Wednesday, November 13, 2013

MATCH FISHING ON THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL

                                               TIVERTON BASIN

17TH JULY 2013

             WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER SHORT BLOG WITH A HEAT WAVE OVER THE WHOLE OF THE UK WITH TEMPTURES UP TO 30 DEGREES I HAVENT SPENT MUCH TIME ON THE BANK .I PUT MY NAME DOWN ON THE MATCH LIST IN THE LOCAL TACKLE SHOP EXE VALLY ANGLING TO FISH A SHORT EVENING CLUB MATCH IN THE BASIN OF THE GRAND WESTERN CANAL THIS WAS A 3 HR MATCH THE DRAW WAS AT THE CAR PARK OF THE CANAL BASIN AT 5PM AND FISH FROM 6 TO 9 PM. I GOT UP THERE WAS 13 ANGLERS FISHING WITH PEG 1 RIGHT DOWN IN THE BASIN OFF THE FIRST MOORED BOAT AND PEG 13 WAS DOWN IN THE NEXT TURNING BAY KNOW AS SCHOOL BAY. WE ALL PAYED OUR £5  AND PICKED OUT PEGS I PICKED MY PEG IT WAS NUMBER 11 WHICH WAS JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BROKEN BRIDGE EVERY ONE SAID OH YOU GOT ONE OF THE BEST PEGS OF THE MATCH YOU WILL PISS IT IT WAS A WELL KNOW PEG OF THE SKIMMERS AND BIG BREAM BAG AND IT THROWS UP THE ODD TENCH THIS TIME OF THE YEAR I WAS GOING TO SET UP THE 2 TOP KITS ONE AT 8 AND A HALF METERS STRAIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND I SET ONE UP IN CLOSE TIGHT THE THE WEED BEDS TO MY LEFT.WHEN THE MATCH STARTED I FED GROUND BAIT IN THE MIDDLE SWIM A MIX OF BAIT-TEC OMEN AND BROWN CRUMB AND I ALSO FED SOME WHITE BREAD CRUMB ON THE INSIDE I WAS GOING TO START OFF ON THE MIDDLE SWIM OVER  OVER THE GROUND BAIT ON THE MAGGOT BUT I DID NOT HAVE A BITE IN THE FIRST 15 MINS SO I DECIDED TO TO COME BACK ON THE INSIDE AND FISH OVER THE WHITE CRUMB ON A 6MM BREAD PUNCH I HAD A BIT STRIGHT AWAY AND HOOKED INTO A SKIMMER WHICH I WENT AND LOST BY DOING A SILLY THING TRYING TO SWING IT IN AND IT DROPED OFF SO ANY OTHER FISH I CATCH I WILL BE NETTING AND NOT DROPPING HAHAHAHA.I WENT BACK ON THE INSIDE LINE AND WAITED ANOTHER 15 MINS FOR A BITE AND AFTER THAT I HAD A SMALL ROACH WITH HALF AN HOUR GONE 2 PEOPLE TO MY RIGHT HAVE CAUGHT A FEW FISH SO BY NOW I WAS MATCH BUT I DECIDED TO CARRY ON FISHING THE INSIDE LINE TO MY LEFT AND CAUGHT A FEW MORE FISH INCLUDING A BREAM OF AROUND 2LB BUT STILL HAVE NOT HAD A BITE ON THE MIDDLE LINE WERE I FEED THE GROUND BAIT AT THE START OF THE MATCH BUT I WAS CATCHING ON THE INSIDE STILL BUT I WAS NOT CATCHING LIKE THE OTHERS TO MY LEFT THE MATCH ENDED AT 9PM AND I STARTED PACKING UP LEAVING MY NET IN FOR THE WEIGH IN I WAS SECOND PEG UP AND PAUL WAS DOING THE WEIGH IN I WEIGHED IN WITH 1KG450G AND FINISHED 5 OVERALL OUT OF 13 ANGLERS

1ST PLACE WAS PAUL WITH 4KG 800G

2RD PLACE STEVE WITH 2KG 250G

3RD PLACE COLIN WITH 2KG 40G

4TH PLACE  PETE WITH 1KG 800G

5TH PLACE MYSELF 1KG 450G

6TH PLACE DONT KNOW WHO WITH
1KG220G

SO WITH THIS CLUB MATCH OVER WE ARE HOPING TO FISH A FEW MORE SWEEPS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SO IF YOU ON THE BANK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS  OR WEEKS UNTIL MY NEXT BLOG

TIGHT LINES

LEE

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