Thursday 21/09/2023 - Ray's Rip Off - Windmill - Match Lake

Autumn definitely here. Showers on and off all day. Hungry Horace always a good start to the day. Week day traffic around the Windmill area is awful. Felt for those trying to get to work.

Peg 20 for me - not my favourite, my draw explained with John Smith arriving at the next peg 19 - bloody Jinx.

Silvers it would be - short rig and the waggler - simple. Live red Maggot and GB only baits used.

Had the usual start with small Perch - one a bung. After an hour they usually had enough and started to catch some Ronnie's to 3 oz. The line gradually petered out, so on to the waggler and had a few Rudd but feeding brought the Carp into the peg foul hooking a few - frustrating. Back on the short line, few more Ronnie's until the Carp arrived. The mistake of the day deciding to have a go for them on the paste loosing one, landing one about 10 lb, the margin was far too deep for it really. Last half hour went back on the waggler which produced my only Skimmer and a few more Ronnie's. No sign of the Carp so could feed properly, think the Carp had vacated the far bank in favour of the usual late munch in the margins. Had I switched to waggler instead of chasing Carp would have definitely picked up second silvers as only 1 lb out!

Weighed 9 lb 14 oz and the the Carp 13 lb 1 oz.

On the weigh board today was Jeff "Grunty" Grant, whilst weighing in John Smith there was some banter with John tying Grunty's hood pull strings around his mouth to shut him up - very effected and painful - pictured!

The match was won by Paul "I haven't got much" Haines (pictured) with 100 lb 9 oz from peg 16. Paul was suspected of fishing the method to the far bank. Well done Matey.

Hughie "Not going to fish worm today" Evans pegged next to me on peg 21 fished worm at 14 .5 metres for a great bag of Skimmers (pictured) to 3 lb. Well done Matey nice to see.

Weigh Sheets:

What can be better than a HH breakfast to start the day - a Himalayan curry at the White Hart - Bridgeyate on the way home. Geoff and me have wanted to try it it out and must say didn't disappoint - £15 for a Gurkha Chicken, rice and Nan included so also reasonably priced.