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

Knock-Out Cup - Update

Round 2 result:

Steve G beat Ron @ Dents
Tony beat Ray S by attendance rule (Tony fished both, Ray neither)
Trev beat Keith @ Dents
Karl beat Mike Smalley by coin toss (neither fish either match)
Weasel beat John P by attendance rule (Weasel fished Dents, JP neither)
Jonty beat Shane by attendance rule (Jonty fished both, Shane neither)
Pete beat new man Dennis by attendance rule (Pete fished Dents, Dennis neither)

Draw for round 3 retrospectivly carried out by Jonty & Jamie.

Round 3 draw (Kingsland silver fish lake & Fieldsend matches)

Jonty vs Karl
Steve G vs Tony
Pete vs Trev vs Weasel

Round 3 result

Jonty beat Karl by attendance rule (Jonty fished at Fieldsend, Karl fished neither)
Steve G beat Tony by coin toss (both fished a match each, but not the same match)
Pete beat Trev & Weasel @ Kingsland

Knock-out Cup Finalists

Jonty vs Steve G vs Pete

Final to take place during the club match on 3 October 2010 at Dents Farm Shop.

Fieldsend, 25 September 2010

Despite the changable and cold weather in the few days prior to the match, venue regular Ray Sladden stil believed the fish would be shallow. He was proved right as he won the match with 51lb 8oz of carp fishing the bagging waggler. He did feel the close proximity of Martin Spragg feedind the pellet waggler next door did effect his catch rate.

Jonty was 2nd. He fished the method feeder short to start with an nicked a few early fish before switching to the pellet waggler. The sun and ripple made location the "mushy" impossible so he relied on the fish pulling the rod tip round. After a few fish the bites dropped off so he decided to concentrate on the short pole and tempted a dozen or so fish in the last hour. His total weight was 50lb dead.

Martin fished the lond pole shallow with caster for a net mainly consisting of ide to 1.5lb. His hard earned 45lb was enought for 3rd.

Result

Ray S - 51lb 8oz
Jonty - 50lb
Martin - 45lb

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

Kingsland Silverfish lake, 25 September 2010

Result


1 - Pete Dighton 14lb 8
2 - Weasel 13lb 9
3 - Ron 13lb 2
4 - Trev 9lb

then the weights dropped off, some pegs really struggled, so much so Steve Goodrum and Martin Sprag dnw.

The rumour is the lake recently had quite a big fish kill, no chub or any bream were caught.

Ron started off well catching the odd odd crucian and decent roach on the worm, Weasel was the first to start whipping but his fish were small. Trev joined in soon after but was not catching as well. After maybe a couple of hours Pete started fishing the whip and his fish were notably of a better stamp with the odd netter.

As the match continued Pete was really getting into them and those who tried to catch up did so too late.

Scores on the doors

2010 League tables after 6 matches:

Championship (Top 6)

1 - Jonty, 43 pts
2 - Tony, 41 pts
=3 - Trev & Ron, both 35.5 pts
5 - Steve Goodrum, 29 pts
=6 - Martin Spragg & Mike, both 18 pts

Handicap Cup (Top 6)

1 - Keith, 36 pts
2 - Stu, 35 pts
= 3 - Tony & Mike, both 30 pts
5 - Dennis, 29 pts
6 - Jonty, 28 pts

Summer League FINAL RESULT (Top 6)

1 - Jonty, 37 pts *
2 - Tony, 37 pts
3 - Trev, 31.5 pts **
4 - Ron, 31.5 pts
5 - Steve Goodrum, 27 pts
6 - Martin Spragg, 18 pts

* Jonty wins after fish-off
** Trev takes 3rd on count-back

Speci-cup Entries to date:

John Ellis, Mirror Carp, Dents Farmshop, 12lb
Martin Sprag, Common Carp, Dents Farmshop, 17lb

Summer League, Fish-off

For the first time since the competition began, there was a tie on points count-back in the Summer League. Both Jonty & Tony tied on 37 points; both having 2 match wins, 1 section win and 2 section seconds each from the 5 counting matches. When there is a tie in this manner a fish-off is to be arranged between the members involved.

Jonty and Tony discussed at length on the date and venue for the fish-off and, as their was only 1lb between them at the club match earlier in the year, they settled on a 4 hour evening match on Snake Lake at Head Fen to suit their respective diaries.

As the lake was empty, Marcus, the venue manager, suggested using pegs 6 & 18.

A coin was tossed and Tony claimed peg 6. He fished pellet shallow for the first part of the match before switching to the margins with pellet/corm over pellet and ended up with 39 fish for 90lb.

By default Jonty was left with peg 18. In the first 2 hours he had 25 fish on punched meat over hemp at 10m. He then switched to the margins for the last 2 hours and had a further 30 fish on either corn or a 6mm expander over loose fed corn and 4mm pellet. His 55 fish went 116lb to win the fish-off, retain the summer league title and, most importantly, relieve Tony of his £1 coin.

Summer League, Fish-off Result

1st – Jonty, 116lb
2nd – Tony, 90lb

Dun-no-more, Beastie Lake, Decoy 14 July 2010

With 159lb, guest Lee Kendall won this years dun-no-more trophy. Fishing from peg 18 Lee started off catching shallow before switching his attentions to target the margins later. Tony fished a blinding match on poeg 23 to weigh 170-odd lb but unfortunately had his weight knocked back to 153lb for exceeding the net limit with one of his net. Please can we make sure net rules are very clear in future to avoid these types of situation occurring in future.

Tony won the club match and bagged 9 points to tie the summer league with Jonty who managed 2nd in section with 109lb. They plan to fish a fish-off at Headfen in the next few weeks.

Martin won the other section to add 7 points to his league position followed by Ron who was 2nd in section.

Thanks to the numerous guests for attending the match.

NEXT MEETING - 19 JULY 2010

The next meeting is planned for Monday 19 July 2010 @ The Windmill PH, Somersham, 8pm sharp. Please make an effort to attend.

With communication via the blog and the easy use of email, it is likely that the number of meetings will decrease in the future.

Dun-No-More Cup, Beastie Lake, Decoy; WEDNESDAY 14 July 2010

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. email; ronnieg911@hotmail.com