Weight - 55lb 12oz (22lb 8oz)
Catch - 10 Carp, 5 Bream, 5 Tench, 6 Roach
Weather - Cool & cloudy. Rained most of the day.
Match - Club (8 fished) - 3rd overall
We had 8 for the first evening match of the year fishing 6-9.
I drew peg 24 and to be honest I wasn’t happy as I could
only fish my margins on a top kit thanks to a bush to my left and reeds to my
right, and it was 4ft deep.
Over the last 12 months the silvers have been showing more, small
carp have been stocked and some of the bigger carp have been moved into
Merretts Lake. Therefore, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but still expected I needed
to catch some proper carp to compete.
I started on the method to the island, with micros and a 6mm
pink wafter. Over the next 35 mins I caught a couple roach, tench and small
carp, which was encouraging.
In the meantime, I had fed 8mm meat and 4mm pellet left and
right in 5ft of water at 2+2. When I switched to the short lines, I immediately
caught a couple of big bream on 8mm meat and some small carp, with the left
side being the best.
I stopped feeding the right-hand swim in favour of feeding
the right-hand margin with micros and meat. I kept catching from the left short
line, but the margin was disappointing only netting a bream and a tench.
A quick look on the method produced a couple of carp including
a 3lber. Another try over the margin didn’t produce so with 30mins remaining I
decided to feed 2 handfuls of micros and a handful of meat. 15mins later I went
back down the margin on double 8mm meat, fortunately 2 carp for 15lb proved
very useful.
I had the best weight my side of the lake, but the better
stamp carp seemed to be on the opposite bank. Well done to Steve who managed the
best evening weight, beating my previous record of 95lb.
1.
105- 4 –
Steve Ince – p6
2.
59- 4 – Steve Musitano – p8
3.
55-12 –
Ken Rayner – p24
4.
53- 0 – Terry Fell – p20
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