Simple Match Fishing Forum

With TK missing suppose I,d better post sumat before Me starts  

Well after a stroll up the stretch to pick the best looking pegs (which are nearly all new platforms ) got back to find 11 hardy souls fools ready to draw

Yes just 11 no sign of the guest Trent superstar is this an omen i wonder

anyway into the bag and out with ............ 3 ****  wanted one in twenties then cotti tells me this is a goodun and to fish the waggler to the trees opposite  

well thats about it ............
heres some results that I can remember so I stand to be corrected

Yamo 1-2-0
jeff c 0-9-0
cotti 0-8-0
ha ha and brian brambles 0-4-0
phil b 0-1-0
kod 0-0-8
4 dry nets

think TK must have been up Friday with the

Dear Lord and I thought I had a bad day

You did

Blimey, could hardy have been any worse. How has it fished in the past ?

This should be grueller venue

1lb 2oz winning on the Trent. Well done Yamo. Was it in flood guys, or gin clear. I have never seen such a low winning weight at Burton.  :o

Was it in flood guys, or gin clear

Neither looked spot on apart from being very cold

Well we're there again in not too many weeks and i'll be fishing that one.

Can tell you now, i'm attcking it ... going all out to smash the pound and a half barrier.

Good look to you

mr v how are you?
it was gin clear, looked perfect to be honest but there were simply no numbers of fish there.makes you think what's happened to the trent all of a sudden, as there have been reports of no fish caught at all on 2 big matches in burton in previous weeks and similar tales from pleasure anglers and locals( friends of kev). A debate took place at the end in the clubhouse where we thought maybe the closing down of drakelow power station might have had big effect on the roach shoals,with no warm water coming through having a detrimental effect. Maybe the roach were spawning, the major thing was there were no fry anywhere to be seen, no gudgeon, no minnow and not a single fish topped all day. All i caught was 12 little perch on worm in last 15mins,majorly frustrating as i love the trent and cannot understand what is wrong. Never catch any dace or bleak anymore either,back in the day it was full of them.

would be interesting to hear ur opinions on what you think might be cause of this poor form

AT this rate will be only to glad to fish pelsal cut

would be interesting to hear ur opinions on what you think might be cause of this poor form  

Its a bummer when it looks good and doesnt produce. I dont think Drakelow has a lot to do with it as it hasnt really pumped warm water in for several years now, not like it used to do anyway. It looked like this season was going to be bumper on the Trent. :(
I think the Roach spawnng may be an issue, but that doesnt excuse the lack of hand sized skimmers that used to preodominate along Baileys. And a lack of gudgeon is also a worry.
Still, look on the bright side, you are fishing matches, something i miss terribly up here  :'(
Have found a newish commercial up here (thats how desperate I am to find some coarse fishing !!) and had some nice Tench and mirrors last week. Fished 3 hours and easy topped 40lb. A few locals have given me some info on the Rivers up here and places where I can coarse fish after October. Apparently big lump Roach  
Bring on the Autumn.  

AT this rate will be only to glad to fish pelsal cut

You ought to give it a go HaHa.............you might just one day be surprised whats in there

Well I approached this venue full of confidence, having been given a few pointers by Yamo as he's fished this stretch since he was a kid. Liked the look of the river and my peg. Didn't like gin clear water or blanket of weed on bottom. Took 3 1/4 hours of hard slog for 1st bite small roach then an even smaller perch with 45 mins to go. Was surprised to find myself just outside the frame even though i knew others had struggled.

Its not just the Trent thats been poor this year.

The Nene, Severn, Avon,Thames etc etc have all been hard since the season started.

We'll just have to see whether we can better this result on there later in the year Chockie Munster.............we're back there in Sept



I'll have a pound or a mars bar with anybody that it won't fish as bad

Its not just the Trent thats been poor this year.

The Nene, Severn, Avon,Thames etc etc have all been hard since the season started.

fished a match on the severn last sunday down Eardington

best days river fishing i've had for along time finished just short of 18lb
mixed bag of roach, dace, perch, chub and a small barbel

could of had more if hadn't spent nearly 2 hours on the halibut pellet :( but ran out of maggots, used nearly 4 pints and 3 pints of hemp with two pints off caster  

Eardington was where I won my first match  :) 4 chub for 5lb 10oz in a junior event, 1900 and ah hem. Still remember it well, how about that )

( Apparently I was on a flyer but I dont believe it )