Dents, Farmshop, 3 October 2010

9 members and 2 guests fished our recent outing across the fen on the idillic Farmshop lake at Dents in Hilgay. Changable conditions and heavy rain in the days leading up to the match often has an impact on this sometimes moody venue. The wind however was relatively warm and brisk which appeared to give the fish the required confidence and enthisiasm to feed.

Simon drew end-ped 16, which was also the Golden Peg. This must have put the kiss of death on it for Simon as he weighed in 2 small carp for just over 3lb. On another day though, had the lumps which seem to reside in the peg have fed, his margin approach would have paid off.

Keith, Weasle and Mike enjoyed a few bites on pegs 12, 13 &14. Stu's weight was enough for 5th in the match and 3 points to add to his league tally. The result could have been much diferent had Stu landed any one of the 5 lumps he hooked.

Ron, fishing on Peg 5 was 4th with 31lb of mainly skimmers caught on worm. Fishing similar tactics, Trev weighed in 32lb from peg 8 although a switch to rudd shallow boosted his wind-effected skimmer catch. John Ellis was the surprise front runner, sat on peg 9 with the wind blowing straight in, John had no choice but to turn to his right and fish straight into the wind. Fishing worm over groundbait he caught skimmers averaging 1.5lb for a total weight of 33lb 10oz. Jonty on peg 6 thought he only had 20-25lb in his net. Alternating between a short caster line and a long wrom/groundbait line he put fish in the net through out the day and, dispite bumping countless better fish on the long line, his total weight of 34lb 6oz was just enought to pip John and win the match.

Result

1 - Jonty 34lb 6oz
2 - John 33lb 10oz
3 - Trev 32lb
4 - Ron 31lb

Dents Farm Shop, 4 July 2010

13 members turned out on a warm and breezy day at Hilgay.

In a match where bites were plenty Trev made his draw on peg 26 count with an awesome 100lb 8oz to win his section an the match by some 20-25lb. Fishing his favoured worm over ground bait method he had a slow start but a proportion of the massive head of skimmer which inhabit the lake soon settled over his bait. From then on it was a case of feeding to bites to keep the fish coming in the relatively shallow water. Due to the 1kg ground bait limit, he ran out after 5 hours but the damage was already done. Of this 100lb weight around 80lb was skimmers ranging from 1.5-2lb in weight with the remainder made up of a few small carp, the odd tench and silvers.

2nd place went to Martin Spragg on peg 16. Not having much success fishing for the abundance of smaller fish, Martin decided to sit it out for some of the big carp which reside in and around his peg. 4 carp, including one of 17lb 4oz, made up the bulk of his section winning 77lb 4oz.

A contender for the performance of the day was Tony who drew peg 7. Fishing a long-line rig shallow at top 3 plus 1, Tony caught a fish a chuck all day on worm over loose fed caster. Catching at depths between 12-24 inches deep he caught a real mixed bag with 30-to-the-pound Rudd, 3lb bream and Crucians all making an appearance.

Result

1 - Trev, Peg 26, 100lb 8oz

2 - Martin, Peg 16, 77lb 4oz

3 - Tony, Peg 7, 76lb 4oz

4 - Steve Goodrum, Peg 30, 66lb

5 - Stu, Peg 9, 42lb

6 - Jonty, Peg 14, 41lb

Next match: The Dun-no-more Cup, WEDNESDAY 14 July 2010 on Beastie Lake @ Decoy. If you have not already done so please let Ron know if your are or are not attending.

Farnshop Lake, Dents - 17 May 2009

17 turned out to fish our latest club match and dispite a brisk southerly wind and a few showers plenty of fish were caught.

Tony on peg 2 had a busy day catching a mixed bag which mainly consisted of crucian carp for a level 30 lb, this catch earnt him 3rd in section. Lewis on peg 7 decided on an out and out waggler shallow attack, a decision which saw better quality fish fall consistently to his shallow fished maggot over loose fed caster. Fishing at about 15m out, Lewis caught steadily all day to record a excellent 38lb 12oz for 2nd in section and 2nd overall. Ray T on peg 5 won the section and match overall. His 38lb of mixed fish plus a beautiful margin caught common carp of 16lb 4oz gave him a total weight of 54lb 4oz and his first match win at the club. A win which is likely to be one of many to come.

In the other section Trev drew fancied peg 16 but the pegs resident big fish eluded him on this occasion, however he did manage a very respectable 34lb using his trusted chopped worm approach. A few pegs away on pegs 13 & 14 sat Ron & Jonty. Again the big fish lines didn't result in fish in the net for either of them. Ron's weight of 25lb was not enough to win the peg-to-peg battle as Jonty weighed in 36lb of pellet caught skimmers/crucians for a section win and 3rd overall.

Top 3:

Ray Torrington - 54lb 4oz
Lewis Harvey - 38lb 12oz
Jonty Wislon - 36lb

Speci-cup entry:

Ray Torrington, Commom Carp, 16lb 4oz, cat meat.