Viaduct 2012 Winter League.

VIADUCT WINTER LEAGUE.

VIADUCT FISHERY, 13-01-12.

Peg  103 Cary but in the float only Lodge Section.

Draw 8:45 Fishing 11:00 to 16:00.

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Weather Bright 7 degrees 14 mph southeasterly winds.

First, match of five of the brilliant long established viaduct winter league this year seeing 19 teams of five competing to become winter league champions. With each member of your team fishing each section over the next five matches.

I have ran a optional £5 Super pool and £5 Silver fish pool for a number of year and the first match of the series sees a good take up as nobody knows where the going to be. 79 in the Super pool and 76 in the Silver fish.

My team is Avon Angling consisting of captain Tony Rixon ,Brian Shanks, Ron Hardeman, Tim Clark and myself we were all hoping for a good team draw to set up series. Well we had 2 good pegs and I was not one of them I was on 103, which is on Cary but in with the Lodge section, which is a Float only section and normally dominated by the 6 corner pegs on Lodge.

I set up two waggler rods one for fishing caster at 25 metres and the other for fishing as the middle of the lake as close as possible to Peg 102 (a noted winner flyer). Two pole rigs for Silvers one for Skimmers over Ground bait and the other for Caster fished under the tree to my left for Perch, which did not yield a bite!

The match was hard 1 Perch, 1 Skimmer and a lost Carp on the big Waggler. A Ruffe and 2 Roach on the Caster Waggler and a splattering of small fish over the Ground bait for a massive 2LB 7OZ and 7 points.

Not a great start but not a massive disaster the two good pegs in are team produced Brian coming second in his section and winning the silver fish pool catching his fish on caster on the pole. The ever constant Tony Rixon on peg 110 Campbell winning his section and second in the Super pool due default. We manage 51 team points put us 8^th so just above half way.

The only funny thing I herd of today was Phil Harding foul hooking and landing a Carp before the whistle whilst setting up only to go and catch 9oz for a last but one in his section now that's unlucky.

Overall.

1^st. Ray Haward. 115lb 8oz Carp waggler meat.

2^nd.Ben Bently.     110lb 13oz Carp lead bread.

3^rd.Tony Rixon 106lb 15oz carp waggler corn.

4^th.John Howell. 96lb 13oz. Carp Lead.

5^th. Martin Preston. 93lb 1oz carp Lead Bread.

6^th. Russ Peck.         74lb 0oz. Carp Pole.

Silvers.

1^st.  Brian Shanks. 16lb 14oz.

2^nd. Barry Fitchew. 13lb 0oz.

3^rd. Mike Nicholls. 11lb 8oz.

4^th. Simon Jones.    10lb 13oz.

5^th. Tim Pallant.      8lb 12oz.

6^th. James Knight.   7lb 13oz.

SPRING LAKE.		CARP.	SILVERS	TOTAL.	POINTS.
PEG 37	B.SHANKS	26lb 4oz	16lb 14oz.	43lb 4oz	18
PEG 38	D.COCKAYNE	9lb	10oz	9lb 10oz	11
PEG 7	I.OAKEY			D.N.W.	0
PEG 8.	J.BUCKINGHAM.		7oz	7oz.	4
PEG 9	S.DOBBS	9lb 3oz		9lb 3oz.	10
PEG 10	D.BULL		3lb 5oz	3lb 5oz	6
PEG 11	M.WEST	22lb 2oz		22lb 2oz.	16
PEG 12	G.CROSS.	13lb 2oz	1lb 8oz	14lb 10oz.	14
PEG 13	S.AYVES.		6oz	6oz	3
PEG 15	N.CHEDZOY.		1oz	1oz	2
PEG 16	M.PARSONS.		4lb 5oz	4lb 5oz.	7
PEG 17	A.PAGE.	8lb 10oz	7oz	9lb 1oz.	9
PEG 18	I.HUDSON.	9lb 4oz	6lb 6oz	15lb 10oz	15
PEG 19	J.KNIGHT.	20lb 9oz	7lb 13oz	28lb 6oz	17
PEG 20.	A.ORAM.		1lb	1lb	5
PEG 21.	T.PALLANT.		8lb 12oz	8lb 12oz	8
PEG 24.	J.MOODY.	8lb 12oz	1lb 6oz	10lb 2oz	12
PEG 25.	R.HAYWARD.	115lb 8oz		115lb 8oz	19
PEG 26.	W.WOODFORD.	12lb 5oz	1lb 7oz	13lb 12oz.	13
LODGE/CARY LAKE.		CARP.	SILVERS	TOTAL.	POINTS.
PEG 103	C.HUDSON.		2lb 7oz.	2lb 7oz.	7
PEG 105	B.LUCAS.		2lb 4oz	2lb 4oz	6
PEG 107	J.RADFORD.			D.N.W.	0
PEG 73	J.DAVBERRY.	57lb 11oz		57lb 11oz	17
PEG 74	C.SANDFORD.		4lb 1oz	4lb 1oz	8
PEG 75	A.JEFFERIES.		1lb 4oz	1lb 4oz	4
PEG 53	R.PECK.	74lb 0oz		74lb 0oz	19
PEG 56	B.FITCHEW.		13lb 0oz	13lb 0oz	13
PEG 57	G.RENOLDS.	14lb 7oz	1lb 6oz	15lb 13oz	15
PEG 59	C.HIGGINS.	10lb 7oz	4lb 4oz	14lb 4oz	14
PEG 60	A.NEAL.		6lb 6oz	6lb 6oz	11
PEG 61	M.NICHOLLS.		11lb 8oz	11lb 8oz	12
PEG 62	F.ROBERTS.		4lb 11oz	4lb 11oz	10
PEG 64	N.COLLINS.	67lb 0oz	1lb 15oz	68lb 15oz	18
PEG 66	D.ROPER.	44lb 4oz		44lb 4oz	16
PEG 68	T.THICK.		4lb 6oz	4lb 6oz	9
PEG 69	W.BONNIE.		1lb 6oz	1lb 6oz	5
PEG 70	D.BAKER.		1lb 2oz	1lb 2oz	3
PEG 71	D.KEMPSON.		1lb 1oz	1lb 1oz.	2
CARY LAKE.		CARP.	SILVERS	TOTAL.	POINTS.
PEG 76	R.HARDEMAN.		4oz.	4oz.	3
PEG 77	P.HOMEWOOD.		1lb 1oz	1lb 1oz	4
PEG 78	J.DARBY.	42lb 13oz		42lb 13oz	17
PEG 79	T.SENIOR.	38lb 9oz.		38lb 9oz.	15
PEG 80	D.STACEY.	31lb 8oz	4lb 1oz	4lb 1oz	8
PEG 81	R.LUCAS			D.N.W.	0
PEG 82	J.BRADFORD.			D.N.W.	0
PEG 85	D.SUTHERLAND.	12lb 6oz		12lb 6oz	9
PEG 86	R.ADHERNE	31lb 8oz		31lb 8oz	13
PEG 87	S.TUCKER.	14lb 4oz		14lb 4oz	10
PEG 88	I.PARSONS	11lb 14oz		11lb 14oz	11
PEG 90	T.MAGNALL.		2lb 11oz	2lb 11oz	5
PEG 94	S.JONES.		10lb 13oz	10lb 13oz	7
PEG 96	S.KEDGE.	30lb 8oz		30lb 8oz	12
PEG 97	J.HOWELL.	93lb 6oz		93lb 6oz	19
PEG 98	B.GULLICK.	41lb 0oz	4lb 6oz	45lb 6oz	18
PEG 99	DITCH.	35lb 8oz	4lb 11oz	41lb 8oz	16
PEG 100	D.WHITE.	10lb 4oz.		10lb 4oz.	6
PEG 102	D.ROWAN.	30lb 2oz		30lb 2oz	11
MATCH / SPRING LAKE.		CARP.	SILVERS	TOTAL.	POINTS.
PEG 6	T.CLARK		3lb 7oz	3lb 7oz	4
PEG 5	J.COOPER	46lb 1oz		46lb 1oz	17
PEG 4	N.BROWN.	23lb 1oz	2lb 4oz	25lb 5oz	13
PEG 3	B.BENTLY.	110lb 13oz.		110lb 13oz	19
PEG 2	M.VIGAR.	35lb 12oz	2lb 12oz	38lb 10oz	15
PEG 1	P.CARDWELL.	56lb 3oz	1lb 0oz	57lb 3oz	18
PEG 39	A.FRANCE.	2lb 4oz	2lb 2oz	4lb 6oz	7
PEG 40	M.TOMES.	13lb 15oz	4lb 0oz	17lb 15oz	11
PEG 42	G.POWELL.	10lb 10oz	6lb 9oz	17lb 3oz	10
PEG 43	D.SHIPP.	37lb 2oz	3lb 1oz	40lb 3oz	16
PEG 44	A.POWER.	31lb 0 oz	1lb 8oz	32lb 8oz	14
PEG 45	B.BAKOS.	3lb 9oz		3lb 9oz	5
PEG 46	C.HOOK.			D.N.W.	0
PEG 47	J.GREY.	4lb 4oz		4Llb 4oz	6
PEG 48	A.LLOYD.	9lb 9oz		9lb 9oz	9
PEG 49	S.JACKSON.		5oz	5oz	3
PEG 50	T.CREECH.		1oz	1oz	2
PEG 51	D.SQUIRE.	3lb 10oz	4lb 0oz	7lb 10oz	8
PEG 52	S.COUSINS.	17lb 10oz	21b 7oz	20lb 1oz	12
CAMPBELL LAKE.		CARP.	SILVERS	TOTAL.	POINTS.
PEG 110	T.RIXON	106lb 15oz		106lb 15oz	19
PEG 111	J.PARKHOUSE	31lb 3oz	1lb 0oz	32lb 3oz	15
PEG 112	C.DAVIS	16lb 12oz	2lb 7oz	19lb 3oz	12
PEG 113	C.PERRY	36lb 12oz		36lb 12oz	16
PEG 114	W.BUCHINGHAM	22lb 7oz	3lb 8oz	25lb 15oz	14
PEG 115	V.BROWN	5lb 4oz	2lb 4oz	7lb 8oz	6
PEG 116	J.JENNER			D.N.W.	0
PEG 118	S.PARTRIDGE		2lb 14oz	2lb 14oz	4
PEG 119	S.WILSON	9lb 4oz		9lb 4oz	8
PEG 123	N.EWERS	2lb 5oz		2lb 5oz	3
PEG 124	C.DICKS	9lb 2oz		9lb 2oz	7
PEG 125	P.HARDING		9oz	9oz	2
PEG 126	S.SEAGAR	3lb 6oz		3lb 6oz	5
PEG 127	A.MURREY	25lb 4oz		25lb 4oz	13
PEG 128	L.GREENWOOD	12lb 3oz		12lb 3oz	9
PEG 129	S.FOALE	15lb 15oz		15lb 15oz	11
PEG 130	N.EASTON	55lb 6oz		55lb 6oz	17
PEG 131	M.PRESTON	93lb 1oz		93lb 1oz	18
PEG 132	D.WHITE	12lb 11oz		12lb 11oz	10

Pegging.

Peg 103.

Maver Classic Qualifier.

Maver Classic Qualifier.

Larford Specimen Lake 4-12-11.

Peg 82. 

Draw 9.00. Fish 10.15 to 15.15.

http://www.larfordlakes.co.uk/index.php

Back up to Larford Lakes to try to put right the last visit to the venue where I was woeful. Talking to Neil McKinnon before the match about the small turn out only 28 the same time last year you had 60 pegs sell out with a waiting list this was down to the level being down about 3 foot and the Peggy nature. Angler are spoilt for choice with lots of commercial fishing venue in a 20 mile radius so with 14 pegs on each bank  into the draw bag pick out the end peg on the bungalow bank talking to a few locals it good summer peg for Carp with no Skimmer form.

I wont bore you with the Match it was desperate no bite on the method cast in various spots and just 1 x 1lb+ Skimmer 2 x 6oz Roach  1 x 8oz Perch on caster down into the margin in about 4 foot of water.

Again I was on my way home before the results where read. The angler next door pack up with 2 hours to go the angler on peg 78 had 3 carp in the first hour and some Skimmers for a section winning 29lb and Neil McKinnon would have been 2^nd in the section with 28lb. the winner probably came from the 60’s.

I will go again to Larford but not this side of Christmas because the next weekend I am fishing will be at Avalon Christmas Match.

Peg 82.

Bit of a blow on.

Lasted 2 1/2 hours.

right hand margin where all my 4 fish came from.

1st	Adam Mitchell (Tricast)	16	Pole and pellet	31-10-00
2nd	Ray Lamb (Maver)	78	Method feeder	29-06-00
3rd	Martin Cook (Maver)	18	Pole	29-00-00
4th	Peter Golding (Fox)	76	Method feeder	28-15-00

Avon Angling Teams of Four.

Avon Angling Teams of Four.

Round 6 (final round). 20-11-11.

Viaduct Fishery. Cary, Lodge and Match.

PEG 101 Cary. Draw 9.00 fishing 10.30 to 16.00.

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I’ve been looking forward to this match it was the last round of the brilliant Avon angling Teams of Four fished on the South West best commercial fishery. With 2 section on Cary, 1 on Lodge Lake and 1 on Match Lake. With the BBC weather forecast predicting 10mph South Easterly winds and 14 degrees a good match was likely with the Pellet ban enforced in matches from the 1^st November might have some impact on the weights.

So arm with Caster ,Worms,Sweetcorn,Meat,Bread and a bag of Gimps(John Bradford) green ground bait and peg 101 on Cary setting up waggler for fishing Caster at 25 metres, lead to fish towards the aerator and a 16 metre pole just in case as a backup line. In hindsight 1 lead rod and 20 grains of corn was all I needed.

Chucking the lead out on the whistle without feeding any of my other lines which I fill is important to try and get early Carp only to watch Kev Perry catch one instantly on the pop up bread. Changing over to the bread I loss 2 Carp in the 1^st hour one breaking my hook length the other the hook pulling out ¾ of the way back.

The second hour see me chucking the waggler out to break the boredom of staring out the end of my lead rod catching a Skimmer second chuck then no more bites this was then put down not to be pick up again. The pole was briefly tried too to be shelved as well.

Into the third hour I have my 1^st Carp a good one about 12lb then 10 minutes later another slightly smaller on 3 bits of Sweet corn hair rig on 12” hook length.

I end up catching 6 Carp and a Skimmer for 64lb I will not bore you with how I skilfully caught them just that a couple of the times I was actually watching when the rod got pulled round but more often than not I wasn’t.

This weight put me 5^th overall 3^rd in my section and a section £60 default pick up as Kev Perry framed with 9 carp for 106lb and some of the time he was watching as well but more often he was not.

My man of the match was Des Shipp who caught 48lb of Skimmer 34lb of Carp from peg 68 on Lodge just awesome from one of the very best.

Overall.

1^st. Alan Oram.      183-09-00. Peg 96 Cary. Lead meat.

2^nd. Tom Magnall.  114-15-00. Peg 87 Cary. Lead.

3^rd. Kev Perry. 106-05-00. Peg100 Cary.

4^th. Des Shipp. 85-05-00. Peg 68 Lodge.

Silvers.

1^st. Des Shipp. 48-03-00. Peg 68 Skimmer Pole 14 metres Caster.

2^nd. Stevie Kedge 31-06-00. Peg 97 Skimmers on the waggler.

Kev Perry not loking at his rod.

The Aerator.

Tony Rixon on peg 74.

Avon Angling Teams of Four.

Avon Angling teams of Four. 06/11/11.

Lands End Fishery Wedmore Somerset.

Peg 32 Specimen Lake.

Round 5 back at Lands End on peg 32 far left hand corner of the specimen lake. This peg has no island to fish to but the end bank to fish along which is 4 feet deep in tight to the bank and no real shelf to fish on and it has a tree growing out from the bank at 17 metre plus an aerator at waggler range 21 metres which wasn’t fished due to all my rods being at home in the shed.

For the first time this series I was ready at the whistle starting on the paste at 16 metre towards the end of the tree feeding micro pellet and damped 4mm coarse pellet. I missed 3 bites on this until I caught a ½ lb Roach and lost a Carp which was probably fouled. Changing to soft pellet at12:00 I had an 8 lb carp then another 10 minutes later and lost 2 others.

During this time I have been feeding chop worm and caster tight into the end bank where I had 2 Perch on the first look then re feeding with a full pot (Mike Nicholas seasons total bait allowance).

At 14:00 out of the blue the aerator came on unexpectedly which was switch off 5 minute later by Mike Duckett, during this time I missed a bite on soft pellet and then hooked a carp as Mike was coming down the steps after hitting the off button. This fish manage to plough through the tree and got snagged which caused a lost hook length plus moving a branch attach to some heavy line.

The next ½ hour a hooked 4 Carp losing 3 of them in the line. Talking to Dave Roper after the line was there on the last teams of four matches it’s not there now because at the end of the match I climb out in the tree a pull it out about 20 yards of 20lb mono.

With the edge line my only fishable option it was this line I fished to the end catching about 14lb of silvers mainly Perch no Carp for a most enjoyable last hour all the fish falling to worms over potted in caster and worm.

The match finished all to quickly when the scale arrived I had 3 Carp for 20lbs and 16lb 6oz of Silvers mostly Perch a Chub and 4 Roach to a pound. This weight put me 4 in my section beaten by the 3 anglers to my left but my silvers put me 2^nd in the silvers and picking up £65.

The line problem cause me a frame position today but I would not have caught the e fish down the edge every cloud has a “silver” lining. The match was won by trigger he on fire this season with 86lb of carp from peg 22 on Match Lake the other 2 place where to my left so far side of Specimen Lake was the place to be.

Overall.

1^St. Craig Edmonds peg 22         86-09-00. Match lake.  

2^nd. Brian Slipper.    peg 29        62-13-00 Specimen Lake. Edge caught Carp under peg 30 pallet.

3^rd. Alan Oram.       Peg 27          57-01-00 Specimen Lake.

4^th. Neil Harvey.      Peg 50          54-01-00. Lake 3.

Silvers.

1^st. Nick Collins (opposable thumbs). Peg 38 26-14-00.  Specimen Lake.

2^nd. Clayton Hudson.                          Peg 32  16-06-00. Specimen Lake.

Shearwater Lakes.

Going the Distance. 28-10-11.

Shearwater Lakes Crockerton BA12 8AF.

A Friday afternoon fishing session was required after last Sunday disaster at Larford with some long distance feeder practice required as I was woeful. Shearwater Lakes was my destination after dropping Cam at school at 13:00 I was fishing half way up the road side bank at 13:50 with a breath taking view of the tree in full autumn splendour and a blue sky. The catching of fish came secondary to chucking a method feeder as far as possible in the same place more than once at 80 turns.

Starting off at 55 turns chucking a 24 gram guru method and a white chocolate boilie is a comfortable chuck with my Garbolino Distance Feeder rod then during the 3 hour session I ended cast to about my limit of 84 turns.

How to exceed this distance will probably take some coaching unlike Golf there is not a lake professional to call on to improve your swing (cast).

The fishing was excellent catching 18 Bream from 12 ounces to 4 pound considering I’ve not fished in one spot and casted every couple of minutes I was well happy.