ST HELENS AA BOXING DAY MATCH!

Not the best turnout for the boxing day match compared to previous years but still with 23 anglers present it was match on! Great weather today hardly any wind and even a bit of sunshine now and again, in keeping with tradition the match was pegged out from the railway bridge on the hotties to peg 35 on the bend and a few pegs that are known to produce good weights on todds stretch.
So first hour or so plenty of silvers coming out along the canal, Mark Tyrer on peg 39 had a small carp around 4lb, Ronny Ranson on peg 10 had a carp around 2lb and Dave Heaton on peg 37 also had 1 small carp,
An hour later Ronny Ranson bagged another small carp, Gary Whalley on peg 45 had 3 small carp , Mark Addy on peg 54 had a small carp plus a few roach and Danny Sixsmith on peg 51, Ste Hammy 48 and Mark Tyrer were getting silverfish action.
Last hour or so Mark Addy was doing well with small carp and had 3 more in his net, Dave Heaton had 3 Small carp, Andy Smethurst on peg 50 had a carp around 8lb, Danny Sixsmith bagged a few small carp and Dean Barlow on peg 16 had a big carp in the last 15 minutes ,while most were still catching silvers till the death.
The most unusual catch of the day goes to Marcus Nickson on peg 55 with a lovely brown rat.

Here’s the results and a few pics.

1st peg 54 Mark Addy 21lb 7oz
2nd peg 45 Gary Whalley 16lb 4oz
3rd peg 16 Dean Barlow 15lb 5oz
4th peg 51 Danny Sixsmith 15lb 4oz
5th peg 37 Dave Heaton 14lb 13oz
6th peg 48 Ste Hammy 13lb 1oz
7th peg 50 Andy Smethurst 12lb 5oz
8th peg 10 Ronny Ranson 10lb 13oz
9th peg 39 Mark Tyrer 8lb 15oz
10th peg 53 Roy Wairing 6lb 14oz
11th peg 52 Simon Bridge 6lb 13oz
12th peg 46 Mike Elder 4lb 10oz

Peg 9 Gary Shaw dnw
Peg 32 Lee Addy dnw
Peg 35 Ray Jones dnw
Peg 40 Frank Nelson dnw
Peg 41 Billy Delves dnw
Peg 42 George Wilton dnw
Peg 43 Ian Sullivan dnw
Peg 44 Mike Potter dnw
Peg 47 Colin Lucus dnw
Peg 49 Don Cunliff dnw
Peg 55 Marcus Nickson dnw

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WELL DONE LADS I HAD A GREAT LAUGH TODAY AND I WILL BE BACK ON THE BANK NEXT WEEK OH WAIT A MINUTE I MEAN TOMMOROW

ASHAME YOU CAN'T WEIGH THESE THINGS IN' YOU'D BAG UP

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I MIGHT AS WELL CONGRATULATE GAZ FIRST FOR RUINING A GOOD PEG HOW WELL DID YOU SAY YOU WERE GOING TO DO TOUGH AT THE TOP GAZ BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT REPORT

Hard lines gaz at least you was'nt on the flyer that peg has won 2 years in a row and all i could get was rats and railings the drawbag has been ok to me for 3 weeks now but i still cant pull it off every time i swung my cupping kit round i nearly hit mark addy. them last to pegs were just to close together

Cracking picks and good report. enjoyed it today but the pegs were a bit to close together lol. better look next year gaz haha.

iiiiiiiiiiiii but o well im not botherd anyway

wa is mark on about messing up a good peg because you bag up everyweek dont ya mark unluky gaz merrrttttt

PEG 9 IS A PEG I WOULD LIKE EVERY WEEK SOME PEOPLE DRAW A GOOD PEG WEEK IN WEEK OUT I HAVE FISHED EVERY MATCH AND HAVE HAD 1 GOOD DRAW BEING PEG 10 CHECK THE RESULTS AND TOP TEN EVERY WEEK IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME OFF SOME BAD PEGS THERE ARE 3 ELEMENTS IN WINNING MATCHES AND ALL THREE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER THE DRAW SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE AN ELEMENT OF LUCK EVERY ASPECT IS REQUIRED TRY JOINING GAZ AND FISHING A FEW SITTING BEHIND SULLY EVERY WEEK WILL UNDOUBTEDLY TEACH YOU WELL BUT THEN GET ON THE MATCHES AND PUT IT INTO PRACTICE CHECK THE BOARD FOR HOW MANY TIMES GAZ SAID HE WAS GOING TO DRAW A TOP PEG ON THE GUSHER AND WIN MAYBE NEXT YEAR :santa:

the only reason i dont fish is because i cant fish i have a jnr permit and i would if i could i might get a snr permit tomoz n fish it

8 lb off 39 peg

OH YES WITHOUT ANYONE IN 40 PEG

markobrowning wrote: I HAVE FISHED EVERY MATCH AND HAVE HAD 1 GOOD DRAW BEING PEG 10

peg 16

16 BLOWING A GALE PREFER 14 IN BAD CONDITIONS LIKE THAT

down side of the wall couldnt you hold 7/8 meters in the wind ??

WHAT DID PEG 16 DO LAST WEEK WITH A TOP ANGLER ON IT TOLD YOU IT IS NOT A CONSISTENT PEG

markobrowning wrote:16 BLOWING A GALE PREFER 14 IN BAD CONDITIONS LIKE THAT

is peg 16 good or not mark

and how many canal matches av u wun ??

PEG 16 IS HIT OR MISS AS ALL THE RESULTS OF THE LAST 3 YEARS WOULD PROVE, IT HELD THE MATCH RECORD FOR A GOOD WHILE BY MAL DIXON BUT HE FISHED STRAIGHT IN FRONT, CHOPPED WORM, 1 RIG IN MIDDLE, OCCASSIONALLY YOU WILL HIT A LUMP OFF THE WALL IF YOU SIT IT OUT. AS FOR WINS, I DO NOT RECALL EVER WINNING ON THE CANAL BUT WHO CARES AS LONG AS I AM ENJOYING MY FISHING AND PUTTING MY MONEY IN EVERY WEEK RAIN OR SHINE. OH AND NO ONE CAN DISPUTE SULLY'S ABILITY ON THE CANAL AND HE HAD PEG 16 THE OTHER WEEK AND DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD DAY

[quote="markobrowning"] OCCASSIONALLY YOU WILL HIT A LUMP OFF THE WALL IF YOU SIT IT OUT.

thats why me and ste hammy went on and ste had 9 carp

THAT WAS PLEASURE FISHING, MUPPET, WITH NO KEEP NETS IN THE WATER SO FISH CAN MOVE ALONG THE SIDES

so you have your keepnet down the side of the wall where your fishing ?? or towards the main feature of that peg ??

YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL MORE FISH TRAVEL DOWN THE SIDES OF THE CANAL HENCE CATCHING THEM AT VARIOUS SPELLS ALONG THE FAR WALL IF YOU PUT A NET IN THEY SWIM OUT YOU MAY NOTICE SOME GOOD ANGLERS (NOT ME, COS I'M NOT GOOD ) PUT THEIR NETS UP IN THE WATER TYING THE BOTTOM TO THE BANK, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WILL FISH CLOSE TO THE BANK FISH SWIM YOU KNOW DO NOT RELATE A PLEASURE SESSION ON THE CANAL TO A MATCH FRANK BAGS UP ON PLEASURE SESSIONS

markobrowning wrote: FRANK BAGS UP ON PLEASURE SESSIONS

dont you mean u can bag up

markobrowning wrote: YOU MAY NOTICE SOME GOOD ANGLERS (NOT ME, COS I'M NOT GOOD )

obviously happy days mark

mark bin doing a few sums and your average weight per match is 5lb 3oz and over 24 matches you have weighed 129lb 15oz

I DIDN'T THINK YOU WENT TO SCHOOL