landsend weds open today and it was good to swee mike fishing today as he hadnt got his tackle out since april, no wonder di aint happy lol.mike west bought his work experience lad along to have a go so i let him draw for me, and he handed me peg 7 on the match lake, not the best of pegs but i have done alright off it in the past, its a peg which seems to get stronger as the match goes on providing you dont ease up on the feed , cos the fish turn up on the far bank , coming round from the gap on peg 6. but i wanted to be on the speci lake really as it had been fishing well, and with nearly a foot of extra water in it, it could only be good, and with fabio on 31 again and nick duckett on 27 i was going to have my work cut out to win today.
4 rigs today , a 4x12 dibber for shallow, a 4x12 for pellet on the deck and up to the empty pallet to my right, and a 4x8 rig for over in 10 inches of water by the island, all the rigs on .18 to fish banded pellet.
at the start i cupped in some soaked 4,s at 6 mtrs, half a cup of 6,s to the empty pallet, and began feeding 6,s with a catty to the island.
starting at 6 mtrs with a banded 6 i soon had a skimmer ,then i lost a fouled carp, a couple more skimmers followed then a 5lb carp in the mouth, i stuck with this line for about 90 mins as i wanted to let the island swim settle, next door on 5 adrian bishop went straight to the island and had built up a 6 or 7 carp lead, but i think he was paying for it now as he was suffering lots of foulers as the carp werent really settleing in his feed area. i went over with a 8mm on the hook and started getting indications straight away as i could see fish moving through the weed bed (small lillies)which you fish in as the carp feed with more confidence due to the cover, it took a while to find a clear spot amongst the weed but i was soon getting the odd fish which helped clear some weed as the .18 was strong enough to break off the stems making the catching area bigger.
then the ducks arrived so i had to stop feeding with a catty for a while and started cupping in some pellets after each fish, it wasnt as effective as feeding with a catty as i think the noise of the pellets fired by a catty attract the fish, i dont think the ducks upset the fish as they see them all the time , they just annoy me, and to be honest i think they have helped in the past as the colour and mud they kick up can help but pellets are for fish not ducks.when they went it was back with the catty and i had a steady stream of fish right to the end, and as i expected the swim was more productive in the second half, i ended the match with over 30 carp which would be enough for top on the match lake but with both fabio and nick admitting to over 30 fish on the speci lake it wasnt going to be enough for today.
and so it proved to be with nick duckett on 27 was top on the day , fishing pellet to the island and ending up with 196 lb for his best weight ever
2nd went to phil(fabio)harding with 163.14 on 31 again on pellet over, i think mike is going to ask him to contribute to the rates as he spends so much time on the peg
3rd was me with 147 lb
4th dean malin 82.7 peg 1
5th andy bryant with 61.7 peg 21 and he took a quid of the past(e)master off the next peg tony(one trick)witcomb
6th adrian bishop 58.8 peg5
silvers went to john bradford with 20.8 on peg 29 mainly skimmers on soft pellet
he just edged out the southmead sniper aka leon hubbard on peg 11 with 20.6
dont forget avalon this weekend so book early to avoid dissapointment ha ha
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