Solhampton Fishery - Dragon and Buzzard

• Peg 26 Dragon Fly
• 50lb
• no good
• 24 fished

The Solhampton Kingfisher Qualifier was a sell out today, so 12 anglers were on Dragon and Buzzard. I was lucky enough to draw the "cluster bowl", but Carl Jones advised me that it hadn't be fishing well and also we had two anglers in each bowl, whereas normally there is only one, so this will make it a little tougher.

On arrival to my peg, there was little activity, but while kiting up, there were small groups of fish crushing around! This was much more positive, but i think there fish are thinking about spawning.  My fishing match started reasonably well as i had few good fish down the edge on pellet, but after a couple of hours things slowed right up and the rest of the 4 hours of the match was difficult, caught a few fish late. So my 50lb was well off the pace as the lake was won with 89lb 11oz on peg 4 by S. Burrus and 78lb opposite him for second on the lake.

See links

http://www.solhamptonfishery.co.uk/

http://christelling.wix.com/solhampton#

 

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Pewsey - Kennet and Avon Canal

• Peg 17
• 3lb 7oz 8
• 4th overall
• Won section by default.
• 21 anglers fished.

After a disappointing Fish O Mania yesterday, I was keen on getting some bites and normally on the Kennet and Avon canal you’re almost guaranteed some bites! However, this is a strange time of year as everything is on turn and the canal can fish funny.

Today’s fishing match was at the Wharf and Milk House and I drew peg 17, at the Wharf, which was on the boats, which is a fairish section, but had 4 end pegs to compete with, so had a bit of a challenge on my hands, also had James Carty next to me, who is on fire at the moment.

I had a nice days fishing, but the last two hours was mega tough and couldn't put any fish together and spent too my time cutting up lob worms in hope of catching some perch, which didn't happen! No one in my 11 peg section caught anything on chop!

That’s two weeks without a big billy, whats going on?

I caught all roach, around 90 fish.  I had an enjoyable day and looking forward to next week’s spring league on the Kennet and Avon canal.

The top 8 anglers that had 3lb plus, very close fishing match.

 

 

My team mate framing again on the canal, Bubbles.

 

Top 5

1. Paul Giddens 3lb 11oz
2. Dave Johnson 3lb 10oz
3. Bubbles 3lb 9oz
4. Chris Telling 3lb 7oz 8
5. James Carty 3lb 5oz

See Pewsey angling club link:

http://pewseyfishingclub.com/

Thanks to James Carty for running the match.

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Boldings - Fish O Mania

• Peg 2 Scyamore
• 24lb 11oz
• No good

With only one Fish O Mania ticket my chances are slim to get back into the final again. I didn't have much luck with the allocation of tickets this year.

On arrival to my peg I feared my chances were even slimmer as we, peg 2, 4 and 50 would be all sharing our 16 meter line and we could touch poles also!
I had a little room down the edges, but with no activity down the sides, and with added pressure from peg 4 and 50  I knew I would be up against it, even though I hadn't even seen the venue before.

I caught a couple of F1's at 4 meters quickly, but this faded away. So had a quick look down edge which resulted in a couple of F1's around the pound mark on maggots.  Darren Cox on peg 6 had caught a couple of carp, including a big Ghost Carp on the bomb. But I wasn’t worried at this stage as we had plenty of time left, or what Steve Long says “early days kid” and the carp always turn on in the last hour!?

Our pegs 2, 4 and 50 got worse as the match went on and the fish were more difficult to catch.  I was a little disappointed with 24lb, but hey that's fishing I suppose?  This included a 6lb carp, 2 beautiful Barbel and around 15 F1's.

I will be going to Boldings again, a nice venue and look forward to fishing it when it's warmer. It seems like we are having the longest winter ever!

Well done to Darren Cox for winning the match and good luck to him in the final.


See link

http://www.boldingspools.com/

http://www.anglingtrust.net/page.asp?section=467

My target so far:

• Team was 3rd on the Angling Trust Winter semi final, which is good result as we are through to the final, but would have been nice to win it.
• Rolfs Festival was a bit of of blow out.
• Todays match, Fish O, was a mega blow out.

 

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Kennet and Avon Canal - Round 1

• B5 Iron Bridge
• 1lb 12oz 8 drams
• 10 points out of 16.....
• Team was 7th.....



The canal was a very clear but fished very well in places.

 

Results In Peg Order Round 1 07-Apr-2013.															Venue
Peg				Team					Name					lb					oz					Pts
A1			Darren Gillman				Maver Bathampton					2				8.0					14				Average/Section
A2	Paul Waddington				Daiwa Gordon League			2			1.5		13				1.0			lb			8				oz
A3				Carl Eland					Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue					1					5.0					10
A4		Jeff Lewenden				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red				3					2.5			15				391.5				1.5
A5			Les Thirlaway				Browning Andover Green					1				7.0					12				16
A6				Andy Pritchard					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green					0					5.0					5
A7			John Atkins				Garbolino BV Gold					0				10.0					7				Potters
A8				Vince Challaghan					Shakespeare Team Hansford					0					4.5					4
A9				Richie Tomola					Garbolino BV Marine					0					8.5					6
A10				John Dewberry					Browning Andover Blue					0					1.5					3
A11				Richard Brimble					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black					0					0.0					0
A12				Nigel Franks					Devizes Match Group					1					6.0					11
A13				Paul Harrop					Swindon Tailisman					1					3.0					9
A14				A n other					Sensas A4					0					0.0					0
A15				Phil Harland					Garbolino BV White					0					13.0					8
A16				Daniel Webb					Garbolino Black Horse					8					12.0					16
B1			Alan Brown				Swindon Tailisman					0				8.5					2				Average/Section
B2	John Williams				Sensas A4			0			9.0		3				2.0			lb			5				oz
B3				Steve Long					Garbolino BV White					4					4.0					14
B4		Andy Curless				Garbolino Black Horse				1					6.5			8				592.0				2.3
B5			Chris Telling				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue					1				12.0					10				16
B6				Andy Britt					Maver Bathampton					0					11.0					5
B7			Tony Hobbs				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red					2				6.0					11				Iron Bridge
B8				Mark Kimber					Daiwa Gordon League					0					12.0					6
B9				Tom Moretti					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green					0					9.5					4
B10				Dave Tucker					Browning Andover Green					9					7.0					16
B11				Brett Coopper					Shakespeare Team Hansford					2					8.5					12
B12				Richard Chave					Garbolino BV Gold					3					3.5					13
B13				kevin Abigale					Garbolino BV Marine					1					4.5					7
B14				Mark Lloyd					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black					0					2.0					1
B15				Dave George					Browning Andover Blue					1					11.0					9
B16				James Carty					Devizes Match Group					5					13.0					15
C1			Dean Rowden				Shakespeare Team Hansford					9				15.0					15				Average/Section
C2	Simon Dennis				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black			4			13.0		10				4.0			lb			14				oz
C3				Nick McCartney					Browning Andover Blue					7					7.5					13
C4		Mike Berntsen				Garbolino BV Marine				4					0.0			8				1242.0				4.9
C5			Paul Passmore				Devizes Match Group					11				1.0					16				16
C6				Dave Johnson					Swindon Tailisman					5					7.0					12
C7			Richard Rozinski				Sensas A4					4				7.0					9				Bayside
C8				Carl Steffan					Garbolino Black Horse					8					10.0					14
C9				Jamie Cox					Garbolino BV White					3					2.5					4
C10				Matt Herbert					Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue					0					6.0					2
C11				Graham Hunt					Maver Bathampton					3					4.5					5
C12				Mick Denton					Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red					0					6.0					2
C13				Phil Bendle					Daiwa Gordon League					4					0.0					8
C14				Mick Craddock					Browning Andover Green					1					14.0					3
C15				Mark Leader					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green					3					14.5					6
C16				Gary Etheridge					Garbolino BV Gold					4					14.0					11
D1			Bubbles				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red					12				4.0					13				Average/Section
D2	Rob Randell				Garbolino BV Gold			6			14.0		7				7.0			lb			13				oz
D3				Nick Johns					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green					1					5.0					2
D4		Gerry Blunt				Browning Andover Green				2					8.0			4				1997.0				7.8
D5			Barry Giles				Browning Andover Blue					2				5.0					3				16
D6				Steve Nadin					Garbolino BV Marine					4					14.0					6
D7			Mick Abbott				Shakespeare Team Hansford					0				6.0					1				Roadside
D8				Colin Dance					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black					10					3.0					11
D9				Liam Bradell					Devizes Match Group					8					5.0					10
D10				Nigel Russel					Swindon Tailisman					3					13.0					5
D11				Steve Pawson					Sensas A4					8					2.0					9
D12				Alan Hillier					Garbolino BV White					7					6.0					8
D13				Graham Smith					Garbolino Black Horse					15					9.0					15
D14				Nathan Hawke					Maver Bathampton					15					11.0					16
D15				Shaun Bryant					Daiwa Gordon League					11					0.0					12
D16				Martin Phipps					Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue					14					4.0					14

TOP TEN

Pos.	Peg	Name	Team	lb	oz
1	D14	Nathan Hawke	Maver Bathampton	15	11
2	D13	Graham Smith	Garbolino Black Horse	15	9
3	D16	Martin Phipps	Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue	14	4
4	D1	Bubbles	Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red	12	4
5	C5	Paul Passmore	Devizes Match Group	11	1
6	D15	Shaun Bryant	Daiwa Gordon League	11	0
7	D8	Colin Dance	Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black	10	3
8	C1	Dean Rowden	Shakespeare Team Hansford	9	15
9	B10	Dave Tucker	Browning Andover Green	9	7
10	A16	Daniel Webb	Garbolino Black Horse	8	12

Teams on the Day

 

1. Black Horse 53
2. Devizes Match 52
3. Drennan Red 41
4. Maver Bathampton 40
5. DGL 39
6. Garbolino Blackmoore Vale 38
7. Drennan Blue 36 

Many thanks to Nigel Franks for running it.

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