14/12/25 - Lavington - Ellis

Weight - 61lb 2oz 

Catch - 14 Carp

Weather - Bright, sunny and breezy

Match - Club Christmas (20 anglers) - 1st overall

With 20 Lavington members all on Ellis Lake the draw was always going to be important. Fortunately I drew p5, one of the island pegs where the carp always patrol.

On the all-in I fed 2 balls of groundbait at 13m (in 8ft of water) with the intention of catching silvers, whilst that settled I started on the lead and bread (sprayed with Baninion Boost), expecting to spend no more than an hour on it.

After 90mins I had 6 carp for 35lb and I was still getting indications, adding a further 7 over the next 2hrs, before I couldn’t get a bite.

I hadn’t re-fed my 13m line, however, my good started meant I didn’t need it.

Instead, I decided to feed a shorter line in 5ft of water, with groundbait and pellet, hoping for some bream or carp. I also fed 4mm pellet and corn by the p4 platform. Neither line produced a bite.

I had also started pinging corn towards the island and managed my final carp on corn 10mins from time.

So a very simple match in the end and I was fortunate to land a few, collecting £100, plus a hamper which was very nice.

1.    61-  2 – Ken Rayner – p5

2.    31-  9 – Steve Musitano – p23

3.    22-  6 – Lee Clark – p25

4.    21-  0 – Tim Lynch – p22

5.    20-  8 – Martin Coward – p21

6.    18-  4 – Tom Ince – p24