Magpie Lake, Pidley - 16 August 2009

12 members attended our latest outing to Magpie Lake at Rookery Waters, Pidley. Having reserved pegs 1-22, Ron had a chat with the venue bailiff and old Grebe member John Dighton who advised on leaving out the early and late pegs and peg the match from 5-17.

All members caught fish on what was a warm and breezy day.

Drawn on Peg 14, Mr T caught well close in on his left hand margin to take carp to 8lb on pellet to win the section. Ray Sladden was 2nd in section with his catch consisting of past caught carp.

Ron, Trev & Jonty drew in a line on pegs 5, 6 & 7 respectively. Ron fished tight to the left and right hand margin and caught steadily all day for his weight of 70lb 8oz and 2nd in section. Trev fished shallow with pellet and with some fruitless looks on the inside weighed in 69lb 12oz for 3rd in section. 

Jonty started fishing paste at top2+1 in 6 feet of water. He caught a few early fish but the swim was very slow. He also took a few carp from his margin swims but the depth as tight as he could get being 4.5feet ment he suffered lots of frustrating line bites. So at 1pm he decided to try and catch up with Trev who had been catching well shallow during the first part of the match. It was a fish-a-chuck for Jonty on 4mm banded pellet over loose fed pellets and at the weigh-in he put 90lb 12oz to win the section and pip Mr T to a match win.

Result:

1st- Jonty 90lb 12oz

2nd - Mr T 88lb 12oz

3rd - Ron 70lb 8oz

4th - Trev 69lb 12oz