{"id":5441,"date":"2023-06-24T07:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=5441"},"modified":"2023-06-28T07:51:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T06:51:09","slug":"near-miss-on-the-feeder-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=5441","title":{"rendered":"Near Miss On The Feeder Masters!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fm-barston-18lb14oz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fm-barston-18lb14oz-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fm-barston-18lb14oz-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fm-barston-18lb14oz.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a ticket for the Feeder Masters qualifier at Barston last Saturday. I knew I\u2019d draw a very long wheelbarrow push, so a big thanks to Matty Pillay taking pity on me and helping me get there! Peg 40 is never one you\u2019d run to (just as well) but I had a bit of luck with the peg either side not drawn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After three hours I\u2019ve got just one carp and a few skimmers in the net, but finally had an arrival with some big kippers to give me 118lb. Biggest fish was an 18lb 14oz common that came in like a puppy\u2026 injected with mutant steroids! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ended up winning the 10-peg section, but was an agonising 2nd in the 20-peg qualifying zone behind Frankie Gianoncelli who had 131lb off point peg 52. I had some consolation in being 4th overall, but definitely felt a qualifying place slipped through my hands today\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fm-barston-baguptv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fm-barston-baguptv-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fm-barston-baguptv-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fm-barston-baguptv.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I used my trusty Matrix Horizon 11ft Commercial and 12ft Distance rods with Sonubaits Fluoro Bandum Wafters and Fin Perfect micros doused in Power Scopex Bait Booster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, a big thanks to Mr Bagup TV himself, David Wood, next door who very kindly gave me a (much needed) Boost choccy bar. I gave him a nice treat in return\u2026 a healthy satsuma! Keep on baggin&#8217;! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a ticket for the Feeder Masters qualifier at Barston last Saturday. I knew I\u2019d draw a very long wheelbarrow push, so a big thanks to Matty Pillay taking pity on me and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,87,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barston-lakes","category-carp","category-feeder-fishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5446,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions\/5446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}