Mike duckett decided to do a three day job this year, as last year it was five days and people didn't fancy it, and it seemed to be better as 26 ended up fishing, there may have been a few more but it clashed with some other things on the same weekend, can't be helped sometimes.
Judith came.with me for the weekend, which is always nice, and we decided to stay over the weekend local to the fishery, so Judith booked a cottage at brickyard farm, in Ian's cottage, and we must say it's one of the nicest self catering places.we have stayed in, spot on. And only.about 5 minutes from the fishery.
Breakfast at.the fishery ever morning cooked by Di and served by olive, and every day was very good, so a 4.99 score, (no cappuccino lol).
First day was a random draw, so I sent Judith into the queue saying 58 would be a nice draw, with some protection from the wind and rain, and she pulls it out of the hat, lovely ., So lake three , johns Walter lake first day, speci second and match lake third, an ideal rotation to be honest.
We got to the lake and it wasn't as protected as I would have hoped , with the wind blowing in and from the right, but bearable, the other end of the lake was going to bear the brunt of the weather. Not to many rigs as it's the same depth everwhere, with the levels right down, it was 15 inches deep, so one rig for 11 mtrs on front, the same rig for the point of the island, another to the right by a bush and also to a weedbed at 14.5 mtrs beyond that, also a margin rig to my left, I did set up a island rig but it didn't produce so no more on that waste of line and shot.
The weather didn't turn out to bad with only a bit of rain, and the fishing was ok, I ended up with 84lb catching odd carp from all areas for third on the lake, but all the fish seemed to have followed the wind as Stu Barnett won the lake off peg 42 with over 140lb, with Tom thick coming second with 115lb from 41, so an ok start for me but a section win would be needed on the second day, first day weigh sheets below.
Missed peg 1 with the camera Dave hodgson had over 70lb
Second day and speci lake, and it was forecast to rain but lighter winds, and it certainly rained, with no let up, Judith drew peg 40 for me, sometimes they turn up , but there are always some resident fish here, to cut a long story short , it was a struggle, as expected the fish were up the other end again with Tom thick on 34 winning the lake with 160lb plus and Bob gullick on 29 second with with 155, russ peck had 77 on 27 and I was 4th with 55, so series over for me, weigh sheets below. After day one Steve seagar did nothing but moan about leaves in his peg ruining his chances of doing any good, so Mike had a present for him at the draw on day two.
Day three and match lake , so Judith got into the draw early and handed me peg 11, lovely, and it was raining again, but the forecast was saying it was going to stop at about 11, and they were nearly right as it stopped at 12, then the sun came out and and dried everyone's kit out, excellent. I set up rigs to fish each side margin, a short corn line, and an island rig for over in the shallow water.
I started short on corn but only had an f1, and by now there were carp up in the shallows against the island, so across it was then, but there fish are notoriously hard to fool, and today was no exception, but it is a very enjoyable way (for me)to catch, it's a challenge for sure, at times I have had ducks stood amongst the carp I was trying to catch. the fish certainly got more confident towards the end , and I was catching well, but I was never doing well enough to catch up with Bob gullick on 21 who won the lake with 211lb with the consistent Tom thick coming second with 196lb, and Stu Barnett on 1 having 138lb, sheets below.
It was a weekend for the comeback kid, tiger woods won a good open and tom thick who has been away for a while was top over the three days so well done matey, good to see.
Steve Howell came second followed by bob gullick, then Nick duckett and joe McMahon, silvers went to Martin pettiffer then Ray white, well done all the framers and winners, also a big well done and thanks to Mike for running the event , ably assisted by cosmic men rayner with h his computer and stress sheets meaning the results were quickly done, and a thanks to do for supplying chip buggies after the last match.
Judith did have a bit of a fish on lake 4 after the first day and did manage a couple of carp , then I educated her on the diners art of foul hooking,and she done good as the picture shows lol.
All in all a good weekend, a nice few days away with Judith and an interesting days fishing with a really good bunch of blokes, with some good laughs along the way, hopefully it will be on again next year.
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