UK Carp & Coarse Fishing

Trip No 15 Carp Fishing (2015)

Posted on April 20, 2015 by richardhandel1

Wow, the weather is just perfect this Sunday – a big storm is pushing though from the West, it has strong winds with it, hopefully it will stur up the Carp. There has also been a lot of rain, I am hoping that’s not going to put them off too much. The temperature is also up and it all feels a lot more like carp fishing weather.

I have picked a swim on the side of the wind, so that there is a nice blow on the water in front of me. I am also in casting distance of the east bank, this is taking the full force of the Westerly.

I am only using single hook baits and small bags until this evening as the clocks changed today I have an extra hour of day light before I need to settle in for the night.

I woke in the morning and couldn’t believe I blanked with these weather conditions. It may have been too cold in that wind for them, perhaps I should have been at the back of the wind?

With the barrow loaded, it was time for work again.

Till next time

Richard

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Trip No 14 Carp Fishing (2015)

Posted on April 18, 2015 by richardhandel1

I am out for my Thursday night session and as work is winding down, I was able to leave work at 1400, which was fantastic news. I was driving around the lake, looking for suitable swims by 1430. This gave me a great opportunity for a proper good look about. Unfortunately, there were a few day anglers on the lakes. I already had got a bit of a plan in my head, I was going to use the strong wind to help get the lead out towards the island. After a conversation with a friend on the phone Sunday night, he reminded me of this tactic.

And after some practice and changing over to my 13ft marker rod, I made it. Think I may need a pair of 13ft rod’s now, ssh don’t tell the wife. (She is my editor anyway, so may find out!)

And with a bit more effort, I also managed to get the spomb out as well with a little bit of bait out. I was feeling happy with myself, even with arm ache! I also may need some casting lessons from Mr Rob Nunn, he is pretty awesome when is comes to getting baits past 200 yard’s.

At around 1630 a couple of fish rolled and one of them was a very nice mirror. Now this give me even more confidance, with the sun setting, the temperature was doing its normal thing of dropping fast.

At around 2230, I had a slow take on the right hand rod’s. As I pulled into the fish, I could tell it was a big lump as it plodded along. After about 1 minute the fish become firmly stuck behind a bar, there are still some large lumps of stone lying around the lake bed, I think the fish had found these. The only option was to loosen off the cluch and put the rod down, after what felt like a life time, the line was off again. I pulled into the fish again and could feel the fish, the line was still lodged round a boulder. I could feel the fish shaking it’s head, the line went slack, the rod tips pulled back and the fish had shed the hook. Oh drat and bother I said to myself (or words to that effect!)

And that was, for the rest of the night.

Till next time, better luck.

Richard

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Trip No 13 Carp Fishing (2015)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by richardhandel1

What a difference a day or two make. Since my last trip out, the N/E wind has been blowing and the temperature has been down during the day and night. This afternoon, the sun is shining and warming up the lake nicely and I have seen a couple of fish crash out on the back of the island.

Bit out of my range, however, a good sign that there are starting to move.

I had a good look round all the lakes and a chat to a couple of people. The only fish which have come out this weekend, have been on the bottom section. Unfortunately, there were still 4 anglers on the lake fishing and I don’t fancy the swims which were free. Also, other parts of the complex were completely free of anglers.

I finally settled for a swim, a small bay which was in full sun light all day and had been sheltered from the N/E wind. It had a good depth of water, well for here anyway, 5ft.

Both rod’s had small bags with pop up rigs. Cast 10ft off the islands to my right and left and the bottom of the margin shelve, with 6 pouches off boilles over the top.

With the sun going down it was getting very cold. I tucked myself up the the bag and watched the lake until I fell asleep.

I was woken up by a couple of beeps which turned out to be a coot. Joy.

Time for work

Till next time

Richard

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Trip No 18 Carp Fishing (2015)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by richardhandel

The weather is absolutely fantastic at the moment, may be not for fishing, but I am not going to complain. The kid’s have been in the paddling pool after school every day this week, playing in the garden and that’s what Spring should be all about. After a long Winter, it’s nice to be able to sit around in the garden.

Any way, I am out fishing again. I am also hoping that the Carp like the sunshine, as it has been a few trips since a carp graced my net, it could get a bit embarrassing soon.

I had a good walk around and found some fish. They were moving up and down this margin and along the tree line.

I have got one rod in the middle of this small bay, with a load of chopped boilies and ground-bait all mixed up with a load of hemp oil.

The other rod is off the end of the island. This is a very popular patrol route, I lost a fish from here the other month.

I awoke first thing (around 6 ish) and was surprised not to have had any fish in the night. There were a few fish showing out by the island, I was still feeling confident that I may pick up a fish – before work time.

The conditions had chanced for the better as well. All was looking good and no sooner than I had thought this, the right hand rod was off. It was attached to a very unhappy mid double common, these fish fight very hard due to the shallow water, it fantastic fun.

Till next time

Richard

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Trip No12 Carp Fishing (2015)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by richardhandel1

My first trip out on the big pit, as it only opened last Sunday (clever plan to open up on mother’s day lol).

The weather is not quite what I expected after 14 degrees and sunshine the last 3 day’s. Admittedly, there was a frost one night, however we are getting cold North East winds.