weds avalon

18 booked in so with a reasonable forcast of 9 mph winds and the chance of a heavy downpour the prospects look good, well we didnt get any rain and we had a 20 mph wind blowing straight up the lake, mint, roger andoniou drew peg 12 for me , which is a good wag peg , so i set up a pelletwag for over to the island and a pellet and a paste rig(ha ha)for 14 mtrs.
at the start i cupped in half a pot of 6,s on the pole lineand began firing 8,s to the island,or as close as i could get as the wind had changed direction and had started blowing in slightly. beginning on the pole with a 8mm on the hook bought no bites at all in the first 40 mins , so a switch to the pelletwag was called for, but with the wind putting a large bow in the line and blowing it of the island very quickly the few bites i did get were impossible to hit, i gave it an hour but still had nothing in the net. on my left kev molten had 3 carp on the lead and even mat tomes on my right had a carp he may have had a few more but i think the fish were having a few problems trying to guess where the next chuck was going to land, i can see now why he enjoys viaduct so much as accuracey aint quite so important there.
by now there were signs of activity in my peg in the way of some fizzing out towards the island so there were obviosly some fish out there, so it was off the box and back to the van for another reel as i had only taken one up the bank with me. having a chat as i went it turned out that most people had taken 3 to 5 fish so i was falling behind.
getting back to my peg e set up a big bodied wag to fish on the deck, it was heavier float than i would usually use but with the wind and tow i was just trying to get some stability(5ssg). two chucks later and the first carp was in the net, with the wind making the water tow in the same direction at 16 mtrs you really needed to get a bite within about 2 mins of casting or the float was getting towed off line, and if i did get a bite when that started it was impossible to connect due to the massive bow in the line , by the end i had taken 16 carp for what i guessed would be about 75 lb but they eventually weighed 84 lb
gary wall won on peg 7 with 116.7 fishing paste at 7 and 12 mtrs
2nd went to josh garrett on peg 6 with 112.12 on the straight lead and pellet
3rd paul garrett 106.8 on peg 16 fishing down the edge and 6mtrs on pellet
4th craig tucker 88.12 on peg 24
5th t rixon 84 lb
6th dean malin 68.8
silvers went to dean with 28.4 of mainly skimmers on the pole at 14mtrs and a small g bait feeder.
the good news today was the number of fish taken away from the island so all you people who dont go there cos you have trouble casting things could be changing so now might be the time to give it a go, with lots of fish being takenat 7 mtrs.
if anyone is interested i am running a match there on 1st of august but with a limit of 25 book early,