This charity match was fished on the top stretch of the River Derwent, at the back of Wyver Lane Pond.
The river was fishable but quite pacy and carrying a bit of colour, bites were at a premium, and it was pretty much a case if you got a bite, don’t miss it!
1st – Tony Carline = 1lb 2oz
2nd – Gary Wingfield = 6oz
3rd – Adam Ingram = 4oz
4th – Martin Jacques = 2oz
£40 was raised from todays match which is being donated to The Salvation Army.
Phil Smith memorial charity match – Sunday 22nd December.
River Derwent alongside the pond. Pools £15 (£10 sweepstake, £5 charity donation)
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In the recent match on Wyver Lane Pond at Belper, Adam Ingram on peg 13 took some nice roach and perch and completed his net with this lovely common carp of 9lb 1oz.
This beautiful pair of Derwent chub were caught from our stretch of river near Belper.
Both fish weighed around the 4lb mark and were caught on legered luncheon meat by David Steed, who emailed us the details and photo via our catch report submission page.
A brace of 4lb Bepler chub with a liking for luncheon meat.
Congratulations David and thank you for sharing the details with us!
Club member Mike Oxley sent us a catch report, along with this photo, of a nice mixed bag of mainly perch & roach caught from Wyver Lane Pond over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.
The 2018 pike angling season is underway at Belper
October 1st marks the beginning of the traditional pike fishing season for anglers around the country. The beginning of October has this year coincided with dropping temperatures, after the long, hot summer of 2018.
Pike anglers have been out in force on our stretch of the River Derwent, with captures reported up & down our stretch, including double figure pike being caught as far upstream as Ambergate, and a true river specimen pike of 20lb+ reported from nearer to Belper town centre!
Venue regular, Jonah Cooper, was into some pike action earlier in the season. He reported the capture of the three pike below, up to 14lb, using our catch report page. Jonah landed the larger 2 pike on lure and the smallest fish on herring deadbait.
River Derwent regular, Jonah Cooper, with three pike up to 14lb
With large shoals of roach, dace, perch, chub and bream showing all along our stretch of the Derwent, the pike have plenty to feed on! They are therefore spread right along our length for the majority of the year, then during the colder months the predators will never stray too far from the large shoals of bait fish. Find these and you’ll find some hard-fighting Derwent pike. Anglers who are happy to put in some “leg-work” can be rewarded by finding large pike in some of the areas few other anglers ever visit.
Please remember to complete out catch report form, to send details and/or photos of your captures from Belper & District AC, directly to the club.
We recommend that anglers visiting the River Derwent to fish for pike, ensure that they are confident and competent at unhooking these delicate fish. Ensure you have adequate unhooking gear (e.g. long-nosed forceps, needle-nosed pliers and side-cutters), as well as a large landing net and unhooking mat. Please always use a wire trace, strike quickly and return all pike to the river as soon as possible. If you are inexperienced at pike fishing, please take an experienced pike angler along with you. If you’d like to try your hand at pike fishing, but don’t have anyone to show you the basics, please contact the club (we may be able to put you in touch with a pike angling member).
For more information & advice about pike fishing and pike welfare, please visit the Pike Angler’s Club of Great Britain website at: https://pacgb.com
Member and venue regular, Jonah Cooper, sent us details of a superb River Derwent barbel he caught recently, close to Belper.
Jonah regularly send us details & photos of his catches using our online catch report form. He kindly grants his permission for us to publish them on the site.
Here’s what Jonah had to say about the capture:
“[The barbel] took a piece of Luncheon Meat just before 9:45pm. I’d been fishing from about 4-ish and I was going to pack up for home in about 5 minutes before it took a huge run downstream. Cracking fish, returned safely.”
Well done Jonah! That looks a superb barbel; please keep the catch reports coming.
Alfreton-based angler and BDAC member, Andrew Kennedy, enjoyed a great early morning float fishing session on our stretch of the River Derwent near Belper last week, showing the river’s potential for both coarse and game species.
“I had a really enjoyable session on the Derwent last Saturday morning, before work. I got off the mark for the season with no less than 5 species! With chub, trout, barbel, perch and grayling all caught. I landed a total of 4 chub, ranging from 3lb to a specimen chub just shy of 5lb; all on the float. Most fish took trotted caster or worm, with the barbel taking a banded pellet on swimfeeder. Great fun and just reward for a dawn start!”
Have you been catching on BDAC waters? Please send us details of your captures, with photos too if possible. You can choose whether the information you send us is kept private by the club, or made public on our website.
Information on all captures is helpful to the club because it helps us to monitor fish stocks and growth rates on our venues.
The last spring match on Wyver Lane Pond was held on Sunday 10th June. This was the Harry Fitton Memorial Match, during which club members managed to raise £50.00 for the local Hospice.
The match results were as follows:
1st – Peg 10 – P. Hoad – 18lb 13oz (one carp known as “Lynda”)
2nd – Peg 20 – N. Ellis – 9lb 13oz (small carp and bits)
3rd – Peg 8 – T. Carline – 8lb 4oz (tench and bits)
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