landsend individual league

with no chance of doing any good in the league as i,m fishing the viaduct teams of 5 and some of the matches clash i just fish these matches as opens, next year mike is going to change the format to only 6 matches with 5 to count and none clashing with viaduct which should suit most people.
lake 4 was my draw for today and i drew 81 for myself which is on the end of the last island on the left hand bank i,ve had the peg befor in the summere and had lots of fish on it , usually tight to the island in a foot of water on pellet but i couldnt see that happening today after the weeks of ice we have just endured or could it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
two rigs today a 4x12 with an 18 808 to 0.12 to fish at 4 mtrs and another identical rig for 13 mtrs towards the island which would double up for the margins either side as it was the same depth.
at the start i cupped some micros at 13 mtrs , loose fed some mags at 4 mtrs and fed mags into each side margins at 4 mtrs down the edge. starting on maggot at 4 mtrs in front , i must admit i did expect bites from small roach , skimmers and the odd small carp, but 40 minutes later and i was, still biteless wheras martin lenaghan on 83 the corner peg had had 3 carp , a switch to the 13 mtr line and it was soon 6 all with martin but my peg started to to die and he began to pull away , he could move up and down the margins of the lake end and into the open water to keep the fish coming . i was still getting the odd fish but not really quick enough to do any damage. i could also see john (the gimp)bradford on 72 catching regularly. i did look down the margins several times but only had 1 fish so that was a none starter. with about 2 hours to go bela bakos on 79 had a couple of carp off the island , so off the box another top set with a 4x10 rig . a quick plumb up revealed about 15 inches of water towards the island at a 1 o,clock angle, i decided to fish there as there are the remnants of an old weed bed there , and from experience fish seem to like these rotting weed beds in the winter , so i cupped in some micros and maggots by the island in a couple of places and lowered the rig in , it was gone in seconds and a small carp was on its way to the net. by now martins swim had gone a bit quiet so he was soon off his box and putting a shallow rig up, i think if he hadnt i might have clawed it back as i think i was out catching him by this stage but it wasnt to be as the fish he was getting were slightly bigger than the ones i was getting so the big mistake today was not setting the shallow rig up, live and learn as the saying goes
first on the day was vince shipp(brother of des)on peg 62 lake 3 with 12 carp for 78.3 all taken at 13 mtrs on 6mm pellet
2nd alan oram 56.15 peg 33
3rd nick collier 55.15 peg 94
4th martin lenaghan 53.13 peg 83
5th tony rixon 44.4 peg 81
6th john bradford 42.1
top silvers went to dale howsen on 18 with 10.13 of f1,s
well done to timmy clarke who won his section with 2 foulhooked carp for 15 lb so every dog does have its day lol
commiserations to anton page who drew 33 on speci lake (flyer)only to be told there had to be a re draw on that lake as mike had put the wrong pegs in . he ended up on 28 (not so good ha ha) and he had to watch alan coming second off 33(every cloud anton )