Hopefully that's the end of the Ice Tappers and Shunters club matches.
After a bumpy ride down the drive - bring back Gardy I say. Expecting to to be first there, but half already there.
Told there wouldn't be any silvers payouts due to none being caught, so thought I would go home only to see matey Glenn there, persuaded by me to come so obliged to stay. So carp it would be, but wouldn't stop me from trying a line or two for silvers.
Had a walk around the lake with Glenn and he wanted peg 3, me pegs 25 or 1 - good choices - we can pick em but not draw em!!! As expected after being iced over the water had gone clear.
In to the draw bucket and out comes peg 8. No emotion unsure what to expect - pictured. Easy set up - a 4x14 Winter to fish top set plus 4 barrels and an 8" yellow top waggler. Fed two pole lines one to the left the other to the right, one with micro and loose GB and the other with GB laced Pinkie. Decided to start on the waggler with double maggot hook bait but no feed. First cast had a 6 lb Common same for the second cast - great start. One missed indication, now the quandary was whether to feed or not. Naturally fed some maggot over and left it and tried the two pole lines for silvers. The upshot was one more carp on the pole of triple Pinkie. Not a sign of a silver not even a tiny Perch! Back on the waggler and had two more carp straight away. Fed again but had to wait for the next pair. With 120 minutes to go hooked another carp and whilst playing it the bottom holding shot came off allowing he waggler to slide down pass the droppers down to the carp's mouth. The hook pulled thinking the waggler would still be held by the hook, it wasn't lost it (spot the float - pictured). So had to reset up. It wasn't the same after wards plus the wind had picked up a bit too much, having only two lost foulers - bugger.
My 7 Commons weighed 40 lb 3 oz. These Commons were some on the one's we caught on the specimen lake and were about 1 1/2 lb, goes to show how quickly they grow. Think only one silver caught, guessing the they are hiding in the reeds until night fall or until the Cormorants go back. Enjoyable day.
The match was won by Tom Baker (pictured with some of his catch) with 263 lb 15 oz from peg 3. Tom caught on the pole one metre from the far bank reeds fishing dobbed bread. Tom had loaded his bait tray but fed nothing, hopefully the fish had a well earned feed at the end. Well done Tom an amazing weight.
Runner was match organiser Gerry Walsh with 80 lb 15 oz from peg 25 - pictured.
Result:
1. Tom Baker 263-15-0 peg 3
2. Gerry Walsh 80-15-0 peg 25
3. Fred 62-05-0 peg 10
4. John Williams 51-04-0 peg 6
5. Shaun Townsend 42-07-0 peg 1
6. Mike Nicholls 40-03-0 peg 8
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