Catch - 15 F1, 4 Carp
Weather - Sunny & warm. Cloudy later.
Match - Pole Masters Qualifer (36 fished) - 11th overall, 6th on the lake
Today was the qualifier for the Pole Masters, with 18
anglers each on Doughnut and Match Lake, the top 9 from each lake would fish
the final on Match Lake.
Following Thursdays match, I decided to bring some live
maggot, although I hoped I wouldn’t need them. On the all-in I started on paste
against the far bank, but only had a few knocks from small fish, so I didn’t
waste too much time.
I tried maggot down my left margin and over a short line but
couldn’t get a bite!
After 90mins I caught my first fish on 6mm baninion pellet
over 4mm baninion pellet at 13m to my left.
I then had 3 fish on dead maggot over Top G groundbait
against the end bank but never had another fish here for the remainder of the
match. Next, I tried fishing maggot shallow into the corner, catching 1 F1, but
presentation was a pain due to bits of grass and scum snagging on the rig.
I had already tried fishing meat into the corner without
success, but when I returned tapping in meat (boosted with Baninion) with
micros I started to catch a few F1s. When the swim faded the left margin
produced a further 3 fish, again on meat.
In the meantime, I had been pinging 4mm pellet at 14m off to
my left and fortunately this produced 3 carp on 6mm pellet which proved very
useful.
By the all-out, I wasn’t sure I had qualified as I felt I
had to work hard to put fish in the net. As it happened, I had a 5lb buffer and
was relieved to have qualified. Andy Pollard next to me won the lake with 75lb
all on maggot.
1.
75-13 – Andy Pollard – p23
2.
54-15 – Jamie Durrup – p2
3.
46- 4 –
Mick O’Brien – p12
4.
39-10 – Alistair Tilney – p29
5.
34-11 – Steve Partington – p20
6.
32- 6 –
Ken Rayner – p25
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