Docklow Pools Update - 15/07/2010

Report by Jonathon Bozward

Residents Match 13th July - 2010
It was a miserable day. Drizzel and rain all day. Participation measured by the fact that the bar was half full at lunch time! what does that tell you? Poor Malc on peg 1 had to weigh everyone in at 4pm and he looked like a drowned rat, but getting the weighing sheet wrong is no excuse! Even though the weather was appauling and cold for that matter, it fished well. Only 10 fished, which is no real surprise after seeing the weather forecast! Well done to Leeds maestro - Gaz. Who won the quiz single handedly the night previous then went on to beat match champ & favourite Big Joe. Shame his car didnt start after though!

• Gary Vollans - 73-10-00 Peg 10
• G Holdcroft - 68-2-00 Peg 12
• Malc Coxell - 66-00-00 Peg 5
• Biggest fish - G Holdcroft 11-6-00

Members Match - Snake. Pint of Maggots and a tin of Meat 10th July 2010
Lovely warm summers day. Bit overcast but still perfect conditions for pole fishing. Again no wind. Good turn out. More new faces are starting to join in. Normal routine, start at 10am then break for breakfast at 11am. Everyone enjoys members matches! Fantastic weights off the snake. Average 15lb a man! Carp dont count remember.

• Ron Ord 24-8 Peg 43
• Richie Thompson, 24-0 Peg 32
• Steve Greaves 22-0 Peg 36,
• Eric Davies 21-8 Peg 20
• Stock Pool Open 4th July 2010
• Matt Greening 62-5-00 Peg 3
• Mr Golding 54-12-00 Peg 2
• Gus 52-1-00 Peg 8

Snake Open 3rd July 2010
Quite an over cast kinda day really. Not had much if any rain now for three weeks and the hot spell had cooled with a westerly breeze to add.  Now you either love or hate the Snake.

• Eric Davis - 45-9-00!!!! Peg 36
• Rich Thompson - 27-3-00 Peg 38
• Phil Hoad - 25-6-00 Peg 26
• Ladies Members Match - 3rd July 2010 - Stock Pool

A lovely day for a match. Nice and warm and very dry with no wind. Great to see a dozen or so ladies come down and show the men show to do it with style! It fished brilliantly, as it has all year really.

Well done to Rae, who only picked up a rod for the first time the week before. She friggled out of evening telemarketing sessions at the bank to practise every evening and it paid off! How about this too....she had no kit so had to borrow all the equipment from her Bank Manager! Sixty eight pounds is a superb weight.

Stock pool is float only - Rae caught 3 sections out on small pieces of hair rigged meat, feeding very regularly.

Afterwards everyone a superb BBQ, all laid on by Bozward snrs. So regardless of performance, everyone had a bite! Some say it was the best Ladies match ever...See you next year Docklow Dollies?

• Rae Davis - Peg2 - 68-6-00
• Pam Mason - Peg 15 - 60-2-00
• Pauline Jones - Peg 6 - 53-4-00

Resident Match 29th June 2010
Day started off a little damp, with expectant rain showers after a long period of warm sunny weather. 17 anglers gave the residents match a bash. The didnt come but the sun shone as it has for three weeks now. Happy days....

• Keith Fisher 38-8-00 Peg 12
• Graham Twitchell 31-14-00 Peg 10
• Derek Robinson 31-10-00 Peg 30
• Biggest Fish = Graham Twitchell 12-10-00

Stock Pool Open 26th June 2010

• Gus - 85lbs
• Snake Open Saturday 25th June 2010
• Eric Davis
• Richie Thompson
• Ronnie Ord

Good turn out. Great fishing. Super warm day. Fish caught on red maggot in the shade

Resident Match 22nd June 2010
Rather warm day, for those sat sun batheing in the summer sun. As before the carp were basking away. The bowl fished rather better than the top end.

• 63-2-00 Roy Wilding Peg 21
• 59-8-00 Steve Foy Peg 18 - 2 doubles 10-10 & 10-6.
• 45-00-00 Dave Booth Peg 9. Plus one pole pulled in!

* Biggest fish - 12-10-00 Jonathan Bozward Peg 2

Wyvern League Club Booking on both Stock Pool & Jack 20th June 2010

• Danny Baker Peg 43 Jack 92lbs 5ozs
• Spud Murphy Peg 17 Stock 67lbs 14ozs
• Sean Stewart Peg 3 Stock 62lbs
• Dave Roberts Peg 16 Jack 54lbs 13ozs
• Richard Weaver Peg 2 Stock 51lbs 3oz
• Dave Jenkins Peg 18 Stock 45lbs 3ozs
• 30 fished 12 on the Stock Pond and 18 on the Jack
• 19th. June River Wye Match
• Steve Bellis 4-4, Wales
• Ronnie Ord 2-8,  Docklow Dazzler
• Barry Smith 1-8 Docklow Dazzler
• Richie Thompson 0-0. Docklow Dazzler

All tried for big barbel on the pellet, it never happened. Maggot or caster on the waggler would have been the best approach for chub and dace. It had fished brilliantly the day before with residents who fish the rivers regularly. Stick to the lakes lads! But well done Steve. All that moaning paid off with 3 lucky chub!

20th. June Sunday Open
6 fished on the Snake

• Barry Smith 20-2 peg 49,
• Elaine Hunter 10-9 peg 45,
• Ronnie Ord 9-4 peg 2,
• Richie Thompson 7-7 peg 38.
• Residents Match 15th June 2010

Wonderful summers day after a week of cold miserable weather. No wind, just blue skies and lots of big carp basking on the surface. Black cuisers all over the lake! 23 residents took part, won by the super keen Mr Scott Gollings who'se casting to the island was absolutely 1st class.

• 89-14-00 = Scott Gollings. Peg 23.
• 74-10-00 = S Nicholls. Peg 9 (Big Fish 10-8-00)
• 62-12-00 = Darren Weigh. Peg 8
• 52-12-00 = Simon Drury. Peg 30

Biggest fish = 11-00-00. Mr Trevor Ward

Stock Pool Open 13th June 2010

• K McClaren - 43-04-00 Peg 7
• Richie Thompson - 41-08-00 Peg 20
• Ron Ord - 40-06-00 Peg 12

Sell out. 18 fished. Great fishing all around the pool. Every peg caught. 13lb lowest weight. Please remember to book if intending to fish

• 12th June Float Only.
• 17 fished on The Jack
• Sean Stewart 116-8 peg 45,
• Greg Waller 50-8 peg 4,
• Dave Grace 41-4 peg 39,
• Steve Jackson 34-10 peg 17

Great to see some youngsters doing well. Sean and Greg fished superbly well. It was a stonking hot day and getting the carp interested was a task. No floating baits remember. Good turn out, with quite a few long lets coming down for the weekend and the England game later. Superb fun!

Residents Match 9th June 2010
What a difference a few days makes?!...weather turned on its head. Very wet over cast day but 12 guests ventured onto the match. Thanks for braving it!

• 40-15-00 Martin McBurnie Peg 23 - meat and corn down the margin
• 34-10-00 Danny Walstenholme Peg 9 33-05-00 Wayne Dale Peg 27
• Biggest Fish -  John Hardy jnr - 10-04-00 

Snake Open 5th June 2010
Open every Saturday on Snake. Draw 9.30am. Another fantastic match on the snake. Plenty quality Ide, Roach and chublets coming out. Sun was shining so lads mostly caught in the shade. Key note; the Snake has a habit of having a "siesta" between 1 and 2pm then coming back on later. Some anglers back off because they think theyre over feeding but Ron continued to feed as noraml and kept the fish coming. The weight proved that. Excellent!

• Ronnie Ord - 33-4-00
• Richie Thompson - 23-10-00
• Bernie Radnor - 17-3-00

Well done lads. Pictures & Video highlights of the weigh in on facebook

Residents Match - 2nd June 2010
A wet start to the day which eventually opened up to a lovely afternoon. The fish have nearly finished sparning.
Twenty two residents took part. Lots of fun.

• Tony Kozacek - Peg 22. Leeds 55-8-00
• Kevin Bell - Peg 1. Leeds 47-06-00
• John Roe - Peg 18. West Bromwich. 40-00-00
• Biggest fish - Brian Gasgoing. Leeds. 11-4-00

Open Bank Holiday Monday on Farmer Jack - 1st June 2010

• Roger - Peg 20 - 55-06-00
• Mark Wilkinson "Tip top" - Peg 4 - 45-10-00
• Steve - Peg 22. 42-13-00
• Scott - Peg 6. 31-04-00