Old News - Match Results 2007

23rd December 2007

The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow, Furnace, Mill and Willow Pools this week.

We had a hard frost on Wednesday night which meant that the pools were frozen over on Thursday but they had thawed out nicely by Saturday morning. Saturday evening though saw a very sharp drop in temperature so Ed put the aerators on gently to keep the water moving but there was still quite a lot of ice around and with 40 anglers booked in for the match Ed had to run around clearing it away! It was very cold all day and this made conditions quite difficult as some ice started to form again.

For the second week on the trot Tim Jones, Golden Maggot, won the match. This time he was on peg 2 on Furnace Pool and landed 61 lb 2 oz. In second was Dave Johnson, Stevens Tackle, with 39 lb 5 oz from peg 5 and in third was Colin Matthews, on Mucky Meadow Pool with 30 lb 9 oz from peg 48. Forty fished.

Sunday Open   40 fished   

Please note that it is VERY IMPORTANT to book in for the match. The next match will be 6 th January 2008 as we are closed from now until 5 th January.

Ed and Jane Brown would like to thank all their customers for their support this year and wish them a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

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16th December 2007

The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow, Mill and Willow Pools this week.

We have had hard frosts all week but this morning wasn’t too bad and there was a little ice on the water. The day remained very cold with a little sunshine early afternoon but the temperature dropped again at around 3.30 pm so the keep nets were starting to freeze as we weighed in!

Tim Jones, Golden Maggot, won the match from peg 70 on Willow Pool with 56 lb 2 oz. In second was Dean Homer, Vine Bateman, with 43 lb 7 oz from peg 78 and in third was Kev Williams, also on Mill Pool with 30 lb 14 oz from peg 76.

Sunday Open   30 fished   

Anglers reported 2.5 mm Furnace Feed pellet, maggot or corn as the top bait this week. Some fish were in the deep margins but the majority were about 2 or 3 rod lengths out. Some found the fish just to the side of the small ice patches.

Please note that it is VERY IMPORTANT to book in for the match. Pleasure anglers don’t forget we always keep pegs available for you.

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9th December 2007

The Sunday Open was on Furnace Pool and Mucky Meadow Pools this week.

The weather forecast was for high winds and rain and although we had bad weather during the night and early morning by 11.30 am the sun was shining and the winds were quite calm. Weights were down this week compared to last and this was blamed on the huge rainfall in the last couple of days.

Dave Williams, Halesowen RBL, won the match with 24 lb 1 oz from peg 42 on Mucky Meadow and he was followed by John Knight, Willow Creek, with 23 lb 10 oz from peg 32. In third place was David Hobbis with 23 lb 3 oz from peg 50. The best of Furnace Pool was Colin Matthews with 20 lb 9 oz from peg 5.

Sunday Open   24 fished   

Anglers reported 2.5 mm Furnace Feed pellet, maggot or corn as the top bait this week. Some fish were in the deep margins but the majority were about 2 or 3 rod lengths out.

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2nd December 2007

The Sunday Open was on Furnace Pool, Mucky Meadow Pool and Mill Pool this week.

In first place was Mick Henshall, Greyhound, with 57 lb 4 oz from peg 83 on Mill Pool. In second place was Dean Homer, Vine Bateman, with 53 lb 6 oz from peg 88 and in third place was Neville Groves, Fosters, with 50 lb 4 oz from peg 94.

The extremely strong winds made presentation difficult, particularly on Furnace Pool which didn’t frame this week. Dave Hobbis came in 5 th on Mucky Meadow and he also took the silver prize.

Sunday Open   23 fished   

Having enjoyed last year’s break we will be closing after the match on Sunday 23 rd December 2007 and not re-opening until 8 am on Saturday 5 th January 2008. Because of the dark mornings in December and January we will open 8 am to 4.30 pm.

Worm and caster are the most effective baits at the moment, along with natural 4mm expanders and the red 4mm feed pellet. Waggler is the best method fished towards the middle of the pools.

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25th November 2007

The Sunday Open was on Furnace Pool and Mucky Meadow Pool this week.  (It is nice to know that people do actually read this!  You might like to know it is wet and damp and cold this week - really gloomy in fact - bring back the snow!)

In first place was Mick Round, Old Dial AC, with 68 lb 6 oz from peg 5 on Furnace. Second place went to Chris Whitehouse, T & D, on peg 48 on Mucky Meadow with 54 lb 2 oz and in third place was John Knight, Willow AC, with 43 lb 6 from peg 50 on Mucky. John took quite a bit of stick after the last match but silenced a few this week!

Sunday Open   23 fished   

Please note that it is VERY IMPORTANT to book in for the match. Pleasure anglers don’t forget we always keep pegs available for you.

Having enjoyed last year’s break we will be closing after the match on Sunday 23 rd December 2007 and not re-opening until 8 am on Saturday 5 th January 2008. Because of the dark mornings in December and January we will open 8 am to 4.30 pm.

Worm and caster are the most effective baits at the moment, along with natural 4mm expanders and the red 4mm feed pellet. Waggler is the best method fished towards the middle of the pools.

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18th November 2007

The Sunday Open was on Furnace Pool and Mill Pool this week. We thought it was wet last week but this week was worse with cold winds and snow!  (As I write this - 1102 am Monday -I can see three inches of snow outside! Beautiful with quite a lot of blue sky and brilliant sunshine!)

Andy Buckley, Rod & Gun, won the match from peg 22 on Furnace Pool. He drew this peg last week and didn’t frame but the practice paid off as he landed 53 lb 2 oz. In second was Neville Groves, Fosters, with 46 lb 10 from peg 4 and in third was Dave Williams, Halesowen RBL, with 28 lb 10 oz from peg 85 on Mill.

Sunday Open   21 fished   

The natural 4 mm expanders are going well along with feed pellet, maggot and corn fished on the waggler. But don’t forget at this time of year you don’t want to wack in a load of bait!

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11th November 2007

Due to the number booking in this week the Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow, Furnace Pool and Mill Pool this week.

The forecast was for a dry afternoon but unfortunately although there were blue skies and sunshine at 11 am it didn’t last and the rain was particularly heavy from 2 pm onwards.

Nigel Marchington, Golden Maggot, won the match from peg 92 on Mill Pool. He fished maggot and pellet to land 52 lb 14 oz. In second was Dave Johnson, Stevens, with 48 lb 10 from peg 38 on Mucky Meadow and in third was Alvin Bell, Fosters, with 45 lb 7 oz from peg 36. Furnace Pool provided the top three weights last week, the best being John Newton with 69 lb 3 oz, this week he could only manage 4 th with 36 lb.

Sunday Open   36 fished   

Please note that it is VERY IMPORTANT to book in for the match to avoid disappointment. Pleasure anglers don’t forget we always keep pegs available for you.

The natural 4 mm expanders are going well along with feed pellet, maggot and corn fished on the waggler.

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4th November 2007

The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow and Furnace Pool this week.

The weather had been quite mild during the week with the sunshine on Friday making it a very warm day for the time of year. The weather on Sunday was much more typical with a cold fog that lingered all day long.

John Newton, Furnace Mill, fished peg 8 on Furnace Pool. He fished pellet at 10 metres and landed 69 lb 3 oz. In second place was Kev Williams (for the fourth week in a row!) who fished peg 2 and landed 51 lb using corn at 14 metres. Martin Guest, T&D, had 48 lb 12 oz from peg 5. In fourth was Mark Isherwood on peg 25 with 47 lb 11 oz. In fifth place with the best weight on Mucky Meadow was 42 lb which included 13 lb of silver fish, this was Warren Jennings on peg 48.

Sunday Open   28 fished   

Next week the open will be on Mucky Meadow and Furnace Pool again which will leave Mill and Willow Pool open for pleasure fishing. This may change if a third pool is required for the open.

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28th October 2007

Once again the Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow and Mill Pool. Dave Johnson, Stevens Tackle, came first with 86 lb 7 oz from peg 35 on Mucky Meadow, he was followed by Kev Williams, Wolverhampton , with 71 lb 6 oz from peg 54 and in third place was Dean Homer, Vine Batemans, with 63 lb 12 oz from peg 91. In fourth was Dave Williams with 63 lb 1 oz from peg 50 and Alan Gethin, Stevens, was in fifth with 54 lb 2 oz from peg 94.

The weather has been much milder this week with sunshine and showers during the open and the weights were much improved. Corn and maggot fished at 13 metres was effective. Pellet was also useful. Don’t forget at this time of year you don’t want to feed too much.

Sunday Open   15 fished   

Next week the open will be on Mucky Meadow and Furnace Pools with Mill Pool open for pleasure fishing.

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21st October 2007

The Sunday Open this week was the first open match of the Winter Accumulator. This format proved very popular last year as you don’t need to fish every match over the winter to qualify for the final . Poi nts are awarded to each competitor when they weigh in, please check out the website to see how the points are awarded.

The match was on Mucky Meadow and Mill Pool. John Newton, Furnace Mill, came first with 48 lb 10 oz from peg 36 on Mucky Meadow, he was followed by Kev Williams, Wolverhampton , with 47 lb 1 oz from peg 46 and in third place was Neil Gater, Batemans, with 30 lb 14 oz from peg 40. The best weight from Mill Pool was Mark Workman, Fosters, with 29 lb 10 oz.

The weather has been very cold this week with frosts on most mornings and these seems to have made the difference as last weeks catches were a lot better. I was told that it is very important to plumb the depth accurately at this time of year and to only use a little feed to get the fish competing; the best reported baits this week were pellet and worm.

Sunday Open   23 fished   

Club contests start to slow down at this time of year so there will be plenty of room for pleasure fishing at the moment. Although the mornings have been very cold the days have been glorious with blue skies and warm winter sunshine.

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14th October 2007

The Sunday Open this week was the last open before the Winter Accumulator starts next week, on the 21 st October, and it was on Furnace Pool.

Mark Workman took first place with 80 lb 2 oz from peg 2. Second place went to Kev Williams on peg 26, he landed at total of 66 lb 9 oz which included a catch of 9 lb 6 oz of silver fish which also won him the silver fish prize. Third place went to Dave Williams with 51 lb 8 oz from peg 4.

Sunday Open   15 fished   

Popular baits this week were pellet, worm and corn. Catches have been varied all week with some doing better in the morning and vice versa. Main tip is to plumb the depth accurately and feed very little at the moment to get the fish competing.

The Winter Accumulator starts next week, it will run as last year with points awarded to each competitor when they weigh in. It is not necessary to fish every match as the top thirty will qualify for the final, some anglers only fished once a month during the summer and still qualified for the Summer Final. Prizes will be awarded to the league winners and the winners of the final so there are plenty of opportunities.

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30th September 2007

The Sunday Open this week was the first day match we have had for a long time and it was on Furnace Pool.

Rob Francis won the match with 62 lb 8 oz from the much fancied peg 13. It included 21 lb 14 oz of silver fish. Second place for the second week on the trot went to Mark Workman on peg 21 with 58 lb and third place went to Mick Round with 41 lb 1 oz from peg 8.

Sunday Open   15 fished   

Next week, 7 th October, the open is a short afternoon match; draw 2 pm fish 3 pm to 7 pm. Then on the 14 th it is a day match again with limited space and on the 21 st the Winter Open/Accumulator starts.

SATURDAY 6TH OCTOBER sees the start of the Six Hour Special. This is a straightforward open match that anyone can enter, draw 9.30 am and fish 10.30 am to 4.30 pm.

The best baits this week were worm and caster and hook and feed pellet. Fishing just on the bottom with a nice balanced and delicate presentation with small amounts of feed should bag lots of silver fish. If you prefer to target the carp and the weather is cold look for the shoals of carp as sometimes they can be very visible try a large bait, either corn, 6 mm pellet or even a piece of bread flake with very little or no feed.

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23rd September 2007

The Sunday Open this week was the Summer Accumulator Final. It was held on Mucky Meadow Pool and Furnace Pool. Unfortunately some of the qualifiers were unable to attend the final so there were only 19 fishing.

It had already been confirmed the week before that Kev Johnson, Kidderminster, Paul Cook, Stourport and Kev Williams, Wolverhampton had come 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd in the league but there was still plenty to play for in the final match.

With the nights drawing in the match was only 4 ½ hours instead of the normal 5. Some complained that they lost a lot of fish and should have weighed in a lot more.

The winner was Dave Williams who had drawn peg 54 three times on the trot and not done very well. When he drew it again he was a little disappointed but by changing his tactics he secured victory with 62 lb 4 oz of carp. In second was Mark Workman with 54 lb 7 oz from peg 49. In third place was Paul Cook with 51 lb 15 oz from peg 8 on Furnace pool and he was closely followed by Mike Faulkner with 50 lb 10 oz from peg 38. Lee Martin won the silver prize.

Sunday Open   19 fished   

Next week, 30 th September, the open is a day match; draw 10 am fish 11 am to 4 pm.

Don’t forget if you are not a match angler we always keep a minimum of 20 pegs available for pleasure fishing.

To fish the open matches please book in on 01299 266777.

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16th September 2007

The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Willow Pool again this week.

There was quite a bit of grumbling about the match being on Willow Pool so it was good to see Paul Cook, Stourport, win the match from peg 68 on Willow with 75 lb 8 oz. Second place went to Dave Parry on peg 48 on Mucky Meadow with 46 lb 10 oz. In third was Kev Williams with 44 lb 2 oz from peg 34 and fourth place went to Mark Workman with 34 lb 10 oz from peg 58.

Sunday Open   19 fished   

The Summer League is nearly at an end with the final match taking place on Sunday 23 rd September 2007. The 30 qualifiers are as follows: Kev Johnson, Paul Cook, Kev Williams, Colin Matthews, Paul Savings, Steve Henderson, Sean Coffey, John Savings, Andy Newton, Alvin Bell, Mark Workman, Dave Williams, Ky Faulkner, Dave Henderson, Chris Bradney, Lee Martin, Mick Round, Darren Dimmock, Phil Hunt, Ray Lamb, Matt Smith, Dan Amphlett, Neville Groves, Dave Parry, Michael Faulkner, Paul Hadlington, Neil Gater, Chris Senter, Rob Wilson and Nigel Marchington.

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9th September 2007

For a change the Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Willow Pool this week.

Newcomer, Matt Smith, went one better this week and won the match from peg 35 on Mucky Meadow landing 90 lb 5 oz. In second place was Kidderminster man Kev Johnson who landed 69 lb 2 oz from peg 41. Third place went to Andy Newton on peg 48 with 68 lb 5 oz. Fourth place went to Kev Williams with 58 lb 14 oz from peg 46 and in fifth was Chris Bradney with 55 lb 9 oz from peg 50.

Sunday Open   19 fished   

In the open match pellet, hemp, meat, and maggot still seemed to be the favoured baits. There is only one match left before the league final on 23 rd September. The top three are Kev Johnson, Paul Cook and Kev Williams and they now cannot be beaten. However at the lower end of the qualifying table there are only 16 points between 21 st and 30 th place and there are about 18 other anglers who could do well in the last match and steal a last minute place.

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2nd September 2007

Once again the Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Furnace Pool this week.

For the second week on the trot the match was won by Paul Cook from Stourport. This week he was on peg 32 on Mucky Meadow Pool and landed 107 lb 10 oz of fish. Second place went to newcomer to the fishery, Matt Smith, Mossella. He drew the much favoured peg 38 and landed 97 lb 11 oz. Third place went to Neville Groves on peg 8 on Furnace Pool. He landed 97 lb 1 oz. Fourth was Alvin Bell with 72 lb 12 oz from peg 43 on Mucky and in fifth was Sean Coffey from Wilden with 67 lb 12 oz from peg 15 on Furnace.

Sunday Open   21 fished   

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26th August 2007

The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Furnace Pool this week.

The match was won by Paul Cook, Stourport, on peg 2 on Furnace Pool with 123 lb of fish. This weight was more than double last weeks winning weight as the water was much warmer than last week thanks to some prolonged sunshine in the last few days. Second place went to Kev Johnson, Kidderminster , with 117 lb 3 oz from peg 15. Phil Hunt, Metchley, was third with 72 lb 2 oz from peg 21. In fourth was Dave Parry with 70 lb 5 oz from peg 11. The best weight on Mucky Meadow Pool was 65 lb 11 oz for Kev Williams from peg 52 which earned him 5 th place.

Sunday Open   18 fished   

The weather has been much better this week and reports have been good. Tom Cox from Stourport had great sport on peg 88 on Mill Pool; with hemp as his feed bait he caught plenty of carp and tench. In the open match pellet, meat, and maggot seemed to be the favoured baits.

Don’t forget if you are not a match angler we always keep a minimum of 20 pegs available for pleasure fishing.

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19th August 2007

The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Willow Pool this week.

The match was won by Lee Martin this week on peg 50 on Mucky Meadow Pool with 59 lb 2 oz of fish. This weight was half of last weeks winning weight but the water had gone very cold with the rain that we had on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Second place went to Andy Newton with 47 lb 3 oz from peg 46. Richard Weaver was third with 39 lb 12 oz from peg 51. The best weight on Willow Pool was 38 lb 5 oz for Darren Dimmock from peg 58 which earned him 4 th place.

Sunday Open   23 fished   

The weather has been mixed again this week so reports have been varied on how to fish the lakes. Some have caught most of their fish on the deck whilst others have had good sport fishing up in the water or on the surface. Pellet, meat, maggot and corn seem to be the favoured baits.

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12th August 2007

The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Furnace Pool again this week.

Kev Williams won the match this week from peg 13 on Furnace Pool. He landed 116 lb 6 oz of fish which included some top quality bream which also won him the silver prize. Second place went to Paul Cook, Mark’s Tackle, with 95 lb 6 oz from peg 35 on Mucky Meadow and he was followed by Mark Workman, Fosters in 3 rd with 70 lb from peg 8 on Furnace.

Sunday Open   18 fished   

Another glorious week has kept the pleasure anglers coming and they have all reported good catches. The usual maggot, meat, cat meat and Furnace Feed Sinking Hookers are still producing, but the fairly new Dynamite Frenzied Meat is also showing good results with the spicy flavour doing slightly better than the garlic.

Lots of large carp are being caught in the margins and off the top with either Furnace Feed Floating Hookers or just that good old faithful – bread!

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5th August 2007

Just for a change the Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Furnace Pool this week.

Andy Newton, Badger, made it two in a row coming first with 106 lb 13 oz from peg 10 on Furnace Pool. In second place was Kev Williams, Wolverhampton , with 96 lb from peg 5 and third place went to Paul Cook, Mark’s Tackle, with 89 lb 6 oz from peg 32 on Mucky Meadow. In 4 th place was Steve Henderson with 88 lb from peg 42 and in fifth place was Kev Johnson from peg 30.

Sunday Open   17 fished   

More sunshine this week has brought the pleasure anglers out and they have all reported good catches. Maggot, meat and cat meat fished over pellet and hemp are still producing, with the red pellet just having the edge over the green. The Furnace Mill 6 mm Expander pellets have been going well too.

Lots of large carp are being caught in the margins and plenty of silver fish are feeding up in the water.

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29th July 2007

The Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Willow Pool again this week.

It was all change at the top this week with Andy Newton coming first with 66 lb 14 oz from peg 47 on Mucky Meadow. 29 lb 4 oz of his bag was all bream which also netted him the silver prize. In second place was Dave Williams who drew the popular peg 38 and landed 62 lb of carp. Third place went to Kidderminster regular Kev Johnson, he was on peg 66 on Willow Pool and had a catch of 50 lb 2 oz of carp.

Sunday Open   20 fished

The very welcome sunshine has brought the pleasure anglers out and they have all reported good catches. Maggot, meat and cat meat fished over pellet and hemp have been very effective. The Furnace Mill 6 mm Expander pellets have been going well too.

Lots of large carp are being caught in the margins and plenty of silver fish are feeding up in the water. Andy Newton’s silver catch was a good example of the superb bream we have at Furnace Mill.

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22nd July 2007

To make a change the Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool and Willow Pool this week. Some anglers were hoping not to draw Willow because they favour Mucky but changed their minds when the top four came from Willow and proved once again that Willow should be shown more respect.

The top three were the same as last week with Paul Cook, Stourport, winning from peg 63 on Willow Pool with a catch of 120 lb 10 oz, he fished maggot over pellet. He was followed by Kev Johnson who fished paste on peg 61 and landed a catch of 80 lb 14 oz. In third place once again was Kev Williams, Wolverhampton, he used meat over hemp to catch 61 lb 14 oz from peg 44 and in fourth place was Paul Savings who was also on Willow Pool and landed 48 lb 6 oz from peg 58.

Sunday Open   15 fished

Pleasure anglers are still reporting catches in excess of 100 lbs. Maggot and meat fished over pellets and/or hemp are doing very well. Cat meat has also been productive. Lots of large carp are being caught in the margins and plenty of silver fish are feeding up in the water.

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15th July 2007

By popular request the Sunday Open was on Mucky Meadow Pool again this week. Paul Cook, Stourport, broke Kev Johnson’s winning streak with a catch of 105 lb 8 oz from peg 54, he landed mainly carp which he caught feeding Furnace Feed pellet and maggot. In second place was Kev Johnson, Kidderminster, with 69 lb 14 oz from peg 34, his favoured bait was paste made up from the fishery pellets. In third place was Kev Williams, Wolverhampton, he used meat over hemp to catch 66 lb 10 oz from peg 44 and in fourth place was Sam Johnson, Kidderminster, with 54 lb 12 oz from peg 52.

Sunday Open   12 fished