Simple Match Fishing Forum

right i'm off for a bit of fishing the suns out and it looks like the fish are stocking up for the weekend .yesterday i saw quiet afew fishing the river and all were catching so this might be the only chance of some good sport
with the weather turning on friday the fish must know how bad its going to be

bucko how did you do yesterday mate the river fished its head off i'm sure the fish know whats coming as a lot of the fish had it well down i fished the same peg as dean had in the last winter league on there it just shows you
loads of fish topping as will i think the writtings on the wall if we get this cold snap

joff.....crap..but 41lb 10oz of roach won...you were right about when the colour drops out ..hopefully the soar will be better this weekend

can't wait to get the moaning brigade on my back again

i cant wait to see the bottam end of brinks ...i wont be moaning much

i've been past today a popped in to see my mum and while i was there two of the thinnest cormarants flu over

RESULT 5TH ROUND OF THE SOAR VALLEY WINTER LEAGUE
the first thing i did on sunday morning was to get the flask out and the thermals on after looking out of the window snow on the ground  rain and blowing a gale everything was ready the night before so i only had to jump in the van with my bait .driving towards the draw the wind was bettering the van and the only thought i had someone sensible would call it off ::) ::)on arrive at the pub a nice cup of tea and a bacon butty was more than welcome and soon it was time for the draw with everybody paid up, we sent roger marlow to make the draw as he's been drawing really well for the team

back at the table after the draw i dished the pegs out not the best draw  :-/but not a blowout draw either which was the most  important thing
i told everyone to spend more time getting them self comfortable in there pegs as ivan always said in cold conditions being comfortable is worth one or two more fish.so off we all went to our pegs and just as i was pulling out of the car park godfrey stopped me  ::) ::)ans said they had drawn well with some real flyer's  so that got me think we hadn't drawn as good as i first thought
arriving at my section in the driving rain and hale i sat in the van just looking out the window   why why am i doing this  
anyway kits out and i'm off to my peg not a long walk thank god but the only problem was the wind was straight in my face  :o :oand was freezing,up went the brolly straight away just so i could get my tackle set up  :D :D1 feeder rod 1 straight lead and 4 top kits not bad for saying i couldn't feel my hands
we were going to fish 10.15 to 3.15 so i did'nt have to wait long for the start
steve gardener was on my left and went off like a train fishing the feeder his first three bites turned out to be three roach for about pound in weight i hadn't had a bite at this stage soon i was into roach on my 6 metre line and breadpunch 2oz fish started to come and after the first hour the weather picked up so i started another line at 13metres and fished both lines taking a few fish off each i ended up winning the section with 2kg750g steve had ended up with 1kg 500g and to my right 20grams
so all in all i had a nice day, during the day I'd had a few phone calls and results were mixed as long as we hadn't had a blowout it would be fine
back at the pub i was one of the first so i was counting them in as they walked in ,at the start it looked gloomy my 1 7,8 2,3,6  :-?4,1,1,3 =36
i did think that would be hard to beat on the day and it turned out so

THE RESULT
the river fished its head off in parts and some out standing weights were recorded and lots of sections weights like 2kg 500g were last
JOHN ECCLES LONG EATON FED has had a outstanding winter league and topped the day with 21kg650g of chub on stick float maggot from the osier beds.but was chased all the way by JIM CLAYTON ANGLINGMAN who had 17kg 400g of chub on the same tactics 3rd was COLIN STEVENS LONG EATON FED with 12kg 450g of skimmers from sutton a really nice net of fish i was told

1ST JOHN ECCLES LONG EATON 21KG 650G
2ND JIM CLAYTON ANGLINGMAN 17KG 400G
3RD COLIN STEVENS LONG EATON 12KG 450G
4TH TONY BEECH LEICESTER A 7KG 850G
5TH STEVE OAKS WIGSTON 6KG 950G
6TH PAUL TAYLOR WIGSTON 5KG 900G

TEAMS ON THE DAY
1ST LEICESTER SENSAS 36 PTS
2ND TRENTMEN 43POINTS
3RD BENNETS 44 POINTS
4TH QUORN 47 PTS
5TH WIGSTON 50 PTS
6TH LONG EATON FED 52 POINTS

OVERALL
1ST TRENTMEN 9 POINTS Q
2ND LEICESTER SENSAS 11 POINTS
3RD LONG EATON 20 POINTS
4TH QUORN AS 21 POINTS
5TH BENNETTS 23 POINTS
6TH WIGSTON 26 POINTS
7TH JOINT MAVER LOUGHBOROUGH SOAR AND ANGLINGMAN 35 POINTS

i might move the semi final to the river with weights like these's  


that would make taypot choke on his morning cup of tea

Joff he might not get in the canal team when he finds out that chub might win.

bill there are plenty of chub pegs and most dont even look like chub pegs still he'l catch skimmers anyway ::) ::) ::)

SECTIONS FOR THE FINAL ROUND
A 1860
B TOP END OF THE BRINKS
C GREENS
D DEEPS 21 TO 29
E OSIER BEDS but peg1 will be on the bridge
F SUTTON 59 TO 51
G SUTTON 49 TO 41
H SUTTON 26 TO 18
I SUTTON 9 TO PEG1
J KEGWORTH
if the river is rising i will make the decision friday dinner and it will be on the canal
so to all the moaners

Dictionary Definition

chub  (chb)
n. pl. chub or chubs

1. Any of various freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae related to the carps and minnows, especially a Eurasian species, Leuciscus cephalus.
2. Any of various North American fishes, such as a freshwater whitefish of the genus Coregonus or a marine fish of the genus Kyphosus.
3. Verminous coarse species that can give old has-beens (eg. grey-haired greengrocers and billiard players) a chance of winning a few bob on peggy canal matches.

bill i think we should shove that dictionary where the sun don't shine mr taypot

grey haired greengrocer

from the loughborough canal

I hate chub pegs...

...but skimmer pegs (and big perch that swim by themselves) are alright!

Could any crappity smack explain the difference in catching chub or big perch on the cuts.
As for shoving a dictionary where the sun don't shine, I have a twelve volume set, there would still be room for yours Joff.

Big perch live on their own and can show up anywhere.....


Chub shoal up on certain pegs and are vermin..

Do they crappity smack live on their own; does any fish? Soft crappity smack.

Do they crappity smack live on their own; does any fish? Soft crappity smack.

They must do on your pegs

Whoever started this 'I hate chub in canals' syndrome ought to be put up against a wall and crappity smack shot. I will carry this out personally if need be.
Chub have been in canals for over 50 years to my knowledge; they are fish with fins and don't always win anyway.
This selfish attitude is part of the reason why turnouts are falling in individual and team matches.
Funny in it. crappity smack all is said when they win at Nuneaton or Atherstone.



I am not all that keen on commercial fishing but I don't get all mardy about it.

What a comical state to get in. crappity smack it