Bela cried off today because of aches and pains from working
on a steep roof, I suggested he bought some high heels shoes. For his
information one Fox, one Badger today.
A steady drive up and after a chat with Anton, Alan and Leon
it was late into the draw bag and out comes peg 42. I have drawn this before
and have won the Silvers with Ronnie’s and a few small Skimmers.
I thought I would give the corn a work out today because I haven’t
fished for a long while and it’s the current (cheap) bait to catch the Skimmers’.
So I set up a 4x14 Jolly for this task to be fished at 7 metres. The only other
rig was the Ronnie rig. So another sparse bait tray. I am a believer of
selecting a bait right or wrong and try and make it work. I didn’t bring any
semi-hard 4’s today because the Ronnie’s have been nicking them before they got
to bottom.
I started by potting in 20 grains of corn with a smidgen of
wetted micro. I started to loose feed the Ronnie line. I had a fizz over the
corn line straight away so started on that and had a 7lb Carp first try,
quickly followed by a foul hooker. I tried for a total of two hours to try and
catch another fish of any description over the corn even though I kept feeding
it. So time to try the Ronnie line and get a days fishing. I couldn’t believe
how hard it was to catch them – very slow on the caster. So with no Skimmers on
the corn my only hope was to fish for Carp. Because of the lack of feeding
Ronnie’s the Semi-hards might have been the answer today.
Last time I fished the peg I plumbed up to the right over
the tree stump and found 3 foot of water right up to the tree roots but didn’t
fish it. As I like to try areas that aren’t fished I clear some summer
vegetation and set up a paste rig. Not for the faint hearted. I liberally fed the wetted micro and first put
in I had a local Stockie, followed by one of about 5lb then another about 10lb
– going to bag up then after all – not – that was it except for five decent
Skimmers form the same margin.
My silvers weighed 13lb and my Carp 27lb 2oz for a total of
40lb 12oz for 8th overall.
The match and Silvers was won by Chris Telling from peg 6.
See his blog to ascertain how much CW&C he fed.
Runner up in the Silvers was Baggy (pictured right with his
catch of Skimmers) with 49lb 11oz from peg 32. Baggy caught on 90p worth of
corn at 7 metres.
Anton Page who was on peg 40 included three Grass Carp
(pictured lower right) in his catch fishing long line shallow.
Full Result:
- Chris Telling 78-01-0 peg 6
- Steve Chandler 75-12-0 peg 12
- Andy Lord 55-10-0 peg 36
- Baggy 53-07-0 peg 32
- Anton Page 48-0-0 peg 40
- Mike Gale 47-08-0 peg 25
Top Silvers:
- Chris Telling 54-02-0 peg 6
- Baggy 49-11-0 peg 32
Weigh Sheet:
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