Sunday 05/12/2021 - Windmill Open - Match Lake

There were more Cormorants on the pylons than anglers today with 9 of us and 15 of them.

Into the draw bag and out comes red milk top peg 10. Not happy. This end of the lake is not fishing and appears to be devoid of carp, it's also the end the Cormorants entre the lake from the pylons. During the winter the idea of spreading anglers equally around the lake instead of putting them where the fish are is something I have yet to understand. I went to the peg feeling I wasn't fishing for coin but saving a blank, certainly waste of time targeting silvers at the moment as it's currently won with one accidental skimmer.

Just set up the waggler to fish around the peg with double LR's on the hook feeding maggots where the wind took them and fished over them. The upshot was I had one proper bite and landed a 3 lb 5 oz Common. I did have a few liners and three foulers which were all lost. I had planned to pack up and have a walk around after catching but I could only see one other angler who was blanking so carried on to the end. No accidental's.

I often see anglers asking recommendations for reel line . For me there is only one and that's 3 lb Maxima - durable, longevity, sinkabilty, don't curl and inexpensive. Will handle anything I'm likely to catch. What's not to like.

The match was won by Dave Poole (pictured with the accidental Silvers angler) with 44 lb 15 oz from peg 6. Dave started after silvers with GB and Pinkie and started to hook carp so switched to the the pole at 7 metres and caught carp steady throughout again fishing Pinkie over GB. His catch included one 2 lb 3 oz Skimmer. Well dome matey.

The silvers was won by Nick Saunders with one accidental skimmer caught first put in on the pole weighing 2 lb 10 oz from peg 18.

Comparing with other fisheries the lake fished reasonably well.

Result:

1. Dave Poole 44-15-0 peg 6

2. John Williams 42-09-0 peg 22

Silvers:

1. Nick Saunders 2-10-0 peg 18 

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