Simple Match Fishing Forum

With the Trent over its banks it was always going to be nip and tuck whether the match was going to take place on the inlet/outlet.

MrV was the man to make the decision and after seeing that some pegs were under water he had no alternative but to move us to the KP.That was not the first shock of the day...that was when DOF was first in the queue to get in after arriving 15 minutes early



With 20 grueller candidates in line I drew peg 19 and with Drynet on peg 18 it seemed only right to throw out a mars bar challenge, DOF was also offered the challenge but declined the offer on the grounds that he dont like chocolate.

After losing a 4oz roach 1st put in at 3m then having one 2nd chuck i was rubbing my hands at the prospect of catching roach all day and setting a new grueller record for the KP with 30lb of quality roach......The roach obviously had not read the same bloody script as me and were soon replaced by gudgeon

MrV on peg 2 was starting to show why is the man in form on the venue, straight from the off he was giving DOF (The new name for TK) neck ache with a prosession of roach and skimmers falling to caster at 4 metres.

The match was well on its way to becoming a one horse race with only DOF (peg 3) and heinzer (peg 1) putting up any sort of resistance, that was until Geoff on peg 10 landed a carp over "5lb".

At the scales KOD was into an early lead with 5 little chublets for 2-7-7 and this only overtaken when Tigerbay put his cheese paste caught chublets on for 2-9-9, It came as a bit of a shock when Larry "the lieing brummie" Taypot put on his 10 tiny,miniscule,minute gobies on the scales and took the lead with 5-12-0 of roach and 1 skimmer! this was short lived as Geoff placed Simple's Mirror on the scales and it went 12-9-0, added to his roach this was to give him a healthy lead totaling 16-1-0.

There was no one else to touch him until we came to MrV who then placed a new grueller record for the KP by putting 21-8-0 on the scales, after geting bored with catching roach and skimmers he had gone across for the last 4 chucks and put 4 chub inthe onion sack





section 1
peg1. Heinzer 8-14-10
2. MrV 21-8-0  section winner
3. DOF 7-14-14
4. Veste 1-14-10
5. Shark  D-N-W

Section 2
6. Ball it in Baker 0-3-14
7. Yamo 3-3-9-
8. Rich C  1-2-7
9. Zorro 1-6-6
10. Geoff 16-1-0 (carp of 12-9-0, its growed a bit since Simple caught it last year)Section winner

Section 3
11. Larry Taypot 5-12-0 Section winner
12.Welder D-N-W
13. Ha Ha 1-11-0
14.Tigerbay 2-9-9
15. Phil B 1-2-0

Section 4
16. Cotti 0-13-8
17. Wedge 0-10-6
18. Drynet 0-5-10
19. Ratbag 1-12-10
20. KOD 2-7-7 Section Winner


Thanks for having me lads and i hope to see you all again shortly.

Good report Chocman
It seems the straight did not fish too well then :(
I had a phonecall telling me that my carp had been caught and is doing well, must have had too much xmas pudding
Well Done My V again. another cracking weight
Is there no stopping you
Looking forward to getting the pictures. Shame I couldn't have made it, I would have won my Cabury's caramel easy peasy

Well done everyone

Great report Lee.  
I was a little apprehensive when I drew peg 2, as I have never fished to KP with that much colour or water on before, so I wasnt quite sure how to attack it.  
Decided to just set up 2 rigs. A 3.6lb straight through to a 16 for the brambles, and a fairly light rig for "Roaching" down the track.
Mixed up a bit of G/B with some smell (Match Blend black and Magic mixed 50/50) Thought with the colour, a bit of scent might help draw fish and hold them. Cupped in 3 cricket ball sized down track at start absolutely loaded with squatt and hemp. Never had to put anymore in through match, just loose fed caster and hemp over top. It fizzed on and off all day  :D
It actually started to die about half hour from end, so when DOF -I love that   went for a walk with his camera, I had a push over to the Brambles. 5 puts over resulted in 4 chub and a bream  
I always enjoy catching fish, but even so, the banter with DOF and Heinzer was entertaining. I looked at DOFs  float once, and thought the Power station had put a lighthouse on the KP. His excuse was a shot had fallen off - it must have been a SSG  
Heinzer did really well to stick at it, as he hadnt had a bite after 90 minutes, and I think many others would have given up the ghost and gone walkies. Well done Mr Meredith.  
Well done to Geoff too for netting the Cashmores carp.  

Thought it a very interesting venue as I hadnt seen it before.

Like the idea of the sections.

I was up a few trees again and wrecked MORE rigs. Down to the bones and scratching around for one, I spied one of those milano cheapies, bought off ebay when im bored on here. Obviously used it before as it had a decent , but massive hook on.  Put on some of my SB, cheepaste, made up last night and it slide away...couldnt believe it lol.


Really enjoyed it, lots of bites but missed most of em. Gudgeon I think.

DOF has been on the trumpet. Pictures will be on tomorrow sometime when he gets out of his pit.
Good report Paul and good info

Great reports Lee, Paul & Mark

I hope theres a picture of the mars bars been exchanged

Well done guys especially Mr V.

Looks like a good result given the conditions lately.

Hey Mouse my informant tells me that the water was a tad warm for your Joker, they were last seen escaping by crawling up the far bank in search of cooler conditions  

I hope theres a picture of the mars bars been exchanged  

No mate im in debt

I hope theres a picture of the mars bars been exchanged  

He tried for fob me off with the money.....


I aint standing for that, He owes me a Mars bar!

Dont worry Drynet you not the only one.......if you have the Anglers mail you'll see your in good company over the next couple of weeks

I hope theres a picture of the mars bars been exchanged  

He tried for fob me off with the money.....


I aint standing for that, He owes me a Mars bar!

Dont worry Drynet you not the only one.......if you have the Anglers mail you'll see your in good company over the next couple of weeks

You'll be able to make your own selection boxes

you must have loads in your box Lee

At least Ill know where to come if i have a hypoglycemia attack while fishing with you.

I'm thinking of stocking up with a multipack

Might save me a few pennies.

They were the warmest fish i've ever handled. Like little hand warmers, cept you dont need em in weather like today.

You could soak your tootsies in water like that with snow on the ground.

ratty still owes about 20 bars of various choccys to various people Last year s Md's indi match he was throwing bet around every were then when push came to shove and he had to fish the match he bottled it and even after loads of persuasion he still wouldn't pay up by default

Word is that TK forgot his camera but had a pad and pencil instead  and managed to sketch these quickly  


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Real pics will be uploaded when I get them all off Tony. Only got a few atm, he is down the boozer again  

There's still more pictures to come so TK tells me but here are what I have so far...

Link to Album

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Word is that TK forgot his camera but had a pad and pencil instead  and managed to sketch these quickly  










Real pics will be uploaded when I get them all off Tony. Only got a few atm, he is down the boozer again  

How long has TK had predator vision

Ages, shame it does not work underwater