Cold day at Wapperwell where 8 intrepid kids turned up hoping for a few bites.
The draw was done and Robbie picked 18 then 17 and settled on 17.
Quickly set up a Roach rig for top 5 a Margin rig for some Carp late on and a small Method feeder to use during our Lunch break.
The all in was called and Robbie started on his roach rig with single maggot and started catching quite well.
The wind picked up and it was bitterly cold and after an hour the cold took its first victim with Brendan's Niece calling it a day and no-one could blame her.
Not alot was being caught so Robbie continued catching small roach and a little skimmer for 2 1/2 hours before his feet could take no more (Perhaps he should listen to dad and where 2 pairs of socks) so he packed up but weighed his 500g of roach roughly 40/50 fish.
We later heard the winner had 1.6kg and 2nd had 1.3kg with 3rd having 900g so if Robbie had stuck at it he would have a good finish but sometimes it's better to stop early especially if you aren't enjoying it.
Monday, 1 February 2016
Monday, 25 January 2016
River Culm Cullompton Free Stretch 23/01/2016
Really disappointed when my son Robbie went down with Tonsilitis on Friday as he was really looking forward to going fishing but i ventured out myself and settled for The River Culm a lovely little stretch just below the motorwat bridge.
I only took 2 rods 1 for float fishing and another for a small open ended feeder that i would be fishing at the bottom end of the run.
I opened my rod case to see i had somehow broke my lighter tip from my feeder rod so had to fish with a heavier tip than i liked.
I set this rod up with a small cage feeder with a 18" 11/2 lb hooklink to a size 18 hook baited with double maggot and flicked it to the bottom of the run.
I then set up a quick stick float to fis at 7 foot deep through the top end of the swim.
20 minutes and after catching a tree a thorn bush and other hedge material i finally had a little tremor on the feeder rod.
I struck and wound in a small roach of 4oz.
I quickly rebaited and cast again and immediately had a small chublet followed by another roach.
I lost quite a few fish and never got to grips with the float rod so changed that to a small lead and rolled some maggots through the swim this caught me a few small roach and Dace then i struck into something slightly heavier and a lovely roach of around 1lb came to the net.
I lost afew more fish and i believe 1 to a pike as when i was winding a small fish in the rod lunged and i wound a snapped hooklink.
Packed up early as my kids were ill and felt i should be home looking after them but ended with around 3/4lb on my first river trip so pleased with that and will try again soon.
I only took 2 rods 1 for float fishing and another for a small open ended feeder that i would be fishing at the bottom end of the run.
I opened my rod case to see i had somehow broke my lighter tip from my feeder rod so had to fish with a heavier tip than i liked.
I set this rod up with a small cage feeder with a 18" 11/2 lb hooklink to a size 18 hook baited with double maggot and flicked it to the bottom of the run.
I then set up a quick stick float to fis at 7 foot deep through the top end of the swim.
20 minutes and after catching a tree a thorn bush and other hedge material i finally had a little tremor on the feeder rod.
I struck and wound in a small roach of 4oz.
I quickly rebaited and cast again and immediately had a small chublet followed by another roach.
I lost quite a few fish and never got to grips with the float rod so changed that to a small lead and rolled some maggots through the swim this caught me a few small roach and Dace then i struck into something slightly heavier and a lovely roach of around 1lb came to the net.
I lost afew more fish and i believe 1 to a pike as when i was winding a small fish in the rod lunged and i wound a snapped hooklink.
Packed up early as my kids were ill and felt i should be home looking after them but ended with around 3/4lb on my first river trip so pleased with that and will try again soon.
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Pleasure Trip Kia Ora lakes Cullompton. 16/01/2016
Decided to visit Kia Ora this week as the weather looked quite decent but cold
Arrived to find it's quite a walk from the car park to the lakes plus with it being quite boggy made it quite hard going.
When I eventually got to the lakes i couldn't decide to fish for silvers in the silver lake or Carp in the Gold Lake, my mind was soon made up as the gold lake was frozen.
I started to set up when a pleasant Chap called Stewart came along and dtold me everything i would know about all the lakes rivers and canals around Cullompton and Tiverton.
An hour later I managed to finish setting up only 2 rigs both for top 2 plus 2 at 3 1/2 ft of water 1 with a no 6 Elastic and 1 with a number 10 elastic in case some slightly bigger skimmers came around luckily the depth was quite uniform so i could use the same at Just Topkit or topkit plus 3 if needed.
Stewart started to catch small Roach almost immediately on a whip quite close in and tehn had a few small Tench and a Perch followed by some Skimmers I remained biteless for the first hour.
Stewart must have remembered something that he hadn't told so he came over for another half hour chat and i managed to get a few small Roach but i was really struggling to get more than a few fish before my swimd died.
Stewart came back over during his lunch break and I manged to hook what i believe was a smallish carp as my number 6 elastic tore off I thought i had the fish under control when the hook pulled.
Next Drop i had a nice Perch followed by a nice Skimmer and a few more Roach.
Not alot happened after that apart from Stewart telling me about the lakes around cullompton again so an early finish was had.
As it was early and on Stewart's advise i popped onto the River Culm to have a quick look and found an angler fishing a lovely spot and spent 15 minutes chatting and watching him land a Roach every chuck including a few over a pound and with the promise of Chub,Barbel and Dace also being present next week i may spend my first day on a River Coarse fishing and hopefully My son Robbie will come along weather permitting.
Arrived to find it's quite a walk from the car park to the lakes plus with it being quite boggy made it quite hard going.
When I eventually got to the lakes i couldn't decide to fish for silvers in the silver lake or Carp in the Gold Lake, my mind was soon made up as the gold lake was frozen.
I started to set up when a pleasant Chap called Stewart came along and dtold me everything i would know about all the lakes rivers and canals around Cullompton and Tiverton.
An hour later I managed to finish setting up only 2 rigs both for top 2 plus 2 at 3 1/2 ft of water 1 with a no 6 Elastic and 1 with a number 10 elastic in case some slightly bigger skimmers came around luckily the depth was quite uniform so i could use the same at Just Topkit or topkit plus 3 if needed.
Stewart started to catch small Roach almost immediately on a whip quite close in and tehn had a few small Tench and a Perch followed by some Skimmers I remained biteless for the first hour.
Stewart must have remembered something that he hadn't told so he came over for another half hour chat and i managed to get a few small Roach but i was really struggling to get more than a few fish before my swimd died.
Stewart came back over during his lunch break and I manged to hook what i believe was a smallish carp as my number 6 elastic tore off I thought i had the fish under control when the hook pulled.
Next Drop i had a nice Perch followed by a nice Skimmer and a few more Roach.
Not alot happened after that apart from Stewart telling me about the lakes around cullompton again so an early finish was had.
As it was early and on Stewart's advise i popped onto the River Culm to have a quick look and found an angler fishing a lovely spot and spent 15 minutes chatting and watching him land a Roach every chuck including a few over a pound and with the promise of Chub,Barbel and Dace also being present next week i may spend my first day on a River Coarse fishing and hopefully My son Robbie will come along weather permitting.
Monday, 11 January 2016
Feneck Ponds Exeter association water 10/01/2015
My first trip of the year and a new water under my new Exeter association Licence.
I Thought I would Try Feneck Ponds as they were the closest ponds to me and seemed to fish quite well during winter.
I arrived and as no one else was around I had a quiet walk around both lakes There were a few fishing topping but I thought I would settle for an easy day as chose the peg nearest my car.
I had just finished setting up when another lad & Dad turned up they said there were no carp left in the bottom lake (so perhaps Exeter should update their handbook) but also said the bottom lake was a good silverfish lake withplenty of roach and Skimmers to be had along with some Crucians and Perch.
A quick re jig of my polekits had me set up with a light rig for fishing top 2 plus 3 straight in front in about 4 foot of water plus a margin rig for my left and right edges for the perch that I had been told about.
I also had a small method feeder set up with a size 18 hook.
I started in front and cupped in a few micro's some corn and a few maggots to try and start the swim off.
I waited for about 20 minutes before my first bite which resulted in a small hand sized skimmer and next drop a second was added.
Unfortunately the line died after that so I tried the feeder rod.
Almost instantly I had a few nibbles but nothing worth striking at then the tip nodded and dropped back I struck gently and felt some resistance I wound in believing I had a small skimmer until it close to the net then it woke up and I was most surprised to see quite a large Goldfish appear at around a 1lb and a quarter it was quite big it had a distinct look of a Crucian but totally Orange if I could work out how to upload photo'd from my new phone I would do but as it stands I can't
Next cast and another tremor on the rod resulted in a lovely Roach of around 8 oz.
That was the last action I had on the feeder all day.
I tried the margins and caught plenty of small Perch averaging an ounce so gave up on that and went back to my topkit plus 3 and had a few small roach and Skimmers
Around 1 o clock the wind blew one of my topkits of my roost and I tried to retrieve it I left my pole rig about 2 feet from my box and just saw it being pulled into the water so I managed to grab it and pleased to have a lovely Roach of around 12oz on.
I decided to try just my topkit and hand fed a few maggots over the top the float sailed away and I had to paly quite a large roach but safely netted it and at well over a pound was a lovely fish.
It was hard going for the rest of the afternoon but quality Roach would make the odd appearance and I had 6 over a pound plus a few 8-12 oz for an estimated bag of 15-18lb which isn't bad for this time of year and from a new lake.
I had a nice chat with Bailiff who gave good advise and said in the summer months it can be a fish a chuck so with quality Roach like I caught I will definitely be back.
First impressions of Exeter Angling Association are very good.
Next I will be trying either Kia Ora lakes in Cullompton or the lakes at Sampford Peverill and hope the rivers calm down soon as I really fancy a day trying for some Chub.
next cdrop a second skimmer was added.
I Thought I would Try Feneck Ponds as they were the closest ponds to me and seemed to fish quite well during winter.
I arrived and as no one else was around I had a quiet walk around both lakes There were a few fishing topping but I thought I would settle for an easy day as chose the peg nearest my car.
I had just finished setting up when another lad & Dad turned up they said there were no carp left in the bottom lake (so perhaps Exeter should update their handbook) but also said the bottom lake was a good silverfish lake withplenty of roach and Skimmers to be had along with some Crucians and Perch.
A quick re jig of my polekits had me set up with a light rig for fishing top 2 plus 3 straight in front in about 4 foot of water plus a margin rig for my left and right edges for the perch that I had been told about.
I also had a small method feeder set up with a size 18 hook.
I started in front and cupped in a few micro's some corn and a few maggots to try and start the swim off.
I waited for about 20 minutes before my first bite which resulted in a small hand sized skimmer and next drop a second was added.
Unfortunately the line died after that so I tried the feeder rod.
Almost instantly I had a few nibbles but nothing worth striking at then the tip nodded and dropped back I struck gently and felt some resistance I wound in believing I had a small skimmer until it close to the net then it woke up and I was most surprised to see quite a large Goldfish appear at around a 1lb and a quarter it was quite big it had a distinct look of a Crucian but totally Orange if I could work out how to upload photo'd from my new phone I would do but as it stands I can't
Next cast and another tremor on the rod resulted in a lovely Roach of around 8 oz.
That was the last action I had on the feeder all day.
I tried the margins and caught plenty of small Perch averaging an ounce so gave up on that and went back to my topkit plus 3 and had a few small roach and Skimmers
Around 1 o clock the wind blew one of my topkits of my roost and I tried to retrieve it I left my pole rig about 2 feet from my box and just saw it being pulled into the water so I managed to grab it and pleased to have a lovely Roach of around 12oz on.
I decided to try just my topkit and hand fed a few maggots over the top the float sailed away and I had to paly quite a large roach but safely netted it and at well over a pound was a lovely fish.
It was hard going for the rest of the afternoon but quality Roach would make the odd appearance and I had 6 over a pound plus a few 8-12 oz for an estimated bag of 15-18lb which isn't bad for this time of year and from a new lake.
I had a nice chat with Bailiff who gave good advise and said in the summer months it can be a fish a chuck so with quality Roach like I caught I will definitely be back.
First impressions of Exeter Angling Association are very good.
Next I will be trying either Kia Ora lakes in Cullompton or the lakes at Sampford Peverill and hope the rivers calm down soon as I really fancy a day trying for some Chub.
next cdrop a second skimmer was added.
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
NAFA Junior Xmas Match 12th Dec 2015 Wheel Pond
After 2 cancelled matches due to the recent Weather the Newton Abbot Juniors finally managed to get back on the bank.
We arrived early and it was nice to see an old face back but with only 4 others fishing attendance was disappointingly low.
So with only 5 fishing hopes were high of Robbie getting a top 3 Place.
The draw was called and yet another rover was going to take place Robbie drew last but pulled out first choice.
Peg 2 was chosen again as Robbie likes it and has done well from it before I believe each child chose the same peg they did in the last match why I'm not always in favour of Rovers.
Robbie wanted to fish for silvers mainly today and would see how the match went and if he needed to go for some Carp late in the match he would.
Simple set up today 1 Drennan Roach rig setup for top 2 plus 1 or 2 as we had similar depth's at both straight in front and at 2 o'clock to his left a lead rod for fishing the far bank although it was only cast twice whilst he ate his lunch (which was a nice pot noodle) but didn't produce a bite.
We also had a Margin rig for fishing both the Right and left Margins with pellet
We also made up some groundbait with some white crumb and a few maggots
The all in was called and Robbie Started on his Roach rig baited with double maggot and potted in some groundbait via a cad pot.
The float hardly settled when it dipped and Robbie struck into a small roach straight out again and another Roach was soon swung in.
20 minutes in and Robbie had 8 fish for around 8/10oz including nice Roach of around 3oz.
The bites started to slow and we noticed the lad on peg 19 had hooked an early Carp this meant we had to think early about feeding the margin line so Robbie cupped in some Groundbait and a few pellets into his right hand margin.
Unfortunately the lad on 19 took a swipe at the Carp with his landing net and knocked the hook out and lost the fish and also damaged his landing net.
This meant Robbie could continue going for silvers and after an hour had around a 1lb of small Roach and Perch
We had a very welcome visit from Brendan who gave Robbie a bit of advice unfortunately this advice hampered Robbie and bites slowed to nothing (I can see why Brendan struggles in Matches in fact I heard he came 13th in the Xmas match held on Sunday which was bad as only 12 were fishing)
Only joking he always helps the juniors when he can and has aided Robbie in the last 2 matches to catch a few extra fish which have made a big difference and it would be nice if more seniors would assist the Juniors as a few need it and the Juniors are the future of the club.
The second hour went very similar but the cold wind swung around and was now blowing straight at Robbie and he started to get quite cold.
We heard that Joe on 16 had a couple of small Carp and a skimmer but no-one else had much so Robbie was happy in 2nd and was to continue going for the silvers.
the bites were slowing down but he managed to keep fish coming by rotating his lines from Top 2 plus 1 then following the fish out with an extra section.
He had a quick look down the margin but was pestered with small fish nibbling his pellet and with no signs of Carp he went back to Silvers and continued to get bites especially after cadpotting in a small nugget of Groundbait.
The Last Hour was a real struggle with the wind and Cold but Robbie stuck at it and it seemed he would be ok for a place as long as no more Carp were caught.
Finally the all out was Called and Robbie who stopped a minute early weighed in 1kg 300g of small fish which I felt would be good enough for third as we had heard that Bailey on peg 12 had had a late run of Skimmers.
Bailey weighed second and had 2kg plus which was nice to see as the skimmers don't show often.
3rd weigh was Joe on 16 who a nice bag of fish that went over 5Kg this was followed by Freddie on 18 who did well as he fished mainly on his own and had 800g finally the lad on peg 19 was saying he may have 2Kg so I was worried for a while but didn't think he had anywhere near this as I had been watching land some fish but nothing big and not as many as Robbie so when his net came out I wasn't surprised that it went 730g which was still a good weight especially as he lost a nice Carp earlier.
So Robbie came third and was very pleased with his effort.
The presentation was done and all the kids won a voucher for Tackle Trader who always supports the kidsso a big Thank you to Max
Looking Forward to the next Match which will be the start of the winter League fishing Wapperwell on the 2nd of January
This has been a good year for Robbie in which I believe has framed in 6 of the7 Matches he has fished so for a 10 year old that's not bad.
Finally I would like to Thank Paul and Pete for looking after the Juniors theis year not the easiest job but I believe the kids do appreciate it.
And also I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year
We arrived early and it was nice to see an old face back but with only 4 others fishing attendance was disappointingly low.
So with only 5 fishing hopes were high of Robbie getting a top 3 Place.
The draw was called and yet another rover was going to take place Robbie drew last but pulled out first choice.
Peg 2 was chosen again as Robbie likes it and has done well from it before I believe each child chose the same peg they did in the last match why I'm not always in favour of Rovers.
Robbie wanted to fish for silvers mainly today and would see how the match went and if he needed to go for some Carp late in the match he would.
Simple set up today 1 Drennan Roach rig setup for top 2 plus 1 or 2 as we had similar depth's at both straight in front and at 2 o'clock to his left a lead rod for fishing the far bank although it was only cast twice whilst he ate his lunch (which was a nice pot noodle) but didn't produce a bite.
We also had a Margin rig for fishing both the Right and left Margins with pellet
We also made up some groundbait with some white crumb and a few maggots
The all in was called and Robbie Started on his Roach rig baited with double maggot and potted in some groundbait via a cad pot.
The float hardly settled when it dipped and Robbie struck into a small roach straight out again and another Roach was soon swung in.
20 minutes in and Robbie had 8 fish for around 8/10oz including nice Roach of around 3oz.
The bites started to slow and we noticed the lad on peg 19 had hooked an early Carp this meant we had to think early about feeding the margin line so Robbie cupped in some Groundbait and a few pellets into his right hand margin.
Unfortunately the lad on 19 took a swipe at the Carp with his landing net and knocked the hook out and lost the fish and also damaged his landing net.
This meant Robbie could continue going for silvers and after an hour had around a 1lb of small Roach and Perch
We had a very welcome visit from Brendan who gave Robbie a bit of advice unfortunately this advice hampered Robbie and bites slowed to nothing (I can see why Brendan struggles in Matches in fact I heard he came 13th in the Xmas match held on Sunday which was bad as only 12 were fishing)
Only joking he always helps the juniors when he can and has aided Robbie in the last 2 matches to catch a few extra fish which have made a big difference and it would be nice if more seniors would assist the Juniors as a few need it and the Juniors are the future of the club.
The second hour went very similar but the cold wind swung around and was now blowing straight at Robbie and he started to get quite cold.
We heard that Joe on 16 had a couple of small Carp and a skimmer but no-one else had much so Robbie was happy in 2nd and was to continue going for the silvers.
the bites were slowing down but he managed to keep fish coming by rotating his lines from Top 2 plus 1 then following the fish out with an extra section.
He had a quick look down the margin but was pestered with small fish nibbling his pellet and with no signs of Carp he went back to Silvers and continued to get bites especially after cadpotting in a small nugget of Groundbait.
The Last Hour was a real struggle with the wind and Cold but Robbie stuck at it and it seemed he would be ok for a place as long as no more Carp were caught.
Finally the all out was Called and Robbie who stopped a minute early weighed in 1kg 300g of small fish which I felt would be good enough for third as we had heard that Bailey on peg 12 had had a late run of Skimmers.
Bailey weighed second and had 2kg plus which was nice to see as the skimmers don't show often.
3rd weigh was Joe on 16 who a nice bag of fish that went over 5Kg this was followed by Freddie on 18 who did well as he fished mainly on his own and had 800g finally the lad on peg 19 was saying he may have 2Kg so I was worried for a while but didn't think he had anywhere near this as I had been watching land some fish but nothing big and not as many as Robbie so when his net came out I wasn't surprised that it went 730g which was still a good weight especially as he lost a nice Carp earlier.
So Robbie came third and was very pleased with his effort.
The presentation was done and all the kids won a voucher for Tackle Trader who always supports the kidsso a big Thank you to Max
Looking Forward to the next Match which will be the start of the winter League fishing Wapperwell on the 2nd of January
This has been a good year for Robbie in which I believe has framed in 6 of the7 Matches he has fished so for a 10 year old that's not bad.
Finally I would like to Thank Paul and Pete for looking after the Juniors theis year not the easiest job but I believe the kids do appreciate it.
And also I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year
Monday, 5 October 2015
Newton Abbot Juniors Carp Match 26th/27th September
Newton Abbot Juniors Carp Match Sept 26th/27th
This match took place over 2 days day 1 fishing on weedy lake not a lot to report as only 1 fish was caught between the 6 anglers and the sooner the club change the venue for day 1 the better, but congratulations to young Ben on Catching an 11lb Carp in the last 5 minutes and winning on the day
Day 2 was on Wheel and with prospect of a few more fish and with the sun shining Robbie and myself set off early to have a quick look around.
We arrived with plenty of time to spare and found a few other anglers already there.
Robbie had already decided on the swim he fancied and when he drew 2nd choice I was confident he would get his swim and he would get a few carp.
He chose peg 2 which is a lovely swim on the disabled platform it gives him lots of options with a margin under the platform to his left a lovely Margin next to some reeds to his right and a far bank at 12 mtrs which is hard for him to fish all day on the pole but he candle it in short bursts but can also be fished with a straight lead.
Bait for the day would be mainly pellet with some meat as back up.
We only had to setup 3 rigs for today as the margins were pretty similar on the right and far bank slightly deeper to the left and 1 meat rig that we could alter to suit if necessary.
At the all in Robbie had a quick look down his right hand side as the reeds were already knocking and within 5 minutes the float buried unfortunately the Carp buried himself in the reeds and the hook transferred to a reed.
The swim was disturbed so he went down his left margin and again within 5 minutes another Carp took the pellet but again it came off but with little disturbance so Robbie went straight back in and was soon rewarded with a little Carp of around a 1lb and all seemed set for a bumper day but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't winkle out another bite so after an hour he tried to his right but with no bites coming and with no other fish being caught he decided it was lunch time so out came th lead rod and he dropped it over to the far bank and started to munch when the tip flew around and he landed another small carp.
He kept on the lead for another 30 minutes but no further bites and with lunch over he tried his left Margin again.
He kept lifting and dropping his float and was rewarded with 2 more bites but lost both possibly foul hooked.
Into the last hour and we had heard that 1 lad had landed a couple of bigger Carp and 2 other lads had a similar weight to Robbie.
Robbie decided to try his left margin again and with signs of Carp there he was confident of getting a bite.
It Didn't take long for Carp number 3 to come again a small 1 but this put him in second place for the day and with the reeds knocking he felt there were more Carp there for the taking and he was right.
He lowered his float in and his elastic streamed out unfortunately the Carp didn't want to stop and the hook link snapped.
In again and another bit almost immediately this time the Carp came out then dived back into the reeds and went solid with no other than pulling for a break he disappointingly pulled only to find he was still attached and played carp number 4 into the net.
We heard that young Danny had landed another Carp also so it would be close between the 2 of them so when Robbie hooked another Carp with 5 minutes to go things looked good only for the Carp around 4lb to shake the hook out.
So it ended Robbie 4 Carp 6 the weigh in started and Robbie had 2Kg 180 on to Danny and he also weighed 2kg 180 so a tie for 2nd place as everyone knew Joe had landed 4 large Carp in his weight of 13Kg.
So a good day and Robbie coming joint 2nd on the day and joint 3rd over the weekend.
A big thank you goes out to Paul Gay for looking after the youngsters as both the Junior officers were absent on Sunday
Also a big thank you to Western Towing for sponsoring the event
This match took place over 2 days day 1 fishing on weedy lake not a lot to report as only 1 fish was caught between the 6 anglers and the sooner the club change the venue for day 1 the better, but congratulations to young Ben on Catching an 11lb Carp in the last 5 minutes and winning on the day
Day 2 was on Wheel and with prospect of a few more fish and with the sun shining Robbie and myself set off early to have a quick look around.
We arrived with plenty of time to spare and found a few other anglers already there.
Robbie had already decided on the swim he fancied and when he drew 2nd choice I was confident he would get his swim and he would get a few carp.
He chose peg 2 which is a lovely swim on the disabled platform it gives him lots of options with a margin under the platform to his left a lovely Margin next to some reeds to his right and a far bank at 12 mtrs which is hard for him to fish all day on the pole but he candle it in short bursts but can also be fished with a straight lead.
Bait for the day would be mainly pellet with some meat as back up.
We only had to setup 3 rigs for today as the margins were pretty similar on the right and far bank slightly deeper to the left and 1 meat rig that we could alter to suit if necessary.
At the all in Robbie had a quick look down his right hand side as the reeds were already knocking and within 5 minutes the float buried unfortunately the Carp buried himself in the reeds and the hook transferred to a reed.
The swim was disturbed so he went down his left margin and again within 5 minutes another Carp took the pellet but again it came off but with little disturbance so Robbie went straight back in and was soon rewarded with a little Carp of around a 1lb and all seemed set for a bumper day but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't winkle out another bite so after an hour he tried to his right but with no bites coming and with no other fish being caught he decided it was lunch time so out came th lead rod and he dropped it over to the far bank and started to munch when the tip flew around and he landed another small carp.
He kept on the lead for another 30 minutes but no further bites and with lunch over he tried his left Margin again.
He kept lifting and dropping his float and was rewarded with 2 more bites but lost both possibly foul hooked.
Into the last hour and we had heard that 1 lad had landed a couple of bigger Carp and 2 other lads had a similar weight to Robbie.
Robbie decided to try his left margin again and with signs of Carp there he was confident of getting a bite.
It Didn't take long for Carp number 3 to come again a small 1 but this put him in second place for the day and with the reeds knocking he felt there were more Carp there for the taking and he was right.
He lowered his float in and his elastic streamed out unfortunately the Carp didn't want to stop and the hook link snapped.
In again and another bit almost immediately this time the Carp came out then dived back into the reeds and went solid with no other than pulling for a break he disappointingly pulled only to find he was still attached and played carp number 4 into the net.
We heard that young Danny had landed another Carp also so it would be close between the 2 of them so when Robbie hooked another Carp with 5 minutes to go things looked good only for the Carp around 4lb to shake the hook out.
So it ended Robbie 4 Carp 6 the weigh in started and Robbie had 2Kg 180 on to Danny and he also weighed 2kg 180 so a tie for 2nd place as everyone knew Joe had landed 4 large Carp in his weight of 13Kg.
So a good day and Robbie coming joint 2nd on the day and joint 3rd over the weekend.
A big thank you goes out to Paul Gay for looking after the youngsters as both the Junior officers were absent on Sunday
Also a big thank you to Western Towing for sponsoring the event
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Spring Ponds Summer league Final Round 12th September
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.
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.
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