Maver Pairs this Saturday - Pair A to fish on Railway Lake and Pair B will fish either Match Lake or Willow Lake.
The draw is at Barford at 9am with fishing from 11am - 4pm.
Sorry but there will be no catering van this year so please make sure you stop and get breakfast on the way - we have cold rolls and sausages rolls avaiable in the shop.
Also please make sure you arrive with dry keepnets nets. Current rules can be found in the Rules section of this site. See you Saturday!
We have 25 pairs fishing so the sections and pegs will be as follows:
Pair A - Railway Lake
Section A - pegs 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18 and 20 (9 peg section)
Section B - pegs 24, 26, 28, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40 (8 peg section)
Section C - pegs 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 56 60 and 62 (8 peg section)
Pair B - Match Lake and Willow Lake
Match Lake (sections pegged end to end)
Section A - pegs 1, 3, 5, 7, 24, 26, 28 and 30 (8 peg section)
Section B - pegs 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23 (8 peg section)
Willow Lake
Section C - pegs 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15
As normal it's 1 point for a section win and the result is decided on points, with section wins in case of a draw and weight if it's a draw after that. The top two pairs go through.
Tickets are going fast for the match this Saturday - they are £10 with proceeds going to Cancer Research. The draw is at 8.30am with fishing from 10am - 3pm. We are using Barford Match Lake and Willow Lake.
Tickets available from the tackle shop or call on 01603 759624 to reserve a ticket.
Colton Lake didn't have quite the same sport for anglers as it did last week - possibly down to the variable air pressure and stormy weather. After doing well in my last couple of matches I obviously had great expectations - as you do at the start of a match, quickly to realize after the first half that this catching fish lark can sometimes prove tricky!
What I thought was a good draw - wasn't! Had peg 30 with 31 in as well - stacks of fish there at the start. There was 18 fished and I held my own just about!
Richard on my right caught three but got one in the net and Graham opposite had 3 fish - as did a lot of people. I had 3 fish so was chuft really.
I was convinced that if I found the fish it would be a matter of feed and catch - but they weren't really having it. Kept trying each swim for 10 - 15 mins then going onto the next one. Should have either stuck it out on one line or tried a different bait - because they didn't want the bait I had (pellet and corn). Note to self must get tin of cameat for my bag as that's what Ray who came second got his on in the last half hour - after he sat and made a rig for it.
But it's a learning curve! I had 19lb 12ozs and opposite had 19lb 2ozs and one next door didn't weigh in. Beat the anglers next door so pleased with that. They'd be too worried if I'd caught anymore tee hee!
Evening matches at Colton are each Wednesday drawing at 5pm with fishing from 6pm - 9pm. Please book in before 4.15pm on the day on 01603 759624.
On a day better for sunbathing than fishing Bob Anderson brought some anglers down from Cobbleacre for a pairs event on the Match Lake.
Everyone caught fish, most successful was Dave Barret on peg 20 and he had 102lb on the lead just 10 foot infront of him. Second was match organiser Bob Anderson who had 70lb from peg 5 and third was Mick Cooney with 67lb from peg 26.
The pairs result was as follows:
1st Colin Baker 24lb 6ozs peg 19
Dave Barret 102lb 4ozs peg 20
Total weight 126lb 10ozs
2nd Mick Cooney 67lb 8zs peg 26
Paul Cooney 26lb 8ozs peg 27
Total weight 94lb
3rd Bob Anderson 70lb 8ozs peg 5
Paddy Howe 19lb peg 6
Total weight 89lb 8ozs
The evening match at Colton went well last night - 10 anglers fished and over 600lb of fish was caught! There was only a pound within the top few weights and I managed to scrape a third place with 83lb!
We're doing evening matches on Wednesdays at Colton all through June and they draw at 5pm with fishing from 6pm - 9pm - please book in and then if your running late we can draw a peg for you. Call 01603 759624 to book in.
1st Jack Gill 84lb 6ozs
2nd Nick Seman 83lb 9ozs
3rd Sarah Thomson 83lb 1oz
4th Steve Quinn 82lb 2ozs
5th Kevin Ford 79lb 13ozs
6th Clive Spelman 64lb 14ozs
