Simple Match Fishing Forum

All season I’ve tried to prove a point that you can win one of these gruellers without the need for the little red men.

Both Cheslynboy and OBI have done so in the past, picking up better stamp fish on alternative baits.

But to date, my attempts using the punch, chop and caster have proved futile.

With me being a doubt for this one up and till the ‘11th hour’ , those were the only baits I would have in my possession, as I had half of Heinzer’s half pint of caster, MrV came to my aid with a bag of punch and I’d got some worm sitting in a bag left over from the last disaster……..

We were down a couple for this one, Cotti couldn’t walk as a result of that rich living of his , Bullah probably preferred a bacon sarnie , and Sibeck, Big Col and Bezza probably couldn’t stand the thought of a 3rd grueller on the bounce………

So 11 showed for this penultimate match of the series, including a newcomer ‘The Hunter’

Pegged along the Kennels section I was left with no 8 after everyone had drawn, first peg past the ‘broken bridge’. The broken bridge ……………. I remember it well, but there’s actually no bridge there these days, just the narrow cutting as evidence of it’s previous existence.

Now I was quite happy with 8 - never fished it before, but knew it could throw up a skimmer or two…….would they show today as it was considerably milder but there was what you could call ‘a stern breeze’

4 rigs set up and off we went………….. but things didn’t go according to TK’s best laid plans.

To cut a long story short I never had a sniff on the punch ………….but I heard The Hunter was having a few………..on the punch

With only a small 2oz perch to show half way in, I wandered down to check him out………….and snapped a couple of pictures as he was having a bite a chuck on Bills bait.











Dead Peg was also netting a few too





Returning to my peg, my valiant attempts to kick start both existing (the same as The Hunter’s) and alternative lines proved fruitless.

Had a couple of bites on the chop - including a crab, honest, a crab, not a crayfish, which I was thankful ‘came off’ as I shipped back. Best fish of the day was a 6oz perch which I think must have just been passing through for the day.

With odd spots of rain and the weather threatening to ‘dump’ at anytime, with 20 mins to go I decided enough was enough and began to pack up, even ‘tipping back’ so as to possibly dry my net out to save it squelching’ about in my carryall.

I had a wander up to Big Baz who’d been catching regularly from the off ………with 2 mins to go he swung in no 99, followed by no 100 which was followed by the whistle.

Scales set up and off I trotted along with MrV to do the honours and take a couple of snap shots.

Here’s Big Baz getting ready to weigh……………






But he tipped back before I could take a trophy snap


Dead Peg had had a few, but was possibly a bit narked with himself. He’d snatched bits on the joker for 3 hours before deciding to give his punch line a go in the last hour (????) - when he’d snared better stamp skimmers…………but not sufficient to overall Big Baz in pole position.




Next it was new gruellerite, The Hunter, to weigh……………..and he moved into top spot with this catch of skimmers that he’d taken in the first couple of hours before his line ‘faded’





He certainly knows how to strike a pose Think he's done this sort of thing for the camera before





Whilst Blues4eva and co still to weigh had had plenty of fish, a lot were micro roach of the 100 plus to the lb stamp - encouraging for the canal if they grow on - and they were not going to trouble The Hunter. Only MrV had added a few better stamp skimmers - again on the white stuff - to get near the rest of the frame.


Anyway here’s the tale of the scales……….

PEG
1 MRV 3.9.15
2 BLUES4EVA 1.6.0
3 KOD 0.15.0
4 HEINZER 0.7.8
5
6 THE HUNTER 6.9.12
7 DEAD PEG 3.11.12
8 TK DNW
9 MANCUB DNW
10 BIG BAZ 3.15.8
11 MARK O 1.12.6
12 TERRY TURNIP DNW

Well it was over to someone else to prove my point today………..shame it wasn’t me

Bullah probably preferred a bacon sarnie

Due to an unfortunate mixture of beverages, Bullah couldnt even face a bacon sarnie, let alone risk driving

Good write up yet again TK 

Nice write up again Tk,The hunter looks more like a lumber jack in that shirt.And boy does he know how to pose with his little basket well done Mr Hunter

where about is that stretch tk
oh and need your no again want to purchace a season ticket again

It's the Cannock Extension Canal Keef - the canal that heads north off the Common upto the A5

Storming Norman knows it well............he told me he had his first barbel out of it back in the 70's 

Have a gander here for a few pictures of it 

YaBB.pl?num=1259870810

You can catch me on 07989700638 

Both Cheslynboy and OBI have done so in the past, picking up better stamp fish on alternative baits.

i remember ...that was when i used to be able to catch fish

you need to ban mr hunter he'l get the gruellers a bad name catching that much its not woodhouse in fancy dress is it can't be he don't go anymore

Time for a table...........


With just the one to go, it looks like Blues4eva has romped it with a 'solid' performance over the series


BLUES4EVA 20 19 20 17 19 15 110
BIG BAZ 18 20 18 20 5 19 100
MARK O 19 18 14 5 17 16 89
KOD 14 12 13 5 16 14 14 88
MRV 19 15 19 16 17 86
COTTI 20 16 17 11 15 5 84
HEINZER 18 17 9 5 15 13 77
DEAD PEG 5 13 8 13 18 18 75
TK 15 15 16 17 5 5 73
TERRY TURNIP 5 14 14 15 5 5 58
CHESLYNBOY 17 7 5 29
GLYN 11 16 27
BEZZA 5 20 25
ABUMAN 12 12 24
THE HUNTER 20 20
GOLDEN BALLS 19 19
SIBECK 14 5 19
TIPPO 18 18
AZITIZ 13 5 18
BIG COL 5 13 18
SPRUCEY 16 16
ARTHUR 10 10
SLIP KNOT 10 10
HOTLIPS 9 9
SHEDBREAKER 5 5
MANCUB 5 5

i've gone boz-eyed well done blue4eva

Cheers joff