Well it was definitely a change but what can I say? we did a river match a few years back and this proved to be a very low turnout, and this time a shade disappointing again with only 16 fishing this match for lowest turnout in 2017 by far for the club.

I can see why to a certain extent as canals are not as “angler friendly” with stretched out pegging with long walks, and major weed and leaf issues in places making it almost unfishable at times in the match.

However hardy souls we are and there was some fish to be caught with bonus fish in places as well with a number of decent fish lost in the weed etc

The day started off well and some even had their brekkies cooked by the chefs on the bank…….

leave you to guess who was who?

 

 

 

Match Section

Overall for a canal it fished pretty good as in many places in the country 4lb plus puts you in the main frame and rarely do double figures weights take the day.

However someone never told Mick “The fish” Horton we were doing a canal! and he soon got it sussed feeding the margins and hooking and landing 2-3 carp and losing some good uns as well. He actually watched one carp hoover up his worm hookbait and swim off LOL

Mick was on peg 28 and he was way out in front at the finish with 12lb 10ozs and it’s always nice to see another angler at the top of the leader-board

 

2^nd place was Adam “Turps” Tarrington peg 24 who was staring down the barrel of a Bindi and the face painters were on standby with 6 inch brushes. However with just 15 minutes to go his float finally buried and a nice carp 7lb 8ozs graced the onion sack to snatch a frame.

3^rd place was Rob “Worms” Ivison near to top end on peg 33 who did it completely other way with loads of smaller silver fish in his net for 7lb 10ozs.

 

 

4^th place was Pete “Alf” Norgrove on peg 14 who had 6lb 7ozs of silvers caught on pole and

 

maggot and although he’s not a regular framer it’s good to see a bit back in the sky rocket and a bit of glory as he still enjoys his fishing. Pete like Worms probably had the most fish on the day – just a lot smaller ones.

The 1^st section went 8 upto peg 24 so scraping in from the top end was Alan “Saddle Sore” Sadler who mustered 5lb 1ozs to grab an envelope.

Brian Dennahay took the honours for 2^nd section off end peg 35 with 5lb 5ozs, however it must of been date night for him as he was off like Lewis Hamilton and nowhere to be seen at the days presentation at the end LOL. 😉

Banter & Funny Occurences

This was the most subdued I’ve seen it but only because everyone was so spread out you couldn’t even talk to the person in your next peg…..

However I do have it on good authority that The Chairman at the start who was meticulous in letting people know that for this match there was going to be 2 x sets of scales going around at the weigh in and everyone weighed in from the ends and “did everyone understand how it works?”

The answer is obviously not as after the match who would turn up (cough cough The Chairman) at the middle of section with scales to weigh in the wrong section. Hehehehehe Hamper was in bits……

My Match Good or Bad Result

I was on peg 11 and returned 4lb 4ozs on pole and maggot mainly, only a few on soft pellet and overall again I was quite happy with how I fished. I was on a slight bend and the weed was an absolute nightmare I fed a number of lines but on 2-3 lines I never even saw these again as it was choked up and never moved…

The following pictures sum up why canals are less popular and others had weed issues but at one point I just looked at my swim and couldn’t even get a line into the water in front of me and I had to land my silvers over top of surface weed.

 

 

 

 

The good news is on the grudge matches I gained a quid off Mick“ The Pensioner” Drew, plus a quid gained off The Chimp by just 3 ozs and 2ozs LOL. However Alan Sadler gained a quid back so not to bad.

Night Out

Evening stop over was a decent night out in Ashby de La Zouch for the seven that stayed overnight and plenty of beers were taken.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Match Info:

Fisherwick Lakes Match Pool Saturday 4^th November

TBF