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Wicken's Pool  22 March 2025        Contest  

Warm and overcast. John had arrived first and scared off a Cormorant which may have affected the fish. If they have been coming regularly most of the medium size fish will have been eaten which would explain the lack of those in the catch. The carp didn't feed much as only the one caught by John on a pellet showed up.

I swapped over at lunch time to fishing very shallow (2ft with the shot about 1foot) and caught very small roach on a size 20 to 21/2lb on a small bread punch - 19 weighed 8oz! I was groudbaiting with liquidised bread which usually brings a carp onto the scene but didn't appear to work this time although others did report seeing them.

John eventually caught a carp of 1lb 12oz  while Steve caught two perch one of which weighed 14oz. Richard caught several small perch in the shallow end under the floating catkins (which drove me mad and forced me to move from my original position) and they were considerably larger than my tiny roach!

Dave, Shirley and Kevin didn't trouble the scales although they all are highly competent.

Let us hope that warmer weather bring out some fish for us to catch and that they are all hiding.

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