weds landsend

it was 10c on tues but back to 6 c today with a stiff easterly blowing up the lakes from the carpark end so i wasnt too pleased when fabio drew 11 out for me which is at the far end of the match lake right in the cold wind plus we all thought the speci lake would be the place to draw as it had been fisshing better than the match lake as the water in the latter had been very clear, so when i got to my peg i was pleasently suprised to see it had a tinge of nice colour to it. for company opposite i had none other than matt(shrimpy)tomes again and what he was going to do to me today was no odds to anyone as he was on the famous 13 peg. with the wind no gusting quite strongly i bet shrimpy was glad he never had all his hair extensions taken out of his eyebrows cos he was using them to tie his hat on today.
back to the fishing , 4 rigs today a 4x14 to an 18 808 on .14 for down the left to the empty pallet,
another 4x14 for the deep water towards the aerator with a 16 6313(middy) to .12
2 more rigs with same size floats both with 18 6313 hooks(i have rapidly become a fan of these hooks as they keep there points well and appear quite strong) 1 rig to fish towards a bush on the island and the other to fish 16 mtrs towards the end bank.
at the start i cupped in some casters at 11.5 mtrs towards the bush and some at 16 mtrs , then some micros at 14 mtrs towards the aereator , and some to the left hand pallet and some corn went in with it aswell.
starting over by the bush it took 25 mins to get the first bite and a good perch dropped off halfway back, at least that cheered shrimpy up, i soon had another bite on single caster and a 1 lb perch was safely netted, what was strange was the fact that i couldnt get any bites over any of the other lines i fed except for the odd small roach, so for the biggest part of the match my time was spent on single caster towards the bush in about 1 mtr of water , i kept kindering in about 10 to 15 casters every put in and kept getting odd bites from quality silvers in the shape of perch to 2 lb a couple of f1,s ,2 chub a tench and the odd carp. about halfway through alan oram and martin lenaghan walked up from the speci lake to get the boat as alan had pulled a topset off on a bush on the island and by tha time there had only been a couple of carp taken so i decided to try and keep winkling the odd fish out and hope for a few more carp to put in an appearance. with an hour to go the wind eased a bit and with rhe bush swim all but quiet i cupped caster at 14.5 mtrs down to my left at 10 o,clock, i left it for 5 mins then went in with single caster hoping for more perch , but the first bite was a carp which was carefully played out on the light line and safely netted, next put in and another carp was put in the net, then no bites so i fed again and went back to the bush , had another tidy perch then a small roach so back to the 14.5 mtr line and a small roach first drop, so i put a piece of corn on the 18 and went back out again , it didnt take long before the float buried and another carp was on its way to the net, out with corn again and another carp on and on its way to the net then the match was over, i thought i might have 50 lb so i admitted to 45 to be safe.
the scales arrived and my catch went 54.7 which included the top silvers weight on the day with 22.11 and 7 modest carp making up the balance
2nd gary wall 42.4 on peg 19 . 8 carp on soft pellet
3 rd bela bakos 38.6 peg 23
4th jason radford 31.14 peg 21
5th nick duckett 31.2 peg 25
6th martin lenaghan 28.15 peg 32
as some of you will know fabio is trying to give up smoking so i said i will give up biscuits and chocolate and we will see who lasts the longest, needless to say i saw him sneaking around the lake to scrounge a fag off jason radford so i,ve won , i new it would be a safe bet as he has no willpower but i, m still giving up biccy,s and choccy.
if any one is looking for a match on sunday there is a league match on sunday at landsend and mike has been let down by a few so if you are interested to stand in for the day phone mike on 07977545882