Bag'em Matchbaits Silver League for Pairs result from Dog Lane Fishery ROUND 2 Bag'em Matchbaits Silver League for PairsSunday 8th January 201236 PEGS1st Roger Atkins (Dog Lane Fishery) & Clive Griffinl (Dog Lane Fishery) 4pts2nd Gil Corns (Daventry AC) & Car Hulley (Daventry AC) 9pts3rd Graham Brownlie (Coventry) & Dave Pritchard (Coventry) 11ptsSectionsA1 Roger Atkins Peg 15 4lb 5¾oz RoachA2 Rob Cash Peg 7 4lb 2oz PerchB1 Gil Corns Peg 34 9lb 8oz Orfe & RoachB2 Dave Pritchard Peg 33 4lb 1½oz Orfe &RoachThe high pressures and low temperatures this week put the fish at Dog Lane into a fickle mood and it made blankers of some of the 36 anglers fishing round two of the Bag'em Matchbaits Silver League for pairs at Dog Lane Fishery this week. The winning pair this week were Roger Atkins peg15 4lb 5¾oz (1 point) and Clive Griffin peg28 3lb 2½oz (3 points). Roger's bag consisted of roach and so did Clive's. The pair that took second place were Gil Corns peg 34 9lb 8oz (1 point) and Carl Hulley peg4 1lb 1¼oz (8 points).
The EDAA Lakeview Open result from Lakeview Fishery, Devon. . . Lakeview Fishery, Morchard Road Village, Devon | Date of match: 08/01/2012Number of anglers: 14 Exeter members fished an open match at Lakeview Fishery in Morchard Road Village on Sunday 8th January.
The Commercial House seasonal competition fished on the Kennet and Avon canal. The first really hard frost greeted the anglers who turned out for this Christmas match. Conditions were bright and clear making some areas fish very hard. It was a tight match with only four and a half ounces separating the top three anglers.
The week's open match results from Lincolnshire's Westwood Lakes. All matches this week were switched to the more sheltered Kestrel Lake and anglers found it difficult to present anything. Tuesdays open was won by the in form Ron Roberts using a flavoured small inline method with double dead red maggot with Marukyu 130 ground bait from peg 21. Second place Paul Quinton used similar tactics to the winner but late switch to a maggot feeder saw him have a good last hour.
Report from the NSWCARC League Final, ACT, Australia
Club Lake, Canberra, ACT, Australia | Date of match: 11th DecemberNumber of anglers: 12Match Report: A day with four seasons in one made it hard fishing for most in the final league match of 2011. Sunny with temps in the 30's for the first half of the match changed with 60 mm of rain, thunder and lightning for the second half. There was even a 25 minute break today in the middle of the match as the lighting got a little close for comfort. Small carp and goldfish made up most of the weights on the pole.
Report from the Sunderland FAC winter league final round match at Silksworth Lake, Sunderland. Silksworth Lake, Sunderland | 11/12/2011 | Number of pegs/anglers: 5Another hard day probably due to the influx of rain water and salt from the roads and the changeable weather. Only Ian managed to get two bites and two fish on the waggler using maggot fishing to the island. A roach and a perch were the obliging culprits.
Report from the Bag'em Matchbaits Individual Silver League
Dog Lane Fishery | Date of match: 11/12/11Number of anglers: 31Overall1st Keith 'Crusty' Taylor (Coventry Bagem) Peg19 4lb 8oz Roach/Bread Punch. 2nd Roger Atkins (Dog Lane Fishery) Peg28 4lb 3½oz Orfe/Roach/Worm Caster3rd Simon Potter (Daventry AC) Peg 20 4lb 1oz Roach/Bread PunchSection A 1st Colin Youds (Coventry) Peg32 1lb 11¾oz Perch/Worm2nd Pete Palmer (Dog Lane Fishery) Peg 26 12oz Roach/PinkieSection B1st Justin Ashby (Banbury Gunsmiths) Peg17 3lb 4oz Perch/Worm2nd Keith Finch (Rugby Tackle) Peg5 3lb Roach/Pinkie Best PerchJustin Ashby Peg 17 Perch of 3lb 4ozThe week had seen some very cold snaps down to -5 oC and ice was still on the lake as 31 anglers sat down to Round 2 of the Bagem Matchbaits Silver Individual League at Dog Lane on Sunday. Many found the going tough as the water had dropped colour and the bottom could be seen out to 6m, so fishing a short line was not an option. Most opted to sit it out for a big billy Perch or an Orfe, a few fished for anything that would bite and those that did managed to winkle out a few Roach and Gudgeon.
Round four of the Harrison Fossdyke League. With a thin layer of ice covering the surface of much of the canal, anglers were expecting conditions to be tough, on what turned out to be a bright,clear day. The match was split between the Odder and Woodcock lengths, and coming out on top with a weight of 6-6-0 from peg 39 at Odder was Dynamite Trentmen rod Rob Perkins. Rob backed up some chunky perch on lobworm, with a net of quality roach taken on bloodworm over groundbait at six metres.
Midweek match results for Westwood Lakes.
Thursday’s over 50s match was switched to the popular Kestrel Lake, and match organiser Ron Roberts just edged out Bag ‘Ems Smudge Smith. Ron used double dead red maggot over Marukyu groundbait to take 18lb 4oz of carp, ide and barble. Results1st Ron Roberts, WWL, 18lb 4oz2nd Smudge Smith, Bag ‘Em, 16lb3rd Bill Mead, Ropsley AC, 15lb 10oz4th Alan Dixon, Fishtoft AC, 15lb5th Graham Barker, Ropsley AC 14lb 8oz New Year’s Pairs Match January 2 2012 Skylark and Kestrel Lakes limited to 20 pairsCall Alex on 07846769003 to book.
Match 6 and final of the South West Winter League
Kennet and Avon Canal, Darlington to Bathampton50 pegsThe winner on the day was Kevin Boltz of Amalgamated Fisheries. Kevin drew by the bridge at Meadow Farm where he caught skimmers and roach at 4meters on bread to land 5lb of fish in the first hour. He then fished tight over on worm, castor, or pinkie for a couple more skimmers and the rest of his bag of fish. Runner up on the day was Andy Britt of Maver Bathampton.
Report from the Canberra Classic, ACT, Australia
Canberra, ACT, Australia | Date of match: 2nd-4th DecemberNumber of anglers: 44Match Report: 44 anglers fished over 3 days on Australia’s ACT Lake Burley Griffiths for the SCAC run Canberra Classic. Heavy rains and cold nights for a few days before the festival kept the weights down a little lower than normal this year as the carp refused to settle down and feed. Most caught on the method or open end feeder with corn or maggot. Top individual weight on the day was Dara Finnegan on day 3 with 47.
Results from last week's Tuesday and Wednesday matches.
Sherwood LakeTuesday 29/11/1114 fishedWinner Ian Boyd drew hot carp peg 40 and fished a small pellet feeder with corn and meat hookbait landing 10 carp to 5lb and half a dozen skimmers to 1lb finishing nearly 25lb in front of 2nd place with 45lb 10oz. Dave fished the pole and caster all match at 5m because of the strong winds to land skimmers and ide to 12oz. Results 1st Ian Boyd Rivendell AC peg 40, 45-10-02nd Dave Round Mansfield Busman AC peg 59, 20-12-03rd John Holmes Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 41, 18-5-04th Fred Bispham Peg One Angling Centre peg 61, 16-7-05th John Wooff Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 51, 11-1-0Holmedale Lake Wednesday 30/11/1121 fished Winner Andy David drew the bore hole peg 31 fishing the pole and maggot up in the water and on the deck he landed carp up to 6lb and loosing has many weighing in a creditable 66lb 14oz to take his first win at the fishery.
Round 4 of the Sensas Commercial House League on the Bristol Avon.
With bright sun and clear water the river fished very up and down. Many people only had ounces but there were still ten double figure weights. Tim Ford drew on the style at Jack Whites, which often produces weights of dace up to 20lb.
Report from round one of the Subfish Winter League. . .
Little John Lakes | 27/11/11Number of anglers: 30Ten anglers on Friar Tuck and 20 anglers on Maid Marion took part, the best weight on the day was Greg Cooper surprisingly from Friar Tuck peg 8.
