Shiplate Farm Fishery (Squire Pool).
I just fancied a few bites this weekend so booked in for the knock-up on squire pool with the fishery being so close to my home, Only nine off us fishing & although owner Steve has recently extended this lake we would all be on the previous pegs with a bit more cover starting from peg 5, This lake holds a cracking head of small fish & a lot of roach but mainly small stocky carp & various coloured gold fish' so should ensure we all get a few bites after what was another cold start with a breezy northerly wind, The wife was kind enough to rustle up some bacon sarnies before I left so at least I wouldn't go hungry, The fishery was really busy this morning with matches being held on the main lakes as well as the side lakes so I was escorted to their only private parking outside their houses, very VIP".
A nice free' cuppa before the draw before I found myself on peg 8 which was in the middle of the straight section before it goes into the bowl area, it wasn't far to the far bank at around 12mts which was plenty far enough with the wind howling down the lake as we set up.
I decided just to set up two rigs today, one to fish at 11mts at the bottom off the far shelf in around 4ft of water, with a 0.3g AS1 on 0.13-0.10 & an 18 F1 maggot hook, & a 4x14 chanti to fish down the track at 7mts in 6ft of water, I was going to fish tighter to the far bank but plumbing up it was very uneven & a lot shallower tight over, He's never far away from me & today he was next door on peg 9, Venue resident Steve (peanut) Howell,
Thinking about it I should of asked him to borrow a rig already set up for my swim as he must have about five assembled to suit it". We had the normal quid side bet so at least I could keep my eye on him, I started the day by feeding a small nugget of damp micros & a few hard 4mms at 7mts & began the day on the 11mt line with a 4mm expander on the hook feeding tiny amounts of micros via a small cad-pot. It didn't take to long to start getting indications & I started to catch the odd gold fish' to 8oz, Fishing at dead depth I found by slightly lifting & dropping the bait it would induce the odd fish which was a good start as not to many were catching at this point, That was until Peanut' threw a spanner in the works by landing a carp over 3lb which caught up with my smaller fish in one go" the first 90mins weren't hectic but at least I was putting the odd fish in the net by continuing to feed micros & a few 4mms via the cad pot, I did have a run of fish on 4mm red expanders which stood out as a change of bait but after two hours bites were starting to get hard to come by.
I had been feeding a few 4mms down the track so decided to give it a go in the hope of catching faster, Nothing', I gave it ten minutes but couldn't get a sniff even when I switched to fishing dead red maggot on the hook, Back at 11mts I managed a couple more gold fish before landing a carp pushing 2lb on dead maggots but I was now really having to wait for bites, At the halfway point I had peanut down as the winner but Kurt Pinkett who had draw end peg 5 seemed to be catching quite well, I plumed up another line across at 11mts slightly to my left where I fed a decent helping of micros so I had two lines to now switch between, The last couple of hours were really hard & it seemed most were struggling to put much together, I just kept plugging away nicking the odd chucky fair ground fish' off the now two far lines, peanut was now putting a net of roach together on maggot over maggot down the track but unfortunately I had left my maggots in the bags to long & none of them had any life in them to wriggle!, I kept trying down the track but just couldn't get it to work, I did bump a better fish & also foul hooked another better fish coming back with a scale but that was it. I just kept at it on the long lines & although Peanut was catching the odd roach & small carp I was still picking off the odd fish, the last 90mins were really hard with not much being caught anywhere although John Hawkins on the other end peg had seemed to catch better later in the day, Peanut managed to stick the knife in again when he had another better fish right at the end of the match which he landed after the whistle" & I had him down to be around 10lb ahead of me? Kurt was first to weigh & put 23lb 2oz on the scales, Andy France had 18lb odd & Nigel on my left had 10lb odd before it was my turn, I was surprized to end up with 23lb 14oz which put me in the lead but I though peanut & John would be the pegs to beat, I was really surprized when Peanut finished with 21lb odd as I never thought I had more than him so at least I had his quid again" Lol, I followed the scales around until we ended up with John who was last to weigh & we all had him down as the winner as he put another net in with an hour to go, It obviously jinxed him as he didn't add to it & finished the day with 23lb 1oz' A close little match but really surprized I came out on top picking up £50 for my efforts,
An interesting day, Bites became very hard to come by in the later stages but by adding the odd chunkier fish it just kept me ahead, In hindsight I wish I had took some live maggots as I think this would of caught a few more fish but at least I got a good result in the end. Back in the classroom at work next Saturday before returning to Viaduct on Sunday for the third round of the teams of five league, Me being on Lodge lake this time around unless I'm unfortunate enough to draw the section split on Cary lake'.
Full Results -
1st Dom Sullivan (Mosella UK) peg 8, 23lb 14oz.
2nd Kurt Pinkett (Wormheads) peg 14, 23lb 2oz.
3rd John Hawkins (Wormheads) peg 5, 23lb 1oz.
4th Steve Howell (Shiplate Farm) peg 9, 21lb 10oz.
Just to add I managed a few hours on the main lake here yesterday (peg 13) targeting the silvers, It turned out to be a great day, I started on the waggler & caster & was soon into small roach with the odd small skimmer, I had fed a long pole line in the open water at 13mts with G/Bait n casters & after a few attempts without any signs it didn't seem to work but after a couple of hours I saw signs of fish blowing, I had a good few hours catching plenty of decent skimmers between 1-2lb mainly on the maggot to finish with over 30lb of silvers.
I decided just to set up two rigs today, one to fish at 11mts at the bottom off the far shelf in around 4ft of water, with a 0.3g AS1 on 0.13-0.10 & an 18 F1 maggot hook, & a 4x14 chanti to fish down the track at 7mts in 6ft of water, I was going to fish tighter to the far bank but plumbing up it was very uneven & a lot shallower tight over, He's never far away from me & today he was next door on peg 9, Venue resident Steve (peanut) Howell,
Thinking about it I should of asked him to borrow a rig already set up for my swim as he must have about five assembled to suit it". We had the normal quid side bet so at least I could keep my eye on him, I started the day by feeding a small nugget of damp micros & a few hard 4mms at 7mts & began the day on the 11mt line with a 4mm expander on the hook feeding tiny amounts of micros via a small cad-pot. It didn't take to long to start getting indications & I started to catch the odd gold fish' to 8oz, Fishing at dead depth I found by slightly lifting & dropping the bait it would induce the odd fish which was a good start as not to many were catching at this point, That was until Peanut' threw a spanner in the works by landing a carp over 3lb which caught up with my smaller fish in one go" the first 90mins weren't hectic but at least I was putting the odd fish in the net by continuing to feed micros & a few 4mms via the cad pot, I did have a run of fish on 4mm red expanders which stood out as a change of bait but after two hours bites were starting to get hard to come by.
An interesting day, Bites became very hard to come by in the later stages but by adding the odd chunkier fish it just kept me ahead, In hindsight I wish I had took some live maggots as I think this would of caught a few more fish but at least I got a good result in the end. Back in the classroom at work next Saturday before returning to Viaduct on Sunday for the third round of the teams of five league, Me being on Lodge lake this time around unless I'm unfortunate enough to draw the section split on Cary lake'.
Just to add I managed a few hours on the main lake here yesterday (peg 13) targeting the silvers, It turned out to be a great day, I started on the waggler & caster & was soon into small roach with the odd small skimmer, I had fed a long pole line in the open water at 13mts with G/Bait n casters & after a few attempts without any signs it didn't seem to work but after a couple of hours I saw signs of fish blowing, I had a good few hours catching plenty of decent skimmers between 1-2lb mainly on the maggot to finish with over 30lb of silvers.
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