2023 - May 13/14th Nykoping Feeder match

The annual Feeder match at Nykoping is a great leveller and with expected Big weights the 15 anglers descended to the venue . The attendance less this year due to other matches taking preference for some at Lidan and Soderhamn .

As usual Metmask provided the best bait and also on display was all the finest tackle from the MATRIX PRESTON GARBOLINO churches.

I took a walk up to the section as i awaited match organiser Mats Larsson to arrive to place all the pegs which had been drawn the previous night on the Live Facebook 
 

Friday night draw was ...........

Before the start of the match i took a walk 

Esa on Peg15 is the most easiest peg to sit on as it had less mud and is mostly shingle ..........to the right all the way up to the canoe station is the same .

Peg 14 

   Peg 13

Peg 12

Peg 11

Peg 10

Peg 9

Peg 8 

Peg 7

Peg 6

 

Peg 5

Peg 4

Peg 3

Peg 2

Peg 1

Day 1 results were ..........

DAY 2 THE SUNDAY 

I moved two pegs to peg 7 , previous day Mats fished it .

I was using my two new MATRIX ETHOS rods with New MATRIX XR 3500 reels and they certainly made a difference to my fishing as i could see the bite development much more clearer .

Marcus Peg 1 15350

Jesper peg 2 24225

Patrik peg 3 18050

Vince peg 4  19275

Håkan peg 5 and section winner with 24650

Jamie peg 6 7550

Peg 7 and 15500

peg 8 Esa with 19575

peg 9 is Tadas with 23850 and the section winner 

Kjell peg12 with 4450 

On peg 11 is Mats with a great platform 

his weight was the section winner with 29000 

Stefan peg 13 with 19900

Mikael peg14 23025

Marcus peg15 with 22925

Scores on the doors and the money share out 

Massive congratulations to Hakan on winning the 2023 Feeder championship

To summarise :

      The venue is getting tougher to set up your arrangement and if your platform is not of the best then you have immediate failure in the deep silt . The conditions are made worse by the continual back and forth in the water setting up and the twisting and turning places a heavy burden on the body , especially as you get older.

     With this in mind concerning the difficulty in setting up and having the best platform possible it was agreed between the organisers to split the match next year into two matches . The first match can be on the existing match length but a second match on the match length nearest the car park end will be conducted . This allows some of use the benefit of wading out on gravel and no fouling weeds thus providing an easy way to set up and sit comfortable . 

     Prior to this match pleasure sessions on the length realise some 30 kilos !!! So with this in mind to give comfortable fishing to some of us who are less stable or less in good platforms a chance to fish in a match .

      

2023 - Sodertalje canal 18th May

 Travelled long distance (400m) for my first fish on the canal 😀

Nice catch considering the cold wind combined with very cold water which was noticeable every time i handles a fish . Mostly Roach today 30-35 fish with at least 20 Perch (small ones mostly)

2023 - 7th May - Nykoping practice

A days practice for the worst Feeder angler in Sweden , me ! . I decided to be there early and arrived about 07:00 am and i was set up by 08:00am with three feeder rods . I chose the car park length as Mats Larsson had enjoyed a good catch there some three weeks earlier .

The morning was bright with the air still but a heavy frost had descended upon us .......... how will it fish ?

I measured up at 42 turns and started only to lose a leader after 10 minutes ........dam ! I reconnected up and proceeded to fish a little towards the left where i got snagged . After an hour the first fish was a Roach on the small side followed by a Ide about 700gr then next cast a small skimmer .....then quiet for 30 minutes ? I then measured to 33 turns and got 2 skimmers and a Ide but then quiet again so i went back to 42 turns and caught rather well for the next hour with good size Bream and Ide plus a Rudd of about 1.2 kilo , i think ?

Not satisfied with this i set up a rod on 25 turns and proebaited it 4 times and left it for 30 minutes . After continuing at 42 turns but fish catch was limited due the the wind really blowing so accuracy became a little difficult . I then went on the 25 turns and as i poured a coffee out the tip went round and the biggest bream of the day was on ! Followed by even more till 15:00pm .

Great day was had and this part of the match length is so exciting . Its only about 1-1.5m deep but it is a shingle bottom as my feeder came back with small stones a few times . You can get a platform or box out at least 6-10 metres no problem and this match length looks comfortable for at leats 16 people .

Cold start and no wind 

What a view

The wind started to blow left to right , as usual 

View to the left where the usual match length is 

To the right looking towards the boat station

I had two Rudd like this - 2 pounders !!

Time to view the fish 

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I did contemplate placing the fish in three buckets but i dont think that would be a good idea as too much stress for the fish so decided to empty . Estimate was 30-35 plus Bream , 7 Ide , 2 Rudd and about 10 smaller roach and skimmer ........i reckon 35 plus kilos approx