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.

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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.

OCTOBER - IT'S PIKING TIME AGAIN.

 A very quiet last month for the members of SENPAC. Only one notable fish during that period with a nice looking 18lb 12oz fish caught by Andy Eland. 

The members of the region are all geared up and looking to get that first 20 pounder of the season. Venues have been chosen for our Winter Championship matches which take place each month from October to March inclusive. Two of these matches will take place on our now legendary Jolly Boys Outings. 

              

Doors Open Up For The 2024 Pike Anglers Club Of GB Convention.

Andy Eland and Mike Bell attended the above on Saturday 21st September the venue being the Newark showground in Nottingham. A very good convention with excellent speakers on the day. Andy, Mike and Dennis Fearon would like to thank the PAC Committee for the awards they received on the day for their fundraising efforts for Children's Cancer North through SENPAC that have already raised substantial funds for the charity. 

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TOTAL RAISED TO DATE £14,340.00                            

SUMMER LEAGUE COMPLETED.

 The final leg of the region's Summer league was held on a local reservoir. Bruce Turnbull held a big lead going into the match and he even had time to take a holiday in the sun leaving the rest of us to try and catch him up. Expectations were high going into the match with big weights expected but unfortunately conditions were not favourable and everyone who attended struggled on the day. So for the second year running Bruce lifted the Summer league trophy. Jon Tweddle took second place with Chris Graham filling the third spot. One month to go before we get back into the Pike fishing and plans are already in place for our Winter Pike championship venues and the first of our Jolly Boys outings.

Bruce. Another Nice Carp.

Steve. 

Its Nearly Piking Time Again.

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Amount Raised Has Now Reached £13,923.

Andy Eland and Mike Bell will be making an appearance at the PAC Convention at the Lady Eastwood Centre, Newark Showground, Nottingham on Saturday 21st September. We have been given permission to bring along collection buckets on the day. Please try to support our charity fundraising it will be greatly appreciated.

A QUIET MONTH.

 

A reasonably quiet month for the region. Dave Greally has been trying some lure fishing for the Bass with some decent success. The rest of the members have been out and about on our local club waters catching Bream,Tench,Carp, Roach etc. The third round of the region's Summer league got a good turnout. Winner on the day was Jon Tweddle with a weight of 16lbs 3 ozs which included a personal best 6lb Tench pictured above. Bruce Turnbull claimed second spot with a catch of 12lb 12 ozs with Paul "Pogo" Patterson taking third spot. One round to go this month and at this point in time Bruce Turnbull has a 24lb lead on the second placed Jon Tweddle. With Bruce not participating in the last round due to holidays everyone knows what they have to catch to lift the trophy. The final venue for the Summer league if on song on the day could provide the total amount of fish to overhaul Bruce. Time will tell.

Jonny. They All Count.

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

£13,821.00.

                 

  

THE GOLDEN MAGGOT.

 

The last day of June saw the region's annual Golden Maggot match take place. A low turnout this year but conditions on the day proved perfect for the eight hour match which took place on one of our local waters. Chris Graham retained the trophy with a nice bag of skimmer Bream, Roach, Rudd, and Crucian Carp totalling 10 lbs 8ozs. Second spot went to Bruce Turnbull with Dave Greally taking third place. 

Chris being presented with the Golden Maggot trophy from Dave.

Chris presenting Dave with his club trip champion and Pike angler of the year 

awards For The 2023/2024 SENPAC year.

Ross Greaves did a little bit of lure fishing on one of his favourite rivers late in June and caught a lovely Pike weighing in at 23lbs 6 ozs and a decent Zander. As can be seen on the photograph the Pike exacted revenge on Ross. 

Bruce Turnbull still has a convincing lead after round two of the region's Summer league which was won by Chris Graham who had a nice Tench of 5lb 7 ozs amongst his catch.

  

       

Dave Gardner and his 3lb 13 oz Golden Tench pictured below.           

Steve Sandiford has been having success on his holidays.

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Dave Greally has been out and about along the North East coast lure fishing for Bass.

SUMMER LEAGUE.

 

    The region's Summer league commenced last month and the first round on a local water saw Bruce Turnbull take a big step to lifting the trophy by catching 27lbs 14 ozs of Carp. Dave Greally finished second with a weight of 8lbs 6 ozs and Mike Bell third with 6lbs 4 ozs. Dave Greally had a trip over the border and had a lovely 24lb 8 oz Pike (pictured below) which has set the target for the other members. Ross Greaves has also been catching some smaller Pike on Scottish Lochs.  Some nice Tench have also been captured over the last month on local waters and in Yorkshire. 

                                                                                                                                                          

    

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TIME FOR THE REGION'S SUMMER MATCHES.

 

The Pike fishing season over and Dave Gardner had his sights on catching a big Carp. He certainly got off to a flyer with this 31lb 15oz new PB. In his own words he said that he was really chuffed with his catch and so he should have been.  Bruce Turnbull had another holiday up to the Highlands of Scotland and once again came up with the goods in the shape of this 22lb 8oz Pike pictured below.

With the temperatures starting to rise the members will be out on our local waters catching Tench, Bream, Roach, Rudd, Carp etc. Our Summer series of  matches will commence this month.

The region's two year fundraising for Childrens Cancer North has been a total success and the support we have had has been amazing. A cheque was presented to the charity on the 6th April by 7 year old Nathan, grandson of SENPAC member Paul Proctor. 

We are pleased to announce that our fundraising for Childrens Cancer North is to continue and we have now set a target to raise £20,000.00 by this time next year.

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