EMERALD POOL 31/12/20017
So it was the last match of 2017 with the HLS crew and i was looking forward to this match as we only had 11 so it was going to be on emerald lake ...full of silvers lovely !!!! We paid are pools and i collected the golden peg money and there was a great atmosphere at the drew as we were all buzzing as it was party time at Shanes house !!!Anyway the golden peg today would be peg 3 (the peg by the life buoy) and to be honest i would say it was one of the best peg for silvers on the lake, so if you had a good angler on it today then the it would go!! Luckily for us Bolton George drew it .
I drew peg 9 (on the island ) and was fairly happy and i would be targeting only silvers but looking over to the other side of the bank there were some good silver anglers in the form of Baz on peg 1 , Lord C on peg 2, Bolton George peg 3 (the best peg) , Danny on peg 4 and Tony on peg 5.
I had Paul ( sponsored by Paxo ) next door also on the island and Mike to my left but i felt the silver winner was definitely coming from pegs 1-4 (peg 3 being the best silvers peg on this venue )
My plan was to fish 1 line short and 2 line longer at 11 meters, 1 in open water with micro and maggots and 1 next to the aerator with ground bait and maggots ..while setting up i had a look at Pauls (sponsored by Paxo) ground bait and was surprised to see that he was only using red ground bait but adding 50% sage and onion !! He was very cagey but i got a photo of this new ground bait with its new and improved recipe !!! Sorry Paul (sponsored by Paxo) but the secret is out mate!!!
At the all in i put a ball of dead reds and ground bait by the aerator and a ball of micros and a few reds into the open water line and went straight out onto the short line half expecting it to go straight under but it didn't but after 15 minutes it did and i had a small skimmer, 40 min i had 3 skimmers so out onto the ground bait line and it was a bite a chuck but only small white bait ..so got my head down and went for it 2 hours in and it just stopped so a top up and then had a look on the pellet line. I picked up a better stamp fish here but had to wait 5-10 minute !! ahh what to do !!! Back onto the ground bait line and they were back ...but small !!!!
Meanwhile pegs 1-4 were also catching well but it was peg 3 (best peg on the venue) who was banging them out as every time i looked at George he had his elastic out 3 feet and i was thinking that i would have to pay him the golden peg money today and with £1723.50 in the tin it was worth winning !!
Meanwhile John on peg 11 was having a great day fishing for carp and also Tony was also having a few. With 45 minutes to go Lord C on peg 2 went for carp down his edge and had a few as we both thought George on peg 3 had 50-60 lbs if not more, and the golden peg ...
At the all out we started the scales on peg one with Baz who had 14-8 of silvers and a few carp for 29-6 and then onto Lord C who was admitting to 20lbs of silvers and for once he was almost right as he had 18-2 and 22-10 of carp then it was onto George on peg 3 (best peg on the venue) he had 8 lbs of carp and then he had a problem ...George pulled his silver net out with a big groan and put them on the scales and we all looked thinking 50-60 ...the digital screen only to see 19.00 ..WHAT he said only 19.00 ....um yes mate !!! But he was still in the lead on the silvers and a bumper pay day for winning the silvers golden peg (it turns out that he is using the new 1 hollo from Preston and by the looks of it a 1oz roach pulls out 3 feet of elastic) then it was onto Danny who had 14-6 of silvers and 6-5 of the carp for 20-11 and then onto Tony who had the last peg on that side and he had 20-15 of carp and 7-10 of silvers ...so Lord C on peg 2 had won overall in their section (1-5) and George had won the silvers on peg 3 (best peg on the venue)
Onto our side and Shane on peg 6 had 15-2, Bob on 7 had 18-5 and Mike on peg 8 had 14-7 meanwhile George was on his phone to his wife telling her to book a weeks holiday in the sun as he just picked up the golden peg money (£1723.50) ! on a crap peg ...god that boy's good, then it was onto me (peg 9) Mike pulled out my only carp for 4-6 and then he put on my silvers which went 20-13 which stopped George in his tracks and back on the phone to his wife telling her to book a week in the rain in Bridgwater instead !! Paul (Paxo baits) next door had 11-10 and then John on peg 11 had a great day with 54.0 to win overall (well done mate!)
On our side John won overall with 54.0 and i won the silvers with 20-13 happy days !!!
Well it was a great day and a close match and with plenty of laughter (sorry George) with a great bunch of lads ..
I hope you all have a great 2018 and thanks for all the great banter in 2017 !!!
Friday is the AGM at the 37 club , meeting will start at 19.30
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