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MARK KERRIDGE
s miling! Well, Colin might b e o f f o f t h e l i s t o f p ote n t i a l f i s h
to catch but with all the o t he r s d ue o u t , th i n g s were l o o k i n g
ra ther good for me.
There were still fish in M a t t’ s sw i m a n d o u t i n t h e ou t o f
b o unds section, so I knew I ha d to g e t as c l os e to t h e a re a a s
I c ould. After congratulat i n g M a tt an d li s te n i n g to t h e s to r y
t h at led to the capture, we m ad e o u r way d ow n t h e t ra c k to
f i nd the swim that would o f fe r me th e b es t op p o rt u n i t y to g e t
a s close to the fish as pos s i b l e. I b a s i ca l ly h a d t wo to c h o o s e
f rom until Chris ann ounce d t ha t h e wa s le av i n g n ow t h at Co l i n
h a d been out . Chris was i n a sw i m k n ow n a s t h e Co p s e, o n e
t h at controls a large amou n t o f wa te r an d a l s o p u ts yo u ve ry
c l ose to one of the gaps to t h e o u t o f b o u n d s . T h i s sw i m h a s
g o od form for producing f i s h , s o i t s ee me d c ra z y n ot to g o i n
t h ere. I had five nights, so eve n i f I di d a n i gh t o r t wo i n t h e re ,
I h ad plenty of time for a m ove i f I n e ed e d to .
I knew of two spots that s h o ul d b e c le a r en o u gh fo r a b a i t , s o
a f ter a quick check in my b o o k to s e e h ow m a ny w ra ps , I wa s
o u t in the lake having a le a d a ro u n d . Su re e n o u gh I wa s ri gh t ,
a n d before long, I had two ni ce c l ea n s p o t s m a rke d u p re a dy
fo r a rig. A third spot wa s eve n tu a lly fo u n d a f te r s e a rc h i n g
w i th all that weed in fron t o f me . N o r u s h , I t h o u gh t … I h ave
f ive nights in front of me. U s u a lly w i t h th e s p o t s fe e l i n g a s
c l ear as they did, I would h ave go ne fo r a b al a n c ed b a i t f i s h e d
h e licopter style but no t th i s ti m e . I wa n te d to g o aga i n s t wh a t
t h e majority were doing an d ma ke my ri g d i f fe re n t . I o p te d to
f i s h small solid PVA bags w i t h n o bo i li e s a s h o o k b a i ts . Two
ro ds would be tiger nuts, bu t t h e th i rd I fa n c i e d s o me t h i n g
d i fferent , something hopef u lly t he f i s h h a dn’ t b e e n h o o ke d o n
fo r a while. I was going to be f i sh i n g ove r a be d of p a r ti c l e
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