09/06/13 - Lands End - Johns Lake

Weight - 28lb 6oz (7lb 2oz - silvers)
Catch - 6 Carp, 8 Skimmers, 4 F1s, 2 Crucian, 2 Roach
Weather - Mostly sunny and a gusty breeze
Match - Club - 5th out of 14

Apologies for this blog entry being a bit late, I had already written it once, but lost it and couldn’t be bothered to re-write until now.

The phrase it never rains, but it pours couldn’t be truer at the moment. Work is currently very difficult and in fact it’s probably the worst it’s been for 3 years. Working in a specialist role, means I am more exposed when things don’t go according to the “plan”. The good news is when it does work properly I will prime position to take advantage and earn some money, because there are quite a few jobs around the house that need paying for.

A few weeks ago I took my car back the garage. Having already spent £2000/£2500 in 18 months, which included a new cam gear and belt, the car was making a whirring noise when the engaging a gear. So back into the garage and I now need a new gear box which will cost a minimum of £1700, yet the car is only worth £1500. The garage has given me a good p/x on my car and I brought a new one. I was already to pick it up, only to be told the finance company won’t release the funds to the garage because my driving licence (the ID part card) expired 2009!!! Doh! So new driving licence sorted but it takes up to 3 weeks for the DVLA to issue a new one. It’s now 2 weeks gone and I’m still waiting!

Back to this match, which was a club match and a big thank you to my neighbour Sally, who lent me her car. With 14 booked in, pegging was always going to be a bit tight. The news was the carp had spawned the previous week so the hope was the fish would be keen and eager to have a munch.

I drew p41 which I was happy with and as we were setting up there was a number of fish cruising the surface, so I was fully expecting a few fish. To cut a long and boring match short it was hard work. Those cruising fish just didn’t want to open their mouths, you would drop a pellet or meat in front of them and they would just swim around it.

I decided to keep feeding pellet to the point of the spit with the expectation the fish would get their heads down later in the day. Half way through 3 carp on the bounce fishing 8mm meat shallow tight to spit, I thought I had it sussed, unfortunately not.

I had a few fish on the deck fishing 6mm meat, but it didn’t really work so a change to a soft pellet rig and feeding 4s brought a better response.

In the end the better weights came the top half of the lake, but generally it was hard work for most.

1^st 59- 0 – Glenn – p61 (pellet feeder)
2^nd 56- 2 – Andy L – p50 (pole/maggot down the track)
3^rd 38-14 – Roger – p55
4^th 33-15 – Andy B – p53
5^th 28- 6 – Ken – p41
6^th 19- 0 – Ian – p68