Winter league Round 9
Maunside & Cavendish Lakes
Saturday 9/12/06
26 fished
1st Dean Richmond Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 2 Maunside, 47-14-0
2nd Don Clarke Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 4 Maunside, 38-6-0
3rd Rob Ward Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 3 Maunside, 21-0-0
4th Mick Burke Kingsley Corro AC peg 5 Maunside, 13-4-0
5th John Darby Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 1 Maunside, 12-6-0
6th Jason Thomas Peg One Angling Centre peg 11 Cavendish, 8-14-0
A hard frost made it very hard on both lakes with the top weights all coming from the same section on the Maunside, Dean Richmond again drew peg 2 on the Maunside fishing pole and alternating between corn meat and maggot he had chub – 1lb in the first half on the match and carp – 3lb in the 2nd half, His travelling partner Don on peg 4 fished the same method but having mostly chub. Best on the Cavendish was Jason Thomas at peg 11 he fished pole and caster up in the water for an all roach net.
One round left to fish
Leaders after 9 rounds
Mick Langton 17 points
John Woodland 19 points
Carl Brown, Dean Richmond 20 points
Holmedale Lake
Sunday 10/12/06
20 fished
1st Neil Wilkinson Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 17, 17-4-0
2nd Glenn Greasley Oaks AC peg 25, 16-12-0
3rd Dave Madin Mossella Ultimate Anglers peg 39, 11-4-0
4th Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 31, 10-14-0
5th Jason Singlehurst Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 33, 10-12-0
A very frosty start to this match were most anglers struggled for bites, at the end of the match there was still ice on the puddles round the lake, Neil fished pole and pellet at 8m he had one carp of 8lb in the first hour of the match 3 roach in the middle and an other 8 lber in the last half hour finishing 8oz in front of Glen, he fished the straight lead and popped up corn cast to the old lily pad at peg 25 he had 7 carp – 3lb steady through out the match
Holmedale Lake , Wednesday Fun League open
6/12/06
22 fished
1st Dave Madin Mosella Ultimate Anglers peg 50, 52-1-0
2nd Jim Strachan Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 1, 47-7-0
3rd Neil Wilkinson Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 32, 36-10-0
4th Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 55, 34-10-0
5th Pete Hodgetts Andy Allen’s Mansfield Angling peg 24, 23-7-0
6th Steve Shepherd Worksop & Dist AA peg 17, 20-4-0
Dave fished pole corn and pellet on two lines out at 14m and down the margin, after a slow start he had 8 carp – 7lb within an hour but when it started to rain and the bites slowed up and he only had 3 more in the last 2 hours, winning the match with 52lb 1oz, coming 4th in the fun league and winning £100 for being on a golden peg made it a very profitable day for him. Jim drew at peg 1 sheltered from the elements he fished his new pole and pellet at 14m tight to the lily pad for 14 carp – 5lb loosing 5 other fish in the pad that would have given him the lead.
Fun league final round
Carl Brown 45 points on most wins
Pete Hodgetts 45 points
Dave Madin 40 points