Gary's day

Another Sunday and another storm, this time it was storm Darragh. The weather was awful with a strong and cold wind and rain for much of the day. Despite the high banks at Hall Farm the wind was coming straight down the lake so there was no shelter apart from for Steve tucked into the corner on peg 12.

It was peg 10 for me, with 10ft of water on 4 sections the pole was just about manageable but the hope was a few fish on the feeder. The first 90 minutes went by without a sign on a small maggot feeder which was not a good start. Finally I had a bite and a mirror of about 7lb was in the net and the blank was saved. But that was it for the feeder - maggot or method. A try on the pole found another carp at about 12 and things were looking better. Phil then dropped by and mentioned that Rob, Mark and Tony down on the lower numbers had 2 or 3 fish each and one of Mark's was a real lump (it went over 16lbs).

Another carp on the pole after 30 mins had me hoping for a few more but that was it with just 1 small perch on the pole and nothing on a feeder. One more bite than last weekend but not what I had hoped for and my 15lbs was well off the pace.

At the weigh in it was clear the fish were happier in shallower water today with the weights getting better as you went down the lake. 1st Rob Calderon 51lbs 9oz, 2nd Mark Halverson 38lbs 11oz and 3rd Tony Cruci 23lbs 11oz. Picture today is Rob looking very wet but happy with his winning net full.