It was a high class field who qualified for this New Great Match sponsored by Maver, the winner received £1700 pound and a £2000 pole.All 3 lakes were used and instead of the end pegs on match lake dominating all the the prize list it was nice to see that the top 4 all came off the specimen lake, it...
With so many waters suferring from algae blooms and low water levels, its nice to report about a fishery thats fishing so well.Rushcombe Lake has produced bags to 95lb, South Pool has produced bags up to 75lb, the match lake has produced up to 50lbs of crucians, whilst the carp lake has produced fish to 22lbs.Phil and Jude will always...
Most of the boats are gone from Baltic Wharf, this weeks match was the first chance to get back there. Thursdays evening match was windy with clear water and the bream fed.Top rod was Dave Shore who caught 19lb 8oz of skimmers and one bream, caught on maggots and groundbait. 2nd was Pete Sivell with a similar catch weighing 14lb...
Saturday was a great day, one of those days which make all the c**p days worth it. I drew K section, I had never seen this part of the canal before, on the morning of the match a big boat had gone through the match length and put some colour in the water, this really improved the fishing and suited...
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Love it or Hate it? at the moment more people seem to hate the place than love it. Saturdays match will be a grueller for most. Everybody is complaining about the pegging, NFA rules say at least 16yds between pegs, yet in places it is as little as 7 paces, no wonder the fishing is so bad.Having got that gripe...
The Harbour Festival is this weekend and the docks is full of boats, so this weeks match got moved to bristol bridge area. The police launch dominated with the bream feeding well as the conditions were perfect.Top rod was Merv Sivell, second week on the trot, with 9 bream and 3 skimmers for 31lb 1oz, thats the best weight for...
This round goes from 16 down to 8, so things are starting to get serious, with some anglers putting a lot of effort in and others taking the view, this venue doesnt suit them and just turned up on the day.I decided to go up on the tuesday before the match, have 2 days practice with my good mates Dean...
The water for this weeks match was very dirty, with lots of floating debris, caused by letting boats in for the harbour festival, the usual pegs at Baltic Wharf was filled with long boats so the match was fished at the Mud Dock. The water in this part of the dock is very deep with no shelf in close to...
