Yesterday was round 11 of our winter league and with 1 left to go it’s now a two horse race for 1st but 3rd spot has opened up with 4 anglers in contention! (See match page for league standings) The cold easterly wind was the deciding factor, with those drawing pegs with some shelter taking the spoils, here are the results :

Heron lake
1st Roger Baker peg 19 30 lb 8oz (Pictured Right)
2nd Adrian Holland peg 11 29lb 10oz
3rd Boz Philips peg 4 26lb 5oz

Today was round 10 of our winter league. After a week of milder weather and catches improving through the week I was hoping to see some better weights in today’s match but the strong north westerly wind really made the going difficult for most. Alex Bradley was the exception who sat into the wind all day but caught well!! Here are the results:

Heron Lake
1st Alex Bradley peg 15 67lb 10oz (Pictured)
2nd Roger Baker peg 4 26lb 2oz
3rd Mike Bennets peg 11 17lb 9oz

We had a mid week knock up today on Fir Tree pond. After a hard winter the carp are starting to want a bit of fed and are being caught well on pellet although the last couple of hours were a bit of a struggle. Here’s the result:

1. Roger Baker peg 14 42lb 9oz
2. Neil Hodder peg 3 32lb

Well done Roger.

Sunday was winter league match day and Jimmy Crossley has hit some form in peg drawing! Jimmy drew in-form peg 4 on Heron Lake and had a great day despite the wind! I thought Ricky Dennis on peg 11 was a banker but it didn’t produce on the day. Roger Baker saw off all the competition on Fir tree pond after drawing sock-on peg 9!! Here are the results:

Heron Lake:
1st Jimmy Crossley peg 4 51lb 10oz
2nd Tony Jose peg 15 32lb 5oz
3rd John Maundrill peg 20 23lb 3oz

Today’s winter league match was fished in blustery conditions, it fished well for thoughs on Heron lake and it was close on Fir Tree pond but the going was tough. Ricky Dennis thought his draw arm had let him down today after pulling peg 4 from the bag, but he managed to find his way there and had a good day! Here are the results:

Heron Lake
1st Ricky Dennis peg 4 44lb 7oz (Pictured)
2nd Alex Bradley peg 11 38lb 9oz
3rd Roger Baker peg 19 28lb 6oz

Sunday just gone was our 6th winter league match. Ricky Dennis’s draw arm was working it’s usual magic and he pulled peg 9 on Fir tree from the bag and caught a shed full! With the wind and rain blowing from the south at the start of the match I changed a few pegs from the last winter league match to give some shelter, but this didn’t matter as through the day the wind swung round to the north! I had an over weigh and was only 8oz from disqualification! Here are the results:

This Sunday just gone was round 5 of our winter league. I missed this one as I was at Goodison park with my son watching the mighty Everton thrash Manchester City 4-0!! Anyway, it turned out to be a good one to miss as the fishing was hard, especially on Fir tree, hear are the results:

Fir tree pond:
1st Tony Jose peg 12 15lb 12oz
2nd John Maundrill peg 8 9lb 2oz
3rd Mike O Gorman peg 14 8lb 15oz

Today’s open match was fished on Fir tree pond, especially for Mike Collinge!! Adrian Holland’s draw arm was still working well and he pulled 15 from the bag. I was happy to have been left with 12, here are the results:

1st Adrian Holland peg 15 28lb 4oz
2nd Neil Hodder peg 12 23lb 6oz
3rd Ricky Dennis peg 9 15lb 9oz

Wednesday 28th December was our festive Christmas match! We had a good turn out and we served everyone a complimentary bacon roll with a tea or coffee before the start.
With both lakes full it was a shame it fished so hard, oh well that’s winter fishing!
We paid top three on each lake and everyone went home with a prize from a bottle of Jack Daniels, a voucher for West Cornwall Angling, a case of beer, bottles of wine, chocolates, biscuits, to a tub of Haribos! Here’s the results:

Heron Lake:
1st John Wykes peg 18 26lb
2nd Roger Baker peg 7 20lb 1oz
3rd Neil Hodder peg 20 18lb 14oz

Today was the 4th round of our winter league and with all yesterday’s rain and a frosty, still, bright, day today I knew it would be hard. I framed for the first time in this winter league narrowly beating Mike Collinge by 2oz, for second (sorry mate)! Here are the results:

Heron Lake

1st Chris Symons peg 9 39lb 10oz
2nd Neil Hodder peg 20 16lb 13oz
3rd Mike Collinge peg 5 16lb 11oz