Wow, Summer has well and truly started today, 22 degrees here down in Hampshire this afternoon.  Not 100% perfect carp fishing weather, did try the floaters for 10 minutes, before the seagulls spotted it (aarrrgh).  Anyway, as I only arrived at 1830, I thought it best to get all sorted for the night, have a brew, soak up my surroundings and may be a few photos.

I have picked a nice swim within a small wood, which is quiet a nice area.  The fish move through here to very to the bottom bay.  I have been meaning to fish this area for some time, however, every time I feel it’s right, someone else has beaten me to it, not this time  🙂

For the time being, I have a rod out near the point of the island.  This is the point at which they enter this part of the lake, the other rod will be in the margins to the right of me,  with a good load of ground bait and Bait- tech Poloni boilles.

Looking out towards both islands.

Well, what a night that was.  For all the wrong reasons, the mosquitoes came out to terrorise me and boy did they.  I hardly slept at all and when I did I have a take, I managed to lose the fish.  Not sure why but as I was so sleepy, I can’t remember what happened other than the hook pulled.  It could be due to the rig I am playing with at the moment, I just have to see on the next take, hey.

I have to go home and do the school run, but as the weather is more favourable, I am coming back for a day trip.  I am going to bait up before I leave, come back and fish the same spots as the wind is nicely pushing into this bank.

Does look good

Unfortunately, all I got was a hook pull from a carp trying to go round the corner of the island, oh joy,

Till next time

Richard