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weldec · 29th August 2006, 06:26 PM

Hi .Me,

Thanks for taking the time to update us on the situation re pellets. Hope your practise day went well let us no the results please.

.me · 29th August 2006, 11:02 PM

With reference to the pellet situation, The pellets are £2 a bag. I used 1 & 1/2 bags.

I fished Hawthorn pool as that the one ive got my match on, but after talking to a few of the regulars and the owner, i was told that all the pools are stocked simular and fish simular.
I fished for 5 hrs as i would in the match and ended up with at a guess between 50-60lb made up of 2 roach, 5 carp to the 6-7lb ish mark and the rest was made up of F1s to around the lb mark. i fed 2 lines, 1 @ 5m and a margin. I i fed pellet and fish either meat or corn over the top. I found i was getting faster bites if i switched baits ie 1 fish on corn, 1 on meat, 1 on corn, meat ect ect. On pellet shallow i had the 2 roach so gave up in favour of corn and meat. Im not the best at paste fishing so am not sure on the results as i missed most of the bites.

Through out the morning i fed the margin swim whilst fishing the 5m swim. All of a sudden i knew when the carp had moved in as all the water in front of my feet went cloudy, with swirls, fins, tails ect all showing. It time i hook a fish out of this swim i fed it whilst i played/landed the hooked fish. I had the bigger fish out of this swim.

weldec · 30th August 2006, 07:35 PM

Hi .Me,

Sounds like you had a good day mate, the margin swim seems to be the favourite once they move in. Chance for me to try my new Middy margin pole. Just out of interest what depths were you fishing at 5mm and margin. And thanks for letting me no about the pellet situation.

.me · 30th August 2006, 08:30 PM

Margin swim was right up against the bank (6 inches max out off the bank) and i was fishing dead depth at 12 inches deep. They come that close in and with it being that shallow you can see them when they move in. At 5m i was fishing about 5ft deep dead depth.

Dont forget these depths are for hawthorne and peg 14, so may differ on other pegs or on other lakes. I know when ive fished dam pool the depths were very simular to what i was on yesterday.

All the big fish i saw come out were all from the margins, so yes the margins are favourite. I fed left and right at the off as well as my 5m line, then whilst fishing my 5m line i kept dropping a few pellets into my margin swim. Once the fish are in the margin swims keep feeding the little and often. Once i hooked a fish in the margins i'd drag the fish out away from the swim as fast as i could and drop some more pellets in whilst i played the hooked fish. This kept the other fish in the swim. Once the margin swim died i moved back out to the 5m swim but kept feeding the margin swims again. Once they came back in i repeated the hook, drag out, feed , land proccess. I think you'll have more success in a match with the margin swims as the caught carp go in the net, were as mine were released and shot straight back through my swims spooking any other feeding fish (if you get what i mean).

Good luck with your match

weldec · 30th August 2006, 09:49 PM

Again thanks for the info .Me.

The guys are all down for the week but with work commitments I may only manage three days, but I am really looking forward to it, I like you are not to confident with the paste so will opt for the meat /corn, may even try worm does this do any good always a good back up bait.Will hastily report back on Tuesday night with the results so far.

Thanks again mate for taking the time to type.

FatMaggot · 31st August 2006, 01:05 PM

As with the alternating with the baits same goes for the swims, feed yourself 2 swims one 6 m out and then one in the margin. I never knew that about the pellet rules cheers for the heads up fella's, there's me taking the pelllets I always use...... Do'h !

weldec · 31st August 2006, 09:46 PM

Hi Fatmaggot,

Cheers for that mate aleays good to have some sound info on hand it is much appreciated. Will certainly be giving the margins a bash with me new Middy Shock Stick Battle Machine. Really looking forward to the venues.

Cheers again mate.