landsend weds open

another good turnout with 17 fishing so we used the speci lake and the match lake pegs 13 to 24 so we all had a bit of room, obviously a draw at the top of speci would be nice on pegs 31 to 34 but what do i do. go and let fabio draw for me and i end up on peg 29, its a good warmer weather peg but not so good this time of year, with mike nicholls on 31 there was always an outside chance a few may mooch along from the end of the island as mike was never going to go past 13 mtrs so a few may sneak by.
i began with 3 rigs, one for the margins which i never had a bite on so thats the end of that, a 4x10 on .14 with a 8313 hook for corn and caster tight to the island in just over 2 foot of water and a 4x12 with the same hook and line for the bottom of the island shelf at 14 mtrs. i fed the island and the margins with corn and caster at the start and some micro,s and corn at 14 mtrs and 16 mtrs to my right still at the bottom of the shelf, the first hour went as well as i expected with 2 good carp for about 17lb, one at 14 and one to my right at 16mtrs and that was my lot as i started to get a few roach and miss some bites off the same species, so i tried corn up on the island shelf to no avail and each margin but the peg seemed devoid of carp, with 2 hours to go and no real action i decided to make a roach rig for 5mtrs just to stop the boredom, by now mike on 31 had a couple of good carp plus some good silvers and tom thick was getting silvers and odd carp on the scopex pellets and i could see fabio opposite on 36 catching silvers and losing carp as was bela bakos on 33 who was losing carp and with 1 hour to go was still carpless , but he did get 3 in the last hour fishing caster shallow against the end bank, back to my roach fishing and i was beginning to enjoy it as i was getting some nice fish between 2 and 6oz but then i got a reality check as i rammed a disgorger into my eye and chucked the roach rig behind me, i had a quick look on the corn lines but only roach there so i fed some casters up the shelf and fished there till the end where i had 2 chub and 3 good perch and lost another reasonable carp at the net and at the end i thought i may have about 26lb , but i weighed 28.01 for no good today, so thats the last time fabio draws for me
first on the day went to craig(trigger)edmunds with 60.7 on peg 17, with all his fish falling to soft pellet over micro,s at 14 mtrs
2nd mike nicholls 51lb on peg 31 again on soft pellet over micro,s at 13 mtrs
3rd tom thick 49.01 peg 25 on soft pellet
4th stu foale 48.5 peg 32 soft pellet
5th john thompson 36.4 peg 24
6th phil(fabio)harding 34.09 peg 36
silvers went to nigel bartlett on 22 with 26.11 on soft pellet at 14 mtrs then on maggot at 3 mtrs later on