Caythorpe Challenge 8th August 2021

Midland v Barnston challenge Barnston win 65lb to Midland 39lb

Full Result

Match fished in atrocious conditions heavey rain all day and a strong downstream wind.well done to Barnston

Midland weights only  

C Shaw 7lb 10oz

C Williams 6lb 12oz

N Culham 6lb 6oz

G Smith 4lb 14oz

P Tomlinson 3lb 6oz =

D Butler 3lb 6oz

J Rick 3lb 5oz

D Briggs 3lb 1oz

P Winfield 2lb 12oz

J Simpson 1lb 6oz

Mill Dam 1st August 2021

8 Ton weights

Full Result

Another carp dominated match at Mill Dam with 8 weights over 100lb.

1 N Culham 194lb 11oz

J Rick 190lb

G Smith 162lb 6oz

M Danby 149lb 4oz

P Tomlinson 119lb 11oz

C Williams 104lb 7oz

D Briggs 102lb 6oz

M Fletcher 101lb 12oz

H Smith 76lb

D Butler 73lb 13oz

L Nightingale 71lb 5oz

I Mac 45lb 5oz

Caythorpe 25th July 2021

Decent weights mainly small fish showing

Full Result

With an upgate wind on the river conditions were good,Clive williams came out on top with 13lb on the waggler made up of roach and dace, on the next peg Gary Smith fished a whip for 11lb, third place went to Neil Culham 8lb including two bream.

C Williams 13lb 10 oz

G Smith 11lb 9 oz

N Culham 8lb 12 oz

P Tomlinson 8lb 7oz (section)

J Rick 6lb 4 oz (section)

J Simpson 6lb 3 oz

D Butler 5lb 15 oz

C Shaw 5lb 9 oz

P Winfield 4lb 14oz

M Fletcher 3lb 2 oz

Hoveringham July 18th 2021

Match fished in extreme conditions 33 degrees.

Full Result

In very hot conditions fishing was very testing, not only the heat but Gary Smith and Chris Shaw had to put up with people bathing next to them.

In first place was Gary Smith who caught small fish on maggot with a wipp off the end peg for 8lb 10oz, second was Pete Tomlinson who also fished maggot for 8lb 7oz, third place went to Chris Shaw who fished caster and hemp for a level 8lb.

G Smith 8lb10oz

P Tomlinson 8lb 7oz

C Shaw 8lb

D Butler 7lb 1oz

J Simpson 6lb 6oz

C Williams 6lb 4oz

J Rick 5lb 8oz

P Winfield 4lb 12oz

N Culham 4lb4oz

D Briggs 3lb 1oz

Caythorpe pegs 1-4 11th July 2020

Difficult day for most with small fish the order of the day.

Full Result

Mick Danby came out on top with 9lb,  with a net of mainly small fish with the odd better  roach, this was the norm for most with only small fish showing, in second place was Gary Smith with 9lb followed by John Rick with 7lb  from the upstream end peg.

M Danby 9lb 6oz

G Smith 8lb 9oz

J Rick 7lb 8oz

P Tomlinson 6lb 14oz

D Butler 5lb 9oz (section)

C Shaw 5lb 7oz (section)

J Simpson 5lb 1oz

C Williams 4lb 13oz

N Culham 4lb 11oz

M Lacey 3lb 15oz

D Briggs 3lb 10oz

P Winfield 3lb 7oz

M Fletcher 3lb 3oz

Portland Old Wood 4th July 2021

Big weights in perfect conditions

Full Result

4 ton weights with the heaviest falling to Neil Culham who started on pellet waggler but a switch to the pole saw a steady flow of carp giving Neil a winning weight of 134lb, only one fish behind was Pete Tomlinson with 131lb fishing down the margins to find a better stamp of fish.In third place was Martin Lacey from unfancied peg 13, Martin finished with 120lb.

N Culham 134lb 5oz

P Tomlinson 131lb

M Lacey 120lb 1oz

C Shaw 102lb 15oz (section)

G Smith 75lb 11oz (section)

D Briggs 63lb 13oz

L Nightingale 57lb

P Winfield 47lb 2oz

D Butler 45lb 6oz

J Rick 44lb 11oz

I Mac 25lb 7oz

Mill Dam 28th June 2021

Big weights recorded at Mill Dam

Full Result.

With no silver fish showing it was carp or bust, after a slow start Pete Tomlinson found the fish feeding  in the margins on maggot and recorded an easy win with 154lb, in second place was John Rick who also caught in the margins putting 105lb on the scales, third went to Horace Smith with 100lbs

P Tomlinson 154lb 5oz

J Rick 105lb 12oz

H Smith 100lb 5oz

G Smith 97lb 12oz (sectioin)

C Williams 77lb (section)

L Nightingale 69lb 13oz

D Briggs 63lb 13oz

N Culham 60lb 13oz

M Lacey 59lb 12oz

Caythorpe river Trent 20th June 2021

First river match with some patchy results.

Full Result

With an upgate wind making float fishing tricky float weights were low., but on the upstream end peg Neil Culham found the beam feeding, and fished a perfect match catching 10 bream to win with 33lb. Second place went to Clive Williams with 7lb of float caught fish.Third palce went to Pete Tomlinson  6lb 3oz..

N Culham 33lb 4oz

C Williams 7lb 4oz

P Tomlinson  6lb 3oz

J Simpson 5lb 8oz (section)

G Smith 5lb 3oz (section)

J Rick 5lb

M Lacey 4lb 4oz

D Briggs 3lb 15oz

C Shaw 2lb 4oz

P Winfield 1lb 3oz

Sookholme Lake 13th June 2021

New venue proves a hit

Full Result

This new venue provided some excellent weights, Neil Culham drawn on peg 19 caught on pellet waggler and pole for a winning weight of over 100lb, in second place was John Rick on peg 23 with a pole caught weight of 70lb, third place went to Pete Tomlinson on peg 5 with 54lb.

N Culham 100lb 8oz

J Rick 70lb 1oz

P Tomlinson 54lb 11oz

C Shaw 41lb 5oz (section)

D Briggs 40lb 4oz

G Smith 36lb 5oz (section)

H Smith 34lb 12oz

M Lacey 29lb 10oz

C Williams 22lb 6oz

Portland 4 Islands June 6th 2021

4 Islands threw up some good weights.

Full Result

With the carp reliuctant to feed a few of the anglers had a decent day, while some struggled to get the fish to feed, leading the way was Daryl Butler with 72lb 10oz from peg 17  Daryl fished over on pellet on the inner island, in second place was Chris Shaw 70lb  on the outer peg 14 catching down the margins, third place went to Mick Danby also on the inner with 55lb.

D Butler 72lb 10oz 

 C Shaw 70lb 8oz 

M Danby 55lb 10oz

C Williams 39lb 12oz

N Culham 38lb 4oz (section)

J Simpson 39lb 2oz (section)

G Smith 24lb 8oz

M Lacey 20lb 6oz

L Nightingale 19lb 10oz

J Rick 17lb 3oz

D Briggs 15lb 5oz

H Smith 13lb 5oz

I Mac 7lb 2oz

P Tomlinson 7lb 1oz