Just a quick post about this match as not a lot happened for me in fact I didn't get a bite for 4 hours but then had 5 nice carp for 12.5lbs all from the margins.
The match as whole fished hard with Jason Fay winning pond 1 with 27lb11oz and Phil Bailey winning pond 2 with 12lb
I would like to thank Elliot for running the league and I wish I had managed to be at more but sometimes work or Robbies competitions have been more important but next year maybe different as someone needs to beat Smithy.
Wednesday 16 September 2015
Bill Berry Memorial match Island Pond 5th sept 2015
Robbie had his first match for awhile and was really looking forward to this one as he came second last year.
Only 5 Children turned up which was disappointing but may show that Newton Abbot has a problem with their Junior section.
Robbie was keen to fish peg 5 as it had some deep water in front and not much weed which seemed to be hampering a few other pegs.
The Match was run as a rover which I'm never fond of as this helps the more experienced anglers who know the lakes this was quite obvious as 2 of the lads kept picking pegs that weren't available during the match as they had no idea where the numbers that were in the bag were on the lake.
Robbie drew number 5 so had last choice but luckily still managed to get peg 5 so was quite happy as was I as its close to the carpark'
We set up a pole for fishing at 6 Mtr's in around 8ft of water a margin rig for our left and a waggler for open water I also set up a bomb rod.
for bait it was going to be maggot all the way targeting small perch and roach and the plan was to catch all day and hopefully get close to 2kg (How wrong I was)
The all in was called and Robbie started at the 6mtr line cupping in some Bait tech super g gold groundbait and a few maggots.
The float stayed motionless then after half an hour as Robbie was shipping out he caught a little perch of 20g. unfortunately that was the only bite he had in the full 4 hours luckily 2 other kids blanked so he came third and wins a trophy.
It was a bad all round on the lake with 2nd place only having 90g and the winner only having 270g.
Maybe a rethink is needed and another lake chosen next year which may give the kids a chance of catching a few fish.
Still a nice day was had and it was good to catch up with a few old faces and Robbie to catch up with some young faces
Only 5 Children turned up which was disappointing but may show that Newton Abbot has a problem with their Junior section.
Robbie was keen to fish peg 5 as it had some deep water in front and not much weed which seemed to be hampering a few other pegs.
The Match was run as a rover which I'm never fond of as this helps the more experienced anglers who know the lakes this was quite obvious as 2 of the lads kept picking pegs that weren't available during the match as they had no idea where the numbers that were in the bag were on the lake.
Robbie drew number 5 so had last choice but luckily still managed to get peg 5 so was quite happy as was I as its close to the carpark'
We set up a pole for fishing at 6 Mtr's in around 8ft of water a margin rig for our left and a waggler for open water I also set up a bomb rod.
for bait it was going to be maggot all the way targeting small perch and roach and the plan was to catch all day and hopefully get close to 2kg (How wrong I was)
The all in was called and Robbie started at the 6mtr line cupping in some Bait tech super g gold groundbait and a few maggots.
The float stayed motionless then after half an hour as Robbie was shipping out he caught a little perch of 20g. unfortunately that was the only bite he had in the full 4 hours luckily 2 other kids blanked so he came third and wins a trophy.
It was a bad all round on the lake with 2nd place only having 90g and the winner only having 270g.
Maybe a rethink is needed and another lake chosen next year which may give the kids a chance of catching a few fish.
Still a nice day was had and it was good to catch up with a few old faces and Robbie to catch up with some young faces
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