Dawson victorious at Fishponds Lido
Peg 14 on 'Suicide Straight' came up with a 25-4-0 victory for Steve Dawson in the Alcove 'Pick 'n Mix' Monday match fished at the Fishponds Lido.
Dawson started the match by fishing pole and maggot at seven metres and had 17-2-0 of skimmers and roach in his net when the fish backed off. He immediately switched to waggler tactics and added two late bonus 4lb bream to his catch.
Avon Angling's Martin Alexander finished second at peg eight on the island, where maggot and soft pellet poled at 11 metres centre tempted 16-0-0 of skimmers and roach. Match secretary Ian Chapple came a close third with 15-8-0 of roach taken with soft pellet poled at seven metres off island peg seven.
Result: 1, Steve Dawson 25-4-0, peg 14; 2, Martin Alexander 16-0-0, peg 8; 3, Ian Chapple 15-8-0, peg 7; 4, Bob "The Bread" Price 13-0-0, peg 10; 5, Bill Ferris 11-4-0, peg 5.
Paste poled at 11 metres centre off peg 43 bagged a 49-12-0 winning catch for Bob Warren in the Carps AC midweek match fish on Withy Pool at Hunstrete.
Second place went to Bathampton AA coach Kevin Dicks, who fished a variety of baits into the island gap at 25 metres of peg 53 for 46-12-0 of carp to almost 9-0-0.
Match secretary Colin Golding took the top silverfish catch at peg 49, where he fished and fed soft 6mm pellet at eightmetres centre to tempt 8-15-0 of skimmers.
Result – Overall: 1, Bob Warren 49-12-0, peg 43; 2, Kevin Dicks (Bathampton Angling Coach) 46-12-0, peg 53; 3, Steve Jeffries 40-12-0, peg 57; 4, Terry Bruton 40-0-0, peg 74; 5, Tom Thick 35-3-0, peg 48; 6, Charlie Barnes 25-13-0, peg 69; 7, Bob "The Bread" Price 23-14-0, peg 71. Silverfish: 1, Colin Golding 8-15-0, peg 49; 2, Tom Thick 7-14-0.
Craig Edmunds poled 8mm pellet shallow at 14.5 metres off Campbell 118 and claimed his second win on the trot with a 139-15-0 catch of carp in the Bristol PSV match fished at Viaduct Fishery, Somerton.
The top silverfish prize money went to Bob Warren, who poled paste into the corner margins of peg 123 for 57-7-0 of skimmers and tench.
Result – Overall: 1, Craig Edmonds 139-15-0, peg 118; 2, Brian Shanks 85-12-0, peg 116; 3, Ryan Jordan 82-5-0, peg 115; 4, Steve Wynne 79-6-0, peg 110; 5, Bob Warren 76-5-0, peg 123; 6, Steve Burgess 65-13-0, peg 130. Silverfish: 1, Bob Warren 567-7-0, peg 123; 2, Simon Belcham 24-2-0, peg 126; 3, Dave Tippet 10-3-0, peg 114; 4, Mark Radford 8-7-0, peg 124.
Alcove AC hammered Kingswood & Hanham RBL in an inter-club match fished on both lakes at Whitehouse Farm, Latteridge, weighing in 52-9-0 to their opponents' 16-1-0.
Alcove team members filled the top four individual places, Ian Chapple leading the way with a 20-3-0 mixed bag taken from peg 28 with an 8mm hair-rigged pellet.
Result – Teams: Alcove AC 52-9-0 – Kingswood & Hanham RBL 16-1-0. Individuals: 1, Ian Chapple 20-3-0, peg 28; 2, Steve Dawson 18-1-0, peg 1; 3, Derrick Williams 9-10-0, peg 13; 4, Bill Ferris 9-3-0, peg 21.
Only 1-11-0 separated the top two places in the Avon Angling Midweek Open fished at Avalon Fisheries, West Hay. Bela Bakos came out on top with a decent 75-2-0 haul of carp taken with waggler and paste fished close to the island off peg 38.
Second was Mike West, who poled paste into the right-hand margins of peg 24 and included the top silverfish catch of 4-6-0 in his 73-7-0 total catch.
Result – Overall: 1, Bela Bakos 75-2-0, peg 38; 2, Mike West 73-7-0, peg 24; 3, Vince Brown 61-10-0, peg 32; 4, Colin Dyer 52-8-0, peg 18; 5, Clint Wojtyla 46-13-0, peg 26; 6, Tim Ford 42-8-0, peg 28. Silverfish: 1, Colin Dyer 4-6-0; 2, Martin Lenaghan (default) 1-8-0.
Craig Edmunds poled 8mm pellet shallow at 14.5 metres off Campbell 118 and claimed his second win on the trot with a 139-15-0 catch of carp in the Bristol PSV match fished at Viaduct Fishery, Somerton.
The top silverfish prize money went to Bob Warren, who poled paste into the corner margins of peg 123 for 57-7-0 of skimmers and tench.
Result – Overall: 1, Craig Edmonds 139-15-0, peg 118; 2, Brian Shanks 85-12-0, peg 116; 3, Ryan Jordan 82-5-0, peg 115; 4, Steve Wynne 79-6-0, peg 110; 5, Bob Warren 76-5-0, peg 123; 6, Steve Burgess 65-13-0, peg 130. Silverfish: 1, Bob Warren 567-7-0, peg 123; 2, Simon Belcham 24-2-0, peg 126; 3, Dave Tippet 10-3-0, peg 114; 4, Mark Radford 8-7-0, peg 124.
Alcove AC (at The Clamps): 1, Bob "The Bread" Price 32-4-0, peg 4; 2, Ian Chapple 30-4-0, peg 14; 3, Paul Davies 19-8-0, peg 6; 4, Derek Williams 13-4-0, peg 9.
Cider Farm Lakes Open. 1, Rod Wootten (Frys AC) 113-6-0, peg 11. Paste and pellet poled shallow and deep; 2, Mike Smith (SWDAC) 80-6-0, peg 54; 3, Rich Heatley (Clevedon) 71-1-0, peg 14; 4, Paul Faiers (Sensas Thyers) 67-14-0, peg 36.









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