Results For Open Contests Week Ending 24th July 2011With the mid week rain freshening up the pools, the weights have gone up for both pleasure and match anglers, with lots of 100lb+ weights being caught. Red maggot, pellet, paste, corn and bread are all catching well. Top PoolFish at 9m on corn or pellet for f1 carp, bream & tench on all pegs. Dead red maggot on straight lead against the island for big common carp.
Due to the overwhelming response from the first under 12s match fishing competition held in April 2011 at Redbridge Lakes; Gordon Bullock, owner and Managing Director of the Essex based match fishing venue decided it was time to do it all over again!On Wednesday 27th July 2011, Redbridge Lakes blew the whistle to start the second under 12s match fishing competition. Once again, Redbridge Lakes was overrun with eager kids, both boys and girls, ready to go into battle to win the prestigious title of “Under 12s Champion”. Our previous winner, Louis Bell was at the tournament to make a valiant attempt to retain his crown; however, he clearly had some stiff competition as Redbridge Lakes was awash with would be Kings and Queens of the under 12s crown. Each child was given a 15 minutes fishing session with one of our on-site expert anglers.
See who is through to the Evesham Festival in the latest round of qualifiers. . . Abu Garcia /Wychavon Qualifier | 63 fished | 30/07/2011A low clear river along with blazing sunshine is generally a recipe for a tough days fishing, but Pershore rod Jim Smith found no such problems after drawing fancied peg 29 .
The latest match results from Sherwood Forest Fishery. . . Sherwood, Langdale & Holmedale LakesSaturday 16/711Teams of 436 fishedMichael drew peg 14 on the Langdale fishing the pole and caster he landed 70lb of Ide – 1lb and 6 carp – 3lb for a total of 82lb 11oz and breaking that lake match record by 12lb, team mate Danny Jupp had the best weight on the Sherwood lake with a mixed net of skimmers ide and roach at peg 38 on the pole and caster for 67lb 15oz but they could only help there team Tupton A into 2nd place with 7 points, Kimberly came out the top team with the help of Norman and Kristian Powers both winning their sections on the Holmedale lake with 6 points, last years winners Shirebrook were 3rd with 17 points.
Top northern match organiser, Paul Caygill is running three Sunday matches on the ‘Junky’ in readiness for the Division One National on the 6th August. Paul will be running his matches alongside his ‘Happy League’ and he has the full use of the canal so expect some large attendances. The dates for the matches are as follows: • 17th July• 24th July• 31st JulyIf you are interested in any of these matches then contact Paul on 07976779983 for more details. .
The latest results from the Garbolino Linholme Open Match. . . Friday Open 2pm till 7pm 14 fished • 1 Stuart Grey (hayfields) peg 16 beeches caught on meat for 169lb 6oz • 2 Luke Butterworth (barnsley juniors) peg 9 beeches caught on pellet in edge for 161lb 1oz • 3 Ken Wade (lindholme vetreans) peg 12 strip caught on bread for 158lb 3oz Sat Open Beeches and Oasis 22 fished • 1 Richard Wood (lindholme) peg 27 beeches caught into reeds for 99lb 5oz • 2 Oliver Scothorne (halkon hunt) peg 32 beeches caught on meat under tree for 69lb 7oz • 3 Ben Fisk (middy) peg 21 beeches caught on maggot and pellets for 63lb 5oz • 4 Mark Booth (garbolino lindholme) peg 26 beeches caught on meat for 58lb 5oz • 5 Les Marshal (lindholme) peg 25 beeches caught on pellets for 52lb 5oz • 6 Sean Cammeron (garbolino lindholme) peg 60 oasis caught on pellets for 51lb 2oz Sunday Open Willows and Oasis 25 fished • 1 Michael Owen (garbolino lindholme) peg 60 oasis caught on caster for 95lb 13oz • 2 Nick Speed (ultimate barnsley) peg 22 willows caught onmeat for 95lb 12oz • 3 Pete Reilly (garbolino lindholme) peg 5 willows caught on maggot for 91lb 1oz of small carp • 4 John Allerton (tricast) peg 2 willows caught on maggot and pellets for 88lb 3oz • 5 Alan Crouch (garbolino lindholme) peg 52 oasis caught on pellets for 76lb 3oz • 6 Mark Booth (garbolino lindholme) peg 50 oasis caught on caster for 72lb 15oz .
There were some surprises in the results this year for all the teams taking part in the European Coarse Angling Championships in Opole, Poland from 25th – 26th June 2011. Drennan Team England consisted of; Mark Downes and Mark Addy (Joint Managers), Alan Scotthorne, Steve Gardener, Will Raison, Sean Ashby, Darren Cox and Steve Hemmingray. Drennan Team England averaged around 250gm per angler per day on practice with some perch to be caught so the team targeted them and the bleak that averaged around 180 to the kilo. There were tiny fish to be caught around 0.
Bolies Reign Supreme as Garbolino Dominate BarstonRound 2 of the Preston Innovations backed UK Angling Championships saw a last minute change of venue from Colemans Cottage to the coliseum of competition angling, Bartson Lakes. Host venue of the British Carp Angling Championships the weekend before the UKLAC, Barston saw large quantities of boilies fed in the water and the carp loved it. A tactical team discussion from Darren Cox saw a number of the Garbolino boys hit the lake on the feeder with bright boilies on the hook, loose feeding boilies over the top individually and continually through the match. It paid off and as the scores were checked the Garbolino anglers recorded 4 section wins, with Simon Fry taking overall honours for the whole match with 99lbs 4oz and Harry Billing third overall with 91.
7 teams of eight lined up to fish the second round of the Superleague on the Huntspill between Gold Corner and past the Clapper and the venue fished quite consistently with plenty of Bream, skimmers, eels and Roach to be caught. River Huntspill – Gold Corner to the Clapper (56 pegs). Winner on the day was Kev Perry (Sensas Thyers) who was pegged below Woolavington bridge and caught tight across on the feeder on maggots and worms to take Bream to 4lb and weigh in 49-12. Second was Dave Micklewright (Maver Bathampton) who caught Bream to 3lb on the feeder from peg 60 above Woolavington.
Nine teams of 5 entered this annual challenge, providing a strong field for the RAF Mosella team to finish off their Division one practice week. New Junction Canal, Kirkhouse Green15th August 2011, 45 PegsAlthough the canal was carrying a good colour, hot bright conditions and little flow made the fishing hard for the majority of the field. Local lads, Sensas North read the conditions perfectly and took the team trophy with 15 points. Although they were pushed all the way by the RAF Team Mosella Red team, who finished only a point behind, relegating the mighty Ultimate Barnsley Blacks into 3rd position.
