Thread: Help, I've gone to the dark side !!

OMG ! I think I may be a matchman trapped in a purists body! And those of you who know me will agree, that is less likely than a politician going to prison for defrauding the public out of their hard earned cash !!

Tonight I fished our Laugherne Island Pool for the first time ever properly (I've had the odd cast with other people's kit before) as a practice session before attempting the open match on Wednesday. There have been 2 clubs on there this weekend. Yesterday the best weight was 19lb and today it was won with 37lb. I have been perplexed by the low weights coming out of late, especially given the huge winter bags we had and this was another reason I went to fish it - I suppose to see if could do any better, although I couldn't see why I might.

So what did I catch? 28 carp in 3 hours. Given that the carp in that pool are now averaging over 3 lbs, I took at least 84 lbs of fish and to be honest, those fish averaged more like 4 lbs !! In 3 hours !! So what did I do right? I haven't a clue. I fed and fished my hook bait over the feed - isn't that what all anglers do? I suspect I just hit the fish at their favourite time of day for munching down!

I have calculated that if I catch at the same rate on Wednesday for the 5 hour duration, I will almost certainly win the match and could quite possibly beat Grant Albutt's record for the pool. How bizarre!!

What's even more bizzare is that I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! Someone pass me the bleach, I need cleansing.

Love it, Well done

FF the TA get togethers are coming up fast

What was the buzz the competing or winning ?,

Pud - I was on 32, any reason??

Getinback - cheers mate, I am also attempting to dispel another matchmans myth - more details if I manage it!! Also, our wednesday opens are somewhat underpopulated, so normal 'match conditions' wont really apply me thinks !! We need some of you guys to pay us a visit now and then.

billy - cheers mate. I realise that more disturbance affects the fish, but this is still a relatively underfished pool (and I can assure you the disturbance caused by the quad when we feed it doesn't upset the fish!). The method I used last night takes that into account.

If you don't hear from me for a while after wednesday guys, it means I have embarassed myself, lmao