After spending four days in Brighton staying in “The only thing that’s not Premier is the price” Hotel – Umm – no Lenny Henry. Most of yesterday was spent trying to contact a phone lying on the bottom of Landsend Match Lake
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I put an interesting email around showing a strange hybrid fish – Goldfish/Bream/Roach. I had a reply from one recipient, identifying a much stranger species, I agree (pictured right). Apparently a stunted one of the species!!
With the choice of watching an 86 year old being towed around London
It was a top set plus 3 section (7 metres in my reckoning) match, which suited me. However, peg 114 is well set back from both adjacent pegs, but I had plenty of room to my Left as 113 isn’t usually pegged (it’s even further back).
My plan was to use just the two baits – Paste and 6mm Meat. Tow paste rigs one for 7 metres and the other 5 metres down the LH margin where I found three foot of water. The meat rig was also to be fished at 7 metres which was the usual Jolly with a number 14 - 808. As we were setting up the rail started which isn’t conducive with paste fishing. So I started on the meat and caught three good Carp and a Tench straight off. I managed another six Carp and a couple of Tench and Skimmers before the carp backed off and Barry Fitchew on peg 115 started to bag also on meat. From my perspective it looked as if he was fishing 13 metres! The rain had turned to a drizzle so out went the paste over the meat dripping hard 4’s instead. Had to wait but landed a 10lb Carp a Tench and a Skimmer before the waiting for a bite became too long. In to the margin with paste which was productive for hooking fish but not landing them. I did put four more Tench, two Skimmers, one Perch and ten Carp in between losing five foul hookers and five breaking me in the dense margin. I did find a more reliable place to fish, but if I presented the paste just a small distance away I would end up fight undergrowth.
I was surprised with my weight (again) with my 10lb of Silvers weighing 20lb 10oz and my twenty Carp 126lb 7oz for a total of 147lb 1oz. This left me 7th overall rueing the lost Carp. Worse than that if Mr (Clicker) Rixon had clicked his fish correctly, he wouldn’t had gone over the 70lb limit by 3lb pushing him one out of the overall coin, this would left me with the section by triple default twat!
The match was won by Des Shipp (pictured right) with 225lb 11oz from peg 135. Des fished out in front and down his left hand margin using 6 and 8mm meat. Des fed three tins throughout the match.
The Silvers was won from Lodge peg 70 by Anton Page with 39lb 5oz. Again Anton fished meat over meat catching quality skimmers at 7 metres.
Overall ii was a very successful match with the overall weights improving due to 7 metre limit, with everyone going home without a bad back – except that is Steve Long who had to weigh in Campbell - what a venue.
Full Result:
1. Des Shipp 225-11-0 peg 135
2. Craig Edmonds 184-08-0 peg 110
3. Barry Fitchew 179-03-0 peg 115
4. Chris Davis 160-12-0 peg 59
5. Alex Murray 157-10-0 peg 119
6. Tony Rixon 155-08-0 peg 118
7. Mike Nicholls 147-01-0 peg 114
8. Steve Evans 145-03-0 peg 112
9. Leyton Palmer 122-13-0 peg 73
10. Alan Oram 118-04-0 peg 116
11. Vince Shipp 108-04-0 peg 128
Top Silvers:
1. Anton page 39-05-0 peg 70
2. John Bradford 36-05-0 peg 68
3. Martin Preston 29-04-0 peg 62
Top weight on Carey Lake was 88lb from peg 94
13 comments:
Thought peg 59 was on Lodge? That would be the top weight on Lodge?
Watching the 86 year old wasn't that bad with a few bottles of stella, though I would have rather been at Viaduct.
End pegs ,empty pegs and corners taking the spoils not exactly fair
anonymous sounds bitter & twisted. saw a similar comment on tonys blog.
End pegs, empty pegs & corner usually do take the spoils - no surprise there
You are deluded if you believe match fishing is fair. If it was the same anglers would frame every match.
So did Bela get to find the floating waterproof phone then, bless him
No delusion didnt 3 of the best there frame Des,Alex and Tony.But isnt limiting people on a lake like Cary where the fish are wiser and dont come close until after match hrs making it a farse.The way I see it all the weights came from one side of one lake.Apart from 59 (corner)
des does frame in every match, i suppose he must draw ends and corners all the time, and i thought you said you had 20 carp
anon is his usual self then , still to scared to put his name down, probably doesnt even go fishing lol,
i now know why des wins so much he must draw corners and ends all the time.
and i thought you had 20 carp not 10
Reading through your blog mike I counted 21 Carp,?Not Ten as stated by you as final total
Sorry, I had twenty Carp - ten in each keepnet. I put a fourth net in 15 minutes to go but subsequently had only one Tench . It won't be long before were down to nine per keepnet on Campbell.
Before disaster day Bela use to keep his phone floating in his washing up bowl in his sink. The said phone is currently drying out and is undergoing some mastic modifications, plus Bela is tying some line to it so he can retrieve it quicker.
The phone is also none distructive so Bela is thinking about driving his van over it to check.
With Des winning again the pegging must be fairer than Mr Anon thinks - another Anon!
If it was a fair match how come NO-ONE on cary framed.??? Where all the good anglers on Cambell,??Or was it just the LUCKY ONES
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