Weight - 44lb 1oz
Catch - 16 F1s, 9 Carp, 6 Perch, 2 Roach, 1 Skimmer
Weather - Sunny with cloudy periods
Match - Open (14 fished) - 3rd overall
As the Summer Series is due to start on Saturday, I decided
to book into Thursdays affordable open. The match lake has only been re-opened
for a couple of weeks to allow the restocked fish, mostly F1s time to settle and
it would be a case of trying to work out what works.
On the all-in I started at 2+2 fishing paste whilst priming
my caster line. After an hour I had 8 F1s up to 2lb+, which was a good start,
and it was time to try the shallow caster line but all I caught were perch and
roach. I kept going hoping the F1s/carp would switch on but they didn’t and I
probably spent too much time making it work.
As the
shallow line was a bust, I switched to tapping in 4mm p-nut pellet with 4mm in the
band, fishing tight to the far bank, which produced a couple of F1s before the
swim faded.
Next,
I started feeding caster and corn via a toss pot with corn on the hook at the
bottom of the far shelf and had a decent run of carp, which pulled me ahead of
the anglers around me.
The
last 90mins, however was frustrating as I caught very little. I thought I would
catch down the margins and in hindsight I think I may have overcooked it.
In the
end I was pleased to finish 3rd overall, although I felt I could have won had I
done better from the margins.
2. 48-14 – Andy Jane – p16
3. 44- 1 – Ken Rayner – p4
4. 39- 3 – Phil Auger – p23
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