Weight - 65lb 5ozCatch - 19 Catch
Weather - Warm & summy
Match - Tackle Den (15 fished) - 4th overall
We had 15 at the draw today, which meant several pegs would have
anglers either side, so drawing a peg with space would be ideal.
Initially I was happy to draw p15, before realising the pegs
either side were in, which meant catching short or down my margins which was
going to be tricky. It at least meant I would have an opportunity to try my new
pole (Matrix XTR 700) at its full length, fishing the far bank.
On the all-in I tried tapping in 4mm baninion pellet,
fishing a 6mm on the hook. After 10mins of liners and no fish, I switched to
paste without success.
I tried fishing pellet shallow, before losing the rig to
overhanging branches. Next, I tried fishing an 8mm pellet on a bulk down margin
rig tight to the far bank but again loads of liners and no fish.
I had fed micros and 4s on a top kit where it was 4.5ft, but
never had a bite, which was not a surprise as I felt it was too deep, but could
not find a flat spot in shallower water.
With nearly an hour gone and nothing in the net, I had to
rethink my approach, especially as the lake clearly wasn’t fishing well despite
Simon and Paul both catching either side of me.
The turning point came when I opened a tin of corn, fished on
the margin rig tight to the far bank tapping in a few micros; that brought my
first fish on the hour mark, followed by five more during the second hour.
The third hour was less productive when I tried to catch
shallow, but the fish were not feeding confidently, so I went back to fishing corn
and micros on the far bank, alternating between two swims to keep bites coming
while trying, unsuccessfully, to catch Paul, who was making full use of his
spare peg.
I tried the top-kit swim a couple more times, but it only
produced one carp, and the margins produced nothing, which was not really a
surprise.
At the weigh-in it was clear the whole lake had fished hard,
perhaps because of the weather. Anyway, I was a little surprised, to finish fourth
overall with 65lb 5oz.
1.
86-11 – Paul Stafford – p16
2.
83-14 – Pete Phillips – p19
3.
70- 4 –
Vince Grillo – p8
4.
65- 5 –
Ken Rayner – p15
5.
62- 5 –
Simon Collins – p14
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