PRESENTATION NIGHT 2009

A group of the best piscatorial genius's gathered together to claim their prize money and awards in front of a large crowd of their enduring public!..........meanwhile, at exactly at the same time down at the Pot Black Club, 16 ragamuffin "dip your maggot in and hope" so-called 'anglers'' waited eagerly for their end of season pittance! And boy they won't disappointed!

Unfortunately, most of the women opted to stay in and watch X Factor, rather than witness the grumpy old fart from the Club relish his only chance of getting his own back after a season of countless ribbing!! With the size of some these "anglers" he's cutting to pieces with his vicious mickey-taking you would think he's got a lot of balls! Well! That's another story!!!

The bar was free, so the drinks were going down nicely and everyone was in a good mood! Not a handshake to be seen and kissing was kept to a minimum. Wally started proceedings with Yarmouths answer to Waldorf & Statler from the Muppet show (Bob & Bulti)

taking front seats and keeping the host well in punching distance! The Club is always warm so Bruce only put his light woollie hat on! The Skipp kept his intake at dinner time down to 12 Barcardi's and 3 pints so he was really up to getting some more down his neck! (Especially as Brenda had to stay in make some Yorkies and couldn't keep her eye on him!) Lorraine gave 'Yarco' Bob a quick smack for putting his feet on the table and the presentation started! The Wall started with reminding the very forgetful and rather noisy gathering about some of the funnier things which happened through the year, taking every opportunity to ribb everyone about any unfortunate incident that happened but as usual got more stick back from his sharp tongued audience!

The prize money was shared out, with everyone present receiving some winnings and no one getting a huge amount! Great! After the break the annual trophies were handed out with more 'tongue pie' for every recipient.The Buffet was declared open and two had to go to the Paget after getting trampled in the rush.

Ardo had a surprise up his sleeve an handed everyone a cartoon picture to hang on the wall, which went down a storm after they all got over the initial shock of being ridiculed! (REF. THE CAST TOP RIGHT)

The Slush Fund behind the bar gradually got extinguished and no one fell over!

Some departed wearily home but a lot stayed well into the early hours and even watched the re-run of X Factor! Glynny now had a dead arm and a red mouth for drinking too much red wine and Skipp had started 'clapping'! All the signs of a great night!!!!!

TROPHY AWARDS

Left to right

Shane Bultitude, Heaviest days bag.(Couldn't fail on that peg)

Bruce Roberts, Biggest fish of the season.(Give itself up!)

Paul Bultitude, Overall League Champion (SOMEHOW).

Bob Morris, Clubman of the year.(Bought the trophy with the ice creams)

Martin Waters, Heaviest combined weight(No not him:- Fish)

Paul Chilvers,League K/out winner(Won on DEFAULT).

Mick Wall,End of season K/out winner(Peg 8 by the bridge, never been there!!)

Louis Paul, Best youngster(saving up for a new No 4 section for wallys pole!!)

Missing from Photo WAYNE (NO-SHOW) MOORE

Winner of the prestigious Wranglers Cup, which in layman's terms means he's been rubbish all year!

(might have to fish with the Shell Club to win a trophy)

FOOTNOTE

At 2.30am police stopped a small foreign car on the dual carriageway near hopton as drivers complained of showers of sparks coming from its rear and thought of having too many people in it! How surprised they were when from this car , no bigger than sinclair C5, after greasing the front door to get them out BOTH THE BULTITUDES AND BOB MORRIS EMERGED!!

As Richard Littlejohn from the Daily Mail would say " You couldn't make it up"!!!

'JUST A FRIENDLY'

The final curtain has been pulled over the 2009 Pot Black Fresh Water Fishing League, results have been confirmed at the last points match fished at “Windyclay”, the Bergh Apton outing was “just a friendly”.

So the scene was set, all members had arrived by the required 8.45 am draw time (someone forgot to tell the Wall) so the draw was a bit late but the usual Pot Black format was ignored and our leader picked out who was drawing in which order based on past performance !!.

The least favoured pegs went to Wayne “the don” Moore (that will teach him to drive past our leader in his hour of need) and Steve ( I always get a shit peg here) Moyse, the three top pegs 3,4 and 5 went to Dingit, the Wall and new best mate and angling legend Nigel (I fancy my chances from this peg) Blowers.

From the whistle Banjo was into fish and the other members fishing to the island from the not too windy side of the lake started to pick up the odd fish, “The Wall” fishing from the most favoured peg next to the bridge went on the pole while Dingit and Nigee (I Fancy my chances from this peg) went on the feeder.

The many hours of secret practising put in by our leader and Nigee ( I fancy my chances from this peg) at the venue started to show as slowly but surely the Wall started to catch fish “ up in the water” Dingit fishing next door kept fishing the feeder to the island but was only getting one fish to every two of the Wall’s.

Daddy Bulti the soon to be crowned club champion fishing from the rather drafty peg 1 was kept entertained by Wayne “the don” Moore fishing opposite, who had what only can be described as “a mare of a day” including missing the net Nigee (I fancy my chances from this peg) style with one of the fish he managed to catch, Roy fishing from a equally cold peg 2 remained under his brolly most of the day only venturing out to add encouragement to Wayne in his hour (well 6 hours actually) of need.

King of the feeder fishing Bruce “Mad Dog” (its Roberts by the way, his surname) tried to fish the same swim as Nigee (I fancy my chances from this peg) but this was difficult as Lewis was also alternating between Nigee’s (I fancy my chances from this peg) swim and an aerial assault on the tree.

The last match produced one of the most entertaining sights of the season as Steve Moyse fishing to the Island from peg 13 cast over the tree and did not notice, the fish took the bait Steve struck and a nice small carp of about 1lb was hoisted skywards up the tree, then lowered and raised several more times as Steve tried to retrieve both his gear and the fish. Aaron and Kieran caught a few fish but spent more time throwing ground bait balls at each other and aiming at Steve’s pellet waggler with their feeders than actually fishing.

Knockout Supremo Paul Chilvers was suffering with a bad hangover due to celebrating his BIG 5 - 0 BIRTHDAY the night before but he and Bob Morris spent most of the match feeding one of the “holes” to no avail, but that much feed went in it was only 2 inches (that’s about 50mm to the younger members) deep at the end of the match. Boycee fishing on the Wally “peg by the bush over there” enjoyed the day fishing off Bruce’s box, and was kept well informed of how the fishing was going and tactics to use by big Paul C.

But really the rest of the Blog must be dedicated to the first member of the Pot Black Fresh Water Fishing Club to weigh in the magical 100lb + match weight, we have all tried, several have come close, one or two have come extremely close, but up until Sunday 13th September 2009 nobody had actually managed to break the 100lb barrier.



Our team leader prepares to lift the first net (will it be enough).





The fast response team where brought out to get the weigh in under way, most members where still packing up when Dingit and Bulti weighed in the first pegs then buggered off with food sighted as the main reason for departing, Dingit went that quick he forgot his son and heir and young Kieran was forced to thumb a lift with Nigee (I fancy my chances from that peg) Blowers. But as the scales went round the lake all eyes and the talk was all about the one man with two nets in the water and his “guestimate” of about 80lbs of fish in the nets.

Dingit was in the lead at 5olbs + and several other good weights and lots of interest as our leader had decreed that he was paying down to 6th place in the pools but with the two hot pegs 4 and 5 still to come it was still a “will it be over the 100lbs” question that was on everyone’s lips. Finally peg Five lifted his net from the peg he really fancied and we all realised that the definition of true friendship was giving up your chance of victory and allowing the fish to move out of your swim and into the person who’s friendship and praise you have converted for over 27 years swim next door. Despite Nigee “Fancying his chances from peg 5” he had given up any chance of further glory to ensure his “mate” Mr Michael Wall had the best possible chance of a record catch.

The first net from “The Wall” was put to the scales and this was his “second net” it sent the scales round to 48lbs 12ozs, will his first net have the required 52lbs + to take him over the magic ton mark, the fish where returned and the second net lifted to the scales, round they went to register 52lbs 12ozs, its enough total weight 101lbs 8ozs, it’s there the first in the club to hit the 100lbs mark.
In the words of our Nigee “his little face was a picture” The Wall looked like all his Christmas’s had come at once, it was one dark night many, many moon’s ago he last looked that happy under the south pier and that was another 1st, anyway back to the fishing.

Hopefully many more will follow in the footsteps of our leader but as we will all vouch for, it is always the first one that is remembered and that honour has rightly been achieved by our leader and club Capitarno Mr Michael Wall with a total match weight of 101lbs 8ozs, well done Michael.

Glynnie was phoned with the good news and also told that her and Max would be allowed into the lounge that night as he would be in a better mood than usual, Nigee has gone right to the top and will be Wallys newest and bestess mate for ever and ever. The new car is going to be cleaned at least every other year, if a warning light shows on the dash he will get it looked at within a week but nothing really matters for a least a couple of weeks as “Wally caught over 100 lbs in the last match” is guaranteed to be top of the bar topics for a good while yet.

Despite previous photos being sent into cyber space we have every confidence that the “web master” will manage to display the following of our leader achieving the yet to be surpassed pinnacle of his match fishing career.

Well done again Michael (and by the way if you did not know but Nigel really fancied his chances on peg 5), the end of season bash is to be on Saturday 31st October at the club be there by 8pm or Dingit will have drunk all the bar money, Banjo cannot make it so it’s pretty safe that we will not have to endure Oulton Broad although fixtures will be sorted out later.

Thank you to everyone for the company, camaraderie and friendship it is a pleasure to be a member of the club, long may it continue, till the next season.

May your gear not get to smelly over the long break.

The other bank. (AKA Bob Morris as I was outed by the wall last blog !!)

WINDERCLAY- THE LAST LEAGUE MATCH

As "tales of the other bank" has at last been identified by his absence at his least favourite venue of Hinderclay! Bob "razor-tongue" Morris welched out of fishing the last match because of nightmares of smashing his head on the caravan door (the door got all the sympathy,
sitting on his rather expensive sunglasses and lastly has never caught a decent fish there!( The only one he said he did catch somehow mysteriously disappeared out of his keepnet?)(We all believe your Bob).......
So the write-up has come back into my lap so bear with me! Firstly, there's Bulti, who was three points in the lead to win the league and could only be caught if I won the day and bulti blanked. And guess what, the guy who absolutely HATES float fishing got his "virginal" rod out baited with a single maggot on a 20 hook and shouted deliriously when he landed a fish even ARDO would be embarrassed about! He then turned his radio up as loud as it would go so the guy in the next swim (me) had NO chance of catching anything!! Seriously, well done Bulti its great to see another name on the winners trophy, its what our league is about!
Also, the final of the knockout was on the agenda, this one between Mad Bruce and anorexic Paul Chilvers.They also were drawn next to each other but this time on a more favourable part of the lake. The word from the locals outside the caravan was to pole-it 9 metres out on paste. This didn't prove fruitful on the day when Paul caught all his fish in feeder near the island and more astonishingly Bruce couldn't get into them. Paul therefore bagged the K/out Cup and also won the day with Dingit coming second and golden peg Steve Moyse coming third. The curse of the golden peg is over for another year and not before time as Stevie will verify! The first incident to circulate around the lake was that Steve had two fish in the net (it was verified BoB) and suddenly the carp of about 4lb jumping clean out sending steve stumbling off his box! Then later I looked up to see steve thrashing all the reads with his feeder rod, he was giving them a right pummelling! Bloody Hilarious! Then Steve went for a long wonder around to see his dad.......
Talking about Daddy Moyse, after fishing a good few matches without catching anything much the best part of my day was seeing him FINALLY getting a nice carp on the bank then rubbing it around in the muck at the weigh-in to get as much weight on the scales as possible.
To summarise, the lake generator was unusually quiet, Louis fluked one and beat me for the second week running, Kierron was pegged in the fish desert and Arron talked about "fizzing" for 5 hours then packed up................And lastly for all those who haven't heard my car(sob,sob) blew up on the Diss roundabout and after filling up the radiator with ditch water, we found out it had passed away and gone to that big scrapyard in the sky! We arrived home with the help "of a very nice man" in the cab of an RAC truck at the cost of £130 at about 9pm with my Yorkshires well and truly burnt to a cinder! I've forgot one person who fished that Sunday, our very own resident professional Wayne Moore who was another one who blanked on the day but also DROVE STRAIGHT PASS ME WHEN I WAS BROKE DOWN because he thought I had stopped for a phone call. I would have thought the BONNET being up and more steam coming from the front of my car than coming out of Stevie Moyse's ears might have given it away!!!!!!
Now it's for our seasons very last match and its Sunday end of the season k/out at Berghampton fishing 10am to 4pm meeting at the lake at 8.45am. So until then......
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FRESHWATER FISHING TABLE - WEEK 11

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THE OTHER BANK

The last time most members tried to catch a Goldfish it was with a bamboo stick and a hook and involved a small plastic duck at the fair, but variety is the spice of life as they say so the match was looked forward to with intrepid imagination.

The draw was a unique affair in Pot Black history as the peg you drew was the peg you fished off, this caused some confusion but most members soon settled into their allotted swims, the water was a murky looking mixture but fish could be seen topping out all over the lake, so anticipation was riding high with most members!

Information received earlier confirmed that 'The Wall' and new apprentice improver and caddy Louis had been practicing at the venue earlier during the week and our leader was confident of removing Big Paul Chilvers from the knockout. They had been drawn next to each other so a nice friendly match with plenty of banter was on the cards, the other remaining two in the knockout Bob Morris and 'Mad Bruce' where drawn across the lake more or less opposite each other so again friendly rivalry was going to be evident.

From the whistle tatics where very different, ex-professional angler and all round expert on most things piscatorial 'Nigel Blowers' went straight on the feeder, Bruce followed Nigee's lead, most others went with a float fished bait some on the pole, others with the old fashioned rod and line.

Things got off to a slow start until Loius decided to fish rather to close to the island and managed to put his float into the trees opposite, much tugging and pulling but it would not come free, then our leader piped up 'do not break my pole Louis' so in valiant effort to save our leaders pole Louis had to adopt the Banjo method of pole retrieval and it was down to his skiddies and in for a dip for Louis.

Official club photographer Paul Chilvers was again on hand to catch the event for postrity, but this has not been added to the blog as the Pot Black Web Master (thanks for the sarcasm) is unable to download the photos at present and this has caused the Marsh Trail report and photos to be put into cyberspace hopefully to be retrieved and published at a later date.

The Wall / Chilvers conflict was neck and neck with both catching at a fair rate, Bob Morris was into a good number of fish but Mad Bruce using his delicate feeder tactics hap produced 3 nice fish of about 4lbs each by the half way stage.

Steve Moyse fishing in the corner peg was practicing his repertoire of well know swearing and cursing and even managed a few that Nigee had not heard, best to say he did not have the best of days and adopted the Ardo 'F**k' the fishing and pack up early technique. At the other end of the lake Moyse senior was also having a non productive day as well but proof that you mellow with the years as Roy carried on till the bitter end and weighed in his catch at the end.

At the weigh in Bruce was top dog and consequently demoted Bob Morris to the 'also ran' pile, Big Paul proved that the younger man had more staying power and sent 'The Wall' crashing out of the much sort after Knockout. So its Paul Chilvers versus Bruce (he must have a surname) but 'Mad Dog' will do for now in the Knockout. Club champion is now drawing close and its swimmer banjo v's The Enforcer Paul (Who's the Daddy) Bultitude, its nearly a two horse race but 3rd position is a up for grabs with The Wall, Aaron, young Louis and Big paul Chilvers all in the running then just a point back of them is the chasing pack including Nigee, Ardo, Bob Morris and young Keiron and his Dad.

So It's looking good for the run up to the end of season, who will win the Knockout? Who will be Supreme Champion? Will the match at Topcroft be oversubscribed and we can have the famous Pot Black 'I will fish the peg by the bush' well within 20ft extra peg put in.

Till the next time may your maggot always 'Wiggle'

The Other Bank

FRESHWATER FISHING TABLE - WEEK 10

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THE OTHER BANK

Marsh Trail Sunday 2nd August 2009 1pm – 7pm.

It was doubles / trebles / knock out 87th round / totally confuse everyone, but at least Wally knows what is going on !!! (just as Mark C).

The draw was a leisurely affair conducted on the bench overlooking the lake in the sunshine, Big Bulti was late due to a close encounter with an “officer of the law” and his little radar gun (large portion of humble pie for about 15 minutes, but no points) 44mph in a 40 limit is nearly a hanging offence these days. Bob Morris would not fit under the “anti gypo” barrier so had to negotiate the brambles from the bypass and was also a little late on parade.

The lake was surveyed and give the old “Pot Black Treatment” leave out this one this one and that one, you have drawn 15 well that means you are fishing on 18, I have drawn 3 so is that 6 the question was asked ?, no that is 3 as you have drawn it, but everyone seemed to arrive at the correct peg.

Trevor Ardo drew the much favored by the locals swim under the trees, he had obviously borrowed Nigees generator as he could be heard putt putt puttering nearly all day until throwing back his fish and heading off for an early bath. As soon as the match was over the “locals jumped in Trevor’s swim and had landed a nice carp of about 3lbs before the weigh in was over.

The match started early (yes defiantly early) obviously our leader was ready on time for once, and Mr Michael Wall was quickly into fish landing 4 in the first half an hour of the match while everyone else just sat watching in total amazement. The three stooges fishing from the causeway pegs (Paul Chilvers, Daddy Bulti and the angling legend that is Nigel Blowers) where very keen to encourage our leader and issue helpful advise along the lines of “mind you do not lose that one” “make sure you do not miss the net” and many other helpful comments where directed to him.

With the sun on their backs the low numbered pegs where very pleasant to fish from although with a good breeze blowing the causeway pegs where donning overcoats and mentioning that it was rather cold in there swims, (such a shame). Two hours into the match and “The Wall” was still catching fish while most others were at best struggling, Bob Morris sneaked along and received some tips (and some secret bait) from the Wall only to return to his peg and catch two fish straight off, this was obviously not mentioned much by other club members.

Then it happened the Banjo fishing the corner peg was taken into the bushes by a good fish, the fish pulled, Banjo pulled back, with hindsight probably a little to hard because a cracking/splitting sound could be heard all round the lake and Banjos prize pole was now in two rather large pieces. A friendship born many years ago in the classroom at Junior school came into play as Banjo was quite upset and his lifelong friend and confidant Mr Chilvers issued reassuring words “get your swimming gear out Banjo”, that’s f—ked it, never mind I am sure you will be able to mend it. These reassuring words where all offered to console Banjo in his hour of need, he then spent the next 3 hours asking at 10 minute intervals “can you see my float” and “is my pole still floating”.

It has been brought to the attention of the writer from an undisclosed source (OK Paul Chilvers told me), that Banjo used to be known as Aqua Banj in his previous hobby of scuba diving and this would obviously come in handy in retrieving his precious pole sections from the murky depths of Marsh Trail Lakes.

Now as the match drew to an end the Wall was a definite winner Bob Morris using the tips and bait managed a second and Martin Dingit a third, but with it being Trebles it all changed and please refer to the table for final confirmed positions.

As the weigh in was getting under way Trevor was hurtling down the bypass towards Lowestoft the Banj stripped down to his skiddys for a spot of pole retrieval. In true Pot Black style it has also started a look-alike caption and photo, so Banjo is first,

Smeagol the Gollum

aka Banjo

But although Smeagol thought his “ring was precious” we can defiantly confirm Banjo feels his “pole is defiantly precious”.


May the elastic in Banjo skiddys always stay tight.

Regards the other bank.

FRESHWATER FISHING TABLE - WEEK 9

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FRESHWATER FISHING TABLE - WEEK 8

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THE OTHER BANK

Barford Match Lake Sunday 19th July.


Barford where there normal helpful and accommodating selves, reducing the number of pegs, dictating the match times and generally forgetting that we are the customers so only the first 14 names on the list where eligible to fish. Therefore the knockout etc has been put off till the next match when all members who are still in can fish.

This match report is a variation from the normal as we are going to concentrate and pay tribute to one of our club who has become a legend in his own life time, has devoted his entire life to fishing, and to try and give everyone an insight into just how much you need to put in to become a match winner.

This is a man we has had a prominent Doctor at the local Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries developing a bait for him to use, then has been practicing on local waters fine tuning and developing the bait further. Even down to working out that it needs to be micro waved for a minute or two on full power to harden the outside and prevent smaller fish taking the bait.

He has had a trolley special adapted to carry his fine tuned and specialist angling equipment, but still makes 3 trips to the car to enable his vast array of tackle and bait to be transported to his peg, then forgets his cloth and has to borrow one from the peg next door.

With the match on Barford starting at Ten he had worked out that he need not start fishing until 11.30 otherwise he would catch to many fish and as he is maturing in age may be to tired to continue till the end of the match. This was proven when fishing at Topcroft on Thursday testing the “new bait” as he caught 2 to 3 times as many fish as anyone else fishing on the lake. He had worked out that the cooking time needed to be 67 seconds so as to harded the outer skin and prevent the smaller fish taking the bait, this enabled him to target fish in the 8 – 10 lbs bracket. Extra problems have been encountered in the “cooking” as our as yet unnamed anglers wife is not to keen on him using her micro wave for bait so this process has to be carried out when she is out of the house and he has to double quick time his window cleaning duties to enable the cooking to take place and the evidence cleared away before the wife returns.

As the Barford match progress the anglers on the other side of the lake from another club where amazed at our members reactions, several times the angler on the peg opposite was heard to say “you have got a bite mate” as our club member chose to ignore his rod tip swinging round nearly pulling from the rest knowing it was a inferior fish and maintaining his match plan to target the bigger fish.

As the match drew to a close he was quietly confident he had done enough, he had previously told his pairs partner Wayne “The Don” Moore to ease back when he had got over 10lbs as to not make it to embarrassing for the rest of the club members. His master plan nearly backfired when in trying to raise his position within the exclusive “Wallys Mates Club” he gave or team leader some of the aforementioned bait, but thankfully not to much.

Who is this man I hear you cry, I did not relies we had such a dedicated angler in our mist is another cry we can here, it is the one and only our own Nigeee.



The master plan and all the bait and tackle development finally paid of with a individual match winning total of 33lbs 4ozs Nigee carried his partner 12lbs 4ozs Wayne Moore to victory in the pairs with 45lbs 8ozs, working out his fish ratio to near perfection beating team leader Wall 22lbs 8ozs and Paul Chilvers 19lbs 8ozs combined weight 42lbs into second place.

It is a privilege to few of us realize to fish along side someone who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of fish and who we are all to often to keen to take the p_ss out of the old boy, it is a an honour for us all and we could all learn so much from the master.

May your nuts always be hard !!!

The other bank.

THE OTHER BANK

11th July Everitts Park

It was a cold wet winters evening when we all sat in the Pot Black and Banjo piped up “fish Everitts park end of July, loads of bream and roach”, marvelous fishing off the concrete said Mark Coleman, so the date was set a Saturday night rendezvous at 6pm fish 7.30pm – 1.30am.

Come the day of reckoning Banjo decided a good beer up at a wedding was a far better proposition and Mark Coleman “got a better offer”, our team leader was off to warmer climates and Nigel was over the water subsidizing his pension with a little contraband, so the numbers where going to be on the low side but 6 hardy souls and the two juniors turned up.

In typical Pot Black style Trevor and Daddy Bulti took over the draw (no draw required), due to the forecasted inclement weather the times where rearranged now fishing a much more sensible 7pm till midnight, walk off go where you feel like, all in a line together.

Local boy Dingit had been practicing at the venue several nights during the week and was favorite, with Paul Chilvers being given a heavy coaching session by the venue proposer the very absent Banjo, plus the very local young Lewis could be a dark horse a match was defiantly on.

At the off Paul and Lewis went on the pole and roach started to show in good numbers, the Paul Chilvers barmy army fan club turned up on mass (9 spectators at one point) and this slowed him down as there was not room on his peg for them all to stand. Aaron arrived with what everyone thought was a very large tub of ground bait, but this later turned out to be the family Waters BBQ and evening snack.

As daylight turned to twilight Paul Chilvers was in front but then he lost a hook and the poor eyesight and the bad light cost him valuable time, as young Lewis crept into the lead, then it started Big Daddy Bulti who was having a family reunion on the end of the line, 3 children, one dog and the wife (I know there was an opportunity there but even I am not that brave).Landed the first bream of the night, only a small skimmer but still equal to 3 roach, then another then another, then Bob Morris on the next peg hooked a nice bream about 1 pound only to use the Blowers “catch and release method” and throw it straight back into the broad. Daddy Bulti was now well into the fish and looking like he was going to be unstoppable.

Further down the line Ardo was being pestered by birds (not the first time this has happen to him in Everitts park I am reliably informed) but these where the feathered variety and they really took a liking to him. Bob Morris demonstrated how to encourage then to go away by breaking your landing net on them but nobody else was keen to try this method, and the Dingit family BBQ was in full swing.

As midnight beckoned Paul Chilvers landed a good bream of about 3 pounds and brought him back into the running, as the evening turned to rain the weigh in was taking place with Daddy Bulti putting over 10 lbs of fish onto the scales for top bag, Paul Chilvers was second and young Lewis a very admirable third putting the rest of the “grown ups” to shame.

As everyone made a dash for the cars and home Lewis settled down to fish through the night and into the daylight hours ( oh to be young youthful and foolish). A good match enjoyed by all but if Banjo puts it forward for next season it is compulsory he has to fish it !!.

May your groundbait be sticky

The Other Bank.

FRESHWATER FISHING TABLE - WEEK 7

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FRESHWATER FISHING TABLE WEEK 6

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CANCELATION!!!!

Next Thursday's Match at Tasburgh has been called off due to the Herpes Virus and them not allowing keep nets. A poster for an alternative match at Hinderclay will be going up Friday but your illustrious Leader will not be attending as his pole isn't long enough to catch anything from Turkey!

THE OTHER BANK

Holly Farm Sunday 28th June 2009 fish 1pm – 7pm

A Pot Black first, we fished on the day at the venue and at the time on the sheet! The sun came out it was not blowing a gale it did not rain, well things can only go one way from here.

Half of the members met at the aptly named “Wanger & Snatch” Café in Gt Yarmouth before the match and dined on a variety of meals ranging between the “Two of everything breakfast” to just a cup of tea, our erstwhile leader announced that we were “to do the draw for the knockout”. Nigel “KP” Blowers officiated and drew the pairs before departing for the venue.

Everyone arrived at the same time (having all left together) except our leader who as usual used a different route to everyone else and arrived 5 minutes later, a thorough inspection of the venue was executed and a decision made to ignore the waters peg numbering and go by the “Pot Black Method” THUS ENSURING TOTAL CONFUSION.
“Number one is that one up there in the corner was the cry, that means “that one is number ten” said daddy Bulti, “are you sure” said our leader “because if you are wrong it will put the whole thing out”. In a scene similar to a F1 Grand prix start everyone set off to there allotted pegs, then the inevitable “your on peg 7 and I am on 7” “no this is 8”, much debate quite a lot of heated discussion followed by one large dummy thrown very hard out of a big pram.

In a rare moment of all seriousness our leader does a marvelous job sorting everything out to enable us all to have some really lovely days out, and this is usually a thankless task. He does it all for nothing it is not a paid position or eligible for expenses and members making uncalled for comments and generally hassling him can only push him closer to the edge, try thanking the old boy now and again and just keep the moans to yourselves.

Anyway, after the F1 start we then had the “Come Dancing” reshuffle as it was decided that Bulti had got it wrong and 10 was 11 and so on, all move round one but the start time was still on for a 1pm start.

The island swims where the fancied pegs and true to form started to produce fish early on, Aaron was looking confident and even offered Paul Chilvers advise on how to cup in feed at 13 meters “you need to be good like me” was the answer to Paul’s question. Mind you having put in his second net after 3 hours it was all looking like the “ego” was heading for a podium finish, he obviously borrowed a net from Bob Morris as at the weigh in his 34lbs 8ozs in the two nets combined was not even enough to put him in the points, and he received just two along with the rest of the also rans.

Nigel “KP” Blowers was drawn as the Golden Peg and obviously the proper start time and match duration totally confused him as he was noticeably quiet all day, word on the lake was he was catching fish but Ardo in the corner was beating him hands down so the money was safe.

The weigh in commenced at peg 1, after a short delay while we found the weighing in sling, and straight off the weights where good Ardo 44 lbs then Nigel 54 lbs was the Golden peg going to go, we were now reliant on “The Ego” to knock Nigel off the top spot. But Mad Bruce put 60 lbs on the scales and Nigel was back to just his pension to sustain him. Further round the weigh in went with nothing spectacular a few decent weights but then the “two of everything breakfast muncher” Shane pulled the scales down to a very respectable 74 lbs and took top spot and the money.

Final positions 1ST Shane
2nd Bruce
3rd Nigel “I NEVER WIN THE MONEY” Blowers
4th Ardo

The first round of casualties have fallen and the 8 through to the next round of the knock out are Ardo, Bruce, Nigel, Banjo, Dingit, Mick Wall and Bob Morris.

A word of advise was offered to Bob Morris when packing up by Dingit “mind you don’t send your pole section into the lake doing like that” right-you-are said Bob, moments later a gentle splash followed by f___ it could be heard from Bobs peg, “I will go in and get it” said Mad Bruce, are you sure said Bob yeah it aint deep said Bruce taking off his boots and socks. Moments later the pole section was on the bank, Bob was smiling again and Bruce looked like his old incontinent problem was back.

May your draw always be a good one.

Regards The Other Bank

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When you all left after the weigh-in (all alone & last to pack-up again) on Sunday evening at Holly Farm , I spoke to the owner about putting some peg numbers on each swim. He said although there is a diagram in the office(shed) window he understood how this could be overlooked.(especially if the club has got a "numbnut" running it!) Anyway, we chewed the fat for some time and joked was there any other ways we could get anglers to there various pegs and he said with a glint in his eye that he had a dog that could remember every scent of anyone it came in contact with. I said in the nicest sort of way that this was a load of old B******t! (You know how diplomatic I can be!) and sensed there was some money to be had here! After lots more banter we decided on a "Bluey" as the bet and he went back into the house to get his MUT!
Was I P***ed off when he brought back a bloody Bloodhound! What a cunning sod I thought and this now looked like I'm going to part with some of my hard earned income!!! Then a brain wave hit me.... ..... Dingit had downed 12 pints of Newky-Brown on Sat-night and was dispensing gas like no-tomorrow throughout the morning until he inadvertently followed through half the match! He dissappeared into the bushes, to return a few minutes later a lot more happy and alot less STICKY!
Feeling quietly confident, I dived into the undergrowth retrieved the "SAID" item and told the owner to get the dog to show me Martin's swim!!!!
EASY-MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!! and another true story!!!!





WITH 1000 TIMES STRONGER SENSE OF
SMELL THAN HUMANS BRUNO DECIDED
TO GIVE THIS ONE A MISS!!

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TASBURGH 14 TH. JUNE

PLEASE NOTE (BOB MORRIS + BRENDA+ YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS))

THE MATCH ON 14 TH. JUNE ON CINAMON LAKE TASBURGH WILL BE A 6 HOUR MATCH FINISHING AT 4PM.

THERE ARE ONLY 17 PEGS SO ITS FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!!!!

I like the new write-ups but there seem to be a trend about you -know who!!!

I better start adding some imput so some other anglers get some stick, we don't want them to feel left out!!!!

lots of luv

wally

THE OTHER BANK

Barford Railway Lake 10.00am – 3.00pm.

Match Three and as often is the case times change !!.

Beautiful sunny day no rain no howling gale can it really be the Pot Black fishing match.

Our leader had half of Tizer to much on Saturday night and slept through his alarm !! new best buddy and back in favor Wayne Moore (Chillo was away and could not fish) called to collect him and he was still asleep, still no problem just change the time of the match to 10.30 – 3.30. Nigee’s generator was put put putting and Brenda was called to rearrange the dinner again when our leader decided that he could be ready by 10.15. Another phone call to Brenda and Nigee’s dinner was rescheduled but the put put putting continued until at least midday.

Big Bulti decided he was short of a waggler float so snapped the end off his ledger rod to make one before the start of the match, drastic but when you are blessed with the amount of tackle the bulti’s have you would not miss one more ledger rod. This obviously proved the right formula as he produced the 2nd heaviest bag, only to be beaten by Wayne Moore, WHO HAS SHOT RIGHT UP THE WALLS list and is neck and neck with Chillo to be Wallys next pairs partner.

Bruce was third beating Bob Morris by 8 ozs which Bob easily lost in the fish that came off at the net causing the feeder to fly out and nearly decapitated Shane Bulti in the process.

Nigel lost 26 hooks, 4 feeders and 15 yards of line (and treated everyone within ear shot to language only an ex trawler skipper could understand) on the tree and bank opposite that somebody kept moving every time he cast, but he did at least catch one fish and that made it into the net which is good for Nigel.

Mark Colman persevered fishing “up in the water” and finally managed a carp, full marks to stick at it when everyone else is catching on the feeder. Young Kieran has now taken to crawling down the net at the weigh in and retrieving his fish individually from the bottom of the net. Ryan has asked for a full race harness and a crash hat for his birthday as the rides home with Nigee after the matches are getting scarier. Banjo turned up without his trailer, he flatly denied reports that the antiques road show had made him an offer, it is just not required as Paul Chilvers had run out of urine to stand in so was not fishing.

Then after the weigh in another Pot Black Classic, “today’s match was the first round of the knockout” was announced, “but not to worry I forgot to draw it out” so Wayne’s one of my biggest threats woops sorry “not going to be here so he is knocked out” and we will sort the rest out later. So everybody is through to the next round, which you never know might even be drawn and you will know who you are fishing against.

Next match is Cinnamon Lake at Tasburgh on 14th June it is down as 10am – 3pm its even money on 10am -4pm, but our leader has promised faithfully to put any alterations on the web and will also inform Brenda personally so as Nigees dinner will be ok, hopefully the weather will hold and as we will be fishing “round the lake” more of that famous Pot Black Camaraderie (p-ss tacking) will be evident.

Till the next time and may your nets always be wet.

The Other Bank.

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THE OTHER BANK

Barford Willow lake. Aka Goblers Gulch

It was Edward Bewer-Lytton who said “the pen is mightier than the sword” and it appears he was right, our Team leader Birthday boy Wall drew Nigel (100/1 if I had taken the bet) and Kieran for his team of 3. To try and remove the accusations of “draw fixing” the new golden boy Chillo was drawn with Roy (lightning) Moyse and the club sleeper Shane Bultitude. This proved to be the winning trio with Shane staying awake all match and finished with top bag overall, helped by the fact that every time he looked like he was going to sleep someone catapulted boillies at him.

Wayne Moore has slipped so far down the Walls favor list as to not be on it (it was only one marble fire place and we are sure you wont notice the join), Wayne not only drew the corner peg (no surprise there then) but was given an angling lesson buy the clubs one and only ex processional fisherman Nigel (got to go Brenda’s got the dinner on) Blowers, who produced fish when Wayne kept his net dry again.

Several members have peculiar rituals and superstitions they follow before a match but Paul Chilvers standing in urine in the morning prior to the match is the strangest I have heard for a long time, but as he and his fellow trio members Bruce and Trevor where 2nd it might be something other members wish to take up !!. Mind you as a red golf with rickety old trailer reversed out of a slip road and back onto the roundabout for the A47 after the match with traffic swerving to avoid the vehicle and trailer he may not make it to many more matches unless he changes his chauffer.

Bob Morris completed his 3rd 5 hour session on Willow and managed to keep his unbroken record, its now 15 hours of intense concentration with several hours preparation without a single fish, he thinks he had a bite the time before last but cannot quite remember. But Bob Morris was helped into third position in the results by his two team members Boycee and Steve Moyse who caught two fish the first one landed in just over half and hour (that’s fast for Steve) the second one was a good 45 – 50 minute epic battle until the poor fish was so knackered it just gave up, Wally worked out if Steve was to beat the lake record he would need to be fishing for 3 days 7 hours and 10 minutes without a break to allow enough time to play all the fish.

Next match is the other side of the causeway you are not supposed to drive along, you know the one Wally had his car parked on for the entire match Barford Railway Lake, it is supposed to be 10 -3 but remember that old advert watch out watch out Wally’s about, things may change.

Tight elastics

The other bank

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW

Match two Windyclay lakes

Doubles (or another way for Wally to confuse us all).

Wayne Moore is now undergoing a comprehensive training regime to improve his catch rate as reality hit home when he was no longer drawn with Wally in the pairs, (our erstwhile leader and draw master plucked the new leader and Diawa international Chillo as his partner ( you could not write it in a book). Wayne then went on to confirm Wallys thoughts and failed to way in. So it looks like it will be Wally and Chillo in all future pairs draws, in the triples its even money on Wally / Wayne / Chillo or Dingit may substitute Wayne if Wally feels he is still not producing, Nigel is 100/1 outsider for Wallys triples team with the rest of us 20/1. Although after reading this we may be thrown a decoy early on and Wally will put himself with Nigel and one of the youngsters if he feels we may be scrutinizing the draw to much.

The draw for pegs was another Pot Black classic with Wally on the much favored peg 2 and his new partner and best buddy Chillo on the hot peg on New lake Nigel and his partner both on Spring lake, and Bob Morris celebrating a peg “out of the wind” never mind if it will fish.

Four hours into the match and Chillo’s / Wallys catch rate was improving but with the talk on the bank of several big fish, they thought they would need another hour to clench the title. So an executive decision was taken by our leader to extend the match by another hour, thus ensuring victory was in the net.

Brenda Blowers (Mrs Nigee) has been asked if dinner can be half an hour later as young Ryan would like to see a way in, but this idea failed due to the match extension and the poor lad was subjected to another 100 mph dash home so as Nigels yorki puds did not burn in the oven !!.

The Bulti,s put the catering to the test and Stuart was heard to mutter the words “we are going to need a bigger pan”, Mark Colman brought along his son to help carry his “big feeders” and the ground bait, and to show the lad how to “match fish”, after 5 hours and no fish the poor lad is still waiting !!.

Next match will be on Willow at Barford “Teams of Three” or another way to confuse us all. Also the questions will be answered Wallys team ?, will Ryan get to see a way in ?, Will the Bultis get lost ?, will Bob Morris get a peg facing the wind ?, will Wayne Moore pull out all the stops to win back Wallys favor, will more than 5 people way in ? till then.

Tight lines, the other bank.

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HINDERCLAY 3RD. MAY

Hell, are we unlucky or not! After a week of sunshine and warm temperatures, Sunday come and that FREEZING cold northerly wind came it!! It could be the POT BLACK CURSE because if you remember last season, how many Sundays were crap also!
Anyway it was SCRATCH-about time again and the prospect of a lot of people Blanking as well! As we were split on two lakes most people didn't know how there partners were doing till the weigh in. On New Lake it became obvious the carp were only in certain pegs but it was also obvious the fish were bigger this year as the talk was HOW MANY was lost! Chillo got two fish for 22 lb 4 oz and was smashed about ten times( .12 line ain't quite heavy enough, eh!) Boycie back from his fishing tuition holiday with Bob Nudd came second with 10lb 9 oz pipping Dingit who...... wait for it..... missed his keep net with a fish estimated at least 60 lb, and bulti was committing suicide after having six hours of listening to hundreds of fish spawning under the trees in touching distance!

On Spring Lake Wally's N2 peg was a gift from heaven, fish everywhere, even bare hooks were getting bites, I mean how did he only land 15 lb! Good job he's a crap fisherman! Mad Bruce got the biggest fish of the season so far a 13 lb 4oz slink and that shy Yarco Millionare Bob Morris weighed in 7lb without a hole in his net! All the youngsters blanked including the skipper and Shane said that's the best sleep he's had for weeks! The reigning champion Wayne Moore chucked his imaginary fish back before the weigh in and got only 1 point (plenty good enough) and I thought someone Had left a generator running in the corner but it was only Nigel puttering away!

As it was the doubles points went to chillo and rip van winkle 5pts, best peg on the lake wally/ stevie moyse 4 pts and in 3rd place by just, I say just one once, Boycie /bob morris 3pts.

Next match is at Willow Lake Barford on the 17th May and is a 5 hour match.(Barford won't allow 6 hours) but where we can have 6 hours we will!!!!

Weybread Fisheries Sunday 19th. April

18 Anglers turned up at a cold and blustery Weybread Fisheries (after bulti & Co got lost on the way, no change there then!). With the prospect of a hard day ahead of us everyone was hoping for a peg out of the wind and in the sun. Bob Morris drew the coldest peg and then busted his pole and blamed Banjo just to take the emphasis off himself!. Mark Coleman couldn't use his dustbin feeder as there was a 2 Kilo groundbait restriction and it would only half fill it! Young Loius, Dingit and Kierron got the pucker pegs on the island and were soon sitting in shirtsleeves while the rest of us were togged up like a December day on Pakefield Beach. Wayne (the Don) Moore got shown up by the Dawai Professional Chillo who was on the next peg and won the day with 13 lb of silver fish. Second was the club maggot(man) Ardo who was the only one to hook a carp and eventually lost it and his rig when it pinged off and into the trees.(Tough shit) Third was (please sit down ) Bulti senior on the feeder who was so pleased he beat dingit (4th.)that he said he's going to buy me a pint if he ever comes down the club!! Everyone caught something but the cold weather done us, so we are looking forward to the next match, doubles,l at Hinderclay!
Till Then
Wally

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FRESHWATER FISHING FIXTURES 2009

Here's the fixtures for the forthcoming season, some of which have CHANGED.... these may change again due to venues constantly ringing and changing times etc etc. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY so you don't turn up at the WRONG VENUES or at the WRONG TIMES!!!

love you
Wally xxx

USE-YER-LOAF!

As promised, the result of PB's first internet vote has come to an end and bang on time (must be a first) the result is as follows;- .........drum roll......... big gap of silence (like they do on the telly)............................in second place with 3 votes was ...................VOTE 1 (RULE STAY AS THEY WERE) (3 VOTES.)....................in first place was ...........***** can be used, but all the top 18 inches of water is banned!!!!!!!! (11 VOTES). So there we are........ what was all that rubbish at the meeting, was it just a waste of time and at last has common sense prevailed! Or will the rule be be toast by next year! So come'on you lot use your loaf and don't break the rules because WE will ban you for three matches (this rule will come more apparent later) and then you won't win the DOUGH! Do you know I've started to feel quite sick writing this rubbish but anyway here are all the Waters Rules and if you are in any DOUBT ask me before you start!

the RULES!!!!!!!!!!!

CLUB RULES 2009

1) Everyone fishing SUNDAYS needs to be a current member of the Pot Black Club.
2) Fixture sheets will be on the notice board 14 days before date.
3) £6.00 will be given to reception when name goes down (£5 match fee + £1 golden peg)
4) NO FLOATING BAITS
5) No baits allowed in the zone 18 inches below the surface or 12 inches below the bottom of your float
6) 70% of match fees to be paid out to winners of that day and the rest will go towards trophies and end of season Piss-Up
7) Pre-baiting of swims will be allowed 10 minutes before the start of match
8) THESE RULES TAKE PREFERENCE AT ALL TIMES BUT INDIVIDUAL WATER RULES WILL ALSO APPLY (Please make sure you read them)
9) Anyone caught breaking rules will be eliminated for 3 matches!(new rule) proposed by Wayne Moore.( you know who that is,the one who fishes 10 minutes after the whistle)
10) Barbless hooks only

I have phoned all the waters up which we are fishing and had a long conversation about what is on their boards and WHAT they will allow for US!!! So take this as gospel as they have agreed things, which other clubs might not GET, and if there are any queries I’ll take the flack! If method feeders are not mentioned they are ALLOWED! (PLEASE make sure the hook length is of less strenght than the mainline! )
One thing which all waters asked for was DON’T THROW IN BAITS WHICH ARE LEFT OVER AFTER MATCH







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NOTE:- BARFORD NOW ALLOWS 1 KILO OF GROUNDBAIT FOR ALL OF THEIR WATERS!!! (thats good news Bruce)






Wey***** Fisheries

1 kilo groundbait. No pet food but luncheon meat is ok. 1 rod or pole at one time. Dip all keepnets. Separate nets for silverfish & carp. ALSO Carp over 10 lb weighed and put back. 50lb limit on any net.

Berghamton

All nets dipped in tanks. No pet foods but luncheon meat
allowed. 1 kilo groundbait.

Hinderclay

Hinderclay pellets only. No boilies. Use there own keepnets and landing nets.

Tasburgh

Dip nets. 2 keep nets for silverfish & carp. Carp over 10 lb weighed and put back. 1 kilo of groundbait.

Holly Farm Lakes

No boilies or nuts or pet food. 1 kilo of loose bait or groundbait. No bolt rigs or fixed method feeders (in line allowed)
No braided line. Dip nets. No dogs!

Field farm

Dip keepnets. Grass carp/barbel/cat fish weighed and put back. No boilies ,shellfish artifical , glue, nuts and fish over 6 lb weighed and put back.

Marsh Trail Lakes

1 Kilo groundbait, in line feeders only, no FIXED feeders of any kind.





As no one should have any excuses about what baits and rules for any water. If anyone has any queries PLEASE ask me before hand as it has been suggested that if anyone is caught breaking
them that angler should serve a 3 match ban!!!



After all that guff can we please get back to doing a spot of fishing, taking the piss out of each other and having a LAUGH!!!!!


The first poster for the Match at WEY***** IS ON THE BOARD SO GET YOUR NAMES DOWN.

IT GOES TO THE POT BLACK VOTE.....!

Hello fellow ***** lovers. After our very INTERESTING meeting last Thursday I just had to bung a few more ideas into the mixer! The turnout was great, the enthusiasm was encouraging, pity it got a bit strained towards the end. I suppose It was my fault.......as I AM suppose to be in charge of the club and the club DOES sell ALCOHOL!!

It's really weird how a few bevies make a normal healthy brain shrink to the size of a sprout! I didn't realise that ***** was such a provocative word. Now if you want to get a person touchy you can call him a Tw*t, but I think that word is quite endearing and not insulting at all. Now the F. word, that can get a few heckles raised! But If someone really wants to go all the way and fisticuffs are on the agenda, its got to be the dreaded C. word, it always works! That is definately SO last year, for the new word on the block, the word to set off World War III is now ***** ! It's so bad I dare not even put it in print as my internet connection will probably die and I will become a statistic on a secret data base for grossly inflammatory and extremely provocative remarks!!

Funny thing is, I was ready to vote ***** in, but once it got mentioned once or twice I could see people I've known for years, changing into rabid dogs. If its got that effect on quite (I Said Quite) sensible people think what we could do to highly volatile races! Drop a few plane loads full of paper with the ***** word on Afghanistan, Iran & N Korea, that'll soon sought them OUT!!!

As I said I was going to vote FOR IT ANYWAY, but such has the powers of that word that several members changed their mind mid stream. Having had a week to think about what's good for the club and of course what's best for us, lets discuss ***** for just one more time. To me, it's all about floating baits and how it can be abused! The way I think we may get around this is the Barford way and I think it could work for us. All we should do is ban any baits in the top 15inches of water! We don't allow floating baits anyway, so if we remove all baits in that area of water the dreaded ***** could be used! As for pop-ups I can't really see any harm in them! Because anyone popping up 18 inches off the bottom is no different than having no shot and float fishing 18 inches off the bottom! AS LONG as everyone knows that the top 15 inches no bait is allowed (unless margin fishing in 12 inches of water and then you will be on the bottom anyway!) I can't see any PROBLEM in it! (but I am quite thick).

As the meeting degenerated into a farce,the way we can get around this is to have an internet vote. (A FIRST FOR POT BLACK). One thing what we cannot forget is that ***** did get voted out by 9 -7 but what we cannot forget is that the ***** word was used a lot at that stage and we all know how high exposure can fry peoples minds. Mind you, If you feel that democratic vote should STAND, vote for that and all other votes for not fishing the top 15 inches, DO NOT EVEN GET CONSIDERED!! Come on give it a go, then at least I'll know you-lot are reading my rubbish and I might be encouraged to do some more in the future!!!!!

Right, the vote closing date is Sunday 5th April and will be announced on the website with all the up-to-date- rules for all the waters we are fishing with the fixture list and any changes (just for you Bob Morris).

VOTE NO 1 - old vote of 9-7 for ***** to be banned, and keep old rules (no floating baits)

VOTE NO 2 - ban any baits in the top 18 inches of water and allow ***** to be fished with.

VOTE NO 3 - ban drinks in the club and allow ***** only for your sandwiches!!!!!!

PLEASE SEND YOUR VOTES TO - potblack147@hotmail.co.uk with your mobile numbers or landline so I can update my records.

NEWS-FLASH:- The car park at Asda was evacuated and cordoned off on Friday when Pot Black Barmaid, Chrissie Baxter was found to have 3 loaves of ***** on her! Police later issued a statement saying that after intense cross examination for 18 hours the only comment she would say was that "there's darts on tonight, chuck!" Having no over evidence the police had to discharge her (but rumoured too late for the dart match) and after a controlled explosion in the car park, normal service was later resumed that morning.......

POT BLACK XMAS SEA FISHING

12 of the Club's saltest Sea Dogs & Three Pups descended on Pakefield Beach to brave the elements with the expectation of catching a fish or two!
Gavin (Chillo) phoned in late as he had to take a trip to Yoxford to pick up his cheap bait, I don't know about you, but £2 off his hundred lugworm don't quite look such a good deal after a sixty mile drive!! That lightweight Wayne Moore turned up with nothing but just himself! Not a single piece of gear at all and still had the cheek to moan about the tackle I lent him! Typical!!! The other usual suspects were two Yarco's, Mark(I've been banned from every fishing club in East Anglia) Coleman and Yarmouth's resident Mayor Bob Morris. Two Ipswich fans Mick & Ethan Mills and another father-son pairing Colin(skinge) Catchpole and soon to be a lookalike Steve. We also had the honour of Lowestoft's resident professional fisherman Martin (dingit) Waters with his up-and -coming son prodigy Kierron. Sadly, Banjo, one half of the usually inseparable twins had arrived, as his other side-kick had to do his community service at Naarwich City Football ground! The last group was lead by Pakefields own celebrity, the holder of the 2008 Monday Night League, the one and only (listen to the fanfare)Kelvin (tapered-leader)Chilvers and his two apprentices Jack and Louis.
The weather was kind and for some anglers the fish were kinder! Spawny Wayne Moore fluked a fluke(Flounder) first cast, when he was fishing so close to the shore(showing his inability to cast out) that his bait could be seen every time a wave went back! Little Kierron had a fish every cast to get right up his dads(dingits) nose so daddy then had to start dropping his bait right beside him but still couldn't catch anything!!! Mark (the sneak) Coleman was noticed dragging fish up the beach hoping no one would notice, but subtlety was never one of Mark's strong points.
My beach Buddy(tent ,to people not in the know) was stoned by Bad attitude Morris, Chillo, decided he was hungry and disappeared to MacDonalds but left all the rubbish with me and to cap it I had to listen to Wayne Moore running on all day about his flounder!!! The Beach telegraph had reports of Banjo catching a nice codling and with dabs and whiting coming out at regular intervals the weigh-in round Keville's would certainly close. As it was everyone managed top bring fish to the scales EXCEPT THE RESIDENT PRO MR. DINGIT and the weights were as follows:-

WINNER MARK COLEMAN 6 LB 15 OZ

R/UP BANJO 5 LB 5 OZ

3RD KEVILLE 3 LB 2 OZ

4 TH WALLY 2 LB 10OZ

BIGGEST ROUND. CODLING BANJO 2 LB 6 OZ

BIGGEST FLAT FLOUNDER WAYNE 9 OZ

BEST YOUNGSTER KIERRON WATERS 2 LB 6OZ