Mescar Lake at Lydiate, Merseyside, is settling down as the milderconditions encourage the fish to forage for food.
However, none of the regular matchmen expected them turn up in”dead mans bay” where Prescot’s John Fisher scored a good win with23-3-0.
He was on peg 17, which hasn’t produced a decent catch in sincethe water opened this time last year, but by using a nine metre pole,groundbait and red maggot, he caught a mixed bag of rudd to 12 ouncesand carp to 2lb.
First at Copthorne Fishery was Chris Gorrell, fishing for TedCarter’s Southport Match group, and he weighed-in with 41-0-0.
The sweepstake took place on the Square Pool and Chris had anall-carp catch of fish to 2lb while pole fishing at 12 metres withpinkies over coarse pellets.
A corner peg number 30 on Lark Pool at Lymm’s Meadow View Fisheryproduced a winning 27-8-0 for Derek Bibby (Trev’s Wilmslow) in theSaturday Open.
The talented matchman fished side-on to the cover reeds offeringcorn and maggot and caught carp from a few ounces up to 2lb.
Dave Houghton
www.leisureangling.co.uk
