UK Carp & Coarse Fishing

Frosty Start Again Today

Posted on December 11, 2019 by richardhandel

Just love perfect winter day’s.

Richard

Trip 78 Carp Fishing – 2019

Posted on December 11, 2019 by richardhandel

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Location – School Lake

Hours Fished – 5 hrs

Unfortunately, work was cancelled today, I have the buzz of a new lake to play on and loads of work is booked for next week, there was only one place to be.

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In all honesty, I’d absolutely no intention of fishing the same swim again, but as I was swinging the car around in the car park, you’re looking directly at the opposite bank and two fish appeared out of the water at the same time. I’m sure you would agree, it would’ve been silly to ignore that and we all know how carp love pads when they are dying back. I’m sure it’s to do with the heat the pads give off when they are breaking down.

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I’ve tried my best in taking photos from different angles, as there are only so many photographs you can take of the same swim.

I’m sticking to pop-ups in varying colours and flavours, trying to pinpoint their favourite before Winter sets in and they will be harder to catch. I’m hoping the bigger carp will start to turn up as I have found this in the past on other club lakes. The bigger fish need to maintain their weight and eat more than their smaller brothers and sisters.

I’ve also put more bait out than previously, to see how that affects my catch rate.

Just after 10am (I had just taken a big bite out of my Bovril butty), off goes the left-hand rod; with the first of a few takes today I hope. After a short fight the carp was in the net.

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Happy with that and the sun was coming out, it was looking like a beautiful day. There was a good wind blowing and my brolly was needed. The bait was out roughly in the spot where there were a lot of leaves on the water and it was pretty hard to see the difference between the pads and leaves.

It’s just after noon and I keep seeing the odd fish tight into the far margin. Unfortunately, they were a bit too far into the dead pads for me at the moment. Once they start to die down a bit more, I will feel a bit more comfortable about putting baits there.

The carp aren’t playing ball today. Mind you, there’s a pretty cold S/E wind blowing and the sun never made much of an appearance.

Much to my surprise, the right-hand rod was away at just after two pm with probably the smallest of the carp so far. However, as I’m just in it for some fun at the moment, all are good and I’m sure the bigger fish will turn up.

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That’s it for today with just over 30 minutes to go, I would be surprised to get another carp, but you just never know. Fortunately for me, there has been more carp action, can’t believe it’s home time so soon.

Until next time

Richard

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Trip 77 Carp Fishing – 2019

Posted on December 10, 2019 by richardhandel

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Location – School Lake

Hours Fished – 2 1/2 hrs

With work done by 1130 and only just round the corner, I was soon home, loaded and off to the lake. It was clearly a different day with a heavy frost and a complete lack of sunshine, but as I only caught yesterday after moving at 1215, it was certainly worth the effort and time.

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I was really hoping to try a different area, however, with 4 cars in the car park, my choice was limited. As luck would have it the peg I was in yesterday was free, probably because it’s a tricky swim to cast from, you need to be on your knees right at the front of the swim. It’s exactly opposite to where I’ve seen the carp and gives you direct contact with the fish, perfect for maintaining pressure.

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Within 10 minutes, the right rod was away and a small Mirror came out if the pads (across the other side) very easily, but very nearly got me on the right-hand margin.

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Just as I got the rod out there, the left-hand rod was away with another lovely Mirror, this one was so much easier to get in the net.

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Once I had sorted myself out, I sat back down and looked at the time – it was only 1235 and I had already had two carp! I had only finished setting up at 1208. It was turning out to be a great venue for runs and testing out the bait. A few rays of sunlight were coming through the clouds and it wass quite pleasant on the bank.

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Well, it’s nearly home time and my last casts where deliberately off the edge of the pads some two-foot, as I was interested to see if they would venture out, but it looks like that’s a no. Next time, I’m planning on pitching up in a swim, then walking around with some pellet and baiting up or I may try my TF gear spomb. This opens in the air releasing the bait to fail into the water as if it had been catapulted out, the empty spomb then drops into the water some 12ft further back, giving less disturbance, my just try that.