Weight - 53lb 10oz
Catch - 21 Carp
Weather - Cloudy with sunny periods. Breezy at times.
Match - Charity (13 fished) - 1st overall
Today was a charity match for the Huntingdon disease organised
by Cliff Dutton who was also celebrating his 70th birthday.
I haven’t fished Doughnut Lake since August and was a little
unsure how it would fish as recent results suggested it would either fish
brilliantly or hard. I was handed p4 and there were plenty of fish moving
around and I fully expected a good day.
On the all-in I decided to start a metre off the far bank in
2ft of water where I found a flattish area fishing 6mm pellet or corn. 40mins
later I had hooked 2 fish and lost them both. It was a real head scratcher as
the fish were coming to the feed but weren’t feeding and I wasn’t the only one
suffering, as very little had been caught.
A switch to fishing tight to the far bank in 12in of water, toss
potting So Simple Top G groundbait and maggot, with maggot on the hook resulted
in another 2 lost fish!
Have to say it’s only the 2nd time I have used
the Top G groundbait and its excellent. Due to its smell, you don’t need to
feed much to get fish in the swim.
I spent the next few hours fishing the far bank and ended up
feeding a second swim to the right, bouncing between to the swims to keep the
fish coming. To rest the swims, I would periodically try my margins (fed with
groundbait, micros and maggot) and a short meat line without success.
With 40mins remaining I noticed some carp had moved into my
margin and immediately caught a carp but couldn’t get another.
Another try over the meat (7mm meat covered in Sludge) line
produced 6 fish in the last 30mins allowing me to win the match.
2.
50-13 – Andy Bartlett – p14
3.
49- 3 – Gareth
– p24
4.
41- 5 –
Nick Hancock – p8
5.
38-11 – Roy Booth – p10
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