FISHING

WEDNESDAY “NISA” OPEN MATCH

LAKE TWO

Makins Fishery sponsored by Tackle Guru - 31st May 2023

RESULT

Place  Peg     Angler's Name       Sponsor/Club                     Lbs      Ozs

1st      A6       Steve BEARD          Stratford-Upon-Avon      155     07

2nd     A11    John ADAMSON    Nisa Feeder Products      92       10

3rd     B19    Clive OLIVER           The Glebe                            91       05

4th     B17    Shane SAYER          Bennet's Tackle & Bait     82       10

5th     A15    Rob LOWE                Old Works AC                     66       13

6th     A21    Ian GREENFIELD     Army                                     51       12

In the overcast conditions with a cold East wind blowing, the carp seemed loath to feed and anglers all around the lake (the winner excepted) said that the bulk of their early catches consisted of bream, especially for those fishing the feeder.  It is likely that the temperature drop has affected the spawning patterns of the carp, hence their reticence to feed.

However, Steve Beard, fishing his first match on the lake on peg A6 was not disturbed by the bream at all.  Starting on the pellet waggler he caught carp steadily until his rod broke.  A switch to bomb and pellet in the same area kept the fish coming and he ended with a healthy 155-07 total for a clear win.

On peg A11, John Adamson had a slow start.  Fishing with his usual method feeder towards the island all he managed was a few bream, although after an hour or so the odd carp made an appearance.  That pattern continued and his final second placed 92-10 consisted of 26-05 of bream and the rest carp.

On the opposite bank on peg B19, the in-form "paste connoisseur" Clive Oliver also struggled with only bream on the feeder until the latter stages of the match when he found carp feeding in his left margin and the paste worked again to boost his weight to 91-05 and third place overall.

Shane Sayer (B17) had 31-05 of bream in his 82-10 total for fourth place, again his carp coming late from the margins, with Rob Lowe on A15 taking fifth place with a pole-caught bag of carp weighing 66-13, mainly on paste from his right margin, close to the A16 platform.  Ian Greenfield's 51-12 from peg A21 consisted of mainly pole-caught carp taken short and from his margins, although he suffered with several lost "foul hooked" fish during the day.

Many thanks to Rob Lowe for his scale duties - greatly appreciated.

Just a quick update on progress since my return to Makins in January this year.  I have now run twenty Wednesday Opens in 2023.  These have attracted 58 separate anglers, and we have an average attendance of ten per match.  There have been a total of 51 pool pay-outs and these have come from 18 different pegs, 9 of which are on each bank (A and B numbers), with the most successful being A15 (8 times), A21 (7 times) and B3 (5 times), although since the floating boom was removed pegs A15 and A21 have not been so dominant and fish have spread all around the lake.

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