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Another horrid draw for me last in bag was peg 4 and fishing against end peg Joe I knew I was battling for 2nd in section.
An hour in and not had a bite, Paul Whitehouse and John Utting in pegs 2 & 3 had a couple of fish each but Joe was catching.. so thought this match was a dropper. I just tried to be patient and stick with method across and keep firing 6mm pellets down the middle. After 2 hours I had a small carp and an F1 from the far bank so decided to go on my pellet line. 6mm banded and dipped in black magic syrup and 1st cast F1, this was a start of a good run of with 7 or 8 in the next hour. This soon died after an hour so went back on far bank and caught a few small carp and a skimmer 😂.
With 2hrs to go I reckon i had 25lb so it was margin or bust 3 very large cups in both edges left and right... large worm and first drop in carp no.1 - so fed again and went to the other side and got carp straightaway. Did this for rest of match swapping sides and catching one before feeding and moving sides.
At the all out surprised I only had 79lb as thought it was nearer the 90 to 100lb but the fish did seem to weigh a lot less than expected. I was close to catching Joe in the corner but realistically knew I would and I got what I wanted with 2nd in section.

I will say the more times I go to lodge farm the better I'm liking it. Good fishing, parking behind pegs and no silly bloody rules

Peg 20 for me on the wheel of fortune had to be good,end peg will have to ask joe how to fish them.On arrival looked a difficult peg thick reeds just 3m from my peg i feared the worst could be a smashing day,geared up on pole and feeder as a knew it would be hit and hold to land anything.Started across and caught from the off managing to keep them out of the reeds,as the day progressed i had to move nearer the corner to get bites and started to get smashed up,had a few on pole and paste then 5 in a row decided to go straight though the reeds,ended up loosing 13 fish but caught a few as well,happy to finish in front of andy who i thought had about 170 when i said 140 for me but was shocked when he wieghed 132lb to my 147lb

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AquaStim Big Bash summer League round 1 SpringVale Newcastle Lake 6.4.2024

So the hibernation for some of the Big Bashers ended and they turned out in style for Round 1 of the AquaStim Big Bash 2024 summer League At SpringVale on in form Newcastle Lake. With some guys on their jollies 16 Bashers went onto the Friday night Lucky Wheel and 4 sections of 4 made the split. Pegging was tight and 20 allotted to the Bashers by Sue, 2 other matches also being held on the lake making it very busy and compact.
The weather however matched our Summer expectations with bright sunshine in the morning and temperatures achieving 18 degrees however Storm Kathleen unleased a "gusty" wind to switch off the fish, effect bait presentation and make things slightly tougher for us.

Driving to my peg a smiling Keith Turner on peg 17 was looking resplendent in his new 2024 summer league Big Bash attire greeting us along with handshakes and welcomes all round as it was the first match of the new season.

Peg 3 was my office of the day with neighbours Steve Guy on 2, Jasper on corner peg 1 and Tracey Benson on peg 4. Our side being on the furthest bank from First Spring and peg one closest to the house.
My set up was maggot line top 2+2 at 11 oclock, pellet line 2+2 one oclock, top 2 "margin" line about 4 feet form bank at 18 inch deep to my right, Bomb and feeder to chuck to island. Maggots, hard and soft pellets and corn.

Chucking out the bomb to set my clip I pulled back and foul hooked a carp resulting in a 2 inch scale on the hook, next chuck wind caught the bomb and lost it on island, doh here we go,  new set up required.
All in came down the bank at 10 am and Japser paid the price for  his hearing aid being on / off with letting us hav a 10 minute start before realising the match has started.

Maggots loose fed and in over top with a red and white combo on an 18 hook fishing full depth around 3 feet deep. First 3 fish lost so I had to up my laccy and then we started. Steve and Tracey had fish in the net as the Ide were having a chomp.

Up to around 12 oclock the wind was off our backs, sun was shining and the fish were feeding and in our section we were all enjoying the bites. Then the wind changed to left to right and as the knowledgeable Mr Guy predicted it was getting gusty, very gusty. The ripple became waves and the water was towing right to left, sun went up behind clouds and it also chilled off a little  resulting in fish turning off. Search was on to try find them and coax them to feed again.

Feeder to island, pellets, corn, margin line but it was a struggle. The maggot line had died big style and never recovered. Finally weighing 35-14 for a mixed bag of Ide, chub, tench, skimmers, crucians and one stockie carp, thanks for coming.

Jasper on corner peg 1 after giving us a ten minute start took 89-8 to the scales. Despite lots of encouragement from Steve and myself to use the famous Wilson wand chose to spend most of his time the pole on silvers. He did have a good run in his margin towards the corner as well.

Steve was on short pole, long pole, method across and when the fish went he settled on method to his long pole line where a few were picked up.  Steve also  massively effected when the wind arrived.

Tracey on peg 4 was on short pole till wind came, he then went on his method across and fished top two + 2 towards spare peg 5 and using corn the carp came in and kept his weight ticking over to score 64-1 for second in section. Well done and I hope you split your winnings with your daughter for her coaching during the match.
Second section winner was chef Indian on peg 9 who weighed in 91-14, second in this section was Richard cooke on peg 8 who scored 65-2. Well done guys.

3rd section was Andy Waite on peg 12 who fished method and wafter to point of island to return 107 -2. On peg 11 was keith Smith who returned 67-1 for second in section.
4th section produced match winner Paul Whitehouse who despite a 11 lb knock back weighed 131-2 off peg 16 chucking method to gap in islands  using wafter as his bait.
Section winner was Bernie hook who chose pellet waggler and 8mm pellet to record 59-12, second in section Big Glen who recorded 58-9 off peg18.
Well done to everyone else and as our first match it was nice to see some fish in everyones nets.

Massive thanks to jasper running the faultless show again, a totally ixed weigh in squad but special mention to lickle Cookie for doing the honours with weigh bag. Thanks also to Glen for timekeeping despite the wind drowning out his whistle.

Special thanks to Steve Guy and jasper for organising the new team clothing of which numerous packages were handed out.
Great to have everyone back again, and the lads coming out of hibernation like coiled springs wanting to get some action.

Line of the day goes to Smiler who after walking down the bank with his greetings, hand shakes and welcomes commented it was like  traveling a ward at the "Northern General" which all our ailments .
Next match is at Lodge Farm at Scooby Top Signal lake on 20th April, please book on if coming so  admin work can take place.