I have managed to get out for another midweek overnights, this time there is no rush back, as the wife has kindly offered to take the kids to their holiday club.  I have no work on, as the sun/heat has cut down on my gardening work.  I can’t complain, as it’s way too hot to be outside all day, not good for me.

I headed down the Airfield lake, doing my best not to turn into the Meadow lake car park.  It’s fishing quite well at the moment but as you know, I do love this lake and searching for its unknown inhabitants.  But no these silly 10lber’s which are getting to me a bit.

The swim choice was quite hard but in the end, I headed for an area where I had spotted a few fish on my last trip.  The hard part is getting the fish to move away from their sanctuary.  There are about 100 yards of a tree-lined bank with a few bays hidden.  If you cast too far down, the inevitable happens and they find a nice sunken branch to dump your hook in.

Finding fish in this lake is very easy, getting them to pick up a hook bait is much harder and then you need to get them into your net!  Not a simple task but a part of the fun on the lake.

With two spots picked out, I Spombed out a mixture of Spotted Fin Tiger nuts and Hemp with crushed catalyst boilies, a mix of catalyst pellets, Betafin Smokey Jack pellets soaked in Betafin liquids and mimamonos for added attraction.  In there was also a fake tiger nut, cut from an Evolution Cube.

This had been soaked in catalyst booster spray and smelt pukka, the other rod was a maggot cluster Ronnie Rig set up.

As I was trying a more natural approach to my hook bait, the lake is closed for 6 months of the year, so their staple diet is natural food items.

We shall have to see how I get on over the coming months, as you can’t base your findings on just a few trips out on the bank.

I had a fair few liners through the night, my first take came out 0530.  With a bump and a knock as the fish kited around a boulder, it was no sooner on and off.  This was a shame, but I knew I was in the right spot.

I did, however, move into a different area.  This was after seeing a few fish showing themselves, but time got the better of me and it was time to head home.

Until next time

Richard

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