Simple Match Fishing Forum

just when are we going to get the right conditions for this canal yet again flood water put pay to any quality sport with the canal stood and very coloured like tea and for most of the full house it was yet again a struggle I find myself try to make excises as I know how good the canal can be on its day I'd like to thank roger Marlowe and Brian hull for there help and support running the matches
To one angler who is on fire at the moment ,it didn't matter how the canal fished Darren bickerton starlets completed a a pretty brilliant week of results a 1st place coming today and a top payout a 2nd yesterday at woodlands view with 18lb in the SENSAS cips league and a 3rd place last Sunday on the stainy pairs on the whole a pretty impressive week well done kiddo
Darren drew 226 just up from the boat pub and fished bloodworm over joker to take 58 small roach for 4lb 14oz to clinch £250 top prize .2nd spot when to ever constant Bob greenbury Leicester SENSAS with 3lb 11oz again small roach and perch over bloodworm and joker 3rd young Barry jones Leicester SENSAS Barry fished 228 and caught off and on small roach 4th Another constant angler in the series Andy Beasley of mill tackle with 3lb 1oz

1st Darren bickerton starlets 4lb 14oz
2nd Bob greenbury LEicester SENSAS 3lb 11oz
3rd BArry jones Leicester SENSAS 3lb 3oz
4th Andy Beasley mill tackle 3lb 1oz
5th Pete hunt browning 2lb 12 oz
6th Pete Marlow Leicester SENSAS 2lb 11oz

On the pairs front it was always going to be wide open and that's what makes this league so good it just takes a couple of good results to put you back in the race Nick moss and Barry jones did just that scoring just 10points on a rock hard canal to put themselves right back in contention for a top three finish although its one of the tightest leagues so far to date
2nd place was tied between Aaron wells and John shellard Leicster SENSAS and Andy Beasley and Tony barker Shakespeare on 16points
4th place again was a tie between Dave pitch and Sid baldock Phil watts and tony welsh on 17 points
6th place BOb greenbury and Derek Jackson now on 19points

The overall league to date with one round to go on march the 3rd
1st Andy Beasley and Tony barker Shakespeare 42 points
2nd Dave petch and Sid baldock 53 points
3rd Darren bickerton and Steve woolhard on 57points
4th Nick moss and Barry jones 66points
5th brad titmas and Steve hemmingrey 67points
6th Aaron wells and John shellard 75points

1
JOFF WOODGETT  33  14TH 34. 67==18th +38== 105==19th
DEAN GUEST
2
ROB JONES66  34TH 30. 93==26th+28==131==26th
GARY SMITH
3
PETE MARLOW    35  19TH 28 =63==17th+ 30==93==10th
ROGER MARLOW
4
PETE SCOTT  34         (  color=#0000cc]17TH[/color] 5. =39==5th+63==102==17th
  MARK GODFREY
5
NICK MOSS    21  - (color=#0000cc]8TH[/color] 35 =56==12+10==63==4th
BARRY JONES
6
MARK EUSTACE  22  259TH = 47 ==7th+48==95==11th
MARK RUSSEL
7
ROB PARKER   49  6626TH. =115 ==32nd+26==141==29th
LEE MORLEY
8
BOB GREENBERRY  28  3212TH = 60 == 14th+19==79==8th
DALE JACKSON
9
HARRY WILKINSON  37  22ND 36 = 73==21st+30==103==18th
PERRY HUBBARD
10
STU NAYLOR   49   26th   13 = 62 ==16th+59==121==22nd
CHRIS MARKS
11
AARON WELLS     7  1ST  52 = 59==13th+16==75==7th
JOHN SHELLARD
12
ALAN WRIGHT   41  24TH  50 = 91 ==25th+50==141==29th
PETE ALLWOOD
13
TOBY                 36  21ST  27. =73 ==21st+57==130==25th
GAZ ADAMS
DARREN BICKERTON  20  7TH   13 = 33 ==2nd+24==57==3rd         
STEVE WOOLARD
15
MICK JELLY          63  32ND. 57 = 120==34th+36==156==34th
IAN DAVENPORT
16
MARK PARKER    64  33RD. 23 =87 ==23th+46==133==27th
DARREN CROSBY
17
ANDY BEASLEY   12   4TH. 16. =28 ==1st+16==44==1st
TONY BARKER
18
LEE WRIGHT        38   23RD 30 =68 ==20th+40==108==20th
JASON SCRIVIENER
19
DARREN MASSEY    33   14TH 14 =47==7th+36==83==9th
DARREN LEWIS
20
ROB QUINN    27  11TH. 16  = 43 ==6th+24==67==5th
JASON CUNNINGHAM
21
DAVE PETCH   7   1st 29 = 36 == 3rd+17==53==2nd
SID BALDOCK
22
STEVE HURST    56   29TH 66  =122==35th+30==152==31st
STEVE GARDENER
23
BRAD TITMAS           8   3rd. 28 =36 ==3rd+31==67==5th
STEVE HEMMINGREY
24
RON SCALES     58   30TH 59 =117 ==33th+40==157==35th
JOHNNY JOHNSON
25
TONY SMITH       62   31ST. 66 =128 ==36th+72==200==36th
DAVE CALLAHAN
26
ACE COOPER    53   28TH 34 = 87 == 23rd+42==129==23rd
PAUL SPENCER
27
MARK WAYNE   45   25TH 22 =67 == 18th+34==101==15th
PETE HUNT
28
RICHIE REYNOLDS   28  12TH 66 = 94 ==27th+39==133==27th
DAVE MC CALL
29
GARY SLACK     67   35TH 46 =94==31st+60==154==33rd
TONY CARLEY
30
COLIN WISE   17   5TH 38 =55 ==11 th+45==100==13th
IAN WISE
31
MATT HODGETTS   43   24TH 66=109==30th+47==159==34th
ALEX POWELL
32
JOHN HANSON    35   19TH 26= 61 ==15th+40==101==15th
CARL SMITH
33
BEN CHARRLATT   24   10TH 30 =54 ==10th+42==96==12th
IAN CHARRLATT
34
  ALISTER CHISOLIUM   18   6TH  31 =49 ==9th+51==100==13th
MATT HALL
35
TONY FOSTER     34   17TH 66 =100 ==29th+52==152==31st
JOHN CARTWRIGHT
36
BRENT WILKES   33   14TH 53 =86==22nd+43==129==23rd
MARK HARDMAN
37
DARREN BOLTON  32   13TH. 66 =98 ==28th+17==115==21st
 
 
 
 
 

Joff, do you think the canal has had too much pressure over the last five years?

I've seen it happen to a few venues.

It hardly gets pressured at all Leigh, it only gets proper matched for 3 months of the year and that is at the worst time of the year. The canal has changed though mate, but I don't think it’s down to pressure from anglers. The canal has changed over the last 5 years but I think this is more down to adverse conditions, over the last month we have seen -10 degree drop in temperatures and then +12 degrees a day later and we all know how much rain we have had and the canal hasn't been its natural colour in weeks, as soon as it gets to its normal colour we have a load of rain and its back to tea colour again!

lee like gaz said our canal is fed off the river plus the stamp of fish your fishing for are quite a bit bigger than most canals .its normally a clear canal because of the depth which makes it a winter canal but over the last two seasons its just been coloured most of the time
you only have to look at the erewash which is another clear canal to see its the weather that's stopping it fishing to its potential
if anything it will make the semi final wide open

Well done to all that did well yesterday mind and godfreys wheels came off both sides and we crashed and burned but good to see the leicester lads doing the business,on the canal front no water way in the country would fish any better with the conditions we seem to after fish this time of the year now high winds loads of rain low temp high temp snow disel salt sh!t and yellow stream going in,beaston canal is also feed by a river and goes the same when the trents up but when its right it's a cracking venue.

to take 58 small roach for 4lb 14oz

Small roach ? there 12 to the pound dumpies !!! jeez ::) ::)

Joff, do you think the canal has had too much pressure over the last five years?

Soft crappity smack,

There's more pressure in one of your farts Lala.

to take 58 small roach for 4lb 14oz

Small roach ? there 12 to the pound dumpies !!! jeez  ::) ::)

Bet Darren needed a puller bung if he used no1 elastic

he did say he had to stand up to swing them in

I hear there's another cold snap forecast for middle of feb.
hope it will improve the fishing for the semi as by sounds of it, it cant get any worse.

The boat inn do a cracking chicken burger and chips, I packed up after 2 and a half hours and went for lunch, and watched the rugby! They don't do lady ba ba any more in the gents, its cock rings, hardon tablets, and male vibrators happy days for all the bummers in the world

he did say he had to stand up to swing them in 

pmsl

A lot more fish to be caught on the fens Pete, an odd poor day but generally a good day's fishing. Loads of roach !!!!!!!!!!!! They have also fed well in these last few weeks.
It's a shame the loughborough has gone down hill but the writings been on the wall for a while regarding winter matches. I just hope the venue improves on the day of the semi but cannot see it happening.
Don't get Me wrong I do feel sorry for Joff and all the lads who like to fish it and go on the matches but it cannot be nice or enjoyable to struggle so much with low weights. Still each to their own.

Well that was the worst match I've seen on the canal for a long time! Does anyone else think its to do with that marina opening up at pillings? Or have the bigger roach just died? Apparently they only live around 5-7 years anyway? There seems to be a greater presence of smaller roach in the canal these days whereas 3-4 years ago you wouldn't see one smaller than 2oz! I can only think the cycle has started over again because other roach dominated venues around the country such as the stainy, town welland are all still fishing well under the same conditions, ok so they maybe different in depth, width etc but the fishing on the Loughborough on its day can be just as good. This simply isn't the case anymore and there must be a reason why.... I just hope I'm wrong

Choppy it's not just the canal mate you only have to take a look at the river soar we would all run to Sutton with couple of foot on and coloured and could catch skimmer and bream off most pegs ! Now it's the kiss of death I personally think it the chemicals they use to breakdown the sewage it might not harm fish but it puts them off

Well that was the worst match I've seen on the canal for a long time!  Does anyone else think its to do with that marina opening up at pillings? Or have the bigger roach just died? Apparently they only live around 5-7 years anyway? There seems to be a greater presence of smaller roach in the canal these days whereas 3-4 years ago you wouldn't see one smaller than 2oz! I can only think the cycle has started over again because other roach dominated venues around the country such as the stainy, town welland are all still fishing well under the same conditions, ok so they maybe different in depth, width etc but the fishing on the Loughborough on its day can be just as good. This simply isn't the case anymore and there must be a reason why.... I just hope I'm wrong 

I'm not slagging the venue off here, I love fishing it... Just want to see what everyone else thinks that fishes it regular?

lee we fish the venue summer autumn and winter in the right conditions its full of fish next year we are going to introduce more rounds to the river and canal league as Ive had loads of inquires about the league so hopefully it will turn into a regular competition plus might stand for the sensas final

Still loads of fish in it we just need some decent, constant weather!