Catch - 11 Carp, 1 Perch
Weather - Grey and windy. Showers later.
Match - Open (8 fished) - 3rd overall
At least I managed to make it to the venue this week, having
suffered a tyre blow out last week,after hitting a pothole.
Only the 8 of us today and Gary decided to peg us on the ‘sheltered’
side of the lake due to forecast gale force winds.
It was my first time fishing the lake since Gary had
re-pegged the lakes, reducing it from 28 to 21 which is better and we now have
pathways to the pegs that will help keep the kit a little cleaner.
On the all-in I tried fishing tight to the far bank, but the
wind was already proving difficult, not helped by the fact I had to fish with a
short lash to fish under the branches.
I tried fishing in the slightly deeper water a metre off the
far bank, but presentation wasn’t good and a switch the straight lead and
pinkie resulted in a tiny perch, but no carp.
Chris to my left already had a couple of fish dobbin maggot,
however with less overhanging foliage he was able to fish with a longer lash.
During the occasional periods where the wind dropped a
little I was able to stick my dobbin rig under the branches, tight to the far
bank fishing 14in deep I could catch a couple of fish mostly on double pinkie
or maggot before the wind became too much.
I then switched to the straight lead for 1 carp, but felt I
needed to feed some bait and switched to the maggot feeder 2m off the far bank,
adding a dash of So Simple Top G smog to the maggot in the feeder. At one point
I had 3 fish reasonably quickly, but it was obvious dobbin under the trees was
best.
I struggled in the last hour when the wind picked up again
and I managed to snap my no5 section!
A frustrating day where I knew I could have definitely doubled
my weight if I could have fished properly.
1. 49- 5 – Chris Cameron – p17
2.
33- 9 –
Allan Oram – p21
3.
26-14 – Ken Rayner – p16
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