Magpie Lake, Pidley, 21 November 2010

9 hardy souls fished the latest Grebe match at Magpie lakes, Pidley.

Out in front with a fine 25lb was Martin Spragg fishing maggot and pellet on the feeder to the island from end peg 12. Weasel who started at least half an hour after everyone else was second with 13lb 4oz fishing similar tactics from peg 11. A big well done to Stewart who finished 3rd from Peg 5 fishing the pole across to the reeds, he weighed in 12lb.

Ron managed 4th place with 9lb 4oz from peg 6 fishing pole on the deck with pinkie and worm, the weights dropped of after that next best was A T Tony with 3lb 14oz, Simon had 2lb 4oz and BIG T had 1lb 14oz. Borag and Wayne did not weigh though both had a few Roach.

Well thats another season nearly done, the championship was wrapped up by Jon Wilson some time ago and it looks like Stewart will win the Handicap Cup, though Keith is still in with a shout.
The Winter cup is still wide open, it is between Ron, Weasel and Jon Wilson, though Martin Spragg could win it if results go his way.

See you at the fur and feather, if you have not done so could you please let me know if you are coming.

Ron

VENUE CONFIRMED for Match on 21 Nov 2010

The match on 21 November was previously listed as TBC on the fixtures list. The venue times etc have now been confirmed as follows:

Sunday 21st November
Magpie Lakes, Pidley, 01487 822980. Meet at the venue by 8.30 Draw 8.45 fish 10.00 to 3.00. 15 pegs

Match Report - Magpie Lake, Pidley 18 April 2010

A great turn out of 19 members attended the first match of the campaign at Rookery Waters. Magpie lake was the venue and with reports from those who had been down in the week previous, spirits were high and a good match was hoped for. Whilst the weather was improving, the water was still chilly so a more cautious approach may need to be considered, with a pellet approach suggested to be a good choice by those who practiced.

The match was pegged on pegs 1 – 20 with peg 15 left out as it is pretty tight in that corner with anglers on 13 & 14. The match was split into 2 sections. Pegs 1-10 in A section and 11-20 in B section.

The sun shone all day with a light to moderate wind blowing into pegs 15-20. Although the conditions seemed reasonable for a good days sport, the fishing was really quite hard. Probably due to the time of year, a slight ground frost first thing and the fact the water is still yet to warm up significantly. This is not surprising since it has only been 6-8 week since the winter snow disappeared.

On peg 8, Steve “The Pheonix” Goodrum fished pellet shallow for 34lb 8oz. With the ripple on the other side of the lake the fishing was difficult and at 13m he did find it cosy with Pete next door on that bend. His weight was hard earned and enough for 3rd place.

This could have been different had the bailiff not asked Steve to stop fishing the Pellet Wallger saying it has been band, only for us to discover it is the Bagging Waggler that is not allowed on Magpie and the Pellet Waggler is an acceptable method to use. There seems to be some frustrating confusuion between the venue rules and the bailiff's understanding of them. The owner has apologised for the confusion.

Tony “AT Tony” Grigorjevs drew peg 19 and he also had to work for his 35lb 4oz of carp to 4lb. Fishing at 16m towards the vacant peg opposite, Tony fished on the far bank slope in around 3ft of water, with most of his fish falling to corn over small pots of pellet and corn.

Jon “Jonty” Wilson drew peg 2. In the first hour he had 2 fish in the net lost 2 fishing at 11m on the deck with expander over pellet at the bottom of the slope of the sunken island at the left hand extremity of his swim. All the time he fed 4mm hard pellets little and often at 11m to his right in the only ‘open’ water he had. With no further indications on the deck, a switch to the shallow line proved decisive. It was by no means hectic but he slowly began to put a few fish in his net and ended up with 49lb 10oz to win the section and the match.

Result

1st – Jonty 49lb 10oz
2nd – AT Tony 35lb 4oz
3rd – Steve Goodrum 34lb 8oz

Rookery Waters - Fishery Rules

GENERAL

1) OPEN DAWN TO DUSK BUT NOT LATER THAN 9PM.
2) JUNIORS UNDER 16YRS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.
3) NO CARS OR DOGS AROUND THE FISHERY.4) ALL VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT LEFT AT OWNERS RISK.
5) TAKE ALL LITTER HOME.
6) FISH FROM PLATFORMS ONLY.7) DO NOT FISH UNTIL YOU HAVE PAID AND TAKEN A TICKET.

TACKLE

1) ALL NETS MUST BE DIPPED.
2) FISH FRIENDLY NETS ONLY.
3) 50 LB MAX WEIGHT PER NET.
4) EMPTY NETS AFTER MAX OF 5 HRS.
5) MIN OF 2 KEEP NETS IN MATCHES.
6) MANUFACTURED, BARBLESS HOOKS ONLY UP TO SIZE 12.
7) NO FIXED LEADS OR BRAID.
8) METHOD (IN LINE) & BAGGIN WAGGLER PERMITTED ON ROOK ONLY.

BAITS

1) NO FLOATING BAITS.
2) NO SEED BAITS OTHER THAN SWEETCORN.
3) NO NUTS OR BOILIES.
4) MEAT- 2 STANDARD TINS MAX.
5) ROOK - GROUNDBAIT ALLOWED 2 KGS MAX.
6) MAGPIE/JAY – GROUNDBAIT IN FEEDER ONLY 1 KG MAX.

Rookery Waters - Directions

Rookery Waters, Rookery Farms, Fen Rd, Pidley, Cambs

From Somersham head towards Pidley, turn right at the Mad Cat pub onto the B1040 towards Warbous. In Pidley, turn right down dfen Road, signposted to the Lakeside Lodge Golf Course. Stay on this road, pass the golf course(s) and arrive at the fishery after a mile or so.

Postcode for sat nav; PE28 3DF

Magpie Lake, Pidley - 16 August 2009

12 members attended our latest outing to Magpie Lake at Rookery Waters, Pidley. Having reserved pegs 1-22, Ron had a chat with the venue bailiff and old Grebe member John Dighton who advised on leaving out the early and late pegs and peg the match from 5-17.

All members caught fish on what was a warm and breezy day.

Drawn on Peg 14, Mr T caught well close in on his left hand margin to take carp to 8lb on pellet to win the section. Ray Sladden was 2nd in section with his catch consisting of past caught carp.

Ron, Trev & Jonty drew in a line on pegs 5, 6 & 7 respectively. Ron fished tight to the left and right hand margin and caught steadily all day for his weight of 70lb 8oz and 2nd in section. Trev fished shallow with pellet and with some fruitless looks on the inside weighed in 69lb 12oz for 3rd in section. 

Jonty started fishing paste at top2+1 in 6 feet of water. He caught a few early fish but the swim was very slow. He also took a few carp from his margin swims but the depth as tight as he could get being 4.5feet ment he suffered lots of frustrating line bites. So at 1pm he decided to try and catch up with Trev who had been catching well shallow during the first part of the match. It was a fish-a-chuck for Jonty on 4mm banded pellet over loose fed pellets and at the weigh-in he put 90lb 12oz to win the section and pip Mr T to a match win.

Result:

1st- Jonty 90lb 12oz

2nd - Mr T 88lb 12oz

3rd - Ron 70lb 8oz

4th - Trev 69lb 12oz

Magpie Lake, Rookery Waters, Pidley - 16 August 2009

For your info, below are the rules and directions to the fishery.

Rules:

GENERAL

1) OPEN DAWN TO DUSK BUT NOT LATER THAN 9PM.
2) JUNIORS UNDER 16YRS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.
3) NO CARS OR DOGS AROUND THE FISHERY.
4) ALL VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT LEFT AT OWNERS RISK.
5) TAKE ALL LITTER HOME.
6) FISH FROM PLATFORMS ONLY.
7) DO NOT FISH UNTIL YOU HAVE PAID AND TAKEN A TICKET.

TACKLE

1) ALL NETS MUST BE DIPPED.
2) FISH FRIENDLY NETS ONLY.
3) 50 LB MAX WIEGHT PER NET.
4) EMPTY NETS AFTER MAX OF 5 HRS.
5) MIN OF 2 KEEP NETS IN MATCHES.
6) MANUFACTURED, BARBLESS HOOKS ONLY UP TO SIZE 12.
7) NO FIXED LEADS OR BRAID.
8) METHOD (IN LINE) & BAGGIN WAGGLER PERMITTED ON ROOK ONLY.

BAITS

1) NO FLOATING BAITS.
2) NO SEED BAITS OTHER THAN SWEETCORN.
3) NO NUTS OR BOILIES.
4) MEAT- 2 STANDARD TINS MAX.
5) ROOK - GROUNDBAIT ALLOWED 2 KGS MAX.
6) MAGPIE/JAY – GROUNDBAIT IN FEEDER ONLY 1 KG MAX.


Directions:

- Leave A14 at Huntingdon exit, signed A141 March
- Follow A141 to Warboys- Turn right on to B1040 towards Pidley
- After passing Pidley Church turn left into Fen Road next to village pond
- Rookery Waters is 2.5 miles down Fen Road and is signed along Fen Road
- Sat Nav PE28 3DF