Trip 21 Carp Fishing (2015)


I am fishing on the resovoir tonight and catching up with one of my friends, for a bit of a social.

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I have dropped in a couple of swims up from my friend, in a swim that I know very well. This helps, as I arrived at 7 pm.  I needed to wait for the wife to get home and take over from me (looking after the kids).

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I am fishing more or less both baits under my rod tips.  I am also trying out solar carp CNC boilies tonight, on one rod.

Well, I had plenty of liners in the night and I was thinking it should go off soon.  However, the alarm went off at 0600, letting me know it was time for home and get the kids ready for school.

Till next time

Richard

 

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Trip No 20 Carp Fishing (2015)


I arrived at around 1500 hrs for my Sunday night fishing trip.  I had a good drive around the complex, had a nice chat with a few of the members and in the end I settled for a swim in a small bay with the the wind pushing in.  I had seen a couple of fish moving around the snags.

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I baited up with a mix of boilies and ground bait, it had oil’s and other stuff mixed in, to complete the big attraction that I like to have.

My rod’s were placed to the right and left of me just at the bottom of the margin slope.

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I settled down to watch the lake and read my book.

At about 2015 hrs the right hand rod was off, it was attached to a very unhappy common around the 14 lb mark, very pretty looking fish.

I recast the rod with another bait and a small bag of pellet, soaked in bait-tech Polony oil (boy that stuff smells great).

I turned in around 10 pm anticipating another take through the night and was rudely awoken by a half pound Roach.  Now don’t get me wrong, that’s a nice fish and I do plan on fishing for them this year, however, on carp tackle it’s not really cricket,  is it?

Anyway I redid the rod again (same rod as before in fact), did think the other rod would have gone off by now.  Anyway, as it was only 0445, I thought it best to try and get my head down again.  Well I had forgot how loud the bird’s are this time of the morning.  So loud, I am typing this at 5 am.  I was hoping to be asleep.  I know some people say watch the lake, but when I am fishing the margins, I find if I am asleep and making no noise (as in making a brew and walking around looking for fish), I don’t disturb the swim.  As I am no more than 10ft away from one bait and 20ft away from the other.

Till next time

Richard

PS – Ian, I did manage to get one in all that cold wind.

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Trip No 19 Carp Fishing (2015)


Evening all, I am out for my normal Sunday night session.  This time I am on the inland sea, it will be my last for a few weeks as I can’t get out on a Sunday due to a few family commitments.

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I have picked a different swim this time as I felt much more at home in this one and the swim I was in on my last trip was looking very worn out by angler’s.  That’s never a good thing in my book.

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I have cast a single hook bait out by the entrance to this bay and spombed out two small loads.  On my other rod I have found a very smooth silty area in between some very thick silt and put about a kilo of mixed size baits out, we will see what the night brings.

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The sun is off for another day.

Unfortunately, I had no joy in the night and it was soon work time again.

Till next time

Richard

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Trip No 17 Carp Fishing (2015)


This is my first trip of 2015 on the inland sea.  It is looking stunning as always, it’s still daunting though – I am fishing a tiny part of a vast water.

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I have found two very nice humps to fish, which have some very smooth silty areas at the bottom of the drop off.  One rod is at the bottom and the other is on the top of a bar on very clear gravel.

I have baited up with solar baits, MLX boilies and Bait-Tech ground bait mixed with chopped boilies all spomb out. With a mix Bait-Tech pellets and Polony oil.

Time to sit back and enjoy the view.

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Unfortunately, it was a very quiet and cold night, the first frost for a long time.

Till next time

Richard

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Trip No 16 Carp Fishing (2015)


I am out for three nights this week (which is very nice indeed).  I am fishing on the back of the wind, even with the warm weather we have been having.  I still feel there is still a bit of a chill in the wind.

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The swim I am in gives me access to the right margins, this is full of overhanging trees and the margins are very deep here, some are 8ft .

Two rod’s have been placed along here, my third rod is on a very nice clear bar, with weed on each side.

I have spomded out and catapulted out a smallish amount of bait over all areas I have chosen for the first night and I will see what happens.

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Night/Day 1

The first night past with no activity, other than the odd beep.  The temperature had dropped a lot and there was thick fog.  It must have arrived at some time in the night and finally burnt off late morning.

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In the afternoon (when the fog had burnt off),  I had a walk around the lake and was very pleased to find a fair few fish sunning themselves.  Also, the water temperature had risen from 8 degrees to a tiny bit under 10 degrees (c), not that the carp wouldn’t feed when the temperature is as low as 8 degrees, it just lifts the anglers confidence level up.  I am hoping tonight should produce a fish or two, as the night temperature would not be dropping so much.

Night/Day 2

Now that was a big shock.  I was hoping for some action last night and especially with all the movement in the day time.  Last night was not what I expected…. I had a great night’s sleep with no so much as a bleep!  There was less fog this morning, the sun was already out and by mid morning I had seen a fish move along the bar.  This was a good sign and I was hopeful, this weather would turn them on a bit more.

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Night/Day 3

Last night was my best chance of a fish, the night temperature did not drop below 8 degrees.  Around 8 am the wind picked up and a strong S/W wind blew a big rain storm though.  Dispute all this, I had a three night blank.  I did have a very enjoyable trip out fishing and it was nice to relax and not think about work.

Till next time
Richard

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