Simple Match Fishing Forum

Well after a week of thinking where to put the match where we would see any trouble off the boats where many would turn up after the poor form of the canal in resent weeks it was all getting too much so i thought especially with the traveling anglers and well as the die hards i wanted them to have the best chance of catching a few fish just to show what the canal can be capable
so Brian and myself thought that the Quorns waters had received quite a lot of pressure over the last couple of weeks and thought the loughborough waters would be a better option with the added section of staples a section we rarely use because boats


but with the help of the canal trust regular checks have been carried out on boat numbers and the amount of time they are spending mooring where they shouldn't be and as you can see from the picture there must of been a fare few boats that shouldnt of been moored there



so off i went and spray painted 12 numbers on the morning only to find some pleasure anglers just starting lucky for me they said they would move to below the bridge without wetting a line
back to the pub from there and a quick head count just to see if we could drop afew pegs out needless to say this is almost impossible as anglers turn up at all times so staples swingbridge swingbridge boats and below bishops meadow lock went in and as it happened it looked like we might get the 50 mark :( but as the draw took place some with partners missing and some that just didn't turn up meant quite a few empty pegs and gaps a long with pegs i could of left out like mine
at the end it looked around 46 anglers fished with 55 pegs in the hat
still the good news it fished really well in parts condititions were good with a slight colour in the canal and mild temps apart the frost on the morning of -2

right on two the match a couple of lads have had a outstanding run of results and topped it off with a supperb final round by winning the individual and the pairs on the day .TONY BARKER  shakespeare drew a faoured spot below bishops meadow lock and found himself catching small roach, perch and skimmers right from the off  for a total of 19lb6oz tony only needed to fish 4metres to hand all day over a bed of joker  and a clear win over Lee morley Leicester sensas who did the oppsite to tony and caught 3 bream and a chub 4lb 14oz  for a total of 10lb 6oz 3rd went to a regular canal fisherman ACEa cooper Mattlock who like me has had some bad pegs yesterday that all changed and caught 10lb 1oz of small roach and perch 4th went to Jason cunningham Shakespeare who has put together a string of framing and section results second to none on the loughborough with 9lb 1oz of good sized roach from staples 5th went to Pete marlow Leicester sensas with 8lb 14oz pete only caught his fish in the last half of the match
1ST TONY BARKER SHAKESPEARE 19LB 6OZ
2ND LEE MORLEY LEICESTER SENSAS
10LB 6OZ
3RD ACEA COOPER MATLOCK 10LB1OZ
4TH JASON CUNNINGHAM SHAKESPEARE  9LB 1OZ
5TH PETE MARLOW LEICESTER SENSAS 8LB 14OZ
on the day the lowest section winning weight was 4lb 11oz why why why couldn't this of happened throughout
PAIRS ON THE DAY
with the numbers dropping in the last round it was going to be really hard to change the top 5 pairs.leaving nothing to chance Tony barker Shakespeare and Andy beasley Mill tackle took the bull bye the horns and andy knowing that tony was bagging did a great job from the peg he had drawn managing 6 points with 5lb 3oz and a total of 7 points for the pair of them 2nd on the day was Steve woolard Trentmen and Rob perkins Trentmen who stepped in for Darren bickerton as he was on semi final duty with starlets and what a good choice as rob enjoyed the day catching 7lb 14oz for 4 points while steady eddie Steve did what he always does another slack 5lb 14oz for 4 points and a 8 point total althou after going through the results late last night they had in fact tied on 8 points with Acea cooper and paul spencer Matlock [sorry boys it was too late for the press ] 4th pair was Aarron wells and John shellard Leicester sensas with 13 points 5th Nick moss and neil pittfield who stepped in for Barry jones as barry had to work with 16 points

OVERALL FINAL PAIRS RESULT
well again the winning pair lead from start to finish which is a result in its own .they average 12.2 points per round  and picked up a fare bit of prize money along the way as well 
TONY BARKER  AND  ANDY BEASLEY 46 POINTS 
2ND DARREN BICKERTON AND STEVE WOOLARD 66 POINTS
3RD NICK MOSS AND BARRY JONES 82 POINTS
4 TH BRAD TITMAS AND STEVE HEMMINGREY 84
5TH DAVE PETCH AND SID BALDOCK  85 POINTS
6TH AARON WELLS AND JOHN SHELLARD 88
7TH ROB QUINN AND JASON CUNNINGHAM 90
8TH DARREN MASSEY AND DARREN LEWIS 101
9TH BOB GREENBURY DEREK JACKSON
111
10TH BEN CHARRATT AND IAN CHARRATT 118

JUST  to say a big thankyou to all the anglers that fished it
a big thankyou to the boat pub for the breakfasts and the draws
a big thankyou to Brain hull and Roger marlow for all there help with the draw and results

      

on a personal note what with running the semi final and the pairs league i have to question the effect it has on my own fishing .not making the team was a big blow ok i'm captain and yes i could of put myself in  but deep down i had to be honest with myself
as for the pairs competition i think its a great fixture but after all the running around before and after is it effecting my own angling 3lb13oz 7oz DNW and 9oz is pretty poor    even so its made me pullout of my own favourite match the Sensas final at packington



its now time to start to reflex as this face says it all last night at 10.15pm over a quite pint in the local 

Well done Joff for running the league if it wernt for guys likee you we would have no were to go, not the best of fishing at times but not your fault none of us can control the weather. And well done in the semi good luck for the final.

Well what a cracking league!!!
Cheers Joffmiester and all for running it.
Remember you can't always sack up lads. a match is a match and this time of year its going to be abit though everywhere.
Its nice to see all those anglers fishing a canal match!!!!

Well done joff .Its a cracking league matey but the weather has destroyed it this year.It was nice to break the pound mark as ive had a right sh!te run on there lately.
The pegs ive had would have been flyers 5 years ago.
185 ,peg4 swingbridge,240 haws,194.Thought my luck had changed yesterday when i had a 8oz skimmer first chuck on punch  That was it apart from a couple of skerrits.Had another on joker later and a nice big roach.(theyre still there ?)
At least me and Darren took the Long Eaton trophy  .Keep up the good work look forward to next year ?

yep the weather has been against us all the way its a good canal some lads have been today on staples and had 15 to 20lb of quality roach like you said the fish are there its drawing them thats the hardest part
well done on winning the the long eaton trophy