Smiggys Lake Sweepstake 3/4/11

Twelve members fished a Sweepstake match on Smiggys Lake last Sunday. With the weather set fair and with a few fish spotted moving about, hopes were high that Smiggys Lake might return to a little bit of form. On reflection, although some anglers struggled for bites, there were more fish caught this week than of late.

It does seem that a few fish have moved to top corner recently, an area that once seemed pretty barren. Dave Kimber was very happy to draw peg 15, and especially so when he found that the breeze was off his back and he would be able to fish his favorite waggler method. Dave put a steady run of Silver fish into the net in the opening couple of hours on the Waggler untill the wind picked up and made bait presentation difficult. A switch to the long Pole proved successful as a decent Bream fell for his double red maggot bait. Dave kept switching methods and picking off fish throughout the match, finishing up with 12lb 4oz and first place.

Next peg, 17, was Keith Macfarlane, he must have speeded up his "tackle setting up" technique, as this week we were only ten minutes late for ther "All in" . Keith started catching Silvers much later in the day than Dave, so it was pretty obvious that big fish were going to be needed to have any chance of catching him. Keith got his head down, and it almost worked ...two good Bream plus his Silvers gave him 10lb 4oz. A lost Bream, hooked in the last half hour, would have surely given Keith top spot...but it was not to be so he had to settle for the bridesmaids position for the second week running!

Phil Sansby probably had the most enjoyable day as his third placed 9lb 4oz was all made up of Silver fish and small Skimmers. Phil fished Pole at about 10 meters. Apart from a barren hour and half Phil caught virtually all day.

Section 1 went to Alan Smith with 5lb of small Skimmers from peg 7 (drawn by me....again!!!). And Paul Cooke took Section 2 with 8lb from peg 28.

Jurassic Bream

We must say thanks to Steve Halford for sending in his pictures of two fine and healthy looking Bream that he caught recently on Jurassic Lake.

Steve caught both fish using Pole tactics, with maggot as bait. The larger of the two fish weighing in at 4lb 8oz was a female laden with spawn and the smaller, a male, weighing 4lb had spawning tubercles on its head.

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Colver Lake Sweepstake 20/3/11

Fourteen members turned up on a fine Sunday morning to fish a sweepstake match on Colver. It was interesting to see that of the six or so pleasure anglers already fishing, only the anglers on pegs 15 and 18 seemed to be catching with any regularity. The anglers fishing at the north end, pegs 1 and 2, 45 and 46, seemed to be fiding bites more difficult to come by. This seemed to bear out the chat between the match lads prior to the draw, those that had been to the lake earlier in the week said that a lot of fish were spotted in the 30's and the southern end pegs. As it turned out, though, those pegged in the 30's were the one's who found the going the toughest!

They don't always produce but anyone would be happy to draw a south end, end peg. So when Den Porter found peg 21 in the draw bag he was more than happy....And a happy Den is not a very regular occurance!! ....When Cookie pulled out next peg, 23, Ladbrokes closed the book on the first and second place betting . As we all know, don't take on the bookies, as they were absolutely right...Den weighing in with 35lb 6oz to come romping home by a furlong or two, with Cookie coming up on the rails as the runner-up. Den was the only angler to catch pretty steadily throughout the match as sport wasn't as prolific as we had all hoped.

Paul Cooke caught most of his fish in the very early stages and then again at the end of the competition to finally put a second placed 27lb 5oz on the scales. The Carp were not really in a feeding mood, everyone, except Den, was struggling until the last hour or so, when, once again, most of the fish were caught. Third place went to my good self . I managed to net three decent Carp, early on, from peg 8 then switched to a Silver fish approach when it became evident that the Carp were not really "having it". This stood me in good stead as my 6lb+ of Silvers just managed to keep section 2 winner Phil Dayman at bay.... Phil, on end peg 43 struggled until the last hour, when he started catching....By the "all out" Phil was flying and I thought he would beat me for third place. He ended up just one fish short and with 23lb 3oz Phil settled for the Section 2 prize.

Alan Smith has taken to asking me to draw his peg for him.....and it seems to be working.....Al picking up money in three of the four matches that I have done the honours for him!! This week was no exception. I handed him peg 12, and he took Section 1 with 11lb 8oz!!! I reckon I'll have to negotiate a 20% fee from now on!!! .

Broome AS Close Season 20/3/11

The Close Season for fishing on Rivers came into force on 15th March 2011. We have had reports of two members continuing to fish on the River Soar last week. The Environment Agency take a very dim view on this, and they have been known to issue very hefty fines to anyone who breaks the law by fishing on Rivers during the Close Season (15/3/11 - 15/6/11inc). We know that because of the abolision of the Close Season on still waters, sometimes, people may forget, but this is not an excuse that the EA will entertain. If you do happen to see anyone fishing on any of our River venues (River Soar at Flash Farm, Narborough & River Soar at Rothley) Kindly remind them of the law and ask them, politely, to cease fishing. Failing that please inform our Bailiffs. Thank you.

  The Committee.

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