Manor Farm leisure

Peg 9 middle.

52lb. 

Won lake. 

6th overall.

36 Fished.

Winter match fishing is always about been a little lucky with the draw bag, as the fish do shoal up more in cold weather and therefore you could be sat on a "shed full" or "bung hole". However, the beauty of Manor Farm Leisure is that Dave will spread you around the lakes and where possible peg the pegs have been producing, so hopefully you will be in for a few bites wherever you draw.

I drew peg 9 Middle Pool, which is an alright area, as your almost in the  middle if the lake and it fished better down this end of the lake. But fish do have fins and do swim, therefore the early pegs and late pegs could be a lot better, which is the norm, as the top end of Middle Pool is deeper.

I had an enjoyable few hours, caught 5 on the bomb and bread and had 12 fish on the pole. The last couple of hours was really tough. After 1.30pm i should of gone to the pub, as i didn't catch, which did cost me a frame place, so was pleased to win the lake, but disappointed not to make a frame place.

Ash Pool fished well, with the overall top 5 coming from the lake. Neil Mckinnon won the match with 83lb, he also won yesterday on Peg 18 Ash Pool with 100lb! 

Open Match Results – Sunday 16th February – Ash, Island, Middle and Boundary Pools

1ST NEIL MCKINNON 82-0-0
Preston Innovations Peg 5 Ash

2ND BEN SUTOR 61-10-0
Arthur’s Angling Supplies Peg 7 Ash

3RD RICH HOSKINS 60-8-0
Daiwa Gordon League Peg 3 Ash

4TH PAUL ALDER 59-12-0
Solihull AC Peg 18 Ash

5TH TONY SHEPHERD 56-4-0
Banbury Gunsmiths Peg 20 Ash

6TH CHRIS TELLING 52-10-0
Colmic Airon Peg 9 Middle

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Manor Farm Leisure. Island Pool, Middle Pool and Boundary Pool

Peg 5 Middle

27lb

No good

28 Fished

After drawing peg 5 on middle pool, I was pretty happy as this is normally a good area. Wind was hard in my face, which is going to make things a little more challenging. To cut a long story, I struggled to catch, and i was disappointed with 27lb, which consistented of 7 skimmers (caught on popped up bread), 4 F1's and 2 carp

1ST CHRIS CAMERON 100-6-0
Middy Old Ghost Peg 23 Middle

2ND PHIL HARDWICK 76-14-0
Banbury Gunsmiths Peg 32 Boundary

3RD MARK MALIN 68-0-0
Colmic Airon Peg 11 Middle

4TH NEIL MCKINNON 64-10-0
Preston Innovations Peg 12 Island

5TH JASON COOKE 55-8-0
W B Clarke/Sensas Peg 32 Island

6TH PAUL ALDER 50-0-0
Solihull Ang Centre Peg 6 Island

Manor Farm Leisure

Peg 36 Island.

57lb

9 carp and 2 F1's

no good.

12 Anglers fished the match.

I took a battering off Phil Hardwick, who had 36 fish for a match winning weight of 90lb 8oz.

1ST PHIL HARDWICK 90-8-0
Banbury Gunsmiths Peg 32 Island

2ND CHRIS CAMERON 75-12-0
Middy Old Ghost Peg 28 Middle

3RD RONNIE PHAROAH 62-4-0
Mosella Peg 27 Middle

4TH MARTIN HOWARD 60-0-0
Ringers Peg 6 Island

5TH CHRIS TELLING 57-2-0
Colmic Airon Peg 36 Island

6TH FRANK DONAGHUE 50-8-0
Colmic Airon Peg 14 Island

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Manor Farm leisure

Won section

Won lake

50lb 8oz

4th overall

24 anglers fished the match

The British weather been it's normal safe, high winds and loads of rain the last few days.... will it ever let up?  I draw peg 11 which was a decent draw normally, as the fish can sit in the centre of the lake. However, the wind was really strong and a little chilly, so was concerned the fish may sit in the flat water where it would be a lot warmer for them. 

For me, I feel the pole is one of the most consistent ways of catching on Boundary Pool this time of year. I always start on the lead to see if I can mug one of those lucky big ghost carp.  However, that didn't happen today. I had nice day on the pole and pellet, and caught skimmers, F1's and 3 carp (1 was a 8lb ghost carp).  

I fished long line (3 foot), 0.8 gram float. This did miss a few bites, but at least I would get the presentation, as you won't get bites if you float keeps getting jerked around.   I had a 0.4 gram float with a "normal" set up, which was better when the wind dropped.

Looking met office, looks like we are going to have another stormy week, with high winds and lots of rain. Not good!!

1ST JASON COOKE 98-12-0
W B Clarke/Sensas Peg 27 Island

2ND NEIL MCKINNON 60-4-0
Preston Innovations Peg 12 Island

3RD DAN VARNEY 58-0-0
Drennan Peg 32 Island

4TH CHRIS TELLING 50-8-0
Colmic Airon Peg 11 Boundary

5TH RICH HOSKINS 42-0-0
Daiwa Gordon League Peg 34 Island

6TH TONY SHEPHERD 41-10-0
Banbury Gunsmiths Peg 42 Boundary

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