Welcome to the 2023 season let's hope it's better than the last one!

Welcome new member(s):

Simon Hudson

Returnees (past members rejoined):

Brian Turner, Jim Taylor and Tony Broder

The eighteenth and final round of the 2023 season has been fished at Woodlands Lakes on Partridge lake, 13C, sunny. The fishing was very difficult, the majority of fish were sat just under the surface not responding to bait in any way put in front of them.  This led to a lot of foul hookers if they were in your peg they would run into your line.  I cannot explain this behaviour but we have had mid 20 temperatures then a lot of rain and a sudden drop in temperatures and the high pressure remained. Fish can be fickle at times!

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: T. Smith

The seventeenth round of the 2023 season has been fished at the Oaks Lakes at Sessay, on the Ash and Beech lakes, 18C, overcast and breezy at times. The fishing was good as always here, some quiet spells but still lots of fish caught and a very tight battle for winning League 1 where 3lbs separated the top 3 and just 4oz between 1st and 2nd.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: J. Simms (Guest)

League 2: R. Birch (Guest)

The sixteenth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Springvale lakes in Bevercotes, on the Newcastle lake, 18C, sunny intervals with a light wind and a very late light shower did not spoil the fishing. The fishing was good, when the carp didn't feed the silver fish did, so sport was plentiful.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: R. Birch (Guest)

The Fifteenth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Tollerton Ponds, on Heron lake, 28C, Hot and Sunny. The fishing was slow to start with then picked up for the last 2 hours. Foul hooking was a problem for many.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: J. SIMMS (Guest)

League 2: R. Birch (Guest)

The memorial match for Andrew has been fished at Lindholme lakes, Doncaster on the Bennys lake 18C, sunny intervals. Plenty of bites to be had.

 to this years memorial match winner:

G. Archer

The Fourteenth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Forest Lane, on Oaklands and Vale, 20C, overcast. The fishing was prolific on the Vale lake with several 300lbs+ weights. Oaklands was a bit more tricky with reported problems due to foul hooking.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: P. Gothard

The thirteenth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Woodlands Lakes, on Partridge and Skylark,Thirsk. 26C, overcast with some sunny intervals with a decent breeze at times. The fishing was slow for most but at least we all had a decent last hour or so.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: P. Gothard

The twelth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Lodge Farm fisheries on the Thistle lake. 21C, overcast with some sunny intervals with a decent breeze at times and the odd shower. The fishing was best described as strange, most of us struggled to catch moody small carp. John Simms worked it out to win the match on short pole and paste.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: John Simms (Guest)

League 2: A. Gill

The Eleventh round of the 2023 season has been fished at Springvale fisheries on the Newcastle lake. 19C, Sunny intervals with a decent breeze at times. The fishing was mixed with the carp not playing ball for most of us, the better pegs did catch carp. We had a few guests on this one at the request of Bob and Geoff, some of which may join our club which is good news for the attendance of the southern matches.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: John Simms (Guest)

League 2: B. Hines

The tenth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Sykehouse fisheries on the New lake. 23C, Sunny intervals with a breeze at times. The fishing was poor for the majority of the day, the carp did not seem to want to feed for the majority of us until the last hour and half when they went a bit mental and caused lots of foul hooking and bust rigs.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: B. Huntington

League 2: A. Gill

The ninth round (and random pairs) of the 2023 season has been fished at the fabulous Oaks Sessay on Ash and Beech. 21C, Sunny. After a slow start, the sport improved througout the day and everyone caught quite well.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: T. Smith

The eighth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Lodge Farm fishery near Bawtry, Doncaster, on the Sandmartin lake. 25C, Sunny and the fish were very energetic which makes a change of late. A low turnout gave us plenty of room on one side and the fishing was excellent with 83 lbs being the lowest weight.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: A. Gill

The seventh round of the 2023 season has been fished at Bankend, Doncaster, on the Match lake. 25C, Sunny and a medium strength breeze in the afternoon made fishing difficult for everyone. The fish were happy to bask in the sunshine and not really wanting to feed until the afternoon when sport improved slowly.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: A. Gill

The sixth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Tollerton Ponds fishery, York, on the Heron lake. 16C, Cloudy with Sunny intervals.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: B. Huntington

League 2: A. Gill

The fifth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Swanlands fishery, Thorne near Doncaster on the Chestnut lake. 20C, Sunny intervals/cloudy. On arrival at the fishery it was quite clear that we were in for a long day! The fish were crashing out all over the lake, pairing up, rubbing against the reeds etc. Yes, they were spawning! Even though the owner had told me just 2 days ago that they had finished spawning on chestnut, clearly got that wrong! The bright conditions in the morning made the going hard for everyone, luckily the cloud arrived in the afternoon and a nice cooling breeze with it. The last hour and a half produced a run of fish for some, albeit they were very finicky yet rewarding as they were quite big fish.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: J. Holmes

The fourth round of the 2023 season has been fished at Lindholme lakes, near Doncaster on the Benny's lake. 18C, mostly cloudy. A close battle in league 1 between Glenn and Brian, where Brian Turner had 6 big fish for 60lbs in his 163lbs and Glenn had 166 lbs of shallow caught big F1s some over 5lb.  Albeit the fishing was not frantic, more of a steady day where the fish were being quite particular at times. A special mention to Jim Holmes winning the League 2 match for the first time, well done!

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: J. Holmes

The third round of the 2023 season has been fished at Forest Lane, Alne near York on the Oaklands and Vale ponds. 17C, cloudy/sunny spells with a heavy shower later on. Slow for most to start with on Oaklands as the bigger fish were being finicky/spooky but frantic action for all on the Vale pond.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Webb

League 2: B. Blythe

The second round of the 2023 season has been fished at Woodhouse Grange, Doncaster on the Kennel pond. 12C, breezy which made it feel colder than it was. Some good weights today considering the time of year and it now seems the fish are waking up after a long winter.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Webb

League 2: A. Gill

The first round of the 2023 season has been fished at the fantastic Oaks Fishery, Sessay on the Ash and Beech ponds. 9C cold, wet and windy. Some good weights today considering the time of year and how cold and wet it was which made it a tough day for most with bites at a premium.

 to the League Winners:

League 1: G. Archer

League 2: C. Widdowson

Click on 'Match Results' for the fixtures/results and 'Match League' above for the full details.

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Anyone not feeling 100% or not up to Fishing this year with the Tykes,

Hope to see you back fishing with the Auld Yorkshire Tykes when you and your families are well again.