The torrential rains over the weekend decimated the area's river matches with the most notable casualty being the Ouse Championships.

The event will be refished on November 12, replacing the Hammond Trophy.

It was left to the region's stillwaters to provide some solace with the best action being at the Oaks, Sessay.

Poplar Lake at the Oaks hit top form for Sunday's 34-pegger as the newly introduced carp went on a feeding frenzy.

Rab Ogilvy made the most of a spare peg, fishing tight into the corner from peg 54.

Alternating corn, meat and paste he took carp to 8lb in his 53-1-0. Paul Taylor (MAP Elton) was kept busy with small carp at peg 7 where he fished pole and maggot tight to the island for a string of pasties for 40-8-0.

Horseshoe Lake at Raker had risen four inches overnight which knocked sport on the head for Sunday's 27-pegger.

Paul Kozyra (Anglers Corner) made it successive victories taking eight carp on long pole and meat from peg 22 for 21-14-0.

At the next peg Phil Smith (Robin Hood) used worm feeder for five carp and 14-12-0.

Others: John Cosgrove (Anglers Corner) 11-6-0; Andrew Geldard (Anglers World) 7-10-0;

The dire conditions kept the weights down for Saturday's 71-pegger on Skylark, Partridge and Kestrel with George Webb (Daiwa Cleveland) topping a tight affair from Kestrel 22.

With the gale straight in his face he chose to fish at just three metres.

Alternating corn and maggots he took small carp, barbel and chub for 39-13-0.

Mark Longhurst (Elton Tackle) relied solely on corn at Skylark 9 where he took carp to 7lb at three and nine metres for his 37-1-0.

Weights were better for Wednesday's 38 pegger where John Allerton (Tricast Elton) returned to winning ways.

Drawn on Skylark 14 he used pole and corn at five and 11 metres for carp to 8lb in his 61-1-0.