Catch - 5 Carp, 1 F1
Weather - Cold & sunny. Swim iced over
Match - Winter League - rd 6 (14 fished) - 9th overall, 4th in section
Another cold week and the final round of the Winter League on
Match Lake. After another freezing night the question was had the lake refrozen
after defrosting the previous day. On arrival pegs 15 & 16 were covered in
ice, but otherwise the lake was clear.
Breaking the ice was relatively straightforward, although I was
concerned about creating too much disturbance and only broke the ice to the bridge.
I didn’t bother breaking the ice towards the point of the island, as I expected
the ice to melt away when the sun came out. Sadly, this was a mistake, as the
ice started to reform in the area I had cleared whilst I was setting up and the
temperature during the day didn’t get above 3-4c and there was no wind to help the
melting process.
On the all-in I started at 10m over a small ball of
groundbait, fishing a single pinkie or maggot, but I couldn’t get a bite.
Eventually, I caught my first fish on maggot after 2hrs fishing further towards
the bridge but couldn’t catch as quickly as Phil opposite on p16 as the fish
just didn’t want to come my side of the lake.
A switch to fishing a 4mm expander, produced a couple of
better stamp fish and with an hour remaining, Allan on p14 thought I might be
leading the section. Unfortunately, I only had 1 fish in the last hour, really
regretting not breaking the ice towards the island as I needed somewhere else
to go.
I finished the match 4th in section, dropping
from 3rd to 7th in the league which was disappointing.
Well done to top 3 Chris, Nigel and Allan. This series just
hasn’t gone my way, with some difficult draws and even when I drew spot-on, I
couldn’t fish my peg as I wanted.
2.
27-10 – Andy Fry – p2
3.
24- 0 –
Rich Churchill – p6
4.
20-11 – Allan Oram – p14
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