Phil's day

Hi to all, the Weds club fished its monthly match against Abbey Cross on our lake at Beggars Hall and the extreme cold nights in the last few days had taken its toll on the fishing. I drew peg 4, not a bad peg and I have had some good catches in the winter from this peg but that was then and it all changes by the month.

I made 3 lines and a feeder for a bit further out to open water ..Fed red maggots and pellets for some silvers just for the points and the feeder for the carp well that didn't work and I had no bites on the feeder all day and by 1.30 pm I decided I need to catch something so onto reds to catch a few perch and you never know I might hit a carp. I did manage a few rudd and a very small carp of 6oz for a total weight of a pound.

There were 2 sections of low and high bank. High Bank 1st Bill Beeston with 47lbs 3oz, 2nd Peter Green with 39lbs 5oz and 3rd Barry Cornel with 6lbs 1oz. Low Bank 1st Tony Parker with 14lbs 10oz, 2nd Bob Fox with 13lbs 13oz and 3rd Tony Cruci with 11lbs 13oz. Abbey Cross wins with 65 points to Bishop's Stortford's 52 points. Pic is my peg with a lone duck she had 10 chicks but they scarpered when it was time to take a pic.