Angling

The final round of the King of the Fens series saw teams lining the banks of the Middle Level Drain at the weekend on a blistering hot and sunny day.

It was yet another busy week over at Rookery Waters.

Oak Pool on Eastrea Decoy Lakes complex produced three very good weights for Spratts AC in their latest fixture, writes Ken Wade.

The hot, sunny weather continues and shows no signs of easing up, making fishing on our Fenland drains testing to say the least, writes Ken Wade.

Many anglers across the Fens were sad to hear the news that Peter Parlett had passed away last week.

The King of the Fens team match got underway on Sunday but unfortunately local teams and quite a few that usually travel did not enter this season.

I had the pleasure of fishing the Fenland Rods fixture on Sunday; they were booked onto the Magpie Pool at Rookery Waters fishing the low numbers.

Spratts AC found the Yew Lake on the Decoy Lakes complex in fine form: the fixture saw Peter Spriggs on peg 19 taking the top spot with 128lb 6oz.

The new coarse fishing season on Fenland Drains and rivers gets underway on June 16 and the very popular King of the Fens League will begin.

With the new coarse fishing season on Fenland waters starting on June 16 local clubs have been out on their waters preparing for the season ahead.

On a very hot and sunny day Fenland Rods were at the in-form Kingsland Small Carp Lake, which saw some huge weights taken.

Wisbech-based Sensas Mark One are without doubt one of the top teams in East Anglia and over the years have consistently produced high class results in local and national events.

Kingfisher Lake was the latest venue for the regular Townsend Lakes open match at the weekend which saw Colin Begbie putting a fine 124lb 4oz net of carp to the scales.

An invite from John Smith, the secretary of the Fenland Rods club saw me gratefully accept and line the banks of the Six Island Pool on the Decoy Lakes complex with the rest of the club members.

Fenland Rods got their 2018 campaign off to a wet and windy start, fishing the Cedar Pool over at Decoy Lakes.

Even the usually prolific Decoy Lakes has been affected by the colder-than-usual weather, reflected in the latest Spratts AC results.

Buttonhole Lake has gone through an amazing transformation since Chris and Bev Smith took over the fishery.

The past few seasons have seen a dramatic improvement at Rookery Waters.

Most anglers were guesting for local teams in preparation for the big Angling Trust Winter League Final to be held on the Fenland drains and Decoy Lakes.

We had just about every kind of winter weather thrown at us over the weekend.