Bream and tench throw up a surprise win as anglers take some good weights.
The first week in October saw 36 Anglers compete in Ripon Piscatorial Associations Inaugural River Ure Festival Trophy. The sections used ran from above the city’s North Bridge down to Hewick Bridge near the racecourse, with the pegs cherry picked from the clubs available 65 in the stream sections which ensured a fair festival was in prospect. A busy year of planning which involved the river being totally re-pegged and lots of tree clearance, pegs were made more accessible so the sections to be used were suitable for such an event.
A tight finish to the midweek open match at Makins.
WEDNESDAY ‘KOBRA’ OPENLAKE TWO DYNAMITE MAKINSOctober 12 2011 Number of pegs: 20Once again fish were spread all round Lake Two (Dynamite Makins) for the Wednesday KOBRA Open, with all of the top eight in with a chance of ‘framing’ right up to the final whistle. Clear winner was Phil Jarram (Dynamite Baits) who drew peg B17 (yet again) and fishing pellet on straight bomb over light feed he caught carp throughout the last 2 hours to total 92-00. Second placed Fred Coxon (Kobra Feeders) on peg A15 was catching carp at a steady rate on pole and pellet before breaking his pole which curtailed his activity, but his 77-04 was still enough to put him well clear of third placed Andrew Blackwell (Buckingham) whose 55-04 of carp were taken in the final hour on sweet corn fished in the margins.
Hard going on Avon as winning weight doubles that of second place.
THURSDAY ‘KOBRA’ OPENDYNAMITE MAKINSOctober 13 2010Number of pegs: 25In spite of pleasant weather Avon Lake (Dynamite Makins) generally fished hard and although every competitor caught carp about a third did not bother to weigh in. Venue expert Charlie Shaw (Fishermanea Derby) on peg 3 caught carp from his margins early and on long pole late on, and kept the fish interested by alternating meat and corn to total 68-08 for a clear win. Runner up John Adamson (Kobra Feeders) on peg 9 landed just 6 carp on pole and pellet for 31-04, edging out ‘Mr consistent’ Dave Hicken (Disco) who landed 29-08 from peg 1 fishing corn in the margins.
Poor weights blamed on bad river conditions, but results were still close.
A worrying red tinge has returned to haunt the Severn once again which was thought to be part of the blame for the poor results last year and once again the weights were low. Top spot on the day went to Shrewsbury rod Guy Jones, drawn on county ground peg 25 he adopted a stickfloat approach two rods out, feeding and fishing bronze maggot on the hook he had two large perch and some bits for a 6-9-0 winning weight. Five pegs above the winner on spinny peg 20 was Total Angling’s Rob Brennan who decided on a groundbait and pole to hand attack which resulted in one good chub and some small dace to put 6-3-0 on the scales for second overall.
Winter league action on the river Isle hots up.
Ilminster AA, 16/10/11River Isle, Somerset9 fished This week saw Ilminster AA members start their V. E. S.
Winter league action on the river Isle hots up.
RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 16 2011Date: Monday October 10 Pools: CanalNo F/man: 21Match Report:1st: Pellet at 11m to the island for f1 carp, small mirrors and commons to 2lb. 2nd: Dead red maggot on method feeder to the island for f1 carp, mirrors and commons to 4lb. 3rd: Maggot shallow at 7m for f1 carp, skimmers and roach.
The match lake fished well with signs the fish are putting some weight on for the winter!
Docklow Pools, Herefordshire | Sunday 9th October | 10 AnglersTop 5 anglers and weights:1: Steve Greaves Weight: 122-102: Steve Todd Weight: 70-003: Keith Butler Weight: 64-004: Steve Jackson Weight: 53-95: Ed Matysiak Weight: 36-3 . . . .
Chub and roach feature heavily in the first event of the club's winter league competition.
Ilminster AA, 09/10/11River Isle, Somerset6 fishedIlminster AA members contested the first fixture of the Royal Oak sponsored Winter League on the River Isle on Sunday. The river was painfully low and clear but weights were much better than expected. Jamie Rich drew peg 14 and caught chub, dace and perch for a winning 12lb 2oz on the pole and caster.
Weekend open results see close weights from across the fishery's waters.
Garbolino Lindholme open match resultsSaturday October 8 Open Match All Lakes the big bash breast cancer match126 fished 1 Matt Pilley (Maver) peg 55 Oasis Lake Caught on maggot to far bank for 78lb 5oz2 Steve Barraclough (Ultimate Barnsley) peg 16 Laurels Caught on caster shallow for 62lb 11oz3 Chris Kendall (Yanglers) peg 43 Willows LakeCaught on pellets for 59lb 14oz4 J Golding (Lindholme) peg 48 Willows Lake Caught on maggot for 49lb 9oz5 Steve Rothery (Garbo Lindholme) peg 10 StripCaught on meat for 48lb 2oz6 G Chapman peg 27 Oasis LakeCaught on pellets for 42lb 13oz Sunday October 9Open Match Bonsai Lake 35 fished 1 Craig Lealand (Lindholme) peg 74 Caught on maggot to island for 89lb 7oz2 Darren Taylor (Garbolino Lindholme) peg 35 Caught to island on pellets for 85lb 15oz 3 Neil Fisher (Dynamite Baits) peg 70 Caught on pole with maggot and bomb to island for 84lb 1oz4 Lee Barrat (Worms UK) caught on worm and caster for 83lb 13oz5 John Allerton (Tricast) peg 68 Caught on magot for 81lb 11oz6 Johnny Kenning (Garbolino Osset) peg 9 Caught on caster shallow for 78lb 4oz. . .
