Churchgate Lakes. 24th April 2010.

#1

TWO crappity smacking minutes TWO minutes.

You Jammy crappity smacker Mugger.

#2

Anyone get the impression that he's not best pleased?

#3

Your earning your name 'Mugger' again then

#4

2 minutes to go and the score was Gladys 12lb 8 oz... Mugger 4lb 8 oz. The stage set for a major Gladysing and loads of abuse.

Final result Gladys 12lb 8 ... Mugger 16lb 4.

#5

Results will be a while as I cant get near the main PC tonight and I will be at the Marathon til late tomorrow afternoon.

#6

What he really means is that he can't bring himself to post them up.

There he was thinking that he had the best Birthday present he could wish for (The Mugger getting Gladysed big time) in the palm of his hand only to have it snatched so cruelly away.

#7

Is it his Birthday today ?
If so Happy Birthday Dave

I think its Cheslynboys birthday too

Mugger you crafty bugger.

#8

Mugger you crafty bugger.

Thanks Simps,
That's the most polite comment on my outstanding piece of piscatorial endeavour I've had today, indeed some of them might have been deemed as downright rude.

MALC · #9

LOL

You can always bet on a Mugger to do it.

Unless it's from a Peg 13..

#10

Did Tony break another section on this match

Top reading Mugger

I have just brought another number 5 for mine, it didn't break I just wore it out

#11

No broken sections for Tony as he was using his new Beastmaster.
Cheers Simps.

Once Dave sticks the results up I'll finish it off.

#12

I have been looking at Tri-Cast poles after seeing Spruceys new Aristocrat pole.
When the new ones come out I'm hoping the price of the current range will drop. Don't tell Gem though

#13

I was sitting next to Martin while he was on the phone and he was telling the other person that John (tutu) had caught a lot of small fish on his new Beastmaster pole. In fact he said he has caught so many small fish he is going to rename it the Tiddlermaster.

#14

Here are the results to start points table and comments to follow later. Let the banter commence.

#15

Points after match 2 are

Clive takes a strong lead after winning the first 2 matches while Jim is a surprise contender with the first venues suiting his style.

#16

No broken sections for Tony as he was using his new Beastmaster.
Cheers Simps. Once Dave sticks the results up I'll finish it off.

Sorry Mugger. I thought your latest blog (Monk Lakes) was the most recent match. Just seen you have done the new one sorry.

Clives on form

Well done to the top runners, Nice and close.

#17

Sorry Mugger. I thought your latest blog (Monk Lakes) was the most recent match. Just seen you have done the new one sorry.

Do try and keep up Simps.

#18

For those amongst you that like to read it on the forum

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Well it's the second Marsh match and we're on the Bottom Lake. I have to say that the last couple of matches that the club has had on there haven't really been resounding successes but hopefully it will fish a bit better for us today

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It promised to be a glorious day weather wise with the sun shining out of a clear blue sky as we pulled into the car park. The first order of the day was breakfast in the café while everyone caught up with the latest gossip. It was Dave's Birthday today and his good lady Gladys had come with him on what has become her annual outing with the club. There's a bit of history here as on her first visit here in October 2007 she had beaten Dave off the next peg, while on our last visit in July 2008, I was the one being beaten, so the pressure was on to avoid being "Gladys'd" so avoiding frightful amounts of stick in the future

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Into the draw and I found peg 2 sticking to my hand, a nice short walk from the car park but not the best of draws as it's always struggled to produce in our matches on the lake. The peg itself looks glorious......

.......with the corner of an island that can be reached at around 20mtrs. For company today I had Keith on peg 1 ......

...... so the competition would be stiff, but at least the banter would be good.

I decided to be positive in my approach today targeting the larger fish in the venue. I set up a couple of Shakespeare 11 ft pellet waggler rods and a feeder rod with a small method feeder to attack the point of the island, while I just set up 1 pole rig for a late look down the margin as a back up. Bait for the day was simply 6mm hard pellet and some corn, while the groundbait for the feeder was the new GOT 'Yellow Peril' with some added Atomic micros.

So at 10am Dave called the All-In and we were underway, the method feeder being dispatched to the corner of the island with a banded pellet on the hook, while I pinged a few pellets over in preparation for the waggler later. Keith started on the lead to the island and was soon off the mark with a small Tench . I stuck at the method for 45 minutes before I was rewarded with my first fish, a small F1 that promptly dived at the keepnet and transfered the hook to it before I had the chance to net it. Carp 1-0 :(.

Out with the waggler and i was finally rewarded with an Ide of around 1lb+ to get me off the mark

. Dave was on an early stroll round and informed me that Gladys was catching well and already had 35 fish to crank the pressure up. Gladys always fishes maggot on a top 2 for whatever swims and while I knew most of her fish would be small there was always the chance of the odd bonus and she would probably put 10lbs+ on the scales at the end, so no pressure there then

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A Bream was my next fish and at around 2½lbs more than welcome, this was swiftly followed another, unfortunately this one was nearer 2½ozs. Keith however was reporting rather a lot of black Hydro being pulled from his topkit!!!!!!!! The culprit proved to be a decent Common that was soon residing in the bottom of Keith's landing net.........

I was then briefly attached to something that decided to vanish at a rate of knots round the back of the island before shedding the hook and killing sport in the process. Carp 2-0 :(.

I decided it was time to have a stroll with the camera. Tony on peg 25 was getting amongst some decent Ide down on peg 25, but the chap that seemed to be doing the best on that bank was Clive fishing meat long he'd picked up some decent Bream and a couple of Carp, but had lost a Bream that he reckoned was bigger than his landing net!!!!! ........

Over on the far side the wind was putting a nice ripple onto the water and Jim could be found steadily putting a net of small fish together, but was a little frustrated that he couldn't find any bonus fish, especially as Mick (fishing as Keith's guest having accompanied him down from Milton Keynes) was quietly putting together a good net with some decent Bream fishing his right hand margin.........

....... Colin was having a bit of a struggle and had reverted to fishing the maggot, but Al was fishing hemp & tares up in the water and was finding a few Ide and bream. Tony (Wily Coyote) was tucked away in peg 5 but was having better luck catching the sun than getting the fish to co-operate

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....... while young Zack was sticking at it, but struggling to find a bite with just a couple of fish to show for his efforts.
Back at my peg and the waggler still failed to produce so I decided to fish the method for the remainder of the match in the hope that I could find a decent Carp to get me out of Jail. Tony meanwhile had hooked a decent Carp, a right lump in fact and was gingerly playing it on his new pole, and getting plenty of encouragement to give it a bit of teddy ..... needless to say the hook pulled, but at least he got plenty of Sympathy ........NOT!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile Clive had come for a stroll round complete with camera, and right on cue the tip on my feeder rod shot round, Fish on, softly softly as it was obviously a Carp that could save my day....... Well retribution for taking the micky out of Tony was swift as everything went slack, a pigtailed line showing that a knot had failed at the swivel

......... Mugger had been well and truly mugged. Carp 3-0 :( .

So a couple of hours to go and it looked like I needed snookers. I tied a new rig up, paying special attention to the knots this time and set up a hair rig to take 3 grains of sweetcorn. Time ticked on, Keith managed another a smaller Carp from his margin, but not so much as a rattle on my tip .
3·55pm and just 5 minutes to go, time for one last cast before the inevitable stick that I just knew would be coming my way. Three fresh grains of corn on the rig and back out accompanied with a little prayer................ Well the tip had barely settled when it steadily pulled round and just kept going . I just had to lift the rod and as soon as I felt it I knew this was the fish that I needed. A nervous couple of minutes followed, not helped by various shouts of encouragement (or was it disbelief ) from around the lake, before I slid it safely over the net accompanied by a shout of relief that could be heard around the lake, a definite double, I slipped it safely into the keepnet just as Dave called the All-Out

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As I packed my kit away I have to say that I felt pretty relieved, though I'm sure I could hear "

Two Minutes, Two bloody Minutes

" coming from Dave's direction. Keith and I were on the scales today and as we set off round the lake Tony on peg 25 took an early lead with a level 20lbs. Clive on peg 20 soon overtook that however with 45lbs . Gladys set the target of 12½lbs to avoid humiliation, which Dave sailed past with 22½lbs . Jim put 17lbs on the scales, but the main man on the day was Keith's guest Mick who comfortably took the win on the day with 63¼lbs of mainly Bream

. Al's 23lbs was to prove good enough for 3rd overall. My moment of truth arrived and that late Carp weighed just over 11lbs and boosted my total weight to 16¼lbs, so no 'Gladysing' for me

. Keith rounded things off with a hard earnt 17¾lbs.

Back to the car park for the results, and most seemed to think that it hadn't fished that badly, and after a chorus of 'Happy Birthday' for Dave we said our farewells .

You can find the full version of this report HERE

#19

Just a quick slideshow of assorted photos taken by me and Clive on the day.
Click on the thumbnail to watch.

#20

Nice one, cheers

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