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FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 24/4/11

MATCH RESULTS

WEDNESDAY OPEN (MOLANDS)
1. Lee Richards (Sensas) 108 -7 Peg 46
F1’s, Carp, Tench & Crucians on Pole & Pellet
2. Craig O’Brien (Fast Feeders) 106 – 6
3. Lee Davies (Fast Feeders) 105-15
4. Andrew Wooding (Maver Solihull AC) 89 – 3

TALKANGLING WEDNESDAY CLUB (GEARYS)
1. Alan 54 -12 Peg 28
Carp on Pole & Pellet
2. Tony Walsh 40 -12
3. Pete Taylor 27 -12

MAYPOLE AC (GEARYS)
1. Ray Taylor 109 – 4 Peg 19
Carp & Skimmers on Pole & Paste
2. Keith Webb 55 – 3
3. Pete Brown 49 – 4
4. Colin Geens 44 – 0

TONY’S TACKLE AFFORDABLE OPEN
(LITTLE GEARYS)
1. Tony Musticone (Alvechurch Fishing) 50 – 6 Peg 7
F1’s on Pole & Pellet
2. Paul Rowbury (Fast Feeders) 46 – 0
3. Dave Bloore (Alvechurch Fishing) 31 -12
4. Dave Rowbury (Tunnel Barn) 28 – 8

PACKINGTON VETS (GEARYS & LITTLE GEARYS)
1. Dave Atkins 89 – 9 Peg 19
Carp on Straight Lead & Pellet
2. Jim Wyatt 53 – 6
3. John Downing 48 – 0
4. John Smith 44 – 3

SATURDAY OPEN (MOLANDS)
1. Max Higgot (Gone Fishing Hinckley 81 -13 Peg 44
Carp on Method & Meat
2. Tony Shepherd (Banbury Gunsmiths) 76 -13
3. Maurice Williams (Chiltern Bait) 68 -13
4. Susie Smith (Kobra Feeders) 68 – 8

SUNDAY OPEN (LITTLE GEARYS)
1. Lee Richards (Sensas) 72 – 1 Peg 7
F1’s on Shallow Pellet
2. Steve White (Kobra Feeders) 61 -14
3. Dave Duggan (Dams & Locks) 34 -12
4. Andy Fulleylove (Kobra Feeders) 34 – 8

RIDGEMERE AC (GEARYS)
1. Richard Howston 46 -12 Peg 16
Carp on Pole & Pellet
2. Dave Hipkiss 39 – 2
3. Colin Wilkes 38 – 6
4. Jim Wyatt 33 – 0

REPORT

MOLANDS During the week, Molands showed the best form of the season so far with the mid week Open seeing 20 anglers weighing in over 1200lb of fish and three tons caught. Everything fed well with carp to double figures, F1’s, big skimmers, tench and crucians all featuring in catches. The hot weather saw early spawning at the weekend with the catches affected by this. Top tactics have been method feeder with meat to the island, pole and pellet at 13m starting on the deck and then coming up in the water and short pole with pellet or worm down the near margin. Best pegs are 2 – 4, 8 – 12, 25 – 33, 43 – 48 and 57 – 60.

GEARYS Another pool in good form through the week but by the weekend it was a frenzy of spawning fish and catches were well down by Sunday. Method feeder fished out into the open water with meat, dead reds or banded hard pellet has been working well or pole fished paste down the near margin for carp and big skimmers. The shallow water from pegs 19 round to 28 has been the most consistent area.

LITTLE GEARYS Shallow tactics are beginning to work really well with pellet or caster fished in the top layers producing catches of F1’s to 5lb and skimmers to 2lb. The margins are also starting to produce with paste or chopped worm and caster taking mixed nets to 50lb. Best pegs have been near the top end of the pool with 1 – 7 and 28 – 30 fishing best.

GRATUITIES Very busy this week with pleasure anglers reporting catches to 80lb, mainly of carp and tench in the 2 – 4lb bracket but skimmers and crucians also featuring in catches. The hot pegs are the usual suspects 1, 8, 9, 15 and 16 but fish are being caught along the straights now. A small method or pellet feeder fished to the island with meat or punched bread and pole with pellet fished long have been the top tactic