UK Carp & Coarse Fishing

Trip No 34 Carp Fishing (2014)

Posted on September 15, 2014 by richardhandel

I managed another night out, but I only just there before the sun was setting. I had a late text from a friend suggesting doing a social, we had not seen each other for some months, so why not.

We both arrived around the same time, and had a quick look round. We both fancied the bank that the wind had been pushing over too.

All set up and fishing under the stars tonight, I love fishing like that since I was a kid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIRf284V5m4&list=UU-KRiiCtOmgKS70tkKPwmUA

At around midnight, my mate woke me up to take a photo of a fat common just over the 20 lb mark. With that done, it was back to bed expecting to hear my phone alarm telling me it was time to go to work. At 3 am my bite alarm went off (nice to hear), the fish was kiting to the right towards an overhanging tree. Not this time Mr Carp I thought, the fish turned and after a bit of entertainment in the margin a nice 16lb ish common was in the net. I recast and got my head down again, we awoke to a nice wet misty morning. I did not take a photo of it, as it was too cold, the temperature dropped too low for my summer weight sleeping bag, so I was too cold to think about a photo!

I did find some cool mushrooms or toadstools.

Time for work again.

Till next time

Richard

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Trip No 33 Fishing (2014) Hampshire Avon

Posted on September 10, 2014 by richardhandel

I am back out on the Hampshire Avon after barbel again. I am also bringing a guest along.
We started off close to the same swim as my last trip as it was looking good.

We were only using 1 rod each as to not spook the fish. I was on more of a social trip, which is a chance to catch up on man talk, I live in a house full of girls (even the cat was a girl), this was well over due. However, after some hours and still no joy and a long conversation with the bailff, we thought it was best we moved to another area where he had seen barbel recently.

Now, that looks a bit better and we may be in with a chance.

Nice clear gravel spot and an overhanging tree for Mr Barbel/Mr Chub to hide under. I dropped my bait about a foot in front of the tree, fingers crossed it should drop down under the tree and the large griper lead should hold the bottom. I am putting out my normal mix of Bait-Tech goodies with plenty of attractions and we will see what happens.

Unfortunately, with all our best efforts, we both blanked, oh well.

Till next time

Richard

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Trip No 32 Fishing (2014)

Posted on September 5, 2014 by richardhandel

After a couple of weeks off for a very nice family holiday, it’s time to get out fishing again. Unfortunately, work has gone mad and my time is going to be limited for the next month or so. Which is a shame, however, you need to get the money to buy the stuff to get out and play (that’s life). Anyway, I have a few hours free, so off to the river for me. I felt that this was the best plan for me this evening.

It had been a bit stormy and hopefully that would stur the fish up for a bit of a feed.

I found a nice area which had a very clean patch of gravel, by some norfolk reeds. I dropped a few small balls of bait-tech ground bait mixed with pellet, sweetcorn and plenty of liquid attraction. With a bit of fake pellet as hook bait and some paste moulded around it, I carefully lowered the rig down on to the clear patch of gravel.

The other rod was flicked across the other side of the river onto a shallow sandy patch.

After 2 hours of the swans plowing up and down feeding, I was getting a bit fed up. The sun was coming out it and it was turning into a pleasant evening. I moved my other rod to this bank, a floating raft of weed was under my rod tip.

I baited up with a small amount of goundbait, I am using bait-Tech pollony boilies with some broken in half. I dropped some at other end of the raft, so they drifted down stream towards my hook bait. The plan worked!

Not bad for an evening Barbel fishing.

This was my first Hampshire Avon Carp, I am over the moon eben though it only weighed 13-7. This was all that I had.

Till next time
Richard

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Trip No31 Carp Fishing (2014)

Posted on August 29, 2014 by richardhandel

I am out for a quick evening session. Unfortunately, on the hottest day of the week. This can’t be helped and I must make the most of it, as I am getting a bit pushed for time, as we are off camping for a week soon. I have picked a lovely bay with overhanging trees all around and I am spoilt for choice as to where to put my hook baits and as I only got here at 7 pm, I don’t wish to spook the fish that are in the bay.

Spoilt for choice.

All set up and close to the rod’s

My left hand rod was cast over to the far back, with a fluorocarbon line on, so there wouldn’t be a tight line across the bay.

The other rod was cast in a small bay along the tree line.

The carp were still happily drifting around and crashing in the trees, so things were looking good and after my last nightmare trip, I was hoping for a better result!

Oh well, I’ll chalk this trip down to a blank again! My luck has got to change for the better soon

Till next time

Richard

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Trip No30 Carp Fishing (2014)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by richardhandel

I have managed to squeeze in a quick night before I am on call for the week. The weather is not perfect, however, it’s nice to be out on the bank. I did nearly go on the river, but couldn’t be botherd you swap the stuff around in the car.

Can’t complain about the view, I have one rod just off a nice overhanging tree at the bottom of the margin shelf.

With plenty of boilies, Bait-tech pellet and groundbait mix which has a load of liquid attraction poored on and mixed up.

The other rod is in a channel, which is out in the middle of the lake, where the water drops from 2.5ft to 4ft and back up again to 2.5ft.

My bait is about 20ft towards me from the swan.

Fishing under the stars tonight, as an early start and quick pack up is needed.

WOW, what a disaster that turned out to be. Firstly, I lost a fish in a snag to the right of me at around 0330. After redoing this rod, I spotted that something was not quite right with the other rod and found that I had had a take sometime in the night, I checked the buzzer and all was well. Odd, the fish had found a weed bed and shed the hook. All night long some were around me there was an building alarm going off. Nice night sleep was! Lastly, when I reeled in at 6am, there was no bait on one of the rod’s. Think the gremlins must have got me.

Oh well, time for work.

Till next time

Richard