Day: 14 March 2010

7th March

This morning I was full of beans from my result last week but I was fishing in A section and there had been another frost over night which had left most of the pegs covered with a layer of ice. The itself had not frozen as there was a gentle wind blowing across it. At the draw I was first to draw and I pulled out peg 9, peg 9 had won the section last week so I was quite hopeful of getting some fish together.

I had the Longest walk to get to peg 9. On arrival I stepped on my peg and nearly slipped in as it was like a mini Ice rink 😀 Across on peg 32 was Mick Lane and to my left was Paul Jay so I was in good company for the day.

Today also Gem had come along with me to either bring me good luck or Jinx me 😯  But she spent most of the day sleeping after she discovered John Korum chair had a recline function :d

I spent the first hour of the match trying to tempt carp or skimmers from my peg with corn and soft 4 and 6mm expanders but they were having none of it today. Mick Lane over on peg 32 was bagging up on silvers catching them short and Paul Jay was also picking up silvers fishing long on peg 10. I made the switch to maggot and pinkie and soon started picking up silvers. I was having to feed quite heavy to keep them interested which was a bit of a change from last week where I had fed nothing at all.

Mike Stimpson was on peg 22 this week and I could see him catching a few, he was fishing long to the bush where I had been told to fish.

Team mates Gary and Big Ron had also caught carp.

For the rest of the match I just kept catching silvers and could only tempt 1 skimmer. My prediction was Mick had won our section with Paul in second and I was right, but I wasn’t sure if I would be 3rd or last as I had not been watching the other guy that much.

On to the weigh in and it was Phil Powell on peg 18 to take the overall win today with a catch of 89lb

Peg 22 had not fish as well this week. Mike had managed 67lb from it.

Mick Lane had won A section with a fine bag of silvers. Paul was indeed second and I had managed 3rd. Gary had won his section but despite having 4 carp big Ron had come last in his section leaving Team Pikey’s 3rd overall on the day.

The next match is on the 21st March. I will be fishing in B section this time. I will not be fishing the final round as Dan Blackwell is fishing in my place. He knows when to fish 😛 He will be fishing in the favoured C section.

Results

SPRING LEAGUE, ROUND 3. 7th March

A SECTION

Position	Name	Peg	Weight	Team
1	Mick Lane	32	25-4	Mafia
2	Paul Jay	10	15-12	Wood Tops
3	Simon Mound	9	11-12	Pikeys
4	Maurice Woodley	30	1-8	DNW’s

B SECTION

Position	Name	Peg	Weight	Team
1	Gary Haisman	14	27-8	Pikeys
2	John Cowling	28	13-8	DNW’s
3	Derek Hammond	26	7-12	Wood Tops
4	John Bennett	13	7-4	Mafia

C SECTION

Position	Name	Peg	Weight	Team
1	Phil Powell	18	89-0	Mafia
2	Mike Stimpson	22	67-0	Wood Tops
3	Steve Williams	16	42-8	DNW’s
4	Big Ron	24	37-12	Pikeys

DAY POINTS

Swindon Mafia	9 pts
Wooden Tops	8 pts
Pikeys	7 pts
DNW’s	6 pts

OVERALL LEADERBOARD

Wooden Tops	25 pts
Swindon Mafia	25 pts
Pikeys	23 pts
DNW’s	17 pts

Rolfs Lake blog for this match can be found HERE