When I booked into this match, I expected both lakes to be in, however when I turned up there were only 7 of us, all on the top lake. At least we would have plenty of space, but I was disappointed to draw end peg 12, a boom or bust peg.
As I was setting up, I realised I forgotten my tip rod and waterproofs, so thanks to Pete for lending me a rod and Phil who had a spare bib & brace.
I fished this peg last year and struggled and thought today might be a repeat, particularly as the westerly breeze was blowing right to left down to the other end of the lake.
At the start I fed some meat at 3+2 and micros down the end bank. Whilst that settled, I started on the method to the far bank with a 6mm wafter and soon netted a carp. With no further bites I switched to the 3+2 line where I caught 7 carp over the next hour and then nothing for an hour.
I tried down the end bank which produced a single roach, and another try on the feeder didn’t produce, which confirmed my fears about the peg.
In the meantime, I saw Banger on p8 catching on paste and with nothing happening I set up a paste rig to fish at 11m. Fortunately this line proved to be quite productive, although I had a few hook pulls at the net, which suggested the fish weren’t really feeding confidently.
Back on my meat line proved fruitless, so I converted this
to a paste line reasoning I would catch quicker, but it never happened so I had
to go back out to 11m.
I had hoped my margin would kick into life, but the fish just wouldn’t settle regardless of whether I fed groundbait, micros, meat or any combination. I eventually caught 2 on paste and speaking to others hardly anyone caught down the margins.
82lb was a little more than I expected, and 3rd was better than expected on what turned out to be a tricky day.
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