Weight - 36lb 9oz
Catch - 14 Carp, 2 Skimmers
Weather - Sunny, windy at times.
Match - Open (17 fished) - 2nd overall, 2nd in section.
I decided to fish todays open in preparation for the start
of the Winter League this Saturday.
We had 17 booked on, which meant there wouldn’t be much room
and it was likely to be tough going. So more than happy with p14 as it offers a
few options.
As we were setting up the wind was blowing left to right and looking like it was going to be a pain. On the all-in I wasn’t quite ready so cast out a mini cage feeder with double dead reds as I finished sorting out my pole rigs and caught a carp quite quickly.
A switch to fishing at the bottom of the far shelf was
tricky due to the wind, which necessitated a new heavier rig, but 90mins into
the match I had only added 1 small skimmer.
Fortunately, the wind dropped and I was now able to fish the
shallow water (2ft) on the island. I chose 2 spots, 1 slightly to my left and the
other by the boards at the end of the island. Cupping in a small amount of
loose groundbait (50:50 mix of So Simple Top G & Crushed Expanders), with a
few baninion micros and 4mm pellet, fishing corn I started catching.
It was slow going but at least I was now catching and
confident of framing if I could keep going as very little was being caught
around me.
In the last hour I started pinging 4mm pellet at the bottom
of the shelf towards the end of the island and caught 4 more carp on hair
rigged 6mm baninion pellet. I had also fed meat over short line but I only gave
it 10mins without success.
1. 43- 2 – Simon Stacey – p9
2.
36- 9 –
Ken Rayner – p14
3.
24- 1 –
Phil Stone – p12
4.
17- 9 –
Gary Townsend – p4
5.
17- 1 –
Andy Taylor – p29
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