A late short 3

Thursday and back to westerliegh with the over 55,s and disabled, in the absence of Mike nicholls it was down to me to organise, several people away at whiteacres, so only 16 fishing, 8 on each lake, even had bob the bread price here today, good to see him as i havnt for a few.years, he dont look any older 😅😅. And then i drew next to him on taylors pool, me on 19 bob on 21, small carp on this lake 1 to 3lb, with shallow expected the way to go, ive had a bit of a frustrating day, really struggled to catch shallow, probably as there was no ripple at out end, whereas martin McMahon on 26 and vince shipp on 14 started.well, so i think iwas probably 8 to 10 fish behind before i even had a bite, i did start to det a few but never quick enough to compete, although i did get some fish rock up in the margin on meat and i had a good last hour, nearly catching up, but i never so that was that then, no complaints as i ended upnwith 86lb, but no envelope as vince had 99lb, and Martin 95, so it was cclose on our lake, paul barnfield managed.to moan 52lb on the hook on peg 1 on shipp canal for top on that, best silver weight was taken by hughie"eggo"evans on peg 23 with 14lb of mainly small skimmers on soft pellet.

Sunday and round 1 of the Landsend silvers league, anything other than normal carp to count, so it was f1,s, crucians, tench , skimmers , roach and rudd etc, lovely breakfast at the fishery, cooked by mrs.anderson, didnt mind where i drew, so when it was.down to the last two in the bucket it was me and beany for the dregs, well he ended up in peg 12 with me on 10, happy enough as its one of the shallowest pegs, and the small fish seem to like that, again ive had a lovely in the main, although carp were a bit of a pain and got worse for everyone towards the end. But i caught on everything during the match from various areas from topset, meat at 2 o,clock angle, topset and 2 , same on pellet in front, pellet in the left hand margin, and hard pellet across, although the far side turned into a no go area as it filled up with carp each time i fed, i ended up with 34lb and a section win to begin with, so a good start, top on the was the ever consistent silver ace, stu white on peg 6 with 42lb, i think he will probably be the man to beat. I was next to steve.seager on my left which was quite entertaining, especially when he lost his only rig and plummet in some far bank foliage, but he did a good impression of seaman stains,( for those old enough to remember) to get it back.

Monday i got talked into running a silvers knockup on the speci lake, only 9 so plenty of room, another fishery breakfast, this time cooked by sharon, still good.i cant remember who drew for me but i was off to 33 for the day, a nice corner peg with lots of carp😬😬😱😱but plenty if silvers.aswell, had the Landsend lothario on my right on 34, but apart from being a good fishery nightwatchman, he is no slouch with the silvers here.

Again ive had a lovely day catching tench, hybrids , skimmers, roach rudd and crucians, again targeting several areas on meat caster or pellet, even tried some new sweet fishmeal groundbait we will be doing at premier angling, along with a few other flavours for other species, finished with 34lb again, but only good enough for second, as roger Kimberley over on 31 had a.bit of a skimmer day finishing with 35lb, well done matey, dave to my right was third with 26lb, again carp becsme a real pain, i was even feeding them at my feet next to my net, this wouldnt happen if it was a carp match.