Summerhayes Fishery Open (Sellicks Lake).
Back to Summerhayes today as not many matches available without being involved in a league ect, I had a day socialising' yesterday with the wife & after the usual end of day kebab" strangely enough I decided to skip breakfast arriving at the fishery over an hour before the draw as it was later now the clocks had changed' I left the kit in the van as long as possible due to the fact their were some threatening skies around & I had already been caught in some heavy showers on route,
Their were 14 fishing today so at least we would all have some room but I just fancied a day out of the now increasing wind so the bottom end would suit me' Into the draw & I managed to pick peg 12 right out of the wind so fortunate there then, It has a good inside edge which was going to be well sheltered as well as the end of the island at 13mts so plenty of room to work along, Quite simply as I had a 0.2g AS1 to fish over to the island were I found a flat spot tight-in with around 3ft of water on 0.13-0.11 & an 18 808 hook. A 4x12 Chanti on 0.14-0.12 & an 16 808 hook to fish at 6mts left & right down the track & an inline 0.2g Maver Series 2, to fish down the edge at 8 & 13mts in nearly 3ft of water
which would double up to use down to my left were I had a nice clump of reeds to search around.
Jonny page had this peg a couple of weeks ago & had 20lb odd so I was hoping with the peg conditions in my favour it hoped to catch a few, All I had with my today bait wise was a mix of expanders & hard pellets, corn & 6mm meat.
I started by feeding a small amount of bait at 13mts down the edge, some corn off the end of the island in the deeper water, Fed a small amount of micro's tight to the island in-front of me & fed a couple of pieces of meat down the track to my right & some 4mm pellets to my left, I started the day hoping for a mug fish on the meat but after 10mins it was time to try tight to the island with a 4mm expander to start with
. I had a small dink on the float as it settled but that's as far as it went as I didn't have a sign after 20mins. Time to try down the track starting on a 6mm expander where I had been feeding some hard 4mms by hand, Still nothing so back to trying the other side with meat again. I gave it 5mins but it seemed the fish didn't want to be down the track? After around 90mins I had to have a look down the edge, I started at 8mts but was soon trying the longer line, I fully expected to have some sort of indication but after 10mins I was beginning to wonder if I was going to catch"? Back across tight over & I managed a 4oz carp followed by a 2oz roach so at least a blank was diverted'. Owner Pete's sidekick Tea boy Aide had come for a wander after a couple of hours & Apart from Martin Addicott on peg 4 having a few most of us were struggling, back down the edge at 13mts I finally managed a carp around 3lb but that was it, Not to drag on to much I managed 2 more carp going into the last hour on across & another down the edge but lost another down to the reeds on my right which was the only indication I had their al day, I the last 25mins I had one 3b plus fish across & two more smaller samples tighter to the bank down the edge both on meat. A poor days fishing really as I found it so hard just to try & induce a bite, When the scales arrived Bill Hopping was leading the way with 20lb odd followed by a 18lb odd, My six carp & 9oz' of bits gave me 15lb odd before further around on fancied peg 4 Martin Addicott won the match with a total of 28lb, I'm sure the heavy overnight showers & weather today didn't help matters but I did expect with us all having room we would have a few more, Thing I will leave this lake alone until it warms up properly as it hasn't fished for a while now in the matches I've fished. Off to Acorn tomorrow so hoping the overnight storm & wind forecast has long gone before we arrive.
Full Results -
1st Martin Addicott (Summerhayes) peg 4, 28lb 12oz.
2nd Bill Hopping (Summerhayes) peg 19, 20lb 1oz.
3rd Steve Hayman (Summerhayes) peg 23, 18lb 8oz.
4th Brian Slipper (Sensas Thyers) peg 2, 18lb 6oz.
5th Dom Sullivan (Maver) peg 12, 15lb 3oz.
6th Jeff Saunders (Summerhayes) peg 10, 12lb 14oz.
Silvers -
1st Ray Wickham (Summerhayes) peg 6, 4lb 11oz.
Their were 14 fishing today so at least we would all have some room but I just fancied a day out of the now increasing wind so the bottom end would suit me' Into the draw & I managed to pick peg 12 right out of the wind so fortunate there then, It has a good inside edge which was going to be well sheltered as well as the end of the island at 13mts so plenty of room to work along, Quite simply as I had a 0.2g AS1 to fish over to the island were I found a flat spot tight-in with around 3ft of water on 0.13-0.11 & an 18 808 hook. A 4x12 Chanti on 0.14-0.12 & an 16 808 hook to fish at 6mts left & right down the track & an inline 0.2g Maver Series 2, to fish down the edge at 8 & 13mts in nearly 3ft of water
which would double up to use down to my left were I had a nice clump of reeds to search around.
Jonny page had this peg a couple of weeks ago & had 20lb odd so I was hoping with the peg conditions in my favour it hoped to catch a few, All I had with my today bait wise was a mix of expanders & hard pellets, corn & 6mm meat. 
. I had a small dink on the float as it settled but that's as far as it went as I didn't have a sign after 20mins. Time to try down the track starting on a 6mm expander where I had been feeding some hard 4mms by hand, Still nothing so back to trying the other side with meat again. I gave it 5mins but it seemed the fish didn't want to be down the track? After around 90mins I had to have a look down the edge, I started at 8mts but was soon trying the longer line, I fully expected to have some sort of indication but after 10mins I was beginning to wonder if I was going to catch"? Back across tight over & I managed a 4oz carp followed by a 2oz roach so at least a blank was diverted'. Owner Pete's sidekick Tea boy Aide had come for a wander after a couple of hours & Apart from Martin Addicott on peg 4 having a few most of us were struggling, back down the edge at 13mts I finally managed a carp around 3lb but that was it, Not to drag on to much I managed 2 more carp going into the last hour on across & another down the edge but lost another down to the reeds on my right which was the only indication I had their al day, I the last 25mins I had one 3b plus fish across & two more smaller samples tighter to the bank down the edge both on meat. A poor days fishing really as I found it so hard just to try & induce a bite, When the scales arrived Bill Hopping was leading the way with 20lb odd followed by a 18lb odd, My six carp & 9oz' of bits gave me 15lb odd before further around on fancied peg 4 Martin Addicott won the match with a total of 28lb, I'm sure the heavy overnight showers & weather today didn't help matters but I did expect with us all having room we would have a few more, Thing I will leave this lake alone until it warms up properly as it hasn't fished for a while now in the matches I've fished. Off to Acorn tomorrow so hoping the overnight storm & wind forecast has long gone before we arrive.
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