09/11/24 - Sedges - Tile Lake

Weight - 58lb 8oz (7lb 8oz - silvers)

Catch - 6 Carp, 5 Skimmers, 1 Eel

Weather - Grey & overcast

Match - Uzit Bomb & Feeder League - rd 2 (39 fished) - 4th overall, 1st in section

The 2^nd round of the Uzit Bomb & Feeder league and we had one drop out so there were 39 anglers. Weather wise we had another day of grey overcast conditions with little wind, which was resulting in many fisheries suffering from oxygen crashes. So, it was no surprise to see the aerator on when we arrived.

I drew p37 on Tile again and again next to Karl Turner who had switched from p38 to p36. £1 side bet was soon placed.

It was noticeable the lake had gone a little clearer from 2 weeks ago. I had considered feeding groundbait at 16m as a back-up line, however I noticed a few skimmers topping in the area so I decided to catapult corn instead and only feed groundbait if I couldn’t catch on corn.

I had 2 lead rods, 1x light and 1x heavier rig, and a feeder rod which never got used.

Starting on the heavier rig with an 8mm pellet and a tea bag (2mm p-nut pellet) in the deep water at the bottom of the island shelve, hoping for an early carp. After a 20min cast I didn’t have a bite.

A switch to the 16m line soon resulted in a skimmer on corn. As for the island swim I had started feeding 8mm bubblegum pellet and fished a pellet corn (mixture of p-nut & bubblegum micros) and caught a 10lber on meat after an hour. However, I couldn’t catch another.

I caught another skimmer and an eel from the short line, but it wasn’t until I cast to the right of my feed by the island with the light rig that I caught another carp.

For the rest of the match, I just kept alternating between the 2 lines to keep catching. With ½ hour remaining I noticed peg 40 land another carp and to be honest I wasn’t sure whether he was ahead of me or not, but I was now struggling for a bite.

With 10mins remaining I tried double corn cast beyond my feed and 5mins later hooked a carp, which I eventually netted 7mins after the all-out. At 16lb 12oz it was certainly worth having as I managed to win the section, beating p40 by 8lb. Needless to say I was quite happy.

1.    97-  3 – Pete Sivell – p30 (Tile)

2.    79-10 – Paul Homewood – p35 (T)

3.    68-13 – Paul Tidball – p13 (Brick)

4.    58-  8 – Ken Rayner – p37 (T)

5.    57-  8 – Dave Romain – p25 (T)

6.    53-  6 – Dan Mitchington – p31 (T)