The JINX Series 2009
Match 5.
Well this is it, the final match of 2009′s Jinx Series . It’s been a close fought series this year and there’s probably half a dozen anglers in with a chance of winning the series going into this last match, and Clive and I still have an outside chance to win The Pairs . There’s bound to be a few tales to tell at the end of it all, besides all the anglers trying to escape yet another Minxing at Gemma’s hands .
Anyway with the car all loaded and breakfast in the form of a “Full English” taken care of by my usual stop in Battersea, a smooth drive down to Rolf’s ensued, though the junction 8 services were rammed with Rugby League fans making their way down to Wembley for The Challenge Cup Final . Pulling into the fishery car park, some people were already there as they were making a proper weekend of it and had fished the Friday Night match and were staying on for the Sunday Fish4Wales match. Clive was already ensconced in ‘Hotel Peugeot’ so I stopped for a chat and to find out how the evening match had fished. Soon the Welsh contingent surfaced along with Simon & Gem and as we chatted the car park started to fill with the usual suspects. Nick (monkey) had brought along wife Lisa and son Josh for the day, While Paul had wife Jayne and the family pooch in tow . Dai arrived with Malc and his boy Liam, while Geoff P had interrupted his holiday to meet up with the Jinx mob once again .
There was a bit of a breeze today and a fair bit of cloud, and with the weather having been a bit unsettled I fancied that the Lake might fish every bit as hard as it had on recent visits , there was also a bit of scum that had collected in a couple of pegs, most notably pegs 10 & 11 and pegs 2 & 3. However there were plenty of fish moving as usual, and it’s notoriously hard to tell just how Rolf’s will fish on any given day, just as long as I didn’t draw PEG 13 I would be happy. Even with Malc arriving in plenty of time, the draw was somehow delayed. Clive however was a picture of joy and elation when he discovered his personal nemisis, in the shape of PEG 23 had been left out of the draw bag, and positively beaming when he pulled Peg 8 from the draw bag . I hung back hoping some other poor mug sucker lucky soul would draw PEG 13 . Dai duly obliged (unlucky fella ) and I plunged my hand in and came back with Peg 2 . Not a peg I’d fished before, but facing a bit of scum was infinitely preferable to spending 5 hours in my personal version of purgatory .
Strolling round to my peg there was Dave on Peg 34, Jon on Peg 36 and Slim on Peg 38. Al was on Peg 40, while on peg 4 was Steve, with Malc on peg 6 completing our section.
Down to the business at hand and set up the kit for the day. 2 paste rigs consisting of small Malman SC Paste floats and rigged it up on 0·20 Power Match with size 12 Ashima Barbless hooks, 1 for the margins where I had around 2ft of depth and the other for 5-8 mtrs where there was around 4ft with just a couple of inches variance over the distance. Then a deck rig for either pellet or corn at 5-8mtrs made up of a Malman 4X12 Adam on 0·20 Power Match with size 14 QM1 hook and finally a Malman Slapper, again on 0·20 Power Match with a size 14 Drennan carp match hook for up in the water and to double up down the margin if needed. Bait was Paste, 8mm hard pellet and corn, with feed taken care of by 6mm fishery pellet .
Well it was 1·30pm when Malc’s dulcet tones announced the All-In. I shipped out a large pot of pellet with a few grains of corn to 5mtrs and fed some pellet by hand to the bush down the left hand margin, then shipped out a banded 8mm pellet to 5mtrs, but no amount of lifting and dropping could induce a bite ……
In fact the start of the match was slow for most of us that I could see on the Little Lake. Steve had got off the mark though, slipping a carp into his net quite early on ……
The Jinx himself, Malc had also uttered his customary shout to signify that he’d landed his 1st fish of the day over on peg 6 ……
I’d been alternating between pellet, paste and corn for over an hour, when I had a sharp bite on corn. I missed it but the strike connected with something substantial in mid water, a foul hooker that I was briefly connected to before the hook returned with just a solitary scale attached .
Dave however was into what appeared to be a decent carp that was putting up a good account of itself ……
With nothing happening for me I decided to re-feed and take a stroll with the camera, and by the time I got round to Clive, Dave was just guiding it into the net ……
Terry was having a bit of a struggle getting to grips with Peg 7, but I’m sure I saw a smile spread across his face as he watched Jon’s pained expression as Dave strolled over for him to verify the weight of the fish he’d just landed ……
Chatting to Clive for a while, he’d had a steady start and was hoping for better things as the match progressed, so wishing him well I left him to it ……
Nick was having a bit of a struggle on peg 9, having lost a couple of foul hookers despite having the encouragement of Lisa and Josh watching on behind him ……
Next up was Fred on peg 11 who also had his good lady watching on to provide moral support, and it looked as if he was going to need every bit of it …….
Then it was round to the dreaded PEG 13 . There was Dai, with a swim that was bubbling away like a jacuzzi, and a look of pain on his face that I knew only to well . I really felt for him, having been there far to often for my liking this year, so left him alone with his misery ……
Next up was Geoff, who having had a weigher and a couple in the net had a smile on his face and a twinkle in the eye , he was just enjoying his day and as he’d caught that was all that mattered to him ……
Looking across I could see Paul, yet again having brought Jayne with him he’d drawn on the car park bank, which by now was in the shade meaning that Jayne had left him in search of some sunshine ……
Now it’s obvious that Jayne knows the form when she visits Rolf’s with Paul, as she was to be found sitting in a nice comfy chair in the sun behind the empty peg 19 and looking a lot happier than hubby ……
Gemma was looking distinctly unhappy as it obviously wasn’t going to plan . Nobody had heard her scream as yet meaning that she hadn’t caught, making a lot of people feel a whole lot better as the odds on a Minxing receded ……
Big Dave, fresh from a win on the Friday night match, was now experiencing the down side of Rolf’s as it appeared that the fish had wised up to his tactics leaving him struggling ……
While to rub it in a bit more, Simon on the next peg seemed to be getting to grips with things and was putting one or two fish in the net ……
So back to my peg. There was a bit of activity showing on the 5mtr line, so back out with an 8mm banded pellet on the deck having re-plumbed to make sure the bait was just touching bottom. I decided to cut right back on the feed, by flicking just a dozen pellets out at time rather than the 50-60 that’s the norm . I also shortened the line between the pole tip and float to a mere 4″ in an attempt to hit any indication that occurred. 10 minutes of lifting and dropping and the float slid away and a short lift saw a pleasing amount of elastic coming out of the top kit . A couple of minutes later a pristine Rolf’s Common was safely in the landing net, and a weigher to get me off and running .
Jon on Peg 36 was briefly connected to a Carp that he felt sure was a foul hooker, and sure enough just moments after I took the photo he lost it ……
Slim was struggling as well and appeared to be pinning his faith in picking off a few of the fish that he could see cruising in the upper layers of the water in front of him ……
Malc appeared to be having a steady match from what I could see, though Steve seemed to be getting a steady run of fish as well, unfortunately for Steve though, quite a few of those were foul hookers that were coming adrift before he had a chance of landing them . I’d had another couple of net fish and Al had finally got of the mark with a couple of weighers . Jon by now had got just a little bit desperate thinking that he may be on the recieving end of a Minxing, and had got the maggots out and spent an hour fishing for silvers, Desperate or what ? Meanwhile it was a case of a blank half hour for me, but I noticed a few bubbles popping to the surface at around 8mtrs . After adding another couple of sections I re-plumbed, fired about 20 pellets out and followed with a banded 8mm. The float kept on going and after a brief tussle a stocky Mirror was safely in the net, another weigher .
For the final hour and a half I stuck with the 8mtr line and while it couldn’t be described as fast and furious action I managed to add a further 5 Carp to my net during that time, the last sliding into the landing net as Malc called the All-Out .
So with the gear all packed away and back in the car, it was time for the Weigh-In which as usual started from Peg 34 and Dave started things off with a hard earnt 30¾lbs. The first improvement on that was Slim’s 63¾lbs from Peg 38. My 9 fish came to a level 67lbs which would be good enough for 2nd in section , as Malc took the honours in our section with an even 100lbs .
Clive on Peg 8 had made the most of his draw putting 128lbs on the board and taking the win on the day . Tony on Peg 10 managed a level 76lbs that would give him 2nd in his section . PEG 13 however had handed out a proper beating to Dai, with just 4lbs of silvers saving him from a DNW .
Gem on Peg 24 on the car park bank had an even more frustrating day with just 3lbs of silvers meaning everyone had avoided a Minxing . Simon on Peg 26 put 124¼lbs on the scales giving him 2nd overall and a section win , Andy’s 78¼lbs gave him 5th overall, while finally on Peg 31 Simon E’s 123lbs gave him 3rd overall and 2nd in section on the day .
Position | Peg | Angler | Weight |
1st | Peg 8 | Clive Pritchard | 128lbs 00ozs |
2nd | Peg 26 | Simon Mound | 124lbs 04ozs |
3rd | Peg 31 | Simon Enticott | 123lbs 00ozs |
4th | Peg 6 | Malc Doyle | 100lbs 00ozs |
5th | Peg 28 | Andy Spruce | 78lbs 04ozs |
6th | Peg 10 | Tony Roberts | 76lbs 00ozs |
7th | Peg 2 | Peter Morton | 67lbs 00ozs |
8th | Peg 38 | Ade Williams | 63lbs 12ozs |
9th | Peg 4 | Steve Wilson | 61lbs 08ozs |
10th | Peg 7 | Terry Goff | 60lbs 04ozs |
11th | Peg 40 | Alan Loader | 52lbs 04ozs |
12th | Peg 11 | Fred Parker | 45lbs 12ozs |
13th | Peg 16 | Geoff Palmer (guest) | 44lbs 04ozs |
14th | Peg 25 | Dave Moore | 43lbs 12ozs |
15th | Peg 22 | Paul Roberts | 37lbs 08ozs |
16th | Peg 9 | Nick Watkins-Price | 31lbs 12ozs |
17th | Peg 34 | Dave Collier | 30lbs 12ozs |
18th | Peg 14 | Nick Williams | 21lbs 12ozs |
19th | Peg 36 | Jon Hatch | 20lbs 00ozs |
20th | Peg 32 | Keith Fellows | 19lbs 04ozs |
21st | Peg 18 | Matt Edwards (guest) | 17lbs 00ozs |
22nd | Peg 13 | Dai Thomas | 4lbs 00ozs |
23rd | Peg 24 | Gemma Doyle | 3lbs 00ozs |
So that was it, Series over, as we all congregated round the fishery hut and Malc worked out the final positions. Of course boys will be boys and with a few cameras present some opportunities are just to good to miss ……
Overall Simon Enticott won the Series with a score of 5 points , with Clive in 2nd place for the 2nd year running with a score of 7 points and Steve in 3rd place on 8 points
Congratulations and Well Done to all of them .
Overall Individual Series Result.
Position | Points | Angler | | | | | | Total weight |
1st | 5 points | Simon Enticott | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 489lbs 04ozs |
2nd | 7 points | Clive Pritchard | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 469lbs 00ozs |
3rd | 8 points | Steve Wilson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 438lbs 00ozs |
4th | 10points | Alan Loader | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 426lbs 08ozs |
5th | 11 points | Malc Doyle | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 357lbs 08ozs |
6th | 11 points | Tony Roberts | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 331lbs 12ozs |
7th | 11 points | Paul Roberts | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 314lbs 04ozs |
8th | 12 points | Ryan Hughes | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 385lbs 12ozs |
9th | 12points | Peter Morton | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 370lbs 14ozs |
10th | 12 points | Fred Parker | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 277lbs 14ozs |
11th | 14 points | Simon Mound | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 398lbs 06ozs |
12th | 16 points | Keith Fellows | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 253lbs 12ozs |
13th | 16 points | Terry Goff | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 237lbs 04ozs |
14th | 17 points | Jon Hatch | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 279lbs 08ozs |
15th | 18 points | Mitch Auger | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 225lbs 02ozs |
16th | 18 points | Ade Williams | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 204lbs 10ozs |
17th | 19 points | Andy Spruce | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 174lbs 12ozs |
18th | 20 points | Nick Williams. | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 183lbs 04ozs |
19th | 20 points | Nick Watkins-Price | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 159lbs 00ozs |
20th | 22 points | Dave Moore | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 116lbs 00ozs |
21st | 22 points | Gemma Doyle | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 90lbs 14ozs |
22nd | 23 points | Dave Collier | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 170lbs 08ozs |
23rd | 27 points | Ant Haywood | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 76lbs 00ozs |
24th | 30 points | Dai Thomas | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 56lbs 12ozs |
25th | 30 points | Tim Westmoreland | 10 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2lbs 00ozs |
26th | 36 points | Ieuan Davies | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32lbs 08ozs |
NB: Anglers were allowed to drop their worst section result during the series so that the Overall Series results were decided by best 4 out of 5 section points. Overall weight counting in the result of anglers tieing on points.
In the Pairs the Winners were Simon Enticott & Fred Parker with 49 points while Clive and I were Runners Up just 5 points behind on 54 Points .
Overall Pairs Result.
Position | Points | Anglers | | | | | | weight |
1st | 49 points | Fred Parker & Simon Enticott | 27 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 989lbs 06ozs |
2nd | 54 points | Peter Morton & Clive Pritchard | 25 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 839lbs 14ozs |
3rd | 72 points | Keith Fellows & Ryan Hughes | 12 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 656lbs 08ozs |
4th | 85 points | Jon Hatch & Tony Roberts | 32 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 611lbs 04ozs |
5th | 89 points | Nick Watkins-Price & Steve Wilson | 14 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 22 | 597lbs 00ozs |
6th | 101 points | Paul Roberts & Terry Goff | 23 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 463lbs 04ozs |
7th | 102 points | Nick Williams & Simon Mound | 18 | 40 | 35 | 29 | 20 | 581lbs 10ozs |
8th | 105 points | Dai Thomas & Malc Doyle | 29 | 39 | 18 | 32 | 26 | 519lbs 12ozs |
9th | 107 points | Ade Williams & Andy Spruce | 43 | 20 | 43 | 31 | 13 | 408lbs 14ozs |
10th | 119 points | Ieuan Davies & Alan Loader | 22 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 41 | 518lbs 05ozs |
11th | 121 points | Tim Westmoreland & Dave Collier | 18 | 32 | 26 | 45 | 47 | 445lbs 00ozs |
12th | 124 points | Mitch Auger & Gemma Doyle | 40 | 19 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 361lbs 04ozs |
13th | 150 points | Dave Moore & Ant Haywood | 47 | 25 | 48 | 34 | 44 | 203lbs 00ozs |
NB: Pairs were allowed to drop their worst points total during the series so that the results were decided by best 4 out of 5 points scores.
Overall weights counting in the result of pairs tieing on points.
So yet another Jinx Series comes to an end, I’d just like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Malc for organising what continues to be the friendliest and best series of matches its been my pleasure to fish .
Yet another BIG THANK YOU to John & Pauline Bennett for all their efforts and for allowing us the use of Rolf’s for the entire series .
Finally a final BIG THANK YOU to all that have fished The Jinx Series, it’s all of you that make it so enjoyable to fish, and long may it continue. See you all to do it again next year no doubt .
Comments (4)
Great reading mate.
@SimonMound - Cheers Si, It’s always nice to know that others enjoy my ramblings.
always a good read peter
@arkwright - Cheers John, as I said above, it’s always good to know that others enjoy reading my reports.