1's so i had switched back to the softer 13 h elastic at least i had not lost anymore rigs. Hour 2 passed by with me putting a few more fish in the net i felt no need to change as there was only stav having odd fish shallow, the only problem i was having was that the roach and skimmers were plucking at the bait every put in. During hour 3 the fish had slowed a bit shallow so a look down the edge was called for, i fished it for around 30 mins for 2 small 1lb carp and losing a bigger one in the roots so i went back shallow feeling that it was much the better method. The rest of the match went well switching to feeding 6mm pellets to try to put the roach off, switching between 6mm & 8 mm hook pellets saw the catch rate go up in the last hour. There was only stav catching fish on regular basis but i felt that my first hour burst had put me a few pound in-front, i had managed to not loose another rig in the last 4 1/2 hours after loosing 3 in 30 mins? I had managed to hook a duck on the meat much to the amusement of the guys around me, there were 2-3 ducks eating my over-sprayed pellets hiding in the grass on the floating boom. During a quite spell i had picked up my other shallow rig and tried meat on the hook to see if i could pinch a fish or two, i had one fish on it and while i was lowering the rig in next to the boom this stupid duck dived out of the grass and grabbed my hook-bait! After a short tug O war there was only going to be one winner with black hydro and a size 3 175 me!
When the scales arrived the top bowl had fished hard with no one breaking 20lb from pegs 8-16 so the first to weigh with a few fish was stav he put 58lb on the scales. Roy was next with 24lb and then me 54lb of carp & 24lb of silvers gave me 78lb total and i had won my section. I walked down the bank behind the trees to see how willow pool had fished 35lb was the best so far by Shaun, JB put 39lb on the scales to take the lead both anglers fishing opposite corners to each other and both said they had 100lb+ on the hook but lost them all in the reeds? There was another 39lb on the pool so i had won the match again Great! 2 matches in 2 weeks with 2 wins?
I felt that over the 2 matches i had 2 good draws but had made the most of them, both days were still frustrating losing fish in the weed at Stockton and then losing 3 rigs in 30 mins this week but all had come good in the end.
1st me 78lb
2nd Stav 58lb
jt 3rd JB & Steve 39lb.
Rig 1, 13m pellet line on the deck 0.50gr maver jona float, 0.16 line to a 3 175 tubetini hook set 7ft deep with a bulk of no8's and 2 no10 droppers, 15 hollo elastic
Rig 2, 13m shallow line 0.30gr maver Jurassic dibber float, 0.16 line to a 16 pr27 hook set 18" deep with a lassoed pellet, all the shot under the float, black hydro elastic
Rig 3, the same as above but without the lasso on and a size 3 175 hook for meat, black hydro.
Rig 4, down the edge at 13m 4 X 14 jona float 0.18 and a size 4 175 with all the shot bulked around 12" from the hook in around 4 1/2 feet of water.
Stav had drew out peg 17 to my left but had to fish 16m to get to the boom and with his old shoulder complaint flaring up again so it was going to hurt, Andy was on peg 12 again the peg he won the last round of the pairs off with 71lb these i thought we my main competition for our section. I couldn't see willow pool behind me due to the trees so i thought fish for the section and if willow pool goes off on one at least we are fishing our own little match on cherries.
Bait for the day was loads of pellets from micros,4mm,6mm & 8mm, 4 tins of 6mm cubed meat, 1 tin corn, g/bait for the method + lots of hook baits including bollies & dead maggots. Once i had drew i new my method & pellet wagg rods would stay in the car along with my 18m extension along with the g/bait & 8mm pellets. I didn't fancy the margin line as it was very snaggy due to tree roots, i had to pull for a break with my first rig and couldn't get to the snag to pull it out due to the 4ft+ depth? ( i just got stung to death for my troubles by the man high stingers ).
On the whistle i put two pots of bait down the edge of 4mm pellets, meat & corn, i shipped out to 13m with my shallow pellet rig and started firing 4mm pellets at it with a 6mm lassoed pellet on the hook. It took only 2 mins to get my first bite a nice 1 1/2lb common was in the net a great start, next put in i had another bite but as i shipped around 6m of pole back i picked the tip out of the water to see where the fish was but the elastic was still under the boom? Seconds after me and rig no1 parted company, not to worry i thought as i got another rig out it looks like there is a few fish in the peg. 2 more fish went in the net in no time an f1 and a 4lb'er, next fish a 2lb carp was netted the lasso broke off in the landing net and rig no 3 was quickly put on. The match was only 20 mins old but i had got 4 fish and minus 2 rigs, i felt there might be a big weight on the cards so i got another top out of the holdall with black hydro to pull them away from the boom a bit quicker. Another couple of small carp in the net and i was on fire????? then i hooked a 3lb carp got it away from the boom all the way back to the net and promptly pulled out, leaving my rig in the tree to my right with only a stem left on the rig Shit! there i was loads of fish infront of me and i was making a right pigs ear of it 30 mins gone i was already on rig no4, if this keeps up i will run out of shallow rigs with a lasso on. After the first hour i had got 10 fish but some of them were 1lb f1's so i had switched back to the softer 13 h elastic at least i had not lost anymore rigs. Hour 2 passed by with me putting a few more fish in the net i felt no need to change as there was only stav having odd fish shallow, the only problem i was having was that the roach and skimmers were plucking at the bait every put in. During hour 3 the fish had slowed a bit shallow so a look down the edge was called for, i fished it for around 30 mins for 2 small 1lb carp and losing a bigger one in the roots so i went back shallow feeling that it was much the better method. The rest of the match went well switching to feeding 6mm pellets to try to put the roach off, switching between 6mm & 8 mm hook pellets saw the catch rate go up in the last hour. There was only stav catching fish on regular basis but i felt that my first hour burst had put me a few pound in-front, i had managed to not loose another rig in the last 4 1/2 hours after loosing 3 in 30 mins? I had managed to hook a duck on the meat much to the amusement of the guys around me, there were 2-3 ducks eating my over-sprayed pellets hiding in the grass on the floating boom. During a quite spell i had picked up my other shallow rig and tried meat on the hook to see if i could pinch a fish or two, i had one fish on it and while i was lowering the rig in next to the boom this stupid duck dived out of the grass and grabbed my hook-bait! After a short tug O war there was only going to be one winner with black hydro and a size 3 175 me!
When the scales arrived the top bowl had fished hard with no one breaking 20lb from pegs 8-16 so the first to weigh with a few fish was stav he put 58lb on the scales. Roy was next with 24lb and then me 54lb of carp & 24lb of silvers gave me 78lb total and i had won my section. I walked down the bank behind the trees to see how willow pool had fished 35lb was the best so far by Shaun, JB put 39lb on the scales to take the lead both anglers fishing opposite corners to each other and both said they had 100lb+ on the hook but lost them all in the reeds? There was another 39lb on the pool so i had won the match again Great! 2 matches in 2 weeks with 2 wins?
I felt that over the 2 matches i had 2 good draws but had made the most of them, both days were still frustrating losing fish in the weed at Stockton and then losing 3 rigs in 30 mins this week but all had come good in the end.
1st me 78lb
2nd Stav 58lb
jt 3rd JB & Steve 39lb.
Sunday 13 June 2010
Stockton Reservoir 6/6/10
Hi folks, today we are going to a new venue with one of the clubs me and stav are in (Halesowen A.C) Stockton reservoir which is run by British Waterway's and have never fished before, stav and 3 other of the lads went for a sneaky practice on the Thursday before the match they had caught a few fish on the method feeder and pellet wagg. We had got 29 pegs booked ( 30 odd to 63 ) and with 25 booked in to fish meant we had little room for spare pegs. After the 45 mins journey form our our end to Stockton we were in plenty time for the 9.30 draw so a steady walk around the pool was called for after we had pooled up. My first impression of the pool was that what a good looking fishery it was, not as big as some of the other BW's waters like Earlswood, Boddington & Drayton but what it lacked in size it certainly made up for in looks. We had tried to get as much info as possible about the place and we had heard that pegs 48 & 49 were fliers looking at the end of an island peg 49 was a corner peg as well with 48 & 47 out due to weed and being to close as to stop people throwing over each other. Once we saw the peg we thought that it would be all over if someone half decent drew it. At the draw i went into the bag and picked up a ticket that big ritchie had put back after he had picked up 2 that were stuck together it was peg 45, stav had drew peg 62 on the first island by the access. When i got to my peg i was faced with a very fishy looking island around 30m away which i thought would be and advantage with lots of pegs in and only around 7 pegs had an island to throw to. I had decided before the match to attack the venue much the same as i would at Earlswood with the pellet wagg, straight lead & method feeder, i had brought the pole as well ( sorry one of stav's old poles not wanting to break my match pole) but as we new the fish run big 20lb+ i only set up one rig for the margins with 0.22 line to a size 10 maver mt5 hook and red hydro. I set up 1 wagg rod and the lead rod leaving my splasher wagg and method rod in the bag? While i had been setting up i was watching a flock! yes a flock some 20+ Canadian geese preening them self's over by my island standing up and not getting there ankles wet? This meaning the water was very shallow so i thought that the wagg and lead would make less disturbance than the method? and it was way to shallow for the splasher wagg it would get stuck in the mud? I set up a 3ssg styro pellet wagg shoted with a mayo connector, 5lb maxima mainline, 0.20 slistar h/l to a size 12 pr27 and a half ounce lead with 8lb max mainline, o.22 silstar to a size 10 maver mt5 on my trusty old silstar heavy feeder rod. I had got 3ft of water in the margin and when i asked the guys either side of me they hadn't got much more out in front of them i didn't bother to go any further out, a couple of exploratory casts reveled that there was a lot of weed over by the island as every time i cast too close to a weed bed i could see just under the surface some 10ft short of the island the lead was covered in fine silk weed. For bait i had brought 3 bags of 10mm halibut pellets some g/bait, 5 tins of corn, some halibut paste, 1 tin of cat food & various bollies for the hook.
On the whistle i put 2 big preston pots of corn with a few lumps of cat fodder down my left hand margin and started on the pellet wagg, after around 10 mins 1 hooked my first carp which tore off through the weed bed (due to me not tightening the clutch up enough??) and i lost the lot? Great! fish 1, westy 0, waggs 1 a good start, after tackling up again i soon hooked fish no2 this one went into the same weed bed but after around a minute of see-sawing through the submerged weed bed my hooklength broke? Shit? fish 2 westy 0. Time to play no more mr nice guy, the next fish i hooked shot off to my right away from the weed bed and i put the brakes locked the rod up and pumped soon i was netting a 10lb angry mirror. Better, carp 2 westy 1? the next fish got the same treatment but a smaller 6lb'er was in the net, the first hour had passed and a quick call from stav reveled he had got 2 fish as well but couldn't see anyone else catching no one by me was catching either. The next 3 hours followed the same sort of pattern getting odd fish out and loosing odd ones too, but what i couldn't grasp was why had the british waterways had cut the bull rushes some 6 inches under the water instead of pulling them out by the roots??? This made the fishing harder as the fish were feeding on top of the cut off weed very reluctant to come out, i could see the fish feeding on top of the weed bed on my pellets tails up waving at me? With an hour to go i had got 7 fish and had lost 5 i needed to go into the weeds to get a bite i had shortend my hook-length to 5 inches and was casting on top of the weeds, if i didn't get a bite straight away and the wind dragged the float my hook bait was covered in weed. I had only had 1 bite on the straight lead and never bothered looking on my margin swim as the guys either side of me had tried it without success. With around 45 mins to go i had 2 more fish in the net then hooked a fish which kited off left the first fish of the day that had done so, after apologizing to bob in the next as the fish tried to run through his peg i applied some more pressure to it and got the fish into open water ( or so i thought? ) then as i pulled the top end of what looked like a 3lb tc carp rod appeared form the lake like Excalibur? The fish took one look at the rod promptly broke me leaving my wagg attached to the rod fishless and pulling for a break, the rod sank back down leaving me tackling up yet again. I landed 2 more fish then with 15 mins left to go i hooked another fish which shot off left SHIT the rod, i got up off my box and walked to the edge of my platform trying to coax the fish away from where the sunken rod was!! No chance as i pulled this time more of the rods top came out of the water the fish came off again!B*****s this time as i pulled for a break again the carp rod stood up on end some 20lb line which was connected to the island and swim feeder as big as a half pint glass came from the deep, what a mess? The whistle went and i sat on my box packing up hoping that the 7 fish i had lost wouldn't cost me as the word along the bank was that a few people had caught carp in the last hour. We started to weigh in from our first peg in the 30's the scales soon reveled that our bank had fished very hard with only 2 lads breaking 20lb+, my 11 fish went 82lb 5oz and from the word on the bank that would be enough to win. As i walked back to the car park ollie on the flier had got 5 fish for 35lb after switching to the pellet wagg in the last 2 hours, the best weight on our other set of scales was baz with 51lb and i had won the match by 30lb+ Great. The news got better later as i had won the match off one of the bonus pegs ( i could now afford buy some more pellet wagglers?) so with a couple of beers outside the pub at the end of the lane the results were done.
1st me 82lb
2nd baz robson 51lb
3rd ollie 35lb odd
4th s.robson 35lb odd
Stav had won his section with 31lb ( must try harder ) i was just glad that that the lost fish didn't cost me anything. PS If annyone reading this has lost a carp rod in Stockton res your rod is sticking out of the water on peg 45 TWAT.
On the whistle i put 2 big preston pots of corn with a few lumps of cat fodder down my left hand margin and started on the pellet wagg, after around 10 mins 1 hooked my first carp which tore off through the weed bed (due to me not tightening the clutch up enough??) and i lost the lot? Great! fish 1, westy 0, waggs 1 a good start, after tackling up again i soon hooked fish no2 this one went into the same weed bed but after around a minute of see-sawing through the submerged weed bed my hooklength broke? Shit? fish 2 westy 0. Time to play no more mr nice guy, the next fish i hooked shot off to my right away from the weed bed and i put the brakes locked the rod up and pumped soon i was netting a 10lb angry mirror. Better, carp 2 westy 1? the next fish got the same treatment but a smaller 6lb'er was in the net, the first hour had passed and a quick call from stav reveled he had got 2 fish as well but couldn't see anyone else catching no one by me was catching either. The next 3 hours followed the same sort of pattern getting odd fish out and loosing odd ones too, but what i couldn't grasp was why had the british waterways had cut the bull rushes some 6 inches under the water instead of pulling them out by the roots??? This made the fishing harder as the fish were feeding on top of the cut off weed very reluctant to come out, i could see the fish feeding on top of the weed bed on my pellets tails up waving at me? With an hour to go i had got 7 fish and had lost 5 i needed to go into the weeds to get a bite i had shortend my hook-length to 5 inches and was casting on top of the weeds, if i didn't get a bite straight away and the wind dragged the float my hook bait was covered in weed. I had only had 1 bite on the straight lead and never bothered looking on my margin swim as the guys either side of me had tried it without success. With around 45 mins to go i had 2 more fish in the net then hooked a fish which kited off left the first fish of the day that had done so, after apologizing to bob in the next as the fish tried to run through his peg i applied some more pressure to it and got the fish into open water ( or so i thought? ) then as i pulled the top end of what looked like a 3lb tc carp rod appeared form the lake like Excalibur? The fish took one look at the rod promptly broke me leaving my wagg attached to the rod fishless and pulling for a break, the rod sank back down leaving me tackling up yet again. I landed 2 more fish then with 15 mins left to go i hooked another fish which shot off left SHIT the rod, i got up off my box and walked to the edge of my platform trying to coax the fish away from where the sunken rod was!! No chance as i pulled this time more of the rods top came out of the water the fish came off again!B*****s this time as i pulled for a break again the carp rod stood up on end some 20lb line which was connected to the island and swim feeder as big as a half pint glass came from the deep, what a mess? The whistle went and i sat on my box packing up hoping that the 7 fish i had lost wouldn't cost me as the word along the bank was that a few people had caught carp in the last hour. We started to weigh in from our first peg in the 30's the scales soon reveled that our bank had fished very hard with only 2 lads breaking 20lb+, my 11 fish went 82lb 5oz and from the word on the bank that would be enough to win. As i walked back to the car park ollie on the flier had got 5 fish for 35lb after switching to the pellet wagg in the last 2 hours, the best weight on our other set of scales was baz with 51lb and i had won the match by 30lb+ Great. The news got better later as i had won the match off one of the bonus pegs ( i could now afford buy some more pellet wagglers?) so with a couple of beers outside the pub at the end of the lane the results were done.
1st me 82lb
2nd baz robson 51lb
3rd ollie 35lb odd
4th s.robson 35lb odd
Stav had won his section with 31lb ( must try harder ) i was just glad that that the lost fish didn't cost me anything. PS If annyone reading this has lost a carp rod in Stockton res your rod is sticking out of the water on peg 45 TWAT.
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Larford Open Monday 31/5/10 Speci Lake
Hi Folks, it's good to be back out on the bank after a week off due to no matches booked and the fish in full spawning mode so i decided to leave them to it and not force the issue for a week. It was not until saturday that stav rang me to say that he had learnt of a afternoon match on Larford Speci lake on bank holiday monday and knowing how solid the place is is told him to book us.
The draw took place in the cafe at 11.30 fishing would be from 1.30-6.30pm and with 20 booked in Phil Briscoe ( the boss ) had left the burr bank open for us and had pegged it 2 in and miss 1 all down the bank from peg 4 to peg 32. With a gentle breeze blowing down towards the arena end peg 32 looked to be a good draw but to be honest i was not fussed where i drew because i felt we would all catch on here on a afternoon match. At the draw i pulled out 13 and stav drew 25 but as i said i don't think it's going to make much difference today,( by the way the wind assisted end peg 32 was drawn by Grant Albutt???) the shouts of lucky b*****d were met by a rue smile from Grant.
As we were in for a bagging session i decided to set up 3 rods and 2 pole rigs, i set up a pellet wagg, splasher wagg and a straight lead for the rods, for the pole rigs i went for a 5m line out in-front and 7m down the edge towards empty peg 12. For company on peg 11 was a good mate of mine Tim Guise and next to me on peg 14 another mate Danny Ashington so at least we could have a good crack if nothing else and with Phil Briscoe (the bearded porn star) on peg 10 we were all set for an afternoon of mickey talking.
For bait i had brought 5 tins of meat and the same of corn, 2 bags of fishery 8mm pellets and some white paste. On the whistle i put 3 pots of meat & corn on the 5m line and 2 of the same on the edge line, as i was potting in Danny had only put one pot on the pole line and was playing his first carp on the pellet wagg, by the time i had sorted the pole lines out and messing about getting the pellet wagg ready Danny was playing carp no2? Great 5 mins gone and i was already 2 fish behind? I chucked out the wagg and after 3-4 casts i had my first bite on a 8mm pellet set 2 1/2 ft deep and a nice 8lb'er was it the net ( Danny was on no3 ?). I stuck with the wagg and after the first hour i had got 4, Tim 5 and Danny was on 6, i decided to stick with it for another hour while feeding my 5m pole line all the time with meat & corn and keeping an eye out to see if anyone comes in on the pole line and begins to catch. Hour 2 passed and i put 3 more carp in the net while we were not bagging you don't need to many fish here for a good weight as the carp go from 3lb to 20lb+ with lots of fish in the 8-15lb range. With 7 fish in the net and the bites starting to get fewer i decided to have a look on the straight lead at the same time Danny had got the same idea, first chuck on the lead with a 8mm pellet lassoed wrapped in paste the rod got ripped around and carp 8 was on his way to the net. Next chuck the same result but so had Danny 2 fish in 2 throws on the lead, we both thought that the lack of bites on the wagg was due to the change in wind direction and the cloud had come over chilling the water sending the fish down ( and me it sent me reaching for my fleece). Another 20 mins on the lead produced just one skimmer so a look on the pole was called for, the only one i could see catching on the pole was Briscoe he was catching skimmers one a bung on corn & pellet. After 10 mins on the pole the float buried with yards for black hydro screaming after it ( it was time to hang on), after a good 5 mins battle my 0.18 line held firm and i was netting a 12lb mirrior . Next put another bite but this one only lasted 3 seconds and came off, i stayed on the pole for another 20 mins without another bite so back on the wagg i went but this time went for the 10 gram splasher wagg instead of the 4 ssg standard wagg i had been using. Around 10 mins of chucking the splasher wagg i was rewarded with a carp without feeding the carp just coming to to noise of the wagg and next chuck the same result just as i picked up the catty to feed. We were now into the last hour of the match and Phil was starting to catch carp on the pole & paste so another look on the pole was called for but after 10 bitless mins on 5m and up the edge i went back on the splasher for the remainder of the match. Danny had stopped catching on anything he tried but had hooked a beast on the pole which he thought was foul- hooked but as he played it pulling yards of elastic out of his puller kit there was and almighty bang as his top 2 became a top 4 ( i tried not to laugh honest) immediately he shouted up to Phil Briscoe "these Maver poles are shit" Briscoe answered "that's Daiwa crap" ( it was a Sensas pole) i was still unable to cast due to crying with laughter as the banter went back and forth. In the last part of the match i had another 3 fish ending up with 15 carp and a lone skimmer, i thought Danny still had more fish than me but all mine were big fish it would be close, Tim had suffered catching for the first 2 hours then next to nothing for 3 hours, Briscoe had caught loads of skimmers on the pole & corn then switching to paste when he had his first carp and bagged on carp for the last hour.
When the scales got to us there was a 121lb on peg 5 and Briscoe had 102lb, Tim had 67lb then it was my turn my 15 carp went 123lb ( average over 8lb apiece) and put me into the lead by 2lb, Danny was next with 112lb and i was well made up to have turned it round after Danny got off to flier start. There was no more big weights until we got to peg 22 and young Kurtis Tranter pulled his nets out we all new there was a new leader with a brilliant 170lb and some proper lumps one fish going 20lb 5oz! then as we looked around it looked like he was pleasure fishing as the next 2 pallets down to stav on peg 25 were empty one guy had not turned up and giving Kurtis 2 pallets to his right and one to his left empty. But after saying that you still have to catch em' and the lad had done really well and made the most of the room, Stav on the other hand had a nightmare losing some 10 fish down the edge but still had 89lb getting broke on 0.18 line de-elasticated? ( must try harder mate battered by 17 year old lol?). Grant on the end had caught well and put 113lb on the scales next to Neil mcNinnon who was being videoed for an online company with a sort of stop watch feature obviously his concentration suffering weighing 70 odd lb and losing loads of fish.
This was a great match lovely sunny day, good company lots of great crack and of course loads of fish at a great fishery. Well done to young Kurtis and thanks to Phil for a great day. Cheers.
The draw took place in the cafe at 11.30 fishing would be from 1.30-6.30pm and with 20 booked in Phil Briscoe ( the boss ) had left the burr bank open for us and had pegged it 2 in and miss 1 all down the bank from peg 4 to peg 32. With a gentle breeze blowing down towards the arena end peg 32 looked to be a good draw but to be honest i was not fussed where i drew because i felt we would all catch on here on a afternoon match. At the draw i pulled out 13 and stav drew 25 but as i said i don't think it's going to make much difference today,( by the way the wind assisted end peg 32 was drawn by Grant Albutt???) the shouts of lucky b*****d were met by a rue smile from Grant.
As we were in for a bagging session i decided to set up 3 rods and 2 pole rigs, i set up a pellet wagg, splasher wagg and a straight lead for the rods, for the pole rigs i went for a 5m line out in-front and 7m down the edge towards empty peg 12. For company on peg 11 was a good mate of mine Tim Guise and next to me on peg 14 another mate Danny Ashington so at least we could have a good crack if nothing else and with Phil Briscoe (the bearded porn star) on peg 10 we were all set for an afternoon of mickey talking.
For bait i had brought 5 tins of meat and the same of corn, 2 bags of fishery 8mm pellets and some white paste. On the whistle i put 3 pots of meat & corn on the 5m line and 2 of the same on the edge line, as i was potting in Danny had only put one pot on the pole line and was playing his first carp on the pellet wagg, by the time i had sorted the pole lines out and messing about getting the pellet wagg ready Danny was playing carp no2? Great 5 mins gone and i was already 2 fish behind? I chucked out the wagg and after 3-4 casts i had my first bite on a 8mm pellet set 2 1/2 ft deep and a nice 8lb'er was it the net ( Danny was on no3 ?). I stuck with the wagg and after the first hour i had got 4, Tim 5 and Danny was on 6, i decided to stick with it for another hour while feeding my 5m pole line all the time with meat & corn and keeping an eye out to see if anyone comes in on the pole line and begins to catch. Hour 2 passed and i put 3 more carp in the net while we were not bagging you don't need to many fish here for a good weight as the carp go from 3lb to 20lb+ with lots of fish in the 8-15lb range. With 7 fish in the net and the bites starting to get fewer i decided to have a look on the straight lead at the same time Danny had got the same idea, first chuck on the lead with a 8mm pellet lassoed wrapped in paste the rod got ripped around and carp 8 was on his way to the net. Next chuck the same result but so had Danny 2 fish in 2 throws on the lead, we both thought that the lack of bites on the wagg was due to the change in wind direction and the cloud had come over chilling the water sending the fish down ( and me it sent me reaching for my fleece). Another 20 mins on the lead produced just one skimmer so a look on the pole was called for, the only one i could see catching on the pole was Briscoe he was catching skimmers one a bung on corn & pellet. After 10 mins on the pole the float buried with yards for black hydro screaming after it ( it was time to hang on), after a good 5 mins battle my 0.18 line held firm and i was netting a 12lb mirrior . Next put another bite but this one only lasted 3 seconds and came off, i stayed on the pole for another 20 mins without another bite so back on the wagg i went but this time went for the 10 gram splasher wagg instead of the 4 ssg standard wagg i had been using. Around 10 mins of chucking the splasher wagg i was rewarded with a carp without feeding the carp just coming to to noise of the wagg and next chuck the same result just as i picked up the catty to feed. We were now into the last hour of the match and Phil was starting to catch carp on the pole & paste so another look on the pole was called for but after 10 bitless mins on 5m and up the edge i went back on the splasher for the remainder of the match. Danny had stopped catching on anything he tried but had hooked a beast on the pole which he thought was foul- hooked but as he played it pulling yards of elastic out of his puller kit there was and almighty bang as his top 2 became a top 4 ( i tried not to laugh honest) immediately he shouted up to Phil Briscoe "these Maver poles are shit" Briscoe answered "that's Daiwa crap" ( it was a Sensas pole) i was still unable to cast due to crying with laughter as the banter went back and forth. In the last part of the match i had another 3 fish ending up with 15 carp and a lone skimmer, i thought Danny still had more fish than me but all mine were big fish it would be close, Tim had suffered catching for the first 2 hours then next to nothing for 3 hours, Briscoe had caught loads of skimmers on the pole & corn then switching to paste when he had his first carp and bagged on carp for the last hour.
When the scales got to us there was a 121lb on peg 5 and Briscoe had 102lb, Tim had 67lb then it was my turn my 15 carp went 123lb ( average over 8lb apiece) and put me into the lead by 2lb, Danny was next with 112lb and i was well made up to have turned it round after Danny got off to flier start. There was no more big weights until we got to peg 22 and young Kurtis Tranter pulled his nets out we all new there was a new leader with a brilliant 170lb and some proper lumps one fish going 20lb 5oz! then as we looked around it looked like he was pleasure fishing as the next 2 pallets down to stav on peg 25 were empty one guy had not turned up and giving Kurtis 2 pallets to his right and one to his left empty. But after saying that you still have to catch em' and the lad had done really well and made the most of the room, Stav on the other hand had a nightmare losing some 10 fish down the edge but still had 89lb getting broke on 0.18 line de-elasticated? ( must try harder mate battered by 17 year old lol?). Grant on the end had caught well and put 113lb on the scales next to Neil mcNinnon who was being videoed for an online company with a sort of stop watch feature obviously his concentration suffering weighing 70 odd lb and losing loads of fish.
This was a great match lovely sunny day, good company lots of great crack and of course loads of fish at a great fishery. Well done to young Kurtis and thanks to Phil for a great day. Cheers.
A late draw at Larford's speci lake produced a match with outstanding weights. Fishing from 1.30 to 6.30pm the carp and bream responded well to both pellet waggler and pole fished shorted.
Winner on the day was young Kurtis Tranter (Grant Albutt Baits) who drew peg 22. Fishing short, Kurtis caught carp all afternoon on meat finishing the day with 170-14-0.
Second on the day was Simon West (Storeys) with a superb 123-6-0 of specimen carp from peg 13. Simon fished pellet waggler and 8mm hook baits.
Third on the day was John Catermole (Maver) who also fished pellet waggler from peg 5 landing carp to 15lbs.
Fourth placed Grant Albutt (Garbolino) drew peg 32 to land carp and bream on both pellet waggler and pole short.
20 anglers fished with the top 6 all landing over 100lbs.
| Position | Name | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kurtis Tranter | 170-14-0 |
| 2nd | Simon West | 123-6-0 |
| 3rd | John Catermole | 121-8-0 |
| 4th | Grant Albutt | 113-2-0 |
| 5th | Danny Ashington | 112-15-0 |
| 6th | Phil Briscoe | 102-14-0 |
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