Two days

Sunday and it was the first round of the float only league at Shiplate, always a nice venue to go to as we were spread over all four lakes, and with it being a random draw it was.necessary to turn up with kit to cover all bases, 40 fishing so decent turn out, thanks to all . To stand any.chance.of picking up overall today it would be good to avoid drawing on the squircle as it has been hard, so i was more than happy to have peg 7 on Hawthorn drawn for me, i had rich major to my.left and rod wooten on my right, i like this type of fishing, poking the rig against the far bank, rat hole fishing. So i set up a .1 rj tr1 float for over there, a meat rig for topset and two, a margin rig and pellet rig to tuck into empty peg 8 as.close as i could get, which due to a tree wasnt as.close.to the boards as i would have liked, well the day was tough tough tough, i had one from the margins, nothing on the meat or the rig towards 8, but luckily i had 9 from the far bank, i normally feed with a catty , but today they didnt seem to want it, as with most other venues the fish are very sulky, why, who knows. All to do with global warming and the price of fuel i suspect, oh yes and i nearly forgot covid, but according to the press we are over that now, but we have monkey pox just to give the parasites in the news something to threaten us with, its not going to kill anyone but its a worry according to the press, christ lets get a grip. Anyway.i won the section with 57lb so a good start.to the league, i even managed.a.near 5lb goldfish, (koi), a proper dazzler.

Top weight on the day was taken by bob bunghole gullick from peg 13 main lake with 125lb, well.done matey.

Second was league newbe sam powell on 5 main lake with 115lb which also included top silvers weight of 40lb of quality skimmers, it was a hard day for some with a few.quality anglers having it tough, but the average weight was 45lb a man so not to bad even the squircle.was.ok with chris fox being top on there with 38lb, all on that lake had more bites than anyone else today , but it was mainly small carp and goldfish, weigh sheets etc below.

Monday and i ran a silvers match at Landsend fishery on lake two, lovely breakfast at the fishery cafe, cooked by sharon. 14 fishing , a nice number, didnt mind where i drew , as the small tench and crucian,s are all over the lake but it seems you may need a few of the lakes better f1,s and skimmers to decide the outcome. Peg 21 for me today, paul faiers on my right, and Roger Kimberley on my left, so a caster.rig topset and one, and a banded pellet rig for 5 and 9mtrs, ive caught on all lines, but you needed to swap between them. I cant complain about the quality of the sport, carp were a problem, each time you fed carp would come.into the peg, and you need to catch or scare it before it was possible to get more silvers, ive landed several and pulled out of a fair few, the only time one broke me was when i had one spin up in the landing net, anyway it was a much closer match than i thought, nick Collins had a lovely day on peg 8 and had 39lb, finishing 10lb clear of second place(beany), well.done nick, still smiling.

Looking at the weigh sheet all there had a good day just showing that gary, rachael with the help of ade are doing there best and i can only see.it getting better and better, well done. Average.weight today.was 25lb, so good all round.