This weekend saw us at Cob House fisheries for a Cradley Heath Labour club match on Laugherne Pool we fished the same pool last year around a month later than this year which was won with 9olb odd on a very hot still day, i was 4th that day with 70lb odd and i was hoping for a few more fish this time as the fishery had been fishing very well. We all assembled on the car park at 9.00am for the draw after what i must say is the best breakfast i have had for a long time i think i went over the top a bit as i felt very full afterwards, the midweek open on the same pool had saw a lot of fish caught on the method feeder due to a very strong wind blowing down the pool and today the conditions were the same. I drew out peg 31 on the right hand bank and traveling partner
Stav drew peg 36 most of the pegs on this pool have an island to throw to around 20m away we have been told that the gaps in-between the 3 islands are good pegs as you have the point to throw to and mug the carp as they patrol the islands. My peg was not one of the gap pegs but i was not worried as the whole pool is full of fish, i had come to fish the paste but i think the wind would be a bit strong for fishing this correctly so i might have to re-think this attack. I decided to set up just 2 pole rigs and the method feeder today as the wind looked set in for the day.
Rig 1, 4m rig a Maver invincible series 3 4x14, 0.18 line straight through to size 5 Tubertini 175, set just touching bottom in 2 1/2 ft of water, a bulk of 5 no8 stotz 6 inches from the hook to try and combat the wind and black hydro elastic.
Rig 2, 4m down the edge rig for maggot, Preston durra 10 4x12 float, 0.18 line straight through to a size 3 175 and black hydro elastic.
Rig 3, a 24 gram inline guru method feeder, 8lb maxima mainline, 16 pr27 hook to 0.20 line with a lasso for hard pellet.
For bait i had got 2 pints of 1mm micro pellets, 2 pints of 3mm pellets, 2 tins of corn and 4 pints of dead maggots, some paste and expander pellets.
I started on the method feeder after potting in some corn, pellets & paste on the 4m line and throwing some dead maggots in down the margin, i had got a 6mm red pellet on the hook and after around 3 chucks the tip flew round with the first fish of the day a nice 4lb carp. The first hour went passed and i managed a total of 7 carp in-between 3-6lb all falling to red or white hard 6 or 8mm pellets, there were a few lads catching fish but i felt that i was holding my own and the longer i could feed my two pole lines without fishing them the better they would get. Hour 2 and the wheels started to come off with only 3 more bites 2 carp and 1 skimmer for my efforts despite trying meat, corn and maggots on the hook, it was time to try the pole lines which i had been feeding from the off so i put some paste on the hook and shipped out to the 4m line and awaited the action! The wind was causing a me few problems as i was struggling to combat the strong side wind and after only 10mins on the paste i gave it up as a bad job but despite trying corn and pellet on the hook i couldn't get a bite, a quick look down the edge on the maggot was met with the same bite-less response so back to the feeder it was. I caught a few on the method feeder over the middle section of the match but i felt that the fish weren't feeding very avidly as you would have 2 fish then 10-15mins without a sign, i could see Stav and Baz catching a few fish but it wasn't until the last hour before i started to get bites on the pole lines. Into the last hour i had got 15 carp and 2 skimmers when the bites on the feeder totally dried up and i at last had a fish on the pole which came on the corn over pellet on the 4m line, 2 more carp followed and losing 2 as well but i was getting bites with one of the fish around 8lb. Then as quick as they come they vanished so a look down the edge was called for, with 3 red live maggots on the hook which i had scrounged off Stav before the start and first put in i hooked a carp which slipped the hook. The carp were down there now as next drop in i hooked and landed a fish of around 12lb which i put into a third net as i felt it might push my net over the 50lb limit, i had a couple of roach before hooking 2 more carp which i managed to lose both of the fish were there but i couldn't work out how to hook them properly. I had 2 more carp from down the edge before the all out sounded and i was left frustrated after hooking 9 carp down the edge in the last half hour but only landing 3? maybe i had fed too much? i had put around 3 pints of dead maggots down there which i thought was not over the top for the size of the fish? I thought i had got some where between 90-100lb so when Stav was first to weigh with a good 101lb i knew it would be close, he had caught mainly on the method but with 2 big lumps out of the margins going close to 30lb? there was a 4o odd next then Stu to my left had 76lb. Stav saw 3 nets in and said that if i had got more than him i would be walking home my 21 fish went 104lb 10oz and put me into 1st place so far ( sorry Stav!), John to my right had 67lb. The fish down the edge were worth catching as the 3 fish i managed to get out went 27lb but i pulled out of around 6 carp! The best weights on the opposite side were Baz Robson on peg 1 with 100lb plus ounces and Bob (Bouson) Evans with 90lb! Great this gave me my second club match win of the year and its only the third match? We all had a good days fishing and i for one along with Stav will be paying this fishery a few more visits this summer as the fishing, staff and a good clean cafe all help to make a good day out which is all i can ask for on a day off from work. Cheers.
Stav drew peg 36 most of the pegs on this pool have an island to throw to around 20m away we have been told that the gaps in-between the 3 islands are good pegs as you have the point to throw to and mug the carp as they patrol the islands. My peg was not one of the gap pegs but i was not worried as the whole pool is full of fish, i had come to fish the paste but i think the wind would be a bit strong for fishing this correctly so i might have to re-think this attack. I decided to set up just 2 pole rigs and the method feeder today as the wind looked set in for the day.
Rig 1, 4m rig a Maver invincible series 3 4x14, 0.18 line straight through to size 5 Tubertini 175, set just touching bottom in 2 1/2 ft of water, a bulk of 5 no8 stotz 6 inches from the hook to try and combat the wind and black hydro elastic.
Rig 2, 4m down the edge rig for maggot, Preston durra 10 4x12 float, 0.18 line straight through to a size 3 175 and black hydro elastic.
Rig 3, a 24 gram inline guru method feeder, 8lb maxima mainline, 16 pr27 hook to 0.20 line with a lasso for hard pellet.
For bait i had got 2 pints of 1mm micro pellets, 2 pints of 3mm pellets, 2 tins of corn and 4 pints of dead maggots, some paste and expander pellets.
I started on the method feeder after potting in some corn, pellets & paste on the 4m line and throwing some dead maggots in down the margin, i had got a 6mm red pellet on the hook and after around 3 chucks the tip flew round with the first fish of the day a nice 4lb carp. The first hour went passed and i managed a total of 7 carp in-between 3-6lb all falling to red or white hard 6 or 8mm pellets, there were a few lads catching fish but i felt that i was holding my own and the longer i could feed my two pole lines without fishing them the better they would get. Hour 2 and the wheels started to come off with only 3 more bites 2 carp and 1 skimmer for my efforts despite trying meat, corn and maggots on the hook, it was time to try the pole lines which i had been feeding from the off so i put some paste on the hook and shipped out to the 4m line and awaited the action! The wind was causing a me few problems as i was struggling to combat the strong side wind and after only 10mins on the paste i gave it up as a bad job but despite trying corn and pellet on the hook i couldn't get a bite, a quick look down the edge on the maggot was met with the same bite-less response so back to the feeder it was. I caught a few on the method feeder over the middle section of the match but i felt that the fish weren't feeding very avidly as you would have 2 fish then 10-15mins without a sign, i could see Stav and Baz catching a few fish but it wasn't until the last hour before i started to get bites on the pole lines. Into the last hour i had got 15 carp and 2 skimmers when the bites on the feeder totally dried up and i at last had a fish on the pole which came on the corn over pellet on the 4m line, 2 more carp followed and losing 2 as well but i was getting bites with one of the fish around 8lb. Then as quick as they come they vanished so a look down the edge was called for, with 3 red live maggots on the hook which i had scrounged off Stav before the start and first put in i hooked a carp which slipped the hook. The carp were down there now as next drop in i hooked and landed a fish of around 12lb which i put into a third net as i felt it might push my net over the 50lb limit, i had a couple of roach before hooking 2 more carp which i managed to lose both of the fish were there but i couldn't work out how to hook them properly. I had 2 more carp from down the edge before the all out sounded and i was left frustrated after hooking 9 carp down the edge in the last half hour but only landing 3? maybe i had fed too much? i had put around 3 pints of dead maggots down there which i thought was not over the top for the size of the fish? I thought i had got some where between 90-100lb so when Stav was first to weigh with a good 101lb i knew it would be close, he had caught mainly on the method but with 2 big lumps out of the margins going close to 30lb? there was a 4o odd next then Stu to my left had 76lb. Stav saw 3 nets in and said that if i had got more than him i would be walking home my 21 fish went 104lb 10oz and put me into 1st place so far ( sorry Stav!), John to my right had 67lb. The fish down the edge were worth catching as the 3 fish i managed to get out went 27lb but i pulled out of around 6 carp! The best weights on the opposite side were Baz Robson on peg 1 with 100lb plus ounces and Bob (Bouson) Evans with 90lb! Great this gave me my second club match win of the year and its only the third match? We all had a good days fishing and i for one along with Stav will be paying this fishery a few more visits this summer as the fishing, staff and a good clean cafe all help to make a good day out which is all i can ask for on a day off from work. Cheers.
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