Open – Sunday 13th May
A very brief note today, mainly because I’ve had a nightmare of a day. The weather forecast was for heavy rain and occasional thunder, it was spot on !!. Just in case anybody is interested, I drew peg11 on New lake, caught a carp third cast and..that’s it, no more carp.
Steve Sanders continued his winning ways from peg 13 on New Lake. Fishing a little method feeder with pellet on the hook he had around 30 carp for his winning weight of 155 lbs. Barry Goddard had a lovely day on peg 18 catching a dozen big carp for a weight of 133 lb and third place in the match went to Ian Dixon on peg 20 with 94 lbs. Although the match was split between New and Horseshoe lake all of the top weights were caught on New Lake. I assumed that Horseshoe had suffered an off day but it sounds like the fish got the better of the anglers. Perry Stone drew flyer peg 7 and managed to lose 15 carp, Reg the Edge was on peg 9 and lost half a dozen and so the story continued all around the lake. There are some very big fish in that lake and a setup using white hydro is never going to be any good even with the aid of a pull bung, you’ve really got to get out the heavy gear if you want to win matches on Horseshoe.
Carp Fishing Information…
When determining length of the rod , you want to take into account exactly what kind of fishing you want. If you want far out fishing, in that case choose a larger rod as this will offer you better control when you are playing the fish. If you are plan…