weres the results ?????????

[me]

this is worse than waiting for tk to put the results up

[Dave C]

Not long now will be done on the 6th of April

[me]

is that a challenge to tk then to see if he can get the results of gruller 9 up before you get your first matches results up

[Mugger]

Simon, have a bit of patience, our club season hasn't even started so there aren't going to be any results to post as yet, but to give you something to be going on with here's my report from the last match of 2007.

Marsh AC at Churchgate Lakes. Bottom Lake.
Saturday 13th October 2007.



Another cracking day out as usual with Marsh AC.

This was to be the last match of the year for the club on a venue that was a new one on the club calendar. I have to say that it's a lovely looking venue consisting of 3 lakes (we fished Bottom Lake) but it switched off big time on the day for no apparent reason.

I had drawn peg 7 and I have to say I fancied it, with a nice comfortable chuck to the point of an island and a nice level 7ft of depth on the pole line at around 12mtrs.....



I had Terry Goff (Wily Coyote) for company on peg 8, and with Dave (TheFish) and his wife Gladys on 9 & 10 and with Paul (nomorelongwalks) and Tony (spamwham) next to them, it was resembling a mini MD's match.

Things were slow from the off and though people could be heard saying they were catching fish one a chuck, it turned out that these fish were small pumpkin seeds and tiny ide!! Next door to me though it was Terry who had managed a decent carp on the feeder early on............



I couldn't buy a bite on the feeder though, not even a liner. Well I did have one bite, but of course that came while I was tying up another hook length with Dave the Fish chatting to me, so as you can imagine he was totally sympathetic.

I stuck it out with maggot on an 18 fishing on the deck for the majority of the session nicking small 4oz skimmers and a solitary 3lb'er. I was briefly attached to a 'lump' which bottomed out my black Hydro in record time, but with 30 minutes to go and an estimated 7lb in the net I remarked to Terry that it looked like he had me beaten on the day. 'Knowing you, you'll probably mug a lump before the end  >:( ' was his reply. Nice to know that he had faith in my piscatorial skill and tenacity being rewarded .

Well with 5 minutes to go I lifted into another dip of the float only to be greeted by yards of black Hydro streaming out of the top kit !!!!!!!. Obviously a decent fish, it was a slow plodding fight and I managed to net it just as the whistle went for the end of the match . It was a chunky Mirror which weighed 17lbs 6ozs, equalling my PB Carp and the largest fish that I've ever caught on the pole.  Added to the silvers it gave me 25lbs 14ozs  which proved to be enough for the win.

A special mention for Judy Hermite who managed to catch 2 decent carp (1 of them a double) on her pole, Judy's more at home fishing with a rod and reel and these were her largest pole caught fish and gave her 2nd place on the day. Well done Judy .

Also to Gladys Collier, on her 1st Marsh AC match, doubling hubby Dave's weight off the next peg much to his delight. As you can imagine of course we were all full of sympathy for him at the weigh-in......................NOT .

1st   Peter Morton            25lbs 14ozs
2nd  Judy Hermite           21lbs 02ozs
3rd   Paul East                  13lbs 10ozs
4th  John Holdsworth       13lbs 08ozs
5th  Gladys Collier            12lbs 04ozs
6th  Terry Goff                11lbs 08ozs
7th  Tony Roberts            10lbs 08ozs
8th  Roger Noakes             8lbs 08ozs
9th  Zac Hucker                 5lbs 10ozs
10th  Dave Collier               5lbs 08ozs
11th  Kevin Loveland           3lbs 08ozs
12th  Graham Manning        3lbs 00ozs  
13th  Arthur Thompson      2lbs 08ozs
  Martin Hucker                   DNW
  Chris Withall                     DNW
  Ed Dobson                         DNW
  Rod Turner                        DNW

[Simple]

The fishing guru in 10th place and doubled in weight by his wife

Your reports are always top notch reading.

[me]

Brilliant peter i knew i could rely on you to post one of your excellent reports. This is part of the reason why i cant wait for your matches to start, giving you room to write more interesting reports

[TK]

Why ME You fed up about reading about gruellers

[me]

i could never get fed up with reading the grullers exploits, who is the first always eger for you to get out of bed on a sunday afternoon

[LarryTeepot]

do they ever fish in the colder months....it must be true about these softy southys........of course i only over heard this these are not my comments

[Mugger]

Larry,
we don't really do Artic Endurance down here, we leave that to Lunatics and the Marines in Norway  :(  anyway Bloodworm is just so fiddly to use on those tiny hooks.

However a few of us may be venturing out on Easter Monday to Framfield.

[Simple]

However a few of us may be venturing out on Easter Monday to Framfield.

Hopefully we will have one of your great reports then Peter

[LarryTeepot]

if they can get st Johns ambulance support team with them....... happy easter

[Mugger]

Report will be up tomorrow, once i've defrosted.

[Gem]

Look forward to it Pete

[Mugger]

Spring Lake.
Monday 24th March.
Framfield Fishery.      



"Anyone coming out to play Easter Monday?" That was the perfectly innocent post put up by Pete Midgley on the Maggotdrowning Forum that resulted in this little episode.

Loading up the car, a sunny day appeared to be in the offing and with just a light frost I felt we could be in for a decent day.

A smooth traffic free drive down to Uckfield even allowed me to stop off at McD's for a bit of breakfast, where I found Pete Thatcher, Martyn Dwayne and Mark Hathaway too, meaning I pulled into the fishery at around 8·20am.
Worryingly the car thermometer still only said 1°C though. :(

Today was the 1st time that I'd been down to Framfield since August 2004, so I really didn't have a clue what to expect. Anyway into the draw bag and peg 64 stuck to my hand. They say that a good indication of how well you've drawn is how many keepnets they hand you. I was given just the one while Kevin, who had drawn 63 and a few others were given two, so I figured I may have drawn out of the favoured areas.  >:(



As i settled into 64 I was faced with probably 17½mtrs to the island which had seen some vigorous pruning since the last time I'd seen it.
Having hurt my ribs at work the previous week long pole was out of the question, so I set up for around a comfortable 8mtrs and found a reasonably level 3ft all over, and with it being just a couple of inches shallower in the margins 1 rig covered all. I also set up a waggler to fish across if need be. Bait was simply sweetcorn to be fished over the fisheries own pellets with a few expanders as a change bait.

To my left I had Bill G for company on peg 65, so a decent bit of banter was guaranteed if nothing else   ..........



10am and with a cup of coffee fortified with a drop of Bushmills generously provided by Kevin, I potted in some pellet and sweetcorn at 8mtrs and fed some pellet by the dead rushes in both margins for later. Straight out to 8mtrs and after 20 mins the 1st bite of the day resulted in a nice Common of around 3lbs gracing the net. I just kept topping up the feed with a T-pot containing a dozen pellets and 3-4 bits of corn at regular intervals. After a couple of hours I'd managed 6 carp which had been matched by Bill, though I felt my fish had been a little bigger. Weather wise the day had deteriorated with a mix of rain sleet and snow coupled with the wind making things very cold and unpleasant.  :-/

Of course as with all things Maggotdrowning there had to be some Pee taking somewhere along the line and todays target was Pete Midgley, who in the run up to the day had posted........
"I think I would still beat Ryan if I had a bit of bamboo, a length of rope and a lump of cheese."

So of course Bill G hadn't been able to resist producing the relevant bit of Preston Imitations kit   ..........



Pete however took it all in the spirit that was meant and even had the good grace to pose for the obligatory photo .........



Meanwhile word was circulating Mark Hathaway and Martyn Dwayne were doing relatively well with Stephen Tanner putting a few together from the supposed flyer.  ;)

Kevin had changed over to a set up incorporating a maggot feeder and polaris float and was soon into a run of Carp as he cast into the gap between the islands. Unfortunately he hooked up on the island after a while losing his float in the process. Not having another he reverted to a straight maggot feeder, but for some reason this didn't seem to be so productive and he reverted to the pole.......



Quite a few were struggling for even a bite however and people were ringing the changes in an attempt to buy a bite. Colin may have taken things a shade to far however, disguising himself as a bush in attempt to draw fish into his margin swim  :o ........



Bill meantime had gone for a stroll to stop himself from seizing up and by the time he returned it had allowed me to sneak a couple of fish ahead of him.  :)
With about an hour to go things had started to pick up with Tony Roberts finally getting amongst a few on the maggot feeder hard across to the island, Colin getting a couple of decent Perch as reward for his efforts and even Trevor Little getting a couple although he was to tip back without weighing in.

I managed to tempt 5 more Carp from down the edge in the last hour, though a lump snagging me in the reeds in the last 10 minutes was to cost me at the death.  :-[

At last 3·30pm rolled round and the all out, quickly followed by the weigh-in. Mark Hathaway leading with a very decent weight on the day of 55lbs 2ozs followed by Stephen Tanner on 48lbs 12ozs, a very creditable effort as it was his first match.  

As the scales reached me I thought I might scrape 40lbs, so it was a pleasant surprise when they recorded 54lbs 8ozs putting me into 2nd place, though it left me ruing that lost fish.

So that was it, just leaving the 14 anglers to pack up and get home to thaw out. Despite the conditions we had caught some fish and had a few laughs as always. We must do it again, but please, can we have some better weather next time?  

1st     peg58  Mark Hathaway     55lbs 02ozs    
2nd     peg64  Peter Morton        54lbs 08ozs
3rd     peg62  Stephen Tanner     48lbs 12ozs
4th     peg57  Martyn Dwayne     36lbs 00ozs
5th     peg63  Kevin Loveland       27lbs 04ozs
6th     peg65  Bill Gibbins           25lbs 12ozs
7th     peg66  Tony Roberts        24lbs 08ozs
8th     peg59  Pete Thatcher       17lbs 00ozs
9th     peg61  Terry Goff           12lbs 04ozs
10th    peg56  Dave Collier          10lbs 10ozs
11th    peg71  Pete Midgley          8lbs 00ozs
12th    peg69  Colin Sharrard        7lbs 00ozs
13th    peg68  Ryan Wells            6lbs 08ozs
14th    peg67  Trevor Little             DNW

[Simple]

Great report Peter
I just checked the Preston catalogue and can't see those cheese top kits anywhere :(

[TK]

Ace report Mugger

Look forward to the next