Match/Event Name:*
Saturday Open Match
Date (dd/mm/yyyy):*
04. 03. 17
Location of Match:*
Covey 5 & 6
Number of Pegs/Anglers:*
44
Report:
The winner Mark Tregear fished 3ft across with pellet as his choice of bait which seems to be kicking off her at Partridge at the moment, then he moved on to fish at 3ft under the pallet and finished down the track for the last hour of the match still fishing pellet.
Top 3 Anglers & Weights:
Winner:
Mark Tregear
Lbs
66
Oz
13
Sponsor:
Runner Up:
Keith Owen
Lbs
53
Oz
09
Sponsor:
Third Place:
John Conway
Lbs
48
Oz
13
Sponsor:
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Match/Event Name:*
Lake John Fishery
Date (dd/mm/yyyy):*
01 03 2017
Location of Match:*
Waltham abbey essex
Number of Pegs/Anglers:*
30 pegs 16 anglersSome say you don't want to draw the back bank but today John Eldred plots himself up on peg 30 ( back bank) and put 58lb of silvers
Report:
Some say you don't want to draw the back bank but today John Eldred plots himself up on peg 30 ( back bank) and put 58lb of silvers on the scales, approximately 35lb on the waggler early on and then the short pole line came good in the closing stages, it was an all out pellet day and as you can see back up weights are not to far off the lead, a great match John
Top 3 Anglers & Weights:
Winner:
John Eldred
Lbs
58
Oz
0
Sponsor:
Lake John Fishery
Runner Up:
Bob Jarvis
Lbs
43
Oz
4
Sponsor:
Lake John Fishery
Third Place:
Steve Crawley
Lbs
42
Oz
8
Sponsor:
Lake John Fishery
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The pellet cone is a great tactic for cold weather when a bite or two can make the difference between a dull session and a match win. It’s all about setting a one-bite trap in the correct place, ready to tempt a passing lump into having a go.
Pemb Wrighting is highly adept at catching in all conditions and the pellet cone is one of his go-to methods when the temperature drops: “It’s great for offering a small pile of bait with the hook bait most prominent – the fish doesn’t have to be feeding hard to want to investigate and then a bite won’t be far behind. ”
Today, Pemb has chosen Sumners Ponds Fishery in Horsham, West Sussex to demonstrate the effectiveness of the pellet cone and with the weather veering between Arctic blasts from one of the many winter storm systems and bright sunshine, the Guru-backed ace will need to bring his A game to get a result.
Match/Event Name:*
River Wye Team Championships
Date (dd/mm/yyyy):*
26/02/2017
Location of Match:*
River Wye, Hereford
Number of Pegs/Anglers:*
60
Report:
Wye Team Championships 26-02-2017 It was touch and go as to whether this years event would take place due to high water levels, but the decision was made to run the match with a slight change to pegging. 10 teams of six anglers fished across the Belmont, Bartonsham and Eign sections. Barbel were expected to be the dominant species, but with the rising water, and lots of debris clogging up the river, they didn't show as well as expected. Belmont section did however produce plenty of dace and roach bites for most.
Match/Event Name:*
Saturday Open Match
Date (dd/mm/yyyy):*
25. 02. 17
Location of Match:*
Partridge Lakes Fishery
Number of Pegs/Anglers:*
50
Report:
Top 3 Anglers & Weights:
Winner:
Micky Rogerson
Lbs
106
Oz
04
Sponsor:
Preston Innovations / Ashton Angling
Runner Up:
Mark Tregear
Lbs
74
Oz
04
Sponsor:
Mosella North West / Dynamite
Third Place:
Ste Physick
Lbs
64
Oz
10
Sponsor:
Mosella North West
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Match/Event Name:*
Sunday Open Match
Date (dd/mm/yyyy):*
26. 02. 17
Location of Match:*
Partridge Lake Fishery
Number of Pegs/Anglers:*
54
Report:
The winner Colin Dumphy caught on pellet down the track & congratulations to Colin for qualifying for the PL High Flyer, our first All Winners Final.
Top 3 Anglers & Weights:
Winner:
Colin Dumphy
Lbs
125
Oz
13
Sponsor:
Partridge Lakes Tackle & Bait Shop
Runner Up:
Jimmy Hayes
Lbs
104
Oz
05
Sponsor:
Castle Construction
Third Place:
Rob Rigby
Lbs
74
Oz
08
Sponsor:
Partridge Lakes Tackle & Bait Shop
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This week I decided to try somewhere new, Lloyds Meadow Fishery. It's a venue which I've hear loads of great things about, but have never had the opportunity to get round to fishing it. I decided to fish a lake called Badger, in hope of a few bites.
The plan was to fish the pole all day, with the chance of catching a few carp.
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Steve Ringer visits the famous Furzton Lake in Milton Keynes for an insightful day's bream fishing
"It's always nice to visit different venues and while Furzton is only about 30 miles from my home, I don't actually get the chance to fish here very often. This water is actually a huge man-made park lake that was constructed to deal with floodwater from the area"
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Adam Richards explains how a simple maggot approach could be the key to unlocking your local snake lake!
"After a long winter of feeding next to nothing, there is nothing I like better than filling a pole pot with bait and feeding positively! For me, no bait is better for this than maggots. "
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Jamie Hughes explains how a single-minded, catch-everything approach can be the key to match wins this winter!
For this month’s feature, I’d like to talk about something that is becoming increasingly popular on commercial fisheries, and a method that I really look forward to using once the weather begins to cool.
Approaching a commercial with a ‘fish for everything that swims’ approach can lead to an awesome day’s sport and is also a brilliant way of remaining consistent during matches when the carp aren’t feeding quite as well as during the summer months.
Over the years there have been many pieces written about combining a carp and silvers approach during matches; usually a case of catching a few lumps to begin with then topping up with a weight of silvers and finishing with a few more big lads late on.
While this is undoubtedly the correct way to approach some venues (generally those where the carp are a large average size), at most fisheries that I visit regularly, such as Weston Pools and Lingmere Fishery, simply fishing one or two lines and catching whatever fish come along for the entire session can be almost unbeatable!
Now, I must stress that for a mixed species approach to work you need to be fishing a venue with a good stocking of different fish.
After six years fishing for Matrix Dynamite Trentmen, Tom Scholey is moving on….
I have Rob Perkins to thank for getting me involved with the then Fox Match Dynamite Trentmen.
I was first invited to join the team in January 2011, after a few good guest performances on the RILMAC league on the Fossdyke – although again, Rob should really take the credit for this as he showed me how to fish the venue!
I still remember my first weekend fishing for the team – it was in the Sensas Challenge at Packington Somers and Barston in March 2011. I was honoured to wear the T-shirt that Rob gave me (even if it was a little too big for me!) My performance, as I remember it, was less than heroic, somewhere near the bottom of the section both days – but things could only get better!
The next chapter was the Division One National on the New Junction Canal.
