{"id":4711,"date":"2022-01-10T08:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T08:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=4711"},"modified":"2022-01-10T08:43:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T08:43:01","slug":"where-have-all-the-carp-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=4711","title":{"rendered":"Where Have All The Carp Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wow, what a tough Golden Rod qualifier at Boddington Resy on Saturday! Just two carp for 24lb won the entire 60-peg match! I won my 10-peg section from peg 53 with just 1lb 12oz of roach! Nick Speed won our 20-man qualifying zone from the dam wall with just 3lb! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m kicking myself as I only fished for roach for about 45 minutes as we were told someone on the dam wall had caught a carp. That\u2019s cost me mega. But I\u2019m sure we all would have bet that someone would hook at least one carp in the last hour to qualify. Definitely a missed chance there, but at least I got a section envelope for my efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caught the roach at 20m on pinkies over Sonubaits F1 Dark and Black Roach. Also had one roach at long range on the carp gear. Awesome dropback bite too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two flasks, one with tomato soup, loads of snacks and my Fox Warrior chair were all essential items today. Never seen Boddington fish that hard across the entire lake before! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as an after thought, I\u2019d love to see a winter event at a venue like this allowing two feeder rods. With 20-45 minute casts the norm it\u2019s so difficult to experiment or try anything different. It\u2019d certainly add an extra dimension to a tough winter feeder match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n