I am back out for a quick 5 hour day session in between the school runs.

I have gone back to the same swim as before, as there where clearly fish there.  However, they are not interested in my bait or I was not in the right spot.  Day fishing can be a bit hit and miss sometimes and I feel I am on a bit of a miss period at the moment.

I have changed my approach a bit, my right hand rod is along the left hand tree margin which leads into the bay.  There were a couple of fish crashing there last time before I left, I put a few pouch full of poloni boilies along here.

My second rod is a bit of a roving rod again but because of where the right hand rod is, I have more options open to me.  I am also using Bait-tech Big Carp Method mix, which I hope will bring the fish to my hook baits, as the stuff is full of attraction and if the fish are playing hard to get, this can be a good approach.

I have tucked my rod’s in amongst the reed’s this time.

Hard to spot, but they are there.

With only 15 minutes left, I was thinking I was heading for another blank.  The right hand margin rod was off, which is where I had seen a nice fish top the trip before.  The fish was heading under the overhanging tree and I had to quickly move along the bank, through the reed’s and get my rod tip under the water, until the fish was under control.  I then headed back towards the small gap in the reed’s which I was fishing through and after  a bit more commotion, I had a nice common in the net and I was feeling over the moon.

With the photos done, I had to quickly get all the kit in the car and head off to collect the kids from school.

It’s always worth a couple of hours here and there as you just never know.

Till Next Time
Richard