A Week of Fishing:-)

I finished my current contract on Friday which meant an enforced week away from work :-) So, I had it all mapped out.

Saturday - B Division Match - Woodside Pond

Sunday - A rest!

Monday - First session on the new Main Loch followed by Cray Gang Match on the Top Pond

Tuesday - Orchill - didn't happen due to snow!

Wednesday - Island Pond Match

Thursday - The Oaks in Yorkshire - went to Orchill instead as the snow moved south!

Friday - PM match on the Main Loch

Saturday - Guest at the final round of the Junior's Winter League on the Main Loch

B Division - Caught mostly Chub and Ide as the carp were absent probably due to the overnight drop in temp. Weighed in 8lbs flat - better weights came from the other end of our section :-( Full results Can be found here.

Monday - 37lb of carp from the Main Loch and 8lb - 8oz for 3rd in the Monday night match on P7 of the Top Pond - results

Wednesday - 1 bite and 1 fish for 1lb and last in the Wed match - Should have tried for Chub as there was an overnight frost.

Thursday - Orchill, even colder than yesterday - no bites for the first 3 hours, but then 6 Ide, 3 Roach, 2 Carp and a Chub.

Friday - Drew P21 on the Main Loch and didn't expect much as the area had tons of in-fill during the re-modelling over the winter. Was surprised to manage 34lbs - 14oz of carp to 3lbs for a win - results.

Saturday - This time at the other end on P1 of the Main Loch - 40+ 'stockies' and skimmer bream for 10lbs - 8oz - Won the guest match and next best weight from the juniors was 6lbs+ - results.

So, a busy week - The main loch is more like a traditional water where I learned to fish a a youngster in the '70s. So I always feel I can catch fish there - Confidence is a big part of fishing, but as the Wednesday match reminded me, any large scale change ( plus or minus) in temperature seems to affect the carp and their feeding patterns. So, just the Monday night match tomorrow before I start life as an employee for the fist time in 10 years!!!