Weight - 48lb 5oz
Catch - 10 Carp
Weather - Heavy overnight rain. Cloudy with sunny periods
Match - Open (9 fished) - 2nd overall
Well, I got my car back and with no guarantee that the electrical
issue has been 100% resolved, I decided to part-exchange it and brought another
V90!
Only the one match this weekend and back to Harescombe for
their open on Meadow Lake. More heavy overnight rain meant some of the roads on
the drive up were flooded and it was also likely to have an affect on the
fishing.
Plumbing up revealed the lake shelved away quite quickly and
I didn’t see any point fishing long on the deck in what would be at least 7ft
of water. Therefore, pole rigs were set up to fish each margin and a 3+2 line
next to some lily pads in 5ft of water.
After feeding some meat covered in Uzit A-Krill cloud and
2mm p-nut pellet on the 3+2 line, I immediately started down the left margin
fishing meat. Surprisingly, I never had a bite although there were still fish
knocking the reeds.
Next, I tried the 3+2 line and the pellet waggler, but I was
struggling for a bite. After 90mins I caught my first fish on the straight lead
and 6mm p-nut pellet with a small tea bag of 2mm p-nut pellet.
So far, Luke Seabrook was already on 4 or 5 carp, whilst I
was 1 of 4 who had caught at least 1 carp. As expected, it was fishing hard and
over the next couple of hours I kept rotating lines managing 2 on the waggler,
losing a 3rd.
With 2 hours remaining I caught my first carp from the 3+2 line
on meat, catching another 2 over the next hour, however I just felt I was
fishing too deep. So, with an hour remaining I started feeding meat and micros
down the right margin where I caught 2 more carp, plus a further 2 from the
left margin.
5 fish in the last hour was very handy and I knew it would be
close with Luke who had struggled in the last couple of hours. However, 2 fish
late on swung it Luke’s way.
1.
55- 9 –
Luke Seabrook – p9
2.
48- 5 –
Ken Rayner – p6
3.
34- 3 –
Neil Martin – p1
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