{"id":5722,"date":"2023-11-26T10:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T10:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=5722"},"modified":"2025-05-01T22:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:29:38","slug":"back-in-the-otf-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=5722","title":{"rendered":"Back In The OTF Final!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fresh back from a great week at White Acres I\u2019d got a ticket for the On The Flyer TV Silverfish Classic <\/em>at Makins today. Bit tired after five windswept days in Cornwall and seeing minus -2C on the temperature gauge was a shock to the system! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was VERY sunny!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s fair to say it\u2019s fished rock hard today. I\u2019ve  had to pick up some bait from Lanes first thing, so I arrived late and had the last peg in the bag, which was 12 on Lake 4. This is just two pegs away from where I was last time when it was carp soup. Well after three hours I\u2019m struggling for a bite off anything, like everyone else I could see. I\u2019d got about 30 micro perch and a 2oz skimmer in the net, plus a big head ache from the glaring sun in our eyes. It\u2019s not been easy fishing a long pole one handed with my other arm in the air shielding my eyes from the sun. The lovely catch pic gives you some idea what it was like! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully I\u2019ve had a late arrival of big skimmers plus a few non-counting F1s and carp. Those late skimmers have been vital as I\u2019ve weighed 18lb, won the match and qualified for the \u00a310k final! Sir Alan 5x Scotthorne was the other qualifier, winning Lake 5 with just 6lb, so the frost, sun and clear sky has really knocked the sport today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Qualifiers!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And for anyone who wonders if you can reuse groundbait, I\u2019ve just used yesterday\u2019s lake winning leftovers from Jennys Lake, which is my ever-faithful Sonubaits Thatchers and F1 combo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great to be back in the Final again, which is at Meadowlands some time next year. Hopefully I will draw near some fish this time. Definitely due a day off now. Hope you\u2019ve all had a good weekend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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