Winter league rd 1 Perch Rock

18 October 2008
Perch Rock
Meet 5pm
Fish 6pm – 10pm

1st round of the winter league brought 16 anglers to the beach
with the weather threatening rain which never arrived and the wind was light which made for a pleasant evening of fishing.
With most venues on the river fishing poorly we didn’t know
how it would fish.

16 anglers fished ALL caught a total of 138 fish.
With 82 Whiting and 56 Dabs making up the catch.

1st Les Trish 20 fish for 480cms
2nd Steve Trish 15 for 391cms
3rd Mark Allanson 15 for 382cms

Specimens
Whiting 35cms Paul Brough
Dab 30cms Mark Allanson

Nice report mark. Perch Rock, on the right tides , is the most consistent venue in the river, pity about the muppets who come down and push in between you

didnt you push in between Phil and Les
yes perch rock is always a banker even when the river is fishing crap.
looks good for the winter i think, some good whiting came out

I'm not a muppet................ I'm a clown

Good to see Ronnie Jones and Dave Robinson from the small boat section out not worrying about getting blown off Catching plenty too. Thanks for the food dave , it was a lifesaver

cheers steve realy enjoyed it but we will do better next time

Dave,
you and Ronnie should invest in a good pair of running shoes,these are essential in our club matches

Maybe the members would prefer pegging it or timed walkoff, if they think it would be fairer? I personally dont mind whatever system we fish to. At the moment if we have a problem with your fishing speck you can move. not catching, move, snag in front of you, move, want to fish by your mates ,move. Not a bad system really One for the next beach captain to sort out

I agree with Steve.
I prefer our current system as anglers want to fish in groups and with famil.
Theres no ideal system for a walk out, I thought most of the members were not interested
in the competitive side of fishing, so why does it matter were you fish?? were as a pegged or timed walk off would not suit them.
Just because you walk off first or run to your fishing position doesnt mean you will benefit.
Both Steve and I were the last on the beach and we fitted in were we could, never did us any harm.
As Steve said in a pegged match you cant move if you have a snag or theres no fish there,
compared to a straight walk off.
But If you want to try another system we can try it at the next match if anybody wants.

Heres some systems.
1: all walk out together

2: a pegged match ( all pegs are drawn before match BUT someone needs to go onto the beach to peg it out, very hard if there are pleasure anglers there already)

3: Timed walk out ( numbers are drawn and anglers laeve at regular intervals)

4: O.A.P's/ infirm first ( majority of the matches are already picked with this in mind)

5: a zoned match ( the match is split into 2 or 3 zones depending on the amount of anglers and zones are picked before the match then you can fish anywhere in that zone)
I dont think we get enough fopr this type of system!!!!!

If you want to try any of these let me know, its not a problem.
ANYTHING TO GET MORE MEMBERS ON THE BEACH AND OUT OF THEIR ARMCHAIRS

Chill out guys,fishing is supposed to be fun,

Cant really comment on it as i was one of the last there anyway due to being at work. I reckon fish come from everywhere along that venue , they certainly do in the NWASAC matches. Where about did you fish mark? you were not by me and dad.

Probably my last club match ( and meeting unfortuntely) for a while anyway. Family, work, and other club commitments

its not running shoes we need its somebody to carry the tackle back to the car when the match is over,

Dave wrote:

its not running shoes we need its somebody to carry the tackle back to the car when the match is over,

Don't look at me, I'm already the sherpa for Mr Doyle.