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Sunday 26 July 2020

2020 - CHARNWOOD LEAGUE canal practice on Hawes and Albion - 26th July

Paul Greensmith and Stu Timson of the Charnwood Committee had another practice open match on the canal in readiness for the start of the League . This time it took place on the Hawes and Albion sections which is excellent parking and a very easy walk.
Peg 95 was given to myself and i was told it had been a flier in recent years results ........no pressure then !





Great looking peg in between two moored barges



It was like being on an end peg with the two free pegs either side





Rigs of choice


What a strange day !! .........Placed a ball of sweet fishmeal at 2+3 . Places 3 SENSAS Lake and HINDERS Canal balls at 2+1 . First hour was great as a procession of good skimmer and Perch came my way .....then 11:00am , SWITCHED OFF !!!...........then it really became hard as i reckon i had 3lb in first hour now its time to organise the rigs differently and find some eyes .
As much as i tried i could not put together any amount of back to back catching . Did i screw the peg ? was i feeding too much ? Tried caster and hemp and only a few turned up . Tried Pinkie and only a few turned up .........it did my head in as i could not understand why it was not fishing ............yet later on the results came in with exceptional weights . If anything i learn from today is i must bring my glasses with me as hemp got better fish .

When analysing the results i can see how far i am behind the rest of the field but respectfully the match was really good as many people were in the 5-12lb bracket catch return .






Strange day however that is canal fishing ............you have to adapt and take advantage of pegs that have good quantity of fish .

Thursday 23 July 2020

2020 - Burton Farm fishery open match - 22nd July

Stalwart angling piscatorial's Jason Cunningham and Burton Farm Fishery owner Andy Wootton created an open match on one of their pools after a highly successful demonstration by Jason on the main pool catching loads of silvers up to a 100lb in weight a couple of weeks back.
Today we fished the main lake and some 15 were spread out so good distance gave everyone a chance. The water has average depths of 5' and the place is rammed with Bream / skimmer / hybrid / roach / rudd / chub / Gudgeon and some Carp . The pegs are easily accessible from various parking advantage points and food and drink can be served to the pegs well as pre-match breakfast sustenance.


The Fishery - rules - simple




Andy explaining the days event - everyone at good distance








Peg 11 was my draw



Set up several rigs with floats up to a gram . The bait was varied but i had enough to cover all eventualities .


 Also used Hinders Super-Charged Salmon Margin mix with half a bag of Sensas Sweet fishmeal and half a bag of SENSAS Double-Brasem additive .


The wind cometh at the start of the match - perfect !











Eventful match as it started at a great pace as i accumulated some 25-30 Roach / Rudd at 2+1  but after an hour they backed of . Went onto my Fishmeal line at 9metres and caught instantly skimmer up to 1-8 size but mostly 6-12oz size. Middle of match the fish were backing of and it became less active however there was still fish to be taken . I was unfortunate to lose 20 minutes with 7 hooked carp creating 4 smashed rigs and two lost light 3-5 elastics - that fishing !

Result on the day was 3rd place with 19-2 beaten by an ounce to next peg with 19-3


After the match in the car park Andy talking with the two anglers either side of me who had 19-3 and 15-4.



Jason Cunningham took the honours with 28lb consistently catching skimmers and Roach through out the match .



1ST - JASON CUNNINGHAM 28.7 - EVOLVED BAITS / CADENCE 

2ND - GRAHAM DIDCOTE 19.3 - EVOLVED BAITS

3RD - PHIL ACKERLEY 19.2 - MIDLANDS ANGLING SUPPLIES




Monday 20 July 2020

2020 - First match after the easing of lockdown - Loughborough canal

Only 3rd match of the year for me and the first after the lockdown has eased , hopefully this continues and no more silly people to put back pressure on the NHS !!!!

Charnwood league committee organised a match on the QUORN length the Purnell walk other side of the bridge from the Boat Inn . Paul Greensmith provided the organisation to this one as the match was split between Factory Bank and the Town length .

A beautiful sunny day was predicted considering the heavy rain from the night before . I drew Peg 13 and i had a suitable feature opposite with a decent willow cascading its branches over the surface from the bank by at least 3 metres .......target area !




 Unlucky for some ?

   

Match started and Paul Greensmith on peg 14 to my left balled it in , several grenades actually . I thought to myself he has a plan !? I potted to the tree just a golf ball with dead maggot , chop and pinks . Then i placed a ball at 2+1 then 2+3 . The weed was very bad because of increased boat traffic cutting it up in recent weeks , this will prove challenging , indeed it was !
I started of well over at the willow with 4 skimmers and 2 hybrids in first 15 minutes . Paul to my left had similar and Stu Timson at the end also caught well . After the first hour it was a struggle to place your rig as you eased past the floating weed and unfortunately some of it was suspended lower in the water so covered your hook - correction to this happened all the time but its the same for all of us.
Every time a boat came past the weed got moved behind the willow branches sometimes making it difficult to get the rig in there .
Best catching for an hour was on the 2+1 as rig placement was more achievable - caught every species going , Skimmer , Hybrid , Roach , Perch , Ruffe , Gudgeon , Dacelette , Chublette and one small Rudd.
Last two hours struggle for the 3 of us at the top end as incessant boat traffic , walkers , Bikers and mid day sun all combined to not help . I managed to get a few skimmers when the weed flowed out from the willow and i struck into my bonus , played 10 seconds and off , expected to be a Perch of size .........Paul Greensmith remarked ; 'Catch and release today Phil '!? .......ha-ha .

With match finished Stu Timson recored 7-4 with a good bonus Stripey , Paul was 6-4 and i was 5-15.
The weights were better the pub end with Mark Stuart winning the whole match with 10-8 and Ron Scales getting 9-15 , there was a 7lb weigh also. On the Factory Bank Dave Breakwell took the honours with 10-0 and second in the match .

Great day , great organisation and more of this expected with further practice matches on the run up to the start of the league .

 Just about ready with 4 rigs - three for the small silvers and a Perch rig


 Restaurant Menu for the fish today with the usual



 Just before the start the weed was acceptable ,during the match it became vegetable soup






Paul weighing 6-4 to my left and tipping back 

Great day out - congrats to the organisation - next match following sunday at HAWES and Albion