31st July 2008

Phew! What a scorcher. Things certainly warmed up from last midweek onwards and by Sunday temperatures reached 26 degrees at the very least. Not that this state of affairs gives rise to good catches as frequently the opposite is usually true. Very still and sultry conditions make most of the larger fish seek shelter amongst and under any abundant weed growth, which in many of our local drains we are by no means short of. Reports on our usual club Sunday fixtures seem to confirm same, the only exception being that of Sibsey AC on the Golf Course section of the Sibsey Trader Drain.
Here a couple of decent sized bream helped Kevin Smith to his second victory in a row and fell to small fish tactics i.e. pole and squatt. The others did very similar but had to settle for a few small fish as Colin Peltell took a distant second with those and Duncan Smith an agonising third. a mere half ounce behind with a couple of decent skimmers.
1 Kevin Smith 7lbs 12 ½ozs; 2 Colin Peltell 1lb 12ozs; 3 Duncan Smith 1lb 11 ½ozs.
Fishtoft AC’s trip to the Coronation Channel at Spalding faired somewhat better as a whole but no bigger fish turned up to make weights look respectable. Instead the match was fought out with small skimmers and roach and Janusz Kedzierski turned in the top performance to take the match ahead of compatriot Stan. (Apologies, nobody at present seems to remember, or pronounce his second name)
1 Janusz Kedzierski 3lbs 13ozs; 2 Stan 3lbs 4 ½ozs; 3 Rod Asher 2lbs 13ozs; 4 Mark Cook 2lbs 10ozs.
Excessive vegetation on the banks of the Hobhole Drain prompted Stickney AC to move their Sunday match to the Bargate Drain. Windsor Crescent was the venue and proved to be the right decision as decent nets of small fish were taken by most. None more so than Roly Sharp who came up with an all roach catch taken on pole, hemp and tares. Trouble was that he had to give best to Yappy Mountain who stuck to his trusted method of feeder and caster to come up with four small bream to win the day with a pound to spare over Roly.
1 Yappy Mountain 10lbs 9ozs; 2 Roly Sharp 9lbs 9ozs; 3 Kevin Hunt 4lbs 6ozs; 4 Frank Scrupps 3lbs 7ozs.
The latest round of the Liam’s Elite matches found 18 anglers taking part at Priory Lakes, Ruskington and on what was the hottest Sunday of the season the fish were up on the top sunning themselves and not feeling very hungry. Poles were soon cast aside and the feeder put to good use as Tony Vamplew, fishing peg 29, placed sweet corn close to the island to take a succession of mostly small carp for the top weight. Second spot fell to Reece Dillamore who also fishing feeder with double red maggot on the hook for a level 20lbs. Tom Boaler came home a close third, just 4ozs short and this time luncheon meat accounted for his catch.
1 Tony Vamplew 23lbs 6ozs; 2 Reece Dillamore 20lbs; Tom Boaler 19lbs 12ozs; 4 Jonathon Taylor 18lbs 3ozs.
On to Monday evening and the sweep over those same pegs on Windsor Crescent produced another set of small fish weights and were in effect even better, considering the time scale of no more than around three hours match length. Stan Stanovich rose to this occasion and held on to beat Kevin Hunt with a net of roach and skimmers to pole and pinky. Kevin for his part took a slightly better catch than the day before and even moved up the prize list to head Janusz Kedzierski by the close margin of just 1 ½ozs.
1 Stan Stanovich 5lbs 8 ½ ozs; 2 Kevin Hunt 4lbs 11ozs; 3 Janusz Kedzierski 4lbs 9 ½ozs.
Next Monday same time same place.
An early reminder to clubs that the Club Championship match will take place on Sunday 10th August, entry fee £20 per team of 6 to Barry Mallett on 01205 871815 ASAP please.