Monday, 21 July 2025

17/07/25 - Lavington - Ellis

Weight - 39lb 11oz (25lb 9oz - silvers)
Catch - 4 Carp, 8 Bream, 3 Hybrid, 2 Rudd, 1 Ide, 1 Tench, 1 Barbel, 1 Chub
Weather - Cloudy & muggy. Rainy start.
Match - Evening Club (11 fished) - 7th overall

We had 11 for tonight’s evening match and I somehow managed to draw p21 again (the same peg as last match where I struggled for 10lb) – I was not happy, as you can only fish the margins on a top kit and it didn’t plumb up well. The only change to my approach from last week was I searched a little wider to find a flat(ish) spot and found one to my right at 8m at 2 o’clock.

I decided to be quite aggressive with my feed as I felt it was the only way to pull fish into the swim. As well as 4x 200g tins of meat, I had 2pts of 4mm pellet and 3pts of micros – I wasn’t messing about.

On the all-in a half cup of meat and 4s was deposited at 8m and 4mm pellet to my left over a 2+1 line. Initially the meat line only produced silvers up to a pound including a rare barbel.

After 45mins I had my first bream and as the match progressed, I found it was best to cup in feed after each fish, continuing to pick up bream and some big hybrids.

The pellet line only produced a tench and a skimmer, as well as loads of small fish pecking at the bait. However, I did foul hook 2 carp, losing them both, which at least meant there were a few in the area.

Moving into the 2nd hour the pellet line was binned, and I started feeding the margins with micros and meat. Its wasn’t until the 3rd hour that I caught my first carp from the 8m line, soon followed by a 2nd.

As for my margin, I caught a couple more bream, eventually catching a couple of carp late on.

My the all-out I knew I would be nowhere near framing, as I just couldn’t find enough carp, although I was pleasantly surprised with my weight of silvers which was the 3rd best silvers weight on the night with Tom catching 30lb and Steve has 46lb.

1.    93-  3 – Tom Ince – p23
2.    91-13 – Steve Ince – p4
3.    77-  4 – Darren Biss – p27
4.    61-  0 – Terry Fell – p8

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