Simple Match Fishing Forum

Ever since I started running matches I never cancelled as much as one of them.
The worst conditions, ice wise, were in a Shakespeare Six event on the Staffs-Worcs Canal many years ago. There was always around 120 fishing these events and this particular Sunday the ice was that thick, at least 10 inches, quite a few gave up the ghost in trying to break it. Those that remained, it was also blizzard conditons, sat eskimo style through holes barely, some barely a foot round and fished whips or very short lines.
While there wasn't so many roach in the canal those days there were plenty of gudgeon but it was too cold for them to feed. The match was won with 1 lb 10 oz and there was about ten more 1 lb weights.
However, the entry had a much younger average age than today and some of the old crappity smack, self included, can not throw ice breakers any more; food for thought on both sides of the coin there.

Trivia Do you know where the first ever ice covered AT canal match was ever fished. Clues, 144 fished it; A Derby side won and it was in the infancy of the Upper Trent WL, but where?

I will gladly give anyone a hand breaking their ice hole if theyre in need and pegged near me (apart from dazza! ). Problem is, no one's every pegged near me lately!!!!!

got the best ice breaker ever... its awesome. if ur man enuff to chuck it!

bet you stole it pikey

I remember a match on the Anglesey Arm Canal, near Chasewater about ten years or so back. My peg was round a corner and that bit was froze over. It was crappity smack freezing cold and I walked back to the motor to get my ice breaker. It is a great heavy lump of lead on a chain with saw blades on it. It is is difficult to carry so I dragged it along the pavement behind me. Within five minute an onslaught of cop cars surrounded me! They laughed their crappity smack heads off when I told them what I was up to; there had been a break in at some property just before!!

bet you stole it pikey  

i ain't from up your way thank u chris!
HAPPY NEW YEAR DOG.

TriviaDo you know where the first ever ice covered AT canal match was ever fished. Clues, 144 fished it; A Derby side won and it was in the infancy of the Upper Trent WL, but where?

Trent & Misery Bill ?

happy new year to you to you lil pussy cat

No Dodge; it was the Coventry Canal near Lichfield.
The cut was froze for half of the length.
There was a vote between the twelve teams in the league as to whether to fish or not; it went 6v6! So the organisers said we fished and we did.
The ice was only thin and just about half the length was frozen. It fished crap, loads of dry nets; I think most of the fish came from the frozen sections.
I think Derby Anglers Corner won, we were second and Piglets third.
It would have been in the very early 70s.

happy new year to you ep has well
where you going this weekend?

happy new year to you ep has well  
where you going this weekend?

F1 Barn Farm then Lee's match. I might pinch the results off Lee afterwards cos he's crappity smack useless

happy new year to you ep has well  
where you going this weekend?

Gonna be thick now ..... Is Dazza big ears or big mouth ? ? ?

::)

Or is it neither Bolton or Lewis and infact Darren Johnson ? ? ?

Not sure if Tipton have nemore Daz's .....

hats not a very nice thing to say,i dont no wther thats a insult or not.
its the one that DONT draw end pegs,does that anser your qestion

hats not a very nice thing to say,i dont no wther thats a insult or not.
its the one that DONT draw end pegs,does that anser your qestion

Not really your still all in Tipton how would that help anythin .....

No ice on the Shroppie at Norbury for our little individual league starting tomorrow. Reservoir water (Belvide) looks as though it has all gone through now; fish topping all over the place today, might get a few bites on the old Hovis!!

only parts of the canal frozen it must be the boats