Well after the last trip with no joy, I was determined to put an end to this blanking, as it was getting beyond a joke now.
So, I headed back to the same lake, and this time walked around the other side to fish the margins and put a lot of small pellet out to put more attraction into the swim and some broken up bollies.
I selected a swim, that had done well in the past, and knew the features of the lake bed. I even changed both my rod’s back to my favorite rig ( blow back), which I have great confidence with. This, in turn should give me the confidence in my fishing and put some carp on the bank this time.
Both rod’s were baited with 12mm Gulp baits Tuna & Spice boilles.
At around midnight, I had my first and last carp of the night. The bream moved in and after 6 bream and not a great deal of sleep it was time to pack up a get off to work again.
Unfortunately, the carp was not the biggest in the lake. More likey, the smallest, but still a carp. It’s a shame that none of the carp I saw topping did not pick my bait up.
I would like to give a brief snap shot of my life and introduce myself;
My name is Richard Handel and was born in 1965 in Suffolk. I have worked as a UK Operation & Intermodule Manager for a shipping company. I live in Hampshire now and am married with 2 young children, both girls so I am a bit outnumbered even the cat is a girl!
I have been fishing since I was about 7 years old. I started on small local rivers in Suffolk, then moved onto gravel pits and then carp fishing. My personal best is a 39.08 mirror, over recent years I have started river fishing again, on the Hampshire Avon, this is a nice break from the carp lakes.
My life has turned a big corner this year, the company I was working for relocated their Operation centre to Estonia. I was offered a job at the head office in London. This would have meant a 5 day commute and working in Stratford. As a family, we did not fancy this, as I would hardly spend any time with the children (and the Mrs). So after 22.5 years, I was given a nice redundancy package and with my wife is working full time. I became the house husband.
This has meant a complete turn around in my fishing, as I can pick and choose when I go. I have found a splendid new syndicate to fish this year, which includes 5 lakes and some 8 miles of river with only 150 members. It's an amazing change to the way I am able to fish.
I am now trying to start my own tackle business and make a bit of a name for myself in the world of fishing, as I have retired from real work.
Richard
UK Carp & Coarse Fishing 