Monday, 15 June 2009

Result - Willows, Decoy, 14 June 2009

15 members attended Willows at Decoy for the latest club match. This is one of the most anticipated matches on the Grebe AC calendar as recent club matches here have seen weights over 100lb making up 3 or 4 of the top weights.

With the whole lake booked, there was the opportunity to spread the lads about and leave out some of the worse pegs. Ron decided upon a fair split of sections, selecting the pegs with the better form and leaving plenty of space for angler on the ‘bay’ pegs.

Pegs with the island in pole reach, pegs 1, 25, 29 & 35, were favorites along with peg 15 which won the charity match on the previous day, however the bay pegs have proved to be consistent in previous club matches on the venue as we have been able to give these pegs some room.

Trevor, on peg 30, caught shallow on caster and later down the edge with corn for a very respectable 104lb for 2nd in section and 4th overall. Taking advantage of a bit of space on peg 13, Karl fished pellet shallow at 13-14.5m for 116lb catch consisting predominantly of F1 carp for 3rd in the match and 2nd in section. After a quick look on the feeder on peg 24, Ron fished caster shallow for the majority of the match with a few smaller fish caught late on in the margins. His 120lb was enough to earn him a section win and 2nd over all. Jonty, also making use of the space he had on peg 18 (you still have to catch them…) fished shallow from the off. Feeding caster and fishing worm, double or single caster on the hook he caught steadily all day. With one of his net reduced to 50lb for weighing 51lb, his 4 nets totaled 159lb 8oz for his first match win of the season.

With 4 weights over 100lb and many in the 50-90lb bracket it just goes to show how prolific the venue is.

Result (top 4)

Jonty – 159lb 8oz
Ron – 120lb
Karl – 116lb
Trev – 104lb

2 comments:

  1. Ya a good match again at the willows, as usual catching shallow was the method. Anybody think next time we should ban shallow fishing and make everyone fish on the bottom. Trev had 100lb + so the fish are still there to be caught!

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  2. Or to switch it on it's head, ban fishing on the bottom and every one has to fish shallow....

    In my opinion the diversity of the pegs means that it would be unfair to restict methods like this.

    I think it's a stupid idea mate!

    Jonty

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