Weight - 179lb 4oz
Catch - 102 Carp, 52 F1
Weather - Mostly cloudy, sunshine and showers
Match - Open (14 fished) - 4th overall
After yet more rain yesterday, I thought it might be difficult
to catch shallow and that’s how it turned out, but I still
expected a few bites.
I started on paste off the end of my keepnets and had a good
start catching 30 carp in the first hour, including a 4lber which was a real bonus.
Moving into the second hour the paste line was fading with
tiny carp becoming a nuisance, so I tried the shallow caster line at 10m and
initially struggled to catch properly. I eventually worked it out, however the
F1s were tricky to find, regularly switching between 6in and 12in deep. It was becoming
obvious there weren’t many in the area, as I was catching quite a few carp,
including the tiny ones which was proving frustrating.
By halfway I was up to 70ish fish, however Dave Wilmott on
p13 was now catching well down his margin on pellet. I struggled to catch down my
margin, so stayed on the shallow line, trying to pull the fish closer but they wouldn’t
come closer than 8m.
I eventually caught a few fish down my margin on pellet,
which was fortunate as my shallow line was fading fast, but I generally struggled
to catch in the last hour.
In the end I had plenty of fish, but too many small carp,
which probably cost me 3rd place. Still an enjoyable day’s fishing,
although I really need to work on fishing my margins better.
2.
225- 2 –
Mick O’Brien – p20
3.
196- 2 –
Simon Duke – p8
4.
179- 4 –
Ken Rayner – p14
5.
173- 2 –
Jamie Durrup – p16
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