Catch - 6 Carp
Weather - Rain and sunny periods. Windy.
Match - Open (15 fished) - 12th overall
With the Summer League starting next week, I decided to book
into today’s open. The weather however had taken a turn for the worse, as it
was a lot cooler with rain and with strong winds forecast, it was likely to be
a difficult day.
On the all-in I thought I would start fishing tight to the
island fishing worm over groundbait whilst the wind would allow me. After
20mins my 13m section folded! Not sure why, can only think I dinged it.
Fortunately, I had a spare section with me. 10mins late my 16m section snapped
and my spare was sat at home. Looks like I might be buying a new pole.
Since I could no longer fish the far bank using the pole, I
tried the method and a straight lead but couldn’t get a bite. In the meantime,
the wind just got stronger.
I eventually caught my first fish after 2hrs 45mins fishing
paste at 2+2 to my left where I had been feeding 4s and micros, catching my 2nd
an hour later. Despite trying all the other areas of the swim, I couldn’t get
another bite.
With 90mins to go I started feeding pellet at 2+1 in
slightly shallower water, catching 4 more fish on paste.
I have to admit I wasn’t sure what more I could have done.
Snapping my 16m section didn’t help as I couldn’t fish the far bank as I wanted
when the wind dropped a little. At the weigh in, pegs 1 & 2 weighed 9lb and
Phil to my left weighed 17lb, which meant the bottom 4 all came from the same
area of the lake.
1.
56- 7 –
Andy Jane – p9
2.
56- 0 –
Allan Oram – p16
3.
34-10 – Jason Shirley – p18
4.
33-14 – Steve Broadhurst – p8
5.
32- 9 –
Gary Townsend – p15
