Stalham and District AC

13th October 2019

Another grey and damp day greeted the 20 competitors for this weeks match. The forecast was for rain all day but it actually wasn’t quite as bad as predicted – and much better than last week. The Crane basin was the place to be once again with Derbyshire interloper, aka Steve Wilkinson, coming out in first place with 10lb 12oz from peg 6 on the crane. He only just beat Alex Watson, who had a busy day on the gate basin catching small roach at 13m for 10lb 11oz and 2nd. Another double figure weight for John Higginson at peg 1 took 3rd place with 10lb 5oz but the big perch he lost at the net would have been a big bonus.

Overall there were 4 double figure weights and 11 anglers had over 6lb so although not fantastic, there are fish to be caught.

Spare a thought for Trev Dodson who had the benefit of a fantastic demonstration of “high speed mooring” right on his peg – don’t know how he then managed to get 10lb 4oz. I reckon he just put his landing net in and scooped up the fish after they were dazed by the boat wash.

Never mind it all adds to the entertainment……… See you next week…..

So we are off with he winter series of matches at the boatyards. Mr Burton was the clear winner this week from his peg on the Crane Basin where he caught 10lb 9oz. Tony Wilkinson was 2nd from his peg at the end of the Crane with 8lb 13oz and Mark Seaman was 3rd from his peg next to the winner with 8lb 6oz. So the Crane was the place to be this opening Match but who knows how things can change over the coming weeks and once the big basin is in the mix. Next week is the David King Bowl – See you there

The final round of Stalham and district A.C.summer series was at Martham pit B 17 members turned up this week dreaming of catching a lot of big fish and winning, though the weather forecast was for heavy showers and possible thunder.

Mark Seaman was the winner weighing 34lb. Second place goes to Tony Wilkinson marking his return from Africa who weighed 25lb 10oz which was a mix of small and large bream.

Third place was Trevor Dodson who weighed 22lb 12oz

Well done to them three!

It fished really hard for everybody else.

Congratulations goes to Mark Harmer who was this year’s winner of the summer points!

I’d like to say on behalf of all the members who fished the summer a really big thank you to Dave Agass for all his hard work organising all the matches.

1st Mark Seaman 34lb

2nd Tony Wilkinson 25lb 10oz

3rd Trevor Dodson 22lb 12oz

4th Dave Paynter 17lb 9oz

5th Dave Agass 16lb 12oz

6th Terry Smith 14lb 4oz

7th Mike Dossena 13lb 4oz

8th Chris Tims 12lb 4oz

9th Alex Watson 11lb 8oz

10th Mark Charlwood 11lb

11th Mark Harmer 9lb 3oz

12th Dave Edgerton 8lb 8oz

13th Dave Dearman 7lb 14oz

14th Dave Gipson 6lb 2oz

15th Jon Burton 4lb

16th Martin Littlefield 2lb 3oz

And there was one D’N’W

So next week we are all back to the Boat Yard.

See you all there!

17 members made the trip for the final visit Reepham Fishery this summer.

The weather was nice and warm and perfect for a lovely day fishing.

The open match on Saturday had some very good weights so everyone was expecting more of the same.

With the draw done everybody was eager to start. Mark Harmer had drawn peg 25 and made no mistake winning this week with the total weight of 121lb 4oz.

Well done, Mark!

Dave Agass was fishing peg 18 and caught some nice carp for a weight of 120lb which was good enough for second.

Well done , Dave!

Third place goes to Mark Seaman who was fishing peg 6 and weighed 98lb 2oz. Good job,Mark!

1st Mark Harmer 121lb 4oz

2nd Dave Agass 120lb

3rd Mark Seaman 98lb 2oz

4th Alex Watson 61lb 2oz

5th Jon Burton 51lb 6oz

6th Dennis Willis 43lb 9oz

7th Dave Edgerton 41lb 1oz

8th Chris Tims 36lb 9oz

9th Dave Dearman 32lb 11oz

10th Mark Charlwood 31lb 1oz

11th Dave Paynter 29lb 12oz

12th Trevor Dodson 21lb 10oz

13th John Higgingson 20lb 12oz

14th Martin Littlefield 8lb 4oz

And there were three D’N’Ws this week

So the summer series will be decided on the final match of the summer which is going to be at Martham Pit B

See you all there!

Please, don’t hesitate to contact Dave to see if there are any spaces.

So on Sunday the 15th we traveled to Holly Farm, South Walsham

16 members turned up hoping it was their lucky day but it didn’t go so well for most of us.

This once very prolific water is now empty ?

Mark Seaman was in first place again this week. He was fishing peg 14 and weighed 33lb 14oz. Well done, buddy!

Second place goes to last week’s winner Trevor Dodson who was fishing peg 18 and weighed 25lb 4oz. Good Job,Trevor!

Third place goes to Ash Dennington. He was fishing peg 15 and weighed 19lb 7oz.

Well done, good old Ash!

1st Mark Seaman 33lb 14oz

2nd Trevor Dodson 25lb 4oz

3rd Ash Dennington 19lb 7oz

4th Jon Burton 17lb 12oz

5th Dave Agass 13lb 12oz

6th Dave Dearman 11lb 8oz

7th Dave Edgerton 11lb 5oz

8th Mark Charlwood 10lb 12oz

9th Terry Smith 8lb 9oz

10th Mark Harmer 8lb 8oz

11th Chris Tims 7lb 12oz

12th Dennis Willis 6lb 12oz

13th Dave Gipson 4lb 8oz

14th John Higginson 2lb 2oz

And there were two D’N’W’s this week

Next week it’s off to Reepham

See you all there! ( all hoping to draw peg 27?)

Don’t forget to contact Dave to see if there are any spaces.

The venue was Colton today

15 members turned up hoping they would be lucky to win. The forecast for the day was sunny intervals.

This week’s winner was Trevor Dodson who caught carp on the feeder and weighed 98lb 6oz (which was just 10 carp so they were pretty big fish) – he had 7 fish before most of us had a bite.

Second place was Alex Watson who was one of the people who hadn’t had a bite until midway through the match and ended with 79lb 4oz which was 7 fish.

Dave Agass also caught 7 carp for his third place finish which was 73lb 13oz.

Well done to them three!

There were also some good backup weights.

1st Trevor Dodson 98lb 6oz

2nd Alex Watson 79lb 4oz

3rd Dave Agass 73lb 13oz

4th Jon Burton 57lb 13oz

5th Mark Seaman 45lb 4oz

6th Chris Tims 44lb 6oz

7th Mark Harmer 37lb 7oz

8th Mark Charlwood 34lb 9oz

9th Dave Paynter 20lb 3oz

10th Dave Edgerton 20lb

11th Tony Wilkinson 19lb 5oz

12th Mike Dossena 16lb 5oz

13th Martin Littlefield 8lb 8oz

And two D’N’Ws

Next week it’s off to Holly Farm

See you all there!

And contact Dave to see if there are any spaces.

Bartles Lodge was venue for this weeks match

13 members made the long trip this week. The weather was cloudy with sunny spells and much cooler than recently. We even had a nice heavy shower at the end.

With the draw done and everybody was ready to go, the match started.

Mark Harmer was the winner this week. He was fishing peg 13 which turned out to be his lucky number. He caught carp down the edge and weighed 68lb 12oz.

Second place goes to Alex Watson who once again was fishing peg 4. He weighed 54lb which is about a half of his normal weight from this peg?

Mark Seaman was 1lb behind Alex with 53lb for third place. Well done to them three!

Just need to mention that the resident terrapin wasn’t caught this week.?

1st Mark Harmer 68lb 12oz

2nd Alex Watson 54lb

3rd Mark Seaman 53lb

4th Mark Charlwood 45lb 4oz

5th Mike Dossena 38lb 12oz

6th Dave Edgerton 38lb 2oz

7th Trevor Dodson 20lb 12oz

8th Jon Burton 15lb 4oz

9th Dave Dearman 13lb 8oz

10th Terry Smith 10lb 12oz

And there were three D’N’Ws this week

Next week it’s off to Colton. See you all there !

And as usual I’d like to remind you to contact Dave to see if there are any available spaces.

Melton Pond 4 was the venue on a very hot summer day.

16 members made the long trip this week and everyone was hoping to have a nice day fishing but it didn’t turn out quite that way as it fished very hard.

Dennis Willis was this week’s winner weighing 43lb dead from peg 6.

Mark Charlwood was fishing peg 19 and weighed 32lb 13oz for second place this week.

And third place goes to Mark Harmer who was fishing peg 12 and weighed 32lb 6oz.

This week there were two swimmers. Trevor Dodson told me at the end that his peg was disturbed mid way through the match with Mr Gipson doing the breast stroke come doggy paddle after his top kit.

Also at the end of the match Mark Seaman took to the water to retrieve Mr Mark C ‘s top kit.

1st Dennis Willis 43lb

2nd Mark Charlwood 32lb 13oz

3rd Mark Harmer 32lb 6oz

4th Mark Seaman 22lb 4oz

5th Dave Paynter 19lb 13oz

6th Trevor Dodson 16lb 9oz

7th Jon Burton 14lb 4oz

8th Tony Wilkinson 13lb

9th Dave Dearman 12lb 2oz

10th Dave Edgerton 11lb

11th Alex Watson 9lb 4oz

12th Dave Gipson 8lb 3oz

13th Dave Agass 7lb 3oz

14th Mike Dossena 5lb 4oz

And two D’N’Ws

Next week it’s off to the very prolific Bartles Lodge

See you all there!

And don’t forget to call Dave to see if there are any spaces.

The Old Stables North Walsham was the venue this week. 14 members made the trip meaning it was full house. The forecast was for sunshine but we had a little rain and even thunder.
With the level of water in the lake being rather low everyone expected a hard day fishing.
Jon Burton was fishing peg 15 and caught steadily all day for his first win of the summer weighing a very good 63lb 19oz.
Well done Jon!
Second place fishing peg 12 was Mark Harmer who had a fun day trying to pull carp from the lilies and successfully weighed 47lb 13oz. Good job Mark!
Third place fishing peg 16 was Mark Charlwood. He caught some nice carp and weighed 33lb 2oz. Well done Mark!
1st Jon Burton 63lb 10oz
2nd Mark Harmer 47lb 13oz
3rd Mark Charlwood 33lb 2oz
4th Dave Paynter 30lb 4oz
5th Dave Agass 20lb 10oz
6th Trevor Dodson 20lb 5oz
7th Dave Edgerton 19lb 1oz
8th Tony Wilkinson 17lb 14oz
9th Mike Dossena 10lb 9oz
10th Dave Dearman 10lb 4oz
11th Terry Smith 7lb 8oz
12th Dave Gipson 6lb 8oz
And two D’N’W’s this week
Next week we are back to Melton Pond 4
See you all there!
And of course , as usual , don’t forget to contact Dave to see if there are any available spaces.

14 members made the trip today to see if they can win this competition. The weather was sunny and quite warm with  strong wind which would make fishing rather difficult. At the draw bag Mark Seaman pulled peg 1 out and everyone thought they were fishing for second place. But unluckily for him Dave Agass had different plans. He was fishing peg 8 and ran out the winner with a total weight of 39lb  8oz . Well done Dave! ( everyone wants to know what they gave you in hospital 😀) 

Second place goes to John Higginson who was fishing peg 6 and weighed 27lb 8oz which included one carp which was over 10lb. Well done John! 

Having drawn peg 1 Mr Seaman was still in the frame coming third with 26lb 10oz. 

Well done Mark! 

1st Dave Agass 39lb 8oz 

2nd John Higginson 27lb 8oz 

3rd Mark Seaman 26lb 10oz 

4th Mark Charlwood 21lb 2oz 

5th Jon Burton 19lb 2oz 

6th Dave Dearman 18lb 6oz 

7th Tony Wilkinson 17lb 10oz 

8th Trevor Dodson 14lb 10oz 

9th Chris Tims 11lb 5oz 

10th Mark Harmer 8lb 8oz 

11th Terry Smith 6lb 

12th Dave Paynter 5lb 4oz 

13th Dave Edgerton 2lb 12oz 

And one D’N’W’ this week 

Next week it’s back to the Old Stables in North Walsham 

See you all there!

And don’t forget to give Dave a call to see if there are any cancellations as it is full at the moment.