Thursday 10/10/2013 - Bathampton AA Over 55's and Disabled - Bridge Pool

Walking around Bridge Pool before the draw it was good to see that the water level has been maintained at the same level throughout the summer. However, the water looked a strange colour but appeared to be clear – quite strange. There was hardly any sign of Silvers feeding or Carp come to that. We were also promised cold NE winds with the temperature dropping 10 degrees to 8!! Well we got both, combined with bright sunshine. All didn’t bode well.

 

In to the draw bag and out came peg 18 a peg I haven’t fished for a long time, but have always did well of it. It can be a good Silvers peg, but is always a reliable Carp peg. The peg was also sheltered from the cold wind. In fact I was feeling quite warm in the sun.

 

Two rigs – A 4x16 Jolly for the Skimmers at 7 metres and a paste/worm rig for the RH margin.

 

I stared by feeding some CW, C & Wetted micros at 7 metre. It didn’t take long before I realised that the Skimmers weren’t going to feed due to getting dinks on the worm hook bait from tiny fish – Ronnie’s and Perch. In the first hour I had 2lb of the blighters and decided to give the Silvers up and sit out for the Carp.

 

After trying paste in the margin over hard 4’s but unfortunately it wasn’t staying on the hook long enough to snare a Carp, so a more sustainable bait was required. The chose was corn, maggot or worm. I decided on the worm to be fished over casters because both were already on the bait tray! This worked but the first carp broke me – bugger. I then went on to land seven Carp losing 4 foul hookers.

 

My carp weighed 74lb 6oz and when increased by 2lb of Silvers I weighed 76lb 6oz for first overall – but only just.

 

The Silvers was won by Terry Bruton (pictured right with the overall winner) from peg 16 with 13lb 12oz of Skimmers. Terry caught on 8mm punched meat fished over 6mm meat. Terry fed about three small tins of meat throughout.

 

Looking at the high number pegs (far bank) on the weight sheet I was left wondering why they fished so bad - the worse I can remember.

 

Full Result:

 

1. Mike Nicholls 76-06-0 peg 18
2. John Smith 72-12-0 peg 5
3. Ray Bazeley 53-01-0 peg 30
4. Terry Bruton 50-14-0 peg 16
5. Pete Greenslade 40-08-0 peg 15
6. Andy Shields 32-03-0 peg 10

Top Silvers:

 

1. Terry Bruton 13-12-0 peg 16
2. Charlie Barnes 12-05-0 peg 7
3. Bill Ferris 11-0-0 peg 21

Weigh Sheets: