ADVENTURE AS took themselves to Court Farm Fishery last Sunday, where Graham Spiller ran out an easy winner with 138lb 10oz of carp on pole and corn.

In-form Sean Shiles used pole and maggot for his 89lb 14oz. Mick Biles’ 87lb 12oz was a pole and corn affair, as was Dave Stratford-Way’s 68lb.

Twenty-four fished a cosy match, and all caught.

Kennet Ospreys’ match on Willow Park’s Middle Lake saw Simon Kiefer show his class by fishing long pole and pellet to net 45lb 6oz of bream and carp. Steve Telford fished his usual tidy match and recorded an all-carp bag of 45lb on banded pellet. I managed to catch six carp and two bream on corn and feeder for 34lb 80z, while Mark Funnel and Glen Wills tied with 24lb 6oz each.

Thirteen fished and caught.

Camrose AC went to Cheriton Farm for their latest match, and Brian Orchard did the business with 70lb 4oz of carp on pole and pellet. Match secretary Pip Seeny utilised pole and maggot for his 59lb 10oz of carp. Chris Hopgood’s 29lb 10oz made third place, followed by Ralph Seddon’s 27lb 6oz.

Twelve fished and all caught.

Staceys match group were at Soke Road Lake for their fixture, and it was Steve Davis who potted top spot with 42lb of carp, employing pole and bread punch tactics. Peter Stevens pole and magged it for his 25lb 10oz. Andy (Hooverman) Wicks used the same tactics for his 20lb 6oz of carp, while Doug Whitford weighed in 14lb of skimmers.

Thirteen fished and two blanked.

Last Friday’s mini open at Longbridge Lake, Romsey, saw Steve Hunt draw sock-on and win with an all-bream bag of 64lb 7oz, caught on pole and soft pellet. Tony Green caught bream and roach on pole and maggot for his 30lb 3oz. I caught 27lb 4oz of roach on two plus two and maggot, while Ian Jones made up the frame with 23lb 7oz.

Sixteen fished an interesting silver fish match and all caught.

Rob Frost’s Friday swindle, at Old Barlows Lake, put Ralph Seddon in the driving seat with 18lb of carp on pole and bread. Frost himself made second spot with 15lb 10oz of carp on pole and corn. Bill Atkinson made third spot with 11lb 1oz on pole and bread.

Eleven fished and caught.

Steve Hunt, the drawbag specialist, returned from his holiday in Egypt, and duly won his next match at Longbridge. Had there been fishing matches while Steve was in Egypt I’m sure he would have drawn the best pegs on the Suez Canal and the River Nile.

With the nice weather approaching, it’s time for me to do more fishing and let ’er indoors do what she does best – gardening.

Catch me next week.