Baden Hall, Doughnut Pool.

#1

Results can be found here...........

http://yaleac.si-lad.com/main

Will do a write-up and pictures later when I got my stuff packed away and cleaned off. Goose sh!t everywhere lol

#2

Well what a day....
Rained all day again. >:(
At the draw I drew peg 21 which I hoped would be out of the wind but it wasn't. It was 14.5 meters wide which was a bonus as some of the other pegs were 16+ meters wide.
When I set up the wind was not too bad so I decided to fish the paste to the far bank and down the track. With it raining I couldn't be arsed setting up loads of stuff. I also had a method already setup in my rod bag too.
I had setup and went for a chat, having not set my bait out or made my slop for feeding with the paste as there was 40 mins to go before 10am. Tink the ba*tard blew the whistle early and I had to run back to my peg and do everything in half the time

Put my ball of paste in my pot and then capped it off with some slop and shipped out, tipped the cup and 'plop' in it goes. Waited about 3 mins and the polyball disappeared and the pole tip shot round. The result a nice carp about 4lb. During the first hour I had 5 fish then it happened >:(

The wind picked up and made fishing the far bank too much of a struggle. I tried down the track and had bugger all, not even a sniff :-?
Word on the bank was that Tinky had packed up

and about 10 mins later a wet looking womble came walking round the pool....

Poor Tinky was freezing, wet and well pis*ed off

Method time I thought.....this turned out to be another adventure lol.
Casting was a bit dodgy as my brolly was in the way for start. Got it where I wanted it, waited about 5 mins and the tip shot round. I struck and felt the fish for about 2 second then nothing, I though bugger its pulled out. Reeled in to find my hook length was gone

Strange never had that happen before.
Tied a new hook length and cast in again.......5 mins later the tip shoots round again and I strike into a fish for about 5 second, then again it goes dead

I reel in and low and behold the line is still there but the hook has gone. FFS!! I'm thinking.
I tied ANOTHER hook length, bare in mind my hands are freezing and wet. Anyway the next fish took the lot again

By this time I was completely pis*ed off and decided to struggle in the wind and go back on the paste, but I was too hard to hold and was beginning to hurt my back. So I packed up with 40 mins to go

5 hours for 5 fish weighing 19lb dead. Very hard fishing again. Where the winner was fishing it was like a mill pond ::) Enough said.

My peg.....

#3

Nowt on the top 2 Si

Conna · #4

I tried the top 2 several times throughout the match and never had a sniff on it. I caught most of my 34lb bag on the paste at 7m and the last 30 mins I went out at 14.5m which was 1.5m short of the far bank on my peg to net 2 more decent Carp and pulled out of another one on the meat. I wish I'd have struggled more now at 14.5 as I never fed a thing on this line apart from the initial pot of micros and meat but they were deff there.

I'd like to thank Tinky for getting me out of the S**t as I couldn't find my feeding cups anywhere but I knew he'd have some and he kindly lent me them so thanks for being a good sport Mr Tink, I'm sorry you had a dry net

#5

Reeled in to find my hook length was gone

low and behold the line is still there but the hook has gone.

Anyway the next fish took the lot again

5 hours for 5 fish weighing 19lb dead.

I did forewarn about the herons but forgot to mention those red signal crayfish :(

19lb - can't be too bad..........I can't remember the last time I got anywhere near that weight.......

#6

Just had a gander at the weights..........fantastic compared with what we experience on the Curse matches - and 19lb would have framed 9 times out of 10 on ours LOL

#7

I should have done better really but once the wind picked up and spoilt my plan I lost interest. Everytime I want or have to fish long its bloody windy.
I have no idea why my knots were failing ::) Not happened before.
I should have stuck at my track swim a bit more perhaps and had it been a club match I would have done but it was too late to catch up and I had seen and heard other people catching alot more so I couldn't be arsed

Oh and I wanted to walk the bank with Tinky to keep him company

There's always another time

I think Conna would have had 2 more fish if I hadn't have gone talking to him, sorry dude

You still beat me though

At the time I always think 'What am I doing' out in the rain, soaking and freezing cold. Then after when I'm at home with a beer I look back and laugh and think what I should have done, then kick myself

I did force myself to fish long for longer than I wanted though despite the wind.
Had a good day out thinking back, only spoilt by the wind.

TK you nearly on 1000 posts you spam monkey, I might have to knock 100 or so off

#8

At the time I always think 'What am I doing' out in the rain, soaking and freezing cold. Then after when I'm at home with a beer I look back and laugh and think what I should have done, then kick myself
I did force myself to fish long for longer than I wanted though despite the wind.
Had a good day out thinking back, only spoilt by the wind.

TK you nearly on 1000 posts you spam monkey, I might have to knock 100 or so off

Don't we all Si.................oooops thats no 994

#9

ps - 911 have been used in exercising my moderators duties don't forget

Tinky · #10

no problem dude always help a friend.well that was probably the worst match that i have fished ever,i knew before the match that i was not going to do any good you just know call it instinct i dont know,every think seemed to go wrong from the start,

first i dont think i should have set the feeder up that was my first mistake :-/secondly i thihk i should have put a 14.5 metre line in instead of trying to fish 16.metre which was virtually impossible due to the wind and ofcourse the cars that was parked behind me >:(i also did not get my feeding right from the start of the match,so all in all it was sh!t so simple has had his day again but never mind si what goes round comes round and you no what sprucy says fishing has got this habit of coming round and biting you on the wobbly cheeks lol

the next one is willow marsh see you there.

#11

so simple has had his day again but never mind si what goes round comes round and you no what sprucy says fishing has got this habit of coming round and biting you on the wobbly cheeks lol the next one is willow marsh see you there.

Hey I didn't do any good either lol. And I never take the yellow stream for that exact reason

I'm always on the receiving end of it all. But it goes in one ear and out the other lol

Conna · #12

Hey I didn't do any good either lol. And I never take the yellow stream for that exact reason

Don't take the P**s my A**e lol

#13

Hey I didn't do any good either lol. And I never take the yellow stream for that exact reason

Don't take the P**s my A**e lol

Hey I'm always nice

Sprucey is coming on here tonight, good job I have removed all those nasty posts you and Tinky said about him

jeeeesh I don't know

Sprucey I still have your tub, I will give it you back next week

Wonder if he will work out how to sign in and reply, we shall see.

Carpfan · #14

That place is awful in the wind. I can only imagine it well not a very nice day in the rain also. :(
Do you lads fish in the Sun or what

Conna · #15

No, we all have an H2O fetish

#16

I don't mind the rain, Just hate the wind with a passion, ruins everything

Conna · #17

It does when you let one rip matey.

#18

I'm a gentleman, I wouldn't do something like that