Weight - 27lb 9oz
Catch - 23 Carp, 4 F1s, 4 Gudgeon
Weather - Sunny, cloudy periods and no wind.
Match - Winter League - rd 2 (50 fished) - 7th out of 10 section
The 2nd round of the Ivy House Winter League and
my turn for the ‘bad’ pegs on Heron, so a decent draw was required to consolidate
the last rounds 3rd in section. I would have been happy with most
pegs, but p24 was at the bottom of the wish list, coming last in the first round.
Its not a great feeder peg, as you only have the corner of
the island and 16m of pole doesn’t reach the far shelf. The only good thing was
I had some space to my left in the corner.
There seemed to be a few fish moving around, particularly in
front of 2,3 & 4 (in my section) and hoped I might catch a few.
As the water looked a little clear, I decided to start
cautiously, trying the lead and bread, then expanders over micros at 16m and
then the maggot feeder. However, after an hour and 1 tiny carp in the net, the
wheels were falling off.
I eventually caught a couple of fish on the maggot feeder,
but it just didn’t seem right, not least because those that were catching on
feeder were using small methods. I was also having trouble trying to find a spot
clear of snags and debris which wasn’t ideal.
A switch to fishing at 16m slightly to my right with maggot
over micros & groundbait produced a couple of decent F1s and carp. However,
action was short lived as I started catching tiny carp and gudgeon – never a
good sign.
Changing the maggot feeder to a mini method, with groundbait
and micros, and maggot on the hook, produced another run of fish and I felt if
I could keep going, I might be able to salvage some points
The final hour was a struggle, however. A short line fed
with pellet didn’t produce a bite, a maggot and micro line off to my left
towards the corner where it was a foot shallower, resulted in a carp first put
in, followed by another tiny carp and then nothing. Even tried the margin
without success.
Eventually managed a couple more carp and F1s, back out at 16m
on maggot, but it was slow going.
In the end I was disappointed to finish 7th in
section. In hindsight I should have come at least 5th. The first hour
cost me a couple of fish, where I should have fished the method and then maggot
on the pole. That said, the number of tiny carp and gudgeon I caught showed
there wasn’t many fish in the area.
1.
105- 6 – Gary Knight – p37 (Kingfisher)
2. 91-14 –
Steve Waters – p10 (Heron)
3. 77-12 –
Rob Guppy – p7 (Heron)
4.
73- 6 –
Mark Poppleton – p8 (Heron)
5.
72- 9 –
Mick O’Brien – p34 (Willow)
6.
67- 6 –
David Strafford-Way – p20 (Willow)
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