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GAS - Richardson Lake, 21st August 2019

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Wednesday match at Marsh Farm, the weather was certainly shaping up to be a lovely day so what better than to spend it fishing on Richardson Lake! The usual suspects lines up together with some old familiar faces from my MFS days namely Ian McLaren and Dave Boyd. The Draw Peg 5, right outside of the club house for me today Set-up I decided on a method to target the far bank and the following pole lines: 10 Metres left and right Margins left and right The menu today dead reds, casters, micro pellets, assorted pellets for hookers and F1 sweet groundbait. All-In A single ball of groundbait on the left hand 10 metre line and three balls on the right hand line.  I started on the method with double dead red maggot and groundbait loaded.  Five minute timed cast and pinging three to four 6mm hard pellets over the method line. It was a warm and still day with very little ripple on the water.  The first hour past without a fish on the method so I tried the pole lines.  The l

GAS - Richardson Lake, 26th June 2019

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Wednesday open at Richardson Lake on the Marsh Farm Complex and an opportunity to have my third fish at this lake after two previous attempts. A comment from one of the guys today will stick in my mind... Richardson Lake fishes differently every single day of the week... never a truer word!  Here is the blog of the day. The Draw 27 fishing today and I managed to get an early dip in the bag.  Peg 44 was home for the day. Fishing was 11:30am until 6pm. Set-up With the wind trucking down the lake a long pole line and waggler option looked out of the window.  It didn't stop me setting them up!  Main lines of attacker as follows: Bomb / Small cage feeder across Top Two + Three section straight ahead Top Two + Three margins left and right Baits mainly natural, maggots, casters, sweetcorn, groundbait and some pellets All-In Starting on the short line, I cupped in a small amount of groundbait with some micro pellets and went straight over the line with double maggot.

GAS - Wood Lake, Busbridge, 23rd June 2019

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Fourteen of us fishing today for round two of the Godalming Summer League and it was back to Wood Lake, Busbridge. Now this venue is extremely picturesque however rumour was that the fishing had been very hard lately. The Draw Peg 24 for me today.  This peg is on the left hand bank looking from the car park at the far end of the lake. The journey with the gear on the barrow was certainly interesting!  We do carry way too much gear! Set-up The margins where screaming fish! This would be a power top two and three sections to get a good depth of around 3.5 feet depth. Two rods set-up, waggler and bomb rod. Baits on the menu, maggots, casters, sweetcorn, some worms (just in case) and the ground bait from the Bury Hill session with some micro pellets through it. All-In So the match plan was to fish the waggler shallow, pinging casters and to either go over that line with a small bomb or set the waggler at full depth.  The margin's would be fed differently, the one on

GAS - Richardson Lake, 16th June 2019

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Sunday match this week I opted to head back to Richardson Lake with Godalming Angling Society (GAS) who were sharing the lake with the Farnham Match Group (FMG). A quick call to the match secretary and I was in.  Turns out that 36 of us would be fishing. The Draw Drawing was split between GAS and FMG and ordered by the time you booked on.  I was second last on our list however Peg 10 came out for me. Not a bad draw and one peg from the area that everyone was fancying! Set-up Waggler and Bomb rod straight out of the bag to target the far bank which is just beyond pole range. Pole Lines were: 14.5 Metres to the left side of the peg Top 2 + 2 margin lines left and right Top 2 + 1 keep net line Bait consisted of maggot, caster, worm, sweetcorn and some expander pellets.  Groundbait was Supercrush Green. All-In The decision from the off was to take the negative approach and with that I potted in two balls of ground bait was a smattering of casters on the long pole li

GAS - Harris Lake, 2nd June 2019

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Another match with Godalming Angling Society at another one of their waters in the Marsh Farm Complex. Today I'm fishing Harris Lake, lake which is renowned for its large tench and crucian carp. The Draw Early start, 8:30am draw fishing 10:30am to 3:30pm which is a little early for a summer match to be quite honest. Peg 27 came out of the bag for me... one of the longest walks from the car park however as I'm on a fitness regime at the moment something to get the heart pounding. Neighbours to my right, Henry and Paul. Set-up The weather was bright and sunny and very little ripple on the water however I decided to target the far bank with a feeder / bomb approach rather than the method. Pole Lines to target the lily pads on my right, 13 metres into the white water and a short top 3 plus 2 line to my left. Bait was mostly a natural selection with some expanders thrown in just incase.  I also had some sweetcorn that I had liquidised which would be to generate a c

GAS - Richardson Lake, 29th May 2019

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A chance to fish the Wednesday match with Godalming Angling Society on a new lake to me, Richardson Lake. The weather wasn't looking the best today with rain predicted, little did I know it was going to rain all day long and soak all the gear. The Draw Peg 7, near to the Apollo tackle shop came out of the bag for me. Set-up With the wind blowing down the lake I didn't feel it would be a waggler day however I set-up a waggler and also a bomb to fish the waggler line too. Pole lines were: 13 metres at 10 o'clock and 1 o'clock Top 2 and 3 straight ahead Margin lines left and right Bait was a mix between natural (maggot, caster, worms) and pellets which would be fished on separate lines. All-In Kicking off the swims I put a small ball of sloppy groundbait with casters on the 10 o'clock line and some 4 mm pellets on the other long pole line.  The rain then started. I decided to try the waggler, pinging casters over the top until the wind got so ba

GAS - Sumners Match Lake, 27th January 2019

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I joined Godalming Angling Society at Sumners Match Lake near Horsham today. Twenty anglers arrived to quite a cold and windy day. Today's match counted both carp and silvers however there was also a silvers pool, draw depend would shape my day, I aslo wanted to use the day as further silvers practise for Ricky Baxters Silvers League. The Draw Permanent Peg 4 in the bowl was my chosen peg for the day, which was also the end peg. I'd fished the bowl previously so I was definitely starting to think that my carp match was not going to happen. Set-up I grabbed a feeder rod that was setup with a modified method feeder and some pole elastic to carry a PVA bag of pellets and a white wafter for the carp. Pole Lines where: 3 metre whip 12 metre line 5 metre margin line Bait was very simple, casters, maggots together with some groundbait just in case the carp or even larger skimmers moved in. All-In I had to start the match and try to find a carp, so the feeder r

GAS - Wood Lake, Busbridge, 23rd December 2018

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Since moving from London I decided to join to local clubs which basically gives me most of the waters within a 30 minute radius to me.  I've fished quite a few matches with the Farnham guys, time to fish a match with Godalming Angling Society  or "GAS". The stunning Wood Lake Christmas match was in the calendar and a quick email to the Roger, the match secretary and I was on.  Roger emailed back with the latest form from the lake and also advice on what bait to fish and methods.  Thanks Roger, very welcoming email. The Draw Gathering at GAS headquarters to pick up keep net and landing nets I drew peg 31 which is on the right hand bank from the car park.  There would be 23 anglers and once we arrived at the fishery there was very little space in the car park. Set-up Arriving at the peg the water was gin clear, I was also being watched my a demon in the trees... see picture!  Post Note:  This is Cthulhu, see more about him here  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthul