Weight – 335lb 5oz
Catch – 44 Carp, 2 Bream
Weather – Sunny & warm, but cool NE breeze
Water Temp– 18.0c > 18.0c
If only everything else was going as well as my fishing! And yes I had 335lb. I thought 300lb would be a possible, but had considered the opportunity to had passed until next summer.
I had made a late decision to go fishing today and I thought it may be the last opportunity to fish paste before autumn arrives. I settled on peg 3 and decided on 3 swims, LH margin a few metres away from the reeds. 9m to my right fishing at the bottom of the shelf and the final swim would be shallow at 13m.
When I arrived I wasn’t sure what to except and to be honest I would have been happy with 100lb, however after an hour I had 12 carp for 88lb from my RH swim, at which point I thought 300lb may be on the cards.
I briefly tried the shallow swim and caught 3 carp, but they weren’t coming as quickly as on the paste. So after 2hrs, I decided to concentrate on the paste. Initially all my fish came from the RH swim, whilst the LH swim was only producing odd fish, but as the session progressed the LH swim got stronger, producing the biggest carp of the session at 13lb 5oz.
I could have continued for another hour, but that would have meant re-tying a trashed rig, plus my left shoulder was feeling the strain. It’s never been right since a car accident 2 years ago.
1st hr = 88lb
2nd hr = 141lb (53lb)
3rd hr = 200lb (59lb)
4th hr = 250lb (50lb)
5th hr = 335lb (85lb)
So another PB. It’s been an awesome summer for big weights, this being my 5th weight over 200lb in the last 3 months. Not sure why I have done so well recently? Suzanne reckons I have just relaxed and in some ways she is probably right. Also, because money has been a bit tight, it’s meant keeping a simple approach and a simple bait tray.
I got a call from Mick Duckett this afternoon (Monday) asking whether I wanted to fish his Lands End Winter League. The answer was yes, but during our chat Mike explained how he has been struggling during these difficult times. With the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in America this week, the last 12 months certainly has been difficult. Things will improve and at some point in the future there will be another recession, because that’s part of the cycle, but hopefully lessons will be learnt so the next time it wont be as hard as now.
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Monday, 7 September 2009
06/09/09 - Plantations - Horsehsoe Lake
Weight – 14lb 11oz
Catch – 10 Bream, 7 Roach, 4 Carp
Weather – Sunny, becoming increasingly windy
Water Temp– 16.0c > 17.0c
Match – Club Match – 3rd overall
I really didn’t know where I wanted to draw, but with the wind blowing into the bottom of the lake, that would seem favourite. When I drew 2 pegs to the left of were I fished yesterday in the middle I was a little disappointed. There were 3 of us sharing the same island, Graham to my left and Stuart opposite.
I decided on 4 swims, the island, 11.5m at the bottom of the shelf slightly to my right, 10m to my right at the bottom of the near shelf and the margin at 4m to my right.
Having fed my deep water (4ft) swims, I immediately started tight to the island with paste feeding 4mm with the paste. 10mins later I had 2 carp and thought great, but that was it and the rest of the match proved to be a struggle. I had a few skimmers from the bottom of the shelf swims, but had to set up a heavier rig after 2 hour changing from a jolly 4x14 to a polar ice 0.5g because the wind was becoming increasingly troublesome. I could hardly catch on pellet or corn, with most of my fish coming to double red maggot, including a small carp.
The island swim produced another carp late on, whilst I never had a bite in my margin.
This lake has a reputation as a good pleasure fishing water, but a difficult match water and so it proved. Craig only needed 32lb to win the match, beating Chris by 1lb. This was Craig’s first match win, so he was happy. He caught carp on top of the bar at 12m, using maggot, he even had a chub, which must have lost its way. Well done Craig.
I am sure the cool weather during the week had a bearing on results and I got the feeling fishing chopped worm & caster would have been a better way to go.
As for the league, I managed to increase my lead by 1pt.
1st Ken Rayner 156pts
2nd Ian Pople 150
3rd Andy Lord 141
4th Craig Davidge 137
5th Jim Taylor 126
Catch – 10 Bream, 7 Roach, 4 Carp
Weather – Sunny, becoming increasingly windy
Water Temp– 16.0c > 17.0c
Match – Club Match – 3rd overall
I really didn’t know where I wanted to draw, but with the wind blowing into the bottom of the lake, that would seem favourite. When I drew 2 pegs to the left of were I fished yesterday in the middle I was a little disappointed. There were 3 of us sharing the same island, Graham to my left and Stuart opposite.
I decided on 4 swims, the island, 11.5m at the bottom of the shelf slightly to my right, 10m to my right at the bottom of the near shelf and the margin at 4m to my right.
Having fed my deep water (4ft) swims, I immediately started tight to the island with paste feeding 4mm with the paste. 10mins later I had 2 carp and thought great, but that was it and the rest of the match proved to be a struggle. I had a few skimmers from the bottom of the shelf swims, but had to set up a heavier rig after 2 hour changing from a jolly 4x14 to a polar ice 0.5g because the wind was becoming increasingly troublesome. I could hardly catch on pellet or corn, with most of my fish coming to double red maggot, including a small carp.
The island swim produced another carp late on, whilst I never had a bite in my margin.
This lake has a reputation as a good pleasure fishing water, but a difficult match water and so it proved. Craig only needed 32lb to win the match, beating Chris by 1lb. This was Craig’s first match win, so he was happy. He caught carp on top of the bar at 12m, using maggot, he even had a chub, which must have lost its way. Well done Craig.
I am sure the cool weather during the week had a bearing on results and I got the feeling fishing chopped worm & caster would have been a better way to go.
As for the league, I managed to increase my lead by 1pt.
1st Ken Rayner 156pts
2nd Ian Pople 150
3rd Andy Lord 141
4th Craig Davidge 137
5th Jim Taylor 126
05/09/09 - Plantations - Horseshoe Lake
Weight – 41lb 7oz
Catch – 15 Roach, 13 Bream, 11 Carp, 3 Rudd, 2 Perch
Weather – Cloudy, blustery, showers.
Water Temp– 15.5c > 16.0c
Really going through loads of emotions at the moment. On the positive side I’ve changed jobs internally, which whilst daunting does offer a new set of challenges and in the long term should get me back to earning some decent money again. My fishing has been going well, with the last 4 trips accounting for 714lb. Suzanne on the other hand is really having a mare. A few weeks ago I commented every time we take 2 steps forward, we have to take 1 back, unfortunately it now feels like 3 steps back. Once Sue is up and running, things will improve, but at the moment we have been let down by 2x 3rd parties, which is bloody frustrating.
As for today’s session it really was a practice session for tomorrows match. The last time I fished here was about 18 months ago, so I was really unsure how to approach the match.
A week of heavy rains and cooler weather, I was sure would have an effect. I started on the pole at 3m, fishing maggot, but after 45 mins, I only had 17 small fish and no signs of it improving. I had been catapulting 4mm to the island and fed micro pellet at the bottom of the shelf.
As the session progressed I caught skimmers on the 11m line with soft pellet or corn. The island swim initially produced some carp shallow, but they kept drifting in and out of the swim, I tried paste tight across, which produced a couple more of fish. To finish the session I tried down the edge, where I had been feeding 4 & 6mm, this produced 3 more carp, including my biggest of the session at 7-11.
I am glad I made the effort, because I now had a clearer plan for tomorrow. As for the venue, it has great potential and I know the owners son did a lot of work 2/3 years, but since he has stopped his involvement the lake has been allowed to overgrow. There was a handful of swims that have been allowed to overgrow and the reeds make fishing the margins any longer than 4m impossible.
Catch – 15 Roach, 13 Bream, 11 Carp, 3 Rudd, 2 Perch
Weather – Cloudy, blustery, showers.
Water Temp– 15.5c > 16.0c
Really going through loads of emotions at the moment. On the positive side I’ve changed jobs internally, which whilst daunting does offer a new set of challenges and in the long term should get me back to earning some decent money again. My fishing has been going well, with the last 4 trips accounting for 714lb. Suzanne on the other hand is really having a mare. A few weeks ago I commented every time we take 2 steps forward, we have to take 1 back, unfortunately it now feels like 3 steps back. Once Sue is up and running, things will improve, but at the moment we have been let down by 2x 3rd parties, which is bloody frustrating.
As for today’s session it really was a practice session for tomorrows match. The last time I fished here was about 18 months ago, so I was really unsure how to approach the match.
A week of heavy rains and cooler weather, I was sure would have an effect. I started on the pole at 3m, fishing maggot, but after 45 mins, I only had 17 small fish and no signs of it improving. I had been catapulting 4mm to the island and fed micro pellet at the bottom of the shelf.
As the session progressed I caught skimmers on the 11m line with soft pellet or corn. The island swim initially produced some carp shallow, but they kept drifting in and out of the swim, I tried paste tight across, which produced a couple more of fish. To finish the session I tried down the edge, where I had been feeding 4 & 6mm, this produced 3 more carp, including my biggest of the session at 7-11.
I am glad I made the effort, because I now had a clearer plan for tomorrow. As for the venue, it has great potential and I know the owners son did a lot of work 2/3 years, but since he has stopped his involvement the lake has been allowed to overgrow. There was a handful of swims that have been allowed to overgrow and the reeds make fishing the margins any longer than 4m impossible.
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
31/08/09 - Rood Ashton
Weight – 132lb 15oz
Catch – 45 Carp.
Weather – Warm & cloudy, later sunny. Breezy
Water Temp– 17.5c > 19.0c
Match – Rainbow Trust Charity – 1st Overall
20 had booked in for this match, but a couple of late drop outs, meant 18 would be fishing in 2 sections of 9. At least it meant Mark could leave a couple of the worse pegs out.
I asked Mark what pegs he fancied. 5, 6, 15, 16 & 17 was the reply, so when I drew peg 5 I knew I was in the right area. Unfortunately for Mark, he drew peg 10, which was in the corner. It looked a cracking peg, expect the wind was blowing in the opposite direction.
Whilst setting up a couple local spotted I had a couple of pellet wagglers set up, which apparently doesn’t work here. At the start of the match, I immediately started under the tree to my right on paste, because I had noticed a few fish moving around and I hoped for a couple of mug fish. 15 mins later I had 1x 4lber in the net, but bumped 2 others. In the meantime I started feeding my 13m line with 6mms and the waggler line with 8mms.
After an hour, I managed 4 carp from under the tree and 1 on the waggler. The 13m didn’t produce (although I only tried it for 5mins), so I decided to ditch it in favour of concentrating on just the 2 lines. As the match progressed the waggler line got stronger & stronger.
From what I could see peg 2 (where I practiced on Friday) was catching, as was Nick on the bottom bank. It was noticeable the fish preferred to have a ripple over their heads and for 3 hours I caught consistently on the waggler and knew barring a disaster I was likely to be in the frame.
The 5th hour of the match proved really difficult with only 3 fish. The wind had dropped and the sun came out. There was obviously still fish in the swim, but they wouldn’t take the bait. I tried a longer hooklength, but that only resulted in foul hookers and my paste line was only producing iffy bites. I really wanted the paste line to produce, because you tended to get the bigger fish. Fortunately the average size on the waggler was better than on Fridays practice, so I didn’t persevere too long on the paste.
Going into the last hour the fishing picked up, it was still bright and there was a little more ripple on the water, however I had to wait a little longer for the bites. Previously I was hooking fish almost immediately of the waggler landing, but I now had to wait up to a minute before I got a proper bite.
In the end I had 37 fish on the waggler, which isn’t bad for a method that doesn’t work. Apparently no one can remember the pellet waggler winning at Rood Ashton.
Overall, it was a really enjoyable match, not because I won (although that helps), but I kept things simple struck to the game plan. To be honest, I felt confident the waggler would work on most pegs, simple because any anglers who were casting out beyond the pole line were using method feeders.
Nick finished 2nd with 102lb and 81lb was 3rd.
Catch – 45 Carp.
Weather – Warm & cloudy, later sunny. Breezy
Water Temp– 17.5c > 19.0c
Match – Rainbow Trust Charity – 1st Overall
20 had booked in for this match, but a couple of late drop outs, meant 18 would be fishing in 2 sections of 9. At least it meant Mark could leave a couple of the worse pegs out.
I asked Mark what pegs he fancied. 5, 6, 15, 16 & 17 was the reply, so when I drew peg 5 I knew I was in the right area. Unfortunately for Mark, he drew peg 10, which was in the corner. It looked a cracking peg, expect the wind was blowing in the opposite direction.
Whilst setting up a couple local spotted I had a couple of pellet wagglers set up, which apparently doesn’t work here. At the start of the match, I immediately started under the tree to my right on paste, because I had noticed a few fish moving around and I hoped for a couple of mug fish. 15 mins later I had 1x 4lber in the net, but bumped 2 others. In the meantime I started feeding my 13m line with 6mms and the waggler line with 8mms.
After an hour, I managed 4 carp from under the tree and 1 on the waggler. The 13m didn’t produce (although I only tried it for 5mins), so I decided to ditch it in favour of concentrating on just the 2 lines. As the match progressed the waggler line got stronger & stronger.
From what I could see peg 2 (where I practiced on Friday) was catching, as was Nick on the bottom bank. It was noticeable the fish preferred to have a ripple over their heads and for 3 hours I caught consistently on the waggler and knew barring a disaster I was likely to be in the frame.
The 5th hour of the match proved really difficult with only 3 fish. The wind had dropped and the sun came out. There was obviously still fish in the swim, but they wouldn’t take the bait. I tried a longer hooklength, but that only resulted in foul hookers and my paste line was only producing iffy bites. I really wanted the paste line to produce, because you tended to get the bigger fish. Fortunately the average size on the waggler was better than on Fridays practice, so I didn’t persevere too long on the paste.
Going into the last hour the fishing picked up, it was still bright and there was a little more ripple on the water, however I had to wait a little longer for the bites. Previously I was hooking fish almost immediately of the waggler landing, but I now had to wait up to a minute before I got a proper bite.
In the end I had 37 fish on the waggler, which isn’t bad for a method that doesn’t work. Apparently no one can remember the pellet waggler winning at Rood Ashton.
Overall, it was a really enjoyable match, not because I won (although that helps), but I kept things simple struck to the game plan. To be honest, I felt confident the waggler would work on most pegs, simple because any anglers who were casting out beyond the pole line were using method feeders.
Nick finished 2nd with 102lb and 81lb was 3rd.
Saturday, 29 August 2009
28/08/09 - Rood Ashton
Weight – 113lb 9oz
Catch – 36 Carp, 1 Roach.
Weather – Rainy start, later mostly sunny. Very Windy
Water Temp– 17.5c > 18.5c
Today’s trip to Rood Ashton was a practice for Mondays charity match organised by Mark (Slider). The last time I fished here was 3 years ago, so I needed some up to date info from Mark, who only lives a couple of miles away from the venue. Paste was apparently the bait, which I was more than happy about, however I did notice in the results page of the Angling Times that Rod Wootton won a Carps AC match using pellet.
I asked Mark about whether the waggler would work, the answer was nobody uses it there and he even suggested I had a problem, because I always want to get my wagglers out!
The weather forecast wasn’t great, with heavy winds and showers. I had considered not going, but I had booked the day off work and with other commitments over the weekend I forced myself to go.
On arrival the rain started and the next couple of hours it remained showery. With a strong westerly I didn’t wander too far from the car park and set up right of the first tree, which provided enough shelter to fish the pole up to 11m. Just to illustrate the strength of the wind, I had 13m of pole blown off the 3 flat pole rollers, hence the reason why fishing 11m seemed to be better.
I started at 11m fishing paste over 6mms, but there was a real strong tow which meant I couldn’t fish the paste as soft as I would like and the pellet rig was like fishing the stick!
After an hour I had a 4 fish, but wasn’t happy with my presentation and a few foul hooked fish suggested there was a few fish around. I had fed next to the tree and managed a few fish on paste, but I had to pull hard to get them out of the snags, which meant a few more lost fish.
When I started the session, I really didn’t fancy the waggler and left the rods in the ready made holdall, but decided to catapult 8mms out just in case conditions improved. After 2 hours it was obvious fishing the pole was difficult due to the wind, so it was time to get the wagglers out. 2nd cast I landed a foul hooker, a switch to a shorter hooklength I started to get a little run of fish.
Back on the pole I switched to a heavier 4x18 float in the 2.5ft swim, which helped with the presentation but the wind had switched around slightly, so my sheltered spot, wasn’t quite so sheltered.
The wind proved to be a real pain and I could have probably caught more. I was pleased to catch on the waggler, because it at least proved it can work, however the average size of fish was smaller at 3lb, whilst my paste fish averaged 4lb.
Needless to say Mark will be bring his waggler rod on Monday.
Catch – 36 Carp, 1 Roach.
Weather – Rainy start, later mostly sunny. Very Windy
Water Temp– 17.5c > 18.5c
Today’s trip to Rood Ashton was a practice for Mondays charity match organised by Mark (Slider). The last time I fished here was 3 years ago, so I needed some up to date info from Mark, who only lives a couple of miles away from the venue. Paste was apparently the bait, which I was more than happy about, however I did notice in the results page of the Angling Times that Rod Wootton won a Carps AC match using pellet.
I asked Mark about whether the waggler would work, the answer was nobody uses it there and he even suggested I had a problem, because I always want to get my wagglers out!
The weather forecast wasn’t great, with heavy winds and showers. I had considered not going, but I had booked the day off work and with other commitments over the weekend I forced myself to go.
On arrival the rain started and the next couple of hours it remained showery. With a strong westerly I didn’t wander too far from the car park and set up right of the first tree, which provided enough shelter to fish the pole up to 11m. Just to illustrate the strength of the wind, I had 13m of pole blown off the 3 flat pole rollers, hence the reason why fishing 11m seemed to be better.
I started at 11m fishing paste over 6mms, but there was a real strong tow which meant I couldn’t fish the paste as soft as I would like and the pellet rig was like fishing the stick!
After an hour I had a 4 fish, but wasn’t happy with my presentation and a few foul hooked fish suggested there was a few fish around. I had fed next to the tree and managed a few fish on paste, but I had to pull hard to get them out of the snags, which meant a few more lost fish.
When I started the session, I really didn’t fancy the waggler and left the rods in the ready made holdall, but decided to catapult 8mms out just in case conditions improved. After 2 hours it was obvious fishing the pole was difficult due to the wind, so it was time to get the wagglers out. 2nd cast I landed a foul hooker, a switch to a shorter hooklength I started to get a little run of fish.
Back on the pole I switched to a heavier 4x18 float in the 2.5ft swim, which helped with the presentation but the wind had switched around slightly, so my sheltered spot, wasn’t quite so sheltered.
The wind proved to be a real pain and I could have probably caught more. I was pleased to catch on the waggler, because it at least proved it can work, however the average size of fish was smaller at 3lb, whilst my paste fish averaged 4lb.
Needless to say Mark will be bring his waggler rod on Monday.
Monday, 17 August 2009
16/08/09 - Fishponds
Weight – 218lb 4oz
Catch – 31 Carp, 1 Bream.
Weather – Cloudy, sunny periods. Windy.
Water Temp– 21.0c > 21.0c
Match – Glenfall – 1st Overall
Prospects for this match looked good. It was warm, not overly bright and there was a stiff breeze blowing. Prior to the draw, I suggested over 100lb would win and even the club match record of 155lb could be broken.
I drew peg 13, which I was little disappointed with. Although I caught my personal best weight from here, this area of the lake was sheltered from the wind, whilst the rest of the lake had a nice ripple on.
With 13 anglers fishing, meant everyone had plenty of space, so I set up 4 swims, 13m shallow and 3 paste swims (5m right, 11m left margin and 11.5m 45 degrees to my left at the bottom of the shelf)
It took 20 minutes before I got my first fish over my bottom of the shelf swim. Throughout the match this swim proved to be the most productive. A handful of 8mm where thrown in every time I hooked a fish and when ever I experienced a blank spell, I would try the margins or the shallow swim.
The margins only produced 2 fish, whilst the shallow swim also proved difficult. Initially I thought I could catch shallow on the pole, but the fish simply didn’t want to come in close, properly due the flat conditions. In fact most fish I saw topping were in the windy part of the lake, so I switched to the pellet waggler so I could fish further out and managed 4 carp, but its was sporadic.
With 2.5 hours to go, I knew I was very close to breaking the match record and thought 200lb was possible. However there was a little winding up going on, when I was told Ian had 20 carp from peg 16, which at the time was 1 more than me. I knew he was catching, but I could only see the top of his pole over the reeds when he was landing fish and to honest I don’t think I saw it 20 times.
The last 10 minutes was the worse part of my match. An 8lber leaped clean out of my net and I managed to lose my deep water rig when a carp bolted for the reeds.
At the all out I felt confident of 200lb. During the weigh in Andy was leading with 101lb, Craig beat Jim by 1oz, 97-6 to 97-5 and there was also a 70lb weight, so the lake had fished well. I already had 3 fish for 38lb on the board, the biggest going 14-9 and a further 5 weighs confirmed I had indeed smashed the club match record and caught my first 200lb match weight. Ian was the last to weigh with 133lb for 2nd.
It’s fair to say I was quite happy with the result and whilst I thought breaking the match record was possible, to get over 200lb is a real bonus.
At the moment I have really hit a purple patch and long may it continue!!
1st - Ken Rayner - 125pts
2nd - Ian Pople - 120
3rd - Andy Lord - 114
4th - Craig Davidge - 105 (170-4)
5th -Chris Davidge - 105 (168-6)
Catch – 31 Carp, 1 Bream.
Weather – Cloudy, sunny periods. Windy.
Water Temp– 21.0c > 21.0c
Match – Glenfall – 1st Overall
Prospects for this match looked good. It was warm, not overly bright and there was a stiff breeze blowing. Prior to the draw, I suggested over 100lb would win and even the club match record of 155lb could be broken.
I drew peg 13, which I was little disappointed with. Although I caught my personal best weight from here, this area of the lake was sheltered from the wind, whilst the rest of the lake had a nice ripple on.
With 13 anglers fishing, meant everyone had plenty of space, so I set up 4 swims, 13m shallow and 3 paste swims (5m right, 11m left margin and 11.5m 45 degrees to my left at the bottom of the shelf)
It took 20 minutes before I got my first fish over my bottom of the shelf swim. Throughout the match this swim proved to be the most productive. A handful of 8mm where thrown in every time I hooked a fish and when ever I experienced a blank spell, I would try the margins or the shallow swim.
The margins only produced 2 fish, whilst the shallow swim also proved difficult. Initially I thought I could catch shallow on the pole, but the fish simply didn’t want to come in close, properly due the flat conditions. In fact most fish I saw topping were in the windy part of the lake, so I switched to the pellet waggler so I could fish further out and managed 4 carp, but its was sporadic.
With 2.5 hours to go, I knew I was very close to breaking the match record and thought 200lb was possible. However there was a little winding up going on, when I was told Ian had 20 carp from peg 16, which at the time was 1 more than me. I knew he was catching, but I could only see the top of his pole over the reeds when he was landing fish and to honest I don’t think I saw it 20 times.
The last 10 minutes was the worse part of my match. An 8lber leaped clean out of my net and I managed to lose my deep water rig when a carp bolted for the reeds.
At the all out I felt confident of 200lb. During the weigh in Andy was leading with 101lb, Craig beat Jim by 1oz, 97-6 to 97-5 and there was also a 70lb weight, so the lake had fished well. I already had 3 fish for 38lb on the board, the biggest going 14-9 and a further 5 weighs confirmed I had indeed smashed the club match record and caught my first 200lb match weight. Ian was the last to weigh with 133lb for 2nd.
It’s fair to say I was quite happy with the result and whilst I thought breaking the match record was possible, to get over 200lb is a real bonus.
At the moment I have really hit a purple patch and long may it continue!!
1st - Ken Rayner - 125pts
2nd - Ian Pople - 120
3rd - Andy Lord - 114
4th - Craig Davidge - 105 (170-4)
5th -Chris Davidge - 105 (168-6)
Sunday, 9 August 2009
08/08/09 - Fishponds
Weight – 251lb 7oz
Catch – 34 Carp, 1 Golden Orfe, 1 Rudd.
Weather – Sunny & calm, breeze picked up later.
Water Temp– 20.5c > 21.5c
It was my turn on the grass cutting rota, so I didn’t need much of an excuse to go fishing afterwards. By the time I finished my chores I had 5 hours available and I really fancied fishing shallow on the pole.
I set up on peg 22 and with plenty of fish moving around prospects looked good, although I was initially concerned the fish wont appreciate a pole over their heads in the flat conditions, however as I started to fish a light breeze picked up.
After 2hrs I already had 100lb, feeding 8mm pellet at 13m, fishing a polyball. Unfortunately I had to take a 20 minute break when I smashed my top kit and promptly caught the shredded end in my index finger. After I got most of the carbon bits out, Ian was on hand with a 1st aid kit. Thanks.
I had also been feeding towards the right hand pallet and when I returned to my peg I immediately went over with paste catching my biggest fish of the day (11lb 15oz).
In total I had 151lb shallow, whilst the rest came to the paste down the right hand margin. In general the bigger fish came on the shallow rig and towards the end I also managed a Golden Orfe of 3lb 11oz.
Catch – 34 Carp, 1 Golden Orfe, 1 Rudd.
Weather – Sunny & calm, breeze picked up later.
Water Temp– 20.5c > 21.5c
It was my turn on the grass cutting rota, so I didn’t need much of an excuse to go fishing afterwards. By the time I finished my chores I had 5 hours available and I really fancied fishing shallow on the pole.
I set up on peg 22 and with plenty of fish moving around prospects looked good, although I was initially concerned the fish wont appreciate a pole over their heads in the flat conditions, however as I started to fish a light breeze picked up.
After 2hrs I already had 100lb, feeding 8mm pellet at 13m, fishing a polyball. Unfortunately I had to take a 20 minute break when I smashed my top kit and promptly caught the shredded end in my index finger. After I got most of the carbon bits out, Ian was on hand with a 1st aid kit. Thanks.
I had also been feeding towards the right hand pallet and when I returned to my peg I immediately went over with paste catching my biggest fish of the day (11lb 15oz).
In total I had 151lb shallow, whilst the rest came to the paste down the right hand margin. In general the bigger fish came on the shallow rig and towards the end I also managed a Golden Orfe of 3lb 11oz.
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