We've reached that time of year when if high pressure weather systems are over the country for any length of time the temperatures plummet quickly, leading to cold water and also clear water through the lack of rain during these high pressure periods, and as we all know cold clear water doesn't make for great fishing generally. This was particularly the case at the AMAL's Fishpool stillwater fishery near Walton on the Wolds, on the 16th of November, one of our member clubs , Ratby AC had a match, it was just at the start of the colder weather and they did have a great winter match, won with nearly 34lb followed by 15lb then 11lb and two 9lb weights, really good weights for the time of year. Fast forward a week and I was running a match on Fishpool on the AMAL's behalf, with 4 guys cancelling within 48 hrs of the match , I wasn't the only one who anticipated a grueller. I made the match a "rover" so all those fishing at least had the opportunity to pick a peg they fancied fishing. I had seen the weather forecast that promised sun throughout most of the day , and so picked peg 12 with an island to fish to , and the sun would hopefully warm the island margins and Mr Carp would oblige me with some action, well the weather forecast missed all the cloud we had and so the island wasn't a sun drenched haven and I had 1 mirror on popped up bread and two liners for a total of 1llb 14, bad bad bad, but I then found out two anglers had remained fishless, and the eventual winner on peg six had TWO carp for 4lb 2. 2nd place on Fishpool with less than two pound is I believe unrivelled low weight. Not 2 miles away another of our member clubs (Jones and Shipman) were on the AMAL's only canal length, the Barrow Canal, in its entirety, probably 400metres long its the navigable link for the Soar when the river goes over a weir near The Navigation pub in Barrow on Soar , it then winds its way through a section known as the Brinks (Quorn AS control this water) from here its meanders round the fields at the back of Quorn and then under the new A6 and onto a length of river approaching Barrow Bridge again a Quorn AS length known as The Greens, just as the Greens length goes under Barrow Bridge the Barrow Canal rejoins via the Deep Lock at Procters Park, so the river does about 2miles, the Barrow Canal 400metres, but on its day its a seriously fishy piece of water and so it proved on the day in question, Jones and Shipman enjoyed some quality sport on what was a low clear cold canal, but ideally suited to bread punch, and so the match was won with 8lb and this was followed by a 5lb and out of 10 guys I believe only one weight was below 2lb, mainly roach was the target of the day, but rudd perch and tench are all possible on this deeper than average canal, which fishes even when the river is flooding.
So the two extremes of our pastime were exposed not two miles from each other, in hindsight I should have asked if I could guest on the canal match :-)
AMAL Business
We had our bi monthly this week, no real dramas, our bailiff team reported a downturn in anglers at Fishpool, but as we know the weather has now turned and a lot of guys just don't do "the Cold" I will be running a match at Fishpool between Christmas and New Year, on Sunday the 29th December, if you want to fish, please message me on the blog page. Guys please note Fishpool is closed to fishing on the 30th of November, its extremely important that no one is on the water on this date, many thanks
Here's the latest match bookings for AMAL waters
Water Booked Date of Booking Booking Club
Fishpool 30/11/2013 Private function
Barrow Canal 01/12/2013 MatchCatch
Barrow Canal 08/12/2013 Bingham AC
Barrow Canal 22/12/2013 MatchCatch
Fishpool 29/12/2013 AMAL
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