Summerlane/locking pit knock up

The match was scheduled for the river but unfortunately the Weston club struggle to get numbers for matches on the river these days!!!! So I came up with the idea of having a silvers only knock up on summerlane/locking pit capped at 15 so there was room for pleasure anglers 😁😁 anyway the knock up filled up within an hour of putting the word. So day before I went and put some peg numbers on locking pit and the scene was set I didn’t really care where I drew but I did fancy the pit for a win!!!! Into the draw late and I pulled peg 2 summerlane it’s a great silvers peg with good history of silvers wins from it but I never do any good off it but with Ron stark on 7 my favourite silvers peg thought I would have my work cut out !!!!
Plan was method feeder short maggot line worm caster and gb at 11m straight in front and micros and expanders same length but at 2 o clock first hour went on tip had 2 skimmers but not the proper ones I was after so had a look on the short maggot line only catching tiny roach moved to 11m and started catching small skimmers but as soon as the sun came over the bushes dazzling my peg the skimmers just buggered off with most people struggling now I decided to get my head down and get a few roach short which helped me out quite a lot but I could see a martin hale getting the odd skimmer on the tip but it was boring waiting for them so I rotated my lines most of the day hoping skimmers would move back in and have a feed but it didn’t happen I did sneak one skimmer near the end between all the plippy roach did have a  couple of better roach and Rudd only 6 oz tho thought I might of had 7 pound come the end and well down in the section and match but at the weigh in was surprised to see the scales go 10.4  which saw me finish 2nd in section behind match winner Martin hale with 11.6 FairPlay to him stuck it out on the tip and it payed off 👍👍👍 round to the other section Thorney was admitting to 10 pound but was grinning like a Cheshire Cat cos he was after my pound !!!! And pulling his fish out looked close but he had a bonus flukey tench the wanker 😂😂 and beat me by 4 pissing ounces to take 2nd overall. See all that practice pays off mate not 😂😂😂 the other lake struggled with paul Swain won with 9.2 just piping Wayne staples by 1oz and sensas sam struggled for 6 pound 😂😂 tough day all round but a good crack with the lads on me local 👍👍👍


Quite happy I got the section by default as mrs txt me saying we have to get chippy for tea as she forgot to take the joint out freezer so I better win was her words 😂😂😂 oh had another little dabble at sea fishing again Thursday night low tide anchor head with my boy hour and 45 mins fishing time as he was tired 💤 and he had a nice lil strap conger bless him I thought this would want him to stay for longer but oh no he’d had enough 😂😂😂😢😢😢 
So off we trotted saved the blank 😂😂

Thanks for reading hope everyone had a great weekend 👍👍👍👍

Viaduct Campbell psv

Gagging to get back out after my last outing 2 weeks ago !!! I took my lad for a dabble off sandbay beach Thursday night as haven’t done any sea fishing since I got back into match fishing 2 bites no fish 😂😂 but nice bit of father son time and my boy wants to do it again so 👍👍 that scratched my itch slightly but was gagging to get on the box viaduct Campbell one of the country’s finest fishery’s in my opinion! Looked at yesterday’s all winners weights and looked like they caught most fish in the lake where a 100 pound was not near framing 😁🤪😜 and what with all the rain didn’t expect are match to be the same. At the draw wanted any where from half way down the lake back to 110 or 132 that end !!! Was bit disappointed when I pulled 124 and thought I may fish for silvers but with tiny rixon guesting today and next peg up  said he was goin for silvers so I thought better of it😂 next to me on my left was the peckinator double decker russ pecker

 on the end corner peg flyer that is 123 😜😜 and the pound side bet was on least I had good company both sides although I did get a bit of neck ache off the silvers slayer big tone. But was disappointed that there was no yee has from him when he hooked a flying skimmer!!!😂 is that not standard procedure??? Or just me ???🤔🤔🤔any way my plan was meat short pellet long deck and shallow right edge and bomb

. At the all in went in the meat short after 10mins FISHOn !!! 1o min battle and a plump 1o pounder in the net 😁😁😁 another 15 mins and number 2 was on another lengthy battle ended with another 10 pounder in the net 😁😁 but I new it was all too much too soon like mrs keeps telling me 😂😂 then the pecinator got in on some action grinning at me like a Cheshire Cat 🐱😂 then it was all a bit of a struggle pecker kept netting a few and I was behind so I went long on deck had one then nothing then rotated my lines for. Not a lot lil perch and roach😱😱😱 tried shallow for a bit mugged one then nothing so chucked the bomb around a little bit chasing fish just had weird liners or bites who knows then I laced the 8mm skretting in some pink squid goo and it flew round 😏😏😎 tried again and nothing 😱😱 so stuck the last hour and half on the meat short which produced a couple of carp and a couple of skimmers !! Pecker was still ahead grinning at me with elastic ripping out of his pole 😂😂 I did lose a couple of carp and skimmers but nothing to cry about 😢😢 at the weigh in I put 73 pound on the scales for knowhere pecker bashed me up off the next peg (endpeg flyer)😂😂 but still enjoyed the day here’s the results sheet 
Thanks for reading I also had to give Alan Healy a pound who won the match off 11o with 139 pound well done to him and the peckinator for taking my pounds 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣 hope everyone had a great weekend 👍👍

Landsend match lake psv

Not been fishing for what seemed like an eternity and not a lot on as usual this time of year so got in with the psv lads on landsend after talking to russ peck he said u wanna draw far side 15- 19 so into the draw pulled out 6 but had the choice of 6 or 7 so took 7 plan was meat over far bank pellet down middle meat down left edge and gb and meat down right edge. Nice and simple 


At the all in tried some pellet down middle after feeding my other lines but 15mins and not a sniff so went over far bank had 3 fish then it died a bit so tried edges not a lot doing there except small perch and roach so back across foul hookers were a problem and lost a few was struggling so last couple of hours I’ve managed to put a few together and come last half hour left edge was solid but too little too late in the last 2 mins float buried so like a bull in a china shop bullying what I thought was a small carp but was a dirty great bream over 3pound and it’s come off costing me the silvers win 😡😡😡😡😢😢😢😢 still managed one more carp and that was that did pants 53 pound but enjoyed being out!!! Had to give a quid to Ryan Radford and al Healy but highlight of the day was Adam caswell trying to drag the island in for the first half of the match and messing up a chance at the golden peg from flyer 19 😂😂😂 still a good day with a good bunch of lads 👍
Thanks for reading can’t wait to get out again 👍👍👍👍

Weston away day+shiplate open

Was looking forward to our clubs away day the chairman’s cup at the prolific Todber manor hillview lake. With my name on the cup twice and two of me pals was all to play for first to 3. So after the weird drive through the country lanes arrived at the cafe skevys in plenty of time the food was probably a 4.2 on the rixon scale!!! Anyway onto the draw I wanted one of the flyers I believe they are 48.49 and 56? But pulled 46 last time we were there the lads done well on that bank so I fancied it for a few. Anyway to my right I had beach caster Barry (Simon Ryall) and to the left empty peg but oh no guess who rocked up late there tom thick !!!! I had more bloody side bets than pellets on me tray anyway plan of attack was method to island with gb or micros whatever they preferred !! 14.5m deck and shallow for hard pellets and same for a short rig bottom of shelf at the all in potted some pellets on the 14m line and chucked the tip out few liners and not a lot was happening then beach caster Barry was getting one a bung and then so was Tom and they just completely abliterated me with banter and my head was gone they were both battering  me mentally and with fish I should of got ear defenders out the van but I was getting a few but would have 2 or 3 fish then nothing off each line anyway I persisted with the abuse and caught a few late short deck and shallow. Felt like I blanked the way they were goin on !!!! Anyway long story short I had 88 pound for knowhere Barry had 89 pound so after all the abuse one fish behind 😡😡tom had 123 ish think anyway well done pair of pr::::::😂😂😂 back to the crown for tea,results and banter which were all at a good level I paid all my side bets and well done to me mate mark Thorne who won the match and got his name on cup for the 3rd time no pics as was mentally destroyed !!!!😂😂 sort of enjoyable day.

Next up on Sunday wasn’t a lot on after pleading to get on acorn with the psv no space so  just squeazed in on the open at shiplate hawthorns. After Thursday I just wanted a quiet day with a few fish at the draw pulled peg 5 didn’t really mean anything to me as don’t fish there much on arrival to the peg the water looked a funny colour and the carp were just cruising about slowly anyway I went about my business quietly for a change and got my head down plan was strawberry corn over far bank over micros and gb caster shallow down the middle and pellet and corn down the edges at  the all in potted 2 spots on the far bank and went on it while chucking caster out me hand down middle wasn’t right was getting liners and it just wasn’t happening but there was a few cruising carp so I got the caster rig out and mugged 3 fish quite quickly 😁😁 but they soon buggered off so spent the rest of the match scratching around but only catching on the caster I did lose a couple but everything I caught was on the caster I landed 12 fish for 72 pound and the match win which I was surprised at but it fished rock hard due to air pressure and a fair bit of rain going but was a nice quiet day beating the regulars that fish it every week 😂😂 

No pictures again as forgot really just having a nice quiet day and I think you have seen enough of my box !!!!! Thanks for reading one thing I have learnt over the 2 matches keep mouth shut 🤐 and always carry ear defenders 😂😂😂😂

Uk angling champs barston

Onto the last round of this awesome series of matches at the mighty barston only ever been there once last year and drew the flier 124 so was hoping for the same again.🤞🤞🤞 but it wasn’t to be 105 stuck to my hand 

 nd as I wasn’t doing any good in the league plan was sit it out for better fish!!!! To my right was Nathan Watson and we have had some good banter and I scabbed a tin of corn off him from 1983 😂😂 cheers nath didn’t have a sniff on it plan was hybrid long and longer!!! Bomb and pellet 35m left a bit and pole for skimmers but didn’t give it long and didn’t have a sniff on it !!!! First chuck and it’s flew round on the hybrid and white Wafter a nice 3 pound carp 2nd chuck f1 then a good skimmer then it’s died so I’ve gone longer nothing by this time Nathan was catching good skimmers on the pole so I tried that and couldn’t get a bite then on in I struggled for most of the match getting the odd f1 and skimmer and near the end managed a little flurry of bites off all the lines except the pole I did manage one proper carp 10 pound plus but it was not to be for me again in this league 😂😂😂 I did beat 2 in my section 
But got bashed up either side again😂😂😂 never mind. To say I’ve learnt a lot is an understatement really enjoyed every outing and hopefully can do it again next year. Well done to Zack brown on winning the league and jimmy brooks winning the match  and all the framers. I’ve not written my blog too much lately as not had a lot of time and been going through a tough spell 😜😜. That’s all the big matches finished for me this year so try and starting getting amongst it locally 🤞🤞 shiplate mainlake this Sunday hopefully draw on some whales 🐋😂😂 thanks for reading ps I went to the awesome acorn fishery bank holiday Monday drew a great peg 5 had 138 pound for knowhere and Keith ray had the new match record with 451 pound on a topkit FairPlay 👍👍🤞🤞

Sedges evening match

Not fished here for a while since the silvers series in winter and with acorn finished thought why not the match was scheduled for tile lake and the day before on the open most caught a load.

So plan was pellet shallow on the pole as still learning the game and nothing else so set up 3 shallow rigs pellet wag and bomb just in case but never touched it was tempted a few times but instead just slapped it harder 😜😜anyway 26 was my home Steve kedge to my right and Neil vening to my left could see Paul squire in the distance 

Ledgend !!!! 😜 so anyway with a few fish swimming short started at 8m slap slap slap FISh on !!!!! Had a good half hour there before they disappeared so moved out to 14.5 had a good middle of the match putting a few in the net and then bites seemed to take an eternity but stuck it out till the end . Fished 0.17 mainline 0.15 bottom 8mm over 6ss on a 14 guru slwg to a a 4x10 des shallow float. Really enjoyed the evening and didn’t even use a plummet 😜😜😜
Bashed up by the yocals and owner 😂😂😂did manage a nugget off cerri Maddox tho 😎😎all friendly lads down there and full of fish 🐋 Hopefully get a pass for next week thanks for reading 👍👍👍

Bit of all sorts!!!!

Sorry for not blogging too much lately I thought I’d give u all a rest !!😂😂 truth is I been flat out at work rushing from job to bloody job and squeezing in fishing where are I can and having some time with the family. Any way first up was the last match of the acorn evening matches only 10 for this god knows why as it’s awesome down there think the match can be won from anywhere really and I was just getting warmed up down there 😜😜!!! Anyway good bit of banter with matt roden and walshy and a few others then in to the draw and I drew 18 on the back straight 

 idn’t really fancy it but I stayed positive and stuck to the plan caster shallow at top set plus 3 and pellet over pellet down the 2 edges. At the all in slam dunked some pellets down the edges and started pinging in the casters like a machine 💪💪 quick go down the left had a quick fish and then lost a foul hooker and there were signs on the caster so went for it really stayed on it most of the match fishing 4 inches deep putting a few fish in the net not fast and furious just little spells of 2 or 3 fish then had to wait for the next spell really I do enjoy fishing this method. Vic bush to my right seemed to be getting one a bung down his edge and thought he would definitely beat me and talk was everyone was catching a few! I just kept my head down and persisted with it!!! At the weigh in it was a close match and I went over in one of me nets quite difficult when it’s 40 pound limit !!!
That was that 2nd again but enjoyed the night never the less took a few nuggets off the lads and finally had to give walshy one back 😂😂 thanks to dan at Cadbury and acorn fishery for letting us fish I vote keep going next year till it’s too dark !!!! 

Onto the next one uk champs at hayfield lakes in Doncaster rnd 3 was looking forward to going to this northern Mecca off a fishery 3 and half hour drive mind 200 miles roughly but hey ho didn’t really know where I wanted to draw but would’ve been happy with island chuck !! But never had one drew 58 on Danny’s island lake where fisho was held a few days before and I was 4 pegs from where Andy power was if that helps anyone 

Basically an all out pellet approach with some speacial g paste for the conker I was sandwiched between Stuart lister and dan white and to be honest I’ve had a mare all match I’ve started short with pellets on the deck catching a couple of bream and Stuart to my left having carp then dan to my right has gone long shallow catching well so I followed suit but I was only getting the odd fish and they were small and I’ve struggled all day really last hour and half I’ve gone down edge foul hooked one lost it then nothing else there so just stayed shallow last hour at 14.5m ended catching a couple but way off dans pace !!!! Think I ended up with 30 something only beating 2 in my section 😢😢😢 never mind it was good experience and definitely learnt a few things dan won the section with 91 pound I think and Stewart had 40 something to my left so must try harder !!!on to the next won

Golden reel at larford fancied a draw on the specie lake or the first 10 match lake pegs but drew 68 on specie on arrival the peg had a really steep bank behind me but there was cruising fish everywhere and they weren’t small 🐋 !!! On plumbing up all in front of me short was really snaggy !!! So plan was start on pellet shallow at 14.5m first 3 slaps and it’s buried but soon came off next gonand another one on landed that one tho 😎😎 then again but this time was skimmer then it died and the struggle began I’ve thrashed the pellet wag for a couple of hours only having 2 carp tried the bomb over it for nothing and even chucked the method really long but nothing I cupped a load of gb in at 14.5m slightly to the right away from my shallow line and started catching a few skimmers on the corn but all the time I’d been pinging pellets over my shallow line and into the last hour now and I seen a boil on the pellets so out I went slap slap slap fish on had a few on it last hour but not enough !!! 61 pound for knowhere again didn’t hang about for section results probably grim reading 😂😂 never mind still a nice day !!!! I only got one more big match this year at the minute that is barston for final rnd of uk champs can’t wait to get back up there hope for a flyer 🤞🤞🤞. Also me and some mates been having some Monday night knock ups at Ambleside or Jurassic Park as I like to call been doing pants at that too but good crack with the lads 

That was larford!!! 😂

That was somewhere 😂😂 around 30lb on the middy m2 with 30 elastic on single corn 😂😂