Pike Trophy 1st Leg Round-Up

The Pike Trophy 1st Leg held on Sunday 26th October produced a good haul of preditors, with Tony Rogers bagging two pike weighting 2kg and 1.76kg to win.

Second was Gary Shergold with the biggest fish of the day weighing 3.23kg. Third was Mark Fenning with a fish of 3.04kg.

Six anglers caught on the day, however the fish were quite all quite small so there is all to play for in the next match!

Texprep Trophy Round-Up

The Texprep Trophy held on Sunday 24th August produced the finest match weights of the season, with M. Smith hauling 18.58kg of bream from peg 16 to win. They were caught on the waggler with pellet.

Second was T. Wyngrove with 7.32kg from peg 15. His bag consisted of tench, bream and a crucian carp. He was fishing close range on the pole using pellet as bait.

Third was R. Hillier with 6.56kg of roach and bream from peg 11.

Evening Trophy 3rd Leg

The Evening Trophy 3rd and final leg was held on Saturday 9th August. The weather was stormy and the anglers had to endure some awful conditions.

Mick Grace won the match with 3.73kg from peg 17. His catch consisted of bream and roach taken on the feeder with red maggot. Dave Nicholls came second with 1.79kg of bream and roach taken on the feeder. Third was Ryan Hayden with 1.71kg from peg 8.

Carp Trophy 2nd Leg

On Friday 25th July St James Lake was host to the Carp Trophy 2nd Leg.

Ashley Rogers started the match in peg 18 and fished overnight with no joy, however a move late morning to an island peg paid dividends after landing a 6.02kg fish within twenty minutes of casting out. This proved to be enough to win the match.

Les Woodford Trophy Round-Up

Despite some blustery conditions on Sunday 20th July the lake produced a fantastic days fishing. The Les Woodford Charity Trophy is always a fiercely contested competition, and this season’s fixture was no different.

There was a buzz of anticipation during the peg draw after bailiffs confirmed an angler had managed to land 110lb’s of bream from peg 42 the night before. Needless to say match secretary, Brian Gore, took this highly regarded peg out of the match!

The day was made even more special due to the fact Club legend and former Chairman, Pete Woodford, fished his father’s memorial match for the first time in 8 years. Pete eventually finish 4th in the match after finding the bream, and by all accounts he gave most people a run for their money.

The winner was current Chairman, Tony Rogers, who managed to catch 5.2kg of bream and roach. Second was Antony Stacey with 5.1kg of roach and a few skimmers from peg 12. Third was Mick Stacey with 4.1kg of roach from peg 18.

New Online Megastore

A new Online Megastore is available. Simply click on the link below and browse through our shop 24/7.

The Club is receiving a lot of requests for personalised items of clothing. If you would like your name, or any other wording on an item, simply email info@brackleyanglingclub.co.uk and we will deal with your purchase on a one to one basis.

Please note that items purchased via the Megastore are done so through a third party, Spreadshirt, and not through Brackley & District Angling Club. Terms and conditions of the purchase can be found on the Megastore page and should be read before purchasing.

Junior Trophy Round-Up

The first leg of the Junior Trophy kicked off on Saturday 10th May. Unfortunately the attendance was low, however the competing young anglers showed great character on a blisteringly hot day. All juniors caught fish, and all lasted the duration of the match, making the Club very proud of its new generation of anglers.

The winner was Ryan Hayden who weighed in with 1.38kg from peg 37. His bag of fish included a nice bream which was caught while feeder fishing, and some perch caught with a waggler. The winning margin could have been more, but pike plagued Ryan’s swim – even taking a couple of his smaller fish while in the process of landing them.

Second was Matt Stacey who managed to weigh in with 0.58kg from peg 34. His catch included roach, perch and a small skimmer.

Third was Alex Nicholls, who like Ryan, suffered pike problems. He persevered though and showed great character to catch perch on a very difficult day. His final weight was 0.003kg from peg 38.

Picture: Winner Ryan Haden with his bream at the weigh-in.

The club would be delighted if more young members would take up match fishing. They are very informal and social events, with plenty of senior match anglers on hand to help and give tips. Any Junior Member can enter a Junior Match. If you require further information please feel free to email the club on info@brackleyanglingclub.co.uk

Pike Record Broken For 5th Time

It was inevitable...the pike record has been broken again! It is the 5th time this season that the pike record has been broken. This time it was the turn of Matt Mallett to pull out the exact same record breaking fish Ashley caught a few months earlier, however this time 'Margaret' weighed 19lb 6oz (beating its previous record weight of 18lb 6oz).

The pike was caught on Sunday 3rd February in peg 45 with ledgered smelt. Matt noted that the fish was filling up with spawn and that in a few weeks Margaret may be the lakes first 20lb pike.

The cold winter has brought the best out of Brackley's pike population. Not only are they getting caught by the bucket load, but they are getting bigger each time!

Here is how the pike record has changed hands this winter:

Here is a picture of Matt with the record breaker...

The lake is likely to produce a good head of pike this Winter, and to keep tabs on all of the action a special Pike Diary will be kept on the Specimen Diary page. Be sure to send your story along with a picture to us at specimen@brackleyanglingclub.co.uk.

AGM Round-UP

On Thursday 24th January the Club held its annual AGM & Trophy Presentation night. The key outcomes of the AGM are shown below;

The newly elected Committee & bailiffs are as follows;

The attendees also passed two important Committee proposals which will help ensure the future of St James lake, and its stock levels. These were;

- The sum of £2500 will be set by for lake improvements during next season

- The lake will be stocked with 60 Common and Mirror Carp (average weight of 10 pounds each fish). The cost of this is approximately £50 per fish.

Ben Features in Anglers Mail

Our very own Ben Borton features in the 18th/25th December 2007 edition of the Anglers Mail. Ben is pictured in the national magazine holding the then record 18lb pike.

The article, on page 52, says;

"Ledgering mackerel tail tempted this lake record 18lb pike for Ben Borton. Ben was fishing at St James Lake, Brackley, Northamptonshire, when the big croc slipped up. Ben said, 'I caught the pike at about 10am on the Sunday morning after losing two other pike. This is my personal best pike and a new lake record'

A big well done to Ben, and we hope to see him in the Celebrity Big Brother house soon!

A scanned copy of the article...