LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SUMMER SERIES OF MATCHES.

 

 Now that the traditional Pike season is behind us the region's members are looking forward to our competitive Summer series of matches. Dates are now in the diary with the first match due to be fished later this month. All the matches take place on some of our local waters. Our one off yearly Golden Maggot match will be fished for at the start of June. The local waters have been fairly quiet this last month but I am pleased to say since the start of this month the fish have started to appear with some lovely Tench and large Bream being caught by the lads. Andy decided to travel North last month and had two lovely Pike weighing in at 22lb 10ozs (pictured below) and 20lbs 6ozs. Jon also followed in Andy's footsteps catching a couple of smaller Pike.

The region's fundraising for Children's Cancer North is still going amazingly well with support showing no signs of slowing down. The region is having another big fundraising event later this month and hopefully another big turnout as last year's event. At this point a year ago the region had raised just under £13,000.00, We are presently standing at just over £22,700.00 so at the start of next month we should have taken another major step towards our target of £25,000.00.

                               Steve. Off The Mark With This Nice Carp.

THE END OF ANOTHER SENPAC YEAR.

 A relatively quiet end to the Pike season for most of the region's members but on the other hand Dave Gardner and Steve Sandiford had a break away for a few days trying to catch a few Barbel. Some lovely fish caught with both of them catching personal bests.

Dave And His PB 12lb 12 oz.

Steve's PB at 12lbs 11oz.

Jon Had A Trip Over The Border.

RAISING FUNDS FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE £ 22,501.50.

 The SENPAC trophy year runs from the start of April each year so we have just completed the 2024/25 year. The winners in the last twelve months have been Chris Graham who won the Golden Maggot trophy, Bruce Turnbull triumphed in the Summer league, Steve Sandiford won the Winter Pike championship and also had the biggest Pike on a club trip. Ross Greaves was voted the region's Pike angler of the year and he also caught the biggest lure caught Pike and finally the SENPAC trophy was jointly awarded to Andy Eland and Mike Bell for their fund raising efforts for Children's Cancer North.

FEBRUARY - RESULTS IMPROVE.

 After a quiet January the fishing started to improve this last month. Steve Sandiford and Dave Gardner had some success over the border catching a few Pike the  two biggest pictured below.

Steve moved on to a much warmer climate when he went fishing off the coast of Gran Canaria catching some nice Tuna and Ray's whilst topping up his tan.

March sees the end of the SENPAC trophy year as well as the final round of our Winter Pike championship. The final round is to be contested on one of our local waters. After round five Steve Sandiford is in the lead with Ross Greaves and Stuart Fairclough in joint second place.

Ross - Blank Saver.

                                                   And A Decent Trout.

Steve.

                                                              Ross.

                                               A Lovely 15lb 8oz For Andy.

RAISING FUNDS FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH. AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE.                  

                               £22,347.00.    

A QUIET START TO THE NEW YEAR.

 A very quiet SENPAC month for January. Icy conditions, rain and snow keeping the members indoors and not on the bank. Round four of the region's Winter Pike championship did take place on one of our local reservoirs in very cold conditions. Extremely high water and wind chill did not help matters on the day and resulted in everyone involved enduring a very frustrating day and a blank session. Going into round five of the championship this month Steve Sandiford still holds a decent lead over Stu Fairclough and Ross Greaves. 

                                              Success For Steve.

The two biggest Pike of the month fell to Steve Sandiford and Andy Eland. Hopefully February will bring the members a change of luck, 

                        SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE NOW STANDS AT THE GRAND TOTAL OF 

                                 £22,206.50.

                                                                              

A NEW YEAR FULL OF CHEER AS SENPAC HIT TARGET RAISED FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

 

               

                      RAISING FUNDS FOR CHILDREN'S

                                      CANCER NORTH.

                                                           

    An amazing month for the region with regard to our fundraising for the charity. With the aid of THE BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE, ANDY ELAND'S CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER AND BOXING DAY DIP we raised another £4,772.00 during December which enabled us to break through our target of £20,000.00 raised. The total to date now stands at £20,426.00. Moving into 2025 we will be still supporting the charity. 

Pike wise a reasonably quiet month with the best fish of the Christmas period falling to Ross Greaves with a lovely Esox weighing in at 17lb 4 ozs. A few other Jacks caught by the members. The region's Winter Pike championship has now had three rounds with Steve Sandiford presently in pole position with Stuart Fairclough in second position and Ross Greaves in third. Round four will take place in three weeks time.

A Christmas Cracker For Ross.

Stuart-Christmas Lakeland Break.

Andy- Boxing Day Dip Raises Substantial Amount For Charity.

We hope that you have had a good Christmas and take this opportunity in wishing you all all THE BEST FOR 2025. Tight lines from all of us at SENPAC.

NOVEMBER - A NICE MENTY TWENTY.

 

Ross Greaves took part in the PAAS event on Lake Of Menteith and within the first hour boated this magnificent Esox weighing in at 26lb 5 ozs.

Ross has now taken pole position for the SENPAC biggest Pike of the year award.

Ross together with Dave Greally, Andy Eland and Dave Gardner took part in the PAC of GB Event on the water the week before. On what proved to be a difficult day for most only a few moderate fish were caught between them.

Ready For The Off On Menteith.

Dave Seems Happy With His Catch.

Andy - They All Count.

Sometimes You Just Need To Relax.

Last month the region had another one of its  Jolly Boys outings. Seven members spent four days away hoping for some good weather and a few decent fish. Unfortunately that was not to be the case this time round as storm Bert decided to drop in on us at the last moment. For those that managed to fish on the Friday some success in the shape of two small Pike for Paul "Pogo" Patterson and Stuart Fairclough. The Saturday proved to be a non event as heavy snow, driving rain and strong winds enveloped us. Sunday arrived and round two of our Winter Pike league took place. A tough day for all which tested  those fishing to the limits. Enormous amounts of snow melt and rain from the previous day brought water levels up with increased water pressure and this together with a vast amount of floating debris made it basically impossible to fish. Despite all that was thrown at them the lads fished on throughout the day but to no avail. The trip still worthwhile for those who attended with the usual banter and of course nightly trips to the local hostelry for food and a few drinks.

One For "Pogo" On The Friday.

Steve - Another On The Bank.

SUPPORTING CHILDREN'S CANCER NORTH.

AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE NOW STANDS AT

£15,654.20.

We Wish All Our Readers And Supporters A Very Merry Christmas.

                                 

A MIXED OCTOBER.

 

Bruce got his Pike season off to a great start with four fish in his first session the biggest being 18lb 8 oz pictured above. On one of his other trips he caught this lovely 7lb Chub pictured below.

Dave Greally had a trip over the border catching a few Pike the biggest being 12lb 4 ozs.

Jon and Jonny Tweddle enjoyed a Yorkshire break catching some Carp.

Plenty to look forward to in November with some members taking part in the PAC Menteith event at the start of the month. The region also has it's Jolly Boys outing four day trip later in the month whilst others will be hoping for some decent fish from other waters.

The region's fundraising continues for Children's Cancer North with the amount raised to date now standing at £14,636.00.