For this match I was in E section, this saw Spring pegs 7-38 in the section and I must be honest after what I had seen a fortnight before I would have been happy with a few of the pegs. I really wanted pegs 8, 15-18, 24-26 or in the back bay on 36 & 37, I felt that any of these could produce enough for decent section points so I was really happy when Trev gave me peg 25. This won the match a fortnight ago and I had been able to watch the guy all day so I had quite a good idea how to approach the peg.
As you can see from the picture I had an aerator and rope about 35yds out in front that was in my swim, so I decided that I would chuck a bomb towards that, it went without saying that a meat waggler line would go in after a fortnight ago, I fed a skimmer line at 13m in the reflection of the island and also plumbed up a 2+2 line at the base of the shelf to my right.
At the all in I fed a ball of sweet meal groundbait with 20 dead maggots on the skimmer line and then cast the bomb with bread out next to the aerator. My bomb tackle was a 10ft Force Commercial bomb rod, a backfire FD reel loaded with 0.20mm Cenex feeder line, a 3 inch twisted loop over which a link swivel free ran and then a 12 inch hooklength of 0.18mm Cenex line with a 14 QM1 and a quickstop to hold the 2 X 10mm bread discs in place. I was surprised by just how well my new reel line cast and my first go was right next to the aerator (nearly over the rope but I checked it mid flight). I started to sort my peg out as I rushing to be ready at the all in when the tip banged twice heavily, I thought it was a pick up so lifted the rod and carp No. 1 was hooked. After a heavy and tense struggle a foul hooked 12lb carp was nestled in the landing net and my job for the day was half done, section points done I decided to have a look for another but over the next 45minutes even with a few liners nothing else was forthcoming on the bomb. At this point I shipped my skimmer rig out onto my groundbait line, this was a 0.4g handmade float on 0.16mm mainline, to a 0.12mm bottom and an 18 808 hook. I baited it with two dead red maggots and waited expectantly, after a short wait a small skimmer was on its way into the net and it was closely followed by a roach and perch that I could almost see through. I decided to re feed the pole line with another loose cup of groundbait with a few dead maggots and casters in it, before casting the bomb back out. I alternated between bread and meat and after a few funny bites on meat I saw a carp roll by the rope, put a bit of bread on it and 5 minutes later carp number 2 was on its way to the keepnet. I had been pinging 2 pieces of 8mm meat to a line at 20m since the end of the first hour and decided to have a quick look on the waggler, within a minute I had foul hooked a carp that I lost and that was the end of the liners on the bomb and indications on the wag until about an hour and a half from the end.
I had rotated through my pole lines and bomb for a couple of hours with very little to show but then I put the waggler out and within a couple of minutes I had caught a carp on 8mm meat, this was closely followed by 2 skimmers before I bumped a skimmer off and that was again the end of bites for about half an hour. Another look on bread on the bomb and on the pole line gave me not alot so I cast the wag back out and in the last 30 minutes 3 more carp found the keepnet. I hooked a double with 8 minutes to go, managed to get it in the net with about 2 minutes to go the waggler hit the water, bait settled, dipped under I struck into my last carp just as the all out was called. This was my hardest fighting fish and I was sure it was foul hooked but after a few minutes an 8lb psycho common was nestled in the landing net firmly hooked in the top lip.
I had plenty of time to pack up but the scales came around and told me that I had caught my 6 carp went 68lb and my silvers were just shy of 5lb, this gave me a total of 72lb 3oz and this was enough for 2nd on the lake with over 100lb coming from peg 8 down the edge. This time I had also payed into the super pools and managed to pick up 5th through double default so 7th overall is not bad. The team however, did not fare as well with Stu on 131, finding that the fish had moved from a fortnight ago, he beat everyone around him but it was not enough, Trev and John had gruellers but Pez managed to find a couple of Carp on Cary and got 6th in section with just over 12lb. We were 10th on the day and now sit 3trd overall in the league. The full results can be seen at http://parttimematchfishing.blogspot.com/
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