Alvechurch Fisheries. Round 1

Alvechurch Fisheries Winter League.  Round 1

Peg 8 Arrow

One broken pole, on the strike 😳.

3 carp and 8 Ide for 4th in section (10lb) . Tight at the top.... lost carp in the last 30 mintues and big Ide right at the death.... Owen " you jammy fu#ker" came straight off.  Talk about kiss of death!! 🤣🤣🤣

Caught most of fish at 19 metres, until broke section, then 17.5 metres.  Weren't quite long enough 😢.  Only manage one Ide at 13 metres.

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Ivy House Lakes - Moorhen and Kingfisher

Cheeky mid week match, can't remember the last time I fished in the week....

Drew peg 26.  Which I wanted to draw that lake.  24lb for 2nd on lake and 5th overall.  ONLY 6 on lake and 12 fishing.

Tough, but enjoyable day.  However learnt a few things for Sundays match.  Peg 34 PLEASE!!

Well done Jamie and Allan.

Ivy House Lakes - Heron

Peg 2 Heron

Nice day, came 5th with 47lb.  Faster loser!!  Long periods without bites and only four F1's!! Lack of stamp.  Not moaning, unlike some!!!

Caught everything on the pole.

18 fished

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Hascombe Fishery - Field Lake

Peg 2
Field Lake
136lb 8oz
2nd

It was Tim's birthday bash match, so lovely to get an invite.  I do love this lake, wish we had more regular matches are this lake from a pure selfish part on my end.... so any free opportunity I get, I'll fish it if free.

I drew a flyer, and basically caught almost all my fish down the edge on pellets.  I had some stunners.  The last 1 hour 30 didn't did die and I got punished for my laziness, as I got destroyed off the next peg!!!  154lb to my 136lb.

Boneless, enjoyable day.

Tim Hadland had 15lb of roach

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Ivy House Lakes - Winter League. Round 1

Peg 10 Heron Lake
50lb
2nd in section
2nd on lake
3rd overall
36 fished

This is my first winter league ever at Ivy House Lakes , which sees 36 anglers, which by todays standards is a great turn out. As even the  Upper Thames AT winter league only has 48 on it, 6 proper teams of 8.  And the Tunnel Barn Winter League has 4 teams of 8.  So unfortunately the days of fishing 100 pegs leagues are long gone in my area.  Shame, used to love them winter leagues that were 120 peggers!!  When I was a boy they were 144 pegs.

Last weekend, I drew peg 6 on Heron and I really struggled and packed up early.  Which is so UNLIKE me.  Then had a friendly ripping from Derek Newson!!

Todays match

Drew peg 10, which is on Heron.  This is a fantastic peg, so it was worth some bites.  I started at 14.5 metres on maggots and mirco pellets.  Then went to pellets at 16 metres.

I had two decent cap for 7lb between them and then mainly F1's.  I reckon I had 50 fish, great stamp of fish, bars of gold them F1's.

Very light pellet.   4mm was best.

Gear used

• Garbolino UK1

0.2 and 0.3 pellet floats.

0.145 to 0.10 B911 size 18 hook

1.2 Matrix Slip Elastic 

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Ivy House Lakes - Heron Lake

Peg 6
9lb
Don't ask!!
Last
18 fished

Peg 6 on Heron is a really tough area at the moment.  Caught for a bit, but once the fish backed off, I couldn't get any bites.  Shame.

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Alvechurch Fisheries - Horseshoe

Peg 24
41lb
No good
12 fished

I learnt a few things, peg was worth way more.  Looking forward to the next winter league.

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Ivy House Lakes - Heron

Ivy House Lakes

Peg 23.

61lb for third overall, caught about 100 fish. Caught all on pole.  Pellets and maggots 13 to 16 metres.  All weights below.

16 fished