Catch - 13 F1, 5 Carp, 2 Skimmers
Weather - Cloudy, increasingly windy.
Match - Open (9 fished) - 4th overall
More wind was forecast for this match! At least there was no
rain forecast and I was very happy to draw p24 as that would be sheltered from
the worst of the wind.
As it has been a little milder, I decided to start on a
small piece of paste (So Simple Top G) to fish against the island, fishing with
a long lash as the wind was still problematic. First drop in and I netted a 3lb
carp, followed by 2 F1s in the next 20mins.
I probably stayed on this a bit too long. I did try pellet
or meat by the island but couldn’t get any decent presentation.
In the meantime, I fed meat over a short
line and 4mm
baninion pellet to my left (with the wind) over what would have been the short
line for p23. The meat line didn’t produce a bite, however when I switched to
the left-hand pellet line fishing a banded 6mm baninion pellet I caught 2 quick
F1s, but other than a skimmer later on never had another bite over this line.
I started another pellet line to my right for no bites (and stopped
feeding meat over my short line). In fact, the only place I could catch was
tight to the island on paste, but there were a couple of times when the wind
spun me around!
With 90mins remaining I was conscious that I was falling
behind Luke on p15 and Steve on p18. Also, Andy opposite on p5 was catching a
lot of smaller fish.
I was really surprised I couldn’t catch over any of my lines,
including fishing by the p25 pallet. The left margin was only 1.5ft deep and I decided
to feed groundbait (Top G) and dead maggot.
The first 2 put ins resulted in 2 lost fish. After sorting out
my rig and I started to catch on 3 dead maggots, plus a few fish over my short
line where I restarted feeding meat.
Come the weigh in I was disappointed to have missed out on 3rd
by an 1oz. Andy had 21lb skimmers on maggot to help him finish 2nd
and Luke caught on hard pellet. I should have finished at least 3rd
as I lost a few fish and had I been able to fish longer I could have caught a
few more.
I just feel I’m off the pace at the moment and have struggled
a little over the last month or so.
1.
77- 2 –
Luke Seabrook – p15
2.
52- 2 –
Andy Fry – p5
3.
45-12 – Steve Partington – p18
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