This was my first outing for about 4 weeks and it was to be my 3rd visit to the Main Lake at Shiplate Farm, I have done ok ish in the past but never enough to frame. When you look at the match results for this fishery most of the good weights appear to come from either of the two canal lakes. It can also be very peggy and today was no different. 16 were fishing today and Rob Fogg was in charge of proceedings. Draw was at 09:00 to give people a lie in due to the clocks going forward. Into the draw basin and I pulled out Peg 12, so around the far side for a change. The weather was glorious and most were in polo shirts. The wind usually catches this lake due to its position but it was more or less flat calm for the first half, it did get up later on and was straight in our faces on the far side which affected the presentation and most struggled in the last few hours. Fellow Maver Cadbury Angling ( http://www.cadburyangling.co.uk/)Team mate (Commercial Branch lol)was fishing the open on West Pool and gave me a few of his special soft pellets to try, and I did catch on them, plus they stayed on the hook better than mine. After talking to Andy he advised me to stick to 13 meters and just fish soft over mirco. So 3 lines were set up with 2 similar rigs and a couple of heavier carp set up's in case the lumps moved in (but they seldon do for me).
set up on peg 12 with plenty of room
So 3 lines fished all day on soft pellet over micro, for a change I stuck to the plan. 4 carp were landed on 5 elastic and I had 6lb odd of small skimmers, total weight 27lb ish and 10th over all, 4 anglers DNW.
Lewis Jones won the day with 63lb 14oz of a kind of end peg with a natural bank (instead of big stones), all carp down the edge except for 1lb of silvers.
Lewis Jones
Noted peg 1 produced 2nd place, rarely out of the frame this peg, on it today was Rob Fogg who fished mainly corn down to his right for 55lb 15oz of lumps.
Rob Fogg
3rd place was Clevedon legend Kev Perry who drew peg 13 and after getting advice from Lewis Jones fished 8mm hard pellet all day over pellet at 14 meters to net 53lb 14oz.
Kev with his catch
Another team mate James Gunter had a decent days fishing trying out his new drennan pole and bagged this nice net of silvers for 15lb odd.
James Gunter
Although a decent net, Mike Owens on the next peg had a great day and took the 1st in the silvers place with 32lb 10oz.
Mike Owens
So let that be a lesson to me, must try harder. Woodlands Lake at Trinity next week.
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