After a wet and windy start to today’s match the weather did clear and we had a good close match on Heron lake. The margins are still not producing and most fish were caught in open water or close to the island :
Here are the results:
1st Tony Jose peg 1 56lb 12oz
2nd Chris Symons peg 15 37lb 12oz
3rd Paul Glanville peg 13 37lb 1oz
4th Adrian Holland peg 9 36lb 9oz

Today’s match ended up on Heron Lake as we had to many turn up to peg on Fir tree, which is a nice problem to have! I put peg 1 in today for the first time in a long time, much to some people’s disgust, but with the warm southerly wind blowing in there I had a feeling it could produce today and Adrian Holland didn’t disappoint with a very close ton, here are the results :

1st Adrian Holland peg 1 99lb 1oz
2nd Chris Symons peg 17 61lb 12oz
Section winners
Alex Bradley peg 5 56lb 5oz
John Maundrill peg 15 47lb 7oz

We had a good turn out for today’s open. We fished on Heron Lake and had a close match considering the cold northerly wind blowing down the lake but at least it was dry and sunny. The carp are starting to feed but most are being caught later in the day, here are the results:

1st Roger Baker peg 15 59lb 14oz (Pictured)
2nd Adrian Holland peg 11 42lb 5oz
3rd Neil Hodder peg 3 39lb 4oz
4th Tony Jose peg 9 32lb 8oz

Today’s open was fished on Heron Lake and John Maundrill showed us why he’s been labelled as the venue expert!!!! We had a good turn out and it fished well in the warm, cloudy conditions. I had to leave after the first 30 mins and on returning was told to go and get £100 ready to pay out the bonus, here are the results:

1st John Maundrill peg 17 89lb 9oz
2nd Paul Glanville peg 3 56lb 2oz
3rd Jimmy Crossley peg 5 35lb

Today was the final round of our winter league. On heron lake Ricky Dennis and Alex Bradley were both fishing for 1st place overall. Ricky drew peg 11 which didn’t produce the last time he had it and with Alex on peg 9, a peg that usually produces for him the pressure was on! The section on Fir tree pond saw Tony Jose and Roger Baker fishing for 3rd overall and this was really close and came down to weight overall. Good close weights on both lakes today, Here are the results:

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

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 weather sorted the men from the boy’s!!! But as it turned out it was a dry day just a bit blustery. We fished on Heron Lake and I put peg 10 in today for a change and was well chuffed when it was the last peg left in the bag! Despite the strong wind it fished well, here are the results :

1st Neil Hodder peg 10 54lb 14oz
2nd Paul Glanville peg 4 41lb 10oz
3rd Chris Symons peg 9 31lb 4oz