Stalham and District AC

Round 8 of the summer series took us to Reepham. This is a new venue on our summer calendar. 20 members turn out for this one, the most so far. With the weather being a little chilly and the match weights a little low from the Saturdays match, every one was a little unsure what it would fish like. Never the less it was time to see who would be on the fish. As it turned out it was Dennis Willis who had all the fish, and ran away with it. Dennis fished peg 29 and weighed a very good 92lb 2oz for first place. 2nd place goes to Mr Mark Charlwood. Mark fished peg 9 and weighed 61lb 2oz. 3rd place goes to Mark Harmer. Mark drew the flyer (so the owner said) so I guess I messed it up. Mark fished peg 27 and weighed 34lb 6oz. Everybody caught fish but it was not as good as we thought it would be. Roll on the summer.

1st Dennis Willis 92lb 2oz

2nd Mark Charlwood 61lb 2oz

3rd Mark Harmer 34lb 6oz

4th Mark Seaman 29lb 4oz

5th Graham ?         27lb 15oz

6th Mike Dossena 26lb 11oz

7th Dave Dearman 26lb 6oz

8th Ash Dennington 21lb 15oz

9th Dave Paynter 20lb

10th Kevin Lawson 19lb 6oz

11th Tony Wilkinson 19lb

12th Dave Edgerton 17lb 15oz

13th Dave Gipson 16lb

14th Alex Watson 12lb 6oz

15th Dave Agass 8lb 8oz

16th Terry Smith 7lb 5oz

17th John Higgingson 7lb 4oz

And 3 D.N.W’s this week.

Next week is another long drive to Melton ponds, see you all there.

Round 7 today was held at Bartles Lodge in Elsing. With the very cold week nobody was sure how it would fish. 13 members made the long trip this week. With the draw done it was the venue expert Alex Watson who won this week. For once Alex was not on peg 4 instead he drew peg 10. Alex had a very slow start but really finished strong and ended up weighing 115lb 6oz. 2nd place was Mike Dossena. Mike caught fish from the of for most of the match but it slowed down in last hour and half. Mike weighed 107lb 4oz from peg 12 unlucky Mike. 3rd was the draw specialist Mark Seaman. Mark fished peg 11 and weighed 78lb 13oz. Well done to them. Overall it fished quite well. Sorry about the photo bomber on the photo. Next week it of to Reepham. See you all there.

1st Alex(The Bandit) Watson 115lb 6oz

2nd Mike Dossena 107lb 4oz

3rd Mark Seaman 78lb 13oz

4th Mark Charlwood 72lb 12oz

5th Mark Harmer 64lb 9oz

6th Dave Agass 58lb 12oz

7th Tony Wilkinson 37lb 12oz

8th Roger Farmer 34lb 12oz

9th Dave Edgerton 33lb 5oz

10th Trevor Dodson 31lb

11th Dave Dearman 22lb 6oz

12th Dave Paynter 20lb 8oz

Only one D.N.W this week.

Round 6 of the summer series today was at The Old Stables in North Walsham. 14 members turned up so it was a full house. The weather was a little overcast so hopefully the fish would bite. Once again it was the in-form Mark Seaman who ran away with this one. Mark fished peg 8 on the far side and caught fish from the off all day, and ended weighing 52lb 2oz. Well done Mark again. Can anyone stop him. 2nd place this week goes to Mr Mark Charlwood. Mark dropped down a place this week. Mark fished peg 6 ( his favourite) and weighed 28lb 4oz. Well done Mark. 3rd place goes to Mark Harmer. Mark fished peg 15 and weighed 27lb 4oz. So it was quite close between them but not even close to the winner. As for everybody else it was a reasonable days fishing. John Hehir caught the biggest fish of the day weighing 13lb plus but unfortunately after that he struggled for bites. Unlucky John.

1st Mark Seaman 52lb 2oz

2nd Mark Charlwood 28lb 4oz

3rd Mark Harmer 27lb 4oz

4th John Hehir 24lb 4oz

5th Trevor Dodson 23lb 4oz

6th Dave Dearman 15lb

7th Mike Dossena 13lb 4oz

8th Dave Paynter 13lb

9th Dave Agass 12lb 7oz

10th Dave Gipson 10lb 10oz

11th Dave Edgerton 9lb 10oz

12th Roger Farmer 8lb 4oz

There was 2 D.N.W’s this week. Next week it’s of to the very prolific Bartles Lodge in Elsing.

See you all there.

A few tips that might help us mere mortals!

Round 5 today was at Holly Farm South Walsham. This venue is not the same as a few years ago but, never the less, 17 members turned out. With a major drop in temperature and rain forecast it was time. Mark Charlwood came out on top this week from peg 12. Mark caught carp down the edge for a weight of 34lb 8oz well done Mark. That’s his non winning run over. 2nd place this week was Ash Dennington. Ash was making his first outing this summer and he was only 4oz’s sort of Mark. Ash weighed 34lb 4oz from peg 17. 3rd was Dennis Willis also making his first appearance this summer. Dennis fished peg 4 and weighed 30lb dead. Well done to them. Everybody else caught fish but it was a struggle.

1st Mark Charlwood 34lb 8oz

2nd Ash Dennington 34lb 4oz

3rd Dennis Willis 30lb

4th Dave Gipson 24lb 12oz

5th Dave Edgerton 24lb 8oz

6th Trevor Dodson 21lb 10oz

7th Roger Farmer 19lb 12oz

8th Mark Harmer 14lb 8oz

9th Mike Dossena 11lb

10th Dave Paynter 8lb 10oz

11th Dave Agass 8lb

12th Terry Smith 7lb 12oz

There was 5 D.N.W’s this week but they all caught fish.

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

See you all there. No photo this week. The winner was camera shy!

Cobbleacre was the venue for round 4 this week. With the fishery having problems with the normal match lake we had to fish the road side lake. 12 members turned up and hoped it would be their week. With a very hot day forecast it was time to see who would come out on top. Taking top spot this was Mark Seaman, Mark fished peg 8 and had a slow start but caught steadily through the middle of the match to weigh 20lb dead. Well done Mark. 2nd place was Tony Wilkinson. Tony fished peg 11 on the far side and caught carp and silvers for 14lb 4oz. Well done Tony. 3rd this week goes to Mark Harmer. Mark fished peg 5 and weighed 11lb 12oz of Carp and silvers. Well done Mark. There was just one D.N.W. this week. It was a very hard day for most but at least the weather was warm. We all thought Metton was hard!

1st Mark Seaman 20lb

2nd Tony Wilkinson 14lb 4oz

3rd Mark Harmer 11lb 12oz

4th Dave Edgerton 10lb 6oz

5th Mark Charlwood 10lb

6th Mike Dossena 9lb 6oz

7th Dave Paynter 8lb 8oz

8th Trevor Dodson 8lb 4oz

9th Roger Farmer 8lb 2oz

10th Dave Agass 7lb 12oz

11th Dave Dearman 7lb 6oz

One D.N.W

Next week it’s Holly Farm South Walsham. See you all there.

Round 3 this week took us to Glen Farm Metton. Another good turn out this week with 14 members lining up at the draw bag. With everyone ready and the bacon roll ordered it was time to see who would be the lucky one this week. Mike Dossena drew peg 6 and caught midway through the match to finish first with a weight of 20lb dead. 2nd place was Mark Harmer who drew peg 8 which is a good peg but I fluffed my lines with 4 lost carp early in the match so only weighed 12lb 12oz. Mr Mark Seaman came in 3rd with 9lb 9oz. It was a real struggle for everybody else.

1st Mike Dossena 20lb

Today was round 2 of the summer matches. The venue this week was Melton pond 4. 14 members turned out this week. It would be won and lost in the draw bag at this venue, get the right peg and you have a good day, get a bad one and it’s a long day. Alex Watson had the lucky hand this week. Alex fished the car park side up the top end and weighed 50lb dead (10 fish). 2nd place and carrying his winter form to the summer was Trevor Dodson. Trevor weighed 23lb 10oz(6 fish).Trevor fished peg 10. 3rd place was the returning Mark Harmer who fished peg 3 and weighed 20lb 8oz.(3 fish). Every one else caught fish but didn’t weigh. It was also very nice to see del sparks making a return.
1st A. Watson 50lb
2nd T. Dodson 23lb 10oz
3rd M. Harmer 20lb 8oz
4th M. Charlwood 19lb 10oz
5th M. Seaman 18lb 12oz
6th T. Smith 17lb 4oz
7th D.Agass 12lb 12oz
8th D.Edgerton 8lb 9oz
9th D.Payter 4lb
Five others caught fish but did not weigh.
Next week it could be even harder than this week as we are back at Metton at Glen Farm. See you all there.