Catch - not even a bite!
Weather - Bitterly cold
Match - Winter League - rd 3 - last.
A decent draw was required today to consolidate our position in the league and Mark Poppleton took charge. Unfortunately he came back with one of the worst draws putting himself on p132 (which blanked last round), Martin Preston on p102, Mark Wynne on p71, Nick Merry on p52 and myself on p21.
Peg 21 is a shockingly poor peg at the best of time, which rarely produces and Andy Power struggled for 3lb in the last round. When I got to the peg the freezing northerly was blowing into the corner of the lake and the prospects of doing any good were looking remote.
Last week when the weather was mild, there were carp in this corner, but following some artic conditions over the last few days the water had gone crystal clear. I also got annoyed (and told him so) at one angler (Terry Lenny) who decided it would be a good idea to stand on the platform of p23 right next the mouth of the gap into middle lake, so if there were any carp in the area there weren't likely to be there now!
Well that's the excuses out of the way! I tried the straight lead with corn, prawn and dead maggot hoping for one carp, but didn't even have a liner. On my silvers line, I didn't have a single bite despite going down to a 22 and .08 bottom. Bob Gullick next to me on p20 managed 11oz but most of those fish came on the limits of his swim towards p24.
Really disappointed not to have caught, but genuinely don't believe there was any fish in the area . This was my first blank at Viaduct. Fortunately Mark on p132 managed to catch a few and Martin also got good points, but overall a total team points of 42, means we are now 5th in the league.
1. 106- 2 - Steve Nadin (Garbolino BV) - p114
2. 104- 6 - Nick Chedzoy (Thatchers Vets) - p127
3. 85-12 - Tom Downing (Keyford) - p66
4. 74- 9 - Des Shipp (Preston) - p8
5. 72-13 - Paul Faires (2nd Time Lucky) - p110
6. 71- 8 - Mark Poppleton (Colmic) - p132
Silvers
1. 19- 8 - Gary O'Shea (Thatchers Vet) - p47
2. 17- 3- Ricky Mills (Moaning Maggots) - p15
3. 16-12 - Chris Davis (Moaning Maggots) - p94
4. 13- 0 - Craig Edmunds (Mosella) - p100
5. 12- 5 - Richard A'Hearne (Frenzee) - p41
6. 11- 1 - Scott Puddy (Frenzee) - p105
Teams on the day
1. Thatchers Vets - 79pts
2. Somerset Angling - 72pts
3. Frenzee SW - 64pts
4. Natural Talent - 57pts
5. Maver - 56pts
6. Silverfox - 54pts
15. Colmic SW - 42pts
Overall League
1. Thatchers Vets - 203pts
2. Somerset Angling - 178pts
3. Natural Talent - 178pts
4. Frenzee SW - 178pts
5. Colmic SW - 170pts
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