Ivy house lakes

No Peg 41
50lb total weight
29lb silvers
2nd in silvers

7th overall

22 fished the match.

I had a nightmare, my filling fell out ten mintues, lost my first three carp, one pulled out, one to the aerator unsure how the fu#k it got there ( pole bent double and 15 meters of elastic) and the next took me under the next platform.  It hasn't been the best of weeks to be honest, but I stayed charm (no moaning, wheel spinning out car park, or throwing my gear in the lake).   However the next few hours were frustrating, I had two grass carp swimming around taking the pi$$ to be honest.  I couldn't catch them (even stayed on after the fishing match) and still.couldn't catch it.  This Grass Carp is huge, 15lb 10oz when it was last caught!!!

I had a run of skimmers at 7 meters to my right and left on pellets.and a couple of carp.  The biggest shock was I never caught down the edge in the last hour.  Gutted.  I only hooked one and it had to be the smallest carp in the lake, only 1lb mirror carp.

Well done to Des Shipp for winning silvers with a impressive 45lb silvers and Mike Etheridge for winning the match.

Manor Farm Leisure

Peg 38

64lb

3rd overall

10 fished

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Ivy House Lakes

Peg 9

25lb 4oz silvers

45lb 12oz Carp

71lb 😉

2nd in silvers

5th overall

22 fished

Colmic Electro match rods

The new Colmic Electro Match fishing rods are incredible, especially the medium force, as this rod does everything that I require!  The Colmic Electro Match medium power come in three lengths, 10ft, 11ft and 12ft.  Two piece rods.

It has lovely reel fitting, flat short handle, lovely smooth through action blank, and a good price tag of around rrp £70

See video below...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ9qaYVRHQw

Ivy house lakes

Peg 35
80lb
1st place
Unfortunately 3 fished

With the hot British weather, the fish were mainly on top and proved impossible to catch,  after 3pm I only manged 2 small carp, one went under the platform, which some how I got out?! 

I had some issues with my first carp that took me under the platform twice and then finallt broke me past Jason Gooch...   Fish are fighting really hard

Ivy House Lakes

• Peg 48
• 74lb
• 2nd overall
• 21 fished
  

 

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Ivy House Lakes

• Peg 5
• 33lb
• Won silvers by 2oz!!
• 10 fished

After talking about where to draw today, I wanted to be anywhere in the wind, ideally blowing in face.  So I was pleased with peg five.  As it's normally a great peg!!  However, my fishing match didn't go to plan, as I had one tiny perch, one skimmer and a 6lb carp after three hours??!!
I thought I'd sit it out for carp, but I couldn't catch them, and believed they would come down the edge which they didn't?! The beauty of Ivy House Lakes is that your able to come from zero to hero in the last hour if the carp are willing to have a go!  Unfortunately I could only managed one in the last thirty minutes for 5lb. 
I caught skimmers on dead maggots at 9 meters, in the last couple of hours for 21lb 10oz to beat Chris Timmes by 2oz, very lucky.

Don't forget Colmic Airon have an open day 23rd May 2015 at 9.30am onwards at Ivy House Lakes.

 

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