Sunday 31 August 2014

Turner 400

  • C20. ( Clainfield)
  • 10lb 8oz
  • 3rd in section (18 in a section)
  • Team was third overall

I wanted to be at Clainfield, and was lucky enough to be right down the bottom, end peg, which is long straight, which is normally full of little roach, but today was a struggle for roach and only caught a few in last part of the match. Caught on chop at 14 meters down the peg.

 
Roach were hard to come by!

The Thames is full of little Dace and Chublets!!!

Oh and a pike (Don't count, so put it back)

2lb perch got the heart going..... especially when there was 10 meters of elastic out!!!



  • Towner 14lb (2nd in Section)
  • Tom Hobbs 7lb (7th in section)
  • myself 10lb 8oz (3rd in section)
  • Mick Denton 5lb 3oz (13th in section)

 
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Saturday 30 August 2014

Ivy house Lakes

  • Peg 3
  • 32lb
  • 16lb silvers
  • 3rd silvers
  • Win section by default
A really tough day Ivy House Lakes, I caught a few skimmers on groundbait and worms, but felt it wasn't right....  Fishing hard pellets see me only catch 2 carp long in open water and 1 carp about 8lb down the edge at the death.  Looking forward to next weeks open!



Jon walker has been unstoppable





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Sunday 24 August 2014

Medley and Folly - River Thames

Peg C2
16lb
2nd in section
3rd Overall






















Fished chop worm long for most of the day and had a great days fishing, i had 5 small skimmers up to 1lb and 25 perch. Lost one bream which has cost me the match.

I used 100 lob worms and a 1kg of dens and 2pts of caster.  I feed everthing through a bait dropper, regular topped it up.   When the perch dried up, I started to loose feed caster over the top, and caught a few small skimmers and odd perch.

2G Colmic Stream Float
0.188 Spider Line
0.135 Spider Line
14 N600 Hook

1G Colmic Stream Float
0.152 Spider Line
0.11 Spider Line
16 N600 Hook


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Saturday 23 August 2014

Ivy House Lakes

  • Peg 47
  • 102lb
  • 1st place
  • 22 fished.

Well chuffed drawing peg 47, without no question, a flyer especially as peg 48 ain't in.

Comic's BIG Frank won silvers

Jon Walker was 2nd

I did think i was going to have to do the walk of shame as i didn't catch until really late!! But 3pm came and dinner bell and a caught but did had a bad spell within that period!

1st Chris Telling. 102lb
2nd Jon Walker 77lb
3rd Ryan Shipp 69lb  15oz

Top Silvers
1st Big Frank 47lb 8oz
2nd Chris Timms 34lb 13oz




Friday 22 August 2014

Peg by peg analysis at Ivy House Big Lake


Ivy House Fishing Lakes
Callow Hill
Grittenham
SN15 4JU

Andy: 07977 093170


The beauty of Big lake at Ivy House Lakes is there's
Loads of skimmers

Neil Richards with this stunning 10lb Grass Carp (there's bigger)

18lb 5oz Mirror Carp (again theres bigger 20lbers)

Also the New Canal is full of tiny Tench and Stockie Carp (with some munters)

Jon Walker with 18lber and 14lb 10oz Ghost Carp

Mark Malin with 17lb common.


PEG by peg analysis

Peg 1

Good margin peg, a little channel, the fish do go up, not sure why?  Long margin is better normally, and look to catch big fish late on down the edge.  Plum around to look for deeper parts of the swim.

The peg is slightly shallower than to the right.  Great summer peg, especially when the wind blows into the corner. 



Peg 2

If peg 1 isn't in, they you will have a strong edge peg.  I would fish to peg 1 plaform, its about 18 inches to 2 foot depending on water levels

Peg 3

In the winter, the stockies can shoal up here and around the area.  Peg 4 does stick out a little further, so at a slight disadvantage when fishing of the pole, and peg five sticks even further out again.

Peg 4

My first visit in years saw me break the match record, this was old peg 12.  Andy has changed the pegging and got rid of the reeds and the old platforms!

Anyway peg four is a good consistent area. I drew it twice in the festival and caught down the edge towards peg 5.  You have 18 inches down the edge and it plumps up well.

The shelf is about 8 meters where it goes into the deeper water.  This can be productive as big fish sit there late.  In the height of the summer, it could be worth fishing closer late, but to be honest hopefully your be catching units down the edge.



Peg 5

Some really big fish seem to come to the right, where it shelves off to 2.2 foot.  I had 7 carp for 79lb and Jon Walker had 9 carp for 90lb!  There arte some big fish, so would suggest fishing 0.188 Colmic Spider Line straight through.  I also would fish this with heavy but soft hollow elastic.  Like Colmic Orange 3.00mm or Vespe 2.85, use a puller and take your time.

Peg 6


Normally have an empty peg to your left, catch well to the left long or short by the tree stump.

Peg 7

In a corner.  Most of the time it isn't pegged.

Peg 8

A nice peg.

Peg 9

Peg 10

Peg 11

Peg 12

Peg 13



Peg 14

Peg 15

Peg 16


In a little bay, deepest part of the lake, 6 foot.  Normally a good skimmer area, and nice edges.  the margins are deeper to your right.  Careful of the snags to your right.

Peg 17

Peg 18

Peg 19

Peg 20



Peg 21

Peg 22

Peg 23

Good skimmer area normally.



Peg 24

Peg 25

I was lucky, drew this peg twice in the summer and won both times.





Both times I caught to my right hand side edge and skimmers in open water.

Peg 26

Peg 27

A great edge peg.  there is a stump at 13 meters, which is 4 foot deep.  The carp just seem to live here, lots of Stockie carp live under the causeway as its so under cut.   You tend to catch bigger fish, fishing to left margin where its 18 inches deep.  (This is only guide, don't email me when you catch all munters to the right)

You can catching skimmers in open water, but to be honest a would say that pegs to your left are better for skimmers (peg 23, 24, 25).

(Peg 28)

A peg is rarely used............  Would be a great draw, as you have great edges left and right.

Peg 29

A GREAT peg, again like peg 27 but seems to frame more that peg 27 looking at all the results.  I yet to draw it!



Peg 30


Peg 31

This can be a tougher area, can be a good skimmer area, but have to fish long for them normally, pegs to your right tend to be better for skimmers.  However, fish have fins and they do swim.

Fishing to the platform to peg 30 is about 3 foot. 

Peg 32

Peg 33

Peg 34

Peg 35

Peg 36

Peg 37

A good skimmer area normally. 



Peg 38

Peg 39

Peg 40

Peg 41

A good area.





Peg 42

Peg 43

Deep edge pegs, especially to your right.  You do need some tough gear, as Mark Malin will time you tell.  I would fish solid elastic and fish a minimum of 0.20.   We would use Colmic Spider Line, as its very tough line.
 

Peg 44




Peg 45

Peg 46

Peg 47

Cracking edge peg.  need to fish it long, 16 meters as its 10 inches deeper.  Happy days.

Out infront it is shallower, so a summer peg normally, could struggle in the winter??





Peg 48
Flyer. Never drew it, but a great area.  Catch well down the edges and out.  Best of both worlds

 
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Wednesday 20 August 2014

Manor Farm Leisure

  • Peg 4
  • 147lb 4oz
  • 2nd
  • 8 fished

I seem to draw Peg 4 on Island Pool at Manor Farm Leisure a lot, but never seem to do well off it, so it wasn't my preferred draw.  With only eight of us fishing, we would be looking for a big weight.  So pole and method feeder for me.

I had 11 fish down the edge, but unfortunately they weren't very good, only one 8lber.  So I had about 50lb down the edge, 60lb on the pole long and the rest on Method feeder (37lb).

Some of Manor Farm Leisure's F1 are big, so doesn't take a long time to do a weight.

Chris Cameron caught well on bomb and pellet and then a few lumps down the edge.


Open Match Results – Wednesday 20th August – Island Pool

1ST CHRIS CAMERON 172-8-0

Middy/Old Ghost Peg 33

 
2ND CHRIS TELLING 147-4-0

Colmic Airon Peg 4

 
3RD GRAHAM SCOTT 142-0-0

Mosella Selby Peg 16

 
4TH BARRY DUGGAN 123-0-0

Baileys of Warwick Peg 19

 
5TH HOWARD KAYE 112-8-0

Sensas Peg 36

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Sunday 17 August 2014

Abingdon - River Thames

  • C6
  • 9lb 14oz
  • 2nd in section

It was a super tough day at Abingdon, drew peg 22 where Alan Brown won the section with 6lb 8oz. 

Therefore i was going to take it steady, as it could and was out and out choppy match. Roach didn't feed, only had 4! I  had 5 perch, 4 roach and 3 skimmers. I had a lesson from Gary Barclay, he won the section easily, and battered me off the next peg!

Gary Barclay had 12lb 12oz

Colmic Lux floats.


 
Gear used.

Colmic Airon F55 pole.

Choppy rigs
 
0.188 Colmic Spider Line to 0.145 Colmic stream, with 14 N600.
2.5 Stream Float.
2.5mm Colmic Hollow elastic.

Roach rigs.
 
Colmic Lux floats ranged from 0.5gram to 1.5gram.  Used N957.

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Saturday 16 August 2014

Ivy House Lakes


Peg 5
93lb
2nd
27 fished

Mark Malin 17lb 4oz beauty!  Mark came third overall

Jon Walker won Silvers




 



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