Monk Lakes match Lake 4 27th March 2010

#1

i have just finnished my blog if anybody is interested .

#2

Look Clive, see how easy it is to do a blog when you dont catch many fish.

#3

Look Clive, see how easy it is to do a blog when you dont catch many fish.

thanks for the day dave ,

oi shorty get ya bloody finger out and get typing.

#4

Can someone post the results up so i can finish mine

#5

Will be up in an hour or so Keith. After I have put the dinner on to cook.

#6

There you go I will edit in a short write up later.

#7

Well done Clive. Can we expect a blog update soon then

#8

Ooooooooooo points?
Are you running a Championship this year Dave?

If so, can guests (Bill and Pete) score points, and is it all points to count or are you allowed to drop 1 or 2 worst scores?

#9

Oooppsss I meant to leave the guests out of the points. sorted now.

A few have asked about doing points again so just to prove I do listen to you all there they are. I will do it the same as I used to. 25 points for winning plus 5 points for turning up with all outings to score.
I will also put up tables after every outing starting from the next one.

Now is there anything else you would like me to do for you.

#10

Well done Clive. Can we expect a blog update soon then

It's on my to do list

I'm still busy celebrating my first Bill G £1 coin of the year

#11

Now is there anything else you would like me to do for you.

Yes,
Judy and Simon tied so should have equal points.

Edit: They have

#12

For those of you that like a report contained within the forum

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Today sees the 1st Marsh AC club match of the year down at Monk Lakes on Match Lake 4, and I pulled up in the car park around 7·45am with the sun shining to find a few of the lads already in attendance and tucking into breakfast in various forms

. A bacon & egg baguette washed down with a tea took care of things for me as the rest arrived. Dave took care of collecting in the subs and peg fees while Tony and I strolled up to lake 4 to check out the pegging . The lake was almost flat calm with barely a hint of breeze, though as this is Monk Lakes the odds were that the wind would get up as soon as we settled into our pegs, especially as Bill G was in attendance

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Keith, Clive and Al who have been regular guests for quite a while had accepted invites to join the club this year , while Bill G was guesting as was Pete Thompson who had travelled down from Milton Keynes with Keith, and Kevin & Jean were also back with us having had to cancel their plans to move to The Bahamas :(.

So into the draw bag and with none of us having any real experience of this lake, nobody seemed to worried about what peg they would draw. Peg 136 ended up in my hand, at least I would be able to park pretty close to it. Getting the kit out of the car I could feel the wind starting to get up and by the time I'd set up it was blowing quite briskly onto my back . I had Bill G for company on 137 who had the end of the island in front and had set up a waggler to fish it and he would alternate between this and the pole all match to keep some fish coming. At least we would have a bit of banter regardless of the outcome . My peg looked OK with a comfortable 14½ mtrs to the island. With the depth being a pretty constant 3½ft all over I just set up a couple of rigs, both 4X12 Malman Champers on 0·16 power match to 0·14 with a size 18 Drennan Carp Match hook. Bait for today would be a selection of GOT 6mm soft hookers and some sweetcorn with GOT micros for feed.

10·00am saw Dave call the All-in, and Bill was in straight away with a Carp of around 3lbs on the pole at 13 mtrs . My start wasn't so good

with lots of rubbish on the bottom of my chosen line against the island I had to come back about a meter from the island to find a clear patch. Bill probably had 7 or 8 fish before I managed my 1st, a small Carp of around a pound and while Bill appeared to be ticking along nicely I was just getting the odd Gudgeon and small Tench. Around 11am Vince arrived to see how we were getting on and brought me a welcome coffee . By this time the wind had got up to a decent blow making things more awkward and Vince went off with my camera to take a few photos and see what others were doing . Bill was still catching though he was suffering from a few bumped fish and a snag on his waggler line seemed to be costing him a few hook lengths, but he was still on course to take our £1 side bet.

On Vince's return his report was that although everyone seemed to be catching, nobody was taking it apart, though most seemed to be fishing maggot, so I asked Vince to pop down to the site shop and get me ½pint of reds and he duly obliged. 1st put in with double red on the hook I landed a small but scale perfect Golden Rudd which Vince photographed before saying farewell and heading for home.

Young Zack had a bit of a shock

when his double maggot was taken by a 5lb+ Pike ( Gawd knows where that came from

) which he weighed and returned.
All the time it was getting colder and with the sky getting darker it was obvious that we were due some rain at some point. At least the red maggots were starting to pick up a few more fish for me, not enough to do any damage, but in all honesty I was just enjoying being out on the bank again after a 3 month layoff

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Jean as always appeared with a welcome cup of tea and even went and got a burger for Bill and I . After the burger I fed the 7mtr line and went for a stroll of my own with the camera to allow it to settle.

Keith seemed to be fishing a top 3 just off the end of his keepnet and by all accounts was having a few ::) .........

While Colin was doing his best 'Bankside Bush' impression in his camo gear, and as usual was keeping how he was doing pretty close to his chest, although admitting to having a few

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Tony was looking remarkably cheerful , despite having the no9 section of his 401 fall apart in his hands earlier in the day (

Tony has had no luck with this pole since he brought it secondhand, with countless sections breaking, the previous owner must have been an animal

) .........

Further round Pete Thompson was struggling to hit his bites, and felt that he was falling behind Clive on the next peg.........

Clive was looking like someone out of an advert, sitting on his shiny new Space Station and using a shiny new pole , which seemed to be doing the business for him. Indeed he landed a decent Carp while I was chatting to him

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By the time I got round to Dave the wind was blowing full on into his peg and causing his joints to suffer, though he'd managed a few, admitting to around 10 different species in his Nets ......

Kevin was just glad to be out fishing, having had the misfortune to suffer a couple of strokes in recent months, but with Jean keeping a carefull eye on him to make sure he didn't overdo things, he'd had a succession of small Carp to his feeder tactics and was obviously enjoying himself

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Back at my peg the feed appeared to have done the job as there were a few bites to be had, very few Carp though, but a mixture of small skimmers, Ide, Gudgeon, Tench and Roach kept me interested as squalls of rain made things uncomfortable for everyone.

With about an hour to go Bill lost yet another hook to the snag on his waggler line and decided he'd have a stroll, while I kept plugging away picking up the odd fish including a solitary small Carp of around 2lbs that I managed to nick from my left hand margin before Dave called the All-out at 4pm.

Thankfully it didn't take to long to pack up and get the gear back to the car as it was only parked about 10 yards away.
The weigh-in started at my peg where my net weighed a level 21 lbs which was more than I thought I had. Bill's 26lbs safely secured the £1 side bet between the two of us. Colin's mixed bag weighed in at a level 33lbs. Next up was Keith who put a fine 50¾lbs onthe scales that would eventually net him 2nd place

. Hot on Keith's heels was Tony who despite the disaster with his pole weighed 45¼lbs which would prove to be good enough for 3rd place

. The winner however proved to be Clive round on peg 152 who used his new kit to good effect putting a level 54lbs on the scales to take the win on the day

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NB: This is a slightly abridged version of my blog using a few different photo's to the original version that you can find HERE.

#13

Great report and pictures Mugger

sitting on his shiny new Space Station and using a shiny new pole

Thats only half a space station

What pole has he got now then ?

#14

BeastMaster.

#15

While I remember this is for John (Tutu) as he reckoned it was probably the largest Perch he'd ever caught.

#16

Bloody tart, Clive not Tutu

Nice Perch too

#17

Blog posted

#18

updated mine also

#19

Now is there anything else you would like me to do for you.

Book a few more matches

#20

Thanks Peter
as per our conversation here's my email address:-
Removed for your security. I have PM'd the information to Peter for you, Si
re Bob Photo for Martin
best regards tutu[reason]Removed personal info for your security[/reason]

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