Weight - 39lb 10oz (12lb 4oz - silvers)
Catch - 4 Carp, 7 F1s, 18 Skimmers, 5 Roach
Weather - Mild, mostly cloudy and windy.
Match - Open (9 fished) - 3rd overall
It’s been a few months since I fished the Old Match Lake and
in that time Andy has stocked a lot of small F1s into the lake which will add a
different dimension to the matches.
With storm Kathleen due to blow through today I had mixed
feelings about drawing p3, as its not the best peg, but it was sheltered from
the worst of the wind. Due to the forecast wind I decided not to fish any
longer than 13m, feeding a nugget of Uzit Crushed Expander and Black Bubblegum
mixed 50:50, with fishery micros flavoured with P-nut cloud at 13m and 6m.
A switch to the 13m line fishing a 4mm expander, toss
potting a tiny nugget of micros and groundbait started to produce regular bites
from skimmers and F1s, plus a 4lb carp.
The wind was becoming more troublesome during the middle part
of the match and I switched from a HB Frostie 0.3g rig to a SM Chimp 0.4g to
catch a few more skimmers on dead maggot, but presentation still wasn’t great.
Back to the straight lead which produced 3 bites on 6mm expander.
A carp hooked in the cheek, which I lost at the net, another I lost after 5
seconds and a small F1 which I successfully netted!
So far, I had kept the short line topped with nuggets of
micros and groundbait, and when I switched, I was immediately rewarded with a
skimmer and 9lb carp. I had also been feeding micros and groundbait a metre off
the right-hand margin, catching more skimmers on 6mm expanders and ended up
alternating between here and the short line.
As we came into the last hour, I had 2 carp from the right
margin. As for the left margin I had fed it with corn and 4mm pellet, but so
far hadn’t tried it as I had been catching short and down my right margin. With
30mins remaining I decided to just big pot it with corn and micros, and see what
happens. I hooked 2 carp and lost them both, one was definitely foul hooked and
the other I lost at the net as the fish was only lightly hooked.
A frustrating match, as I missed out on 2nd by
8oz. Losing the carp was frustrating, but I pulled out of a couple of skimmers using
too heavy an elastic at the start and only have myself to blame.
That aside it was nice to have a few bites and a few things
learnt for next weekend.
1.
58-10 – Phil Godding – p7
2.
40- 2 –
Lee Seward – p18
3.
39-10 – Ken Rayner – p3
Silvers
1.
27- 8 –
Neil Richards – p1
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