This Match fishing mullarkey is starting to annoy me
Arrived early and was soon met by 6 other eager anglers all hoping for a decent days fishing
It was decided to be a rover and i had 4th choice and picked what i thought would be a half decent peg half way down the lake near the Aerator
Set up a small feeder hoping the mild weather may get the Carp feeding well and 3 pole rigs 1 for 13 mtrs (never used as wind was horrendous) one for top 6 and 1 for the Margins both left and right
Brendan Ions ( The Torbay Tart) had turned up for this match and despicably offered to take a pound off me which for some reason I agreed too.
I Everyone got set up quickly and soon the all in was called
I started on the feeder close to the aerator and had a few indications but no bites
It soon became clear my pound was heading across the lake to Brendan who started to catch small Carp at a steady pace then landed a lovely 12lB one which had a huge tail which it waved at me as Brendan slipped it into his keepnet.
I swapped to the pole after 45minutes by which time i was already 20lb behind Brendan
I could see Carl in the far corner catching well and Elliot on the end bank behind the Island was also catching well.
Glen & Geoff had started slower than the others but quicker than me.
I Had a lovely bite after an hour and hooked into something substantial but it pulled away and my rig snapped in half not sure why but I blame myself for not checking the rig properly
I quickly grabbed another rig and went back in hooked another carp but I think it was foul hooked as the hook rulled quite quickly
This was the story of my day as i lost more than i landed and my total was 8 carp 2 decent 6 smallish for around 20lb including loads of Roach
Carl had a great day finishing with 110lb mainly from his right hand margin
Elliot came second with 80lb+ and Brendan snuck Third with 60lb+ 3 other 40lb weights show how good this fishery can fish in bad conditions.
I spoke with Brendan after the match and got some good advise which i will be following in the future.
Steep learning curve for me at the moment but am looking forward to a silvers only match at Goodiford Mill in 2 weeks time.
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Wednesday 22 February 2017
Home Farm Fishery
Third week in a row at Home Farm in Mamhead
After last weeks struggle i thought i would have another practice before this saturdays open comp.
Arrived around 9ish and quickly set up.
Bomb and Bread would be my first plan of attack followed by 2 pole line at top 6 one with sweetcorn and one with pellet over micros and then finish in the margins
Day started very well on the bread and i had 4 in the first hour including a lovely 8lb fish.
It then went a bit quiet so tried the poles had the odd fish off both but nothing great and they were also smaller fish ranging from 6oz to 3lb.
Neither line worked better than the other.
3 other people were fishing the lake and no-one was catching during the middle of the day and i couldn't work out what to do.
A quick try on the bread produced 1 quick fish but that was it so i started feeding my margins quite early which worked an absolute treat and i had a fantastic afternoon catching plenty of carp from 1lb to 7lb.
At the end of the day i had a good chat with the owner Glen who has high hopes for the fishery and is working tirelessly to improve all aspects of the fishery from new platforms to new fish and removing alot of the silt that is causing the lake to be quite shallow in some areas
So looking forward to Saturday and hoping the wind and rain aren't too bad and we all have a good days fishing.
Link to Home farm Website and Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/homefarmfishery/?fref=ts
http://www.homefarmfishery.com/
After last weeks struggle i thought i would have another practice before this saturdays open comp.
Arrived around 9ish and quickly set up.
Bomb and Bread would be my first plan of attack followed by 2 pole line at top 6 one with sweetcorn and one with pellet over micros and then finish in the margins
Day started very well on the bread and i had 4 in the first hour including a lovely 8lb fish.
It then went a bit quiet so tried the poles had the odd fish off both but nothing great and they were also smaller fish ranging from 6oz to 3lb.
Neither line worked better than the other.
3 other people were fishing the lake and no-one was catching during the middle of the day and i couldn't work out what to do.
A quick try on the bread produced 1 quick fish but that was it so i started feeding my margins quite early which worked an absolute treat and i had a fantastic afternoon catching plenty of carp from 1lb to 7lb.
At the end of the day i had a good chat with the owner Glen who has high hopes for the fishery and is working tirelessly to improve all aspects of the fishery from new platforms to new fish and removing alot of the silt that is causing the lake to be quite shallow in some areas
So looking forward to Saturday and hoping the wind and rain aren't too bad and we all have a good days fishing.
Link to Home farm Website and Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/homefarmfishery/?fref=ts
http://www.homefarmfishery.com/
Wednesday 15 February 2017
Home Farm Mamhead 1 good Day 1 bad day
Tale of 2 different days
Day 1
I was invited to a match at Home Farm Fishery in Mamhead which is a nice little lake that i hadn't fished for 3 years so i decided to have a practice session on the 4th Feb to see how it was fishing.
Arrived around 9am to find only 1 other person fishing who was setting up for what looked like a weeks session with his Carp gear, Buzzers, Bedchair the lot. He left at 4pm
I decided to fish the other side of the lake to him giving us plenty of room.
I picked a nice looking swim which had the tip of the Island in front and a lovely looking Margin to my Right under a overhanging tree.
With the weather warming up I decided on trying a Guru Hybrid feeder lightly loaded for casting to the island, a Pole Rig for top 5 and a Margin rig for both sides as it had the same depth
The lake was quite Shallow in my swim with a Maximum depth of 3ft in front and 18" in the Margins.
There were a few fish topping so i was hopeful of a decent days fishing.
I started on the hybrid with an 8mm Pellet on a band and as I was sinking the line the tip knocked and I was into my first a smallish Carp of around pound.
The next 2 chucks resulted in the same with 2 more Carp landed.
It then went a bit quiet so I tried Maggot on the hook and a fish almost immediately but again went quiet.
After the first hour i had 4 fish for around 6Lb.
I tried alternating baits either Pellet, Maggot, Corn and Bomb and bread but it stayed slow and i only added 2 more in the second hour both on bread.
I decided to try my pole line and started on maggot, I started to catch nice Roach and Rudd up to 4oz and a few small carp from 6-12oz.
I struggled to get a bite during the early afternoon on the feeder so started to prime my margins around 2 o clock I fed my left hand Margin with wetted Micros and my right hand margin with Groundbait to see if 1 worked better than the other
A few fish came on the feeder but it was slow I then noticed some mud being disturbed in my left hand Margin and there were definite signs of fish activity so I reached for my Margin rig and went in, it didn't take long for my first bite and over the next 90 minutes i had a dozen Carp averaging 5Lb biggest around 8lb all on 8mm pellet all fish came from the left hand side.
By 4 o clock it started to get cold and it started to snow a bit so i packed up knowing i had a good day and possibly learnt a bit.
Day 2
Oh how things can change within 7 days
The weather had been bitterly cold all week so my practice session probably wouldn't help
I arrived early and was welcomed by a heavy snow shower.
8 booked but only 5 brave souls turned up.
The talk was the fish would be in the deeper water away from the Island so when 2 pegs were put behind in the shallow water we were surprised and though and behold I draw 1 of them and Carl the organiser for the day drew the other (served him right)
I decided that the feeder would be a no go today so just set up a bomb rod for searching the peg a top 5 pole rig and a Margin rig .
Plumbing up I knew I was in for hard day in front of me all the way across I could only find 18" of water (Carl had 12/15") my right hand Margin had 6" and my left hand margin had a dead tree in I did find what I thought was a clear spot about 4ft from the bank in 15" of water under another branch.
Started on the bomb with Bread rod remained motionless, tried 8mm and 6mm pellets still motionless tried Maggots still nothing after 90 minutes.
Jeff in the open deep water peg had 3 carp in his first 3 chucks, Glen on peg 1 started on the bomb but soon changed to Corn on his pole rig and started to catch well., whilst Dermot who was fishing on my peg from last week had started catching well on Bread in the open water.
I started on my top 5 line and had plenty of roach and rudd and soon put a couple of pound in the net but was falling too far behind so went back on the bomb and instantly had a 3lb Carp on Maggots.
Any thoughts of a nice run ended there as i didn't have another bite.
Carl had 2/3 Carp but decided it was warmer in his van so stopped fishing around 1.30pm.
I persevered and did manage a few small Carp from my Left hand margin also losing 3 in the tree roots all the time watching Jeff,Glen and Dermot have plenty of bites in the deeper water.
Glen ended up having a cracking days fishing and had 96Lb Dermot came second with 54Lb inc a lovely 15.5Lb Ghost Carp,Jeff was 3rd with 48lb
Me and Carl DNW but both had roughly 15Lb
Enjoyable day but hard in Baltic conditions
Day 1
I was invited to a match at Home Farm Fishery in Mamhead which is a nice little lake that i hadn't fished for 3 years so i decided to have a practice session on the 4th Feb to see how it was fishing.
Arrived around 9am to find only 1 other person fishing who was setting up for what looked like a weeks session with his Carp gear, Buzzers, Bedchair the lot. He left at 4pm
I decided to fish the other side of the lake to him giving us plenty of room.
I picked a nice looking swim which had the tip of the Island in front and a lovely looking Margin to my Right under a overhanging tree.
With the weather warming up I decided on trying a Guru Hybrid feeder lightly loaded for casting to the island, a Pole Rig for top 5 and a Margin rig for both sides as it had the same depth
The lake was quite Shallow in my swim with a Maximum depth of 3ft in front and 18" in the Margins.
There were a few fish topping so i was hopeful of a decent days fishing.
I started on the hybrid with an 8mm Pellet on a band and as I was sinking the line the tip knocked and I was into my first a smallish Carp of around pound.
The next 2 chucks resulted in the same with 2 more Carp landed.
It then went a bit quiet so I tried Maggot on the hook and a fish almost immediately but again went quiet.
After the first hour i had 4 fish for around 6Lb.
I tried alternating baits either Pellet, Maggot, Corn and Bomb and bread but it stayed slow and i only added 2 more in the second hour both on bread.
I decided to try my pole line and started on maggot, I started to catch nice Roach and Rudd up to 4oz and a few small carp from 6-12oz.
I struggled to get a bite during the early afternoon on the feeder so started to prime my margins around 2 o clock I fed my left hand Margin with wetted Micros and my right hand margin with Groundbait to see if 1 worked better than the other
A few fish came on the feeder but it was slow I then noticed some mud being disturbed in my left hand Margin and there were definite signs of fish activity so I reached for my Margin rig and went in, it didn't take long for my first bite and over the next 90 minutes i had a dozen Carp averaging 5Lb biggest around 8lb all on 8mm pellet all fish came from the left hand side.
By 4 o clock it started to get cold and it started to snow a bit so i packed up knowing i had a good day and possibly learnt a bit.
Day 2
Oh how things can change within 7 days
The weather had been bitterly cold all week so my practice session probably wouldn't help
I arrived early and was welcomed by a heavy snow shower.
8 booked but only 5 brave souls turned up.
The talk was the fish would be in the deeper water away from the Island so when 2 pegs were put behind in the shallow water we were surprised and though and behold I draw 1 of them and Carl the organiser for the day drew the other (served him right)
I decided that the feeder would be a no go today so just set up a bomb rod for searching the peg a top 5 pole rig and a Margin rig .
Plumbing up I knew I was in for hard day in front of me all the way across I could only find 18" of water (Carl had 12/15") my right hand Margin had 6" and my left hand margin had a dead tree in I did find what I thought was a clear spot about 4ft from the bank in 15" of water under another branch.
Started on the bomb with Bread rod remained motionless, tried 8mm and 6mm pellets still motionless tried Maggots still nothing after 90 minutes.
Jeff in the open deep water peg had 3 carp in his first 3 chucks, Glen on peg 1 started on the bomb but soon changed to Corn on his pole rig and started to catch well., whilst Dermot who was fishing on my peg from last week had started catching well on Bread in the open water.
I started on my top 5 line and had plenty of roach and rudd and soon put a couple of pound in the net but was falling too far behind so went back on the bomb and instantly had a 3lb Carp on Maggots.
Any thoughts of a nice run ended there as i didn't have another bite.
Carl had 2/3 Carp but decided it was warmer in his van so stopped fishing around 1.30pm.
I persevered and did manage a few small Carp from my Left hand margin also losing 3 in the tree roots all the time watching Jeff,Glen and Dermot have plenty of bites in the deeper water.
Glen ended up having a cracking days fishing and had 96Lb Dermot came second with 54Lb inc a lovely 15.5Lb Ghost Carp,Jeff was 3rd with 48lb
Me and Carl DNW but both had roughly 15Lb
Enjoyable day but hard in Baltic conditions
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