This is a guide to how I would fish Mawgan Porth match lake, how it helps. My last three visits to this venue has seen me win the match, third overall and a section in the section. So decent results, I always fish it at the beginning of September and our matches that I have fished has had 19 anglers plus. I'm not expert, but I hope my guide will help you?
Mawgan Porth is a beautiful venue in the heart of Cornwall. Its owed and run by Trevor who is really helpful and friendly guy. The fish are stunning, fin prefect and fight really hard as they are so healthy.
For me I'd fish a negative match, big pots of bait are a no no.... unless you fishing down the edge, bit most of the time I'd try and starve them on the hook.
Match Lake pegs
Peg 1 is on the gate, isn't normally in the matches.
Peg 8 on the bridge
Peg 14 on point of the Island
Peg 16 on lilly pads
Peg 18 on bottom bank, edge of lilly pads
Peg 20 on the pipe.
Peg 22 on the point of the Island (16 metres). Its 4 foot against the bank infront and to the right by the reeds its 5 foot.
Peg 27 On the airetor
Peg 34 end peg (tougher end, unless the warm wind is blowing into it).
Gear used
Garbolino UK1 pole
Open water rig;
0.5 Jon Walker float
0.16 to 0.11 hooklength
18 B911
1.4mm Dan's elastic soild core.
Edge
0.3 Jon Walker float
0.18 straight through
16 B911 X Strong.
1.8mm Dan's elastic
Depths
The bottom bowl pegs 12 to 22 is about 5 foot. Up the top of the lake is about 4 foot. Edges can be quite deep, 3 foot.
Bait
Worm mix in open water was great method and dead maggots with fishery mircos down the edge. There are some big carp, Jason Crump had one 15lb 10oz and Laurie Lang had 70lb of units all down the edge on maggots
See link for full details.
https://mawganporthpools.co.uk/
