I have gone back to the same area again as I fished the other night. This is for two reasons, firstly – I needed a better look around when the light conditions are more in my favour and secondly – I did put some bait in likely areas. Which have in fact turned out to be quite good. I am no real expert in river fishing, only want I have learned over the past few years and I can tell you it’s an every changing thing.
I am using two rods this time, as it’s a big area I am fishing.
I am using bags again, full of a mix of Bait-Tech pellets.
Poloni Boilies as book baits, gluged in poloni.
There where a few Chub moving over the sand bar. They were however, not interested in any food, so at around 1300 hrs I decided that I would have a walk around for a bit, before I needed to be off to collect the kids from school.
My 5 year old has been asking to come fishing for some time. As she loves camping, I thought I would bite the bullet and go as she is so keen to learn to fish. I have got her a 5 meter pole and a 8 ft quiver tip rod, as I believe that you should start from the bottom and learn all your fishing skills. I not a fan of the ready made carp angler.
We picked a nice bay area, away from anyone else. This gave me room to teacher her and as we were looking around this spot, a nice fished popped it’s head out. And I thought that would do me as well. The main aim was to teacher her fishing, but if there where some nice fish in the area, who was I to argue? I did promise that we would do the bivvy first, but after seeing that fish, I did need to explain that my rods needed to go out because there were fish in the area.
Fishing away
Putting a small Roach back
First fish, poor thing
She was holding the maggots and had decided that they where her pet’s!
We where using bait-tech poloni groundbait with maggots over the top. By early evening, she had managed a good 20 small Roach, but it was DVD time.
Back to my fishing lucky for me, I had fished this area a lot last year and had a few fish.
Rod-1 was fished close in, just where I had seen the fish showed itself, with a small bag of broken Poloni Boilies. After seeing the fish, I was not going to put any bait out until later.
Rod-2 was cast 30 yard’s out, to a small gully, also with a small bag on with more poloni.
About two hours, the right hand rod was off. It was attached to a very angry carp. It put up an amazing fight and I was not even aware of it’s size. That was until it beach itself in the margin, this was the point when I thought ‘oh, this could be a nice fish’ and also needed to get a wet foot to get the fish in the net. Once I opened the net I thought, ‘wow this could be the 30+ common’ I had been after one for year’s. I (we) placed the fish in the retaining sling and sorted out all the camera bits and pieces and the scales.
And the dial settled on 32 lb 12 oz – nice one at last. I was overjoyed and my daughter was amazed at the size.
The night past with not a single take. Around 7 am, I had a further 2 fish and lost one, all around the middle doubles.
My daughter was happily fishing away after Roach again on a small 8 ft quiver tip rod, all dressed in a monkey suit onesy which I forgot to take a photo of that.
I didn’t think I was going to get out today. However, I finely made it by 2000, not bad going and very happy to be out. Now, as this being my first trip on this syndicate, I got a bit lost finding the car parks and walked the wrong way!
Say this, I did manage to find this lovely deep bend with plenty of slack water. Unfortunately, the light was wrong and I can’t really tell how bad the weed is here. So I have picked a spot the other side of the river, in more or less still water and flicked I nice bag full of Bait-Tech pellets – from halibut to krill, and a nice Poloni boilies as a hook bait and catapulted about 20 free offerings.
I will sit back on my bucket and see what happens.
By 2230 and with out a knock, I was off home as the gates close at 2300.
Tonight, I will be mostly fishing the bottom lake and for one reason or another I have not got around to doing so far this season. I have also picked an area, I have not fished before, as also for some reason – just fancied a change of view may be?
The right hand rod is just of the end of a bush along the margin.
And the left is in open water at the back of a gravel bar, in some nice smooth silt. There is a good kilo of boilies and groundbait mix up together with a good squeeze of bait-tech sizzling sausages for a bit of attraction.
Bit surprised to wake up to the alarm clock this morning, oh well it happens.
Lucky me, back on the lake by 0930. The same swim and rods out.
My office for the day, plenty of work done on the OK laptop. No fish, dam shame, but a nice day out, well until 1400. Then I am off to collect the kids, house-husband duties
