Culpins calamities autumn series rnd 1

Landsend was first venue of my first series running before I start just like to thank Tony rixon for guesting today for Martin hale and for picking the pegs for us as he knows the venue well and to ron starks admin skills 👍👍👍 

17 booked on and we were spread across lakes 1 and 3 

2 sections of 6 and 1 of 5 . Into the draw last and I've pulled 28 specie never fished this lake before but just had the attitude of there prestty much the same so plan was banded pellet across meat down the left to the pallet and mags over gb to right pallet and a top 6 line on the deck with pellets . At the all in I've fed all the lines and started chucking an 8mm banded around in a couple of spots after 10 mins of waving it around fish on and In The net around 7 pound lovely bit of feed and try again. But not a lot was happening so I went down the middle on expanders just some tiny roach and small skimmers. Had a look down the left on the meat and this is where the damage was done took 7 good fish from the left hand edge not fast and furious just slow and steady then it died tried the right was getting bitted out tiny perch and between 130 and 230 couldn't get a bite anywhere so I thought sh t or bust I put 5 pots full of groundbait and 6 mms down middle and persisted trying to get bites from my other areas but nothing was happening last hour now and it's started bubbling down middle so 6mm expander on the hook and finished the day off with 4 more carp lovely didn't think I'd have enough for anywhere really just a nice days fishing bit frustrating at times. I thought lake 3 would win the match but weighed are 6 pegs in and Adrian Jeffries was winning with 91 pound and I didn't think I'd have that but round to me and I've tipped the scales to 94 pound bargain section win nice start 👍👍 then word came down from the other lake it's fished rock hard emma drysdale had top weight of 60 odd pound winner winner chicken dinner won the match lovely and claimed some nuggets Wayne staples mark Thorne jonny page steve Howell lee Phillips  and Tony rixon 😂😃😃😃😃😃 only gutter was having to go halves on the winnings with 🥜 steve Howell but he did pay for me dinner the other week with his winnings so swings and roundabouts 😃😃 hope everyone enjoyed the day and it wasn't too much of a calamity only the moaning from emma drysdale about the scales but just a lil teething problem will be sorted next time  looking forward to round 2 sedges brick in 2 weeks and am looking for 2 subs 1 for Adrian Jeffries and Simon ryall if u would like to fish pls get in touch many thanks to everyone for coming and thanks for reading hope u all had a great weekend 🎣🎣🎣

Weston aa chairmans cup away day

Been looking forward to a day off work and a days fishing we hoped that Walters lake south cerney would fish better than last time as most struggled🤔🤔.

Anyway most of us made it to the fishery on time but unfortunately 3 got proper stuck in the jam and ended up turning round and emptied plantation!!!! So I was £2 down already 😜😜. But anyway bit of breakfast nice but not enough probably a 2 on the rixon scale 👍👍 we had the middle run again and we all wanted to draw the far end after sum good banter in the car park it was draw time I went in first pulled 13 white on arrival I was quite happy as had had a gap in the islands. Plan was method over there with micros and a white bandem to start I also plumbed up top 6 and 2 edges at the all in I fed 5 satsumas via the cup and constantly chucked 4 or 5 casters over it after an hour and two lost fish on the method I went in over gb double maggot and float buried in the second hour I put about a pound of tiny roach and perch in the net probably 20 fish or so I kept at this for a bit longer still pinging caster but I changed hook bait to juicy worm head to try and gain better fish had a couple more perch then a foul hooked football shaped carp of about 4 pound went in the net bargain straight out again on the deck for now !!! Had a couple more in the mouth tho this time then started getting the shallow signs lot of bubbles the odd swirl and a lot of liners right it's time out came the shallow rig I don't mess around they will have it or they won't 👊👊 still pinging like a machine with my left arm💪 treble caster size 16 xs hook to 0.15 fluro to 0.17 fluro mainline and a des 🚢 inline dibber 5x 12 white hydro started of at 18 inches but this was too deep as had two foul hookers shallower up to aroun 12 inches and so it began wasn't fast and furious but little spells off two or 3 fish had to go back on the deck a couple of times but still caught there! !! Funny fish there's a lot of football mirrors in there around 4 to 7 pound and they fight like stink !!! There was white hydro flying around me peg to the far bank and all over the place 😃😃 and still pinging the casters in trying to que them up had a bit of a mental spell with about an hour to go I dropped me bait right in front of a big common and he took it like a dream it fought like a Trojan he came to my net at least 6 times and every time I went for it he just said bye 👋 and swam off the other way I had a bit of a moment with my reserve landing net handle it's 3m not 4m went to net the fish and virtually threw it in as I'm used to a 4 m but that ones at the doctors 😱😱😱😱 anyway I eventually netted the fish and my right arm was aching  but I carried on pinging and catching well I didn't Even go down my edges !!!! I did run out of caster with 30 mins to go so jumped off the box and pinched some off shane pope thanks had a few more and finished with another big common lovely my clicker said 92 pound I'm sure there is something wrong with it 😂😂 word was that no one had a ton so thought I was in with a shout jonny page was on the wind up said he had 60 pound 😫but jonny had 154 pound ray bass had a ton I thought I may get 3rd or second so my silvers went 2 pound net limit was 100 pound today and after being helped out with my net I thought oh dear first way was 43 pound dead second weigh was 57 dead I was a very lucky boy with exactly a ton in one net and my other net had about 48 pound so I ended up having to give the man a fiver well done mate. But never mind I won a pound of steve Howell and shane pope a fiver off matt Thomas and a pound and some good banter with Lewis jones the banter was good at the lake but when we got to the toby carvery we were in stitches we had a great laugh with all the lads a good feed and then a horrible drive home. It was a great day thanks to shane pope for organising it (shoulda gone todber) 😂😂 here's the weigh sheet 

My second 150 pound weight this year feels good and feel like I'm getting somewhere always learning!!!

Right guys I'm running a small series as shiplate teams of 3 cancelled I got 8 spaces available 1st come first served give me a call or msg here's what it's all about  

Thanks for reading 👍👍👍👍👍

Entry is £30 and £20 per match it 100 per cent pay out and I'm only doing it as shiplate off  it should be a good laugh and some good fishing 

Sedges brick short notice open

Well unfortunately the shiplate teams of 3 had been cancelled on Wednesday due to start today so I called my team mates and a few lads and then booked sedges brick lake then went out of my way to fill it which I did and then was let down by 3 at 8am this morning 😡😡😡😡 never mind!!! Weather didn't look great just hoped to have a days fishing the wind was howling down the bottom end of the lake into pegs 10 and 11. So that's where I wanted to draw but no such luck but I did draw another corner peg 20 I was quite happy with that. Basically I fished my peg all wrong as never had it before I started off ok had a couple of skimmers then foul hooked carp and to be honest I had a bit of a mare lost 7 or 8 carp they came in my edge too late and that was that really I put 46 pound odd on the scales and 6 pound of that were silvers on the plus side tho me and steve Howell(Jamie Hughes)  decided we would share if we won and FairPlay to him he kept his end of the deal he won the silvers with 22 pound so he gave me half his money and a pound 😂😂 he was distraught and I think he's having withdrawals from shiplate 😱😱😱😂😂😂 any way I had to give a pound to steve Sewell he just missed the money by 2 oz but was 3rd on the day and I had to give my team mate mark Thorne a pound and he won the match with 95 pound I also had to give shane pope a pound for beating me on the silvers never mind he took over doing the board for me as I nearly took 10 pound off his overall weight which wasn't much anyway 😂😂😂 think most people enjoyed the day we had a good laugh and I did take a pound of lee des Phillips off the next peg again 😂😂😂

Any way my mrs says thanks for the fish n chips mr Howell as you paid for my family's tea tonight mate cheers. I'm gonna try and run a small series on the dates we were supposed to fish shiplate I will post around once I've confirmed venues and stuff here's the results 

Big thanks to sedges for taking us at short notice 👍👍 thanks to everyone who turned up and hope everyone reading had a great weekend.

I'm off to Walters lake south cerney on Thursday for our chairmans cup hopefully have a few nice to have a day off work !!!!!!😃😃😃😃🎣🎣🎣🎣

Shiplate squircle open match

Well booked on this one with short notice didn't know what to do and a few pals were on it and I've been quite critical of people fishing this pool so I thought I better fish it before opening my mouth any more!!!!

No pics today cos it was quite wet !!! So had a couple of side bets lee (des) Phillips and tom (moley) Wheatley. £ was on 😃😃 into the draw pulled peg 8 on the straight on arrival to the peg I was greeted with about 10 m across so I tried to plumb a few spots across this didn't go well snagged up lost whole rig and plummet 😂😂😂 finally found a spot over there which I thought was clear. Did a line down the middle and left hand edge. Long story short I've gone across had a small carp about a pound then more calamities with two messed up rigs so pretty much scrapped that line I then went down the middle fishing double mag over the mighty tom thick gb I then caught steady on this line all day catching carp gold fish cruisians and roach from 4 oz to a pound had a lil run at the end of small carp and at the scales I put on 29.12 which was enough for third on the day a nice lil pick up well done Julian pinkett winning with 40 odd pound and Gordon (golly) jones on 2nd. Unlucky des and moley cheers for the nuggets 😂that's the ones that got nicked from van the other night 👊👊 so that was that stopped off for pappas fish n chips on way home lovely next week it shiplate teams of 3 can't wait for that team the good the bad and the ugly il leave u to decide who's who !!!  

Thanks for reading hope everyone had an awesome weekend 🎣🎣🎣🎣😃😃😃😃

Oh one more thing if your confidence is down and u need a few bites or u wanna take the kids go on the squircle at shiplate farm il be honest it's not my cuppa tea but I have enjoyed the day even in the horrendous weather !!!!!!!