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Vince Cockerill and Dorsal assistant Steve Boxall with 3lb 2oz Perch


Weather:
Sunny
Temp 17 to 24 deg C
Wind SW / Very North >2 mph
Baro 1020 mB Falling

Today pleasure fish had two objectives – To use up the maggots from Sunday’s match at Blind Lane and to try out Skintz bait on Lee Chapel Lake.

With 9 anglers on the lake – I choose Peg 16 and the set up for the day being the feeder. Started with an In-line maggot feeder with Size 16 6” 3lb hook link to 5lb Mainline and cast to the red post line to the right hand side of peg 16 and mid swim to peg 17. Some good roach and small perch got me underway and used all my maggots. At this time Vince Cockerel landed a 3lb 2oz Perch on the feeder with Sweetcorn bait from peg 13 close to the Island (open side). See Picture.

I switched over to a small Middy in line method to a Middy Hair Rig Size 14 2” 3lb hook link. The method was my mix of Van Deyne, Dynamite, Swimstim, crushed boilies and hemp with a few Sweetcorn kernels and Skintz feeder pellets and moved to just adjacent to the tree on the Island 3 feet out. I loose fed the mix of 4, 8 &12mm Skintz pellets. With an 8mm Skintz on the hair had Instant success with two small 1 1/2lb Tench on the 1st four casts, then the carp moved in and had a small 5lb pretty Common and one dark 2lb 12oz common one at ~ 15lb Common– (could not weigh as it knocked the Avon scales from my hand and into the drink!) - I stepped up to a 12mm Skintz and persevered for an hour but no takes – just nuisance bites from Roach / perch. Switched back to 8mm and strike one – a pretty 13lb 12oz Mirror. With that I decided to call it a day after 7 hours – not bad since I was only going for a couple.

Kev Wagg started fishing on Peg 19 at 1pm and fished onto 8pm – He had several 17lb carp to Meat off the island and close to the margins in Peg 18

Footnote: Scales Recovery.

After returning the #15lb mirror I felt around with hands in the area of the swim the scales dropped into, but they were just out of my reach. Using the landing net – pulled them straight in accompanied with two Crayfish !!

Labels: Pleasure Fish