VERULAM ANGLING CLUB

MATCH RESULT

 

Date :       09th August 2009 

Venue :     Timberlands - Baggers Lake

Match :     Championship #5

 

Commentary by Stan:

Like many, I was saying at the draw that if the right person draws the flyer peg at the 'point' end (Baggers is hook shaped) then they are certain to win.

Lucky for me Andy Karczmarek drew it and was one fish short of the 44-11 I had off of peg 1 which was at the 'eye' end of the hook. With fish knocking the reeds and the wind blowing that way it was clearly a peg to be on. But I knew, from prior experience,  that looks can be deceptive. My day started well with about 10 small F1 carp to about 2lb in the net by the end of the first hour. Fishing paste at 14.5m is fairly hard work and as things slowed down it became harder still. The last hour for me saw several foul-hooked fish bump off and next to nothing going in the net.

Andy decided to fish away from the reeds to reduce the risk of loosing them and also caught on paste. Perhaps a less cautious approach might have resulted in a few more pounds in the net? To his right, new face Darren Connock put his head down and fished paste at 4m for a creditable 29-15 for 3rd place. Over on the 'shank' Matt Young applied his learning from the previous week's dads-n-lads match to fish 4mm pellet in very close to weigh in 22lb - head and shoulders over those around him. Just to prove that it's not all carp, Brian Lakin, pegged on the middle of the 'bend', went all out for silver fish to weigh in 17-05 for 5th place and a section win.

Conditions were not ideal - a bit too warm for the fish maybe and, with many fishing the venue for the first time, a struggle to find the right method. Next year we hope to give the Horseshoe lake a try - perhaps a littler fairer?

 

POSITION

NAME

WEIGHT

POINTS

COMMENTS

1

Stan Kiddle

44.11.0

100

 20 F1's plus a few carp to 5lb

2

Andy K

42.04.0

95

 

3

Darren Connock

29.15.0

90

 

4

Matt Young

22.01.8

85

 

5

Brian Lakin

17.05.0

80

 

6

Nick Darke

11.15.0

75

 

=6

Dave McGrath

11.15.0

75

 

8

Kev Hawes

11.12.0

65

 

9

Neil Anderson

10.14.0

60

 

10

Josh Blavins

10.02.0

55

 

11

Roger Smith

9.13.0

50

 

12

Colin Earle

8.05.0

45

 

13

Steve Burfoot

7.12.0

40

 

14

Richard Whealan

7.02.0

35

 

15

Connor McGrath

6.04.0

30

 

16

Dave Parrot

6.03.0

25

 

17

Steve Young

6.0.0

20

 

18

Ray Pettiford

5.12

15

 

19

Kev Laird

DNW

1

 

20

 Jay M

DNW

1

 

21

 Daniel Stratton

DNW

1

 

 

 Total Weight

270lb