Weight - 100lb 1oz
Catch - 22 Carp, 1 Roach
Weather - Grey and cold
Match - Open (12 fishing) - 2nd overall
I fancied going somewhere different this weekend and settled
on Shiplate, which is a venue I wish was a little closer as its just over an hour’s
drive from home.
There were 12 of us over Hawthorn and West Pool, so plenty
of room. Peg 13 on West Pool for me and the general feeling from those I asked
suggested it was an average draw. Steve Howell who was on peg 11 thought peg 2
would be difficult to beat as it had quite a bit of room today.
I was told by a number of people that maggot was the way to
go and that is how I expected to catch. There was a match on the main lake
which was due to start 30mins after ours and when our match started there was
still anglers walking along the far bank, so decided to start down the middle
feeding maggot and leave the far bank alone.
After 40mins I hadn’t had a bite, although Steve had a
couple of fish doing the same. Switching to fishing tight across, I initially
tried an expander which was being nipped by silvers, but I got the feeling
there were a few carp about and tried dobbing bread, which produced a roach!
I then tried 7mm meat over a few micros and stayed on this
for much of the match, fishing a 4x10 strung out rig, alternating left and
right between the bush and the reeds. By feeding quite lightly I managed to
keep the fish coming and avoided foul hookers, which can be a problem on this
lake.
As the match progressed it was noticeable the average stamp
of fish was reducing from 5-6lb to 3-4lbers. With 30mins remaining the swim was
slowing so switched to a short (8m) meat line which produced 2 carp and a final
fish from the right-hand deep margin.
That aside, I had a lovely day’s fishing and looking forward
to going back.
1.
110- 6 – Dave Stevens – p2w
2.
100- 1 – Ken Rayner – p13w
3.
97- 0 –
Matt Shepherd – p12h
4.
95- 0 –
Alan Quantrill – p7h
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