weds landsend

another reasonable turnout today saw us spread out over match and speci, anton page drew for me and gave me 40 which is a corner peg on speci, not a peg that has shown any real form for months, but i wasnt to upset as it has to switch on sooner or later. for company i had nick collier moaning on 38 and phil with the weak bladder harding opposite on 25, if he went once he must have gone for a dribble 12 times, very strange ,perhaps its a nervous thing.
i set up 4 rigs today, a 4x8 rig for down to my left under the bush on .16 with a 16 xedion hook for the carp which sometimes hide under the bush.a 4x14 with a 18 6313 on .10 for perch in front of the bush, a 4x14 for soft pellet out in front and a 4x12 for on top of the margin shelf for double caster for carp and perch. at the start i cupped in some soaked micros at 16 mtrs some casters on top of the shelf at 15mtrs and thew some casters down the edge and out in front of the bush.
it took 15 mins to get my first bite on soft pellet and that was a roach(mint), and for the first hour all i could get was small roach, apart from 1 rogue 6oz skimmer,i went on to my banker perch line in front of the bush and had 1 bite and 1 roach, so i got the under bush margin rig out put 4 mags on the hook and lowered it in, after a couple of mins the float buried and a 5 pounder was soon in the net, and yes it was fouled under the chin, and even though i fed and tried it several times i never had another bite down there or in fact out in front of the bush, by now at about the halfway mark phil oipposite had 1 carp about 9lb and was getting plagued with small roach, and nic on 38 had gone for a walk as he was threatening to do damage to his pole as he was approaching double figures of lost big perch but it all makes for good entertainment.
the top of the magin shelf in 3ft of water was the most productive with 3 more carp and a few good perch and an f1 all on caster, the last hour which can be the most productive was ruined cos those nasty little roach turned up and nailed every bait i put in the water, my net went 29.8 for nothing today but thats life.
first on the day went to charlie barnes rent boy thomas thick with 71.4 which included the top silvers weight on the day with 44lb of f1,s and skimmers taken at 11mtrs on peg 3 on soft pellet, and it was a golden peg aswell which earnt him an extra 100 quid
2nd alan oram on 16 with 9 late carp fot 44.15
3rd adrian jeffrey with 43.8 on peg 33, its good to see the doctors have got his medication right as thats 2 pick ups in 2 outings, cmon the complan kid.
4th martin lenaghan 41.9 peg 19(christ this bloke can draw)
5th kev molton 33.5 peg 11
6th anton page on 13 with 29.14
its a shame mat the shrimp tomes wasnt here as its always good to fish against the best and as he has been explaining to his new workmates that he is in the top 5 best anglers in the area it would be a good test for the rest of us if he was here, i think you should go and see your gp matty to get that bullet hole in your foot seen to lol.