Trip 45 Carp Fishing – 2017 | UK Carp & Coarse Fishing

With a couple of family things going on this week & weekend, I am limited to Saturday night only. This is not a bad thing and always nice to get an extra couple of hour’s fishing in the morning.

There where still a few people about when I arrived – some were doing the whole weekend, others were just starting to pack away. As luck would have it, no one had fished the swim that I fished the other night and with a very strong wind pushing on to the bank, I felt that it had to be my best option. There was on angler on the island which meant I was unable to put my right hand rod on my normal spot, so I took the opportunity to fish to my left and find two new spots. This swim covers an amazing amount of water and a high percentage is over looked by anglers, especially the clearer on area’s.

I found a couple of very nice spots and put a few pouches filled with Catalyst boilies around the marker float. I tied up some new Ronnie Rig‘s and put on Natural Pop Ups and flicked them both out.

With the rain finally passing and the sun came out, it was quite pleasant. The wind was still pushing very hard on to this bank, it was not long before I had my first take which unfortunately found one of the many under water obstacles. Oh well, out with another bag and cold pizza for lunch.

2 of the 3 fish that I have had this afternoon – not the biggest I have ever had but in shallow water, these things but up an amazing fight.

As the evening progressed the sun was setting, the rods where off again and oh this one feels better. You can never tell but once in the margins, I could tell by the way it was holding the bottom, after another hard fight, it rolled over the cord.