It was half term this week so I didn't have to do any ferrying about before I left for the fishery. This, coupled with the fact that the fishery had been open before 8 the last two times I'd been meant that it might have been worth leaving a tad earlier.
Anyway the car was loaded and ready to go by 6:55. The sky was clear, there was no wind and I only had a t-shirt on (plus trousers ha ha) - this was a sign of things to come!
Arrived at the venue at 7:30 and yes the gates were open. There was one car in front of me and one behind so I wasn't the only person with the same idea! Anyway after parking the car by Mill Lake I realised they were here for the speci lake and I was left to trundle along the bank on my own. There was no one about to pay my money to so I began to set up.
The lake was calm and the carp were already cruising the surface. Decided to fish the same tactics as I did on my last visit. One swim close in by the reeds to my right and one three quarters of the way across straight in front of me.
I groundbaited both swims with the usual mix of brown crumb, red attractor and scopex flavoured water. Two or three handfuls of hemp were also thrown in. The right side swim (line 1) was my initial target. Single maggot on the hook plus 2 or 3 with every cast brought a fish a throw (rudd mainly but interspersed with the occasional perch, roach and skimmer bream).
After an hour I switched swims and bait to a piece of scopex flavoured sweetcorn as I had seen loads of bubbles signifing fish activity. Alas I never had a single knock. The float was being knocked a lot but I think these were line bites as the float only lifted and never dropped away.
Bread atracted the first carp of the day in swim 1 but this seemed to purely be a one off. The sun was really powering down now and for the next 2 hours both swims died. I continued with the feed in the hope that fish would come in later on.
During this lull in the proceedings every rudd in living creation seemed be swimming on the surface including some which could have easily topped a pound. There were quite a few carp in with them as well. The bailiff came round about this time and said the snakes were out as well! One was curled up in peg 7 - I was on peg 2, charming!
Around 2pm after starting to feed the swim to my left with luncheon meat I had a big knock and out came a 3 pounder. Same tactic on swim 1 yielded this 5lb carp.
The rest of the day continued in the same vein, practically a bite a cast on meat. I missed 2 or 3 good fish, one took me into the reeds on the far side and wouldn't come out. It finally spat the hook.
The last cast of the day brought a definite bite, the rod bent over and the fish came mildly to the surface. It then realised it had been hooked and bolted. Three times it stopped and three times after gaining some ground it made off again. Finally it decided it had had enough and threw the hook out. I was cheesed off big time. It was a monster!
That was it then. A funny old day. Caught 30 odd fish including 1 5lb and 2 3lb carp plus a load of small ones. The sun beat me in the end - I was burnt to a crisp! Went home when they threw me out.
On Monday I'm off to the club's pond in Hurst Green. Never fished it before so am quite excited.
Tight Lines
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