Jinx Match 1
Well here we go again. Today sees that happy band of idiots fools maniacs nutters that comprise The Jinx Squad back on the banks to do it all again for yet another year with all 6 of this years matches at Rolfs Lake.
Peter, Malc, Gem, Tony R, Terry, Steve, Ade.
Simon, Paul D, Paul R, Nick W-P, Nick W, Mitch.
Fred, Matt, Kevin, Jon, Geoff, Dave C, Dave M.
Dai, Clive, Marcus, Ant, Al, Steve, Dave W.
Simon, Paul D, Paul R, Nick W-P, Nick W, Mitch.
Fred, Matt, Kevin, Jon, Geoff, Dave C, Dave M.
Dai, Clive, Marcus, Ant, Al, Steve, Dave W.
There’s loads of questions to be answered over the course of the coming weeks………..
Can I avoid PEG 13?
How many will suffer a Minxing and who’ll end up wearing the THE PINK HAT ?
Will Paul ever draw a sunny peg when he brings Jayne with him?
Will Simps and Gem get hitched?
Will Clive finish somewhere other than 2nd overall?
Will Jon actually land a fish if someone points a camera at him?
The answers to these questions and many more will all be revealed in the reports that will appear here in the weeks ahead.
So on to the day, the luxury of fishing these matches is the start time, meaning that I don’t have to get up at silly O’clock. I could have a lay in till 7·30am, feed the cats and make a coffee, a quick scan of the forums before loading the car and setting off via Battersea for my usual stop at The Jimmy Griddle where one of their ‘Full English Breakfasts’ made for a good start to the day . A smooth run down saw me pulling into the car park at Rolf’s around 10·30am along with Clive and Tony. Geoff along with Paul D and his guest Mick were already in situ, and once Pauline had provided a mug of coffee the banter commenced as we waited for the others to arrive. The car park soon filled up, Gem arrived, you couldn’t miss her in her new shirt, along with that PINK HAT!!!!!!!!!!……
…… which was soon passed on to Steve (Steak) for the day as he’d ‘won’ it at the MD’s Lindholme match.
Well it was supposed to be an 11·30 draw, but of course it was late, a nesting Moorhen on peg 34 being blamed this time ……
Anyway with the draw underway I found myself with peg 21 (so no peg 13 for me today.) It’s one of those pegs that doesn’t get fished as often as some, so doesn’t get as much bait going in, but can throw up a good weight on its day.
For company I had Marcus(Budgie)Burgess, Gem’s Pairs partner on peg 19, while Paul Roberts was to my left on peg 23. There was a bit of scum on the water, but with the wind blowing into the peg I was hopeful of a few. Fish could be seen topping out towards the middle, ideal for the pellet waggler, but for this match I was on one of the pegs where rods aren’t allowed.
So I set up a 4 pole rigs. One for straight out at around 8mtrs was a MW 0·6g Diamond for the 8mtr line on the deck on 0·20 Power Match with a size 14 Drennan Carp Match and a MW Trev with similar line and hook for up in the water. and a further couple of MW 0·4g Power Diamonds on 0·20 Power Match with size 16 series 2 hooks to fish to the end of the bush on my right and down the side of the bush on my left. Bait for the day was to be a mix of soft and hard pellets in various sizes with some corn as a back up, while feed was 4 & 6mm fishery pellets.
One worrying aspect of the day however was the fact that John and Pauline were having a day out and were leaving Eddie TG in charge. Now Eddie knows the lake like the back of his hand and has a habit of giving Gem a bit of coaching when he’s in attendance, which is a bit of a worry when you’re looking to avoid a Minxing.
So at 1·30pm Malc called the All-In, a good handful of pellet into all 3 swims and out to the 8mtr line with an 8mm banded pellet on the deck rig.. A couple of lift and drops and the float buried. A gentle lift met with a solid resistance, but the fish didn’t bolt off just following the pole back, however just as I got back to the top 2 something spooked it and it dived at the keepnet, neatly transferring the hook in the process. Simon appeared to be suffering similarly as his first fish dived under his platform before snapping him off.
Not the best of starts, and in all honesty it went downhill from there. I had to wait nearly an hour for the next bite, which turned out to be one of the smaller Commons weighing around 5lb, but at least it was a fish in the net. The next bite came around 3pm. Malc was having a stroll, camera in hand, so of course I missed it only to foul hook a fish as I lifted the rig, well that led me a bit of a dance before the rig shot back with a scale on the end, much to Malc’s amusement ……
So at 1·30pm Malc called the All-In, a good handful of pellet into all 3 swims and out to the 8mtr line with an 8mm banded pellet on the deck rig.. A couple of lift and drops and the float buried. A gentle lift met with a solid resistance, but the fish didn’t bolt off just following the pole back, however just as I got back to the top 2 something spooked it and it dived at the keepnet, neatly transferring the hook in the process. Simon appeared to be suffering similarly as his first fish dived under his platform before snapping him off.
Not the best of starts, and in all honesty it went downhill from there. I had to wait nearly an hour for the next bite, which turned out to be one of the smaller Commons weighing around 5lb, but at least it was a fish in the net. The next bite came around 3pm. Malc was having a stroll, camera in hand, so of course I missed it only to foul hook a fish as I lifted the rig, well that led me a bit of a dance before the rig shot back with a scale on the end, much to Malc’s amusement ……
Most of us in that corner seemed to be struggling, though none of us more than Budgie, who halfway through the match had just a solitary Roach to show for his efforts ……
Needing a break I re fed heavily, then grabbed the camera for a stroll. Clive was fishing long for once and as I looked over it appeared to be paying dividends as he was in the process of landing one ……
Simps was one of the few who appeared to be catching steadily, so Jon had reverted to the pellet waggler in an attempt to get in on the act……
Most however were feeling the full force of The Jinx Effect, but Dave Moore has a bit of a grin on his face denoting that he was obviously getting a bit of action despite being on peg13 ……
Al was on peg 12, but was feeling a little rough, so much so that he and Dave would pack up early to get him home……
Malc was on peg 9 with Liam in tow, but apart from the one weigher was in the same boat as a lot of us just waiting for things to happen ……
Round on peg 8 was Nick(monkey) no doubt hoping that this would be the peg to finally provide him with that magic first ‘Ton’, alas it was not to be, in fact it was proving to be a real grueller for him ……
…… and it didn’t make him feel any better to see that Ant on peg 7 was catching regularly without appearing to even have to feed ……
Ade(Slim) was tucked away on peg 2, but as I made my way round he was into a fish having been fishing long down into empty peg 3 to his left……
Over on peg 38 I could see Paul D who was returning to the Jinx Series after a few years break carefully playing what transpired to be his first carp of the day ……
Geoff was having a decent day on 36 and putting a few together, as was his old sparring partner Dai who was on peg 32 ……
Steak was having an absolute mare, was it down to that PINK HAT, or the fact that he had The Minx for company on the next peg?……
Jon by now was playing a carp on the waggler, and appeared to have broken the hoodoo of the camera as despite a number of shutters clicking he landed it safely ……
Back to my peg, and I wish I could say it got better, but the truth is it didn’t, the final 2 hours yielding just another 2 carp of around 6lbs and a solitary skimmer, and I have to say that it was a bit of a relief when Malc called the All-Out at 6·30pm.
Once I got my kit put away I caught up with the Weigh-In. Geoff had started things off with 87lbs, but was soon overtaken by Slim’s 100¾lbs, however Ant ended up winning A section with a fine 126½lbs from peg 7. Dave Moore managed the best weight from the motorway bank with 65¼lbs, my 3carp and a skimmer rolling the scales round to just 20lbs. Clive took the win in C section with just 55lbs, while Simps was the man to beat in B section with a level 156lbs to take the win on the day. Gem put 33¼lbs on the scales meaning a dozen of us had been Minxed, while Dai managed 99¼lbs from peg 32.
So to the results and after that all that remained was for Gem to chose the recipient of THE PINK HAT for the next match.
Well it was no surprise to find it coming my way, much to everyone's obvious delight, so it will be a PINK HAT day for me in 3 weeks time ……
Once I got my kit put away I caught up with the Weigh-In. Geoff had started things off with 87lbs, but was soon overtaken by Slim’s 100¾lbs, however Ant ended up winning A section with a fine 126½lbs from peg 7. Dave Moore managed the best weight from the motorway bank with 65¼lbs, my 3carp and a skimmer rolling the scales round to just 20lbs. Clive took the win in C section with just 55lbs, while Simps was the man to beat in B section with a level 156lbs to take the win on the day. Gem put 33¼lbs on the scales meaning a dozen of us had been Minxed, while Dai managed 99¼lbs from peg 32.
So to the results and after that all that remained was for Gem to chose the recipient of THE PINK HAT for the next match.
Well it was no surprise to find it coming my way, much to everyone's obvious delight, so it will be a PINK HAT day for me in 3 weeks time ……
OVERALL RESULT
| Position |
Peg
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
| 1st |
26
| Simon Mound | 156lbs 00ozs |
| 2nd |
7
| Ant Haywood | 126lbs 08ozs |
| 3rd |
2
| Ade Williams | 100lbs 12ozs |
| 4th |
32
| Dai Thomas | 99lbs 04ozs |
| 5th |
37
| Geoff Palmer | 87lbs 00ozs |
| 6th |
13
| Dave Moore | 65lbs 04ozs |
| 7th |
15
| Paul Jay (guest) | 55lbs 00ozs |
| 8th |
27
| John Hatch | 51lbs 12ozs |
| 9th= |
24
| Clive Pritchard | 51lbs 00ozs |
| 9th= |
9
| Malc Doyle | 51lbs 00ozs |
| 11th |
10
| Tony Roberts | 45lbs 08ozs |
| 12th |
6
| Mitch Auger | 44lbs 08ozs |
| 13th |
29
| Gemma Doyle | 33lbs 04ozs |
| 14th |
14
| Dave Webster | 31lbs 08ozs |
| 15th= |
11
| Al Loader | 31lbs 04ozs |
| 15th= |
18
| Steve Wilson | 31lbs 04ozs |
| 17th |
8
| Nick Watkins-Price | 21lbs 00ozs |
| 18th= |
21
| Peter Morton | 20lbs 00ozs |
| 18th= |
38
| Paul Dolby | 20lbs 00ozs |
| 20th |
23
| Paul Roberts | 18lbs 04ozs |
| 21st |
30
| Steve Akal | 17lbs 00ozs |
| 22nd |
40
| Terry Goff | 16lbs 00ozs |
| 23rd |
4
| Mick Lenton (guest) | 12lbs 04ozs |
| 24th |
17
| Dave Collier | 8lbs 04ozs |
| 25th |
19
| Marcus Burgess | 2lbs 04ozs |
Names in PINK are those that were MINXED
SECTION RESULTS
| Position |
Peg
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
| 1st | 7 | Ant Haywood | 126lbs 08ozs |
| 2nd | 2 | Ade Williams | 100lbs 12ozs |
| 3rd | 37 | Geoff Palmer | 87lbs 00ozs |
| 4th | 6 | Mitch Auger | 44lbs 08ozs |
| 5th | 8 | Nick Watkins-Price | 21lbs 00ozs |
| 6th | 38 | Paul Dolby | 20lbs 00ozs |
| 7th | 40 | Terry Goff | 16lbs 00ozs |
| 8th | 4 | Mick Lenton (guest) | 12lbs 04ozs |
| Position |
Peg
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
| 1st | 26 | Simon Mound | 156lbs 00ozs |
| 2nd | 32 | Dai Thomas | 99lbs 04ozs |
| 3rd | 13 | Dave Moore | 65lbs 04ozs |
| 4th | 27 | John Hatch | 51lbs 12ozs |
| 5rd | 9 | Malc Doyle | 51lbs 00ozs |
| 6th | 10 | Tony Roberts | 45lbs 08ozs |
| 7th | 29 | Gemma Doyle | 33lbs 04ozs |
| 8th | 11 | Al Loader | 31lbs 04ozs |
| 9th | 30 | Steve Akal | 17lbs 00ozs |
| Position |
Peg
|
Angler
|
Weight
|
| 1st | 15 | Paul Jay (guest) | 55lbs 00ozs |
| 2nd | 24 | Clive Pritchard | 51lbs 00ozs |
| 3rd | 14 | Dave Webster | 31lbs 08ozs |
| 4th | 18 | Steve Wilson | 31lbs 04ozs |
| 5th | 21 | Peter Morton | 20lbs 00ozs |
| 6th | 23 | Paul Roberts | 18lbs 04ozs |
| 7th | 17 | Dave Collier | 8lbs 04ozs |
| 8th | 19 | Marcus Burgess | 2lbs 04ozs |
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