{"id":26,"date":"2019-03-29T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2019-10-25T11:39:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T10:39:36","slug":"match-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/match-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH FISHING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>BY PETE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, Spring has finally sprung and the fish in the local commercial fisheries are definitely starting to come out of their Winter slumbers. The weather and temperatures are improving too, with the evenings getting longer. Happy days!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Hampshire Match Fishing Venues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The match weights on popular local venues such as <a aria-label=\"FLE fishery (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flefishing.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FLE fishery<\/a> at Ampfield, <a aria-label=\"Dandys Ford fishery (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dandysfordfishery.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dandys Ford fishery<\/a> at Sherfield English and Witherington Farm fishery at Salisbury are steadily improving and in the last couple of weeks, winning weights have already hit 100lb plus at FLE, and 90lb plus at Dandys and &#8216;Withy&#8217; as the fish start to have a munch in preparation for spawning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the lakes start to colour up with the increased activity, fish are starting to be caught in the margins too, another sure sign that it&#8217;s time to get out bagging again! Depending on what you are targeting, and where, regular light feeding with maggots, caster, pellets or corn should see a response almost anywhere now.&nbsp; Just be aware that as it is still cold at night, it <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">might <\/g><br><g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Style multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">take<\/g> a while before the fish feed freely and after mid-day is likely to be more productive, so don&#8217;t give up until the final whistle blows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Latest Sonubaits products in store<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the subject of bait, check out the latest releases from Sonubaits, including a <a aria-label=\"Robin Red range of groundbaits and pellets (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/sonubaits-robin-red-feed-pellets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robin Red range of <\/a><g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\"><a aria-label=\"Robin Red range of groundbaits and pellets (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/sonubaits-robin-red-feed-pellets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">groundbaits<\/a><\/g><a aria-label=\"Robin Red range of groundbaits and pellets (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/sonubaits-robin-red-feed-pellets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> and pellets<\/a>, <a aria-label=\"Band 'Um Wafters (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/sonubaits-band-um-wafter-hook-baits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Band &#8216;Um Wafters<\/a> in 3 sizes and concentrated <a aria-label=\"Bait Booster liquids (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/sonubaits-bait-booster-liquids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bait Booster liquids<\/a> (especially the Banoffee and Chocolate Orange flavours which you will want to drink yourself!!). All available in store or online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poingdestres.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poingdestres.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll find virtually any <g class=\"gr_ gr_9 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"9\" data-gr-id=\"9\">groundbait<\/g>, liquid additive or hook bait the match angler could possibly want. Finally, if you&#8217;ve been &#8216;hibernating&#8217; through the winter, waiting for the right time to get back out but weren&#8217;t sure if it was yet, the good news is&#8230;.&nbsp; that time is now!! Dust off your tackle, check those elastics and top up your terminal bits, there&#8217;s fish to be caught and prizes to be won!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tight lines, Pete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/sonubaits-band-um-wafter-hook-baits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Band-Um-Wafter-Hook-Baits-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"Sonubaits Band 'Um Wafter Hook Baits Product Image\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Band-Um-Wafter-Hook-Baits-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Band-Um-Wafter-Hook-Baits-768x682.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Band-Um-Wafter-Hook-Baits.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sonubaits Band &#8216;Um Wafter Hook Baits<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/sonubaits-bait-booster-liquids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Bait-Booster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sonubaits Bait Booster Liquid Product Image\" class=\"wp-image-84\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Bait-Booster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Bait-Booster.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sonubaits Bait Booster Liquid<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/sonubaits-robin-red-feed-pellets.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Robin-Red-Feed-Pellets-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sonubaits Robin Red Feed Pellets Product Image\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Robin-Red-Feed-Pellets-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sonubaits-Robin-Red-Feed-Pellets.jpg 734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><figcaption> Sonubaits Robin Red Feed Pellets<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY PETE Well, Spring has finally sprung and the fish in the local commercial fisheries are definitely starting to come out of their Winter slumbers. The weather and temperatures are improving too, with the evenings getting longer. Happy days!! Hampshire Match Fishing Venues The match weights on popular local venues such as FLE fishery at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poingdestres.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}