Rob's day

Hi All

Back at Hall Farm today after some good weights at the weekend. 14 on today. Hoping for a draw in the shallower water at the car park end but first name out of the hat and drew peg 13. Thought I was in for a struggle today and was not disappointed.

Set up a feeder and some pole rigs for out long, shallow and for the margins. Started with a quick go on the feeder for no bites, then onto the pole at 11m with around 9 feet of water. In the meantime, Ray opposite had already had one carp and lost another (which he blamed me for!). No bites on this so out shallow at 13m on 4m pellets. After 30 mins had one take and landed the first carp at around 3lb. No more bites on this so trying the shallower water to my left by the reeds. One or two carp topping up to now, but very few signs of any fish this end. With the wind blowing down the lake, these end pegs were always going to struggle.

Could see Peter and Jeff on 8 and 10 now get a few fish but, apart from Ray who had one more carp, wasn’t sure how the lake was fishing, although looking to the right could see several carp topping and cruising around. No signs where i was though. With around 2 hours left concentrated on the margins where I had been feeding, although no signs of life down either side. Eventually caught a couple on corn/meat although nothing on paste. Foul hooked a couple including one around 8lb which after a long scrap managed to land – (amazing how far 17 elastic can stretch). Ended with one down the margin on the feeder while packing the pole away. Ended with 32lbs 14oz but knew that would be a poor weight for today.

On the High Bank John Carter had his second win of the week at Hall Farm with a good 93lbs 7oz from peg 20, Bill second with 56lbs 5oz from 22 and Fred coming third from peg 26 54lbs 4oz. On the Low Bank Phil on peg 2 topped with 61lbs 14oz, Peter second from peg 8 49lbs 1oz and Jeff third from peg 10 (where John won from on Sunday) with 30lbs. This Sunday’s match is back at Hall Farm – peg 26 would be nice!!