UK Carp & Coarse Fishing

Trip 16 Carp Fishing – 2019

Posted on March 12, 2019 by richardhandel

With the man flu finally fading away (I hope), I’ve popped down my Estate Lake (my new lake) for a few hours today. This will still take a fair bit of effort, which I need to be mindful of, as gardening season is just around the corner and it’s time to stock the family fund up again!

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After spotting some carp yesterday in the bay behind the island and with more sunshine today, that just had to be the area to put my rods in and see if I can winkle a bite!

As ever with the weather, it didn’t quite do what they forecast! The sun did pop its head out a tiny bit and just after 1115, I had a take. It was a hard fighting mirror that had me in the weed once or twice, but I finally had my first fish in the net.

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11lb 6oz

I re-baited that rod but didn’t put it back near the other bait, as I had placed both baits in the same area on my first cast when I arrived this morning. This time, I opted for the drop off on the side of the island.

That, however, was the only take of the day but very well received.

Until next time

Richard

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Smokey Jack

Posted on March 11, 2019 by richardhandel

With water tempratures rising, a proper fishmeal boilie will start to come into play. You can’t get much better than the awesome Smokey Jack designed and tested by our own

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Deeper The Perfect Spot

Posted on March 10, 2019 by richardhandel

I certainly found the perfect spot the other week using the Lakebook page after downloading my Deeper mapping information.

I was looking for a feature that was prominent around the deeper water on the lake. The light orange is 11ft 4 & then up to 10ft and on the little point up to 9ft 5. This was the feature that I wanted. I baited with a mixture of crushed hemp and chopped catalyst boilies over the next 24 hrs before the carp moved in. I know they were out there, I just needed them to hold up on this spot and then feed regularly to hold them. I was very mindful not to overdo it, I managed to achieve the perfect balance and this paid off over the next 3 nights with 8 fish. For the middle of February, I was very happy with my results.

I doubt this would have been possible without the aid of the Deeper, as the disturbance of a lead/marker float for a long period of time (to understand the feature that I had found), would have surely pushed the carp away from the area and into another swim.

I will leave you with that thought.

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Trip 15 Carp Fishing- 2019

Posted on March 9, 2019 by richardhandel

So, this was the day I joined a lovely estate lake syndicate. The main aim of this is to reduce the number of miles I drive to go fishing for my quick 5 hours trip. I was traveling a good 1 hrs 30 minutes to my lake, which now can be used to walk around the lake. With the Airfield Lake, it had become apparent that I was leaving on feeding time and only just turning up after the day time feed had finished. This was certainly a good waste of fishing time. However, I had a different problem on Meadow Lake, if you can’t get in the winter swims, it was a long drive for not a lot.

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I’d also enjoyed my time perch fishing and had looked at a few options to join the local club. In all honesty, I couldn’t face the prospects of being a member of a club again.

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And by chance, I found out about this lovely lake. It has gorgeous surroundings and is off the beaten track. As luck would have it, my gear happened to be in the car 😉 . I wasn’t wasting this opportunity. I had walked around the lake a few times to get my bearings, flicked the Deeper out and bear leading a lot. I’m sure that my chances are extremely low after all that noise but just to sit on the lake and watch for a few hours today will help me get the feel of the place. It will also give me a sense of where to start baiting up some spots.

After two hours it was time for a swim change, as I still wanted to observe the lake. I moved the rods into the small bay to the right of me. I flicked some more bags out, with a new batch of my crushed hemp and chopped catalyst boilies mixture.

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Spotted Fin 8mm Wafters

Posted on March 8, 2019 by richardhandel

Our 8mm wafter hookbaits are superb on their own, but here’s a top tip; fish them over a mixture of our mini-pellets to really get fish grubbing for food on competitive commercial waters, and try a different colour or flavour wafter over the top. www.spottedfin.com