Remenham angling society

Sunday 13th November - Barton Court

Remenham anglers travelled to Kitbury near Newbury to fish Barton Court Lake last weekend.Although the weather remained mild the low water levels made fishing conditions difficult with the main target species bream not feeding in any numbers.Winner on the day was Brian Bowles who caught 8 specimen size perch for 18lb 10oz averaging over 2 1/4 lbs each all caught on the pole close in under an overhanging tree using red maggot. Second was Ian Chaplin using similar tactics with 7lb 8oz consisting of 1 large perch and several smaller ones along with some roach third was Nigel Smith with 6lb 10oz of perch skimmers and roach caught at 11 meters on the pole on pellet.Section winners were Dick Shilitto 6lb 2oz and Paul Howard 6lb 6oz

Sunday 30th October - Bowsaw
1st Steve Johnson 110lb 12oz
2nd Paul Howard 77 10
3rd Stan Rowbac 66 08
4th Nigel Smith 61 02
 Section wins went to Brian Bowles 25 08, Dick Shillito 53 04

Sunday 23rd October - Milton Pools
1st Mark Bowles with 72-10
2nd Steve Johnson 61-14
3rd Dick Shillito 61lb
 Section wins went to Mick Hutt 50lb 3oz, Graham Dodd 44lb
Sunday 18th September - Frobury Farm
1st Graham Dodd with 65 -9 which was made up of 13lb of Rudd and the rest with Carp caught on maggot & caster at 7 mtrs
2nd Steve Johnson 61-10 mostly carp at 10 mtrs on pellet
3rd Trevor Pearce, 56 4 carp on maggot tight to far bank

Sunday 11th September – Whitehouse Lake
1st Trevor Pearce with 57-10 carp & skimmers caught on pellet across to island 11 mtrs on pole
2nd Steve Johnson 46-10 carp & skimmers on meat & pellet at 6 mtrs close to tree pole
3rd Mark Bowles 31-14 carp & skimmers on pellet on pole
 Section wins went to Roger Howard with 24-10, Stan Rowback 15-8 & Nigel Smith 23-8

Sunday 28th August, Alders Farm
1st Graham Dodd 321-6 carp caught on meat maggot & caster short on pole
2nd Steve Johnson 249-0 carp on pellet @ 6mtrs
3rd Dick Shilitto 182-14 carp short on paste and pellet

Sunday 7th August,
1st Graham Dodd, 156lb of carp mostly on the pellet waggler
2nd Trevor Pearce with 100lb of skimmers and carp on paste at 8 mtrs
3rd Paul Howard 95-4 carp on method feeder.
Sections Dave Whiteman 54-6, Ade Bowles 74-12, Dick Shillito 75-8

Alders Farm 31st July
“Dodd’s Record Breaking Haul”

Remenham Anglers travelled to Alders Farm Fishery
 last weekend
Set in a picturesque valley near the village of Great Brickhill,
 Nr Milton Keynes, Alders Farm Fishery offers a great deal to
 the Match Angler. The spring fed lakes cover a total of 3 and
 a half acres and offer a full variety of sport. As a direct
result of the mineral-rich spring feeds, the venue has built
 a reputation of producing bulging match weights.

Graham Dodd got off to a relatively slow start in this match however very quickly turned this round. Dodd’s initial approach was to feed pellet in open water and whilst this brought the fish in large quantities, they were difficult to catch. A change of tactics were required therefore Dodd swapped to fishing meat down the edge on the pole feeding lightly, the response was instant. Dodd battled with Alders Farm carp in the 3lb – 8lb range with the largest around 10lb to amass an amazing total record breaking weight of 458lb 10oz. Dodd, a renowned and highly respected Matchman for many years, was totally exhausted at the end of the 6 hour match and thought he had sprained both wrists however as realisation of his fantastic achievement set in, the pain disappeared and ecstasy took over. This is a new Club record and not far off the UK Match Fishing Record, so many congratulations to Graham.

Other results on the day, runner up was Dave Whiteman, another local Match Angling Ace, with a very respectable 309lb Carp caught on pellet and corn fished up in the water at 4 meters and a close third place went to John Hobbs with 295lb 14oz caught on similar tactics. Overall, 12 anglers who competed caught and amazing total weight of 2,563lbs averaging over 200lb per man.

Summer Stillwater Series, 7th leg, Bowsaw Fishery, 24th July
John Hobbs chalked up his first win of the season at Bowsaw Lake with 39lb 4oz of Carp and small Chub on the pole fishing meat, paste corn and pellet.
A very close runner up was Trevor Pearce with 34lb 4oz of Carp caught on meat and 3rd place went to the current Series leader Graham Dodd with 34lb 1oz, Carp and Chub on the pole. Section wins went to Roger Howard with 26lb 4oz, Nigel Smith with 26lb 8oz and Steve Johnson with 15lb 8oz. The match this weekend is at Alders Farm

Summer Stillwater Series, 6th leg, Whitehouse Fishery, 17th July
Graham Dodd continued his amazing form last weekend at Whitehouse
lake Tadley with his 4th win of the season with 52lb 14oz of Skimmer
Bream and 1 Carp which tipped the scales at 15lb 10oz, all were caught
on the pole mostly in the last hour. A very close runner up with only 2oz
separating first and second place was Nigel Smith with 52lb 12oz caught on pellet and 3rd place went to Paul Howard with 23lb 6oz. Section wins went to Trevor Pearce with 17lb 8ox and Dick Shillitto with 19lb 12oz. The match this weekend is at Bowsaw lake near Odiham.

Summer Stillwater Series, 5th leg, Alders Farm Fishery , 10th July
Johnson Fights Back......................
Steve Johnson put up an impressive performance last weekend to win the 5th round of the Remenham Anglers Summer Series as they travelled to Alders Farm to fish the Silverfish lake. Steve took the honours with 166lb-8oz of carp, skimmers & tench on the pole fishing pellet. Runner up was Graham Dodd with an equally impressive weight of 121lb-0oz of carp, skimmers & tench fishing caster on the pole 3rd place went to Dick Shillitto with 104lb-3oz of carp fishing paste. Section wins went to Roger Howard with 73lb-4oz and Stan Robak with 95lb-9oz and Trevor Pearce with 69lb-4oz
The match next week Whitehouse Lake , Tadley

Summer Stillwater Series, 4th leg July 3rd, Wood Lane Fishery, Iver.
Dodd Back on Form, 3rd Consecutive Win
Graham Dodd continues to dominate the Remenham Anglers matches with his 3rd consecutive win weighing in an impressive 125lb-6oz of carp & skimmers on pellet waggler and pole. Runner up in 2nd place was Dick Shillito with 95lb-0 of carp on the pellet waggler, followed closely with Paul Howard in 3rd place with 89lb-12oz of carp on the method feeder. Section wins went to Stan Robak with 79lb-4oz, Dave Whiteman with 76lb-10oz and Trevor Pearce with 49lb-14oz

Summer Stillwater Series, 3rd leg, New Barlows near Tadley, 26th June

Remenham Anglers travelled to Tadley to fish New Barlows lake in the Summer Stillwater Series.
Graham Dodd continued his fine form with a convincing win of 45 lb of Carp and Tench caught on the pole.
Steve Johnson was runner up with 34lb 4oz, again a combination of Carp and Tench with 3rd place going to Brian Bowles.
Section winners were Trevor Pearce with 17lb 6 oz and Stan Robak with 28lb.

Summer Stillwater Series, 2nd leg, Billhook near Odiham, 19th June

New Club member Steve Johnson won the match with 52lb 8oz all Carp on this 'pole only' match. Nigel Smith was runner up for the 2nd consecutive week with 43lb 4oz of Carp on the pole and Graham Dodd worked his swim hard targeting the resident Roach (15lb) and topped it up with Carp for a total weight 31lb 15oz for third place. Section winners were Johnny Hobbs 27lb and Brian Bowles 21lb.

Summer Stillwater Series, Wood Lane Fishery, 12th June

Graham Dodd showed fine form with the first "ton" of the season with 110lb 9oz of Carp and Skimmers caught on he pole fishing pellet. Nigel Smith was in second place with 87lb 4oz of Carp and Skimmers fishing the pellet waggler and in third place, Micky Hutt also fished the pellet waggler for an all carp bag of 81lb 5oz.

Section winners were Paul Howard 64lb 2oz, Ade Bowles 68lb 13oz and Dave Whiteman 62lb.

Medal Winners Final, Soke Road Fishery, 5th June

Remenham Anglers Club Captain, Ian Chaplin took the honors in first place with a convincing victory with 26lb 4oz of Tench caught on the ploe fishing pellet.

Runner up was Roger Hagon with 12lb 6oz of Carp and Tench and finishing in 3rd palce was Dick Shillito with 3 Carp for 11lb 9oz.

Section winners were Stan Roback with 10lb 4 oz and Graham Dodd with 11lb 6oz.