Monday acorn

Ive started running an occasional match on paddocks lake , and today i ended up with 18 fishing which is better than last time, next time i may have a few more as several people were away this week, mainly a jolly boys week away at viaduct. I used pegs 6 to 34, so most would have at least an empty peg to one side, i did a social distancing draw for everyone, except for myself, and shane turner duly obliged and pulled out peg 6 for me, by the bridge in the corner of the lake, i did fancy it especially as lots of tench seem to like it under the bridges, i had mike wilson to my left on peg 7, he had already asked me for a quid side bet earlier in the week.

So rigs today, a margin for each side which would also do for the left of the bridge amongst the grass, a shallow rig for out by the bridge and aone for the deck out by the bridge, and a.rig for maggot at topset and two. To be fair i dont mind drawing bridge pegs here, but with 5 pleasure anglers on the island i was expecting a certain amount of traffic , im not convinced the fish are unduly worried about people crossing, i probably upsets the anglers more, and today it probably did get to me more than it shoukd of, one in particular crossed the bridge ten times, so thats 20 times as its across and back, mostly for no apparent reason most of the time.😂.any way ive stuggled to keep any lines going, and with mike to my left catching better than me i new the quid was well in jeopardy, i onky had one fish from the margins, although it was nearly 10lb, i had some shallow by the bridge, even with the bridge walkers looking at my float as.they crossed 😣😯😂.also a.few.from the weeds and late on in the match the maggot line started.to give me some tench, skimmers and odd carp. But with mike still catchimg down his edge on maggot i new it was a lost cause for the pound, i weighed first and had 69lb, mike was.next with 84lb,i was a bit closer than i thought i was, so the pound was his.

Luckily I had covered myself.with that nugget as venue expert darren north had messaged.me after hearing that i was up for a side bet, but his 44lb seemed like a waste of a peg,😂L. top weight on the day was taken by mark lodge with his first ever attempt at matxh fishing with 120lb, well done matey, he was on peg 15 and caught well in eaxh margin, he would have had a bit more but went over in both his nets, he's off clicker shopping this week lol.

Although he went over it was only in the 60,s so he got knocked baxk to 60lb in each net, unlike Aaron britnell who went well over 70lb in his net, losing the net altogether, which was good news for me as i snuck in fourth, last in the money, top silvers weight was taken by john dursley on peg 21 with 25lb of mainly tench on worm and caster, next match im running here is on 12 October, so get in touch to book in.