This was the fourth round of our winter league, no longer called Angling Times but now called Angling Trust, which was fished on St Pats and Coloured ponds at MBK Fishery near Petersfield.The draw was kind to me and I drew the next peg to where I had won the last round of this league 2 weeks ago, and with...
Thursdays evening match was badly affected by low water levels, the docks were 11/2ft down on normal level, the roach still fed but not in the normal numbers.First on the night was Martin Leneghan with 6lb 14oz which incuded a decent skimmer along with his roach, joint second was Jason Bird and Andy Curry with 6lb 11oz, of roach with...
Bristol Docks 3-11-11 Results Bathurst Basin1st Place Pete Sivell 14lb 12oz Skimmers and Roach Peg 122nd Place Andy Curry 13lb 10oz Bream and Roach Peg 113rd Place Dave Clutterbuck 11lb 2oz Roach Peg 34th Place Dave Shore Roach and Trout Peg 1Conditions were Calm - Clear Waterwww.bristolangling.com
This was the third round of our winter league, this round was due to be fished on the Basingstoke Canal near Gold valley, but the practice match the week before saw lots of dry nets and all the fish shoaled up in just a few pegs, Im glad I didnt go. MBK fishery is a lovely series of small lakes near Petersfield in Hampshire...
After 2 weeks of very hard fishing, I had made it to my 5th final in 7 years. The prevoius 4 finals I had yet to draw near the fish, I was hopeful that this year would be different.At the presentation on the friday evening the atmosphere is electric as the names of the 24 finalist are read out, when...
Its been a busy time for me lately, Ive fished 12 matches in 14 days and travelled a silly amount of miles, the start of these matches was the Maver Festival at Whiteacres, its always nice to see the usual faces after the summer, the first 3 days went well with 2 wins and a second putting me in joint...
This was the first week the match was moved from Baltic Wharf to the basin by the General Hospital, baltic wharf is still fishing OK, but any time soon the fishing will get harder, this area of the docks is exposed to cold winter winds and the fish move off to more sheltered area of the docks.Dave Clutterbuck showed his...
Thursdays night match was a very pleasant evening, extremely mild for the time of the year, but the warm still conditions aren't always the best for the fish to feed.Top rod was Pete Ellis again, who now is running away with the series, caught 15lb 7oz of bream and eels with maggot and groundbait from end peg 19. Dave Shore...
Last week I spent the week practising on the Trent at Newark Dyke with my team mates for the weekends 2 day final.My first practice day went well catching 6lb 12oz, roach on bloodworm and 1 chub on a waggler, 2nd day I fished a peg full of weed, couldnt fish properly, and could only catch 2lb, I'd gone from...
The first cold evening of the month slowed the sport this evening, the clear skies, cold wind and clear water made for harder fishing conditions.Pete Ellis still managed to catch 20lb 3oz to win, he had 6 bream and some eels from peg 17 on maggot over groundbait, next peg to Pete was the ever consistent Dave Clutterbuck with 11lb...
