{"id":8121,"date":"2026-03-30T10:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8121"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:10:04","slug":"ivy-house-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=8121","title":{"rendered":"Ivy House Champ!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunday was the very cold and windy final round of the Ivy House Silvers League. I was really hoping for a nice peg on Kingfisher, but instead I\u2019ve drawn a bit of an iffy peg 14 on Old Match Lake. It\u2019s not the best of areas and quite shallow everywhere, so I decided to just get my head down on the small fish most of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve fed short and down the edges with groundbait, maggots and pinkies and caught mostly little roach here (and the obligatory single Gary the gudgeon). Swapping to casters brought a few skimmers short, before the carp muscled in, which convinced me to revert back to pinkies. I also fed a couple of 13m pellet swims with groundbait and micros and had a dozen skimmers on expanders, but most of them were really tiny bottle tops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groundbait was my leftovers from Saturday\u2019s Fish South Silvers Final, which was the trusty Sonubaits Thatcher\u2019s and F1 Original combo. I\u2019ve not fed a great deal of anything today, though, as the fish didn\u2019t seem to want a lot of loose feed with it being so cold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a busy, chilly and windswept day I was surprised to put 16lb 9oz on the scales to win the lake. Nick Milsom won Kingfisher with 19lb 3oz and Gary Etheridge was 2nd with 18lb 8oz. There were a couple of 14lbs on my lake, too. Not huge weights by some fishery\u2019s standards but nice fishing and plenty of bites on a cold day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really pleased with my result as it meant I ended up with a perfect 5-point score to win the league. Giving the fishery\u2019s dog, Boris, a good-luck stroke every round seemed to help!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, a really great weekend\u2019s fishing to end this year\u2019s silverfish campaign on a high! A big thanks to Andy and Karen at Ivy House Lakes for running such a nice and friendly league at a great venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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