24/03/24
Club match today was held at Walkers Dam and was attended by sixteen anglers. After a few cold days someone forgot to tell the bream it’s now time to start feeding, which is what most people target. After a slow start for most, some decided to change tactics slightly and change feeding in the hope of catching some of the big Ide that are present.
Winner on the day was Graham Marson on peg21 who fed groundbait with chopped worm, dead maggots and casters and fished live maggots over the top. He caugh a bream and ide at regular intervals for 35-5 and a nice payday.
Second was Gary Summerscales just three pegs down on 24 who fished similar tactics on pole but didn’t get the decisive bream, nearly all ide. He had a good day catching steadily and put 31-9 on the scales.
Third was myself from peg9. An early carp about 7lb on bomb and pellet got me off the blocks. A bite which took everything, then a foul hooked carp and a greedy duck which gave me a right bite just trashed the swim and that was that. Onto the two pole lines, one with groundbait and particles, one just dripping casters in. Kept rotating between the two with worm being the best bait picking skimmers and ide up at intervals. These went 28-8 so not too bad in the end
The next match is at Newmiller Dam in three weeks due to school holidays,
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