Shiplate Hawthorn
You literally couldn’t write ✍️ it what a day of quite a disbelief & the excuses start lol 😂 na not excuses just rock hard…
I was really looking forward to this one after a disaster weekend on the match front from last week.
spoke to my good friend in the week as it’s his venue & he put me on the right lines & to be fair it seemed like a simple day with no confusion & my bait tray reflected just that. So to my left I had my usual neighbor on the venues Rob Eagle well that’s a bonus quality angler & I’d see exactly what’s going on plus Eric on the next to my left all good, to my right a good mate of mine Stan & today he’s on the pole aswell 👍🏻
Just down from him George then Tony F not that I could see that far…
So I had about 13.5 across nice & comfortable that was my meat line on the deck & a shallow rig just in case, 2X2 or 3 same depth in case they backed off or didn’t want to be that short - another meat line fed by the humble hand only, then a margin rig, pretty deep that 3.5ft that’s the only flat spot I could find fed with micro & bits of corn easy nice & simple..
The all in straight over no feed just the hooker stayed on this line on & off nearly all day on the deck & shallow gave me one & a couple foul hookers that fired off & came off, I had liner after liner so the shallow rig comes in they didn’t want it quite frustrating. Rob was in to a carp also Eric was on the long pole for nothing Stan was sat on the tip for nothing it was hard, however, the weather was being kind blowy but ok, I fed the short line now for a few hours again only foul hookers that came off.
Were in to part two of the day & absolutely nothing to shout about Rob had a couple of carp & a couple eals - Eals again … Eric wasn’t performing surprisingly as he had peg 1 empty but if he’s not catching it’s desperado’s, Stan was in the same boat as the rest of us nothing happening.
Now we’re starting to feel the pain I literally had 10 carp cruising in front of me so I sat there just waiting to mug one or two but soon as I put the pole out they disappeared. Rob getting desperate too & so is Eric at one point I’m sat there with my head in my hands ha…
So this one I’m going to keep quiet about as it might come good in the future aswell I’ve done something & thought I’ve sussed it I’ve got a run of carp well 4 to get me back in the game, that died don’t know why so I’m looking 👀 down the edge for nothing 4pm all out & thats that’s that. Stan changed his method on the tip to give him 5 - interesting so the four of us have our side bets I’m saying 24lb Stan saying 25lb Beardsy & Tony we don’t know but there in on the side bets I literally couldn’t be bothered to weigh in but I did to give me 3rd Tony took the side bets getting him 2nd well done buddy. I literally thought the other end were emptying it but not the case. Well done to Rob he took the Silvers with George just behind then Jamie 3rd. Fair play to Rob D on a great weight on the day to win the lake 😁💪🎣
Next week I’ve got a two dayer at Avalon Saturday with Watchet & Sunday HLS awsome looking forward to it see you there 😁🎣
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