I was chatting to Kidlington's Alan Middleton and North Oxford's John Coleman about their match results from last weekend, writes Andy Webber.

In the Kidlington match on the Cherwell, which is well known for producing a lot of decent chub, not a single chub was caught.

And in North Oxford's match on the Oxford Canal at King's Bridge, only big fish were caught, with very few small silver speciemens showing.

So what's going on?

Well, we did have some quite hard frosts leading up to these matches, but I would still have expected chub to show.

The river and canal were clearing, but you change tactics to suit the conditions, and these anglers have been fishing those venues for years.

In Kidlington's fixture the previous week, bream were caught showing signs they were getting ready to spawn, which could be relevant.

But if you look at the match results, it is not only the Cherwell and the canal fishing poorly. Every water is producing only the odd fish here and there.

Global warming, climate change, cormorants, mink and crayfish have all been linked to the recent decline, but maybe you have your own ideas.

If you have, contact me on 01865 725606 or email andrew@webber01865.fsnet. co.uk