Is it me or are the BBC putting more favourable weather
conditions on their App than on TV? The weather App was for it to be dry and
windy, what we actually got was gale force winds and torrential downpours.
Arrived early (that’s what pensioners do) to see the
delivery of Windmills future platforms kindly donated by Neil Mercer. They were
certainly robust to say the least – see video at bottom of blog - The Trig is a right wussy. Going to be interesting
cutting these bad boys up.
There is a tendency for match fishing related items to get
lost at Windmill so a new draw box was required which was kindly manufactured
by Shaun Townsend. Terry won’t be able to get this beauty in his pocket. Let’s
hope it a lucky box for me.
Into the new box and out comes peg 24 – Excellent a decent
peg plus one of two of tonight’s golden peg. I had brought both meat and paste
but wasn’t sure the paste would by an option because of the strong wind blowing
in at 1 o –clock causing a sever under tow. However, Glen “Two Pots” Bailey had
been out practicing and was just packing up when I arrived. He informed me that
he had caught well on paste. So the meat stayed Dry.
Now for a little rant at the fishery which is well supported
by quality local anglers, unfortunately the Management doesn’t appear to want to
listen to their suggestions with regards to the Sedges which are taking over
the fishery with most of the margins now gone due to this pesky reed which can
grow in four foot of water and this is where the margins now begins – no good
for anglers – remember Cider farm Snake Lakes!
Two rigs were set up a 0.5 gram Barnett Paste float for
top-set out in front half way up the shelf in four foot of water and a 0.3 gram
for the margin – umm three foot close in as I could get. Bait tray 4mm hard
pellet and paste – simples.
The all in was 35 minutes after the draw. Fed both lines
with the 4’s, started on the in front paste rig and had a wonderful first 90
minutes catching stamp Carp regularly. That was until it went dark and we were
then hit by a horrendous storm. It put me off and I think the fish, for twenty
minutes I struggled so in the meanwhile tried the margin catching one tiny Carp
and a Skimmer but the margin was soon abandoned as I hooked the Sedges trying
to get in tight and lost the complete rig. Back out in front and slowly built
the swim back up catching better as the match progressed with it finishing in
the dark 3 ½ hours after the start at 21:05.
My 23 Carp weighed 120lb 1oz only to be beaten in to second
place by one Carp. Wouldn’t usually worry about this as long as I covered the
cost – but it was a golden peg - bugger.
The match was won by Keith Builder (no pictured as it was
pouring down and pitch black) with 122lb 12oz from peg 1. Kevin was keeping his
cards close but understands he also caught on paste.
Full Result:
- Keith Builder 122-12-0 peg 1
- Mike Nicholls 120-01-0 peg 24
- Shaun Townsend 117-15-0 peg 28
- Neil Mercer 109-08-0 peg 26
Very Wet unreadable Weigh Sheet:
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