Sunday, I went to Gold valley and just like the last 2 weeks it was frozen solid, when we arrived in the car park the temperature was minus 3, that was positivelly tropical as a couple of nights earlier the temperature went down to minus 11, now thats COLD.Still, 30 plus keen, or mad, anglers were at the draw, hoping...
Thursday nights match was bitterly cold, the water was gin clear and it snowed quite a bit, but the usual names braved the worst conditions of the year and caught a few fish while most people were tucked up in front the fire watching the telly, real anglers.The match was fished by the mud dock and police launch areas of...
Brhhh, it was bl**dy cold last night, with temperatures down to minus 6 the docks fished surprisingly well. The 14-15ft deep water seems to be less affected by the cold and the skimmers continued to feed.Top rod last night was the legendary Pete Sivell, first win for a long time, with 12lb 3ozs consisting of 8 skimmers caught with liquidised...
Last weekend I fished the Basingstoke canal league at Ash Vale, just down the road from Gold Valley and very close to Willow Park, it was the first time I fished this stretch of canal and it was very good.I drew peg 43 on the day, near the wides in Ash vale, it looked very nice, with plenty of cover...
Thursday evenings match was one of the coldest of the winter, icy wind, sleet and coloured water made the fishing very difficult. Once again the police launch was the area to draw.Dave Shore was the top rod on the day with 8lbs 2ozs of skimmers, roach and dace on poled maggot with groundbait, second was Rob Garland with 5lb 12ozs...
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Thursday evenings match at Mud Dock and police launch, was a struggle for most of the anglers, the roach didnt feed and all the weights were made up of bream or skimmers.The top rod on the day was Adam Caswell with 4 bream on a groundbait feeder with maggot on the hook for 14lb 10ozs, second was Rob Garland 13lb 10ozs...
Last week I went to the Kennet and Avon Canal near Marlborough, one of the venues to be used for the semi final of the Angling Trust winter league, this is the venue Dorking have chosen for their semi.This piece of the K & A has to be the best of the whole canal and a stretch I fish on a regular...
Had a few days off last week and went to Tockenham Reservoir, near Royal Wootton Bassett, the conditions were perfect, 10-11 degrees and a gentle south westerly blowing into the dam. I dragged all my tackle around the the far side of the lake where the wind was blowing into the dam and just set up one method feeder rod.The...