I am back out for a few hours, I am still not happy that I lost a carp in this swim.
The wind wass still pushing hard into this corner, I am very confident of a take. Dispite only be able to fish between 11am and 4pm, the conditions looked perfect.
Rod 1 is off this bush, by the inlet channel.
Rod 2 is just off the willow tree in the middle of the photo.
No joy this afternoon, I will just have to fish another night some time.
Till then
Richard
I am out for a sort day trip today as I have the day off but have had to drop the children at school and collect them. I have worked out I have about 5 hrs fishing time. Hopefully, I will convert this sort trip into a carp on the bank!
I have settled to fish a small bay area, the wind is pushing in nicely. The weatherman say’s it’s going to be a hot one, so I am hoping the wind will help.
Both rod’s have been cast to the far tree line, they have tiny bags on with some boilies in them which have been soaking in a pot full of dip for some week’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUkRoZ-yg2k
At about noon time, the left hand rod was away and it felt like a lump, the rod slowly bent round, as the fish headed towards the snags. I had one option, which was to hang on and hope the fish turned. I could not hold it, so I had to just hang on and applied more pressure when I could and the hook pulled. With that sinking feeling, when you know that fish was a big fat plodding lump, but it was not being stopped today.
I reeled in and checked the hook and it was still very sharp, I was just unlucky the the hook’s hold was not better. Oh well still a couple more hour’s, all could change.
Well, that was the only bite of the day
Till next time
Richard
I am back out on the inland sea, still after the monster common that lives in here.
I am in the same swim as before, the wind is still pushing across the side and right into this back.
I have a bait in the middle, between the overhanging bushes on a nice sandy patch.
The other bait is just a rods length off these reeds, on 4ft of water which is just on the drop off and right on the edge of a thick weed bed.
This place is hugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2tzlPieQLI
All that happened in the night was that the duck’s found my spot and then spent the rest of the night and early morning moping up. At least the spot is clean, however, no fish moved in.
Till next time
Richard
Dispite being on call, (and with the family away) the weather being so nice I could not turn down a nights’ fishing. As I was on call and the phone and upload signal is very poor here, my swim choice had to be based on that first and location second choice.
It is so warm at the moment, I headed for the shallow area, which was full of fish. However, some were a bit on the small side.
I opted to keep away from that end, even though it did look good, but with only a foot and a half of water I could clearly see no big fish here. I could however, periodically keep checking this area.
I put both rod’s in open water, in the siltey areas between the bar’s. The Max depth here is 3 and a half foot with a 1 foot bar leading out towards the island. As I was the only person on this side of the lake I was a bit worried I had got it wrong. The mobile phone signal is rubbish over there due to all the trees. Sounds like I have no choice, other than being at home and you will never catch sitting on the sofa!
However I do love the view and the wildlife.
After some worrying hours, I finally landed my first fish of the trip at arround 1am. The fish was around the 12lb mark so I did not bother it weigh it. I unhooked it in the net and rebaited with another bag full of 12mm boilies and pellet with a good helping of liquid attract, with a 16mm/12mm snowman set up. I cast back out to my mark and got my head down again.
Well, that was the only fish of the session, so I had a good nights sleep, packed up and was off to work again.
Till next time.
Richard
As the family is away, I am making the most of the free time. Unfortunately, I am on call this weekend (bad planning), I should get some time in though.
My swim choice was a bit quick tonight. I got down here late and I need to be gone early for work. So I settled for the first swim I found, Mr Carp was in the nearest swim to the gate 😉 and this was the first swim I looked at. Mind you there is not a bad swim on this lake, it has features everywhere you look.
Rod 1 was put on the end of a bush as this was a route in and out of the bay, up the tree line towards where I had seen the carp showing. I can’t put a bait anywere nearer, as there is another bay and these fish would be in there like a bullet and I would have lost another fish.
Rod 2 was cast just off the end of the island, there’s a set of reeds around the corner out into the lake, this also looked. The only other option was to lead around, which I did not fancy, as this would disturb the swim to much.
Rods are pointing at the spots for fast indication, hopefully they will not snag me up tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhz_jbZvuwQ
Much to my amazment, I blanked on this lake as well!
No worries, until next time
Richard
