Weight - 46lb 7oz (3lb 8oz - silvers)
Catch - 9 Carp, 8 Skimmers
Weather - Bright & sunny
Match - Open (18 fished) - 10th overall
P16 today on the Old Match Lake, so not far from where I was
yesterday, however it has fished completely different. As well as a few more anglers
on the lake, the breeze had dropped and it was bright and sunny.
I had nothing at 16m tapping pellets or short and it took me
55mins to net my first fish on the feeder. Jamie was catching on p18 and Phil
on p15 had a couple of fish on the lead & bread casting between the
islands, but generally most were struggling.
I tried fishing for skimmers, using the same tactics as
yesterday, but it became obvious they weren’t feeding properly in the flat
bright conditions. At the halfway point, I lost a big carp on the skimmer rig
which broke me and with only 3½lb of silvers I didn’t see the point of setting
up a new rig.
Therefore, for the last 2½hrs I focused on the carp as a late
run particularly down the margin could pull me up into frame.
Pinging pellets at 16m only produced 2 fish and the straight
lead to the island only 1 carp. So as time went by, I concentrated on the short
line with 4s & 6s and down the right margin fed with micros and corn.
Unfortunately, the margin only produced 1x 10lber on double corn, leaving the short
line to produce the bulk of my fish on 6mm hair rigged pellet, but it was slow
going.
Overall a tricky day for most
1.
117- 5 – Jamie Dixey – p18
2.
107- 1 – Jeff Rogers – p5
3.
65- 6 –
Chris Cotteral – p7
4.
65- 1 –
Ricky Spitieri – p9
5.
64- 2 –
Stu Foale – p23
Silvers
1.
18- 5 –
Ricky Mills – p19
2.
18- 0 –
Sid Webb – p8
3.
9- 2 –
Billy Ockwell – p12
4.
7- 3 –
Jamie Dixey – p18
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