4 Island Decoy, 26 June 2011

Eight angles fished the latest Grebe match held on the prolific four island lake at Decoy.
As usual John Boland was late for the draw but luck was on his side and the peg left in for him was the flyer peg 8. Trev drew end peg 10 and it looked good for him as the gentle breeze was blowing into his corner and Ron was on 9 which gave him access to the open water just of the end of an island.

Ron and Weasel started on the pellet waggler and soon had a fish or two while the other anglers all fished to their features and it was not long before every one had a fish. Trev started on the deck using a top four straight out in front of him and straight away he started to get indications that fish were taking the bait on the drop. A change to a shallow rig made all the difference and he was soon bagging and at the distance he was fishing meant he could feed by hand and catch very quickly.

Trev soon opened up a good lead and at this stage it looked like we were all fishing for second place, Ron and Weasel were catching fairly steady on the pellet waggler and on peg 5 Wayne was catching consistently on the deck to the features either side of his peg.
Ron switched to pole shallow to the open water to the right of the island and his catch rate increased which helped him pull away from the chasing pack but at 13m he could not compete with Trev who was still catching well.

The temperate was increasing as the match progressed and the breeze was getting lighter and as it did so Trevs catch rate started to slow down. At this stage he still had a very good lead but Ron was still putting a few together on the pole shallow so the pressure was back on Trev to keep the fish going in to his net.

Weasel was still putting a few together but he had no other options as arriving late meant he only set up the pellet waggler, meanwhile the elastic was still being stretched on Waynes peg.
Trev was still catching at 4m but he was know fishing at half depth and the fish were much smaller. Heading to the final hour Trev still had the lead but it was know coming under threat from Ron who had switched to his two margin swims which had started to produce a good run of fish.

With just over an hour to go Ron and Trev went for their third nets (unbeknown to them Trev had 84 lb 8oz in his two nets and Ron had 76lb 8oz).

On their return both anglers fished the margin swims, Trev was getting bites but struggle to keep the fish out of the reeds and was loosing more than he landed, Ron was fishing tight to the bank and did not suffer this problem as once hooked the fish headed out into open water. Ron had a great last hour catching a good stamp of fish to nearly 5lb and at the whistle he was not sure if he had done enough but he thought it would be close.

Peg 2, Stewart 42lb 5oz
Peg 3, Dennis 47lb 50z
Peg 4, Dan 44lb 10oz
Peg 5, Wayne 78lb 10oz Wayne fished a very tidy match keeping the fish coming by alternating his margin swims and got third place.
Peg 6, Simon 50lb
Peg 8, Weasel 62lb 8oz
Peg 9, Ron 109lb 8oz
Peg 10, Trev 97lb 8oz

Ron won the match in the end by just over 10lb, this was all down to the final hour as he put 33lb in his net with Trev only adding 13lb.

The moral of this match is never give up because on commercials the last hour can be the most productive giving you the opportunity to win.

Next match is the Dun No Moe with twenty anglers booked in it should be a good one.

Lou's / 4 Island, Decoy, 6 June 2010

16 members turned out to fish this match which had a slightly different format to usuall due to the match being held over two different lakes. This would make for an interesting experience. 8 fished on Lou’s and 8 fished on 4 Island and this was the split in sections.

On 4 Island, Trev come 3rd in section off peg 2. With Peg 1 & 10 out, he had plenty of water to go at however it appeared most of the better fish were in the main part of the lake. He had a busy day trying to feed off swarms of small F1s, carp and tench however the better fish simply didn’t arrive. He weighted in a respectable 78lb. New man Ian drew in-form peg 8, the only ‘open water’ peg on a very secluded, feature packed and some what pretty lake. Ian concentrated fishing paste to the edge of the lilly pads to the right hand side for a weight of 105lb 2oz for 4th over all and 2nd in section. Almost opposite Ian, Jonty sat on Peg 3. Concentrating fishing pellet shallow at 11m, his net of F1’s went 108lb 2oz marginally beating Ian to the section and taking 3rd in the match.

Over on Lou’s Tony’s weight of 116lb was enough for 2nd in section and 2nd in the match. Ron won the section and the match with a superb 123lb. Ron caught the majority of his fish shallow on pellet however a switch to the margins later on proved worth while as he caught a few better fish in the closing stages.

Result

1st – Ron 123lb
2nd – Tony 116lb
3rd – Jonty 108lb
4th – Ian 105lb

Decoy, Lous & 4 Island, 6 June 2010

The next club match is this comming Sunday, 6th June 2010. Meet at the venue at 8.45, draw at 9.00 with fishing times to be decided on the day. Please let some one you know is attending if you are likley to be late for the draw but still plan to fish so a peg can be reserved.

This match will be split over 2 lakes with one section on each.

Keep nets and landing nets are provided by the fishery and all fishery rules are to be abided by.

See you Sunday

Jonty