Thursday night saw another knockup at Charnock’s Carterhall Fishery, with 10 anglers turning out on a windy, but sunny evening to do battle. I drew the peg next to where I won it from last week, and was happy with the draw, especially as I fished slightly down the bank the week before so I could fish to the same spot from where I had drawn!
I had bought with me the same bait as well, so I decided to fish in exactly the same way. I was into small ide from the off, and caught these steadily before taking a carp around a pound and a half after 20 minutes, the wind was picking up however, and I was finding it increasingly difficult to hold my pole.
I struggled on somewhat foolishy, but its hard to come off a line when you are catching, and no one else was catching a deal so I felt I ought to forge a lead while I could. This proved a costly mistake however, as with around two hours gone, my 13 metre section must have worked its way loose, and the male end cracked.
Luckily I had a spare, but thought I had better learn my lesson and stop fishing so long in the wind. In the final part of the match I managed to pick up a few small rudd and ide fishing shallow on my top six, but the stamp was nowhere near as big as what I was getting long.
When the whistle sounded I wasn’t sure whether my early run of fish would be enough to sneak top spot, and I reckoned I had between 10 and 12lb. Hughie Donnelly was first to weigh, putting 7-10-0 on the scales, and this lead until venue regular and up and coming angler Jack Rothwell put 11-9-0 on the scales. I thought it would be close between me and him, but my ide weighed heavier than I thought and my net went 17lb.
Jack’s dad took third spot with just over 10lb, and almost all anglers had between 5 and 7lb, so all in all it didn’t fish to bad. I was chuffed to make it three wins out of three matches in the series, and just hope my good run continues at the venue.
Just Out at Lindholme
Another star studded field of 34 anglers turned up for the Saturday open match at Lindholme Lakes, with Tommy Pickering, Gary Jubb, Steve Baraclough, Paul Cannon, John Kelly and Derek Jackson present along with a host of other well known anglers. I drew peg 11, an area that I haven’t been in before, with just under 16 metres across to the far bank. I had bought with me 7 pints of maggots, and that was all, so there was little doubt in my mind what they were having!
I plumbed up two lines, one at six metres and one across, and I planned to fish across for the majority of the match, unless the wind got so bad that I couldn’t hold my pole. I had a slow start, with the anglers either side of me catching five fish a piece before I had so much as an indication. The fish soon moved onto the maggot however, and I started catching steadily. I had a really nice match, with problems of missed bites and lost fish that I have encountered in previous weeks pretty much eradicated. I caught a good range of species as well, from ide to roach to chub to F1’s and carp.
At the midway point of the match I felt I was well in front if those around me, but when the kid to the left of Derek Jackson packed up at 2:00, giving him a spare peg he started catching well down the middle, and I must admit he had me sweating!
At the all out, I reckoned I had around 40lb and thought I would be fairly well up with that. My first weigh went 25lb, with my second going 18-5-0 giving me a total of 43-5-0, which was enough to do Derek by just a few ounces.
Frustratingly, this wasn’t good enough to make the main frame or even take the section spoils, as John Kelly took the section money from the end peg with 47-0-0. I was fifth in the match and didn’t pick up a bean! Gutted!
On Sunday I had agreed to bank run for my team, Triana North for the Regional National on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal at Thorne. The wind was howling, and to be honest I felt I got a good deal walking the bank rather than fishing such was the extent of the conditions!
I helped Phil Morgan carry his gear to his part of the canal as he had to walk 60 pegs, then I walked down the match length, which must be a couple of miles from one end to the other.
I sat behind a number of anglers, and found the day a really enjoyable exercise as I got to look at the rigs of different people and watch how they fished, and I really felt I learned a lot. It also reminded me how many liars there are in our sport- everyone seemed to admit to having one pound and weigh in three!
All in all, the team did quite well finishing in sixth place out of the 14 teams. Paul Goulding delivered a fantastic result yet again, coming second in his section from a peg which didn’t look too good, with Matt Godfrey, Phil Morgan, Carl Rowley and Andy Shaw all finishing in the top five of there 14 peg sections.
As predicted at the meeting, we had a couple of really low results as well however, the fish seem to be shoaled up really tightly in areas of the canal at the minute, and if your not on them there is very little you can do to draw them in. This was particularly noticeable as a bank runner, you would get two or three people catching, then just a couple of pegs away other anglers were struggling for bites.
Hull and District were best on the day, with Thorne finishing second and Ossett third. We weren’t far behind in terms of points however, so hopefully we will be able to pull back next week in the first round of the superleague!
good article mate, have you ever fished brafferton
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