So got to the fishery and paul Nichols was being cruel to some maggots so I decided to follow suit with the kettle and half a pint of mixed !!! No sam Johnson this week or lee Phillips so I asked Ivan currie if he wanted a pound. Mark Bartlett didn't fish this week but turned up at the draw I pulled out peg 7 ment nothing to me but spoke to Mark who was quite helpful. Plan was fish across with dead mag or worm over gb. Bottom of far shelf with expander and right and left edge.
There was a match on in the day before ours and the winning weight was 80 pound odd. At the all in didn't do a lot I put 6 expanders in the cad pot one on the hook and went in bottom of far shelf. No bites were fourth coming but while I was waiting fed the edge by hand and were signs of fish there straight away thought I would leave it to try over tight let them gain confidence. After a missed bite then a hook pull I finally had one in the net I picked of two others across but was taking too long Ivan currie was heading off for another net and every time I looked left could see paul Nichols elastic stretching !!! There were fish cruising all over the place they were not shy even coming right up to my keep net so I dropped an expander in front of one and it ripped off. Lovely 😊 then time for the edge first drop and I'm in played it gently on the white hydro feeding the edge whilst playing the fish had a nice little run of fish from there then they became quite finicky so for the rest of the match mugged a few more had 1 or two from across and down my right edge scraped one out of the left edge also!! It was now getting dark and Toby arrived to do the weighing he was ment to be fishing but child care issues!!! Any way Ivan on the golden peg this week weighed 3 oz under a ton I haven't got that so I'm down a pound 😱again !!!!! I weighed in 53 pound so an improvement from last week but know where near enough as the place has fished crazy with winner had 145 pound ish and the top 4 all over a ton Ivan was 5th with 99 pound then I was 6th only beating 2 so not great but better than last week getting there hopefully!!!!on Sunday it's the 1st round of sedges top kit series hope for some good draws that I can mess up!!! Or start getting some better results under my belt again 🤔🤔🎣🎣🎣
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I had lots of reachable island but with the levels down was not enough water there 🙁🙁 for the 1st hour I've gone in gently just cad potting in a lil pellet and corn in spots across but with no bites thought I'd chuck the bomb to the far right of island near the rope. I had Pete sivel on 1 so good company and banter there and he said was time for a brew!!! So I poured one and the tips flown round nice scrappy for pounder. Then nothing. I fed a bit of worm and 4mm at top 6 so thought I would have a look on this 2nd drop and it's buried nice little skimmer 1 pound 2 oz I know this because this was the only fish off this line and my only silver. Pete in peg 1 was catching steady on the tip and I couldn't get a bite anywhere so I phoned titch because he was in the peg the day before and had a few he gave me some info and I did that re plumbed an area and went in on the paste fired some pellet in catty and it buried heading for Pete under the rope but I got it in eventually. Nice carp around 6 pound. But wind picked up a bit and weather went strange so struggled to present the bait over there properly now. Kept trying the edges but got ducked geesed and then the mother of all strange birds started having a bath and splash in my left margin and then proceeded to laugh at me bloody thing !!!!😡😡what am I gonna do bout 45 mins left and I've struggled all day I set up a small online gb feeder put some soaked 4mm and strawberry corn in with s corn on hook and chucked it to the far right again poured a brew and it's ripped round lovely Pete even give me a clap 20 mins left and it's gone again come on finish on high !!! Then I had to wait 5 mins left and re chucked saying pls go round pls go round the all out was called picked up the rod and there was fish on bargain thought it was fouled so played it gently but it was in the mouth lovely.
Didn't no what else had gone on but thought the whole lake had fished hard as Dominic Sullivan had chipped off early and I could hear some moaning from the left the scales reached me and firstly I asked how lee Phillips had done and steve Howell as we had a pound on it and those to were last seen sprinting to 14b and 15 😂😂 lee had 34 pound and steve had 20 well I've done steve so that's a pound cheers bud I said to carol il be close with lee and I was 32 pound twice he's done me at shiplate well done mate !! Jonny page also tipped back and made a sharp exit and give me a nugget 😂😂 so I've came 5th out of 19 not too bad I feel my peg was worth more probably should of framed needed two more carp as 3rd had 42 pound Pete won the match with 107 pound I think well done to all and I nice day out thanks for reading until next time tight lines 🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐟🐟😃😃
Got to the peg pretty much middle of the lake and yes that is a carp cruising. But he soon buggered off !!!so feeder to far bank and a bomb set up just in case. Pole line at 14.5 m in front with pellet on the deck and shallow. Had 2 edge lines one either side and a caster line at top 5. Felt quite crammed in had anglers either side and Andy power 2 pegs to the right !!! At the all in chucked the feeder out and then fed my pole lines 
which you are allowed to do here strange 🤔!! But oh well crack on few chucks of the feeder and it's gone round only to wind in a bream around a pound (not what I was after) anyway back out and it went again better bream getting on for 3 pound but still not what I wanted when the pegs either side have a had a carp each. Gone out again and another good bream around 3 pound.then it went quite so went out on the long pole float buried gently back and a small carp 2 pound straight back out and another one then another come on I thought but as quick as it started it died just getting liners. So went shallow had another 3 fish then that died. So I kept pinging pellets long and fishing it there is a no slapping rule here also!!from the off I was feeding caster at top 5 by hand pretty constantly so thought I'd have a look on that started on the bottom but one bite saw me catch the smallest perch ever 😭😪so went shallow no indications so went down right hand edge on the paste had 1 straight away thought hopefully we can have a few here !!!! Went down the left had one there all small fish tho none over 4 pound!!then no more indications down the edge.. so rest of the match went scratching around picking out odd fish of the lines. Think I've tried too much should of stayed on long pole as Andy power looked to be doing well on it. At the all out was quite glad it was over but struggled and I got battered by either side of me bloke to the left had 60 pound bloke to my right had 80 pound Andy p had 119 pound but the best weights were off the end pegs either end!!! So had a lil chat with mr power quizzing him a bit!! Tipped my nets back estimated 30 odd pound know where near enough. But I've had a nice day learning a bit for next time and getting about a bit worst part of the day giving tom downing a pound 😂 and driving home. Back to some more local matches hopefully get the confidence back up may do some more qualifiers but may just leave them for this year we shall see!!!!
So that's what I had to go at. Plan of attack was bomb and pellet to far bank and pellet wag if they came shallow and anything that swims rig at 13m ish and a couple of edge lines. At the all in fed my lines chucked the bomb out was getting the odd liner but no proper bites oh dear had a look on the wag nothing doin there oh dear again. My next door neighbour had two carp to the island and then went on his pole and started catching big skimmers I thought il have some of that 1st put in bumped one then couldn't get a bite on it. 😫😫😫tried me edges nothing doin oh dear what am I gonna do. Took a step back and set up gb feeder chucked across and had the smallest carp I've ever seen at the venue I was lucky if it was 12 oz 😡😡😡. So stuck at that for a while nothing doing went back on pole at 13 m and had a skimmer again the smallest skimmer I've seen at the venue. Kept trying the edges gb feeder and pole lines to no avail what so ever. Looked like most people were struggling but people I could see all had more than me so I completely shit out!! The horn went I tipped my 2 huge fish back then proceeded to make one of the quickest exits in match fishing history. All out was at 4 I was in Tesco express buying cider at 5 !!! Was gonna get some rope but they didn't have any !!!!!😪😪here's another picture of my fishless edge!!!
Oh yeah had to dish 2 pound coins out also to lee Williams and jonny page 😡😪😫😫.
Lovely chuck to the reeds on the method I fished from 330 to 730 the sport wasn't mental but enough I finished the evening with 8 fish for around 60 pound with 3 doubles and one of them a nice ghostie. Thank god for that I can still catch fish and no need for the rope !!! Next week I'm goin to the glebe for a 2nd attempt at golden reel can't wait looks like an awesome fishery. Thanks for reading tight lines 🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐟😪😪😜😜
So in to pay the pools and see where everyone wants to draw. Seemed like either end of match lake and close end of specie no one wanted arena lake. 
Lovely really fancied the peg. On arrival there were a few fish showing near the island and in my right hand margin. So plan was rig for the island with corn or pellet. A slapping rig for shallow half way. And margin rig either side.on the horn i through out a sprinkle of 4mm and big potted some gb and mags in the left margin. For the first 30 mins I was slapping the rig around and pinging a few pellets about to no avail so went on the bottom with 6mm expander where I'd been pinging float buried straight away nice lil skimmer but not what I needed topped up with the cad pot and had a small carp bout 2 pound lovely !!! 
So plan was pellet over pellet at 10m and go further if needed. I put a worm and caster line in top 5 to the right. For company had Alvin jones again to my left so least we would have a laugh and up from him Nigel garret both good anglers. So at the all in I fed gb caster and chop worm to the right and went straight in at 10 m cad pot 4mm and micros and 4mm expander on the hook. Had bites straight away missed a couple dotted my float right down then didn't miss a thing then I caught steady for the first hour hardly feeding a thing had 8 small skimmers and a small tench and a small carp give me the run around Alvin was catching slower but better quality fish 😢.so then the sun got going and like a switch there were carp every even slurping my float cruising right up to the keep net 
they just didn't care I had to feed even less than I was already but it didn't matter what ever I did just had carp after carp after carp with the odd skimmer in between. So I thought I'd give the 10m a line a rest see if the carp would move away put a small worm head on went on the top 5 60 seconds float buried and am getting arm ache of a large carp I got it to the net and it came off was a proper munter getting on for 20pound !!!! So just picked away at my 10 m line. Had a good bit of banter with Alvin he was telling me I'm winning the section which I New I wasn't as Alvin fish were all over a pound nearer 2 and big tench he had !!!! Last hour went dead except for carp and was quite burnt by the end. The horn went and Jamie was round with the scales I had 34 skimmers and 1 tench for 18 pound Alvin has then put on 18.11. Cheers then 2 weeks on the trot he's bashed me up from next door !!!! FairPlay to him !!! I came 3rd in section only just beating Nigel garret. Shane pope from Weston had the best weight on tile lake 21 pound +. On to brick lake me mate Sam Johnson was filling in for Wayne he managed to win his section off peg 5 with 20 something pounds my other mate mark Thorne who had been in top form of late and has definitely worked out the silvers at sedges was sandwiched between jonny page and bob gullick tough section but FairPlay to the lad he smashed them both up winning the match again with 34 pound giving him 2nd overall in the series well done mate !!! Jamie parkhouse managed to draw in a section of 2 with him and ziggy and ended up winning the series. Herd ziggy got bored and started slapping for carp 😂😂😂jonny page came 3rd overall Alvin jones 4th and Ron stark 5th well done to all. I had to give Sam Johnson mark Thorne and jonny page a nugget as they all beat me again. Il be back !!!!never mind hopefully il draw a peg with that many carp in next week where il be entering my first big money qualifier of the year golden reel at larford lakes . Hope every one had a good day thanks for reading🐟🐟🐟🐟🎣🎣🎣🎣