Hell, are we unlucky or not! After a week of sunshine and warm temperatures, Sunday come and that FREEZING cold northerly wind came it!! It could be the POT BLACK CURSE because if you remember last season, how many Sundays were crap also!
Anyway it was SCRATCH-about time again and the prospect of a lot of people Blanking as well! As we were split on two lakes most people didn't know how there partners were doing till the weigh in. On New Lake it became obvious the carp were only in certain pegs but it was also obvious the fish were bigger this year as the talk was HOW MANY was lost! Chillo got two fish for 22 lb 4 oz and was smashed about ten times( .12 line ain't quite heavy enough, eh!) Boycie back from his fishing tuition holiday with Bob Nudd came second with 10lb 9 oz pipping Dingit who...... wait for it..... missed his keep net with a fish estimated at least 60 lb, and bulti was committing suicide after having six hours of listening to hundreds of fish spawning under the trees in touching distance!
Anyway it was SCRATCH-about time again and the prospect of a lot of people Blanking as well! As we were split on two lakes most people didn't know how there partners were doing till the weigh in. On New Lake it became obvious the carp were only in certain pegs but it was also obvious the fish were bigger this year as the talk was HOW MANY was lost! Chillo got two fish for 22 lb 4 oz and was smashed about ten times( .12 line ain't quite heavy enough, eh!) Boycie back from his fishing tuition holiday with Bob Nudd came second with 10lb 9 oz pipping Dingit who...... wait for it..... missed his keep net with a fish estimated at least 60 lb, and bulti was committing suicide after having six hours of listening to hundreds of fish spawning under the trees in touching distance!
On Spring Lake Wally's N2 peg was a gift from heaven, fish everywhere, even bare hooks were getting bites, I mean how did he only land 15 lb! Good job he's a crap fisherman! Mad Bruce got the biggest fish of the season so far a 13 lb 4oz slink and that shy Yarco Millionare Bob Morris weighed in 7lb without a hole in his net! All the youngsters blanked including the skipper and Shane said that's the best sleep he's had for weeks! The reigning champion Wayne Moore chucked his imaginary fish back before the weigh in and got only 1 point (plenty good enough) and I thought someone Had left a generator running in the corner but it was only Nigel puttering away!
As it was the doubles points went to chillo and rip van winkle 5pts, best peg on the lake wally/ stevie moyse 4 pts and in 3rd place by just, I say just one once, Boycie /bob morris 3pts.
Next match is at Willow Lake Barford on the 17th May and is a 5 hour match.(Barford won't allow 6 hours) but where we can have 6 hours we will!!!!
