FISHING

WEDNESDAY “NISA” OPEN MATCH
LAKE TWO

Makins Fishery sponsored by Tackle Guru
19th April 2023

1st    Peg A15, Aaron MORTON (Swadlincote) 281-00
2nd  A18  Clive OLIVER (The Glebe) 129-13
3rd   B1     John ADAMSON (Nisa Feeders)      111-10
4th   A21   Shane SAYERS (Bennett's Tackle & Bait) 100-08
5th   A11   Shaun WEED (Old Works AC) 99-12       
6th   B21   Chris WAYTE (Coalville) 99-07       
7th   B19   Jon ARTHUR (Matrix) 67-13  
8th   A6    Rob LOWE (Old Works AC) 61-04  
9th   A8    Gary LEES 61-03     
10th A13   Rob MALLABONE (Cross Keys AC) 55-   03    
Paid Top Four

Report: The well-attended competition on Lake Two had to withstand a cold East wind throughout the day, but the good news was that, for the first time in a while, there was no rain.  The other good news was that the lake fished well and produced decent weights from all areas.

Aaron Morton drew peg A15, and with A16 and A17 not being used as the bank is unsafe, had a huge area to exploit.  Starting on pellet waggler, Aaron was soon into carp by casting to cruising fish, and by the time sport eased after the first hour, he must have had close to 100 pounds of fish in his net.  He then switched to his right margin (towards A16/17), and alternating between waggler and bomb, continued to catch carp, only delayed when he was "scrounging" two extra keepnets, having already filled the four he had with him.  At the final weigh-in, he recorded a weight of 281 pounds for a clear win.

 Clive Oliver on peg A18 had a quiet start to his match, and it was only when the winner's catch rate eased that the fish ventured down to Clive who had a superb end, catching on paste from his left margin with the odd fish on method feeder to total 129-13 for second place. At the other end of the lake, John Adamson did not really fancy peg B1 to produce a great deal, and at the end of the first hour, he only had one carp of around 4 lbs to report. By the end of the second hour, he had added two more, and then sport improved, and he caught carp steadily on method feeder until the final hour when things slowed up.  However, his 111-10 was sufficient to take third place.

Shane Sayers was on his usual peg A21, and alternating between feeder and pole, including his margins, he managed to again top the ton with 100-08 for fourth place, although he was closely followed by Shaun Weed (peg A11), whose 99-12 came mostly in the latter stages on pole and pellet fished short, and Chris Wayte (B21) whose 99-07 was mostly made up with method feeder fish although he added several from his margin on corn in the latter stages. Jon Arthur (B19) included 37-12 of bream in his pole caught 7th placed 67-13, Rob Lowe's 61-04 from peg A6 was mostly caught from the margin on corn, while Gary Lees' 61-03 of big carp fell to meat fished on a waggler in the margins.

Many thanks to some superb scales operating by Rob Lowe anglers managed to get away quickly at the end of the match.  My apologies to Aaron and Clive for my bankside errors in adding their weights.  Checking the weights at home, Aaron gained one pound fro his initial 280, and Clive lost 10 pounds.  Neither closely affected the overall results (when weights are close a double and treble check my maths on the bank). The photos show the top anglers with part of their catches.

NB.  Nisa Opens are held every Wednesday on Lake Two at Makins Fishery (see Facebook "Nisa - midweek open matches" to book a place).