Weight - 24lb 9oz
Catch - 2 Carp, 6 Skimmers
Weather - 2 Carp, 6 Skimmers
Match - Uzit Bomb & Feeder League rd3 (35 fished) - 15th overall, 2nd in section
Following a week of cold weather, storm Bert arrived (although
I think we missed the worst of it), which was likely to stir the cold water
around and I wasn’t sure where I wanted to draw.
Mixed feelings when I drew p8, as this side of Brick Lake
has been hard and I really needed to hope that the corner peg p10 didn’t catch.
On the all-in I deposited 3 large feeders of groundbait
(50:50 – Black Bubblegum : Black ReAct) and dead maggot at 16m. Whilst that
settled, I started on the straight lead towards the rope for 1 small skimmer on
bread and another on double corn.
After an hour Ken Cocks on p10 already had 3 carp and was easily
winning my section as no one else had a carp so far. A switch to a 3-hole mini
feeder over the 16m line and I caught 2 more skimmers on dead maggot, losing a
3rd. I also missed a couple of bites, which were difficult to see in
the heavy wind.
At the halfway point I was struggling to get a bite anywhere
in the swim and then Paul Rossiter on p7 caught a carp. As I was struggling to
line up any skimmers and there were no signs of improvement, I decided to stop
feeding groundbait and ping corn over the 16m line – I never had another over
this line, but it was worth a try.
As for the far line I had been using a pellet corn (80:20 mix
of Bubblegum Micros : P-nut micros) and catapulting balls of micros in the hope
of pulling in some carp from the other side of the rope as the fish seemed to
be balled up in front of the pegs opposite.
A near 3lb bream, caught on my light lead rig and corn,
followed 45mins later by a smaller one, were welcome bonuses.
With 90mins remaining I caught a carp on corn, which put me
2nd in section, however Scott Laver to my left caught his first carp
and then lost a 2nd shortly afterwards. Bob Gullick on p6 was also
catching skimmers on a hybrid and I felt I really needed another carp.
With 10mins remaining the rod was nearly pulled off the rest
and a 10/11lber was safely netted to secure 2nd in section behind
p10, which to be honest I was happy with. The corners were definately the place to be as 6 out of the 8 corners won their sections.
As for the league I slipped from 6th to 7th,
however there are 5 of us on 5pts - I just happen to have the lowest combined
weight. So, with 2 matches remaining its incredibly tight.
1.
118-15 – Robert Dumitrscu – p11 (Brick)
2.
102-10 – John Moody – p30 (Tile)
3.
93- 6 – Ken Cocks – p10 (B)
4.
80- 0 – Steve Jackson – p40 (T)
5.
72- 8 – Paul Homewood – p12 (B)
6.
57-14 –
Pete Sivell – p14 (B)
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