7th March
Full day of Sun
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.
Mick Lane on peg 32
Paul Jay on peg 10
Peg 9
My home 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
Rare moment when Gem was awake 😀
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.
Mike Stimpson on peg 22
Team mates Gary and Big Ron had also caught carp.
Big Ron WIDE AWAKE 😀
Gary caught enough for the Section.
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
Match Winner Phil Powell
Some of Phil's Fish
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.
Mick's fine net of fish
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 |
Silvers
Weighing in Phil's fish
Rolfs Lake blog for this match can be found HERE
