After see plenty of fish on Friday morning out to my right, as I was packing up, After having a nice 20 lb Carp, I felt that the rest of my bait just had to be put along that area (between me and two swims down). When I arrived back down the lake around 0930 Saturday morning, I was amazed to see so many fish crashing about over the area I had baited. With that, my friend and I dropped into the same swims as last weekend.
And I lightly topped up the swim with some Catalyst boilies and a groundbait mix.
Then the rain came.
It was not long before my friend had one on the bank.
18lb Common
He had gone for a different tactic to me as he was using 22m Catalyst bottom bait and a stringer with 5 baits on it. We settled down to a very pleasant evening, once the heavy rain showers had passed. The night was very peaceful for me with not a bleep, until about 0630 when the right hand rod screamed off (as they always do in here), with absolutely no warning. It was a nice Common around the 11 lb mark who had woken me up. I recast, got the kettle on for a brew and watched as the day unfolded.
What a stunning start to the day
Lucky Shot
The deer were on the far bank again and this time in the sunshine.
I gave it until around lunchtime, had a quick look around and then headed home.
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
UK Carp & Coarse Fishing 