Coarse Angling: Match raises £600 for RNL charity - Sunday Sun

Coarse Angling: Match raises £600 for RNL charity

Nov 20 2011 Sunday Sun

LAST Sunday’s annual Charity Coarse match on the Derwent Reservoir opened a lot of anglers’ eyes as to just what the potential of this water is.

The match was a sell-out, with all 100 tickets eagerly snapped up, and thankfully, the roach in the reservoir fed well to make it an interesting event. In a very close result, Darlington’s Angling Centres Ray Stubbs took the glory with 24lb 6ozs, Peter Scott representing Northumbria Water took second with 23lb 4ozs and Big Waters Nigel Ripley completed the frame with 22lb 3oz. The match raised a total of £600 for the RNL.

The generally mild weather has saw sport throughout the region remain quite steady, at Aldin Grange fish are feeding well, Luke Wood from Lambton took a good net of carp, tench and ide, his mum Julie took roach, carp and ide to 2lb 8ozs. Stanley’s Eddie Hearn targeted the ide with maggot and was rewarded with a nice 35lb net.

Pike fishing at Esthwaite Water continues to be good with many reports of double figure fish falling to both deadbaits and lures. Grant Pearce from Darlington has a session to remember taking three double figure pike to 22lbs on lures and static deadbaits. Hexham’s Peter Johnson took a 21lb pike and a couple of jacks from the car park banking. General coarse anglers are also enjoying the benefits of this water with nets of roach and perch to 30lbs from the boathouse banking. General coarse tickets for roach and perch fishing cost only £10 per day!

Whittle Dene Reservoirs remain on good form with roach and gudgeon featuring in nets this last week.

Ide, roach and perch are making up the bulk of weights at Big Waters’ Dissington Pond.

A recent stocking by the Environment Agency saw some 3,000 tench and 6,000 rudd shared out between the QE Reservior, Killingworth Lake and Washington’s Mount Pleasant fishery. Local rivers also benefitted with 6,000 barbel and 8,000 dace being split between the Rivers Wear and Skerne and Clow Beck.

via sundaysun.co.uk

~≈~From The World of Fishing News Team~≈~

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