Weekly Report ending 27th November 2010 All pools have been fishing well considering the cold spell.  Match and pleasure anglers are catching 70lb+ with maggot and pellet being the best baits. Top PoolThe bowl area for common carp to 8-10lb on warmer parts of the day to straight lead maggot.  Pellet or maggot on all […]

FISHING & MATCH REPORT  – WEEK ENDING 28/11/10 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS                          (ANNIVERSARIES/SIBLINGS/WILLOW)1.   Ron Savage (SIBLINGS)   12 – 4        Peg 9      One Carp & Roach on Pole & Caster 2.   Norman Davies (ANNIVERSARIES)  10 -123.   Roland Sturdy (ANNIVERSARIES)  10 – 74.   John Downing (SIBLINGS)  10 – 2 PACKINGTON VETS                      (GEARYS & LITTLE GEARYS)1.   […]

25.11.10Daiwa Hallcroft Veterans Winter League (Thursday)Bridge/Croft (21 pegs)1 D Downes, Killamarsh, 43-14-0; peg Bridge Outer 5Dave Downes fished the bomb with meat and corn catching carp up to 7lb early on2 A Payling, Peg One, 37-14-0; peg Bridge Island 26Arnie Payling alternated pole and pellet with bomb and corn for a net of small carp […]

Holmedale Lake Wednesday 24/11/1014 fished  A very cold and frosty start to the match with most anglers only catching in the second half, the winner Pete was fish less with two hours to go but a change to the wagler fished with double red maggot cast to the old lily bed altered that landing roach […]

The first of Shatterford Lakes’ 2010 Winter League Matches held on Erics began last Sunday (21.11.10) – results as follows: 1st    Phil Whitehouse (West Bromwich)  25lb 8oz2nd    Ian Burgoyne (Mosella)  14lb 6oz3rd     Chris Walters (Tipton)  13lb 7oz This week’s match, again on Erics Lake, produced much better weights, despite sub-zero temperatures: 1st    Martin Knight (West Bromwich)  51lb 15oz2nd    […]

Sunday 28th Nov 2010 open  (Frozen but broke ice on pegs) Conditions:  Thick snow to about 1 ft deep, ambient temperature –5 !!!, Wind N 2 mph, barometer 1006.1, Moon phase Waning Gibbous, Water temp 2 deg under ice of about 2 inches thick, DO 8.2, PH 7.45, mv 21 Some very hardy anglers turned up today […]

31st October 2010-Carp pond 1st    Roger Edmond        113 lb        Peg 142nd    Andy Binks              42 lb        Peg 253rd    James Wilson           37 lb        Peg 04  The winner fished with sweetcorn and micro pellets. 

FISHING & MATCH REPORT  – WEEK ENDING 24/10/10 MATCH RESULTS WEDNESDAY OPEN                        (GRATUITIES)1.   Jim Green (Packington) 28 – 7        Peg 1             Carp on Pole & Pellet 2.   John Burchell (Packington)         27 – 5 3.   Steve Edwards (Packington) 24 – 64.   Wendell Ward (Best Baits) 15 -10  MAYPOLE AC                                       (GEARYS)                  1.   Keith Webb   30 – 4       Peg 12      Skimmers […]

Holmedale Lake Sunday  24/10/10 24 Fished  Another very cold start to the match but despite that the lake fished very well, Subfish backed Greg Cooper topping the list with 109lb 6oz, fishing the method feeder with meat and corn cast tight to the lily pads at peg 25 he landed 26 carp – 9lb. 2nd […]

 Tony Watson Sundays match winner front of net 2lb 7oz perch Sunday 24th Oct 2010 open / League Lookout Conditions:- Overnight cold and heavy rain (again), then partly cloudy, ambient temperature rose to 8 deg, humidity 66%, wind at first was calm, then changed to NW the N 12 mph, barometer 1016.9 mb, moon phase waning […]