Pea Lane Apr 25th 2009

#1

How did it fish then'did DTF fix the draw again,did Colin win on the paste,or did mugger do his usual mug everyone with a lump 5mins from the end

#2

No, No, and No. Be patient and all will be revealed

#3

Well things rarely go to plan and so it was again for most today. The temperature had dropped a few degrees overnight and rain was forecast. Fortunately the rain didnt turn up but there was a cold wind blowing across the lake straight into the bays by Pegs 4,5 and 7 suggesting that, even though they would be the favourite pegs normally, today would be a good day to draw them.

As I had been receiving a bit of grief from some of the members for drawing the flyer last week I gave the peg nnumbers to john and told him which pegs to take out and let him do the draw once again taking the last number out but at no point did I touch the numbers.

The last number in the hat after everyone had drawn was PEG 7

, Now that was a nice birthday present wasnt it.

I will fill you in on my match tomorrow but suffice to say I managed to slip a few carp into the net during the next 6 hours interupted and 1 pm buy the burger van oxner delivering a fresh cooked bacon sarnie and a cup of tea in a proper mug to my peg.

Unfortunately everyone else was struggling though some managed to pick up a few skimmers later on. As born out by the weigh sheets.

#4

Strange how fast the results appear when a certain someone wins

Well done Dave

#5

Dave,
All that success has gone to your head - Al was in 12 and Tony was in 13.
have to say that was one of the worst fishing days I've ever had

, both Al and I sat there for 6 bloody hours trying everything under the sun which resulted in 4 bites each

- fortunately for Al he landed three of his while I missed two and bumped the other two.
Think I'll take up gardening as the static gnome position is now well ingrained. ::) - oh well I suppose there's next time.

#6

You get better with age Dave

#7

Sounds like the

has spread its wings

#8

Sounds like the has spread its wings

Not to Dave's crappity smacking drawing hand it hasn't Tony.

The way things are going, I'm thinking of applying for honorary membership of Cashmore's

Today was the 2nd match of the year for Marsh AC, at Pea Lane Fishery (a new venue for the club). It's a gravel pit controlled by Becmain Angling Club that was dug out when the M25 was being built. Loading up the car it was noticeably cooler than it had been during the previous week, with the threat of rain in the air. I arrived at Dave's around 7·30am to meet up with Dave, Colin and Chris and follow them to the fishery, and a short drive saw us pulling into the fishery car park just after 8am

.

As people assembled prior to the draw I had a quick look at the water, everything I'd heard about the water indicated it could be peggy as hell with pegs 1,4,5 and 7 being the ones to draw, and with the wind blowing into it today peg 7 appeared to be the stand-out one today

. The "Burger van" was a bit slow to get up and running today, so we put our orders in to be delivered to our pegs and did the draw. Peg 10 was mine for the day (

not where I wanted to be.) Dave and Colin as is customary took the last 2 pegs in the hat with Colin getting 18, leaving PEG 7 for Dave

!!!!!!!!!!

Settling into my peg a few drops of rain started to fall, but thankfully soon stopped. I set up 3 top kits, the first was rigged up with a 4X16 Preston Bazzerla PB19 on 0·16 to 0·14 bottom with size 16 Drennan Match Carp hook for a line at 10mtrs where I had around 6ft of water, the gusting wind from left to right making it impractical to fish any longer. The second was a Malman 4x14 Snake 1 on 0·12 to an 0·10 bottom with a size 18 carbon maggot as an up in the water rig, should the Ide put in an appearance, while the third was a KC 4x12 Carpa Tricky on 0·16 to 0·14 bottom with size 16 Drennan Match Carp hook for the margins where I had 2-2½ft of water. I also set up the feeder rod as I'd been told that it was possible to drop on some bream from some pegs. Bait was red maggots, corn and pellet, with some Special G groundbait and hemp for feed.

Breakfast arrived in the shape of a bacon & egg baguette and I was just finishing this as the all in was called.
Chris over on peg 6 was into a fish straight away, with plenty of black hydro streaming out of the pole and after about 5 minutes had the culprit in the net, a Barbel of around 2½lbs

................

I fed some pellet into the margins and potted out a mix of hemp, pellet and maggot at 10 mtrs and followed it out with 2 maggots on the depth rig. The float settled and slid away and an Ide of around 6ozs got me off the mark, soon followed by a similar sized Chub

. An hour later and I was still waiting for a third bite

!!!!!!!!!!! Half an hour on the feeder was no better, but gave me the opportunity to take some shots of the wildlife ..........

................ and already word was spreading along the bank that it was rock hard with just a few bits for most, although Dave had already snared a couple of Carp from the flyer ::), it seemed that most were struggling to get to grips with the venue on the day.
Terry had appeared around 12·30 eating a burger, that being his only bite so far

!!!!!! and I made the decision having only added a foul hooked Gudgeon and a couple of blade skimmers to stick 5 balls of groundbait onto the 10mtr line and have a stroll. Dave was happily plugging away and admitting to 5 carp

..............

..........but for the rest it was grim :(, with nobody admitting to more than a few silvers, so I decided to take the burger option and get a bite to eat. All I can say is that it's probably best to stick to bacon, as hand on heart I couldn't tell what the burger was made of

???????? Thank God for onions and mustard, at least it gave it some flavor

.

Back at my peg I could see Judy over on peg 4 occasionally popping fish in her net, was I going to get beaten by the club's lady angler twice in a row

????????????

Had the groundbait done the trick Well I wasn't pulling up any tree stumps, but I started to put together a few small skimmers and Ide which was an improvement and I just kept pinging a few maggots over the top in an effort to keep them coming

. Frustratingly though they wouldn't come up in the water, I could only get a bite at depth, but at least I was putting something in the net on a reasonably regular basis. Terry had at last had a couple of bites, but he'd missed both of them

.

With around an hour to go my bites had dried up again, so I put in another 3 balls of groundbait, then Al wandered round and we decided to go and see what some decent swims looked like

. We found Dave admitting to having had a few more Carp including one around the 10lb mark, but apparently engaged in a tug of war with a patch of reeds, It's amazing just how far Red Hydro can stretch

!!!!!!!!!!!

Judy was plugging away on peg 4, but was frustrated, feeling she probably hadn't got the best from it, while Jim on peg 3 was in a bit of trouble with a Carp snagged in roots and struggling to net it, finally it was in the net though, a Common of around 7lbs, a real bonus on the day

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Back at my peg, and the groundbait had brought a few back to the swim with a few better skimmers around the 8-12oz mark coming to the net. Looking up Chris had plenty of pole in the air again before landing what looked to be a bonus Carp, while Terry reported that he had finally hooked a couple of fish, only to have them drop off

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Thankfully at 4pm Dave sounded the All-out to put most of us out of our misery. The weigh-in told the tale of the day really, Jim on peg 3 weighed 14¾lbs including his Carp to take 2nd place on the day, While Chris was just 4ozs behind him with 14½lbs. Dave had walked it off the flyer however, weighing in 46¼lbs (not a bad belated birthday present

). I was pleasantly surprised to find that my net of bits weighed 13¼lbs for 4th on the day

. Overall the day had been a real struggle though with more than a few suffering their own "Mugger Moments©", though as usual there had been more than a few laughs with plenty of banter flying around to make up for the disappointing fishing

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You can find my Blog report HERE

#9

Interesting and entertaining read as usual Mugger.

Looks a very picturesque venue - love to give it a bash if it was closer to home

I'm thinking of applying for honorary membership of Cashmore's

You must really be 'close to the edge' then

#10

You can read my take on the day in the usual place.

http://petermorton1.xanga.com/
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good read pete ,but just one observasion ,i think you are missing a vital peice of tackle when you fish these marsh matches . a good pair of walking boots as you seem to spend most of the match walking around

#11

Bill,
as you well know, half the fun of the Marsh matches is having a stroll round and having a chat with the others, It's really nothing more than a day out with friends, but with a weigh-in at the end, and long may it continue in that fashion.

#12

Commiserations to Tony by the way, who bust a No4 on his 401 on a tree. :(

But as I told him he should have netted it, they're to big to swing to hand.

#13

Commiserations to Tony by the way, who bust a No4 on his 401 on a tree. :(

But as I told him he should have netted it, they're to big to swing to hand.

It will be on its way to Scott at Esselle later today

My new name for our esteemed club captain is 'Flyer'.

Actually Flyer me old mate I have to say that even though you did draw THE peg again

, I think 46lb on the day was a pretty good performance on a day when Pea Lane yet again lived up to its name in my view. What a dire set of results

. Dont think its going to get a 2nd chance next year somehow.

joffmiester · #14

well done dave but still no mars bar points

#15

You can read my take on the day in the usual place. Wink
http://petermorton1.xanga.com/

Great reading Mugger, cheers

Gowith · #16

ok. I'm not one of the ton up boy's but I enjoyed the day with my 4lb 80z .

I endorse Mugger's coments regarding meeting friends/fishing/ weighing in .

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