It’s Sunday night and I am back out fishing. The weather has warmed up a lot, the temperature getting up to 20 degrees today! However, the ground and the water temperature are both 1o degrees, so no heavy baiting campaign yet. But I am sure others will be doing this though.
When I arrived I was amazed to see fish crusing on the top, warming themselves up no doubt.
Well this was the best end of the lake I felt.
The first thing I did was to flick out a Nashy Zig Bug in the area the fish were cruising.
I had a good lead around to the right and left in the margins.
My right hand rod was going to be placed under this tree, where I felt that there would be no Zig action. I baited the area up with some broken Infustion Bait Snatch boilies and Bait-Tech pellets and a small amount of ground bait loaded with liquid attracts.
The other rods where flicked up to the left margin by a set of lily pads, which were just under the water still. That also got the same treatment with the bait and all was set to get a brew on.
I had a funny take in the night, when I stuck into thin air and around 2am (joy)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkgHMzwYnhM
And too soon the alarm was going off and it was time for another day in the office.
Till next time
Richard
About richardhandel
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
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