A midweek mixed bag with good figures from Phase One's Lake Two but hard fishing on Phase Three.
WEDNESDAY ‘KOBRA’ OPEN31 August 2011LAKE TWO DYNAMITE MAKINS21 fishedAlthough fish were again showing all round Lake Two for the Wednesday KOBRA Open, Coalville’s Pete Wood on peg A20 was a clear winner with 126lb – beating second by nearly 25lb. Pete started on the feeder, but after a few early carp sport slowed so he switched to pellet waggler fished to the boom to catch steadily for the remainder of the match. Second placed Shane Desmond (Dynamite Baits) on peg A4 caught on pellet and bomb for his 101-04 second placed weight, just edging out Nuneaton Nomad Jim Innes (peg A14) whose 101-02 carp catch all fell to pellet waggler.
Two wins on the trot for Lee Payling as Holmedale sees the two ton weights taken in Wednesday's match.
Holmedale Lake Wednesday 31/8/1124 fished Daz Stakey had a compfortable win midweek. Alternating between the scoop feeder with pellet cast to the island and the pole and meat fished at 11m and down the margin he kept the fish coming, with carp up to 7lb being bought to his peg 21. Next to him the fishery owner Mick Langton had a bad middle of the match, loosing 10 carp in a row.
Well it has been a hectic month for me. For a start I had the awesome Evesham Festival to fish. This was my first experience of the Evesham weekend so I was hoping to get amongst the considerable prize money! I managed to draw Peg 9 on the Shakespeare match and although a good area for section points it generally isn’t good enough to win the match. I chose to fish for roach for the first three hours and apart from about 50 tiny fish, my match was no going well.
The Turner 400 attracted 26 teams of 4, the upper reaches from Kelmscot to Rushey were used. An awkward downstream wind made the going tricky. With matches leading up to this one showing a lack of big fish, teams targeting the many small fish showing this year were likely to do well. Indivdually Malc Pearc pegged at Radcot down stream caught 3 tench on the pole and chopped worm, backed up with bits for a winning 15.
The Thames fished really well, most anglers had a good day roach fishing. Top spot went to Paul harrop with 16lb 8 of roach caught on groundbait and maggot. Second spot went to andy silvey with 15lb 1 of roach and perch. Results:1: Paul harrop (turners) Weight: 16lb 82: Andy silvey (fox isis) Weight: 15lb 13: Wez Thomas (fox Isis) Weight: 15lb 04: Bubbles (drennan Oxford) Weight: 15lb 05: Rob cave(fox isis) Weight: 14lb 12.
The famous Weirfields provided the top three with good bags of bream showing. Keith Fretwell Memorial / Holme Church Charity MatchRiver Trent, Holme Marsh 29. 08. 2011A total of 66 die-hard Trent fans fished this sell out annual match on August Bank Holiday Monday.
Both Tuesday's and Wednesday's midweek matches were won with ton-plus bags with meat scoring well. Holmedale Lake Wednesday 24/8/1128 fished Winner Pete Hodgetts was the only angler to break the ton midweek, and he did it in style with 151lb 1oz taken on the pole and meat out at 12m. Landing over 40 carp to 8lb, Pete actually arriving late for the draw and wasn’t ready at the start having set-up just two rigs - one for his far line and one for the margin. At the 12m mark he bagged 12 small carp to 4lb in the first two hours before hooking two fish from the margin.
Sunday's evening match threw up a surprise as Graham Westwater won on his first visit to the fisheryHolmedale Lake Sunday 21/8/11 23 Fished Three hour evening matchIn a solid display for his first time at the fishery Graham Westwater took top spot after drawing peg 25 and fished the pole and paste to land carp to 5lb with the exception of one 15lb specimen making him a total of 90lb 10oz. Second place went to fishery regular Neil Wilkinson fishing the pole and pellet at peg 19 he landed 15 carp to5lb. •1st Graham Westwater MAP Eastwood Angling peg 25, 90-10-0 •2nd Neil Wilkinson Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 19, 71-7-0•3rd Will Creswell Eastwood Angling peg 36, 70-12-0•4th Martyn Brown Eastwood Angling peg 51, 60-3-0•5th Roy Butterfield Gateford Angling Supplies peg 32, 59-5-0•6th Norman Powers Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 39, 51-3-0This was the last of the Sunday evening matches, the next Sunday open will be on the October 2. .
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