Trip No 3 Carp Fishing (2015)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by richardhandel

It’s my first outing on my new water and I have not set foot on the lake for over 7 years.  It was then a day ticket/club water and you could not move for people.  It is a bit busy today as we have all come out for a look around,  it’s nice that everyone is so friendly.

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I am going to take today as it comes,  I may or may not move swim, I may move across to the other lake.
I have started in a quiet area, the is a very strong north wind.  I am hoping that the sun comes out and warms up the margin areas on the back of the wind.
Just fishing small pop ups with tiny bags.

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I have moved one if my rod’s to just under this overhanging tree.    I had scattered some boillies when I first got here.

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Unfortunately, the sun disappeared and the wind picked up and my confidence dropped.  I had been thinking that, if this happened, I would move to the other lake. Which would be more sheltered.

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My rod’s are cast one under an overhanging tree and the other across to the far margin.
I had changed one rod over to a bottom bait, as I had done well in the past on here with them.

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My plan was to stay until 6pm just after dark.  However, by 5pm my feet were really getting cold.  Ever since I was a kid pike fishing, we use to wear welly boots and go home once we could not bear the pain of cold feet.
I am sure I did some damage back then and I have never been able to find a way to keep my feet warm.  I did spend a £125 on some Bafflin boots that should keep you feet warm down to -40. Not my feet.
I made it 6pm, however still blanked

Till next time
Richard

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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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