Confidence Boost

Simon N · #1 03-14-2011, 03:03 PM

Last Sunday Was The Re-Arranged, Re-Arranged, Re-Arranged Warminster Angling Club Christmas Match. It Was Held On One Of Our Club Waters Which Is Known For Big Bags Of Fish Being Caught, We Are Talking Easy Bags Of 60+ On A Average Day. I Dont Know Why, Maybe The Weather The Night Before Or The Amount Of Anglers On The Water But It Fished Harder Than I Have Ever Seen. My Total Weight Was So Rubbish I Didnt Even Bother To Weigh In. The Winning Weight Was Just Over 30lb.

Well After A Disapointing Match Me And Cindy Decided To Go And Fish Somewhere The Following Tuesday To Try And Catch Some Fish To Get Some Confidence Back. We Decided On Park Lake At Todber Manor. We Had Done A Couple Of Trips And Few Weeks Back With Banana Steve When The Weather Was A Bit Colder. Tuesday Morning Arrived And The Weather Was Nice, Glorious Sunshine And No Wind, Fantastic.

We Arrived At Todber To Find There New Shop Open, It Has To Be Easly 5 Times Bigger Than The Old Shop, There Bivvi Showroom Is As Big As There Old Shop. We Purchased Our Tickets And Headed To The Lake.

We Picked The Following Swims.

We Were Both Using The Pole. Cindy Set Her Sights On Just Fishing The Margins. I Set Up To Lines Of Attack. I Fished The Middle Of The Lake Which Was About 2.5ft Deep Using A 6-8 Elastic And Also Set Up A Margin Rig Which Was About 2ft Deep Using A 10-12 Elastic. I Opted For The Heavier Elastic For The Margin As Ive Found To Catch The Larger Fish On Park Lake In The Margins Before.

It Wasnt Long After Baiting With Micro Pellet And Maggot That I Was Catching.

After The Bites Slowed Up In The Middle Of The Lake I Switched To The Margin Location And Started Catch Some Fantastic Roach And A Few F1's. The Quality Of The Roach Was Great, I Honestly Wouldnt Of Minded Sitting There All Day And Catching Roach Like The Ones Below.

Also Manged Alot Of F1's Like This;

I Did Also Catch A Few Bream And One Nice Perch.

Im Also Glad That I Caught The One Fish That I Went To Park Lake To Catch And That Was A Golden Tench. I Only Managed One Not Very Big But A Golden Tench, Maybe Still Abit Earley To Be Catching Loads.

We Decided To Pack Up Just After 3pm. Cindy Didnt Manage Any Carp But Did Have A Really Good And Enjoyable Day Catching The Silvers, She Had Around 16lb Come The End Of The Day, I Had About 55lb Of Carp And About 12lb Of Silvers.

Im Sure We Will Be Back In The Summer After The Tench And The Carp, And Im Still After My First Crucian From That Lake Too.

Simon N