Grand Union Canal - Milton Keynes

• Team Line Up
• 1lb 7oz
• 10 in our team
• Peg 3
• 4th weight
• Matt Herbert was top with 2lb 6oz (all roach)

Baileys is one of the "hot" sections on the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes

"Bubbles" had been very consistent on the canal, and had been one of the teams top performers

Matt Herbert was top weight in our team line up.

 

Grand Union Canal - Milton Keynes

• Peg 22
• 7oz (mainly small fish)
• No good
• 3rd time unlucky.
• 46 fished

Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes - "Deans Road"

Deans Road again and I drew next to my team mates, Matt and Micky, at least I had someone to talk to.  I wasn't looking forward to this and felt we were at the wrong end of the section, as the fish were going to be further up in the town, where it would be slightly warmer.  Sure enough I found myself praying to catch a lob worm perch, which resulted in one tiny perch, not sure who caught who?  As the lobworm was bigger than the perch. I had told all my team mates that  Micky had a 2lb perch and weighed in 1lb 8oz (along with his other 6 tiny fish) "lol". 

I had been up here three times now and beginning to worry about the Angling Trust Semi Final now, as I haven't really caught anything, therefore had learnt very little.





We had two 24 pegs........................

 

Top 4

1. 5lb 5oz ........ not sure of the name
2. Shaun Barrett 3lb 6oz 8
3. Martin Phipps

     3.  Danny Ashington 2lb 3oz

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Manor Farm Leisure - Island

• Peg 25
• About 7lb (3 carp and 1 skimmer)
• DNW
• 17 anglers fished

Match Results – Thursday 21st February – Island and Boundary Pools

1^st DAVID HOWARD 50-0-0
Leigh Tackle Peg 34 (Island)
2^nd GLEN MAXWELL 48-8-0
Alvechurch Fisheries Peg 36 (Boundary)
3^rd GRAHAM WHITMORE 34-4-0
South Redditch Peg 23 (Island)

Grand Union Canal - Milton Keynes

• Peg 45
• 15oz
• Section win
• 58 anglers fished

Another tough match was on the cards for me.  All the features on the far bank and been cut dowm and dropped into the canal.  Therefore there was branches everywhere, and I had lost one of my lucky Colmic floats plumbing up!

I had 11 fish for 15oz and 10oz of that was a perch over my light leam mix.  The canal was so tough as four anglers to my left DNW (they all caught, but very little) and two anglers to my right also DNW (which included my old team captain).  This was worrying as only three anglers weighed in!

50 lob worms and match pack of bloodworm and Joker is all that was needed.

 

Catching a 10oz perch on single joker and a size 28 hook.

Deans Road.

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Milton Keynes - Grand Union Canal

• Peg 1 (end peg)
• 3lb 8oz
• 2nd in my 12 peg section
• 30 anglers fished
• 70 small fish (mainly little perch)

This is the first of our three practice opens on the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes prior to our Angling Trust Winter League Semi Final.  The canal has been fishing hard and shocked to only see 30 anglers fishing our match.  It is worrying to see what the future holds for Team Match Fishing?  Every year now I see a decline in the Semi Final matches.  I remember fishing here for Devizes and there was 17 teams fishing!! What has happened to the anglers? 

No big perch for me.  Gutted.  Needed a bonus fish.

I was lucky to draw an end peg, but would of sooner been further up the section, as when I weighed everybody in, we noticed that there was more roach further up the section, whereas me and Mick Denton couldn't buy a roach!

Peg 1 3lb 8oz
Peg 2 1lb
Peg 3 3lb 14oz 8 (a foul hooked 3lb bream)
Peg 4 empty
Peg 5 3lb
Peg 6 dnw
Peg 7 3lb
Peg 8 2lb 15oz
Peg 9 empty
Peg 10 dnw
Peg 11 2lb 5oz
Peg 12 2lb 7oz


Top 3

1. 8lb Darren Cox
2. 6lb 9oz Danny Ashington
3. 5lb 9oz Scott Geens

All Starlets (fair play boys)

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Manor Farm Leisure -Island and Middle

• Peg 15 Island
• 56lb
• 2nd in section
• 7th overall (i think)
• 19 anglers fished

Match Results – Saturday 9th February – Island and Middle Pools

1^ST GARY SMITH 86-0-0
MFL Peg 33 Island
2^ND TREVOR WILLIAMS 77-10-0
Fishermans Friend Peg 8 Middle
3^RD CHRIS CAMERON 76-0-0
Middy Peg 4 Middle
4^TH MARK MALIN 66-4-0
Bait Tec / Colmic Peg 35 Island

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Manor Farm Leisure

• Peg 4 Island
• 47lb
• No good

Took a battering off Martin, well done.

Match Results – Thursday 7th February – Island and Middle Pools – Affordable Open

1^ST ANDY STONE 76-4-0
MFL Peg 33 Island
2^ND MARTIN GOODALL 68-8-0
MFL Peg 6 Island
3^RD JASON COOKE 63-0-0
W B Clarke/Sensas Peg 25 Middle
4^TH ANDY GRIMES 61-0-0
MFL Peg 23 Island

Advised on Manor Farm Leisure.

Boundary Pool

 

Mark Malin using the Colmic Airon F55 Pole

 

 

Island Pool at Manor Farm Leisure is doimated by bomb through the really cold months. Don't get me wrong other methods will work, pole, waggler, maggot feeder and method, but for me the bomb has proved to out weigh the other methods in my opionion.

Boilie Kit

PVA Bags
Bombs/Leads 1/4oz to a whopping 3oz.

 

Ensure your gear is up to the job!  0.185mm Colmic X5000 line is the minimum hooklength that I will use with "Boilie rigs"
Drennan Carp Feeder 16 or 14
Ringers boilies
Old hooks used as "pins" and would suggest super glue the end

 

Colmic hook wallets a good way to go to store your hook lengths.

 

 

Some of the fish are big (8lb - 15lb)

Mark Malin has had some great sucess on the complex on bread.  Using 10mm pieces.

 

See Manor Farm Leisures Link

 

http://www.manorfarmleisure.co.uk/fishing/

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Bob Warren Memorial on the Kennet and Avon Canal at Bath

• Peg 11 (not an end peg...... i wish it was!!)
• 5lb 13oz
• Section Win
• 2nd Overall
• 33 anglers fished

I haven't fished Kennet and Avon canal at Bath for about three years since the last semi final matches and them matches didn't go well for me.  Steve Long (he has a fast van) encouraged me to fish Bob Warden Memorial match and said he would book me in and sort my bait out.  Can't get fairer than that.  

 

The match organiser also had pairs match on also, so me and Steve went in for and we ended up drawing next to each other (peg 11 and 12 at Darlington Wharf..... I think).  The match started very slow for me and Steve and didn't help a boat moving off just into the match, where we just fed.  Our bread lines were devoid of fish and therefore I looked for a early perch on half a lob worm and lucky enough it went under twice for two perch both about a pound a piece.  Happy days!!

 

After an hour of stracthing my ass and rotating lines I started catching tiny roach on joker, but at least I was putting something in the net and also I was lucky to net 2lb perch on size 26 hook IM1 and 0.064 Colmic Stream Line. 

I was pleased to weigh in 5lb 13oz, especially after Kevin Dicks telling me that this wasn't the best of areas.  The match raised £231.20 in aid of Lung Research.  Many thanks for the people that run the match

 



 

1st Steve Hutchinson 6lb 9oz

2nd Chris Telling 5lb 13oz
3rd Andy Ottaway 5lb 9oz
4th Joe McMann 5lb 8oz
5th Jamie Cox 5lb 7oz
6th Darren Gillman 5lb 6oz

 

 

 

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Manor Farm Leisure - Boundary

• Peg 12
• 59lb 14oz
• 2nd
• 10 fished

An enjoyable day at Manor Farm Leisure on Boundary pool.

Match Results – Saturday 2nd February – Boundary Pool

1^ST CHRIS CAMERON 86-12-0

Middy Peg 10

2^ND CHRIS TELLING 59-14-0

Colmic Peg 12

3^RD STEVE FORD 59-2-0

Daiwa Gordon League Peg 19

 

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